The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter 125
125.1Said 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.
125.2He saith: Hail to thee, mighty god, lord of Righteousness!
125.3I 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 in presence of Unneferu.
125.4Verily, ‘Thou of the Pair of Eyes, Lord of Righteousness’ is thy name.
125.5Here am I; I am come to thee; I bring to thee Right and have put a stop to Wrong.
125.6I am not a doer of wrong to men.
125.7I am not one who slayeth his kindred.
125.8I am not one who telleth lies instead of truth.
125.9I am not conscious of treason.
125.10I am not a doer of mischief.
125.11I do not exact as the firstfruits of each day more work than should be done for me.
125.12My name cometh not to the Bark of the god who is at the Helm.
125.13I am not a transgressor against the god.
125.14I am not a tale-bearer.
125.15I am not a detractor.
125.16I am not a doer of that which the gods abhor.
125.17I hurt no servant with his master.
125.18I cause no famine.
125.19I cause not weeping.
125.20I am not a murderer.
125.21I give not orders for murder.
125.22I cause not suffering to men.
125.23I reduce not the offerings in the temples.
125.24I lessen not the cakes of the gods.
125.25I rob not the dead of their funereal food.
125.26I am not an adulterer.
125.27I am undefiled in the Sanctuary of the god of my domain.
125.28I neither increase nor diminish the measures of grain.
125.29I am not one who shorteneth the palm’s length.
125.30I am not one who cutteth short the field’s measure.
125.31I put not pressure upon the beam of the balance.
125.32I tamper not with the tongue of the balance.
125.33I snatch not the milk from the mouth of infants.
125.34I drive not the cattle from their pastures.
125.35I net not the birds of the manors of the gods.
125.36I catch not the fish of their ponds.
125.37I stop not the water at its appointed time.
125.38I divide not an arm of the water in its course.
125.39I extinguish not the lamp during its appointed time.
125.40I do not defraud the Divine Circle of their sacrificial joints.
125.41I drive not away the cattle of the sacred estate.
125.42I stop not a god when he cometh forth.
125.43I am pure, I am pure, I am pure, I am pure.
125.44My 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.
125.45And 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.
125.461. Oh thou of long strides, who makest thine appearance in Annu; I am not a doer of wrong.
125.472. Oh thou who holdest the fire, and makest thine appearance in Cher-āba; I am not a man of violence.
125.483. Oh thou of the Nose, who makest thine appearance at Chemunnu; I am not evil minded.
125.494. Oh Eater of the Shadow, who makest thine appearance at Elephantine; I am not rapacious.
125.505. Oh thou Facing-backward god, who makest thine appearance at Re-Stau; I am not a slayer of men.
125.516. Oh thou of Lion form, who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I am not fraudulent in measures of grain.
125.527. Oh thou whose eyes [pierce] like swords, who makest thine appearance in Sechem; I commit no fraud.
125.538. Oh thou of fiery face, whose motion is backwards; I am not a robber of sacred property.
125.549. Oh Breaker of bones, who makest thine appearance in Sutenhunen, I am not a teller of lies.
125.5510. Oh thou who orderest the flame, who makest thine appearance in Memphis; I am not a robber of food.
125.5611. Oh thou of the Two Caverns, who makest thine appearance in Amenta; I am not sluggish.
125.5712. Oh thou of the Bright Teeth, who makest thine appearance in the Unseen Land; I am not a transgressor.
125.5813. Oh Eater of Blood, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I have not slaughtered the sacred animals.
