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the Osibian is the birth of Ra in the Ament, and reciprocally; the 
birth of the Osibian in the heavens is the birth of the soul of Ra in 
the heavens, and reciprocally ; the life of the Osirian is the life of 
Ra, and reciprocally ; the development of his body is the develop- 
ment of Ra’s body. Ra conceived, Turn gave birth to the Osirian ; 
it is the young Chepba ; Nut brings the Osibian into the world, she 
nourishes the Osibian like Ra’s soul which issued from her. 
2 Oh, Ra, who art in the Ament * who art in the empyrean, 
deliver the Osibian from thy conductors who separate souls from their 
bodies, the agile beings who move quickly in thy places of torment. 
.May they never seize the Osibian, may they never take him, may 
they never quicken their steps towards him, may they never put him 
in their places of torture, may they never cast their toils round him, 
may they never place him upon their altars, may he never tremble in 
the land of the condemned, may he never be lost in the Ament. He 
walks as the god of the horizon walks, he takes steps as Ra, he 
worships the god who is on the earth, he honours the mysterious 
bodies * they say to the Osibian ; Hu and Sa ; they call 
him this, because he is like the spirit of Hu and Sa| in his creations, 
he makes the sacred tree grow, he is not ignorant of it. There are 
cries of joy in the mysterious region, for Ra sets under the form of 
the Osibian, and reciprocally. Rejoice, you „ the dead, render 
praises to Ra, and Ra renders praises to you. Ra comes forth from 
the cow Mehub.J he sets in Netur ;§ the Osirian comes forth from 
Mehur like the sun, he sets in Netur like Temt. The name of the 
King is the name of Ra, Ammehur,|| the setting of the Osirian, it 
is his setting, Amnetub.^[ 
3 The gods of the empyrean bless him, the hidden gods rejoice over him ; 
they say to him : Thy person is the god of the country of the dead, 
thy form is Teb Temt. The hidden gods speak to the royal Osirian, 
they rejoice on seeing him ; (they say to him:) Hail, blessed and 
perfect one, who comest forth from Tonen, the god who destroys the 
forms ; it is great, thy essence, spirit, shadow that no one destroys, 
that lives where you live. He knows the essences of the primitive 
beings, he knows the mysterious flames of the empyrean, for he 
attains to holy and mysterious things. 
4 The two gods speak to the royal Osirian, they rejoice on seeing him, 
this blessed, perfect spirit ; (they say to him :) This is one of us. 
The gods speak to the royal Osirian, they rejoice when the}*- see him, 
* Racuna. + Hu, the creative life : Sa, the intelligence. 
+ The water of the East. § The water of the West. 
|| He who comes forth from Mehur. He who is in Netur. 
