亚达薛西年间，比施兰、米特利达、他别，和他们的同党，上本奏告波斯王亚达薛西。本章是用亚兰文字，亚兰方言。

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.