CHAPTER CXLIX.
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Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) and Naville, Edouard
The first domain. O this domain of the Amenta, where they live upon bread of the plant tep seru. Take off your head dress in my presence, for I am the great one among you, he who joins his bones and establishes firmly his limbs. Ahi, the lord of hearts, came to me, he joined my bones, and as he fixed the diadem of Tmu, he fastened on me the head of Nehebkau, and established my balance. I am lord among the gods, I am Amsi the builder.
The second domain.(1) I am the great proprietor in the garden of Aarru. O this garden of Aarru, the walls of which are of steel; the height of its wheat is seven cubits, the ears are two cubits, and the stalks five cubits. The glorified ones, each of whom is seven cubits in height, reap them in presence of Harmachis.
I know the inner gate of the garden of Aarru, out of which cometh Rā, in the East of the sky; the South of it is by the lake of Cha-ru, and the North of it by the stream of Reu; thence Rā saileth with favouring gales.
I am the Teller in the divine ship; I am the unresting navigator in the Bark of Rā.
I know those two sycamores of emerald, between which Rā cometh forth, as he advanceth over what Tmu hath lifted up (the firmament) to the Eastern gates of the sky, through which he proceedeth.
I know this garden of Aarru of Rā, the height of its wheat is seven cubits, the ears are two cubits, the stalks five cubits; the barley is seven cubits. It is the glorified ones, each of whom is nine cubits in height, who reap them in presence of the powers of the East.
The third domain.(2) O this domain of the glorious ones through which nobody can sail, which contains glorious ones, and the flame of which is a consuming fire. O this domain of the glorious ones, your faces are looking down; make straight your ways, and purify your abodes as it was ordered to you by Osiris the eternal one.
I am the lord of the red crown which is on the head of the shining one,(3) he who gives life to mankind from the heat of his mouth, and who delivers Rā from Apepi.
The fourth domain. O this great and lofty mountain of the Netherworld, on the highest point of which ends the sky. It is three hundred measures in length, and ten in width. There is a snake on it, he with sharp knives is his name, he is seventy cubits in his windings, he lives by slaughtering the glorious ones and the damned in the Netherworld.
I stand on thy wall,(4) directing my navigation. I see the way towards thee. I gather myself together. I am the man who puts a veil on thy head, and I am uninjured. I am the great magician; thy eyes have been given me, and I am glorified through them. Who is he who goeth on his belly? Thy strength is on thy mountain; behold, I march towards it, and thy strength is in my hand. I am he who lifts the strength. I have come and I have taken away the serpents(5) of Rā, when he rests with me at eventide.
I go round the sky, thou art in thy valley, as was ordered to thee before.
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.
Hail to thee, venerable god, who comes out of his egg. I have come to thee to be in thy following. I go out of, and I come into Akset. Open to me the doors, that I may inhale its wind, and that I may take the offerings within it.
The tenth domain.(12) O this city of the Kahu gods who take hold of the glorious ones, and who gain mastery over the shades(13).... Who they see with their eyes; who have no connection with the earth.
O ye who are in your domain, throw yourselves on your bellies, that I may pass near you. My glorious nature will not be taken from me. No one will give mastery over my shade, for I am the divine hawk who has been rubbed with anti and anointed with incense; libations have been offered to me; Isis is before me; Nephthys is behind me.
The way has been pointed to me by Nau, the bull of Nut and Nehebkau. I have come to you, ye gods; deliver me and glorify me of an eternal glory.
The eleventh domain. O this city in the Netherworld, this cavity which masters the glorious ones.
No one goes out, of those who went into it, from the dread of the appearance of him who is in it.