This selection is located in the
pyramid of Pepi I on the west wall of the Antechamber. Faulkner is assuming
in his translation, that the third person Pepi I was originally in the
first person.
946a. djed medu ii mecheneti pu
djed
'Said (in the Antechamber facing West)' [Faulkner omits]
medu
'is the solitary
Word.' [Faulkner omits]
ii
'O,' [Faulkner has 'Ahoy,']
mecheneti
pu 'such a Ferrying Star!'
[Faulkner has 'Ferryman!']
Said (in
the Antechamber facing West) is the solitary
Word. O, such a Ferrying Star!
946b. ini nu en heru ini iret ef
ini
nu 'Bring this'
en
heru 'for Second Sight,'
[Faulkner has 'to Horus,']
ini
'bring'
iret
ef 'its Eye;' [Faulkner
has 'his Eye;']
Bring this
for Second Sight, bring its Eye;
946c. ini nu en setesh ini cherui ef
ini
nu 'bring this'
en
setesh 'for Illusion,'
[Faulkner has 'to Seth,']
ini
'bring'
cherui
ef 'its two testicles!'
[Faulkner has 'his testicles!']
bring this
for Illusion, bring its two testicles!
947a. setjep iret heru kher em ges iabet en pet
setjep
'There leaps up'
iret
heru 'the Eye of a Second
Sight' [Faulkner has 'the Eye of Horus']
kher
'which is fallen' [Faulkner has 'who fell']
em
ges iabet 'in the east side'
en
pet 'of the Blue Void,'
[Faulkner has 'of the sky,']
There leaps
up the Eye of a Second Sight which is fallen in the east side of the Blue
Void,
947b. setjep Pepi I pen heno es sedja Pepi I pen em ges iabet en pet
setjep
Pepi I pen 'so that this
Pepi I will leap up' [Faulkner has 'and I will leap up']
heno
es 'together with it,'
[Faulkner has 'with it,']
sedja
Pepi I pen 'so that this
Pepi I will be caused to ferry across' [Faulkner has 'I will travel']
em
ges iabet 'in the east side'
en
pet 'of the Blue Void,'
[Faulkner has 'of the sky,']
so that
this Pepi I will leap up together with it, so that this Pepi I will be
caused to ferry across in the east side of the Blue Void,
948a. shem ef setep ef zau ir ro
shem
ef 'so that he will go'
[Faulkner has 'and I will go']
setep
ef zau ir 'and he will choose
to attain an extension to' [Faulkner has 'and escort']
ro
'the god-Star' [Faulkner has 'Ro']
so that
he will go and he will choose to attain an extension to the god-Star
948b. em set netjeru ziu en kau esen
em
set 'in the place'
netjeru
ziu 'of the gods who attain'
[Faulkner has 'of the gods who go'
en
kau esen 'for their consciousnesses,'
[Faulkner has 'to their doubles,']
in the place
of the gods who attain for their consciousnesses,
948c. onekhu em iaut heru onekhu em iaut setesh
onekhu
'who live'
em
iaut heru 'in the realms
of Second Sight' [Faulkner has 'in the mounds of Horus']
onekhu
'and who live'
em
iaut setesh 'in the realms
of Illusion.' [Faulkner has 'in the mounds of Seth.]
who live
in the realms of Second Sight and who live in the realms of Illusion.
949a. mek Pepi I pen iii mek Pepi I pen peri en onekh uas
mek
'Behold,'
Pepi
I pen iii 'this Pepi I has
come' [Faulkner has 'I have come']
mek
Pepi I pen peri 'and has
levitated' [Faulkner has 'and gone,']
en
onekh uas 'for life and the
path of the Eye.' [Faulkner omits]
Behold,
this Pepi I has come and levitated for life and the path of the Eye.
949b. peher en Pepi I pen qau pet
peher
en Pepi I pen 'It is because
this Pepi I has reached' [Faulkner has 'for I have reached']
qau
'the spiritual height'
pet
'of the Blue Void,' [Faulkner has 'of the sky,']
It is because
this Pepi I has reached the spiritual height of the Blue Void,
949c. ne khesef Pepi I pen in oh hedj uru ir meseqet sehedu
ne
khesef Pepi I pen 'that this
Pepi I will not be opposed' [Faulkner has 'and I have not been opposed']
in
oh hedj uru 'by the Castle
of Whiteness of the spiritually Great Ones' [Faulkner has 'by the
Great Ones of the Castle of the Mace,']
ir
meseqet sehedu 'on the way
to the High Birth Void of the Enlightened Ones,' [Faulkner has 'who
are on the Milky Way(?).
that this
Pepi I will not be opposed by the Castle of Whiteness of the spiritually
Great Ones on the way to the High Birth Void of the Enlightened Ones,
950a. nis monedjet ir Pepi I pen Pepi I pu peneq se
nis
monedjet 'that the god-Star
Levitator will be summoned' [Faulkner has 'The Day-bark is summoned']
ir
Pepi I pen 'to this Pepi
I,' [Faulkner has 'for me,']
Pepi
I pu 'that it will be such
a Pepi I' [Faulkner has 'and I am he']
peneq
se 'who will help to levitate
it,' [Faulkner has 'who bales it out,']
that the
god-Star Levitator will be summoned to this Pepi I, that it will be such
a Pepi I who will help to levitate it,
950b. de ro Pepi I pen em neb onekh uas
de
ro Pepi I pen 'and that the
god-Star will set this Pepi I in place' [Faulkner has 'for Ro has
set me']
em
neb 'as a possessor'
onekh
'of life'
uas
'and the path of the Eye.' [Faulkner has 'and dominion.']
and that
the god-Star will set this Pepi I in place as a possessor of life and the
path of the Eye.
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