125.5914. Oh Eater of Livers, who makest thine appearance at Mâbit; I deal not fraudulently.
125.6015. Oh Lord of Righteousness, who makest thine appearance in the place of Righteousness; I am not a land-grabber.
125.6116. Oh thou who turnest backwards, who makest thine appearance in Bubastis; I am not an eaves-dropper.
125.6217. Oh Âati, who makest thine appearance at Annu; I am not one of prating tongue.
125.6318. Oh Tutu, who makest thine appearance in Ati; I trouble myself only with my own affairs.
125.6419. Oh Uammetu, who makest thine appearance at the Block; I commit not adultery with another’s wife.
125.6520. Oh Maa-antu-f, who makest thine appearance in Pa-Amsu, I am not unchaste with any one.
125.6621. Oh thou who art above Princes, and who makest thine appearance in Amu; I do not cause terrors.
125.6722. Oh Chemiu, who makest thine appearance in Kauu; I am not a transgressor.
125.6823. Oh thou who raisest thy voice, and makest thine appearance in Urit; I am not hot of speech.
125.6924. Oh divine Babe, who makest thy appearance in Annu; I lend not a deaf ear to the words of Righteousness.
125.7025. Oh high-voiced one, who makest thy appearance in Unsit; I am not boisterous in behaviour.
125.7126. Oh Basit, who makest thine appearance at the Shetait; I am not the cause of weeping to any.
125.7227. Oh thou whose face is behind thee, and who makest thine appearance at thy cavern; I am not given to unnatural lust.
125.7328. Oh thou, hot of foot, who makest thy appearance at even; I indulge not in anger.
125.7429. Oh Kenemtu, who makest thine appearance in Kenemit; I am not given to cursing.
125.7530. Oh thou who carriest thine own offering, and makest thine appearance in Syut; I am not of aggressive hand.
125.7631. Oh thou who hast different faces, and makest thine appearance in Net’efit; I am not one of inconstant mind.
125.7732. Oh Busy one, who makest thine appearance at Utenit; I do not steal the skins of the sacred animals.
125.7833. Oh thou Horned one, who makest thine appearance at Sais I am not noisy in my speech.
125.7934. Oh Nefertmu, who makest thine appearance in Memphis; I am neither a liar nor a doer of mischief.
125.8035. Oh Tem-sepu, who makest thine appearance in Tattu; I am not one who curseth the king.
125.8136. 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.
125.8237. Oh Striker, who makest thine appearance in Heaven; I am not one of loud voice.
125.8338. Oh thou who makest mortals to flourish, and who makest thine appearance at Sais; I curse not a god.
125.8439. Oh thou of beautiful shoulder, who makest thine appearance at...; I am not swollen with pride.
125.8540. Oh Neheb-kau, who makest thy appearance at thy cavern; I have no unjust preferences.
125.8641. Oh thou of raised head, who makest thine appearance at thy cavern; I have no strong desire except for my own property.
125.8742. Oh thou who liftest an arm, and who makest thine appearance in the Netherworld, I do not that which offendeth the god of my domain.
125.88Hail 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 of mine come to pass through you.
125.89Let not evil things be said against me in presence of the Inviolate One; because I have done the right in Tamerit.
125.90I revile not the god: let not reverse of mine come to pass through the King who resideth within His own Day.
125.91Hail 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, 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.
125.92Behold 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.
125.93I subsist upon Righteousness: I sate myself with uprightness of heart: I have done that which man prescribeth and that which pleaseth the gods.
125.94I 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.
125.95I 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.
125.96For I have listened to the words which were spoken by the Ass and the Cat in the house of Hept-ro.
125.97And I have undergone the inspection of the god Whose face is behind him, who awardeth my verdict, so that I may behold what the Persea tree covereth in Restau.
125.98I am one who glorifieth the gods and who knoweth the things which concern them.
125.99I 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.
125.100O 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 and bring about mishaps. No covering have they upon their faces.
125.101For I have done the Righteousness of a Lord of Righteousness.
125.102I 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.
125.103I purify me in the Southern Tank, and I rest me at the northern lake, in the Garden of Grasshoppers.
125.104The Boatmen of Rā purify them there at this hour of the night or day and the hearts of the gods are appeased when I pass through it by night or by day.
125.105Let him come: that is what they say to me.
125.106Who, pray, art thou? that is what they say to me.
125.107What, pray, is thy name? that is what they say to me.
