Daniel
1: 1 Mu mwaka wa gatatu w'ingoma ya Yehoyakimu umwami w'u Buyuda yaje
Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni kugera i Yeruzalemu, aragota.
Uwiteka aha Yehoyakimu umwami w'u Buyuda mu kuboko kwe, igice cye
ibikoresho byo mu nzu y'Imana: yajyanye mu gihugu cya
Shinar ku nzu y'imana ye; azana ibyombo muri Uhoraho
inzu y'ubutunzi bw'imana ye.
1: 3 Umwami abwira Ashpenazi umutware w'inkone ze, ko ari we
Azane bamwe mu Bisirayeli, n'urubyaro rw'umwami,
n'abatware;
1: 4 Abana batagira inenge, ariko batoneshwa, kandi bafite ubuhanga muri bose
ubwenge, n'amayeri mubumenyi, no gusobanukirwa siyanse, nibindi
yari afite ubushobozi muri bo guhagarara ibwami, kandi uwo bashoboye
bigisha imyigire n'ururimi rw'Abakaludaya.
1: 5 Umwami abashyiraho ibyokurya bya buri munsi by'inyama z'umwami, n'ibya
vino yanyoye: kubagaburira imyaka itatu, kuburyo amaherezo
Bashobora guhagarara imbere y'umwami.
1: 6 Muri abo harimo abana b'u Buyuda, Daniyeli, Hananiya,
Mishayeli na Azariya:
1: 7 Uwo mutware w'inkone yahaye amazina, kuko yahaye Daniyeli
izina rya Belteshazari; na Hananiya, wa Shaduraki; na Mishaeli,
Meshaki; no muri Azariya, i Abedinego.
1: 8 Ariko Daniyeli yagambiriye mu mutima we ko atazanduza
umugabane w'inyama z'umwami, cyangwa vino yanyoye:
ni yo mpamvu yasabye igikomangoma cy'inkone kugira ngo atabikora
yanduze.
1: 9 Noneho Imana yazanye Daniyeli ubutoni n'urukundo rurangwa n'ubwuzu hamwe n'umutware
w'inkone.
1:10 Umutware w'inkone abwira Daniyeli, ntinya databuja umwami,
Ni nde washyizeho inyama zawe n'ibinyobwa byawe, ni ukubera iki akubona?
ahura nikundwa kurenza abana bo mubwoko bwawe? hanyuma
untera gushyira mu kaga umwami.
1:11 Daniyeli abwira Melzari, umutware w'inkone yari yarashinze
Daniyeli, Hananiya, Mishaeli, na Azariya,
1:12 Erekana abagaragu bawe, ndagusabye, iminsi icumi; nibaduhe pulse
kurya, n'amazi yo kunywa.
1:13 Reka rero mu maso hacu harebwe imbere yawe, na
mu maso h'abana barya igice cy'inyama z'umwami:
kandi uko ubibona, kora abagaragu bawe.
1:14 Nuko arabemera muri iki kibazo, abereka iminsi icumi.
1:15 Iyo minsi icumi irangiye, mu maso habo hasa neza kandi habyibushye
mu mubiri kurusha abana bose bariye umugabane w'umwami
inyama.
1:16 Nguko uko Melzari yakuyeho igice cy'inyama zabo, na divayi
agomba kunywa; abaha impiswi.
1:17 Naho aba bana bane, Imana yabahaye ubumenyi nubuhanga muri byose
kwiga n'ubwenge: kandi Daniel yari afite gusobanukirwa mubyerekezo byose kandi
inzozi.
1:18 Iminsi irangiye umwami yari yavuze ko agomba kubazana
muri, noneho igikomangoma cy'inkone yabazanye mbere
Nebukadinezari.
1:19 Umwami avugana nabo; kandi muribo bose wasangaga ntamuntu numwe
Daniyeli, Hananiya, Mishayeli na Azariya: bahagarara imbere y'Uwiteka
umwami.
1:20 Kandi mubibazo byose byubwenge no gusobanukirwa, umwami yabajije
muri bo, yasanze barusha inshuro icumi abarozi bose kandi
abaragurisha inyenyeri bari mubwami bwe bwose.
Daniyeli akomeza kugeza mu mwaka wa mbere w'umwami Kuro.