Vignette : A Bennu bird .
Text : (I) [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO (2) A BENNU BIRD.] The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, trium-
phant, saith :- (3)
"I came 2 into being from unformed matter . I came into
"existence like the god Khepera, I have germinated like the
"things which germinate (i . e ., plants), and I have dressed myself
"like the (4) Tortoise . 3 I am [of] the germs of every god . I am
"Yesterday of the four .[quarters of the world] and of those
"seven Uraei which came into existence in Amentet, that is to
"say, [Horus, who emitteth light from his divine body. (5) He
"is] the god [who] fought against Suti, but the god Thoth
"cometh between them through the judgment of him that dwell-
"eth in (6) Sekhem, and of the Souls who are in Annu, and
"there is a stream between them (7) I have come by day, and I
"have risen in the footsteps of the gods . I am the god Khensu,
"who driveth back all that oppose him ."
Rubric : [IF] THIS CHAPTER [BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL
COME FORTH PURE BY DAY AFTER HIS DEATH, AND HE SHALL PERFORM
WHATSOEVER TRANSFORMATIONS HIS HEART DESIRETH . HE SHALL BE IN
THE FOLLOWING OF UN-NEFER, AND HE SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH THE
FOOD OF OSIRIS AND WITH SEPULCHRAL MEALS . [HE] SHALL SEE THE DISK,
[HE] SHALL BE IN GOOD CASE UPON EARTH BEFORE RA, AND HE SHALL BE
TRIUMPHANT 13EFORE OSIRIS, ANT) NO EVIL THING WHATSOEVER SHALL,
HAVE DOMINION OVER HIM FOR EVER AND EVER .
Chap.
LXXXII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO PTAH, OF EATING CAKES,
AND OF DRINKING ALE, AND OF UNFETTERING THE STEPS, AND OF BECOMING A LIVING
BEING IN ANNI' . From the Papyrus of Nu.
Text : (I) [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO (2) A BENNU BIRD.] The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, trium-
phant, saith :- (3)
"I came 2 into being from unformed matter . I came into
"existence like the god Khepera, I have germinated like the
"things which germinate (i . e ., plants), and I have dressed myself
"like the (4) Tortoise . 3 I am [of] the germs of every god . I am
"Yesterday of the four .[quarters of the world] and of those
"seven Uraei which came into existence in Amentet, that is to
"say, [Horus, who emitteth light from his divine body. (5) He
"is] the god [who] fought against Suti, but the god Thoth
"cometh between them through the judgment of him that dwell-
"eth in (6) Sekhem, and of the Souls who are in Annu, and
"there is a stream between them (7) I have come by day, and I
"have risen in the footsteps of the gods . I am the god Khensu,
"who driveth back all that oppose him ."
Rubric : [IF] THIS CHAPTER [BE KNOWN BY THE DECEASED] HE SHALL
COME FORTH PURE BY DAY AFTER HIS DEATH, AND HE SHALL PERFORM
WHATSOEVER TRANSFORMATIONS HIS HEART DESIRETH . HE SHALL BE IN
THE FOLLOWING OF UN-NEFER, AND HE SHALL BE SATISFIED WITH THE
FOOD OF OSIRIS AND WITH SEPULCHRAL MEALS . [HE] SHALL SEE THE DISK,
[HE] SHALL BE IN GOOD CASE UPON EARTH BEFORE RA, AND HE SHALL BE
TRIUMPHANT 13EFORE OSIRIS, ANT) NO EVIL THING WHATSOEVER SHALL,
HAVE DOMINION OVER HIM FOR EVER AND EVER .
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.
Related Posts:Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.