Daniel went home and informed his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Then Daniel said to the guardian whom the chief chamberlain had put in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Daniel went and asked for time from the king, that he might give him the interpretation.
There are certain Jews whom you have made administrators of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have paid no attention to you; they will not serve your god or worship the golden statue which you set up.”
For we have sinned and transgressed by departing from you, and we have done every kind of evil.