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CHAPTER CXXV.
PART I.
Said on arriving at the Hall of Righteousness, that _N_ may be loosed
from all the sins which he hath committed and that he may look upon the
divine countenances.
_He saith_: Hail to thee, mighty god, lord of Righteousness!
I am come to thee, oh my Lord: I have brought myself that I may look
upon thy glory. I know thee, and I know the name of the Forty-two gods
who make their appearance with thee in the Hall of Righteousness;
devouring those who harbour mischief, and swallowing their blood, upon
the Day of the searching examination(1.) in presence of Unneferu.
Verily, ‘Thou of the Pair of Eyes,(2.) Lord of Righteousness’ is thy
name.
Here am I; I am come to thee; I bring to thee Right and have put a stop
to Wrong.
I am not a doer of wrong to men.
I am not one who slayeth his kindred.(3.)
I am not one who telleth lies instead of truth.(4.)
I am not conscious of treason.
I am not a doer of mischief.
I do not exact as the firstfruits of each day more work than should be
done for me.(5.)
My name cometh not to the Bark of the god who is at the Helm.
I am not a transgressor against the god.
I am not a tale-bearer.
I am not a detractor.
I am not a doer of that which the gods abhor.
I hurt no servant with his master.
I cause no famine.
I cause not weeping.
I am not a murderer.
I give not orders for murder.
I cause not suffering to men.
I reduce not the offerings in the temples.
I lessen not the cakes of the gods.
I rob not the dead of their funereal food.
I am not an adulterer.
I am undefiled in the Sanctuary of the god of my domain.
I neither increase nor diminish the measures of grain.
I am not one who shorteneth the palm’s length.(6.)
I am not one who cutteth short the field’s measure.(7.)
I put not pressure upon the beam(8.) of the balance.
I tamper not with the tongue of the balance.
I snatch not the milk from the mouth of infants.
I drive not the cattle from their pastures.
I net not the birds of the manors of the gods.(9.)
I catch not the fish of their ponds.(10.)
I stop not the water at its appointed time.
I divide not an arm of the water in its course.
I extinguish not the lamp during its appointed time.
I do not defraud the Divine Circle of their sacrificial joints.
I drive not away the cattle of the sacred estate.
I stop not a god when he cometh forth.
I am pure, I am pure, I am pure, I am pure.
My purity is that of the Great Bennu in Sutenhunen, for I am the Nose of
the Lord of Air, who giveth life to all mortals; on the day when the Eye
is full in Annu, on the last day of Mechir; in presence of the Lord of
this land.
And I am one who see the fulness of the Eye in Annu, let no harm come to
me in this land, in the Hall of Righteousness; because I know the names
of those gods who make their appearance in it.
PART II.
1. Oh thou of long strides, who makest thine appearance in Annu; I am
not a doer of wrong.
2. Oh thou who holdest the fire, and makest thine appearance in
Cher-āba; I am not a man of violence.
3. Oh thou of the Nose,(11.) who makest thine appearance at Chemunnu; I
am not evil minded.
4. Oh Eater of the Shadow,(12.) who makest thine appearance at
Elephantine; I am not rapacious.
5. Oh thou Facing-backward god, who makest thine appearance at Re-Stau;
I am not a slayer of men.
6. Oh thou of Lion form,(13.) who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I
am not fraudulent in measures of grain.
7. Oh thou whose eyes [pierce] like swords, who makest thine appearance
in Sechem; I commit no fraud.
8. Oh thou of fiery face, whose motion is backwards; I am not a robber
of sacred property.
9. Oh Breaker of bones, who makest thine appearance in Sutenhunen, I am
not a teller of lies.
10. Oh thou who orderest the flame, who makest thine appearance in
Memphis; I am not a robber of food.
11. Oh thou of the Two Caverns, who makest thine appearance in Amenta; I
am not sluggish.(14.)
12. Oh thou of the Bright Teeth,(15.) who makest thine appearance in the
Unseen Land; I am not a transgressor.
13. Oh Eater of Blood, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I have
not slaughtered the sacred animals.
14. Oh Eater of Livers, who makest thine appearance at Mâbit; I deal not
fraudulently.
15. Oh Lord of Righteousness, who makest thine appearance in the place
of Righteousness; I am not a land-grabber.
16. Oh thou who turnest backwards, who makest thine appearance in
Bubastis; I am not an eaves-dropper.
17. Oh Âati,(16.) who makest thine appearance at Annu; I am not one of
prating tongue.
18. Oh Tutu,(17.) who makest thine appearance in Ati; I trouble
myself(18.) only with my own affairs.
19. Oh Uammetu, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I commit not
adultery with another’s wife.
20. Oh Maa-antu-f, who makest thine appearance in Pa-Amsu, I am not
unchaste with any one.
21. Oh thou who art above Princes, and who makest thine appearance in
Amu;(19.) I do not cause terrors.
22. Oh Chemiu,(20.) who makest thine appearance in Kauu; I am not a
transgressor.
23. Oh thou who raisest thy voice,(21.) and makest thine appearance in
Urit; I am not hot of speech.
24. Oh divine Babe, who makest thy appearance in Annu; I lend not a deaf
ear to the words of Righteousness.
