Vignette : The deceased kneeling in adoration before Ra, hawk-headed,
and having a disk encircled by an uraeus on his head (see Naville, op . cit .,
Bd. I . BI. 77)-
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND
OF GAINING THE MASTERY OVER ENEMIES . The chancellor-in-
chief, Nu, saith :- (2)
"RA sitteth in his habitation of millions of years, and he bath
"gathered together the company of the gods, with those divine
"beings, whose faces are hidden, who dwell in the Temple of
"Khepera, who eat (3) the god Bah, and who drink the drink-
"offerings which are brought into the celestial regions of light ;
"and conversely . Grant that I may take possession of the cap-
tives (4) of Osiris, and never let me have my being among the
"fiends of Suti ! Hail, let me sit upon his folds in the habitation
of the god User-ba (i , e ., he of the strong Soul) ! (5) Grant
"thou that I may sit upon the throne of Ra, and let me have
"possession of my body before the god Seb . Grant thou that
"Osiris may come forth triumphant over Suti [and over] the
"night-watchers (6) of Suti, and over the night-watchers of the
"Crocodile, yea the night-watchers of the Crocodile, whose faces
"are hidden and who dwell in the divine Temple of the King
"of the North in the apparel of the gods on the sixth day
"of the festival, (7) whose snares are like unto everlastingness
"and whose cords are like unto eternity . I have seen the god
"Abet-ka placing the cord ; the child is laid in (8) fetters, and
"the rope of the god Ab-ka is drawn tight ( :) Behold me .
"I am born, and I come forth in the form of a living Khu, (g)
"and the human beings who are upon the earth ascribe praise
"[unto me] . Hail, Mer, who doest these things for me, and who
"art put an end to by the vigour of Ra, grant thou that I may
"see Ra ; (10) grant thou that I may come forth against my
"enemies ; and grant thou that I may be victorious over them
"in the presence of the sovereign princes of the great god who
"are in the presence of the great god . If, repulsing [me], thou
"dolt not (11) allow me to come forth against my Enemy and
"to be victorious over him before the sovereign princes, then
"may Hapi-who liveth upon law and order-not come forth
"into heaven-now he liveth by Maat (12) and may Ra-who
"feedeth upon fish-not descend into the waters! And then,
"verily shall Ra--who feedeth upon right and order-come forth
"into heaven, and then, verily, (13) shall Hapi-who feedeth
"upon fish-descend into the waters ; and then, verily, the great
"day upon the earth shall not be in its season . I have come
"against my Enemy, (14) he hath been given unto me, he bath
"come to an end, and I have gotten possession [of him] before
"the sovereign princes ."
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Chap.
LXIV . THE CHAPTER OF KNOWING THE "CHAPTERS OF COMING FORTH BY DAY"
IN A SINGLE CHAPTER. From the Papyrus of Nu.
and having a disk encircled by an uraeus on his head (see Naville, op . cit .,
Bd. I . BI. 77)-
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND
OF GAINING THE MASTERY OVER ENEMIES . The chancellor-in-
chief, Nu, saith :- (2)
"RA sitteth in his habitation of millions of years, and he bath
"gathered together the company of the gods, with those divine
"beings, whose faces are hidden, who dwell in the Temple of
"Khepera, who eat (3) the god Bah, and who drink the drink-
"offerings which are brought into the celestial regions of light ;
"and conversely . Grant that I may take possession of the cap-
tives (4) of Osiris, and never let me have my being among the
"fiends of Suti ! Hail, let me sit upon his folds in the habitation
of the god User-ba (i , e ., he of the strong Soul) ! (5) Grant
"thou that I may sit upon the throne of Ra, and let me have
"possession of my body before the god Seb . Grant thou that
"Osiris may come forth triumphant over Suti [and over] the
"night-watchers (6) of Suti, and over the night-watchers of the
"Crocodile, yea the night-watchers of the Crocodile, whose faces
"are hidden and who dwell in the divine Temple of the King
"of the North in the apparel of the gods on the sixth day
"of the festival, (7) whose snares are like unto everlastingness
"and whose cords are like unto eternity . I have seen the god
"Abet-ka placing the cord ; the child is laid in (8) fetters, and
"the rope of the god Ab-ka is drawn tight ( :) Behold me .
"I am born, and I come forth in the form of a living Khu, (g)
"and the human beings who are upon the earth ascribe praise
"[unto me] . Hail, Mer, who doest these things for me, and who
"art put an end to by the vigour of Ra, grant thou that I may
"see Ra ; (10) grant thou that I may come forth against my
"enemies ; and grant thou that I may be victorious over them
"in the presence of the sovereign princes of the great god who
"are in the presence of the great god . If, repulsing [me], thou
"dolt not (11) allow me to come forth against my Enemy and
"to be victorious over him before the sovereign princes, then
"may Hapi-who liveth upon law and order-not come forth
"into heaven-now he liveth by Maat (12) and may Ra-who
"feedeth upon fish-not descend into the waters! And then,
"verily shall Ra--who feedeth upon right and order-come forth
"into heaven, and then, verily, (13) shall Hapi-who feedeth
"upon fish-descend into the waters ; and then, verily, the great
"day upon the earth shall not be in its season . I have come
"against my Enemy, (14) he hath been given unto me, he bath
"come to an end, and I have gotten possession [of him] before
"the sovereign princes ."
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
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