1. To the brothers, the Jews, who are throughout Egypt: the brothers, the Jews, who are in Jerusalem and in the region of Judea, send greetings and good peace.
2. May God be gracious to you, and may he remember his covenant, which was spoken to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants.
3. And may he give all of you the heart to worship him, and to do his will, with a great heart and a willing soul.
4. May he throw open your heart with his law and with his precepts, and may he create peace.
5. May he heed your prayers and be reconciled to you, and may he not forsake you in the evil time.
6. And now, in this place, we are praying for you.
7. When Demetrius reigned, in the one hundred and sixty-ninth year, we Jews wrote to you during the tribulation and assaults which overcame us in those years, from the time that Jason withdrew from the holy land and from the kingdom.