Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CLXXIV
The great ones tremble when they see the sword which is in thy hand, when thou goest out of the Tuat
Hail to thee, the wise one, created by Seb, born of Nut. The cycles of the gods are at rest. Horus rests in his dwelling, Tum rests in his abode (?). All the gods of East and West rest in the great goddess of the birth, between the arms of her who gave birth to the god
When I am born I see, I recognize where I am, I have been raised on my place. The order has been accomplished of her who hates sleep and depression, and who stands in Utenet
My bread comes from Pu, and I receive my form in Heliopolis. Horus, in accordance with the command he had received from his father the lord of clouds, Astes, raised him, and I have been raised by Tmu
I am the great one. I come forth between the legs of the cycle of the gods. I have been conceived by Sechet, and Shestet gave me birth to be her star, Sothis, the first one, the great walker who brings Rā through the sky every day
I have come to my abode. I have united the two diadems. I shine like a star. O ye flowers, the name of which is “the precious bunch,” I am the lotus which cometh out of the holy earth; when I am plucked, I settle myself at the nostrils of the Great Figure
I have come out of the lake of flame, I have received justice instead of evil. I am near the white cloth, and I keep watch over the Uræi in the night of the great flood of tears
I shine like Nefertmu the lotus which is at the nostril of Rā when he comes forth on the horizon every day, and the gods are purified by his sight
N. is triumphant among the ka , smiting the hearts through his great wisdom. He is near the god, he is the Sau (the knowing one) at the western (right) side of Rā
I have come to my abode among the ka , uniting the hearts through my great wisdom. I am Sau near the god, at the western side of Rā; my sceptre (?) is in my hand. I am called the great favourite, as I am clad in red garments. I am Sau, on the western side of Rā, with a stout heart in the cave of Nu
This Chapter is already found in the pyramid of Unas (l. 379-399). Prof. Erman ( Zeitschr. , XXXIII, p. 2) has made a special study of it, and has pointed out that the title of this Chapter originates from a misunderstanding of the word which should be a star and not a gate or a door. Were it not for the vignette, which represents the deceased, the woman Muthotepet coming out of a door, we should translate: “Chapter of the coming forth of the Chu as a great star in the sky”; in accordance with these words found in the course of the chapter: “Shestet gave me birth to be her star, Sothis,” etc