Pharaoh said, "Go to Memphis: thy children they are seeking for thee;
they are standing on their feet before Pharaoh."
Setna said before Pharaoh, "My great lord the King, may he accomplish
the duration of Ra! What is the manner of going to Memphis that I can
do, there being no clothes on earth upon me?"
Pharaoh called to a youth standing by, he made him give clothing to
Setna. Said Pharaoh to Setna, "Go to Memphis: thy children, they are
alive, they are standing on their feet before Pharaoh."
Setna came to Memphis, he embraced his children with hand, he found them
alive. Pharaoh said, "Is it drinking that hath brought thee thus?"
Setna related everything that had happened to him with Tabubua, with
Naneferkaptah--all. Pharaoh said: "Setna, I put my hand upon thee
before,[102] saying, 'Thou wilt be slain if thou dost not take this roll
to the place from which it was brought.' Thou didst not listen to me
till this hour. Give this roll to Naneferkaptah, there being a forked
stick for a staff in thine hand, there being a pan of fire on thine
head."
Setna came out from before Pharaoh, there being a forked stick for a
staff in his hand, there being a pan of fire on his head. He went down
to the tomb in which was Naneferkaptah. Ahura said to him, "Setna, it is
Ptah the great god who hath brought thee back safe."
Naneferkaptah laughed, saying, "This is a thing that I told thee
before."
Setna saluted Naneferkaptah; he found him as it is said, "He is the
sun that is in the whole tomb." Ahura and Naneferkaptah saluted Setna
greatly. Setna said, "Naneferkaptah, is there aught that is
disgraceful?"
Naneferkaptah said, "Setna, thou knowest this, that Ahura and Merab her
child, they are in Koptos: bring them here into this tomb by the skill
of a good scribe. Let it be commanded before thee, and do thou take
pains, and do thou go to Koptos, and do thou bring them hither."
Setna came up from the tomb and went before Pharaoh; he related before
Pharaoh of everything that Naneferkaptah had said to him--all.