Osiris enshrined

Hymn to Osiris

(from the Stela of Amunmose)


Anodj har-ak Osuri, neb neheh, nisu notjru,

Praise to You, Osiris, Lord of Eternity, King of the Gods,


asha' ranu, djoser khopru, seshta iru-m per!

of many names, of holy forms, of secret rites in temples!


Shopses ku pa khenty Djadu, ur gret am Sakhim,

This noble ka at the fore of Djedu, great also in Sekhem,


neb hekenu-m Andjety, khenty djefa-m Onu,

lord of praise in Andjety, foremost of offerings in Onu [Heliopolis],


neb sekhau-m Ma'aty, ba seshta, neb kerret,

Lord of memory in Ma'aty, secret ba, lord of the cavern,

 

djoser m-Ineb-hadj, ba Ria djet-af djos-af,

holy in White-Walls, ba of Ra of His very body,

 

hotpa-m Henes, monekh henu-m narit,

at rest in Henes, excellent of praise in the narit-tree


khopr-as tjesit ba-f.

that grew to raise His ba.

 

Neb hat a'o-m Khmune,

Lord of the Great Shrine in Khemnu,

 

a'o niru-m Shas-hotpa, neb neheh, khenty Abju

great of terror in Shas-hotep, Lord of Eternity, foremost of Abydos


hir wai sut-fim Ta-Djoser.

in His distant place of the Sacred Land.


Djed ran ne-rou-n romitj, Pauty-na Tawy,

Name that endures in the mouths of people, Primeval One of the Two Lands,


Tum djefa’ ku khenty Paut Notjeru, Akh monekh mim akhu pen.

Nourisher at the fore of the Ennead of the Gods, Potent akh among the akh's


Di-naf Nun mou-f, khenti naf Mehyt,

Nun has given Him His waters, the North Wind journeys to Him,

 

mos Resut-r fend raf hotpa t-ib-af.

Dusk brings the South Wind to His nose to please His heart.


Di ronpyt an ib-af, Sodjem-naf haret seba.

Plants grow by His wish, Heaven and the stars heed Him.


Neb hen -na pet Resyt, dua-ma pet Mehtet,
Lord of praise in the Southern sky, adored in the Northern sky,


Ikhem-seku chir sut har-af, sut-fa p- Ikhem-seku.
The Imperishable Stars are under His rule,
the Imperishable Stars are His abode.


Pir-naf hotpa-m wodj-an Geb, Pisdjat her duwa-f.

Offerings go unto Him by Geb's command, the Ennead [of the Gods] worship Him.


Monekh wodj meda, Hesy Paut Notjer-a'o, Mer-ra Paut Notjru-nedjes(t).

Effective in words of command, the Great Ennead praises Him, the Little Enead loves him.

 

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