12 N'ihi nka eze were iwe, iwe-ya we di ọku nke-uku, o we si ka eme ka ndi-amam-ihe nile nke Babilon la n'iyi.
13 Iwu ahu we puta; ewe gaje ib͕u ndi ahu mara ihe; ha we chọ Daniel na ndi-ibe-ya ka ewe b͕ue ha.
14 Mb͕e ahu Daniel zaghachiri Ariok, bú onye-isi ndi-ob͕ū nke eze, nke puru ib͕u ndi-amam-ihe nke Babilon, okwu ndum-ọdu na ezi uche;
15 ọ zara, si Ariok, bú onye nke eze nke nwere ike n'aru madu, N'ihi gini ka iwu a di ọku ọku site n'iru eze? Mb͕e ahu ihe Ariok mere ka Daniel mara okwu a.
16 Daniel we bata, kpere eze ka o nye ya mb͕e akara àkà, ka o we kọrọ eze isi nrọ ahu.
17 Mb͕e ahu Daniel lara n'ulo-ya, me ka Hananaia na Mishael na Azaraia, bú ndi-ibe-ya, mara okwu ahu:
18 ka ha we riọ obi-ebere nile n'aka Chineke nke elu-igwe bayere ihe-nzuzo ahu; ka Daniel na ndi-ibe-ya we ghara isoro ndi-amam-ihe Babilon fọduru la n'iyì.