Instruction of Amenemope

Budge1924 English printed page 154

154 the teaching OF AMEN-EM-APT 180. Whilst sighing {i.e., pretending to grieve) for the man who has been plundered (or, the beggar). XXIX. 181. When the chieftain of the Stiu (Asiatics, or bowmen ?) departs from a man 182. His servants destroy him. XXX. 183. [If] thou sailest with a robber thou wilt be left in the stream, 184. [But] the boat of the Ger has a fair wind [behind it]. XXXI. 185. Accustom thyself to direct thy sincere prayer to the Aten the God of the Solar Disk or the Disk itself) when he is rolling up into the sky, 186. Saying, ” Grant to me, I beseech thee, strength and health.” 187. He will give to thee the things that are necessary for the life. 188. Thou shalt be safe from anxious care. 189. Eighth Chapter. XXXII. 190. Bestow thou thy beneficence (or, bounty ?) on the bodies of the people, 191. [And] thou shalt be applauded by all faces {i.e., everybody). XXXIII. 192. Praise and exult in the Serpent {i.e., Goddess), 193. Spit upon Apep. XXXIV. 194. Keep thy tongue from speech of l5dng (or, slander).