Vignette : A soul .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OFNOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER
OF TORTURE ; whosoever knoweth [it] shall not see corruption .
The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)
"I am the divine Soul of Ra proceeding from the god Nu ;
"that divine Soul which is God, [I am] the creator of the divine
"food, and that which is an abomination unto me is sin (3) where-
on I look not . I proclaim right and truth, and I live therein .
"I am the divine food, which is not corrupted in my name (4) of
"Soul : I gave birth unto myself together with Nu in my name
"of Khepera in whom I come into being day by day . I am the
"lord of (5) light, and that which is an abomination unto me
"is death ; let me not go into the chamber of torture which is
"in the Tuat (underworld) . I ascribe honour [unto] Osiris, and
"I make to be at peace the heart[s] of (6) those beings who dwell
"among the divine things which [I] love . They cause the fear
"of me [to abound], and they create awe of (7) me in those beings
"who dwell in their divine territories . Behold, I am exalted upon
"my standard (8), and upon my seat, and upon the throne which
"is adjudged [to me] . I am the god Nu, and the workers of ini-
quity shall not destroy me (9) . I am the first-born god of prim-
eval matter, that is to say, the divine Soul, even the (10) Souls
"of the gods of everlastingness, and my body is eternity . My
"Form is everlastingness, and is the lord of years (11) and the
"prince of eternity . [I am] the creator of the darkness who maketh
"his habitation in the uttermost parts of the sky, [which] I love
"(12), and I arrive at the confines thereof . I advance upon my
"feet, I become master of (13) my vine, I sail over the sky which
"formeth the division [betwixt heaven and earth], [I] destroy
"the hidden (14) worms that travel nigh unto my footsteps which
"are towards the lord of the two hands and arms . My soul is
"the Souls of the souls (15) of everlastingness, and my body is
"eternity . I am the divine exalted being who is the lord of the
"land of Tebu . `I am the Boy (16) in the city and the Young
"man in the plain' is my name ; `he that never suffereth cor-
ruption' is my name . I am the Soul, the creator of the god
"Nu who maketh his habitation in (17) the underworld : my
"place of incubation is unseen and my egg is not cracked . I have
"done away with all my iniquity, and I shall see my divine
"Father, (18) the lord of eventide, whose body dwelleth in Annu .
"I travel(?) to the god of night(?), who dwelleth with the god
"of light, by the western region of the Ibis (i. e ., Thoth) ."
Chap.
LXXXIV . TIIE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A HERON. From the
Papyrus of Nu.
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OFNOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER
OF TORTURE ; whosoever knoweth [it] shall not see corruption .
The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith :- (2)
"I am the divine Soul of Ra proceeding from the god Nu ;
"that divine Soul which is God, [I am] the creator of the divine
"food, and that which is an abomination unto me is sin (3) where-
on I look not . I proclaim right and truth, and I live therein .
"I am the divine food, which is not corrupted in my name (4) of
"Soul : I gave birth unto myself together with Nu in my name
"of Khepera in whom I come into being day by day . I am the
"lord of (5) light, and that which is an abomination unto me
"is death ; let me not go into the chamber of torture which is
"in the Tuat (underworld) . I ascribe honour [unto] Osiris, and
"I make to be at peace the heart[s] of (6) those beings who dwell
"among the divine things which [I] love . They cause the fear
"of me [to abound], and they create awe of (7) me in those beings
"who dwell in their divine territories . Behold, I am exalted upon
"my standard (8), and upon my seat, and upon the throne which
"is adjudged [to me] . I am the god Nu, and the workers of ini-
quity shall not destroy me (9) . I am the first-born god of prim-
eval matter, that is to say, the divine Soul, even the (10) Souls
"of the gods of everlastingness, and my body is eternity . My
"Form is everlastingness, and is the lord of years (11) and the
"prince of eternity . [I am] the creator of the darkness who maketh
"his habitation in the uttermost parts of the sky, [which] I love
"(12), and I arrive at the confines thereof . I advance upon my
"feet, I become master of (13) my vine, I sail over the sky which
"formeth the division [betwixt heaven and earth], [I] destroy
"the hidden (14) worms that travel nigh unto my footsteps which
"are towards the lord of the two hands and arms . My soul is
"the Souls of the souls (15) of everlastingness, and my body is
"eternity . I am the divine exalted being who is the lord of the
"land of Tebu . `I am the Boy (16) in the city and the Young
"man in the plain' is my name ; `he that never suffereth cor-
ruption' is my name . I am the Soul, the creator of the god
"Nu who maketh his habitation in (17) the underworld : my
"place of incubation is unseen and my egg is not cracked . I have
"done away with all my iniquity, and I shall see my divine
"Father, (18) the lord of eventide, whose body dwelleth in Annu .
"I travel(?) to the god of night(?), who dwelleth with the god
"of light, by the western region of the Ibis (i. e ., Thoth) ."
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.
Chap.
LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.