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240 BC

THE PAPYRUS OF ANI

THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Translated by E.A. Wallis Budge

 

Part 81

  (From the Saite Recension)

  THE BOOK OF MAKING PERFECT THE KHU in the heart of Ra, of making him

to have the mastery before Tem, of magnifying him before Osiris, of

making him mighty before Khent-Amentet, and of setting awe of him

before the Company of the Gods. It shall be recited on the day of

the New Moon, on the sixth day festival, on the fifteenth day

festival, on the festival of Uak, on the festival of Thoth, on the

Birthday of Osiris, on the festival of Menu, on the night of Heker,

[during] the Mysteries of the Tuat, during the celebration of the

Mysteries in Akertet, at the smiting of the emissions, at the

passage of the Funerary Valley, [and] the Mysteries...... [The recital

thereof] will make the heart of the Khu to flourish and will make long

his strides, and will make him to advance, and will make his face

bright, and will make it to penetrate to the God. Let no man witness

[the recital] except the king and the Kherheb priest, but the

servant who cometh to minister outside shall not see it. Of the Khu

for whom this Book shall be recited, his soul shall come forth by

day with the living, he shall have power among the gods, and it will

make him irresisitible for ever and ever. These gods shall go round

about him, and shall acknowledge him. He shall be one of them. [This

Book] shall make him to know how he came into being in the

beginning. This Book is indeed a veritable mystery. Let no stranger

anywhere have knowledge of it. Do not speak about it to any man. Do

not repeat it. Let no [other] eye see it. Let no [other] ear hear

it. Let no one see it except [thyself] and him who taught [it to

thee]. Let not the multitude [know of it] except thyself and the

beloved friend of thy heart. Thou shalt do this book in the seh

chamber on a cloth painted with the stars in colour all over it. It is

indeed a mystery. The dwellers in the swamps of the Delta nad

everywhere there shall not know it. It shall provided the Khu with

celestial food upon in Khert-Neter. It shall supply his Heart-soul

with food upon earth. It shall make him to live for ever. No [evil]

thing shall have the master over him.

  THE ADDRESSES OF THE FOUR RUDDERS

  Hail, Power of Heaven, Opener of the Disk, thou Beautiful Rudder

of the Northern Heaven.

  Hail, Ra, Guide of the Two Lands, thou Beautiful Rudder of the

Western Heaven.

  Hail, Khu, Dweller in the House of the Akhemu gods, thou Beautiful

Rudder of the Eastern Heaven.

  Hail, Governor, Dweller in the House of the Tesheru Gods, thou

Beautiful Rudder of the Southern Heaven.

  Grant ye cakes, and ale and tchefau food to the Osiris Auf-ankh,

whose word is truth.

  Hail, Father of the Gods! Hail, Mother of teh Gods in Khert-Neter!

Deliver ye the Osiris from every evil thing, from every evil

obstruction, from every dire attack of an enemy, and from that

deadly snarer with knife-like words, and from men, and gods, and

Spirit-souls, and the damned, on this day, on this night, on this

present festival of the fifteenth day, and in this year, and from

the things of evil thereof.