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Translated
by E.A. Wallis Budge
What is
this?
"It
is the cutting of the navel string of the body of the Osiris the scribe
Ani, whose word is true before all the gods, and all his faults are driven
out.
What is
this ?
"It
is the purification [of Osiris] on the day of his birth. "I am purified
in my great double nest which is in Hensu on the day of the offerings
of the followers of the Great God who dwelleth therein."
What is
the "great double nest"?
"The
name of one nest is 'Millions of years,' and 'Great Green [Sea]' is the
name of the other, that is to say 'Lake of Natron' and 'Lake of Salt.'
"Others, however, say the name of the one is 'Guide of Millions of
Years,' and that 'Great Green Lake' is name of the other. Yet others say
that 'Begetter of Millions of Years' is the name of one, and 'Great Green
Lake' is the name of the other. Now, as concerning the Great God who dwelleth
therein, it is Ra himself. "I pass over the way, I know the head
of the Island of Maati."
What is
this?
"It
is Ra-stau, that is to say, it is the gate to the South of Nerutef, and
it is the Northern Gate of the Domain (Tomb of the god). "Now, as
concerning the Island of Maati, it is Abtu. "Others, however, say
that it is the way by which Father Tem travelleth when he goeth forth
to Sekhet-Aaru, [the place] which produceth the food and sustenance of
the gods who are [in] their shrines. "Now the Gate Tchesert is the
Gate of the Pillars of Shu, that is to say, the Northern Gate of the Tuat.
"Others, however, say that the Gate of Tchesert is the two leaves
of the door through which the god Tem passeth when he goeth forth to the
eastern horizon of the sky. "O ye gods who are in the presence [of
Osiris], grant to me your arms, for I am the god who shall come into being
among you."
Who are
these gods?
"They
are the drops of blood which came forth from the phallus of Ra when he
went forth to perform his own mutilitation. These drops of blood sprang
into being under the forms of the gods Hu and Sa, who are in the bodyguard
of Ra, and who accompany the god Tem daily and every day. "I, Osiris
the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, have filled for thee the utchat (the
Eye of Ra, or of Horus), when it had suffered extinction on the day of
the combat of the Two Fighters (Horus and Set)."
What was
this combat?
It was the
combat which took place on the day when Horus fought with Set, during
which Set threw filth in the face of Horus, and Horus crushed the genitals
of Set. The filling of the utchat Thoth performed with his own fingers.
"I remove the thunder-cloud from the sky when there is a storm with
thunder and lightning therein."
What is
this?
"This
storm was the raging of Ra at the thunder-cloud which [Set] sent forth
against the Right Eye of Ra (the Sun). Thoth removed the thunder-cloud
from the Eye of Ra, and brought back the Eye living, healthy, sound, and
with no defect in it to its owner. "Others, however, say that the
thunder-cloud is caused by sickness in the Eye of Ra, which weepeth for
its companion Eye (the Moon); at this time Thoth cleanseth the Right Eye
of Ra. "I behold Ra who was born yesterday from the thighs of the
goddess Mehurt; his strength is my strength, and my strength is his strength."
Who is
this?
"Mehurt
is the great Celestial Water, but others say that Mehurt is the image
of the Eye of Ra at dawn at his birth daily. "[Others, however, say
that] Mehurt is the utchat of Ra. "Now Osiris the scribe Ani, whose
word is truth, is a very great one among the gods who are in the following
of Horus; they say that he is the prince who loveth his lord."
Who are
the gods who are in the train of Horus?
"[They
are] Kesta, Hapi, Taumutef, and Qebhsenuf. "Homage to you, O ye lords
of right and truth, ye sovereign princes (Tchatcha) who [stand] round
about Osiris, who do away utterly sins and offences, and who are in the
following of the goddess Hetepsekhus, grant ye that I may come unto you.
Destroy ye all the faults which are within me, even as ye did for the
Seven Spirits who are among the followers of their lord Sepa. Anpu (Anubis)
appointed to them their places on the day [when he said unto them], "Come
ye hither."
Who are
the "lords of right and truth"?
"The
lords of right and truth are Thoth and Astes, the Lord of Amentet. "The
Tchatcha round about Osiris are Kesta, Hapi, Tuamutef, and Qebhsenuf,
and they are also round about the Constellation of the Thigh (the Great
Bear), in the northern sky. "Those who do away utterly sins and offences,
and who are in the following of the goddess Hetepsekhus, are the god Sebek
and his associates who dwell in the water. "The goddess Hetepsekhus
is the Eye of Ra. "Others, however, say that it is the flame which
accompanieth Osiris to burn up the souls of his enemies.
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