11 Kwasekusithi amadoda la aqhubana elixuku afica uDanyeli ekhuleka ecela usizo kuNkulunkulu. 12 Asesiya enkosini ayakhuluma layo ngomthetho owaphuma esigodlweni, athi: "Kawukhuphanga isimemezelo yini sokuthi ngezinsuku ezilandelayo ezingamatshumi amathathu noma ngubani okhuleka komunye unkulunkulu noma umuntu ngaphandle kokukhuleka kuwe, Oh nkosi, uzaphoselwa emgodini wezilwane?"
Inkosi yaphendula yathi, "Lowomthetho umi njengemithetho yamaMede lamaPhezhiya, engeke iguqulwe."
13 Asesithi enkosini, "UDanyeli, ongomunye wabathunjwa bakoJuda, kakunanzi, wena nkosi, kanye lomthetho owawubhala phansi. Ulokhu ekhuleka kathathu ngelanga."