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 countenances of the angels.

He saith: Hail to Thee, mighty God, Lord of Righteousness!

I am come to Thee, O my Lord: I have brought myself that I may look upon Thy glory. I know Thee, and I know the names of the forty-two angels who make their appearance with Thee in the Hall of Righteousness; who bring to account those who harbour mischief, upon the Day of the searching examination.

Verily, "He of the Pair of Eyes, 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.

I am not one who telleth lies instead of truth.

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.

I am not a transgressor against God.

I am not a tale-bearer.

I am not a detractor.

I am not a doer of that which God abhorreth.

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 made in God's name in the temples.

I rob not the dead of their funereal food.

I am not an adulterer.

I am undefiled in the sanctuary of my domain.

I neither increase nor diminish the measures of grain.

I am not one who shorteneth the palm's length.

I am not one who cutteth short the field's measure.

I put not pressure upon the beam 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 estates dedicated to God.

I catch not the fish of their ponds.

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 people of their sacrificial portions offered in God's name.

I drive not away the cattle of the sacred estate.

I am pure, I am pure, I am pure, I am pure.

My purity is the purity of the Great Bennu bird in Sutenhunen, which is a sign of God, 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 seeth 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 angels who make their appearance in it.

PART II

1 O angel of long strides, who makest thine appearance in Annu; I am not a doer of wrong.

2 O angel who holdest the fire, and makest thine appearance in Cher-āba; I am not a man of violence.

3 O angel of the Nose, who makest thine appearance at Chemunnu; I am not evil minded.

4 O angel who devourest the shadow of the wicked, who makest thine appearance at Elephantine; I am not rapacious.

5 O angel who facest backward, who makest thine appearance at Re-Stau; I am not a slayer of men.

6 O angel of lion form, who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I am not fraudulent in measures of grain.

7 O angel whose eyes pierce like swords, who makest thine appearance in Sechem; I commit no fraud.

8 O angel of fiery face, whose motion is backwards; I am not a robber of sacred property.

9 O angel who breakest the bones of the wicked, who makest thine appearance in Sutenhunen; I am not a teller of lies.

10 O angel who orderest the flame, who makest thine appearance in Memphis; I am not a robber of food.

11 O angel of the Two Caverns, who makest thine appearance in the Hereafter; I am not sluggish.

12 O angel of the bright teeth, who makest thine appearance in the Unseen Land; I am not a transgressor.

13 O angel who art witness of blood, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I have not slaughtered the sacred animals.

14 O angel who art witness of the heart, who makest thine appearance at Mâbit; I deal not fraudulently.

15 O angel, Lord of Righteousness, who makest thine appearance in the place of Righteousness; I am not a land-grabber.

16 O angel who turnest backwards, who makest thine appearance in Bubastis; I am not an eaves-dropper.

17 O angel Âati, who makest thine appearance at Annu; I am not one of prating tongue.

18 O angel Tutu, who makest thine appearance in Ati; I trouble myself only with my own affairs.

19 O angel Uammetu, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I commit not adultery with another's wife.

20 O angel Maa-antu-f, who makest thine appearance in Pa-Amsu; I am not unchaste with any one.

21 O angel who art above princes, and who makest thine appearance in Amu; I do not cause terrors.

22 O angel Chemiu, who makest thine appearance in Kauu; I am not a transgressor.

23 O angel who raisest thy voice, and makest thine appearance in Urit; I am not hot of speech.

24 O angel of the new-born, who makest thine appearance in Annu; I lend not a deaf ear to the words of Righteousness.

25 O high-voiced angel, who makest thine appearance in Unsit; I am not boisterous in behaviour.

26 O angel Basit, who makest thine appearance at the Shetait; I am not the cause of weeping to any.

27 O angel whose face is behind thee, and who makest thine appearance at thy cavern; I am not given to unnatural lust.

28 O angel hot of foot, who makest thy appearance at even; I indulge not in anger.

29 O angel Kenemtu, who makest thine appearance in Kenemit; I am not given to cursing.

30 O angel who carriest thine own offering, and makest thine appearance in Syut; I am not of aggressive hand.

31 O angel who hast different faces, and makest thine appearance in Net'efit; I am not one of inconstant mind.

32 O busy angel, who makest thine appearance at Utenit; I do not steal the skins of the sacred animals.

33 O angel of the horn, who makest thine appearance at Sais; I am not noisy in my speech.

34 O angel Nefertmu, who makest thine appearance in Memphis; I am neither a liar nor a doer of mischief.

35 O angel Tem-sepu, who makest thine appearance in Tattu; I am not one who curseth the king.

36 O angel who doest as thou art commanded, and makest thine appearance in Tebuu; I put no check upon the water in its flow.

