INkosi uNebukadinesari yacela into engenakwenzeka evela kubafundisi bakhe (abakwaMonman Soothsayers kanye nomambikazi). Isizathu sakhe kwakungenxa yokuthi wayazi ukuthi uma echaze iphupho kubo, ngobuqili bazobamba amanga kuye. Wacela ukuthi kufanele baqale bamtshele ngephupho azokwazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi bangakwazi ukutolika iphupho lakhe. Bakhala "cha nkosi, Nkosi, noma umbusi owake wabuza izinto ezinjalo" lokhu bekuyicebo labahlakaniphileyo ukukhombisa inkosi ukuthi ayinangqondo, hhayi ukuthi ayinangqondo. Kepha babengenawo amandla okuhumusha iphupho futhi lokhu ngendlela ebonise ukuthi baqambe amanga ngaphambili enkosini bamnika ukuhunyushwa kwamaphupho akhe.

Amakhosi noma abantu bethonya bazungezwe abantu abanjalo abangenalo iqiniso futhi bangamaphesenti amancane abo aqala ngezinhloso zangempela. Ngakho-ke, amaKhosi awavumeli abantu enkampanini yabo ngaphandle kokuthi bazibonakalise babona. Bayazi futhi ukulinganiselwa kwalabo ababazungezile futhi bazi ukuthi bangadalula kanjani lokhu ukushiyeka.

UDaniel wayengeyena phakathi kwaleli chedu eliseduze leNkosi kodwa uNkulunkulu wayesezomthola indawo. Ngesenzo esisodwa nje sekhono uDaniel azolethwa enkantolo yenkosi. Kepha kuleyo nkantolo, wayezosekelwa ngokwethembeka kwakhe kuNkulunkulu ngoba ukufinyelela kwakhe kwakungezimiso zokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu. Abaningi, njengoba uMelon asekelwa kulezo zikhundla ngobuqili kepha inkosi ayiyona into engcolile njalo lapho labo abaseduze bengayena iqiniso.

Lapho uDaniel ezwa ngesicelo senkosi, waya enkosini uNebukadinesari. UDaniel wacela inkosi ukuba imnikeze isikhathi esithe xaxa. Ngemuva kwalokho azotshela inkosi ukuthi lelo phupho lasho ukuthini. Ngakho-ke, uDaniel waya endlini yakhe. Wayichaza yonke le ndaba kubangane bakhe uHananiya, uMishayeli no-Azariya. UDaniel wacela abangane bakhe ukuba bathandaze kuNkulunkulu wezulu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzoba nomusa kubo futhi abasize baqonde le mfihlo. Imfihlo kaDaniel ukuncikelwa kwakhe ngoNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli futhi wagcina leso simo njengoba egcina amakhosi amane.

Eziningi zonakaliswa yizikhundla futhi zilahlekelwe okhiye ezazivumela ukuba bangene kulezo zindawo ezinethonya uDaniel enqaba ukonakala ngokuba khona kwenkosi. Kulomnyango kulesi sizini kuzovuleka ukungena ebukhoneni bamakhosi kepha ungazivumeli ukuwa. Qhubeka ume ngemigomo kaNkulunkulu. UDaniel wayengazivumeli ukonakaliswa ngokudla etafuleni lenkosi. Khumbula phambi kwenkosi unganqotshwa yinkanuko ngokudla kwakhe kwethonya.

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