7 Ithuĩ tũrĩ atongoria a ũthamaki ũyũ, na anyabara, na anene a bũrũri, na andũ arĩa mataaraga mũthamaki o na abarũthi othe, nĩtũciirĩte tũkoona arĩ wega we mũthamaki ũrute watho naguo ũhinyĩrĩrio atĩ mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũngĩhooya ngai o na ĩrĩkũ kana mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, tiga akũhooire wee mũthamaki, ihinda rĩa matukũ mĩrongo ĩtatũ rĩtanathira, no nginya aikio irima-inĩ rĩa mĩrũũthi.
All the administrators of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.