The fifth domain. O this domain of the glorious ones, which is open to
no one. The glorious ones who are in it have thighs of seven cubits, and
they live on the shades of the motionless.
Open to me the ways, that I may appear before you, that I may reach the
good Amenta, as was ordered me by Osiris, the glorious one, the lord of
all the glorified.
I live of your glory, I observe the first day of the month, and the
half-month on the fifteenth day.
I have gone round with the eye of Horus in my power, following Thoth.
Any god, or damned, who opens his devouring mouth against me on this
day, is struck down on the block.
The sixth domain. O thou Amemhet who art sacred more than the hidden
gods and the glorious ones, and who art dreadful to the gods. The god in
it is called Sechez-at.(6.)
Hail to thee, Amemhet. I have come to see the gods within thee.
Show your faces, and take away your head-dresses in my presence, I have
come to make your bread.
Sechez-at will not be stronger than I; the slaughterers will not come
behind me, the impure ones will not come behind me.
I live upon your offerings.
The seventh domain. O this Ases, too remote to be seen; the heat of
which is that of blazing fire. There is a serpent in it whose name is
Rerek. His backbone is seven cubits, he lives on glorious ones,
destroying their glory.
Get thee behind me, Rerek, who is in Ases, who bites with his mouth; and
who paralyses with his eyes.
Thy teeth are torn away, thy venom is powerless.
Thou shalt not come towards me, thy venom will not penetrate into me.
Thy poison is fallen and thrown down, and thy lips are in a hole.
The white serpent has struck his _ka_, and his _ka_ has struck the white
serpent.(7.)
I shall be protected. His head was cut off by the lynx.(8.)
The eighth domain. O this Hahotep, the very great, the stream of which
nobody takes the water for fear of its roaring.
The god whose name is the lofty one, keeps watch over it, in order that
nobody may come near it.
I(9.) am the vulture which is on the stream without end. I brought the
things of the world to Tmu, at the time when the sailors (of Rā) are
abundantly provided.
I have given my strength to the lords of the shrines, and the awe I
inspire to the lord of all things.
I shall not be taken to the block. The pleasure they take in me will not
be destroyed. I am the guide on the northern horizon.
The ninth domain.(10.) O this Akset which art hidden to the gods, the
name of which the glorious ones are afraid to know. No one goes out who
goes into it, except this venerable god, who inspires fear to the gods
and terror to the glorious ones. Its opening is of fire, its wind
destroys the nostrils. He made it such(11.) for his followers in order
that they may not breathe its wind, except this venerable god who comes
out of his egg.
He made it such, being in it, in order that nobody may come near it,
except Rā who is supreme in his attributes.
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