1 The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the Two Lands [...] [...], given life forever.
2 Amun-Re, lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, lord of heaven, king of the gods.
3 Mut, mistress of Asheru, lady of all the gods. He gives life, all life, stability and dominion.
4 Giving plants, so that he may be given life.
5 All protection, life, stability, dominion and health with him, like Re forever.
6 [Year 1], fourth month of the Season of Inundation, day 19, under the Majesty of
7 Horus: Mighty bull, perfect of births;
8 Two Ladies: Beautiful of [laws, who pacifies] the Two Lands;
9 Gold Horus: Who wears the crown, who placates the gods;
10 The king of Upper and Lower Egypt: [...]; Son of Re: [...], given life like Re forever [and ever],
11 beloved of [Amun-Re], lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, foremost of Karnak,
12 of Atum, lord of the Two Lands and Heliopolis, of Re-Harakhte,
13 of Ptah, south of his wall, lord of [Ankh-tawi], and of Thoth, lord of the sacred word,
14 the one who appears [on] the Horus-[throne] [of the living], like (his) father Re every day.
15 Good [god], son of Amun, offspring of Kamutef, glorious seed, sacred egg,
16 begotten by Amun himself, [father of the Two Lands],
17 who moulds his moulder, who creates his creator,
18 for whose creation the souls of Heliopolis assembled,
19 to act as king of eternity, a Horus who endures forever,
20 a good ruler, who does what is beneficial to (his) father and all gods.
21 He has restored what was in ruins, as monuments of eternal age.
22 He has dispelled injustice throughout the Two Lands
23 and justice was established [in its place]. He lets falsehood be an abomination,
24 and the land as in its primordial time. Now, when His Majesty arose as king,
25 the temples of the gods and goddesses, from Elephantine [to] the lagoons of the Delta,
26 [...] had [fallen] into ruin. Their shrines had fallen into decay
27 and had become ruins overgrown with [...]-plants.
28 heir sanctuaries were as if they had never existed, their temples were foot paths.
29 The land was in distress, the gods were turning away from this land.
30 If [an army was] sent to Palestine to widen the borders of Egypt,
31 no success of theirs came about at all. If one prayed to a god to ask a thing of him,
32 he wouldn't come [at all]. Similarly, if one prayed to any goddess, she wouldn't come at all.
33 Their hearts were weak in their bodies. They destroyed what had been built.
34 After (some) days had passed after this, [His Majesty] appeared on the throne of (his) father
35 and he ruled the banks of Horus. The black land and the red land were under his dominion,
36 and every land was bowing to his might.
37 Now, His Majesty was in his palace, which is in the House of Aakheperkare,
38 like Re in heaven, and His Majesty was executing the plans of this land
39 and the governing of the Two Banks. Then His Majesty took counsel with his heart
40 seeking every excellent deed, searching what was beneficial to (his) father Amun,
41 fashioning his noble image of real electrum. He surpassed what had been done before.
42 He fashioned (his) father Amun on thirteen carrying poles,
43 his sacred image being of electrum, lapis lazuli, [turquoise],
44 and every kind of precious stone,
45 whereas formerly the majesty of this noble god had been on eleven carrying poles.
46 He fashioned Ptah, south of his wall, lord of Ankh-tawi,
47 his noble image being of electrum, on eleven carrying poles,
48 his sacred image being of electrum, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and every kind of precious stone,
49 whereas formerly the majesty of this noble god had been on [seven] carrying poles.
50 And His Majesty built monuments for the gods, [fashioning] their statues of real electrum,
51 from the best of the foreign lands, building their sanctuaries anew
52 as monuments of eternal age, endowed with property forever,
53 setting aside offerings for them as daily sacrifices, providing their sacrificial bread on earth.
54 He surpassed what had been before,
55 he outdid what had been done since the time of the ancestors,
56 he initiated priests and prophets, children of officials from their towns,
57 sons of noted men whose names were well-known.
58 He multiplied their [alters] with gold, silver, bronze and copper, without limit of [anything].
59 He filled their workhouses with male and female slaves, brought as booty of His Majesty.
60 All [tributes] to the temples were [increased], doubled, trebled and quadrupled,
61 with silver, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise and every kind of precious stone,
62 royal linen, white cloth, fine linen, moringa oil, resin, fat, [...] incense, balm, myrrh,
63 without limit of any good thing. His Majesty (l.p.h.!) has hewn their barques
64 on the river, from fresh cedar from Lebanon, the pick of Negau,
65 plated with gold from the best of the foreign lands, so that they may illumine the river.
66 His Majesty (l.p.h.!) has consecrated male and female slaves, (Hofstad note: reference Exodus 1:7)
67 and female singers and dancers who had been maidservants in the palace,
68 and their wages were charged to the palace
69 and to [the treasury] of the lord of the Two Lands.
70 'I let them be guarded and protected for my forefathers, all the gods,
71 in order to placate them, doing what their spirits like, so that they may protect Egypt.'
72 The gods and goddesses who are in this land, their hearts are in joy,
73 the lords of sanctuaries are jubilating, the banks are cheering and exulting,
74 jubilation is throughout the [entire] land, since a good [state] has come into being.
75 The ennead in the Great Temple, their arms are raised in adoration,
76 their hands are full of Sed-festivals [of] all eternity.
77 All life and dominion with them are at the nostrils of the strong king,
78 Horus who repeats birth, beloved son [of (his) father Amun-Re, king] of the gods,
79 who created him for his own creation, king of Upper and Lower Egypt [...], beloved of Amun,
80 [his] true eldest son, his beloved, who protects the father who begot him,
81 who exercises the kingship [of] (his) father Osiris, son of Re [...],
82 son who is beneficial to him who created him, rich in monuments, abundant in wonders, [...]
83 who builds monuments on his own initiative for (his) father Amun, perfect of births,
84 sovereign who [restored] Egypt. On this day, one is in the good palace,
85 which is in the House of Aakheperkare, justified, while [His Majesty (l.p.h.!)] is young,
86 seizing the one who speeds upon his body, whom Khnum has moulded, [...]
87 He is mighty of arm, great of strength, more distinguished than the victorious,
88 great of strength like the son of Nut, [...] mighty of arm like Horus,
89 no equal to him exists among the brave of all lands together,
90 he who is knowledgeable like Re, [ingenious like] Ptah, perceptive like Thoth,
91 who ordains laws, effective of command, [...] excellent of judgement,
92 the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the Two Lands,
93 lord of rituals, lord of strength [....] who placates [...] [son of Re], of his body, his beloved,
94 lord of every foreign land, lord of crowns [...]
95 given life, stability and dominion, like Re [forever and ever].