CHAPTER CXXV
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## 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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