1 As by the laws of the primeval world, so will our spiritual chieftain act, that chief besought for by the Kine and named Zarathustra by the Lord. Deeds most just he will do toward the wicked, as toward the righteous, and toward him whose deeds of fraud and righteous deeds combine in equal measure.

2 Yea, he will act with justice and with vengeance; for he who does evil to the wicked by word or with thought and plan, and toils with both his hands, or he again who admonishes one for his good, such as these are offering a gift to their faith, in the love of God, the Wise Lord, and with His approving view; they are offering to conscience.

3 And so may it be, O God! Let the man who is the best toward the righteous saint, whether as the lord's kinsman, or as village labourer, or with the allied peer of the master, having light and endowed with energy for the cattle, a leader such as God sought to satisfy their wail, let such an one be for us in the work-field of the Righteous Order, in the pastures of Thy Good Mind.

4 And I beseech for Thine instruction, I who will abjure all disobedience toward Thee, praying that others likewise may withhold it from Thee; I who abjure the Evil Mind as well, the lordly kinsman's arrogance, and that lying sin which is, alas, the next thing to the people, their most familiar fault, and the blaming ally's falsehood, and from the Kine the worst care of her meadows, the crime of stint in labour.

5 I who, abjuring these sins, call earnestly on obedience to Thee, of all aids the greatest one for our help, gaining thereby long life in the realm of Thy Good Mind, and paths that are straight from their Righteous Order, wherein the Wise Lord is the Guide,

6 Yea, I who, as Thy faithful servant, invoke Thee through my righteousness, now seek with longing, from Thy Best Spirit and with that best intention of mind, to know what He Himself thought of the working of our fields. Therefore, because I abjure the Evil Mind and all disobedience, arrogance and falsehood, O Wise One, would I beseech of Thee nearness to Thee and counsel with Thee. What is Thy will and mind?

7 Come, then, to my best regulations; come to my men and my laws, my very own, O Wise One, and let them see, through the Righteous Order and Thy Good Mind, which Thou wilt bestow in Thy nearness, how I am heard before the rich giver in the assembly of Thy worshippers. Yea, and let the manifold offerings of worship be manifest among us. Arouse our zeal and help it!

8 Show me the worthy aims of our faith, so that I may approach and fulfil them with Thy Good Mind, the offering, O Wise One, made to Thee alone, or the words of praise offered with Righteousness. And grant, as Thy gift of grace to me, the abiding gifts of Thy Immortality and Welfare!

9 And let one like those, O Wise One, bear on to Thee the spirit of the two leaders who cause the holy truth to flourish; let him bear them to Thy brilliant home with insight and with the Better Mind. Yea, let him bear that spirit on as a fellow-help in furthering the readiness of those in their holy work whose souls go hand in hand.

10 And not for these alone do I pray, but for us as well. All prosperous states in being which have been enjoyed in the past, which men are now enjoying, and which shall be known in the future, do Thou grant me these in Thy love. Yea, cause our bodily and personal life to be blest with salvation through Thy Good Mind, Thy Sovereign Power and Thy Sanctity.

11 And Thou, O God, the Most Beneficent Wise Lord, Thou of Piety, and of the Righteous Order who furthers the settlements; Thou, the Good Mind, and the Sovereign Power! hear me, and have mercy for every deed which I do, whatsoever!

12 And do Thou, O God, be near to me! Through Piety give me power, O most bountiful Spirit, Wise Lord, through my faithful appeals and offerings; and for my Righteousness grant me mighty strength, and Thy thrift-law through Thy Good Mind.

13 Be near to give me power, and then, for grace in a wide perception, that I may view its depth and extent, do Thou reveal to me Thy nature, O God, the power of Thine attributes, and those of Thy holy kingdom, and by these the blessed gifts of Thy Good Mind! And do Thou, O bountiful Piety, show forth the religious truths through Thy Righteous Order.

14 Thus, as an offering, Zarathustra gives the life of his very body. And he offers likewise, O Wise One, the priority of the Good Mind, his eminence gained by his holiness among Thy folk; and he offers above all his obedience to Thee in deed and in speech, and with these Thy established Sovereign Power!