16 Ingqondo yakhe mayiyeke ukuba yeyomntu, isuke ibe yeyesilwanyana, de kudlule amaxesha amisiweyo asixhenxe.
17 Nâso ke isigqibo esivakaliswa zizithunywa, nditsho umyalezo obhengezwa zezingcwele, khon' ukuze lonke uluntu luqonde ukuba nguThixo uPhezukonke ozilawulayo zonke izirhulumente zabantu, luqonde nokuba yena ulawulo ulunikela nakubani na athanda ukumnika, nkqu nalowo ungazelwe nto.’
18 “Nâlo ke iphupha endiliphuphileyo mna kumkani uNebhukadenezare. Ngoko ke, Bhelteshazare, nceda undichazele intsingiselo yalo. Zonke izilumko zam apha ebhotwe zoyisiwe kukulityhila; kambe ke wena unako ukulityhila, kuba wambathiswe ngumoya woothixo abangcwele.”
19 Kwesi sithuba ke uDaniyeli, lo kuthiwa nguBhelteshazare, wasuka wee nkamalala umzuzwana ekhwankqisiwe. Ke ukumkani wathi kuye: “Hayi, wena Bhelteshazare, musa ukothuswa leli phupha nentsingiselo yalo.”UBhelteshazare ke waphendula wathi: “Mhlekazi, eli phupha nentsingiselo yalo akwaba belibhekiselele kwabakuthiyileyo nabakuchasayo.
20 Laa mthi uwubonileyo uluhalakahla olomelele lwakhula lwakrweca izulu, laza labonakala kulo lonke ihlabathi,
21 umthi omagqabi mahle kunene, oziqhamo zawo zanele uluntu lonke, umthi ekuphumla iinyamakazi emthunzini wawo, ngokunjalo neentaka zakhela emasebeni awo,
22 umthi lowo nguwe, mhlekazi. Kaloku wena ukhule wada wangukrwecizulu ngobungangamsha, lwaza ulawulo lwakho lwaya kutsho esiphelweni sehlabathi.