Chapter XCIX

C1hapter whereby one Saileth a Ship in the Netherworld.

2Oh thou who sailest the ship of Nu over that chine which is void, let me sail the ship; let me fasten my tackle in peace; in peace! Come, come; Fleet one, Fleet one! Let me come to see my father Osiris.

3Oh thou who art veiled, let me enjoy happiness.

4Oh thou who art clouded, but manful, and who sailest round over that chine of Âpepi; thou of firm head and steadfast breast when coming forth from the fiery blows: Oh thou who art at the ship, let me sail the ship, let me fasten my tackle and come forth.

5This place is empty, into which the starry ones fall down headlong upon their faces, and find not aught whereby they can raise themselves up.

6Narrow is the path as the tongue of Rā.

7[The Patrol who goeth round, and who piloteth the Double Earth; Seb abideth stably by means of their rudders: the divine Form which revealeth the Solar Orb: and He who presideth over the Red ones.]

8Let me be brought in as a distressed mariner, and let my Soul come to me, which is my brother, and go to that place which thou knowest.

9“Let me be told my name,” say,

101. The Mooring post. “Lord of the Double-Earth in the Shrine” is thy name.

112. The Blade of the Rudder. “Leg of Apis ” is thy name.

123. The Hawser. “The Side-Lock which Anubis fastens on to the swathing work” is thy name.

134. The Stern or Stem Posts. “The two columns of the Netherworld” is thy name.

145. The Hold. “Akar” is thy name.

156. The Mast. “Bearer of the Great one whilst she passeth” is thy name.

167. The Keel. “Backbone of Apuat” is thy name.

178. The Mast-head. “Throat of Emsta” is thy name.

189. The Sail. “Nut” is thy name.

1910. The Leathers. “Made of the hide of Mnevis, which Sutu hath scorched,” is thy name.

2011. The Oars. “Fingers of the elder” is your name.

2112. The Bracement. “Hand of Isis, stanching the blood of the Eye of Horus,” is thy name.

2213. The Ribs. “Emsta, Hapi, Tuamautef, Kebehsenuf, He who taketh captive, He who taketh by force, He who seeth his Father, and He who maketh himself,” are your names.

2314. The Look-out: “Master of the Grounds” is thy name.

2415. The Tiller: “Merit” is thy name.

2516. The Rudder: “The Umpire, beaming forth from the water,” is thy name.

2617. The Hull: “The Leg of Hathor, which Rā wounded, on his lifting her into the Sektit Boat,” is thy name.

2718. The Boatman: “Off” is thy name.

2819. The Breeze, since thou art conveyed by me: “The Northern Breeze proceeding from Tmu to the Nose of Chent-Amenta” is thy name.

2920. The Stream, since thou sailest upon me: “Their Mirror” is thy name.

3021. The Shallow: “Destroyer of the large-handed at the place of purification” is thy name.

3122. The Land, since thou walkest upon me: “The Tip of Heaven, the Coming forth from the swathings in the Garden of Aarru, and the Coming forth in Exultation,” is thy name.

32To be said before them.

33Hail to you, Fair in Form, Lord of issues, who are springing up for ever, and whose double goal is eternity: turn to me your hands, give to me food and offerings for my mouth; let me eat the Bat-bread, the Shensu-cake and the Kefen-cake: let my place be in the great hall in presence of the mighty god.

34I know that mighty god to whose nostrils ye present delicacies. Tekmu is his name: and whether he, whose name is Tekmu, turneth from the East or advanceth to the West, let his course be my course.

35Let me not be stopped at the Meskat; let not the Sebau have mastery over my limbs.

36I have bread in Pu and beer in Tepu. Let your largesses of this day be granted to me; offerings of wheat and barley, offerings of ānta and of vestments, offerings of oxen, and ducks, which are offerings for life, health and strength, and also offerings for coming forth by day, in all the forms in which it pleaseth me to come forth in the Garden of Aarru.

37If this chapter be known he will come forth at the Garden of Aarru; there will be given to him the Shensu-cake, the measure of drink and the persen-cake, and fields of wheat and barley of seven cubits (It is the followers of Horus who reap them), for he eateth of that wheat and barley, and he is made whole in his limbs through that wheat and barley, and his limbs spring up even as with those gods. And he cometh forth in the Garden of Aarru in all the forms in which it pleaseth him to come forth.