being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them. And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days. And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them to the intent that they might devour Daniel. Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers.
And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner
which thou hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lions
den. And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do
I know the den. And the angel of the Lord took him by the
top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and
set him in Babylon over the den in the force of his spirit. And
Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take
the dinner that God hath sent thee. And Daniel said: Thou
hast remembered me, O God, and Thou hast not forsaken them
that love Thee. And Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of
the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place. And
