τῷ ἀγαπητῷ καὶ θεοσεβεστάτῳ καὶ θεοφιλῆ
καὶ εὐλογημένῳ πατρὶ Παπνουθίῳ
Ἀμμώνιος ἐν κυρίῳ θεῷ χαίρειν.
οἶδα μὲν ἀεὶ ὅτι διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου εὐχῶν σωθήσομε
ἀπὸ παντὸς πιρατηρίου τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπιβουλίας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ
νῦν παρακαλῶ ὅπως μνημονεύσῃς μου ἐν ταῖς ἁγίαις εὐχαῖς σου· μετὰ γὰρ
τὸν θεὸν ἡ σωτηρία μου εἶ σύ. ἀ[π]ή̣ντησεν πρ[ό]ς μ̣ε̣ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν̣ [Δίδ]υμο̣[ς]
?, καὶ καθός μοι εἶπας περὶ τοῦ πράγματος ἀπήντησα πρὸς αὐ̣τ̣[ό]ν. ἐρρῶσθαί σ[ε] εὔχομε
πολλοῖς χρόνοις, γλυκύτατε πάτερ·
ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης διαφυλάξι σε ἐπὶ μήκιστον χρόνον.
Apparatus
To the beloved and most godly and god-loving
and blessed father Papnuthius,
Ammonius greets you in the Lord God.
I always know that through your holy prayers we will be saved
from every temptation of the devil and from every plot of men, and
now I beseech you to remember me in your holy prayers; for with God
you are my salvation. My brother Didymus
has responded to me, and as you told me about the matter, I have responded to him.
I pray that you may be strong for many years,
sweetest father;
may the God of peace keep you for a long time.