Pyramid Texts
Miscellaneous Texts--some Largely Osirian, Utterances 436-442
788 To make a libation. To say: Thy water belongs to thee; thine abundance belongs to thee;
788 the efflux goes forth from the god, the secretion which comes out of Osiris,
788 so that thy hands may be washed, so that thine ears may be open.
789 This power is spiritualized by means of its soul.
789 Wash thyself for thy ka washes itself. Let thy ka be seated,
789 that it may eat bread with thee, without ceasing eternally.
790 Thy going is as a successor of Osiris;
790 thy face is before thee; thine homage is before thee.
791 It is agreeable to thy nose on account of the smell of 'I.t-wt.t;
791 for thy feet when they hit thy feast (carry thee to thy feast);
791 for thy teeth, for thy finger-nails when thy bread is broken.
792 Thou ferriest over as the great bull, the pillar (or, column) of the Serpent nome,
792 to the fields of R` which he loves.
792 Raise thyself up, N. Thou shalt not die.
793 To say: Wake up for Horus; stand up against Set;
793 raise thyself up as Osiris, like the spirit, son of Geb, his first (born);
793 and stand up as Anubis, who is on the min-w (-shrine),
794 before whom the Ennead tremble. The three beginnings (of the divisions of the year) will be celebrated for thee;
794 thou purifiest thyself on the day of the new-moon, thou dawnest on the first of the month.
794 The great min.t (-stake) mourns for thee
794 as for "Him who stands without being tired," who resides in Abydos.
795 Earth, hear that which the gods have spoken,
795 what R` says as he spiritualizes N.,
795 that he may receive his spirituality as one at the head of the gods, like Horus, son of Osiris,
795 while he gives him his spirituality among the watchers Of Buto,
795 while he dignifies him as a god among the watchers of Hierakonpolis.
796 The earth speaks:
796 The double doors of Aker are open for thee; the double doors of Geb are open for thee.
796 Thou goest forth at the voice of Anubis, while he has spiritualized thee, like Thot,
797 that thou mayest judge the gods, that thou mayest set a boundary to the Bows,
797 between the two sceptres, in this thy dignity of spirit, commanded by Anubis.
798 If thou goest, Horus, goes; if thou speakest, Set speaks.
798 Thou approachest the sea (lake); thou advancest to the Thinite nome;
798 thou passest through Abydos.
799 A portal is open for thee in heaven, towards the horizon;
799 the heart of the gods rejoices at thy approach.
799 They take thee to heaven in thy (capacity as) soul; thou art a soul (mighty) among them.
800 Thou ascendest to heaven like Horus, who is over the sdsd of heaven,
800 in this thy dignity issuing from the mouth of R`,
800 as Horus among the spirits,
800 whilst thou sittest on thy firm throne.
801 Thou withdrawest thyself to heaven;
801 the ways, of the Bows, which lead up to Horus, are made firm for thee;
801 the heart of Set fraternizes with thee as (with) the Great One of Heliopolis.
802 Thou hast voyaged over the Winding Watercourse in the north of Nut
802 as a star, which ferries over the ocean, which is under the body of Nut.
802 The D.t strikes (takes) thy hand, towards the place of ,
803 after the bull of heaven had given thee his arm.
803 Thou nourishest thyself with the food of the gods, with which they nourish themselves.
803 The odour of Ddwn is on thee, the Upper Egyptian youth, who is come from Nubia;
803 he gives thee the incense wherewith the gods cense themselves.
804 The two children (twin?) of the king of Lower Egypt, who are on his head, the possessors of the great (crown), have given birth to thee.
804 R` has called thee out of the 'iskn of heaven,
804 as Horus who is chief of his department (or, presides over his thigh-offering) he of tw-t, lord of bw.t (the rebel city),
804 as the jackal god, nome-governor of the Bows, as Anubis who presides over the pure (holy) land.
805 He appoints thee as the morning star (god of the morning) in the midst of the Marsh of Reeds,
805 and thou sittest upon thy throne.
