42 Ideals of Ma’at

  1. Hail, Usekh-nemmt, who comest forth from Anu, I have not committed sin.
  2. Hail, Hept-khet, who comest forth from Kher-aha, I have not committed robbery with violence.
  3. Hail, Fenti, who comest forth from Khemenu, I have not stolen.
  4. Hail, Am-khaibit, who comest forth from Qernet, I have not slain men and women.
  5. Hail, Neha-her, who comest forth from Rasta, I have not stolen grain.
  6. Hail, Ruruti, who comest forth from Heaven, I have not purloined offerings.
  7. Hail, Arfi-em-khet, who comest forth from Suat, I have not stolen the property of God.
  8. Hail, Neba, who comest and goest, I have not uttered lies.
  9. Hail, Set-qesu, who comest forth from Hensu, I have not carried away food.
  10. Hail, Utu-nesert, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have not uttered curses.
  11. Hail, Qerrti, who comest forth from Amentet, I have not committed adultery.
  12. Hail, Hraf-haf, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have made none to weep.
  13. Hail, Basti, who comest forth from Bast, I have not eaten the heart.
  14. Hail, Ta-retiu, who comest forth from the night, I have not attacked any man.
  15. Hail, Unem-snef, who comest forth from the execution chamber, I am not a man of deceit.
  16. Hail, Unem-besek, who comest forth from Mabit, I have not stolen cultivated land.
  17. Hail, Neb-Maat, who comest forth from Maati, I have not been an eavesdropper.
  18. Hail, Tenemiu, who comest forth from Bast, I have not slandered anyone.
  19. Hail, Sertiu, who comest forth from Anu, I have not been angry without just cause.
  20. Hail, Tutu, who comest forth from Ati, I have not debauched the wife of any man.
  21. Hail, Uamenti, who comest forth from the Khebt chamber, I have not debauched the wives of other men.
  22. Hail, Maa-antuf, who comest forth from Per-Menu, I have not polluted myself.
  23. Hail, Her-uru, who comest forth from Nehatu, I have terrorized none.
  24. Hail, Khemiu, who comest forth from Kaui, I have not transgressed the law.
  25. Hail, Shet-kheru, who comest forth from Urit, I have not been angry.
  26. Hail, Nekhenu, who comest forth from Heqat, I have not shut my ears to the words of truth.
  27. Hail, Kenemti, who comest forth from Kenmet, I have not blasphemed.
  28. Hail, An-hetep-f, who comest forth from Sau, I am not a man of violence.
  29. Hail, Sera-kheru, who comest forth from Unaset, I have not been a stirrer up of strife.
  30. Hail, Neb-heru, who comest forth from Netchfet, I have not acted with undue haste.
  31. Hail, Sekhriu, who comest forth from Uten, I have not pried into other’s matters.
  32. Hail, Neb-abui, who comest forth from Sauti, I have not multiplied my words in speaking.
  33. Hail, Nefer-Tem, who comest forth from Het-ka-Ptah, I have wronged none, I have done no evil.
  34. Hail, Tem-Sepu, who comest forth from Tetu, I have not worked witchcraft against the king.
  35. Hail, Ari-em-ab-f, who comest forth from Tebu, I have never stopped the flow of water of a neighbor.
  36. Hail, Ahi, who comest forth from Nu, I have never raised my voice.
  37. Hail, Uatch-rekhit, who comest forth from Sau, I have not cursed God.
  38. Hail, Neheb-ka, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not acted with arrogance.
  39. Hail, Neheb-nefert, who comest forth from thy cavern, I have not stolen the bread of the gods.
  40. Hail, Tcheser-tep, who comest forth from the shrine, I have not carried away the khenfu cakes from the spirits of the dead.
  41. Hail, An-af, who comest forth from Maati, I have not snatched away the bread of the child, nor treated with contempt the god of my city.
  42. Hail, Hetch-abhu, who comest forth from Ta-she, I have not slain the cattle belonging to the god.