Read these texts well: They inform and they educate. If you read them to an ignorant man, He will be enlightened thanks to them. Fill yourself with these texts, Keep them in your heart.
THE INSTRUCTIONS OF AMENOPE:
Beginning of the teaching for life, the instruction for well being, every rule for relations with elders, for conduct towards magistrates; knowing how to answer to one who speaks, to reply to one who sends a message. So as to direct him on the paths of life, to make him prosper upon earth; to let his heart enter his shrine, steering clear of evil.
2. Beware of robbing a wretch, of attacking a cripple; don't stretch your hand out to touch an old man, nor open your mouth to an elder. Don't let yourself be sent on a mischievous errand, nor be as friends with one who does it. Don't raise an outcry against one who attacks you, nor answer him yourself. He who does evil, the shore rejects him, its floodwaters carry him away. The north wind descends to end his hour, it mingles with the thunderstorm, the storm clouds thunder, the crocodiles are vicious, You Heated Man, how are you now?
3. Don't start a quarrel with a hot-mouthed man, nor needle him with words. Pause before a foe, bend before an attacker, sleep on it before speeking. A storm that bursts like fire through straw, such is the heated man in his hour. Withdraw from him, leave him alone, the God knows how to answer him.
4. The truly silent, who keeps apart, He is like a tree grown in a meadow. It greens, it doubles its yield, It stands in front of His lord. Its fruits are sweet, its shade is delightfull, Its end comes in the garden.
5. Cling to be silent, then you'll find life. Your being will prosper upon earth.
6. Better is poverty in the hand of the God, than bread in a storehouse; Better is bread with a happy heart, than wealth with vexation.
7. Do not set your heart on wealth, there is no ignoring Fate and Destiny; do not let your heart go straying, every man comes to his hour. Do not strain to seek increase, what you have, let it suffice you. If riches come to you by theft, they will not stay the night with you. Comes day they aren't in your house, their place is seen but they are not there: Earth opened his mouth, levelled them, swallowed them.
8. Keep your tongue free from evil words, and you will be loved by men. Put the good remark in your tongue, while the bad is concealed in your belly.
9. Do not befriend the heated man, nor approach him in conversation. Swift is the speech of one who is angered, more than wind over water. He tears down, he builds up with his tongue, when he makes his hurtfull speech.
10. Do not sever your heart from your tongue, that all your strivings may succeed. You will be weighty before the others, and secure in the hand of God. God hates the falsifier of words, he greatly abhors the dissembler.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 1:23AM
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