Vignette : A heron .
Text : [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO
A HERON . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-] (8)
"[I] have gotten dominion over the beasts that are brought
"for sacrifice, with the knives which are [held] at their heads,
"and at their hair, and at their (9) [Hail], Aged ones
"[hail,] Khzzs, who are provided with the opportunity, the
chancellor-in-chief, the overseer of the palace, Nu, triumphant, (10)
"is upon the earth, and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven ;
"and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven and he is upon the
"earth . Behold, I am strong, and I work mighty deeds to the
"very heights of heaven . (11) I have made myself pure, and [I]
"make the breadth of heaven [a place for] my footsteps [as I go]
"into the cities of Aukert ; I advance, and I go forward (12)
"into the city of Unnu (Hermopolis) . I have set the gods upon
"their paths, and I have roused up the exalted ones who dwell
"in their shrines . Do I not know Nu? (13) Do I not know Ta-
"tunen ? Do I not know the beings of the colour of fire who
"thrust forward their horns? Do I not know [every being having]
"incantations unto whose words I listen? (t4) I am the Smam
"bull [for slaughter] which is written down in the books . The
"gods crying out say : `Let your faces be gracious to him that
"cometh onward' . The light (15) is beyond your knowledge, and
"ye cannot fetter it ; and times and seasons are in my body .
"I do not utter words to the god Hu, [I do not utter words of]
"wickedness instead of [words of] right and truth, (16) and each
"day right and truth come upon my eyebrows . At night taketh
"place the festival of him that is dead, the Aged One, who is
"in ward [in] the earth ."
Chap.
LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.
Text : [THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO
A HERON . The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :-] (8)
"[I] have gotten dominion over the beasts that are brought
"for sacrifice, with the knives which are [held] at their heads,
"and at their hair, and at their (9) [Hail], Aged ones
"[hail,] Khzzs, who are provided with the opportunity, the
chancellor-in-chief, the overseer of the palace, Nu, triumphant, (10)
"is upon the earth, and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven ;
"and what he hath slaughtered is in heaven and he is upon the
"earth . Behold, I am strong, and I work mighty deeds to the
"very heights of heaven . (11) I have made myself pure, and [I]
"make the breadth of heaven [a place for] my footsteps [as I go]
"into the cities of Aukert ; I advance, and I go forward (12)
"into the city of Unnu (Hermopolis) . I have set the gods upon
"their paths, and I have roused up the exalted ones who dwell
"in their shrines . Do I not know Nu? (13) Do I not know Ta-
"tunen ? Do I not know the beings of the colour of fire who
"thrust forward their horns? Do I not know [every being having]
"incantations unto whose words I listen? (t4) I am the Smam
"bull [for slaughter] which is written down in the books . The
"gods crying out say : `Let your faces be gracious to him that
"cometh onward' . The light (15) is beyond your knowledge, and
"ye cannot fetter it ; and times and seasons are in my body .
"I do not utter words to the god Hu, [I do not utter words of]
"wickedness instead of [words of] right and truth, (16) and each
"day right and truth come upon my eyebrows . At night taketh
"place the festival of him that is dead, the Aged One, who is
"in ward [in] the earth ."
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.