Vignette : A swallow perched upon a conical object .
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A SWALLOW. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
saith :- (2)
"I am a swallow, I am a swallow . I am the Scorpion, the
"daughter of Ra . Hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet ; hail, ye
"gods, whose scent is sweet! [Hail,] Flame, which cometh forth
"from the horizon! Hail, thou who art in the city, I have brought
"the Warden of his Bight therein . O stretch out unto me thy
"hand so that I may be able to pass my days in the Pool of
"Double Fire, and (4) let me advance with my message, for I
"have come with words to tell . O open [thou] the doors to me
"and I will declare the things which have been (5) seen by me .
"Horns hath become the divine prince of the Boat of the Sun,
"and unto him hath been given the throne of his divine father
"Osiris, and (6) Set, that son of Nut, [lieth] under the fetters
"which he had made for me . I have made a computation of
"what is in the city of Sekhem, (7) I have stretched out both
"my hands and arms at the word(?) of Osiris, I have passed
"on to judgment, and I have come that [I] may (8) speak ;
"grant that I may pass on and declare my tidings . I enter in,
"[I am] judged, and [I] come forth worthy at (9) the gate of
"Neb-er-tcher . I am pure at the great place of the passage of
"souls, I have done away with (10) my sins, I have put away
"mine offences, and I have destroyed the evil which appertained
"unto my members upon earth . Hail, ye divine beings who guard
"the doors, make ye for me (11l away, for, behold, I am like
"unto you . I have come forth by day, I have journeyed on on
"my legs, I have gained the mastery over my footsteps [before]
"the God of Light, (12) I know the hidden ways and the doors
"of the Sekhet-Aaru, verily I, even I, have come, (13) I have
"overthrown mine enemies upon earth, and yet my perishable
"body is in the grave!"
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED], HE SHALL
COME FORTH BY DAY, HE SHALL NOT BE TURNED BACK AT 04) ANY GATE
IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL MAKE HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO
A SWALLOW REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY .
Chap
. LXXXV . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A LIVING SOUL, AND OF
NOT ENTERING INTO THE CHAMBER OF TORTURE . From the Papyrus of Nu.
Text : (I) THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION
INTO A SWALLOW. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, triumphant,
saith :- (2)
"I am a swallow, I am a swallow . I am the Scorpion, the
"daughter of Ra . Hail, ye gods, whose scent is sweet ; hail, ye
"gods, whose scent is sweet! [Hail,] Flame, which cometh forth
"from the horizon! Hail, thou who art in the city, I have brought
"the Warden of his Bight therein . O stretch out unto me thy
"hand so that I may be able to pass my days in the Pool of
"Double Fire, and (4) let me advance with my message, for I
"have come with words to tell . O open [thou] the doors to me
"and I will declare the things which have been (5) seen by me .
"Horns hath become the divine prince of the Boat of the Sun,
"and unto him hath been given the throne of his divine father
"Osiris, and (6) Set, that son of Nut, [lieth] under the fetters
"which he had made for me . I have made a computation of
"what is in the city of Sekhem, (7) I have stretched out both
"my hands and arms at the word(?) of Osiris, I have passed
"on to judgment, and I have come that [I] may (8) speak ;
"grant that I may pass on and declare my tidings . I enter in,
"[I am] judged, and [I] come forth worthy at (9) the gate of
"Neb-er-tcher . I am pure at the great place of the passage of
"souls, I have done away with (10) my sins, I have put away
"mine offences, and I have destroyed the evil which appertained
"unto my members upon earth . Hail, ye divine beings who guard
"the doors, make ye for me (11l away, for, behold, I am like
"unto you . I have come forth by day, I have journeyed on on
"my legs, I have gained the mastery over my footsteps [before]
"the God of Light, (12) I know the hidden ways and the doors
"of the Sekhet-Aaru, verily I, even I, have come, (13) I have
"overthrown mine enemies upon earth, and yet my perishable
"body is in the grave!"
Rubric : IF THIS CHAPTER BE KNOWN [BY THE DECEASED], HE SHALL
COME FORTH BY DAY, HE SHALL NOT BE TURNED BACK AT 04) ANY GATE
IN THE UNDERWORLD, AND HE SHALL MAKE HIS TRANSFORMATION INTO
A SWALLOW REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY .
The Source: The Book oDead,
the Chapters of Coming Forth by Day
Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Related Posts:Translated into English by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., D.Lit
London, 1898.
Chap.
LXXXIII . THE CHAPTER OF MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO A BENNU BIRD . From the
Papyrus of Nu.