The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Chapter of coming out of the net.
153.1O he who turns backwards, mighty of heart, who spreads his net before him, who entereth the earth! O you the fishermen sons of their fathers, who go round in the midst of the stream, you will not catch me in your net, in which you catch the disabled, and you will not carry me away in your canvas, in which you take away the evil ones in the earth; the frame of which reaches the sky, and the weights of which are on the earth.
153.2For I will come out of its meshes and shine like Hunnu (Sokaris). I will come out of its bars and shine like Sebak. I shall fly against you like a fisher whose fingers are hidden.
153.3I know the fork which belongs to it. It is the great finger of Hunnu (Sokaris). I know the stake; it is the leg of Nemu. I know its pointed head, it is the hand of Isis. I know the name of its blade; it is the knife of Isis with which she cut the meat for Horus.
153.4I know the name of the frame and of the weights. They are the feet and the legs of the Sphinx.
153.5I know the name of the ropes with which fishing is done; they are the bonds of Tmu.
153.6I know the names of the fishermen who are fishing. They are the worms, the ancestors of the blood drinkers, who pour their flow on my hands, when the great god the lord listens to the words in Heliopolis, in the night of the 15th of the month, in the temple of the moon.
153.7I know the marked space in which they are enclosed. It is the soil of iron on which the gods stand.
153.8I know the name of the divine supervisor who takes hold of the fishes, and marks them on the tail. He is the supervisor of the divine property.
153.9I know the name of the table on which he lays them (the fishes); it is the table of Horus.
153.10He sits alone in the night; nobody sees him; the future ones see him, and the present ones give him their acclamations.
153.11I shine like Horus; I govern the land, and I go down to the land in the two great boats. Horus introduces me into the house of the Prince.
153.12I have come as a fisher; the fork has been given into my hand; my blade is in my hand, my knife is in my hand. I come forth; I go round about, and I entangle in my net.
153.13I know the name of the fork which closes the mouths vomiting (fire?). It is the great finger of Osiris.
153.14The fingers (prongs) which hold fast, they are the fingers of the ancestors of Rā, the claw of the ancestor of Hathor.
153.15I know the strings which are on this fork, they are the bonds of the lord of mankind.
153.16I know the name of the stake; the thigh of Nemu. Its point is the hand of Isis, its coil, the cord of the first-born god, its cordage the rope of Rā.
153.17I know the name of the fishermen who are fishing; they are the worms, the ancestors of Rā, the creatures, the ancestors of Seb.
153.18When what thou eatest is brought to thee, what I eat is brought to me. Thou eatest what is eaten by Seb and Osiris.
153.19O thou who turnest backwards, mighty of heart, who fishes and entangles him who enters the earth; O you fishers, sons of their fathers, and ye fowlers who are in Nefer-sent; you will not catch me in your nets, and you will not entangle me in your meshes, wherein you catch the disabled, and where you catch those who are in the earth; for I know it (the net), its frame above, and its weights below. Behold, I come, my stake is in my hand; the point is in my hand, the blade is in my hand.
153.20I come, I arrive to my... (?) I have come myself; I have come to bind it, to put it in its place. My knife is sharpened. I put it in its place.
153.21The stake which is in my hand is the thigh of Nemu; the fork which is in my hand is the fingers of Sokaris; this point which is in my hand is the claws of Isis; the blade which is in my hand is the knife of Nemu.
153.22Behold I have come, I sit in the boat of Rā, I sail on the lake of Cha and on the lake of the Northern sky.
153.23I hear the words of the gods. I do what they are doing, I give praises to their persons, I live as they live.
153.24N. appears on the ladder which was made for him by his father Rā, when Horus and Sut take hold of him.
153.25The Chapter of escaping from the catchers of fish.
153.26O ye snarers (?), O ye fowlers, O ye fishers, sons of their fathers, know ye what I do know, the name of this very great net: the embracer is its name.
153.27Know ye what I do know, the name of its cordage: the bonds of Isis.
153.28Know ye what I do know, the name of its stake: the thigh of Tmu.
153.29Know ye what I do know, the name of the fork: the finger of Nemu.
153.30Know ye what I do know, the name of its point: the nail of Ptah.
153.31Know ye what I do know, the name of its blade: the knife of Isis.
153.32Know ye what I do know, the name of its weight: the iron which is in the sky.
153.33Know ye what I do know, the name of its flowers: the feathers of the hawk.
153.34Know ye what I do know, the name of the fisherman: the cynocephalus.
153.35Know ye what I do know, the name of the ground, where are its limits: the house of the moon.
153.36Know ye what I do know, the name of him who fishes there: the great prince who sits on the east of the sky....
153.37I am Rā, who proceedeth from Nu, and my soul is divine. I am he who produceth food, but I execrate what is wrong.
153.38I am Osiris, the possessor of Maāt, and I subsist by means of it every day.
153.39I am the eternal one, like the bull. I am feared by the cycle of the gods in my name of the eternal one.
153.40I am self-originating, together with Nu, in my name of Chepera, from whom I am born daily.
153.41I am the lord of Daylight, and I shine like Rā; he gives me life in these his risings in the East.
153.42I come to heaven, I take hold of my place in the East.
153.43The children of the great god nourish him to whom they have given birth, with sacred offerings.
153.44I eat like Shu. I ease myself like Shu. The king of Egypt (Osiris) is present. Khonsu and Thoth their laws are within me. They impart warmth to the heavenly host.