8. Ke kaloku, uDaniyeli wayegqibe entliziyweni yakhe, ukuba angàzingcolisi ngokudla kokumkani nangewayini ayiselayo; wacela kumthetheli-mathenwa ukuba angàzingcolisi.
9. UThixo wenza uDaniyeli ukuba afumane inceba nemfesane phambi komthetheli-mathenwa.
10. Umthetheli-mathenwa wathi kuDaniyeli, Ndiyayoyika inkosi yam ukumkani, omise eniya kukudla neniya kukusela; yini na ukuba abubone ubuso benu buthe matshamatsha kunobabayá baziintanga zenu? Noyizekisa ityala intloko yam kukumkani.
11. Wathi uDaniyeli kwinjoli, abethe umthetheli-mathenwa wayimisa phezu koDaniyeli, noHananiya, noMishayeli, noAzariya,
12. Khawubalinge abakhonzi bakho iintsuku ezilishumi, sinikwe sidle imifuno, sisele namanzi;
13. kukhangelwe phambi kwakho ukubonakala kwethu, nokubonakala kwabantwana abadla ukudla kokumkani; wenze ke kubakhonzi bakho njengoko uboné ngako.
14. Yabaphulaphula ke kweli lizwi, yabalinga iintsuku ezilishumi.
15. Ekupheleni kweentsuku ezilishumi, yabonakala imbonakalo yabo intle, betyebile, ngaphezu kwabantwana bonke abadla ukudla kokumkani.
16. Yakúsusa ke injoli ukudla kwabo, newayini abange beyisela, yabanika imifuno.
17. Abo bantwana bané uThixo wabanika ukwazi, nokuziqonda iincwadi zonke, nobulumko; uDaniyeli waba nokuyiqonda imibono yonke, namaphupha.
18. Ekupheleni kweentsuku, abethe ukumkani maze baziswe ngazo, umthethelimathenwa wabangenisa ke phambi koNebhukadenetsare.
19. Ukumkani wathetha nabo; kubo bonke bephela àkufumanekanga banjengoDaniyeli, noHananiya, noMishayeli, noAzariya. Bema ke bona phambi kokumkani.
20. Ke kuzo zonke iindawo zobulumko bokuqonda, abezibuza kubo ukumkani, wabafumana bebadlula ngokukalishumi zonke izazi nabakhwitsi abasebukumkanini bonke.
21. Ke kaloku uDaniyeli waba lapho, kwada kwangumnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani.