The Chapter of Not Letting the Heart-soul
of a Man
be Snatched away from Him in Khert-Neter
The Osiris the
scribe Ani saith: I, even I, am he who cometh forth from
the Celestial Water (Akeb). He (Akeb) produced abundance
for me, and hath the mastery there in the form of the
River.
The
following is from the Papyrus of Nefer-uben-f, Naville,
op. cit., I, Bl. 72:
The
Chapter of Drinking Water in Khert-Neter
The am khent priest, Nefer-uben-f, whose word is truth,
saith: I, even I, am he who cometh forth from the god
Keb. The water-flood is given to him, he hath become the
master thereof in the form of Hapi. I, the am khent
Nefer-uben-f, open the doors of heaven. Thoth hath opened
to me the doors of Qebh (the Celestial Waters). Lo, Hepi
Hepi, the two sons of the Sky, mighty in splendour, grant
ye that I may be master over the water, even as Set had
dominion over his evil power on the day of the storming
of the Two Lands. I pass by the Great Ones, arm to
shoulder, even as they pass that Great God, the Spirit
who is equipped, whose name is unknown. I have passed by
the Aged One of the shoulder. I am Nefer-uben-f, whose
word is truth. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water
Osiris. Hath opened to me the Celestial Water Thoth-Hapi,
the Lord of the horizon, in his name of "Thoth,
cleaver of the earth." I am master of the water, as
Set is master of his weapon. I sail over the sky, I am
Ra, I am Ru. I am Sma. I have eaten the Thigh, I have
seized the bone and flesh. I go round about the Lake of
Sekhet-Ar. Hath been given to me eternity without limit.
Behold, I am the heir of eternity, to whom hath been
given everlastingness.
The
following two Chapters are from the Papyrus of Nu, Sheets
7 and 12
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