9, 10. (a) Kodi masomphenyawo anam’peza ali kuti Danieli? (b) Fotokozani zimene Danieli anaona m’masomphenyawo.

⁹ Danieli sanataye mtima. Akupitiriza kutiuza chimeneno chinachitika, akumati: “Pokhala ine m’mphepete mwa mtsinje waukulu, ndiwo Hidikeli, ndinakweza maso anga, ndinapenya ndi kuona munthu wovala bafuta, womanga m’chuuno ndi golidi woona wa ku Ufazi. (Danieli 10:4, 5) Hidikeli unali mtsinje umodzi mwa inayi imene inali kuchokera m’munda wa Edene. (Genesis 2:10-14) M’Perisiya wakale, mtsinje wa Hidikeli unali kutchedwa Tigra, kumene kunachokera dzina lachigiriki lakuti Tigirisi. Chigawo chapakati pa mtsinje umenewu ndi mtsinje wa Firate chinatchedwa Mesopotamiya, kutanthauza “Dziko Lapakati pa Mitsinje.” Zimenezi zikutsimikizira kuti pamene Danieli analandira masomphenya ameneŵa, anali adakali m’dziko la Babuloniya, koma mwina osati mumzinda wotchedwa Babulo.

12, 13. Ponena za mthengayo kodi (a) chovala chake chikusonyeza chiyani? (b) Nanga maonekedwe ake?

¹² Tiyeni tim’pende mosamalitsa mthenga wochititsa chidwi ameneyu amene anaopsa Danieli chomwecho. Iye anali “wovala bafuta, womanga m’chuuno ndi golidi woona wa ku Ufazi.” Mu Israyeli wakale, chovala cha mkulu wa ansembe, efodi, ndi chapachifuŵa, komanso mikanjo ya ansembe ena, zimasokedwa ndi nsalu ya bafuta yoombedwa bwino ndipo zimakongoletsedwa ndi golidi. (Eksodo 28:4-8; 39:27-29) Choncho, chovala cha mthengayo chimasonyeza chiyero ndi ulemu wa malo ake antchito.

¹³ Danieli anachitanso mantha ndi maonekedwe a mthengayo. Kunyezimira kwa thupi lake longa mwala wa mtengo wapatali, kuwala kothobwa m’maso kwa nkhope yake, mphamvu yopyoza ya maso ake onga moto, ndi kunyezimira kwa mikono yake yamphamvuyo ndi mapazi ake. Ngakhale mawu ake amphamvuwo anali ochititsa mantha. Zonsezi zikusonyeza bwino lomwe kuti anali munthu waungelo. “Munthu wovala bafuta” ameneyu anali mngelo waudindo wapamwamba, amene anatumikira pamalo oyera pamaso pa Yehova, kumene anachokera ndi uthenga umene anafika nawo.a