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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 71

  THE CHAPTER OF REPULSING SLAUGHTER IN HENSU

  (From the Papyrus of Nu, Sheet 6)

  THE CHAPTER OF DRIVING BACK THE SLAUGHTERS WHICH ARE PERFORMED IN

HENSU. The Osiris Nu, whose word is truth, saith:- O thou land of

the Sceptre! O thou White Crown of the divine form! O thou rest of the

ferry-boat! I am the Child. (Repeat four times). Hail, Abu-ur! Thou

sayest daily: "The slaughter-block is made ready as thou knowest,

and thou hast come to destruction." I am Ra, who stablisheth those who

praise him. I am the Knot of the god in the Aser tree, the twice

beautiful one, who is more splendid to-day than yesterday. (Repeat

four times). I am Ra, who stablisheth those who praise him. I am the

Knot of the god within the Aser tree, and my appearance is the

appearance [of Ra] on this day.

  My hair is the hair of Nu. My face is the face of the Disk. My

eyes are the eyes of Hathor. My ears are the ears of Up-uat. My nose

is the nose of Khenti-Khabas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth

are the teeth of Serqet. My cheeks are the cheeks of the goddess Isis.

My hands are the hands of Ba-neb-Tet. My forearms are the forearms

of Neith, the Lady of Sais. My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My

phallus is the phallus of Beba. My reins are the reins of the Lords of

Kher-aha. My chest is the chest of Aa-shefit. My belly and back are

the belly and back of Sekhmet. My buttocks are the buttocks of the Eye

of Horus. My hips and legs are the hips and legs of Nut. My feet are

the feet of Ptah. [My fingers] and my toes are the [fingers and]

toes of the Living gods. There is no member of my body which is not

the member of a god. Thoth protecteth my body altogether, and I am

Ra day by day. I shall not be dragged back by my arms, and none

shall lay violent hold upon my hands. And shall do me hurt neither

men, nor gods, nor the Spirit-souls, nor the dead, nor any man, nor

any pat-spirit, nor any rekhit-spirit, nor any hememet-spirit.

  I am he who cometh forth advancing, whose name is unknown. I am

Yesterday. "Seer of Millions of Years" is my name. I pass along, I

pass along the paths of the divine celestial judges. I am the Lord

of Eternity: I decree and I judge like Khepera. I am the Lord of the

Urrt Crown. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat and in the Egg, and

it is granted unto me to live therein. I am he who dwelleth in the

Utchat when it closeth, and I exist by the strength thereof. I come

forth and I shine; I enter in and I come to life. I am in the

Utchat, my seat is upon my throne, and I sit in the tent chamber

before it. I am Horus. [I] traverse millions of years. I have

decreed [the stablishing] of my throne, and I am the ruler thereof;

and in very truth my mouth keepeth an even balance both in speech

and in silence. In very truth my forms are inverted. I am Un-Nefer,

from one period even unto another, and what I have is within me. I

am the only One, who proceedeth from an only One, who goeth round

about in his course. I am he who dwelleth in the Utchat. No evil thing

of any shape or kind shall spring up against me, and no baleful

object, and no harmful thing, and no disastrous thing shall happen

unto me. I open the door in heaven. I rule my throne. I open the way

for the births which take place on this day. I am the child who

traverseth the road of Yesterday. I am To-day for untold nations and

peoples. I am he who protecteth you for millions of years. Whether

ye be denizens of heaven, or of the earth, or of the South, or of

the North, or of the East, or of the West, the fear of me is in your

bodies. I am he whose being hath been wrought in his eye. I shall

not die again. My moment is in your bodies, but my forms are in my

place of habitation. I am "He who cannot be known." The Red Fiends

have their faces directed against me. I am the unveiled one. The

period when the heavens were created for me and were enlarged the

bounds of earth, and multiplied the progeny thereof, cannot be found

out. They shall fail and not be united again. By reason of the

speech which I address to you, my name setteth itself apart from all

things evil which are in the mouths of men. I am he who riseth and

shineth, a wall which cometh out of a wall, an only One who proceedeth

from an only One. There is never a day that passeth without the things

which appertain unto him being therein; passing, passing, passing,

passing. Verily I say unto thee, I am the Plant which cometh forth

from Nu, and my mother is Nut. Hail, my creator, I am he who hath no

power to walk, the Great Knot who dwelleth in Yesterday. The might

of my strength is within my hand, I am not known [by thee], but I am

he who knoweth thee. I cannot be held in the hand, but I am he who can

hold thee in his hand. Hail, O Egg! Hail, O Egg! I am Horus who liveth

for millions of years, whose flame shineth upon you, and bringeth your

hearts unto me. I am master of my throne. I advance at this season.

I have opened a path. I have delivered myself from all evil things.

I am the golden dog-headed ape, three palms and two fingers [high],

which hath neither arms nor legs, and which dwelleth in Het-ka-Ptah. I

go forth as goeth forth the dog-headed ape who dwelleth in

Het-ka-Ptah.

  RUBRIC: Behold the Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, arrayed in

fine linen, and shod with sandals of white [leather], and anointed

with the very finest myrrh unguent. There are offered unto him a

fine bull, and incense, and ra geese, and flowers, and ale, and cakes,

and garden herbs. And behold, thou shalt draw a representation of a

table of offerings on a clean tile with pure colours, and thou shalt

bury it in a field whereon no swine hath trodden. And if a copy of

this book be written upon it, he shall rise [again], and his

children's children shall flourish and prosper, like unto Ra,

without cessation. He shall be in high favour with the king, and

with the shenit nobles of his court, and there shall be given unto him

cakes and cups of drink, and portions of flesh, upon the altar-table

of the Great God. He shall not thrust aside at any door in Amentet; he

shall travel in the train of the Kings of the South and the Kings of

the North, and he shall abide with the followers of Osiris near

Un-Nefer, for ever, and for ever, and for ever.