Chapter whereby the Eater of the Ass is kept back.

Back, serpent Haiu, whom the servant of God execrateth. May the Wise cut off thy head, and may there accrue to me whatsoever property proceedeth from thee [according to] what was decreed against thee by the company of angels for the accomplishment of thy slaughter.

Back, thou whom the servant of God execrateth, from the Neshemet galley, which saileth towards the south with favourable breeze.

Pure are ye, all ye angels who overthrow the enemy of the righteous.

The angels upon the larboard utter loud acclamation.

Back, thou Eater of the Ass, whom he who is in the Tuat execrateth.

Know me! (Repeated four times.)

"Who art thou?"

I am....

Down upon thy face! thou who art eating at my sanctuary.

I am the Season, which cometh at its own will, by the command of God.

"Come not against me; thou who comest without being called, and who art unknown."

I am the master of thine utterance, and the check upon thy pride.

O Ha-as, whose horns are cut: by my children, the company of angels in Pu and Tepit, thou art severed from thy fold and thy fold is severed from thee.

And he who cutteth thee off cometh forth as a sign of God; thou art kept back and assailed, and stopped by the breath of my speech.

O thou who devourest all wrong, and carriest off with violence; there is no wrong in me, my tablets are free from wrong. Let me not suffer violence before the Divine Circle; let not disaster be hurled upon me.

I am he who giveth or taketh according to Thy behest.

Let not N. be seized, let him not be devoured.

He is possessor of life, and sovereign by God's leave on the Horizon.