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Hail, thou god Tem, who comest forth from the Great Deep, who
shinest gloriously under the form of the twin Lion-gods, send forth
with might thy words unto those who are in thy presence, and let the
Osiris Nu enter into their assembly. He hath performed the decree
which hath been spoken to the mariners at eventide, and the Osiris Nu,
whose word is truth, shall live after his death, even as doth Ra every
day. Behold, most certainly Ra was born yesterday, and the Osiris Nu
was born yesterday. And every god shall rejoice in the life of the
Osiris Nu, even as they rejoice in the life of Ptah, when he appeareth
from the Great House of the Aged One which is in Anu.
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AFTER FORCING AN ENTRANCE THROUGH
THE AAMHET. The Osiris Ani saith:- Hail, Soul, thou mighty one of
terror! Verily, I am here. I have come. I behold thee. I have passed
through the Tuat. I have seen Father Osiris. I have scattered the
gloom of night. I am his beloved one. I have come, I have seen my
Father Osiris. I have stabbed the heart of Suti. I have made offerings
to my Father Osiris. I have opened every way in heaven and on the
earth. I am the son who loveth his Fathers (sic) Osiris. I am a
Spirit-body. I am a Spirit-soul. I am equipped. Hail, every god and
every Spirit-soul. I have made the way [to Osiris]. I the Osiris the
scribe Ani, whose word is truth.
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING A MAN TO RETURN TO LOOK UPON HIS HOUSE ON
EARTH. The Osiris Ani saith:- I am the Lion-god who cometh forth
with long strides. I have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I
have shot arrows, and I have wounded my prey. I am the Eye of Horus, I
traverse the Eye of Horus at this season. I have arrived at the
domains. Grant that the Osiris Ani may come in peace.
ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THE COMING FORTH OF A MAN BY DAY AGAINST HIS
ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER. [The Osiris Ani saith:-] I have divided the
heavens. I have cleft the horizon. I have traversed the earth
[following in] his footsteps. I have conquered the mighty Spirit-souls
because I am equipped for millions of years with words of power. I eat
with my mouth. I evacuate with my body. Behold, I am the God of the
Tuat! Let these things be given unto me, the Osiris Ani, in perpetuity
withou fail or diminution.
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APPENDIX
(From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 21)
THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH AGAINST ENEMIES IN KHERT-NETER. The
Osiris Nu saith:- Hail, Am-a-f (Eater of his arm), I have passed
over the road. I am Ra. I have come forth from the horizon against
my enemies. I have not permitted him to escape from me. I have
stretched out my hand like that of the Lord of the Urrt Crown. I
have lifted up my feet even as the Uraei-goddesses lift themselves up.
I have not permitted the enemy [to be saved] from me. As for mine
enemy, he hath been given to me, and he shall not be delivered from
me. I stand up like Horus. I sit down like Ptah. I am strong like
Thoth. I am mighty like Tem. I walk with my legs. I speak with my
mouth. I chase my enemy. He hath been given unto me, and he shall
not be delivered from me.
A HYMN OF PRAISE TO RA WHEN HE RISETH UPON THE HORIZON, AND WHEN
HE SETTETH IN THE LAND OF LIFE. Osiris the scribe Ani saith:- Homage
to thee, O Ra, when thou risest as Tem-Heru-Khuti. Thou art to be
adored. Thy beauties are before mine eyes, [thy] radiance is upon my
body. Thou goest forth to thy setting in the Sektet Boat with [fair]
winds, and thy heart is glad; the heart of the Matet Boat rejoiceth.
Thou stridest over the heavens in peace, and all thy foes are cast
down; the stars which never rest sing hymns of praise unto thee, and
the stars which are imperishable glorify thee as thou sinkest to
rest in the horizon of Manu, O thou who art beautiful at morn and at
eve, O thou lord who livest, and art established, O my Lord!
Homage to thee, O thou who art Ra when thou risest, and who art
Tem when thou settest in beauty. Thou risest and thou shinest on the
back of thy mother [Nut], O thou who art crowned the king of the gods!
Nut welcometh thee, and payeth homage unto thee, and Maat, the
everlasting and never-changing goddess, embraceth thee at noon and
at eve. Thou stridest over the heavens, being glad at heart, and the
Lake of Testes is content. The Sebau-fiend hath fallen to the
ground, his fore-legs and his hind-legs have been hacked off him,
and the knife hath severed the joints of his back. Ra hath a fair
wind, and the Sektet Boat setteth out on its journey, and saileth on
until it cometh into port. The gods of the South, the gods of the
North, the gods of the West, and the gods of the East praise thee, O
thou Divine Substance, from whom all living things came into being.
Thou didst send forth the word when the earth was submerged with
silence, O thou Only One, who didst dwell in heaven before ever the
earth and the mountains came into being. Hail, thou Runner, Lord, Only
One, thou maker of the things that are, thou hast fashioned the tongue
of the Company of the Gods, thou hast produced whatsoever cometh forth
from the waters, thou springest up out of them above the submerged
land of the Lake of Horus. Let me breathe the air which cometh forth
from thy nostrils, and the north wind which cometh forth from thy
mother Nut. Make thou my Spirit-soul to be glorious, O Osiris, make
thou my Heart-soul to be divine. Thou art worshipped as thou
settest, O Lord of the gods, thou art exalted by reason of thy
wondrous works. Shine thou with the rays of light upon my body day
by day, upon me, Osiris the scribe, the assessor of the divine
offerings of all the gods, the overseer of the granary of the Lords of
Abydos, the real royal scribe who loveth thee, Ani, whose word is
truth, in peace.
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