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Chapter 1  
     
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 Hail to you, great God, Lord of Justice!
 
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 I have come to you, my lord, that you may bring me so that I may see your beauty,
 
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 for I know you and I know your name,
 
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 and I know the names of the forty-two gods of those who are with you in this Hall of Justice,
 
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 who live on those who cherish evil
 
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 and who gulp down their blood on that day of the reckoning of characters in the presence of Wennefer.
 
7.
 Behold the double son of the Songstresses; Lord of Truth is your name.
 
8.
 Behold I have come to you, I have brought you truth, I have repelled falsehood for you.
  
9.
 I have not done falsehood against men,
 
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 I have not impoverished my associates,
 
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 I have done no wrong in the Place of Truth,
 
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 I have not learnt that which is not,
 
13.
 I have done no evil,
 
14.
 I have not daily made labor in excess of what was to be done for me,
 
15.
 my name has not reached the offices of those who control slaves,
 
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 I have not deprived the orphan of his property,
 
17.
 I have not done what the gods detest,
 
18.
 I have not slandered a servant to his master,
 
19.
 I have not caused pain,
 
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 I have not made hungry,
 
21.
 I have not made hungry,
 
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 I have not made to weep,
 
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 I have not killed,
 
24.
 I have not turned anyone over to a killer,
 
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 I have not caused anyone’s suffering,
 
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 I have not diminished the food-offerings in the temples,
 
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 I have not debased the offering cakes of the gods.
  
28.
 I have not taken the cakes of the blessed,
 
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 I have not copulated illicitly,
 
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 I have not been unchaste,
 
31.
 I have not increased nor diminished the measure,
 
32.
 I have not diminished the palm,
 
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 I have not encroached upon fields,
 
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 I have not added to the balance weights,
 
35.
 I have not tempered with the plumb bob of the balance.
 
36.
 I have not taken milk from a child’s mouth,
 
37.
 I have not driven small cattle from their herbage,
 
38.
 I have not snared birds for the gods’ harpoon barbs,
 
39.
 I have not caught fish of their lagoons,
 
40.
 I have not stopped the flow of water in its seasons.
 
41.
 I have not built a dam against flowing water,
 
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 I have not quenched a fire in its time.
 
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 I have not failed to observe the days for haunches of meat.
 
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 I have not kept cattle away from the God’s property,
 
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 I have not blocked the God at his processions.
  
46.
 I am Pure. I am pure. I am pure. I am pure.
 
47.
 My purity is the purity of this great Phoenix that is in Heracleopolis,
 
48.
 because I am indeed the nose of the Lord of Wind who made all men live
 
49.
 on that day of completing the Sacred Eye in Heliopolis
 
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 in the 2nd month of winter last day,
 
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 in the presence of the lord of this land.
 
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 I am he who saw the completion of the Sacred Eye in Heliopolis,
 
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 and nothing evil shall come into being against me in this land
 
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 in this Hall of Justice,
 
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 because I know the names of these gods who are in it.
  
56.
 Declaration of Innocence Before the Gods of the Tribunal
  
57.
 Hail Far-strider who came forth from Heliopolis, I have done no falsehood.
  
58.
 Hail Fire-embracer who came forth from Kheraha, I have not robbed.
  
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 Hail Nosey who came forth from Hermopolis, I have not been rapacious.
  
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 Hail Swallower of shades who came forth from the cavern, I have not stolen.
  
61.
 Hail Dangerous One who came forth from Rosetjau, I have not killed men.
  
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 Hail Double Lion who came forth from the sky, I have not destroyed food-supplies.
  
63.
 Hail Fiery Eyes who came forth from Letopolis, I have done no crookedness.
  
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 Hail Flame which came forth backwards, I have not stolen the god’s offerings.
  
65.
 Hail Bone-breaker who came forth from Heracleopolis, I have not told lies.
  
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 Hail Green of Flame who came forth from Memphis, I have no taken food.
  
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 Hail You of the cavern who came forth from the West, I have not been sullen.
  
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 Hail White of teeth who came forth from the Faiyum, I have not transgressed.
  
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 Hail Blood-eater who came forth from the shambles, I have not killed a sacred bull.
  
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 Hail Eater of entrails who came forth from the House of Thirty, I have not committed perjury.
  
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 Hail Lord of Truth who came forth from Maaty, I have not stolen bread.
  
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 Hail Wanderer who came forth from Bubastis, I have not eavesdropped.
  
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 Hail Pale One who came forth from Heliopolis, I have not babbled.
  
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 Hail Doubly evil who came forth from Andjet, I have not disputed except concerning my own property.
  
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 Hail Wememty-snake who came forth from the place of execution, I have not fornicated with a child.
  
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 Hail You who see whom you bring who came forth from the House of Min, I have not misbehaved.
  
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 Hail You who are over the Old One who came forth from Imau, I have not made terror.
  
78.
 Hail Demolisher who came forth from Xois, I have not transgressed.
  
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 Hail Disturber who came forth from Weryt, I have not been hot-tempered.
  
80.
 Hail Youth who came forth from the Heliopolitan nome, I have not been deaf to words of truth.
  
81.
 Hail Foreteller who came forth from Wenes, I have not made disturbance.
  
82.
 Hail You of the altar who came forth from the secret place, I have not hoodwinked.
  
83.
 Hail You whose face is behind him who came forth from the Cavern of Wrong, I have neither misconducted myself nor copulated with a boy.
  
84.
 Hail Hot-foot who came forth from the dusk, I have not been neglectful.
  
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 Hail You of the darkness who came forth from the darkness, I have not been quarrelsome.
  
86.
 Hail Bringer of your offering who came forth from Sais, I have not been unduly active.
  
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 Hail Owner of faces who came forth from Nedjefet, I have not been impatient.
  
88.
 Hail Accuser who came forth from Wetjenet, I have not transgressed my nature, I have not washed out the picture of a god.
  
89.
 Hail Owner of horns who came forth from Asyut, I have not been voluble in speech.
  
90.
 Hail Nefertum who came forth from Memphis, I have done no wrong, I have seen no evil.
  
91.
 Hail Tempsep who came forth from Busiris, I have not made conjuration against the king.
  
92.
 Hail You who acted according to your will, who came forth from Tjebu, I have not waded in water.
  
93.
 Hail Water-smiter who came forth from the Abyss, I have not been loud-voiced.
  
94.
 Hail Prosperer of the common folk who came forth from your house, I have not reviled mankind.
  
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 Hail Bestower of good who came forth from the Harpoon nome, I have not been puffed up..
  
96.
 Hail Bestower of powers who came forth from the City, I have not made distinctions for myself.
  
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 Hail Serpent with raised head, who came forth from the cavern, I am not wealthy except with my own property.
  
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 Hail Carrier-off of His Portion who came forth from the Silent Land, I have not blasphemed God in my city.
  

 
 
 

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