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THE PAPYRUS OF ANI
THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge
Part 47
THE CHAPTER OF THE NEW MOON
THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE RECITED ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH (NEW MOON
DAY). The Osiris the scribe Ani, whose word is truth, in peace,
whose word is truth, saith:- Ra ascendeth his throne on his horizon,
and the Company of his Gods follow in his train. The God cometh
forth from his hidden place, [and] tchefau food falleth from the
eastern horizon of heaven at the word of Nut. They (the gods)
rejoice over the paths of Ra, the Great Ancestor [as] he journeyeth
round about. Therefore art thou exalted, O Ra, the dweller in thy
Shrine. Thou swallowest the winds, thou drawest into thyself the north
wind, thou eatest up the flesh of thy seat on the day when thou
breathest truth. Thou dividest [it among] the gods who are [thy]
followers. [Thy] Boat saileth on travelling among the Great Gods at
thy word. Thou countest thy bones, thou gatherest together thy
members, thou settest thy face towards Beautiful Amentet, and thou
comest there, being made new every day. Behold, thou art that Image of
Gold, thou hast the unitings of the disks of the sky, thou hast
quakings, thou goest round about, and art made new each day. Hail!
There is rejoicing in the horizon! The gods who dwell in the sky
descend the ropes [of thy Boat] when they see the Osiris Ani, whose
word is truth, they ascribe praise unto him as unto Ra. The Osiris Ani
is a Great Chief. [He] seeketh the Urrt Crown. His provisions are
apportioned to him- the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth. [His] fate is
strong from the exalted body of the Aamu gods, who are in the presence
of Ra. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is strong on the earth and
in Khert-Neter. O Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, wake up, and be
strong like unto Ra every day. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth,
shall not tarry, he shall not remain motionless in this land for ever.
Right well shall he see with his two eyes, right well shall he hear
with his two ears, the things which are true, the things which are
true. The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, is in Anu, the Osiris
Ani, whose word is truth, is as Ra, and he is exalted by reason of
[his] oars among the Followers of Nu. The Osiris Ani, whose word is
truth, cannot tell what he hath seen [or] narrate [what he hath heard]
in the House of the God of Mysteries. Hail! Let there be shouts of
acclamation of the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, the divine body of
Ra in the Boat of Nu, who beareth propitiatory offerings for the KA of
the god of that which he loveth. The Osiris Ani, whose word is
truth, in peace, whose word is truth, is like Horus, the mighty one of
transformations.
RUBRIC: This Chapter is to be recited over a boat seven cubits long,
made of green stone of the Tchatchau. Make a heaven of stars, and
purify it and cleanse it with natron and incense. Make then a figure
of Ra upon a tablet of new stone in paint, and set it in the bows of
the boat. Then make a figure of the deceased whom thou wilt make
perfect, [and place it] in the boat. Make it to sail in the Boat of
Ra, and Ra himself shall look upon it. Do not these things in the
presence of any one except thyself, or thy father, or thy son. Then
let them keep guard over their faces, and they shall see the
deceased in Khert-Neter in the form of a messenger of Ra.
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