805 Thy dismembered limbs are collected by the two mighty ones, the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, as lord of the Bows.
805 Thine abundance is in the field of the gods where they nourish themselves.
806 Thou hast thy spiritualization; thou hast thy messengers;
806 thou hast thine understanding; thou hast thine earthly servants.
806 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand of the young of antelopes
806 from the desert, as they come to thee with bowed head.
807 May the king give an offering, may Anubis give an offering (of) thy thousand loaves of bread, thy thousand mugs of beer,
807 thy thousand large loaves, which come from the broad-hall, thy thousand of all sweet things,
807 thy thousand of oxen, thy thousand of all things which thou eatest, on which thy heart is set.
808 The 'im-tree serves thee, the nb-tree bows its head to thee,
808 such as Anubis will do for thee.
809 To say: O, O, I will do it for thee, O, my father,
809 for thou hast no father among men, thou hast no mother among mankind;
809 thy father is the great wild bull, thy mother is the young cow (lit. girl, or damsel).
810 Live a life, and thou shalt certainly not die a death,
810 like Horus lived, who dwelt in Letopolis,
810 after the great grave (hole) of Heliopolis was opened for him.
811 The great one of the t.t-sedan-chair-man and the great one of the `-sedan-chair-man of nti-'imn.tiw,
811 they give thee water on the beginning of the month and on the beginning of the half-month,
811 that thou mayest give to the great and lead the small.
811 Thou hast thy double-rib piece (sbti.w) from the slaughteringbench of nti-'imn.tiw,
811 in accordance with thy dignity among the lords of the 'im.
812 To say: N. is Satis who has taken possession of both lands,
812 the burning one who has seized her two lands.
812 N. has ascended to heaven;
812 he has found R` standing; he approaches him;
813 he sits down beside him;
813 R` allows him not to throw himself on the ground,
813 knowing that he (the king) is indeed greater than he (R`).
813 N. is more spiritual than the spirits,
813 more excellent than the excellent ones;
813 N. is more enduring than the enduring ones.
814 N. has triumphed over the lady of the tp.t;
814 N. has taken his stand with him in the north of the sky;
814 N. has taken possession of both lands as king of the gods.
815 To say: If thou desirest to live, Horus, who is in charge of his lifestaff (?) of truth,
815 then shalt thou not shut the double doors of heaven, then shalt thou not binder (with) its (the heaven's) hindrances,
815 as soon as thou hast taken the ka of N. to heaven,
815 among the august-ones of the god, unto the beloved ones of the god,
816 who lean upon their d`m-sceptres, who guard the land of Upper Egypt,
816 who clothe themselves in purple (?), who live on figs,
816 who drink wine, who anoint themselves with t.t-oil,
816 that he (the ka) may speak for N. to the Great God, and cause N. to climb up to the Great God.
817 To say: The earth has been hoed for thee; the wdn.t-offering before thee has been made for thee,
817 as thou goest on that way whereon the gods go.
818 Turn thou and see this offering,
818 which the king has made for thee, which the First of the Westerners has made for thee,
818 as thou goest to those gods in the north, the imperishable stars.
819 To say: That Great One is certainly fallen on his side; be who is in Ndi.t is thrown down.
819 Thine arm is seized by R`; thy head is lifted up by the Two Enneads.
819 Behold, he is come (again) as ; behold, Osiris is come as .
820 lord of the wine-cellar at the Wg-feast,
820 "good," as his mother said; "heir," as his father said,
820 conceived by heaven, born of the Dw.t.
820 Heaven conceives thee together with S';
820 N. is born in the Dw.t together with S'.
821 He lives who lives at the command of the gods; so wilt thou live.
821 Thou ascendest with S' on the eastern side of the sky;
821 thou descendest with S' on the western side of the sky.
822 Your third is Sothis of the pure places,
822 she is your leader (or, who will lead you) by the beautiful ways in heaven,
822 in the Marsh of Reeds. 21. SECOND SERIES IN PRAISE OF NUT,