Kheftiu Asar Butchiu Lyrics
Enemies of Osiris Who Are To Be BurnedLet There Be Fetters on Your ArmsLet There Be Shackles on Your NecksLet There Be Chains Upon YouYe Shall Be Hacked to Pieces ForWhat Ye Have Done To OsirisYou Have Put His Mysteries Behind Your BacksYou Hath Dragged the Statue of the GodFrom The Secret PlaceYou Hath Desecrated The Hidden Things of theGreat OneYou Are Doomed To Stand And Receive inYour FacesThe Fire Which Serpent Khetti Is About ToSpit At YouKhettiGreat Serpent Who Lieth In UndulationsBefore the DamnedKhettiOpen Thy Mouth Distend Thy JawsBelch Forth Thy Flames Against MyFathers EnemiesBurn Up Their BodiesConsume their SoulsBy the Fire Which Issueth From Thy MouthAnd By The Flames Which Art In Thy BodyThe Fire Which Is in the Serpent KhettiShall Come ForthAnd Blaze Against The Enemies of OsirisWhosoever Knoweth How to UseThese Words of PowerAgainst the Serpent Shall Be As OneWho Doth Not Enter Upon His Fiery Path[In the Book of Gates, another text describing the Egyptian underworld, within the Eighth Division of Night is the Gate of Set-Hra. The scenes depicted in this chapter describe some of the tortures which are inflicted upon the original enemies of Osiris. It is impossible for Osiris to slay all of his enemies at once, even though they are in his power. While various batches of them are awaiting their turn at the Block of Slaughter, they are kept tightly fettered and bound. One of the forms of the torture depicted described the "Kheftin Asar Butchiu," i.e., the enemies of Osiris who are to be burned. Their arms are tied behind their backs in positions which cause intense pain, and they are doomed to stand and receive in their faces the fire which the serpent Khetti is about to spit at them, and then be hacked to pieaces and burnt. Horus commands the serpent Khetti, saying "Open thy mouth! Distend thy jaws and belch forth thy flames against my father's enemies! Consume their souls by the fire which issueth from thy mouth and by the flames which art in thy body."]
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