Pyramid Texts III: Pepi I

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ḫr r ⸗f tꞽ Wr pw ḥr gś ⸗f nṭꞽ(.w) ꞽm(.ꞽ) Nṭꞽ.t

Words to be spoken: So this Great One has fallen on his side; he who is in Nedit has been thrown down.

šsp(.w) ꜥw ⸗k ꞽn Rꜥw čs(.w) ṭp ⸗k ꞽn pśč̣.t(ꞽ)

Your arm is taken by Ra, your head is lifted by the Two Enneads.

m ⸗k św ꞽꞽ.y m Śꜣḥ

Look, he has come as Orion;

m Wśr(.w) ꞽꞽ.y m Śꜣḥ nb ꞽrp.y m wꜣg nfr č̣ṭ.n mw.t ⸗f ꞽwꜥ č̣ṭ.n ꞽt(ꞽ) ⸗f ꞽwr.n p.t mś.n Ṭwꜣ.t

see, Osiris has come as Orion, lord of wine at the Wag-festival. 'Beautiful one!' said his mother; 'Heir!' said his father; conceived by the sky, born of the Duat.

ꞽwr čw p.t ḥnꜥ Śꜣḥ mś čw Ṭwꜣ.t ḥnꜥ Śꜣḥ

The sky has conceived you with Orion; the Duat has borne you with Orion.

ꞽn Ppy pn ꜥbꜣ ⸗f n ⸗f nčr(.w) ꞽ[pw] [ẖnn.ꞽw] <św>

It is this Pepi who commands(?) for himself [those] gods [who row] him.

nčr nb ꞽ:ḥꜥ ⸗f m-ḫśf.w Ppy pn mr ḥꜥꜥ ⸗śn [m]-[ḫśf.w] [Rꜥw] pr ⸗f m gś ꞽꜣb.tꞽ n(.ꞽ) p.t m-ḥtp.y m-ḥtp.y |

Every god shall rejoice at meeting this Pepi, as they rejoice [at meeting] [Ra] when he comes forth on the eastern side of the sky, in peace, in peace.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ꜣwꞽ p.t śṭꜣ tꜣ ṭp-ꜥw(.wꞽ) Ppy pn

Words to be spoken: The sky stretches(?), the earth trembles before this Pepi.

Ppy pw ḥkꜣ.w

Pepi is Magic;

Ppy pw ẖr(.ꞽ) ḥkꜣ

Pepi is the one who holds magic.

ꞽꞽ.n Ppy pn ś:ꜣḫ Ppy pn Śꜣḥ ś:ḫnt Ppy pn Wśr(.w) (w)ṭi̯ Ppy pn nčr(.w) ḥr ś.(w)t ⸗śn

This Pepi has come, that this Pepi may make Orion an akh [transfigured spirit], that this Pepi may put Osiris in front, that this Pepi may set the gods on their thrones.

č̣(ṭ) mṭw ꜥč̣ p.t nwr tꜣ

Words to be spoken: The sky is in uproar(?), the earth quakes.

ꞽꞽ Ḥr.w ḫꜥ Č̣ḥw.tꞽ čs ⸗śn(ꞽ) Wśr(.w) ḥr gś ⸗f č̣i̯ ⸗śn(ꞽ) ꜥḥꜥ ⸗f m pśč̣.t(ꞽ)

Horus comes, Thoth appears; they raise Osiris from his side and make him stand among the Two Enneads.

(w)ṭ ꞽr ꞽb ⸗k mṭw pw

Take this word to heart.

śḫꜣ Śtẖ (w)ṭ ꞽr ꞽb ⸗k mṭw pw č̣ṭ.n Gbb fꜣ.w pw ꞽr.n nčr(.w) ꞽr ⸗k m Ḥw.t-śr m Ꞽwn.w ḥr nṭꞽ ⸗k Wśr(.w) ꞽr tꜣ m č̣ṭ ⸗k Śtẖ nꞽ ꞽr.n (⸗ꞽ) ꞽś nw ꞽr ⸗f śḫm ⸗k ꞽm nḥm.tꞽ śḫm ⸗k n Ḥr.w m č̣ṭ ⸗k Śtẖ ꞽ(w) ⸗f wnn.t ꞽk.n [⸗f] [wꞽ] [ḫp]r rn ⸗f pw n(.ꞽ) ꞽk.w tꜣ m č̣ṭ ⸗k Śtẖ ꞽ(w) ⸗f wnn.t {ḫ}<ś>ꜣḥ.n ⸗f wꞽ ḫpr rn ⸗f pw n(.ꞽ) Śꜣḥ ꜣw rṭ pč̣ nmt.t ḫnt.ꞽ Tꜣ-Šmꜥ.w

Remember, Seth, and take to heart this word which Geb spoke, this outcry(?) which the gods made against you in the Mansion of the Prince in Heliopolis because you threw Osiris to the ground, when you said, Seth, 'I did not do this to him', so that you might have power thereby, being rescued(?), so that you might have power over Horus; when you said, Seth, 'It was he who attacked [me]', [and] this name of his, Earth-Attacker(?), came into being; when you said, Seth, 'It was he who touched(?) me', and this name of his, Orion, came into being, long of leg, wide of stride, foremost of Upper Egypt.

