Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
1 Thou art what he is, Rā, thou givest birth to the royal Osiris,
thou makest him exist like thyself, god of the two horizons; the
birth of Osiris is the birth of Rā in the Ament, and reciprocally;
the birth of Osiris in the heavens is the birth of the soul of Rā
in the heavens, and reciprocally; the life of Osiris is the life
of Rā, and reciprocally; the development of his body is the
development of Rā’s body. Rā conceived, Tum gave birth to Osiris;
it is the young Chepra; Nut brings Osiris into the world, she
nourishes Osiris, like Rā’s soul which issued from her.
2 O, Rā who art in the Ament ...(636) who art in the empyrean,
deliver Osiris from thy conductors who separate souls from their
bodies, the agile beings who move quickly in thy places of
torment. May they never seize Osiris, may they never take him, may
they never quicken their steps toward him, may they never put him
in their places of torture, may they never cast their toils round
him, may they never place him upon their altars, may he never
tremble in the land of the condemned, may he never be lost in the
Ament. He walks as the god of the horizon walks, he takes Rā’s
steps, he worships the god who is on the earth, he honors the
mysterious bodies ...(637) they say to Osiris: Hu and Sa; they
call him this, because he is like the spirit of Hu and Sa(638) in
his creations; he makes the sacred tree grow he is not ignorant of
it. There are cries of joy in the mysterious region, for Rā sets
under the form of Osiris, and reciprocally. Rejoice, you the dead,
render praises to Rā, and Rā renders praises to you. Rā comes
forth from the cow Mehur,(639) he sets in Netur;(640) Osiris comes
forth from Nehur like the sun, he sets in Netur like Temt. The
name of the King is the name of Rā, Ammehur,(641) the setting of
Osiris, it is his setting, Amnetur.(642)
3 The gods of the empyrean bless him, the hidden gods rejoice over
him; they say to him: thy person is the god of the country of the
dead, thy form is Teb Temt. The hidden gods speak to the royal
Osiris, they rejoice on seeing him; (they say to him:) Hail,
blessed and perfect one, who comest forth from Tonen, the god who
destroys the forms; it is great, thy essence, spirit, shadow that
no one destroys, that lives where you live. He knows the essences
of the primitive beings, he knows the mysterious flames of the
empyrean, for he attains to holy and mysterious things.
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