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THE INSTRUCTION OF AMENEMOPE
Introduction
The beginning of the instruction about life,
The guide for well-being,
All the principles of official procedure,
The duties of the courtiers;
To know how to refute the accusation of one who made it,
And to send back a reply to the one who wrote,
To set one straight on the paths of life,
And make him prosper on earth;
To let his heart settle down in its chapel,
As one who steers him clear of evil;
To save him from the talk of others,
As one who is respected in the speech of men.
Written by the superintendent of the land, experienced in his office,
The offspring of a scribe of the Beloved Land,
The Superintendent of produce, who fixes the grain measure,
Who sets the grain tax amount for his lord,
Who registers the islands which appear as new land over the cartouche of His
Majesty,
And sets up the land mark at the boundary of the arable land,
Who protects the king by his tax rolls,
And makes the Register of the Black land.
The scribe who places the divine offerings for all the gods,
The donor of land grants to the people,
The superintendent of grain who administers the food offerings,
Who supplies the storerooms with grain
A truly silent man in Tjeni in the Ta-wer nome,
One whose verdict is "acquitted" in Ipu,
The owner of a pyramid tomb on the west of Senut,
As well as the owner of a memorial chapel in Abydos,
Amenemope, the son of Kanakht,
Whose verdict is "acquitted" in the Ta-wer nome.
For his son, the youngest of his children,
The least of his family,
Initiate of the mysteries of Min-Kamutef,
Libation pourer of Wennofre,
Who introduces Horus upon the throne of his father,
His stolist in his august chapel,
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The seer of the Mother of God,
The inspector of the black cattle of the terrace of Min,
Who protects Min in his chapel,
Hoermmaakheru is his true name,
A child of an official of Ipu,
The son of the sistrum player of Shu and Tefnut,
The chief singer of Horus, the Lady Tawosret.
He Says: Chapter 1
Give your years and hear what is said,
Give your mind over to their interpretation:
It is profitable to put them in your heart,
But woe to him that neglects them!
Let them rest in the shrine of your insides
That they may act as a lock in your heart;
Now when there comes a storm of words,
They will be a mooring post on your tongue.
If you spend a lifetime with these things in your heart,
You will find it good fortune;
You will discover my words to be a treasure house of life,
And your body will flourish upon earth.
Chapter 2
Beware of stealing from a miserable man
And of raging against the cripple.
Do not stretch out your hand to touch an old man,
Nor snip at the words of an elder.
Don't let yourself be involved in a fraudulent business,
Not desire the carrying out of it;
Do not get tired because of being interfered with,
Nor return an answer on your own.
The evildoer, throw him the canal,
And he will bring back its slime.
The north wind comes down and ends his appointed hour,
It is joined to the tempest;
The thunder is high, the crocodiles are nasty,
O hot-headed man, what are you like?
he cries out, and his voice (reaches) heaven.
O Moon, make his crime manifest!
Row that we may ferry the evil man away,
For we will not act according to his evil nature;
Lift him up, give him your hand,
And leave him the hands of god;
Fill his gut with your own food
That he may be sated and ashamed.
Something else of value in the heart of God
Is to stop and think before speaking.
Chapter 3
Do not get into a quarrel with the argumentative man
Nor incite him with words;
Proceed cautiously before an opponent,
And give way to an adversary;
Sleep on it before speaking,
For a storm come forth like fire in hay is
The hot-headed man in his appointed time.
May you be restrained before him;
Leave him to himself,
And God will know how to answer him.
If you spend your life with these things in your heart,
Your children shall behold them.
Chapter 4
The hot-headed man in the temple
Is like a tree grown indoors;
Only for a moment does it put forth roots.
It reaches its end in the carpentry shop,
It is floated away far from its place,
Or fire is its funeral pyre.
the truly temperate man sets himself apart,
He is like a tree grown in a sunlit field,
But it flourishes, it doubles its yield,
It stands before its owner;
Its fruit is something sweet, its shade is pleasant,
And it reaches its end as a statue.
Chapter 5
Do not take by violence the shares of the temple,
Do not be grasping, and you will find overabundance;
Do not take away a temple servant
In order to acquire the property of another man.
Do not say today is the same as tomorrow,
Or how will matters come to pass?
When tomorrow comes, today is past;
The deep waters sink from the canal bank,
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1:1. The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,
1:2. To know wisdom, and instruction:
1:3. To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of
doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
1:4. To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and
understanding.
