Behold, the Osiris Ani, the scribe of the holy offerings of all the gods, saith:
Homage to thee, O
thou who hast come as Khepera, Khepera the creator of the gods,
Thou art seated on thy
throne, thou risest up in the sky,
illumining thy mother [Nut], thou art seated on thy throne as the
king of the gods.
[Thy] mother Nut stretcheth out her hands, and performeth an act of homage to
thee.
The domain of Manu receiveth thee with satisfaction.
The goddess Maat embraceth thee at
the two seasons of the day. May Ra give glory, and power, and thruth-speaking, and the
appearance as a living soul so that he may gaze upon Heru-khuti, to the KA of the Osiris the
Scribe Ani, who speaketh truth before Osiris, and who saith:
Hail, O all ye gods of the House of
the Soul,
who weigh heaven and earth in a balance,
and who give celestial food [to the dead].
Hail, Tatun, [who art] One, thou creator of mortals [and] of the Companies of the Gods of the
South and of the North, of the West and of the East, ascribe ye praise to Ra, the lord of heaven,
the KING, Life, Strength, and Health, the maker of the gods.
Give ye thanks unto him in his
beneficent form which is enthroned in the Atett Boat; beings celestial praise thee, beings
terrestial praise thee.
Thoth and the goddess Maat mark out thy course for thee day by day and
every day.
Thine enemy the Serpent hath been given over to the fire.
The Serpent- fiend Sebau
hath fallen headlong, his forelegs are bound in chains, and his hind legs hath Ra carried away
from him.
The Sons of Revolt shall never more rise up.
The House of the Aged One keepeth
festival, and the voices of those who make merry are in the Great Place.
The gods rejoice when
they see Ra crowned upon his throne, and when his beams flood the world with light.
The
majesty of this holy god setteth out on his journey, and he goeth onwards until he reacheth the
land of Manu; the earth becometh light at his birth each day; he proceedeth until he reacheth the
place where he was yesterday.
O be thou at peace with me. Let me gaze upon thy beauties. Let
me journey above the earth. Let me smite the Ass.
Let me slit asunder the Serpent-fiend Sebau.
Let me destroy Aepep at the moment of his greatest power.
Let me behold the Abtu Fish at his
season, and the Ant Fish with the Ant Boat as it piloteth it in its lake.
Let me behold Horus when
he is in charge of the rudder [of the Boat of Ra], with Thoth and the goddess Maat on each side
of him.
Let me lay hold of the tow-rope of the Sektet Boat, and the rope at the stern of the Matett
Boat.
Let Ra grant to me a view of the Disk (the Sun), and a sight of Ah (the Moon) unfailingly
each day.
Let my Ba- soul come forth to walk about hither and thither and whithersoever it
pleaseth.
Let my name be called out, let it be found inscribed on the tablet which recordeth the
names of those who are to receive offerings.
Let meals from the sepulchral offerings be given to
me in the presence [of Osiris], as to those who are in the following of Horus.
Let there be
prepared for me a seat in the Boat of the Sun on the day wheron the god saileth.
Let me be
received in the presence of Osiris in the Land of Truth-speaking- the Ka of Osiris Ani.