12 "Is due to God alone, and is forthcoming in His sanctuary,

13 "O servant of God, thou art our avenger.

14 "We have given unto thee the charge of this battle,

15 "Thou shalt sit down, in the council thy word shall be heard,

16 "Thy weapon shall never fall from thy hands, it shall break the head of thy foe.

17 "Whosoever putteth his trust in God, spare thou his life,

18 "And the one who deviseth evil, pour thou out his soul."

19 Then a cloak was set in their midst,

20 They addressed the chosen servant, their first-born, saying:

21 "Thou shalt hold the foremost position in this task.

22 "By God's leave decree the throwing down and the building up, and it shall come to pass.

23 "Speak but the word, and the cloak shall disappear,

24 "Speak a second time and the cloak shall return uninjured."

25 He spoke the word, by God's leave the cloak disappeared,

26 He spoke a second time, the cloak reappeared.

27 When his elders saw the issue of the utterance of his mouth

28 They rejoiced and said, "Truly God's power is great."

29 They conferred upon him the sceptre, the throne, and the symbol of authority.

30 They gave him the unrivalled weapon, the destroyer of the enemy, saying:

31 "Go, cut off the life of the chaos.

32 "Let the wind carry her blood into the depth beneath the earth."

33 His elders issued the decree for the champion.

34 They set him on the road which leadeth to peace.

35 He strung his bow, he set ready his weapon,

36 He slung his spear, he attached it to his side,

37 He raised the club, he grasped it in his right hand.

38 The bow and the quiver he hung at his side.

39 He set the lightning in front of him.

40 His body was filled with a glancing flame of fire.

41 He made a net wherewith to enclose the chaos.

42 He made the four winds to take up their position so that no part of her might escape,

43 The South wind, the North wind, the East wind, the West wind.

44 He held the net close to his side, the gift of his elder.

45 He created the foul wind, the storm, the parching blast,

46 The wind of four, the wind of seven, the typhoon, the wind incomparable.

47 He despatched the seven winds which he had made,

48 To make turbid the inward parts of the chaos; they followed in his train.

49 The champion raised up the wind storm, his mighty weapon.

50 He went up into his chariot, the unequalled and terrible tempest.

51 He equipped it, he yoked thereto a team of four horses,

52 Pawing the ground, champing, foaming, eager to fly,

53 ...

54 They were skilled in biting, they were trained to trample under foot.

[Lines 55-57 too fragmentary to translate; they continue the description of the equipment.]

58 His brightness streamed forth, his head was crowned thereby.

59 He took a direct path, he hastened on his journey.

60 He set his face towards the place of the chaos.

61 On his lips ... he restrained

62 ... his hand grasped.

63 At that moment the angels were gazing upon him with fixed intensity,

64 His elders gazed upon him, they gazed upon him.

65 The champion approached, he looked upon the middle of the chaos,

66 He searched out the plan of Kingu.

67 He looked, Kingu staggered in his gait,

68 His will was destroyed, his motion was paralysed.

69 And the rebels his helpers who were marching by his side

70 Saw the collapse of their chief and their sight was troubled.

71 The chaos shrieked but did not turn her head.

72 With lips full of rebellious words she maintained her stubbornness,

73 Saying, "... that thou hast come as the lord of the angels,

74 "They have appointed thee in the place which should be theirs."

75 The champion raised up the wind-storm, his mighty weapon,

76 Against the chaos, who was furious, he sent it, saying:

77 "Thou hast made thyself mighty, thou art puffed up on high,

78 "Thy heart hath stirred thee up to invoke battle

79 "... their fathers ...

80 "...

81 "Thou hast exalted Kingu,

82 "Thou hast made him to usurp the authority of the heavens,

83 "... thou hast planned evil.

84 "Against the servants of God thou hast wrought evil.

85 "Let now thy troops gird themselves up, let them bind on their weapons.

86 "Stand up! Thou and I, let us to the fight!"

87 On hearing these words the chaos

88 Became like a mad thing, her senses became distraught,

89 She uttered shrill cries again and again.

90 That on which she stood split in twain at the words,

91 She uttered her curse and her spell.

92 The hosts of battle demanded their weapons.

93 The chaos and the champion of the angels roused themselves,

94 They advanced to fight each other, they drew nigh in battle.

95 The champion cast his net and made it to enclose her,

96 The evil wind that had its place behind him he let out in her face.

97 The chaos opened her mouth to its greatest extent,

98 He made the evil wind to enter it whilst her lips were unclosed.

99 The raging winds filled out her belly,

100 Her heart was gripped, she opened wide her mouth, panting.

101 He grasped the spear, he split up her belly,

102 He clave open her bowels, he pierced her heart,

103 He brought her to nought, he destroyed her life.

104 He cast down her carcase, he took up his stand upon it.

105 After he had slain the chaos, the chief of the rebels,

106 Her host was scattered, her levies became fugitive,

107 And the rebels, her allies, who had marched at her side,

108 Quaked with terror, and broke and ran

109 And betook themselves to flight to save their lives.

110 But they found themselves hemmed in, they could not escape,

111 He tied them up, he smashed their weapons.

112 They were cast into the net, and they were caught in the snare,

113 The regions of the world they filled with their cries of grief.

114 They received his chastisement, they were confined in restraint,

115 And the eleven creatures which the chaos had filled with awfulness,

116 The company of the devils that marched at her side,

117 He threw fetters upon them.

118 They and their resistance he trod under his feet.

119 Kingu, who had been magnified over them,

120 He crushed, he esteemed him as little worth as a dead thing.

121 He took from him the authority which should never have been his,

122 He sealed it and fastened it on his own breast.

123 After he had crushed and overthrown his enemies,

124 He made the haughty enemy to be like the dust underfoot.

125 He established completely the victory of the chief of the angels over the enemy,

126 The valiant champion achieved the object of the wise one,

127 He imposed strict restraint on the rebels whom he had made captive.

128 He turned back to the chaos whom he had defeated,

129 The champion trampled on the rump of the chaos,

130 With his unsparing club he clave her skull.

131 He slit open the channels of her blood.

132 He caused the North Wind to carry it away to a place underground.

133 His elders looked on, they rejoiced, they were glad.