37 O angel who strikest, who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I am not one of loud voice.

38 O angel who makest mortals to flourish, and who makest thine appearance at Sais; I curse not God.

39 O angel of beautiful shoulder, who makest thine appearance at ...; I am not swollen with pride.

40 O angel Neheb-kau, who makest thy appearance at thy cavern; I have no unjust preferences.

41 O angel of raised head, who makest thine appearance at thy cavern; I have no strong desire except for my own property.

42 O angel who liftest an arm, and who makest thine appearance in the Hereafter; I do not that which offendeth God.

PART III

Said upon approaching the angels who are in the Hereafter.

Hail ye angels, 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 God, whom ye serve. Let not reverse 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 the land of Egypt.

I revile not God: let not reverse of mine come to pass through the King who resideth within His own Day.

Hail ye angels who are in the Hall of Righteousness, who have nothing wrong about you; who subsist upon Righteousness: deliver me from the tempter who feedeth upon the hearts of the wicked 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 God.

I have sought the pleasure of 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 offerings in God's name and funeral offerings for 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.

And I have undergone the inspection of the angel whose face is behind him, who awardeth my verdict, so that I may behold what the Persea tree covereth in Restau.

I am one who glorifieth God and who knoweth the things which concern Him.

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.

O Thou who art exalted, Lord of Air: deliver me from those messengers of thine who inflict disasters and bring about mishaps. No covering have they upon their faces.

For I have done the righteousness of one who seeketh the 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.

The boatmen purify themselves there at this hour of the night or day, and the hearts of the angels are at ease when I pass through it by night or by day.

Let him come: 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 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 and a leg.

And what, prithee, said they to thee?

That I shall see 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 Righteousness as provision of the evening.

What, prithee, didst thou find there on the bank of the Lake of Righteousness?

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 after thou hadst buried them?

I cried out after them and drew them forth: and I extinguished the fire, and I broke the pillar, and I made a Tank.

Thou mayest now enter through the door of the Hall of Righteousness, for thou knowest us.

I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the angel who guardeth the leaf of the door, unless thou tell my name:

"The Pointer of Truth" is thy name.

I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the angel of the right side of the door, unless thou tell my name.

"The Scale-pan of one who lifteth up Right" is thy name.

I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the angel of the left side post of the door, unless thou tell my name:

"The Scale-pan of Wine" is thy name.

I allow thee not to pass over me, saith the angel of the threshold of the door, unless thou tell my name:

"Ox of the Earth" is thy name.

I open not to thee, saith the angel of the lock of the door, unless thou tell my name:

"Bone of the Guardian" is thy name.

I open not to thee, saith the angel of the latch, unless thou tell my name:

"The Eye of the Lord of the Pool" is thy name.

I open not to thee, and I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the keeper of the door, unless thou tell my name:

"The Support of the Righteous" is thy name.

We allow thee not to pass by us, say the angels of the lintels of the door, unless thou tell our names:

"The brood of the Nurturer" is your name.

Thou knowest us: pass therefore by us.

I allow thee not to pass over me, saith the floor of the hall, for the reason that I am noiseless and clean, and because we know not the names of thy two feet, wherewith thou wouldst walk upon us. Tell me, then, their names.

"He who goeth before the righteous" is the name of my right foot: and "The Staff of the Nurturer" is the name of my left foot.

Thou mayest walk over us: for thou knowest us.

I do not announce thee, saith the doorkeeper, unless thou tell my name:

"He who knoweth the heart and exploreth the person" is thy name.

Then I will announce thee.

But who is the angel who abideth in his own hour? Name him.

He who provideth for the Two Worlds.

Who, pray, is it? It is the angel of the record.

Come hither, saith the angel of the record, wherefore hast thou come?

I am come, and wait to be announced.

And what manner of man, prithee, art thou?

I have cleansed myself from all the sins and faults of those who abide in their own day; for I am no longer among them.

Then I shall announce thee.

But who is He in whose house is the floor of running water? Who is it?

It is God, the Lord of the Hereafter.

Proceed then: for behold, thou art announced.

Thy bread is from God, thy drink is from God, and the funeral meals offered upon earth will come forth to thee as a reward from God. So is it decreed for me.

This chapter is said by the person, when purified and clad in clean raiment; shod with white sandals; anointed with perfume; and presenting offerings in God's name of cattle, birds, incense, bread, beer and vegetables.