Part 9 (2/2)
Of Transformation Into A Governor
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheets 8 and 9).]
THE CHAPTER OF BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE GOVERNOR OF THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant, saith:
”I am the G.o.d Tem, the maker of heaven, the creator of things which are, who cometh forth from the earth, who maketh to come into being the seed which is sown, the lord of things which shall be, who gave birth to the G.o.ds; [I am] the great G.o.d who made himself, the lord of life, who maketh to flourish the company of the G.o.ds. Homage to you, O ye lords of divine things (or of creation), ye pure beings whose abodes are hidden! Homage to you, O ye everlasting lords, whose forms are hidden and whose shrines are hidden in places which are unknown! Homage to you, O ye G.o.ds, who dwell in the Tenait(?)! Homage to you, O ye G.o.ds of the circuit of the flooded lands of Qebhu! Homage to you, O ye G.o.ds who live in Amentet! Homage to you, O ye company of the G.o.ds who dwell in Nut! Grant ye that I may come unto you, for I am pure, I am divine, I am a _khu_, I am strong, I am endowed with a soul (or I am mighty), and I have brought unto you incense, and sweet-smelling gums, and natron; I have made an end of the spittle which floweth from your mouth upon me. I have come, and I have made an end of the evil things which are in your hearts, and I have removed the faults which ye kept [laid up against me]. I have brought to you the things which are good, and I make to come into your presence Right and Truth. I, even I, know you, and I know your names, and I know your forms, which are unknown, and I come into being along with you. My coming is like unto that of the G.o.d who eateth men and who liveth upon the G.o.ds. I am mighty with you like the G.o.d who is exalted upon his resting-place; the G.o.ds come to me in gladness, and G.o.ddesses make supplication unto me when they see me.
I have come unto you, and I have risen like your two divine daughters. I have taken my seat in the horizon, and I receive my offerings upon my tables, and I drink drink-offerings at eventide. My coming is [received]
with shouts of joy, and the divine beings who dwell in the horizon ascribe praises unto me, the divine spiritual body (_Sah_), the lord of divine beings. I am exalted like the holy G.o.d who dwelleth in the Great Temple, and the G.o.ds rejoice when they see me in my beautiful coming forth from the body of Nut, when my mother Nut giveth birth unto me.”
Of Transformation Into A G.o.d
[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 28).]
[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE G.o.d WHO GIVETH LIGHT [IN] THE DARKNESS. Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant:
”I am the girdle of the robe of the G.o.d Nu, which s.h.i.+neth and sheddeth light upon that which belongeth to his breast, which sendeth forth light into the darkness, which uniteth the two fighting deities who dwell in my body through the mighty spell of the words of my mouth, which raiseth up him that hath fallen-for he who was with him in the valley of Abtu (Abydos) hath fallen-and I rest. I have remembered him. I have taken possession of the G.o.d Hu in my city, for I found him therein, and I have led away captive the darkness by my might. I have rescued the Eye [of the Sun] when it waned at the coming of the festival of the fifteenth day, and I have weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged one who is with him. I have endowed Thoth [with what is needful] in the Temple of the Moon-G.o.d for the coming of the fifteenth day of the festival. I have taken possession of the _Ureret_ crown; Maat (_i.e._, right and truth) is in my body; its mouths are of turquoise and rock-crystal. My homestead is among the furrows which are [of the color of] lapis-lazuli. I am Hem-Nu(?) who sheddeth light in the darkness. I have come to give light in the darkness, which is made light and bright [by me]. I have given light in the darkness, and I have overthrown the destroying crocodiles. I have sung praises unto those who dwell in the darkness, I have raised up those who wept, and who had hidden their faces and had sunk down in wretchedness; and they did not look then upon me. [Hail, then,] ye beings, I am Hem-Nu(?), and I will not let you hear concerning the matter. [I] have opened [the way], I am Hem-Nu(?), [I] have made light the darkness, I have come, having made an end of the darkness, which hath become light indeed.”
Transformation Into A Lotus
[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 11).]
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LOTUS. The overseer of the palace, the chancellor-in-chief, Nu, saith:
”I am the pure lotus which springeth up from the divine splendor that belongeth to the nostrils of Ra. I have made [my way], and I follow on seeking for him who is Horus. I am the pure one who cometh forth out of the Field.”
Transformation Into A Lotus
[From the Papyrus of Paqrer (see Naville, op. cit., Bd. I. Bl. 93).]
THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LOTUS. Saith Osiris Paqrer:
”Hail, thou lotus, thou type of the G.o.d Nefer-Temu! I am the man that knoweth you, and I know your names among [those of] the G.o.ds, the lords of the underworld, and I am one of you. Grant ye that [I] may see the G.o.ds who are the divine guide in the Tuat (underworld), and grant ye unto me a place in the underworld near unto the lords of Amentet. Let me arrive at a habitation in the land of Tchesert, and receive me, O all ye G.o.ds, in the presence of the lords of eternity. Grant that my soul may come forth whithersoever it pleaseth, and let it not be driven away from the presence of the great company of the G.o.ds.”
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