UDaniyeli 1:1-4

Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi inkosi yakwaJuda, uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, wafika eJerusalema walivimbezela. UJehova wanikela uJehoyakimi, inkosi yakwaJuda, esandleni sakhe kanye nengxenye yezitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu aziletha ezweni laseShineyari endlini kankulunkulu wakhe; wazingenisa izitsha endlini yengcebo kankulunkulu wakhe. Inkosi yasikhuluma ku-Aspenasi induna yabathenwa bakhe ukuthi alethe abanye babantwana bakoIsrayeli labenzalo yenkosi leyeziphathamandla; Abantwana abangenasici kubo, kodwa abathandekayo nabanamandla kukho konke ukuhlakanipha nobuqili olwazini nasekuqondeni kwesayensi, ababenamandla okuma esigodlweni senkosi, ababengafundisa kubo ukufunda nolimi lamaKaledi.