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Plain text of Chapter Clxxxi

The chapter of arriving before the Divine Judge and before the angels, the guides in the Tuat, before the guards of their halls, the heralds of their gates and the doorkeepers of their pylons in the West, and of taking the form of a living soul and praising the Lord.

Hail to Thee, Lord of the West, Lord of Ta-tsert. Thy light is thy light, thy rays are thy rays, thy height is thy height, thy splendour is thy splendour, thy beauties are thy beauties, thy might is thy might. Thy abode is thy abode, thy throne is thy throne, thy judgment is thy judgment; thy wealth is thy wealth, thy duration is thy duration, thy creations are thy creations. He shall not die; no evil things will happen to him for ever and ever.

Hail, Lord of lords, to whom the crown and the sceptre have been given in the presence of the angels. God has raised the fear of His might in the hearts of mankind, of the angels, the honoured and the dead; the royal power belongs to Him; He is the great, the Lord of fear in His two abodes, the very brave one in Restau, whose memory is pleasant, the very brilliant in Abydos. It has been given Him to triumph over all; He is mighty more than the great powers; the fear of Him is over the whole earth.

The great ones stand before Him, the Prince of the Tuat, the great power of the sky, the Lord of the living, and the King of those who are therein. Thousands glorify Him in Cher-aba, the future ones rejoice in Him. He receives the choicest offerings in the upper abodes; He is the great, the mighty One.

Thy son avenges thee, he destroys all that is wrong in thee; he has fastened to thee thy flesh, he has set thy limbs and joined thy bones. Arise, thy hands have been given thee, stand up living.

Thy mother stretches her hand behind thee, she protects thee, she doubles her care for thee. Thy two sisters come to thee; they fill thee with life, health and strength, and all the joy which they possess.

They gather for thee all kind of good things within thy arms. They come near thee; as they praise thee for ever.

Happy art thou, thou shinest brilliantly, thou art powerful; thou art honoured.

I have come to Thee, Lord of Ta-tsert, who lasts eternally and for ever; my heart is right; my hands are pure; I have brought good things to my Lord and offerings to Him who made them. I have come from afar to your abodes. I have done a good thing on earth, I have struck down the enemies of justice, I have made them to fall down on their faces.

I am pure, thou art pure. I have purified myself for Thee, in Thy festival, I have dressed geese for Thee on Thy altar, for the sake of Thy pleasure and for the righteous who follow Thee.

Whoever knows this book, no evil thing can have mastery over him; he is not driven away from the doors of the Tuat; when he goes in and out, he receives bread and beer and all good things before the inhabitants of the Tuat.