25. Oh high-voiced one, who makest thy appearance in Unsit; I am not
boisterous in behaviour.
26. Oh Basit, who makest thine appearance at the Shetait; I am not the
cause of weeping to any.
27. Oh thou whose face is behind thee, and who makest thine appearance
at thy cavern; I am not given to unnatural lust.
28. Oh thou, hot of foot,(22.) who makest thy appearance at even; I
indulge not in anger.
29. Oh Kenemtu, who makest thine appearance in Kenemit; I am not given
to cursing.
30. Oh thou who carriest thine own offering, and makest thine appearance
in Syut; I am not of aggressive hand.
31. Oh thou who hast different faces, and makest thine appearance in
Net’efit; I am not one of inconstant mind.(23.)
32. Oh Busy one, who makest thine appearance at Utenit; I do not steal
the skins of the sacred animals.(24.)
33. Oh thou Horned one, who makest thine appearance at Sais I am not
noisy(25.) in my speech.
34. Oh Nefertmu, who makest thine appearance in Memphis; I am neither a
liar nor a doer of mischief.
35. Oh Tem-sepu, who makest thine appearance in Tattu; I am not one who
curseth the king.
36. Oh thou who doest according to thine own will, and makest thine
appearance in Tebuu; I put no check upon the water in its flow.
37. Oh Striker,(26.) who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I am not one
of loud voice.
38. Oh thou who makest mortals to flourish, and who makest thine
appearance at Sais; I curse not a god.
39. Oh thou of beautiful shoulder, who makest thine appearance at
...(27.); I am not swollen with pride.
40. Oh Neheb-kau, who makest thy appearance at thy cavern; I have no
unjust preferences.(28.)
41. Oh thou of raised head,(29.) who makest thine appearance at thy
cavern; I have no strong desire except for my own property.
42. Oh thou who liftest an arm,(30.) and who makest thine appearance in
the Netherworld, I do not that which offendeth the god of my domain.
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PART III.
[Said upon approaching to the gods who are in the Tuat.(31.)]
Hail ye gods, I know you and I know your names; let me not be stricken
down by your blows: report not the evil which is in me to the god whom
ye follow. Let not reverse(32.) of mine come to pass through you.
Let not evil things be said against me in presence of the Inviolate One;
because I have done the right in Tamerit.
I revile not the god: let not reverse of mine come to pass through the
King who resideth within His own Day.(33.)
Hail ye gods who are in the Hall of Righteousness, who have nothing
wrong about you; who subsist upon Righteousness in Annu, and who sate
themselves with cares,(34.) in presence of the god who resideth within
his own Orb: deliver me from Babai who feedeth upon the livers of
princes on the Day of the Great Reckoning.
Behold me: I am come to you, void of wrong, without fraud, a harmless
one: let me not be declared guilty; let not the issue be against me.
I subsist upon Righteousness: I sate myself with uprightness of heart: I
have done that which man prescribeth and that which pleaseth the gods.
I have propitiated the god with that which he loveth. I have given bread
to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a boat to the
shipwrecked. I have made oblations to the gods and funeral offerings to
the departed: deliver me therefore: protect me therefore: and report not
against me in presence of the great god.
I am one whose mouth is pure, and whose hands are pure, to whom there is
said “Come, come in peace,” by those who look upon him.
For I have listened to the words which were spoken by the Ass and the
Cat in the house of Hept-ro.(35.)
And I have undergone the inspection of the god Whose face is behind him,
who awardeth my verdict(36.), so that I may behold what the Persea tree
covereth(37.) in Restau.
I am one who glorifieth the gods and who knoweth the things which
concern them.
I am come and am awaiting that inquisition be made of Rightfulness and
that the Balance be set upon its stand within the bower of
amaranth.(38.)
O thou who art exalted upon thy pedestal and who callest thy name, Lord
of Air: deliver me from those messengers of thine who inflict
disasters(39.) and bring about mishaps. No covering have they upon their
faces.
For I have done the Righteousness of a Lord of Righteousness.
I have made myself pure: my front parts are washed, my back parts are
pure, and my inwards steeped in the Tank of Righteousness. There is not
a limb in me which is void of Righteousness.
I purify me in the Southern Tank, and I rest me at the northern lake, in
the Garden of Grasshoppers.(40.)
The Boatmen of Rā purify them there at this hour of the night or
day(41.) and the hearts of the gods are appeased(42.) when I pass
through it by night or by day.
Let him come(43.): that is what they say to me.
Who, pray, art thou? that is what they say to me.
What, pray, is thy name? that is what they say to me.
“He who groweth under the Grass(44.) and who dwelleth in the Olive tree”
is my name.
Pass on, then: that is what they say to me.
I pass on to a place north of the Olive.
What, prithee, didst thou see there?
A thigh(45.) and a leg.
And what, prithee, said they to thee?
That I shall see(46.) the greetings in the lands there of the Fenchu.
What, prithee, did they give to thee?
A flame of fire and a pillar of crystal.
And what, prithee, didst thou to them?
I buried them on the bank of the Lake of Māāit as Provision of the
Evening.
What, prithee, didst thou find there on the bank of the Lake of Māāit?
A sceptre of flint: ‘Giver of Breath’ is its name.
And what didst thou to the flame of fire and to the pillar of crystal