čs čw Wśr(.w) čs.n św Śtẖ śč̣m.n ⸗f fꜣ.w nčr(.w) mṭw ḥr ꞽt(ꞽ) nčr

Raise yourself, Osiris! Seth has raised him(?); he has heard the outcry(?) of the gods who spoke about the god's father.

gm.n ⸗f św (w)ṭ.y ḥr gś ⸗f m Gḥś.t

He has found him laid on his side in Gehesti.

sḥsḥ Śtẖ ḥr ẖr.w(ꞽ) ⸗f

Seth runs about(?) because of his testicles.

nꜥ.n Ḥr.w mtw.t [⸗f] m ꜥr.t Ś[tẖ] nꜥ.n Śtẖ mtw.t ⸗f m ꜥr.t Ḥr.w

Horus has spread(?) [his] semen in the jaw(?) of Seth; Seth has spread(?) his semen in the jaw(?) of Horus.

ḥfꜣ.w pw

It is a snake.

fꜣ ḥr ⸗k mꜣꜣ n č̣r.t {⸗ꞽ} ⸗f tn

Lift your face, look at this hand of his!

nꞽ č̣r.t [⸗f] ˹ꞽś˺ n˹w˺

It is not [his] hand, this;

[č̣r.t] ˹Mꜣfṭ.t˺ nw ḥr˹.t˺ [ꞽb] ˹ḥw.t˺

it is [the claw] of Mafdet, who is [in the midst of] the Mansion.

šp ⸗ś čw r ḥr ⸗k

She will strike you blind(?) in your face,

tmm ⸗ś čw r śp.t(ꞽ) ⸗k

she will shut you up at your lips,

č̣i̯ ˹⸗ś˺ [...] ˹ḥr˺ ⸗k

she will put [...] on your face.

Ppy r p.t m-ꜥb nčr(.w) pr.wt(ꞽ)w

Pepi [goes] to the sky together with the gods who ascend.

śn ⸗ꞽ nn ꞽr(.ꞽ) ꞽm ⸗ꞽ nn ꞽ.n Gbb nč̣r ⸗f Ppy ḥr ꜥw ⸗f śšm ⸗f św m śbꜣ p.t

'This is my brother(?), this is one who belongs to me,' said Geb. He grasps Pepi by his arm and leads him into the gate of the sky.

nčr m ś.t ⸗f

The god is in his place.

nfr nčr m ś.t ⸗f ꞽ:ś:ꜥb.n św Śčꞽ.t m fṭ.t ⸗ś ꜥꜣb.wt m Ꜣbw

How good is the god in his place! Satis has purified him with her four ꜥꜣbt-jars in Elephantine.

ꞽꜣ ꞽw.n ⸗k trꞽ čn(ꞽ) sꜣ ⸗ꞽ

Ah, where then have you come from, my son?

ꞽč Mr.y-Rꜥw p.t ꞽwn(.w) ⸗ś ꜣḫꜣḫ(.w) ⸗ś ꞽw {⸗ꞽ} n ⸗f nčr(.w) m kś.ꞽw

Meryre seizes the sky, its pillars and its stars; the gods come to him bowing.

ꜣḫ(.w) šmś ⸗śn Mr.y-Rꜥw n bꜣ {⸗ꞽ} ⸗f ḥbś.n ⸗śn mṭw(.w) ⸗śn gmgm.n ⸗śn ꜥḥꜣ.w ⸗śn n Ppy ꞽś wr sꜣ wr mś.w Nw.t

The akhs (transfigured spirits) follow Meryre because of his ba (soul); they have covered(?) their staffs, they have broken their weapons for Pepi, for he is a great one, son of a great one, born of Nut.

pḥ.t(ꞽ) Ppy pḥ.tꞽ Śtẖ nbw.t(ꞽ)

Pepi's strength is the strength of Seth of Ombos.

Ppy pn Śmꜣ-wr pr.ꞽ m Ḫnt(.ꞽ)-ꞽmn.t(ꞽ)w

This Pepi is the Great Wild Bull who came forth from the Foremost of the Westerners.

Mr.y-Rꜥw p(ꞽ) rč̣.w ḥy pr ⸗f ꞽm ḫpr.n mw

Meryre is this efflux of the flood(?); he came forth from it when the water came into being.