The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter whereby one is conveyed in the Bark of Rā.
136.1Lo the Light which riseth up in Cher-āba.
136.2He is born, he of the strong cord, his cable is at an end, and his rudder hath been taken in hand.
136.3I poise the divine machinery by which I raise up the Bark to the cord above head, by means of which I come forth into Heaven, and am conveyed to Nut.
136.4I am conveyed by it along with Rā. I am conveyed by it like the Kaf.
136.5I stop the path at the Uārit of Nut, at the staircase where Seb and Nut bewail their hearts.
136.6Chapter whereby one is conveyed in the Great Bark of Rā to pass through the orbit of flame.
136.7O bright flame which art behind Rā, and dividest his Crown! The Bark of Rā feareth the storm. Ye are bright and ye are exalted.
136.8I come daily with Sek-hra from his exalted station, so that I may witness the process of the Maāt and the lion-forms which belong to them... so that I may see them there.
136.9We are rejoicing: their great ones are in jubilation, and their smaller ones in bliss.
136.10I make my way at the prow of the Bark of Rā, which lifteth me up like his disk.
136.11I shine like the Glorious ones, whom he hath enriched with his wealth, holding fast like a Lord of Maāt.
136.12Here is the Cycle of the gods, and the Kite of Osiris.
136.13Grant ye that his father, the Lord of them, may judge in his behalf.
136.14And so I poise for him the Balance, which is Maāt, and I raise it to Tefnut that he may live.
136.15Come, come, for the father is uttering the judgment of Maāt.
136.16Oh thou who callest out at thine evening hours, grant that I may come and bring to him the two jaws of Restau, and that I may bring to him the books which are in the Annu and add up for him his hosts.
136.17And so I have repulsed Apepi and healed the wounds he made.
136.18Let me make my way through the midst of you.
136.19I am the Great one among the gods, coming in the two Barks of the Lord of Sau, the Figure of the great saluter, who hath made the Flame.
136.20Let the fathers and their Apes make way for me, that I may enter the Mount of Glory, and pass through where the Great ones are.
136.21I see who is there in his Bark, and I pass through the orbit of Flame which is behind the Lord of the Side-lock, over the serpents.
136.22Let me pass: I am the powerful one, the Lord of the powerful.
136.23I am the Sāhu, the Lord of Maāt, the creator of every Dawn,
136.24Place me among the followers of Rā: place me as one who goeth round in the Garden of Peace of Rā.
136.25I am a god greater than thou art.
136.26Let me be numbered in presence of the Divine Cycle when the offerings are presented to me.