# issue a decree and enforce a prohibition

A "prohibition" always only tells people what they cannot do, but a "decree" can permit people to do things.

# enforce a prohibition

The abstract noun "prohibition" can be translated as the verb "prohibit." Alternate translation: "use force to prohibit people from doing what they have been doing" or "force people to stop doing what they have been doing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])

# for thirty days

"for 30 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# whoever makes a petition

"whoever makes a request"

# that person must be thrown into the den of lions

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "your soldiers must throw that person into the den of lions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# den of lions

This may refer to a room or pit where lions were kept.