1. Ngomnyaka wesibili wokubusa kukaNebukadinesari uNebukadinesari waphupha amaphupho; umoya wakhe wakhathazeka, nobuthongo bakhe bambalekela.
2. Yayisiyaleza inkosi ukuba kubizwe izanusi, nabathwebulayo, nabalumbi, namaKaledi ukuba bachazele inkosi amaphupho ayo. Bangena, bema phambi kwenkosi.
3. Inkosi yayisithi kubo: “Ngiphuphe iphupho, umoya wami ukhathazekile ukulazi iphupho.”
4. Ayesekhuluma amaKaledi enkosini ngesi-Aramu, athi: “Mana njalo, nkosi; yisho ezincekwini zakho iphupho, thina sibonise incazelo.”
5. Inkosi yaphendula, yathi kumaKaledi: “Izwi liphumile kimi lokuthi uma ningazisi iphupho nencazo yalo, niyakuhlahlelwa, izindlu zenu zibe yiquba.
6. Kepha uma nibonisa iphupho nencazo yalo, niyakwamukela kimi izipho nemivuzo nodumo olukhulu; ngalokho ngiboniseni iphupho nencazo yalo.”
7. Abuye aphendula, athi: “Inkosi mayisho iphupho ezincekwini zayo, thina sibonise incazelo.”
8. Inkosi-ke yaphendula yathi: “Ngiyazi impela ukuthi niyazenzela isikhathi, ngokuba nibona ukuthi izwi liphumile kimi