125.108“He who groweth under the Grass and who dwelleth in the Olive tree” is my name.
125.109Pass on, then: that is what they say to me.
125.110I pass on to a place north of the Olive.
125.111What, prithee, didst thou see there?
125.112A thigh and a leg.
125.113And what, prithee, said they to thee?
125.114That I shall see the greetings in the lands there of the Fenchu.
125.115What, prithee, did they give to thee?
125.116A flame of fire and a pillar of crystal.
125.117And what, prithee, didst thou to them?
125.118I buried them on the bank of the Lake of Māāit as Provision of the Evening.
125.119What, prithee, didst thou find there on the bank of the Lake of Māāit?
125.120A sceptre of flint: ‘Giver of Breath’ is its name.
125.121And what didst thou to the flame of fire and to the pillar of crystal after thou hadst buried them?
125.122I cried out after them and drew them forth: and I extinguished the fire, and I broke the pillar, and I made a Tank.
125.123Thou mayest now enter through the door of the hall of Righteousness, for thou knowest us.
125.124I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the Leaf of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
125.125“The Pointer of Truth” is thy name.
125.126I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the right side of the Door, unless thou tell my name.
125.127“The Scale-pan of one who lifteth up Right” is thy name.
125.128I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the left side post of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
125.129“The Scale-pan of Wine” is thy name.
125.130I allow thee not to pass over me, saith the Threshold of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
125.131“Ox of Seb” is thy name.
125.132I open not to thee, saith the Lock of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
125.133Bone of An-maut-ef is thy name.
125.134I open not to thee, saith the Latch, unless thou tell my name:
125.135“The Eye of Sebak, Lord of Bachau,” is thy name.
125.136I open not to thee, and I allow thee not to pass by me, saith the Keeper of the Door, unless thou tell my name:
125.137“The Knee of Shu, which he hath lent for the support of Osiris,” is thy name.
125.138We allow thee not to pass by us, say the Lintels of the Door, unless thou tell our names:
125.139“The dragon brood of Renenut” is your name.
125.140Thou knowest us: pass therefore by us.
125.141I 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.
125.142“He who goeth before Amsu” is the name of my right foot: and “The Truncheon of Hathor” is the name of my left foot.
125.143Thou mayest walk over us: for thou knowest us.
125.144I do not announce thee, saith the Doorkeeper, unless thou tell my name:
125.145“He who knoweth the heart and exploreth the person” is thy name.
125.146Then I will announce thee.
125.147But who is that god who abideth in his own hour? Name him.
125.148He who provideth for the Two Worlds.
125.149Who, pray, is it? It is Thoth.
125.150Come hither, saith Thoth, wherefore hast thou come?
125.151I am come, and wait to be announced.
125.152And what manner of man, prithee, art thou?
125.153I have cleansed myself from all the sins and faults of those who abide in their own day; for I am no longer among them.
125.154Then I shall announce thee.
125.155But who is he whose roof is of fire, and whose walls are living Uræi, and the floor of whose house is of running water? Who is it?
125.156It is Osiris.
125.157Proceed then: for behold, thou art announced.
125.158Thy bread is from the Eye, thy beer is from the Eye, and the funeral meals offered upon earth will come forth to thee from the Eye. So is it decreed for me.
125.159This chapter is said by the person, when purified and clad in raiment; shod with white sandals; anointed from vases of ānta; and presenting oblations of beeves, birds, incense, bread, beer and vegetables.
125.160And thou shalt make a picture, drawn upon a clean brick of clay, extracted from a field in which no swine hath trod.
125.161And if this chapter be written upon it—the man will prosper and his children will prosper: he will rise in the affection of the king and his court: there will be given to him the shesit cake, the measure of drink, the persen cake and the meat offering upon the altar table of the great god; and he shall not be cut off at any gate of Amenta, but he shall be conveyed along with the Kings of North and South, and make his appearance as a follower of Osiris: undeviatingly and for times infinite.