1 I confess myself a worshipper of the Wise Lord, and of the order of Zarathustra, a foe of the devils, devoted to the lore of the Lord, giving thanks for the holy morning hours, the regulator of the order of worship, for its worship, homage, propitiation, and praise; and I confess myself for the holy hours of Savanghi and Vishya, for their worship, homage, propitiation, and praise, and for the days during daylight, and the days in their length, for the months, and the years, and for the especial seasons, and for the worship, homage, propitiation, and praise of Him who is the Righteousness of worship itself; yea, for the worship, homage, propitiation, and praise of God as Lord of the days, months, years, and seasons, who is of all the greatest, and the regulator of worship at the time of the morning hours.

2 To God, Lord of the mid-spring season, or of the mid-summer, or of the season of bringing in the corn, or of the season of the breeding of flocks, or of the cold mid-winter, or of the season of the especial time for deeds of worship, be propitiation, homage, and praise.

3 O ye who are here present and worship the Wise Lord! offer ye this service of worship, and present ye the feast which is that of the mid-spring season, taking a piece of sound flesh from a choice beast, with a full flow of milk.

4 If ye are able to do this, well; if ye are unable to do it, ye may take then a portion of some liquor of equal value, it matters not which it is, and have it consumed as it is proper; and so be ye discreet from your obedience, most correctly faithful in your speech, most saintly from your sanctity, best ordered in your exercise of power, least straitened by oppressions, heart-easy with rejoicings, most merciful of givers, most helpful to the poor, fulfilling most the order of worship, the blest and longed-for Righteousness, bringing riches as reward. If ye can do this and with vigour, well; (5) if not, bring wood to the master's house. It matters not what kind, so it be well cut, and very dry, and in loads of fitting size. If that is possible, well; if not, then let a man bring wood to the master's dwelling, and heap it up as high as the ear, or to reach the fore-shoulder, or with the fore-arm measure, or at least as high as the end of the hanging hand. If that is possible, well; (6) but if it has not been possible, then let the worshipper with the mind's offering ascribe the power to Him who rules the best, the Lord, saying: Wherefore for this cause verily we offer and ascribe the Sovereign Power to the Wise Lord, who rules the best, and to Righteousness, the ritual and moral Order, and we complete our worship in His name. Thus is the feast offered with the well-timed prayer for blessings.

7 In case that a man does not give of the first feast, which is that of the mid-spring season, O Spitama Zarathustra! the master that has the right to that feast, and who has this person under his guidance, expels that false disciple who has not his feast with him, as a man that does not worship, from the midst of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 8. In the case that a man does not give of the second feast, O Spitama Zarathustra! which is that of the mid-summer season, then let the master to whom the feast should come, and who has the person under his guidance, expel that disciple, since he comes without his feast, as he would a man who refuses to recite his vows, from among the number of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 9. In the case that a man does not give of the third feast, O Spitama Zarathustra! which is that of the season of bringing in the corn, then let the master who ought to receive that feast, and who has had the person under his guidance, expel that disciple which brings no feast, as a detected reprobate, from among the number of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 10. In case that a man does not offer of the fourth feast, O Spitama Zarathustra! which is that of the season of the breeding of flocks, let the master who ought to receive that feast, and who has the person under his guidance, expel that disciple, since he brings no feast, as a refuse beast from among the number of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 11. In the case that a man does not give of the fifth feast, which is that of the cold mid-winter, then let the master to whom that feast belongs as a perquisite, and who has that person under his guidance, expel him, since he brings no feast, as an alien, from among the number of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 12. In case that a man does not give of the sixth feast, which is that of the especial time for deeds of worship, O Spitama Zarathustra! let the master to whom that feast belongs as a perquisite, and who has this person under his discipline to teach him the lore of the Lord, expel him, as ignorant, since he brings no feast, from among the number of the worshippers of the Wise Lord. 13. And let him decry him afterwards without hesitation, and drive him out; and let that master lay upon him afterwards the expiating deeds without reserve; and in accordance with these rules, let the disciple treat the master. Let him beware of failure to bring his feast, or if he fails let the disciple bear, as is befitting, what is due. A blessing is Righteousness, called the Best, it is weal, it is weal for this man when toward Righteousness the Best there is right.

14 I bless with my prayer the royal province-chiefs who are faithful worshippers of the Wise Lord, the resplendent, the glorious, beseeching for superior strength for them, and for more important victory, and more influential rule, and desiring for them further authoritative power, and helpful support, and long duration to their reign, and the prolonged vitality of their frames, and health. 15. And I pray in my benediction for strength well-shaped and stately of growth, and which smites victoriously, given by the Lord, and crushing, and for an ascendency abundantly subduing all who are filled with furious hate, assaulting the evil-minded enemies, and destroying, as if at once, the deadly, godless foes.

16 And I pray in my blessing that he, the province-governor, may conquer in victorious battles every malicious foe, and each malignant, profane in thoughts, and words, and actions, (17) that he may indeed be constantly victorious in his own religious thoughts, and words, and deeds, and unvarying in the smiting of every foe, and of every servant of the devils, and that he may, as he proceeds, be well rewarded, and of good repute, possessing a far-foreseeing preparation of the soul. 18. And I pray with blessings thus: Live thou long and blessed be thou, hail to thee; live for the aid of holy men, and for the crushing of the evil; and I pray for Heaven for thee, the best world of the saints, shining, all glorious. And thus may it happen as I pray. 19. And I bless in my prayer the worship, and homage, and the strength, and swiftness of the days during daylight, and of the days in their length, of the months, and the years, and of the seasons in their course, and for the worship, homage, propitiation, and praise of God, who is the Righteousness of worship itself, and Lord of all the greatest, and who is Lord of the order of worship at the time of the morning hours, Lord of the mid-spring season, or of the mid-summer, or of the season of bringing in the corn, or of the season of the breeding of flocks, or of the cold mid-winter, or of the especial time for deeds of worship.