25 U-Ariyoki wayeseshesha ukumngenisa uDaniyeli phambi kwenkosi, washo kanje kuyo, wathi: “Ngifumene umuntu wabathunjwa bakwaJuda oyakwazisa inkosi incazelo.”
26 Inkosi yaphendula, yathi kuDaniyeli, ogama lakhe lalinguBeliteshasari: “Ungangazisa iphupho engilibonileyo nencazo yalo na?”
27 UDaniyeli waphendula phambi kwenkosi, wathi: “Imfihlakalo eyibuzayo inkosi, abahlakaniphileyo, nabathwebulayo, nezanusi, nabahlola imihlola, bangeyibonise yona inkosi.
28 Kepha kukhona uNkulunkulu ezulwini owambula izimfihlakalo; wazisile inkosi uNebukadinesari okuyakuba khona ngezinsuku ezizayo. Iphupho lakho nemibono yekhanda lakho embhedeni wakho nakhu:
29 “Wena-ke, nkosi, imicabango yakho yokuyakuba khona emva kwalokhu yafika kuwe usembhedeni wakho; owambula izimfihlakalo ukwazisile okuyakuba khona.
30 Mina-ke, akungokuhlakanipha enginakho kunabanye abakhona ukuthi le mfihlakalo yambuliwe kimi, kepha kungukuba inkosi yaziswe incazelo nokuba wazi imicabango yenhliziyo yakho.
31 “Wena nkosi wabona, bheka, isithombe esikhulu. Lesi sithombe esasisikhulu nesikucwebezela kwaso kwakukuhle sema phambi kwakho, nesimo saso sasesabeka.