12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
12 Ndipo wakakaribia, wakasema mbele ya mfalme katika habari ya ile marufuku ya mfalme; Je! Hukuitia sahihi ile marufuku, ya kwamba kila mtu atakayeomba dua kwa Mungu awaye yote, au kwa mtu awaye yote, katika muda wa siku thelathini, ila kwako, Ee mfalme, atatupwa katika tundu la simba? Mfalme akajibu, akasema, Neno hili ni kweli, kama ilivyo sheria ya Wamedi na Waajemi isiyoweza kubadilika.