10 yona yathi kuye: “Ndiyayoyika inkosi yam ukumkani othe ngokwakhe wayalela ngento emaniyitye nemaniyisele. Ngoko ke, xa enokunifumana imbonakalo yenu ingekho kumgangatho omnye nabafana abaziintanga zenu, mna angandibulala.”
11 Ngoko ke uDaniyeli waya kuthetha negosa elalibekwe phezu koDaniyeli noHananiya noMishayeli noAzariya yintloko yamaphakathi leyo, wathi:
12 “Khawusilinge iintsuku zibe lishumi, usityisa kuphela imifino, sisela amanzi,
13 emva kwazo ke uthelekise imbonakalo yethu neyoogxa bethu abatya kwimbiza kakumkani, ubone ke ukuba thina bakhonzi bakho masithiweni.”
14 Nalo ke lavuma ukulwenza olo vavanyo lweentsuku ezilishumi.
15 Zakuphela ezo ntsuku uDaniyeli nabalingane bakhe abathathu bafumaniseka bephilile bondlekile ngaphezu kweentanga zabo ezazisitya kwimbiza kakumkani.
16 Ukususela ngoko ke igosa elo labanika imifino endaweni yokutya newayini yasebhotwe.