The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Chapter whereby the Heart of a person is not kept back from him in the Netherworld.

Peter Le Page Renouf and Édouard Naville, 1904 · 14 paragraphs · Read at the source

30.1Heart mine which is that of my Mother,

30.2Whole Heart mine which was that of my coming upon Earth,

30.3Let there be no estoppel against me through evidence; let not hindrance be made to me by the Divine Circle; let there not be a fall of the scale against me in presence of the great god, Lord of Amenta.

30.4Hail to thee, Heart mine; Hail to thee, Whole Heart mine, Hail to thee, Liver mine!

30.5Hail to you, ye gods who are on the side lock, conspicuous by your sceptres, announce my glory to Râ and convey it to Nehebkau.

30.6Heart mine which is that of my Mother,

30.7Whole Heart mine which is that of my birth,

30.8Let there be no estoppel against me through evidence, let no hindrance be made to me by the divine Circle; fall thou not against me in presence of him who is at the Balance.

30.9Thou art my Genius, who art by me, the Artist who givest soundness to my limbs.

30.10Come forth to the bliss towards which we are bound;

30.11Let not those Ministrants who deal with a man according to the course of his life give a bad odour to my name.

30.12Pleasant for us, pleasant for the listener, is the joy of the Weighing of the Words.

30.13Let not lies be uttered in presence of the great god, Lord of the Amenta.

30.14Lo! how great art thou [as the Triumphant one.