The Chapter Of Coming Forth By Day And Of
Opening Up A Way Through The Amehet:Behold, the scribe Nebseni, whose word is truth, saith:- Homage to you, O ye Lords
of Kau, ye who are without sin, and who live for the endless and infinite aeons of time
which make up eternity. I have opened up a way for myself to you. I have become a
spirit in my forms, I have gotten the mastery over my words of magical power, and I
am adjudged a spirit; therefore deliver ye me from the Crocodile [which liveth in] this
Country of Truth. Grant ye to me my mouth that I may speak therewith, and cause ye
that sepulchral offerings shall be made unto me in your presence, for I know you, and
I know your names, and I know also the name of the mighty god before whose face ye
set your celestial food. His name is "Tekem." [When] he openeth up his path on the
eastern horizon of heaven, [when] he alighteth towards the western horizon of
heaven, may he carry me along with him, and may I be safe and sound. Let not the
Mesqet make an end of me, let not the Fiend (Sebau) gain the mastery over me, let
me not be driven away from the doors of the Other World, let not you doors be shut
in my face, for my cakes are in the city of Pe, and my ale is in the city of Tep. And
there, in the celestial mansions of heaven which my divine father Tem hath
stablished, let my hands lay hold upon the wheat and the barley, which shall be given
unto me therein in abundant measure, and may the son of my own body make ready
for me my food therein. And grant ye unto me when I am there sepulchral meals, and
incense, and unguents, and all the pure and beautiful things whereon the god liveth, in
every deed for ever, in all the transformations which it pleaseth me [to perform], and
grant unto me the power to float down and to sail up the stream in the Field of Reeds
(Sekhet-Aaru), [and may I reach Sekhet-hetepet (the Field of Offerings)]. I am the
twin Lion-gods (Shu and Tefnut).
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