UBhele kunye Nenamba
1:1 Ke ukumkani uAshyages wahlanganiselwa kooyise, noKoreshi wasePersi;
wamkela ubukumkani bakhe.
1:2 Ke kaloku uDaniyeli wayencokola nokumkani, yaye wayezukile ngaphezu kwabo bonke abakhe
bahlobo.
1:3 Ke kaloku, iiBhabheli zazinesithixo, esibizwa nguBhele, kwaye zaphelela phezu kwakhe
ishumi elinambini leemilinganiselo zemihla ngemihla zomgubo ocoliweyo, namashumi amane eegusha, nesithandathu seegusha
izitya zewayini.
1:4 Ukumkani waqubuda kuyo, wahamba imihla ngemihla, esiya kuqubuda kuyo; ke yena uDaniyeli
enqula uThixo wakhe. Wathi ukumkani kuye, Yini na ukuba unga?
ninqula uBhele?
1:5 Waphendula ke wathi, Ngenxa yokuba ndingaqubudi kwizithixo ezenziwe ngesandla;
kodwa uThixo ophilileyo, owadala izulu nehlabathi, owadalayo
ubukhosi phezu kwenyama yonke.
1:6 Wathi ukumkani kuye, Akucingi na wena ukuba uBhele nguThixo ophilileyo?
Anikuboni na ukutya akutyayo nokusela kwakhe yonke imihla?
1:7 Wancuma uDaniyeli, wathi, Musa ukulahlekiswa, kumkani;
Udongwe ngaphakathi, nobhedu ngaphandle;
1:8 Waqumba ke ukumkani, wababiza ababingeleli bakhe, wathi kubo.
Ukuba anithanga nindixelele ukuba ngubani na lo udlayo ezi ndleko, nothini
fa.
1:9 Ke ukuba nithe nandazisa ukuba uBhele uyawadla, wofa ke uDaniyeli.
ngokuba ethethe unyeliso ngoBhele. Wathi ke uDaniyeli kukumkani,
Makube ngokwelizwi lakho.
1:10 Ke ababingeleli bakaBhele bebengamashumi asixhenxe, ngaphandle kwabafazi babo, nabafazi babo
abantwana. Ukumkani wahamba noDaniyeli endlwini kaBhele.
1:11 Bathi ababingeleli bakaBhele, Yabona, siyaphuma; wena kumkani, beka esidlweni.
lungisa iwayini, uluvale ucango, ulutywine ngolwakho
isiginali yakho;
1:12 Nothi ngomso, xa uthe wangena, akuba ungafumani ukuba uBhele unaye
sidliwe siphela, sova ukufa; okanye uDaniyeli lo uthethayo
ngobuxoki ngathi.
1:13 Baye ke bekunyamekela oko ngokuncinane;
ukungena, ababemana ukungena ngako, bazidle
izinto.
1:14 Zithe ke zakuphuma, ukumkani wabeka izidlo phambi koBhele. Ngoku nguDaniel
wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, ukuba bezise uthuthu, bazisasaze;
kuyo yonke indlu, phambi kokumkani yedwa;
baphuma, baluvala ucango, balutywina ngomsesane wokutywina wokumkani;
wemka njalo.
1:15 Ke kaloku ebusuku beza ababingeleli, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, njengabo
babeqhele ukwenza, badla basela bagqiba.
1:16 Ngengomso wavuka ukumkani, enoDaniyeli enaye.
1:17 Wathi ukumkani, Daniyeli, amatywina aphelele na? Wathi yena, Ewe, O
ukumkani, baphelele.
1:18 Kwathi, ekulivuleni kwakhe isango, ukumkani wakhangela etafileni.
wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Mkhulu, Bhele;
inkohliso konke konke.
1:19 Waza wahleka uDaniyeli, wambamba ukumkani ukuba angangeni
Wathi, Khawubone umbekelelo wamatye, uphawule ukuba ngoobani na amabanga.
1:20 Wathi ukumkani, Ndiwubona unyawo lwamadoda, nabafazi, nabantwana. Kwaye
waqumba ukumkani.
1:21 Wabathabatha ababingeleli, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, bambonisa
bangena ke, bazidla izinto eziphezu kwawo
itafile.
1:22 Wababulala ke ukumkani, wamnikela uBhele esandleni sikaDaniyeli
wamtshabalalisa yena netempile yakhe.
1:23 Kwaye kukho kuloo ndawo inamba enkulu, leyo baseBhabhiloni
banqulwa.
1:24 Wathi ukumkani kuDaniyeli, Uyatsho na ukuba le nto yobhedu?
yabona, uhleli nje, uyadla, uyasela; awunakutsho ukuba akakho
uThixo ophilileyo; mnquleni ke ngoko.
1:25 Wathi uDaniyeli kukumkani, Ndiya kumnqula uYehova uThixo wam, ngokuba yena
nguThixo ophilileyo.
1:26 Kodwa ndivumele, kumkani, ndiyibulale le inamba ngaphandle kwekrele
abasebenzi. Wathi ukumkani, Ndiyakukuvumela.
1:27 Waza uDaniyeli wathabatha itela, namanqatha, neenwele, wazipheka zonke;
Wenza amagaqa, wawafaka emlonyeni wenamba, kwaza kwanjalo
Yatyhutyha inamba, wathi uDaniyeli, Yabona, aba ngoothixo nina
unqulo.
1:28 Bathi ke bona abaseBhabheli, bakukuva oko, bacaphuka kakhulu
bamenzela iyelenqe ukumkani, bathi, Ukumkani ungumYuda, unguye
umtshabalalisile uBhele, uyixabele inamba, wababulala ababingeleli
ukufa.
1:29 Beza kukumkani, bathi, Sinike uDaniyeli, ukuba akuthanga senze
kuchitha wena nendlu yakho.
1:30 Ke kaloku akubona ukumkani ukuba bamxinile, exinezelekile
wanikela uDaniyeli kubo.
1:31 owamphosa emhadini weengonyama, apho abekhona iintsuku ezintandathu.
1:32 Emhadini kwakukho iingonyama ezisixhenxe, kwaye bezizinika imihla ngemihla
izidumbu zibe mbini, neegusha ezimbini, ababengabangànga nazo
ukuze bamqwenge uDaniyeli.
1:33 Ke kaloku kwaye kukho kwelamaYuda umprofeti, ogama linguHabhakuki, epheka ukudla okuphekiweyo;
kwaye waqhekeza isonka ngesitya, kwaye wayesiya entsimini, ukuze
yiziseni kubavuni.
1:34 Sathi isithunywa sikaYehova kuHabhakuki, Hamba uye usithabathe isidlo eso
useBhabheli kuDaniyeli, osemhadini weengonyama.
1:35 Wathi uHabhakuki, