1 I confess myself a worshipper of the Wise Lord, of Zarathustra's order, a foe to the devils, devoted to the lore of the Lord, giving thanks for the noon hours, the holy time of the order of worship, for worship, homage, propitiation, and praise, and for the increase of cattle and the tribe, holy times of the order of worship. 2. And to the Wise Lord, the resplendent, the glorious, and to His Bountiful Immortals, be propitiation, and to Righteousness the Best, and to the fire, His sign, and to all the holy angels, heavenly and earthly, and to the souls of the saints, the mighty and overwhelming.

3 For thus did the Wise Lord speak to Spitama Zarathustra the word which was spoken for the time of the noon hours, saying: Ask Me, O holy Zarathustra! what are Thy questions to be asked of Me. 4. Then Zarathustra asked the Wise Lord: O Wise Lord, most bountiful Creator of the material worlds and holy! what does that man acquire, what does he merit, what reward shall there be for that man (5) who shall recite the noon office with the noon prayer for blessing, and who shall offer the noon office with hands well washed, and with well washed mortars, with the twigs spread, and with Haoma high uplifted, and with fire brightly flaming, with Ahuna-vairya loud intoned, with Haoma-moistened tongue, and with a body bound to the holy word? 6. And the Wise Lord answered him: As the wind from the southern quarter, O Spitama! causes the entire material world to advance and to increase, and as it will bless it, rejoice it, and cause it to progress, such a like reward does such a man receive, (7) who recites the noon office with the noon blessing, and offers it with well washed hands, and mortars, with twigs spread, and Haoma lifted, with fire brightly flaming, and with Ahuna-vairya loud intoned, and with Haoma-moistened tongue, and a body bound to the holy word! 8. Thus hath the Wise Lord declared to Spitama Zarathustra the word which should be spoken at the noon time. 9, 10. (See A. I, 14-19.)