young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.b
ю҆́ношы, на ни́хже нѣ́сть поро́ка, и҆ дѡбры̀ зра́комъ и҆ смы́слєны во всѧ́цѣй премѹ́дрости, и҆ вѣ́дѹщыѧ ѹ҆мѣ́нїе и҆ размышлѧ́ющыѧ ра́зѹмъ, и҆ и҆̀мже є҆́сть крѣ́пость въ ни́хъ, є҆́же предстоѧ́ти въ домѹ̀ пред̾ царе́мъ и҆ наѹчи́ти ѧ҆̀ кни́гамъ и҆ ѧ҆зы́кѹ халде́йскѹ.