SECOND CONFESSION

I have not done injustice.

I have not robbed.

I have not coveted.[?]

I have not stolen.

I have not slain men.

I have not diminished the corn measure.

I have not acted crookedly.

I have not stolen the property of the gods.

I have not spoken falsehood.

I have not taken food away.

I have not been lazy.[?]

I have not trespassed.

I have not slain a sacred animal.

I have not been niggardly in grain.

I have not stolen....

I have not been a pilferer.

My mouth hath not run on.

I have not been a talebearer in business not mine own.

I have not committed adultery with another man's wife.

I have not been impure.

I have not made disturbance.

I have not transgressed.

My mouth hath not been hot.[243]

I have not been deaf to the words of truth.

I have not made confusion.

I have not caused weeping.

I am not given to unnatural lust.

I have not borne a grudge.

I have not quarreled.

I am not of aggressive hand.

I am not of inconstant mind.

I have not spoiled the color of him who washeth the god. [??]

My voice has not been too voluble in my speech.

I have not deceived nor done ill.

I have not cursed the king.

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My voice is not loud.

I have not cursed God.

I have not made bubbles.[?]

I have not made [unjust] preferences.

I have not acted the rich man except in my own things.

I have not offended the god of my city.

Translation of F. Ll. Griffith.

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