- 那些人就纷纷聚集,见但以理在他神面前祈祷恳求。
- 他们便进到王前,提王的禁令,说,王阿,三十日内不拘何人,若在王以外,或向神或向人求什么,必被扔在狮子坑中。王不是在这禁令上盖了玉玺麽。王回答说,实有这事,照玛代。
- 他们对王说,王阿,那被掳之犹大人中的但以理不理你,也不遵你盖了玉玺的禁令,他竟一日三次祈祷。
- 王听见这话,就甚愁烦,一心要救但以理,筹划解救他,直到日落的时候。
- 那些人就纷纷聚集来见王,说,王阿,当知道玛代人和波斯人有例,凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。
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- Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
- Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king's injunction, "Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The king replied, "The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."
- Then they answered and spoke before the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps making his petition three times a day."
- Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel; and even until sunset he kept exerting himself to rescue him.
- Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, "Recognize, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed."
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