XVI.

126 Thrust not aside the funerary monument on the boundaries of the Aakhu (remove not a tombstone which is on the borders of the Necropolis)

127 When thou art marking out additional lands for crops.

XVII.

128 Commit no robbery (filch not away land) by means of the cubit of the fields

129 When thou art assessing the bounds of the estate of the widow.

130 The land that has gone back from the plough is the waste of a man's lifetime.

131 He who cheats thee, himself belonging to the fields,

132 Is snared in the counsels of iniquity,

133 He is fettered by the Divine Souls (Will) of Aahu [the Moon, GOD's sign].

134 Make thyself to see what he does upon the earth.

135 He is a greedy robber of the helpless man.

136 He is the deadly enemy who would work the overthrow of thy body.

137 Life is snatched away by the mere sight of his aspect.

138 His house is the enemy of the town (in which he lives).

139 But his store-houses shall be swept away as by a flood,

140 His possessions shall be carried off from the hands of his sons and daughters,

141 His goods shall be given to another (stranger).

XVIII.

142 Take good heed concerning the treading down of the boundaries of the fields,

143 Lest horrible calamity be brought upon thee.

XIX.

144 Likewise make propitiatory offerings to GOD by the Divine Souls (Will) of Aahu [the Moon, GOD's sign].

145 Occupy thyself with the affairs of the boundaries of the Aakhu (the blessed dead).

146 Be kind to thyself, make thy body strong and happy,

147 But take good heed to thyself in respect of Nebertcher [GOD].

XX.

148 Drive not thy furrows through the lands of another.

149 Profitable to thee is the strength (well-being) which comes by their mouth.

150 Plough thou in the fields which thou findest to be thy own property,

151 Take thou the bread-cakes from the store-house of thy body.

XXI.

152 Better is one aft of land (about six feet) which GOD has given thee

153 Than five thousand ats which thou hast gotten by fraud (violence).

XXII.

154 Do not acquire the habit of passing the day in eating-houses and places where roasted meat (is sold).

155 Do not acquire the habit (of passing the day) in tasting one pot of beer after another.

156 Those who pass their whole time at the food-store

157 Become to-morrow (merely) victuals.

XXIII.

158 Better is the beggar who is in the hand of GOD

159 Than the rich who are safely housed in a comfortable dwelling.

XXIV.

160 Better are bread-cakes of flour and water with a loving heart (mind)

161 Than rich meats that carry with them bickering and quarrelling.