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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 79

  (From the Papyrus of Nebseni, Sheet 17)

  HERE BEGIN THE CHAPTERS OF SEKHET-HETEPET, AND THE CHAPTERS OF

COMING FORTH BY DAY; OF GOING INTO AND OF COMING FORTH FROM

KHERT-NETER; OF ARRIVAL IN SEKHET-AARU; OF LIVING IN SEKHET-HETEPET,

THE MIGHTY CITY, THE LADY OF WINDS; OF HAVING POWER THEREIN; OF

BECOMING A SPIRIT-SOUL THERE; OF PLOUGHING THERE; OF REAPING THERE; OF

EATING THERE; OF DRINKING THERE; OF MAKING LOVE THERE; AND OF DOING

EVERYTHING THERE EVEN AS A MAN DOETH UPON EARTH. NEBSENI, THE SCRIBE

AND DRAUGHTSMAN OF PTAH, SAITH:- Set vanguished Horus, who was looking

at the building in Sekhet-Hetepet. I set free Horus from Set. Set

opened the paths of the Two Eyes (the Sun and Moon) in the sky. Set

ejected water with air upon the soul of his Eye, which dwelt in the

town of Mert; he delivered the interior of the body of Horus from

the hands of the Akeru Gods. Behold me! I paddle this great boat

over the Lake of the god Hetep; I seized upon it in the mansion of

Shu. The mansion of his stars reneweth youth, reneweth youth. I paddle

over the Lakes thereof so that I may arrive at the towns thereof. I

sail up to the town of the god Hetep.... Behold, I am at peace with

his times, and with his guidance, and with his will, and with the

Company of the Gods, who are his firstborn. He maketh the Two Fighters

(Horus and Set) to be at peace [with each other], and to keep ward

over the living whom he hath created in fair form, and he bringeth

peace; he maketh the Two Fighters to be at peace with those who

watch over them. He cutteth off the hair from their divine fighters,

he driveth away storm from the children. He guardeth from attack the

Spirits. I have gained power therein. I know it. I have sailed over

its Lakes so that I might arrive at its towns. My mouth is strong. I

am equipped against the Spirits. They shall not gain the mastery

over me. I am rewarded [with] these thy Fields, O god Hetep. What thou

wishest that do thou, O lord of the winds. I shall be a spirit

therein. I shall eat therein. I shall drink therein. I shall plough

therein. I shall reap the grain therein. I shall be strong therein.

I shall make love therein. My words shall be strong therein. I shall

not be in subjection therein. I shall be a man of might therein.

Thou hast made strong the mouth and throat. Hetep Qettbu is its

name. [It is] stablished upon the pillars of Shu, and is linked with

the pleasant things of Ra. He is the divider of years, the hidden of

mouth; silent is his mouth, hidden is what he uttereth, he

fulfilleth eternity, he taketh possession of everlastingness of

existence as Hetep, Neb-Hetep. Horus maketh himself strong like unto a

hawk which is one thousand cubits in length, and two thousand cubits

in life. He that equipments with him, he journeyeth on, he cometh to

the place where his heart would be, among the Lakes which are in its

towns. He begetteth in the birth-chamber of the god of the town, he is

satisfied with the food of the god of the town; he doeth what ought to

be done there, in the Field of Smas-er-Khet..... everything of the

birth-chamber of the god of the town. Now [when he] setteth in the

[land of] life like crystal he performeth everything therein, [which

things are] like unto the things done in the Lake Neserser, wherein

there is none that rejoiceth, and wherein are evil things of all

kinds. The god Hetep goeth in and cometh out, and marcheth hither

and thither in the Field of Smas-er-Khet, the Lady of the

birth-chamber of the god of the town. [Let me] live with the god

Hetep, clothed, and not despoiled by the Lords of the North, and may

the Lord of things bring food unto me. May he make me to go forward.

May I come forth. May he bring to me my Power there, may I receive it,

and may I be rewarded by the god Hetep. May I be master of the great

and mighty word in my body in this my place. Make me to remember it.

