The chapter of raising the funereal bed.

Thou art a lion, thou art strong, thou avengest thy father; thou art among those four glorious ones who are shouting for joy, and who bring out water by the power of the tramp of their feet. Thou risest on the right, thou risest on the left. God has opened thy blind eyes, He has loosened thy legs which were fettered. Thou hast received thy heart, thy whole heart of thy own body; thy soul is in the sky, thy body is under the ground. There is bread for thy body, water for thy throat, sweet breeze for thy nostrils.

Thou restest in the funereal chambers, which those who are in their coffins have opened for thee when thou journeyest; thou art firm on thy pedestal, thou appearest in heaven, and thou fastenest the tackle by the side of the sun.

Thou fishest with the net on the river, the water of which thou drinkest; thou walkest on thy feet, and thou dost not walk headlong. Thou appearest on the surface of the earth, and thou doest not come forth from under solid ground; the strength which is in thee will not be shaken.

Thou art pure, thou art pure, thy forepart is purified, thy hindpart is cleansed with natron, and cooled with incense.

Thou art purified with milk, and with beer, with natron which removes all that is wrong in thee.

I have taken a bite of these sweet things which are on the hands of N., the loaves from above, made of grain of Abu, and four loaves from below, made of grain from the South. The angel of thy domain brings thee the Field of Hotepit, his hands are before thee.

Thou goest out like the sun, thou art powerful, thou art in possession of thy feet. N. is in possession of his feet at all times and at all hours; thou wilt not be judged unjustly, thou wilt not be imprisoned, thou wilt not be guarded, thou wilt not be put in bonds, thou wilt not be placed in the house where are the enemies. Cakes are piled up before thee, and offerings are well guarded for thee.

There is no one to oppose thee and to prevent thee from going out.

Thou receivest thy clothing, thy sandals, thy stick, thy linen, thy weapons; these enemies who would bring death to thee, they will not approach thee.

The great God speaks to thee: Let him be brought here for all that will happen. The sun opens to thee the doors of the sky. The earth is opened for thee.

Thou art great, a mighty and honoured one, whose name is not known, the soul which opens the West. It is mighty this soul of N., for he is beloved of God and well pleasing to those around him; he guards the men, and guides to the place where he is welcomed. The Lord of mankind causes thee to live and thy soul to be sound, that thy body may be enduring and great, that thou mayest see the light and breathe the wind, that thy face may be revealed in the house of right, that thou mayest be stationed in the meadow, and not see any storm, that thou mayest refresh thyself under the tree by the side of the stream.

The recording angel is sitting in front of thee. The guardian is protecting thy limbs.

Thou washest thy face at the mouth of the stream of Cher-aba, thou art welcome to the righteous of Pu and Tepu; thou goest out and goest in, thou conversest with the righteous.

Thou goest out and thou seest four loaves for thee from Sechem, and four loaves from Hermopolis; thou goest out and there are four loaves from Heliopolis on the table of the lord of the two earths.

Thou wakest in the night, and thou art welcome. Abundance is in thy mouth, thy feet do not turn back, there is life in thy limbs.

Thou conductest victuals to the righteous and vases of drink in the festival, on the morning of the feast; thy garment is well arranged with fine linen; the Nile rises over thy body; thou drinkest on the shore of the lake; thou art welcome to the righteous who are in it; thou art brought before the assembly of the righteous, thou art like one of them.