1. Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyu indodana ka-Ahashiveroshi, wozalo lwamaMede, owabekwa inkosi phezu kombuso wamaKaledi,
2. ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe mina Daniyeli ngaqonda ngezincwadi umumo weminyaka elakhuluma ngawo izwi likaJehova kuJeremiya umprofethi ukuba kupheleliswe ukuchithwa kweJerusalema, iminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa.
3. Ngase ngibhekisa ubuso bami kuyo iNkosi uNkulunkulu ukuba ngikhuleke, nginxuse ngokuzila ukudla, nangendwangu yamasaka, nangomlotha.
4. Ngakhuleka kuJehova uNkulunkulu wami, ngavuma ngathi:“O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu omkhulu nowesabekayo, ogcina isivumelwano nomusa kwabamthandayo nabagcina imiyalo yakhe,
5. sonile, siziphathe kabi, senzile okubi, sihlubukile, sachezuka emiyalweni yakho nasezahlulelweni zakho;
6. asilalelanga izinceku zakho abaprofethi ezazikhuluma egameni lakho emakhosini ethu, nasezikhulwini zethu, nakobaba, nakubo bonke abantu bezwe.
7. “Kuwena Nkosi kukhona ukulunga, kepha kithina amahloni obuso njenganamuhla: kubantu bakwaJuda, nakwabakhileyo eJerusalema, nakuye wonke u-Israyeli, abaseduze nabakude, kuwo onke amazwe obahlakazele kuwo ngenxa yezeqo zabo abeqe ngazo kuwe.