⁷ During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,^(A) Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic^(B) and translated.^[a]

⁴ The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic^[a](A) begins here): ‘May the king live for ever.^(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.’