this day, the present day, is life. Leaving what has been, and coming to what is, is only a figure meaning resurrection after death.
[2.] I have kept Renouf’s translation, although I consider it is erroneous. The word
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means reconstitute, restore, and not avenge. The common expression, Horus the avenger of his father, should be translated: “Horus who reconstitutes the body of his father” torn to pieces by Sut.
[3.] These words are taken from the text of Nu.