Of Transformation Into A God

[From the Papyrus of Ani (British Museum No. 10,470, sheet 28).]

[THE CHAPTER OF] MAKING THE TRANSFORMATION INTO THE GOD WHO GIVETH LIGHT
[IN] THE DARKNESS. Saith Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant:

“I am the girdle of the robe of the god Nu, which shineth and sheddeth
light upon that which belongeth to his breast, which sendeth forth light
into the darkness, which uniteth the two fighting deities who dwell in my
body through the mighty spell of the words of my mouth, which raiseth up
him that hath fallen—for he who was with him in the valley of Abtu
(Abydos) hath fallen—and I rest. I have remembered him. I have taken
possession of the god Hu in my city, for I found him therein, and I have
led away captive the darkness by my might. I have rescued the Eye [of the
Sun] when it waned at the coming of the festival of the fifteenth day, and
I have weighed Sut in the celestial houses against the Aged one who is
with him. I have endowed Thoth [with what is needful] in the Temple of the
Moon-god for the coming of the fifteenth day of the festival. I have taken
possession of the _Ureret_ crown; Maāt (_i.e._, right and truth) is in my
body; its mouths are of turquoise and rock-crystal. My homestead is among
the furrows which are [of the color of] lapis-lazuli. I am Hem-Nu(?) who
sheddeth light in the darkness. I have come to give light in the darkness,
which is made light and bright [by me]. I have given light in the
darkness, and I have overthrown the destroying crocodiles. I have sung
praises unto those who dwell in the darkness, I have raised up those who
wept, and who had hidden their faces and had sunk down in wretchedness;
and they did not look then upon me. [Hail, then,] ye beings, I am
Hem-Nu(?), and I will not let you hear concerning the matter. [I] have
opened [the way], I am Hem-Nu(?), [I] have made light the darkness, I have
come, having made an end of the darkness, which hath become light indeed.”