1:5. A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth
shall possess governments.
1:6. He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the
wise, and their mysterious sayings.
1:7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom
and instruction.
1:8. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
1:9. That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.
1:10. My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.
1:11. If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us
hide snares for the innocent without cause:
1:12. Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth
down into the pit.
1:13. We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with
spoils.
1:14. Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.
1:15. My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.
1:16. For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:17. But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.
1:18. And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise
deceits against their own souls.
1:19. So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.
1:20. Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:
1:21. At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates
of the city she uttereth her words, saying:
1:22. O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those
things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?
1:23. Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will
shew you my words.
1:24. Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there
was none that regarded.
1:25. You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.
1:26. I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall
come to you which you feared.
1:27. When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest,
shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
1:28. Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in
the morning, and shall not find me:
1:29. Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the
Lord,
1:30. Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.
1:31. Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be
filled with their own devices.
1:32. The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of
fools shall destroy them.
1:33. But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy
abundance, without fear of evils.
Proverbs Chapter 2
The advantages of wisdom: and the evils from which it delivers.
2:1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commandments
with thee,
2:2. That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.
2:3. For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
2:4. If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a
treasure:
2:5. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the
knowledge of God:
2:6. Because the Lord giveth wisdom: and out of his mouth cometh prudence
and knowledge.
2:7. He wilt keep the salvation of the righteous, and protect them that walk
in simplicity,
2:8. Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.
2:9. Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every
good path.
2:10. If wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge please thy soul:
2:11. Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,
2:12. That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that
speaketh perverse things:
2:13. Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:
2:14. Who are glad when they have done evil, and rejoice in the most wicked
things:
2:15. Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
2:16. That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the
stranger, who softeneth her words;
2:17. And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
2:18. And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth
unto death, and her paths to hell.
2:19. None that go in unto her, shall return again, neither shall they take
hold of the paths of life.
2:20. That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the
just.
2:21. For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple
shall continue in it.
2:22. But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do
unjustly, shall be taken away from it.
Proverbs Chapter 3
An exhortation to the practice of virtue | D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 3 对照起来能找出基督教加塞的私货么？
另外，有些commentary提问：
Why would God include secular wisdom in the Bible?
1. All truth is God’s truth, no matter where it is found
2. These proverbs were first sifted through Israel’s faith before they
were included in the Bible
3. God could have chosen to reveal his truth to the Egyptians, perhaps
even to one who believed in the living God.
无敌啊，各种解释
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: .
: 1:1. The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,
: 1:2. To know wisdom, and instruction:
: 1:3. To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of
: doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:
: 1:4. To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and
: understanding.
: 1:5. A wise man shall hear, and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth
: shall possess governments.
: 1:6. He shall understand a parable and the interpretation, the words of the
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 4 个人认为旧约专注抄袭，
另外Amenompe大致生活在19王朝，传说中犹太人出埃及的拉美西斯时代，当时埃及的宗
教价值观已
经从2千年前朴素的顺天应“道”（Maat, the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth,
balance, order, law, morality, and justice）发展到刍狗=陶器论，开始强调忍耐
顺从
自制虔诚的所谓“信望爱”, 你看下面这个不就是基督徒天天放到嘴边的陶器陶匠比喻么
Chapter 25
Man is clay and straw,
And God is his potter;
He overthrows and he builds daily,
耶利米书
18:3我就下到窑匠的家里去，正遇他转轮作器皿。
4窑匠用泥作的器皿，在他手中作坏了，他又用这泥另作别的器皿；窑匠看怎样好，就
怎样作。
5耶和华的话就临到我说：
6耶和华说，以色列家啊，我待你们，岂不能照这窑匠弄泥吗？以色列家啊，泥在窑匠
的手中怎样，你
们在我的手中也怎样。
思想和实质上的相似之处比比皆是阿，谁抄袭谁的也很明显吧，另外我不认为有什么加
塞的东西，新
教根本连神话人物也抄过去了，而且还抄得磕磕巴巴的，漏洞百出。
they
perhaps
【在 D*****r 的大作中提到】
: 对照起来能找出基督教加塞的私货么？
: 另外，有些commentary提问：
: Why would God include secular wisdom in the Bible?
: 1. All truth is God’s truth, no matter where it is found
: 2. These proverbs were first sifted through Israel’s faith before they
: were included in the Bible
: 3. God could have chosen to reveal his truth to the Egyptians, perhaps
: even to one who believed in the living God.
: 无敌啊，各种解释
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