THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS ANI, THE SCRIBE, AND TELLER OF THE OFFERINGS WHICH ARE MADE TO ALL THE GODS, WHOSE WORD IS TRUE, WHO SAITH:
I rise up out of the Egg in the Hidden Land.
May my mouth be given unto me that I may speak therewith in the
presence of the Great God, the Lord of the Tuat. Let not my hand and
my arm be repulsed in the presence of the Chiefs (Tchatchau) of any
god. I am Osiris, the Lord of Ra-stau. May I, the Osiris, the scribe
Ani, whose word is true, have my portion with him who is on the top of
the Steps (Osiris). According to the desire of my heart I have come
forth from the Island of Nesersert, and I have extinguished the fire.
[The following passage is taken from the Saite Recension]
[THE CHAPTER OF GIVING A MOUTH TO THE OSIRIS, THE SCRIBE ANI, WHO
SAITH]:
Homage to thee, O thou lord of brightness, Governor of the
Temple, Prince of the night and of the thick darkness. I have come
unto thee. I am shining, I am pure. My hands are about thee, thou hast
thy lot with thy ancestors. Give thou unto me my mouth that I may
speak with it. I guide my heart at its season of flame and of night.
RUBRIC: If this Chapter be known by the Osiris the scribe Ani,
upon earth, [or if it be done] in writing upon [his] coffin, he
shall come forth by day in every form which he pleaseth, and he
shall enter into [his] abode, and shall not be repulsed. And cakes,
and ale, and joints of meat [from those which are on] the altar of
Osiris shall be given unto him; and he shall enter in peace into
Sekhet-Aaru, conformably to the decree of the Dweller in Busiris.
Wheat and barley (dhura) shall be given unto him therein, and he shall
flourish there just as he did upon earth; and he shall do whatsoever
it pleaseth him to do, even as do the Company of the Gods who are in
the Tuat, regularly and continually, for millions of times.