Of Gaining Mastery Over Enemies

[From the Papyrus of Nu (British Museum No. 10,477, sheet 15).]

THE CHAPTER OF COMING FORTH BY DAY AND OF GAINING THE MASTERY OVER
ENEMIES. The chancellor-in-chief, Nu, saith:

“Rā sitteth in his habitation of millions of years, and he hath gathered
together the company of the gods, with those divine beings, whose faces
are hidden, who dwell in the Temple of Khepera, who eat the god Bāh, and
who drink the drink-offerings which are brought into the celestial regions
of light; and conversely. Grant that I may take possession of the captives
of Osiris, and never let me have my being among the fiends of Suti! Hail,
let me sit upon his folds in the habitation of the god User-ba (_i.e._, he
of the strong Soul)! Grant thou that I may sit upon the throne of Rā, and
let me have possession of my body before the god Seb. Grant thou that
Osiris may come forth triumphant over Suti [and over] the night-watchers
of Suti, and over the night-watchers of the Crocodile, yea the
night-watchers of the Crocodile, whose faces are hidden and who dwell in
the divine Temple of the King of the North in the apparel of the gods on
the sixth day of the festival, whose snares are like unto everlastingness
and whose cords are like unto eternity. I have seen the god Abet-ka
placing the cord; the child is laid in fetters, and the rope of the god
Ab-ka is drawn tight(?) ... Behold me. I am born, and I come forth in the
form of a living _Khu_, and the human beings who are upon the earth
ascribe praise [unto me]. Hail, Mer, who doest these things for me, and
who art put an end to by the vigor of Rā, grant thou that I may see Rā;
grant thou that I may come forth against my enemies; and grant thou that I
may be victorious over them in the presence of the sovereign princes of
the great god who are in the presence of the great god. If, repulsing
[me], thou dost not allow me to come forth against my Enemy and to be
victorious over him before the sovereign princes, then may Hāpi—who liveth
upon law and order—not come forth into heaven—now he liveth by Maāt—and
may Rā—who feedeth upon fish—not descend into the waters! And then, verily
shall Rā—who feedeth upon right and order—come forth into heaven, and
then, verily, shall Hāpi—who feedeth upon fish—descend into the waters;
and then, verily, the great day upon the earth shall not be in its season.
I have come against my Enemy, he hath been given unto me, he hath come to
an end, and I have gotten possession [of him] before the sovereign
princes.”