Let me [not] forget it. Let me go forward, let me plough. I am at

peace with the god of the town. I know the water, the towns, the

nomes, and the lakes which are in Sekhet-Hetepet. I live therein. I am

strong therein. I shine therein. I eat therein. I..... therein. I reap

the harvest therein. I plough therein. I beget children therein. I

am at peace therein with the god Hetep. Behold I sow seed therein. I

sail about on the lakes thereof, and I arrive at its towns, O god

Hetep. Behold my mouth is equipped, it possesseth horns . Give unto me

the abundance of the KAU (Doubles) and Spirit-souls. He who counteth

me is Shu. I know him not. I come to its towns. I sail over its lakes.

I walk about in Sekhet-Hetepet. Behold, it is Ra who is in heaven.

Behold, it is Hetep [who is] its double offering of peace. I have

advanced to its territory. I have put on my apparel. I have come

forth. I have given what it was upon me to give. I have made glad in

[my] heart. I have conquered. I am strong. I have given directions

to Hetep.

  [Hail], Unen-em-hetep, I have come to thee. My soul followeth me.

The god Hu is on my hands. [Hail], Nebt-taui, in whom I remember and

forget, I have become alive. I have attacked none, let none attack me.

I have given, give thou to me gladness. Make thou me to be at peace,

bind thou up my veins, let [me] receive air. [Hail], Unen-em-hetep,

the Lord of Winds. I have come there. I have opened my head. Ra

sleepeth. I watch not, [for] the goddess Hetemet is at the door of

heaven by night. Obstacles have been put before, but I have

collected his emissions. I am in my city. O Nut-urt (Great City), I

have come into thee. I have counted up my abundant stores. I advance

on my way to Uakh. I am the Bull which is tied with a rope of

lapis-lazuli, the lord of the Field of the Bull, the lord of the words

of the god, the goddess Septet (Sothis) at her hours. O Uakh, I have

come into thee. I have eaten my food. I am master of choice pieces

of the flesh of oxen and of feathered fowl, and the birds of Shu

have been given unto me. I follow the gods, and I come [after the

Doubles]. O Tcheft, I have come into thee. I array myself in

apparel, and I gird about myself the sat garment of Ra. Behold the

Court of the sky, and the followers of Ra who dwell in heaven. O

Un-em-hetep, the lord of the Two Lands, I have come into thee. I

have plunged into the Lakes of Tchesert; behold, impurity of every

kind hath removed from me. The divine Great One flourisheth therein.

Behold, I have found [him]. I have netted geese, and have fed full

upon the finest of them. O Qenqentet, I have come into thee. I have

seen the Osiris [my father]. I have saluted my mother. I have begotten

children. I have snared the serpents, and I am delivered. I know the

name of the god who is with the goddess Tchesert, and who hath

straight hair, and is equipped with horns [ready to gore]. He reapeth,

and I both plough and reap. O Hetemet, I have entered into thee. I

have approached the lapis-lazuli. I have followed the winds of the

Company of the Gods. The Great God hath given my head unto me. He

who hath bound my head on my body for me is the Mighty One, with

eyes of lapis-lazuli, namely, Ari-en-ab-f ("He doeth as he pleaseth").

O Usert, I have come into thee, to the house wherein food is brought

unto me. O Smam, I have come into thee. My heart watcheth, my head

is equipped with the White Crown. I act as the guide of the

celestial beings. I make to flourish terrestrial beings. There is

joy of heart for the Bull, and for the celestial beings, and for the

Company of the Gods. I am the god, the Bull, the Lord of the gods, who

maketh his way over the turquoise. O wheat and barley of the nome of

the god, I have come into thee. I have come forward. I have lifted

[you] up, following the best offerings of the Company of the Gods. I

have moored my boat to the tying-up post in the lakes of the celestial

beings. I have pulled up the typing-up post. I have recited words, and

I have ascribed praises unto the gods who dwell in Sekhet-Hetepet.