After the slaughter of the magi, who, upon the death of cambyses, attained the government of the persians for a year, those families which were called the seven families of the persians appointed darius, the son of hystaspes, to be their king.
"EMVA kokubulawa kukaMagi, okwathi ngokufa kukaCambyses, wahola uhulumeni wamaPheresiya unyaka owodwa, leyo mindeni eyabizwa ngokuthi yimindeni eyisikhombisa yamaPheresiya yamisa uDariyu, indodana kaHystaspes, ukuba abe yinkosi yawo.