Fumu yinyaki yo yingwamba kulamuliya Babiloni yenga Dariyo wa ku Mediya. Dariyo wanguwona kuti Daniyeli wenga munthu wakukhumbika. Iyu wangumusankha kuti walongozgengi ŵanthu amaudindu a mucharu cho. Ŵanthu yaŵa amuchitiyanga sanji ndipu akhumbanga kuti watuwepu pa udindu. Yiwu aziŵanga kuti wapempheranga kwaku Yehova katatu pa zuŵa. Mwaviyo, angukambiya Dariyo kuti: ‘Fumu, paje dangu lakuti weyosi wasopengi imwi pe. Yo waleka kuvwiya dangu lenili, watenere kuponyeka muzenji la nkharamu.’ Dariyo wanguwona kuti vo ŵanthu wo angukamba venga vamampha ndipu wangusayiniya dangu lenili.

Daniyeli wati wavwa ŵaka dangu lifya lenili wanguluta ku nyumba yaki. Iyu wangusindama pafupi ndi windu lo lenga lakujula ndipu wangupemphera kwaku Yehova. Ŵanthu wo amuchitiyanga sanji angusere mu nyumba yaki ndipu angumusaniya kuti wapemphera. Yiwu anguluta kwaku Dariyo ndikumukambiya kuti: ‘Daniyeli watikuvwiyani cha. Zuŵa lelosi wapemphera katatu kwaku Chiuta waki.’ Dariyo wamuyanjanga Daniyeli ndipu wakhumbanga cha kuti wafwi. Zuŵa losi lamphumphu waŵanaŵaniyanga mo wangataskiya Daniyeli. Kweni chinanga ndi fumu yatingi yisinthengi cha dangu lo yingusayiniya. Mwaviyo, yingulamula ŵanthu kuti aponyi Daniyeli muzenji la nkharamu zakofya ukongwa.

 Dariyo wangutondeka kugona usiku chifukwa wafipiyanga mtima Daniyeli. Ndi mulenji, wanguluta ko kwenga zenji ndipu wangudana Daniyeli kuti: ‘Kumbi Chiuta waku wakutaska?’

Dariyo wanguvwa Daniyeli wachimuka kuti: ‘Mungelu waku Yehova wangujala pamilomu ya nkharamu ndipu zandipweteka cha.’ Dariyo wangukondwa ukongwa! Iyu wangulamula kuti Daniyeli watuzgiki muzenji. Daniyeli wangupwetekeka cha. Pavuli paki, fumu yingulamula kuti: ‘Ponyani ŵanthu wo anguchitiska kuti Daniyeli waponyeki muzenji.’ Ŵanthu yaŵa ŵati aponyeka muzenji, nkharamu zinguŵarya.

Dariyo wangukambiya ŵanthu dangu lakuti: ‘Weyosi watenere kopa Chiuta waku Daniyeli. Iyu wataska Daniyeli ku nkharamu.’

Kumbi upemphera kwaku Yehova zuŵa lelosi nge Daniyeli?