Of Coming Forth From Re-Stau

Of Coming Forth From Re-Stau


[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH FROM RE-STAU. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

“I was born in Re-stau, and splendor hath been given unto me by those who
dwell in their spiritual bodies (_sāhu_) in the habitation where libations
are made unto Osiris. The divine ministers who are in Re-stau shall
receive [me] when Osiris is led into the twofold funeral region of Osiris;
oh, let me be a divine being whom they shall lead into the twofold funeral
region of Osiris.”




Of Coming Forth From Re-Stau


[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 9).]

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH FROM RE-STAU.(78) The chancellor-in-chief, Nu,
triumphant, saith:

“I am the Great God who maketh his light. I have come to thee, O Osiris,
and I offer praise unto thee. [I am] pure from the issues which are
carried away from thee. Thy name is made in Re-stau, and thy power is in
Abtu (Abydos). Thou art raised up, then, O Osiris, and thou goest round
about through heaven with Rā, and thou lookest upon the generations of
men, O thou One who circlest, thou Rā. Behold, verily, I have said unto
thee, O Osiris, ‘I am the spiritual body of the God,’ and I say, ‘Let it
come to pass that I shall never be repulsed before thee, O Osiris.’ ”

The following is the chapter in a fuller form:(79)

THE CHAPTER OF KNOWING THE NAME OF OSIRIS AND OF ENTERING INTO AND OF
GOING OUT FROM RE-STAU [IN ALL THE FORMS WHEREIN HE WILLETH TO COME
FORTH].(80) The scribe Mes-em-neter, triumphant, saith:

“I am the Great Name who maketh his light. I have come to thee, O Osiris,
and I offer praise unto thee. I am pure from the issues which are carried
away from thee. [Thy] name hath been made in Re-stau when it hath fallen
therein. Homage to thee, O Osiris, in thy strength and in thy power, thou
hast obtained the mastery in Re-stau. Thou art raised up, O Osiris, in thy
might and in thy power, thou art raised up, O Osiris, and thy might is in
Re-stau, and thy power is in Abtu (Abydos). Thou goest round about through
heaven, and thou sailest before Rā, and thou lookest upon the generations
of men, O thou Being who circlest, thou Rā. Behold, verily, I have said
unto thee, O Osiris, ‘I am the spiritual body of the God,’ and I say, ‘Let
it come to pass that I shall never be repulsed before thee, O Osiris.’ ”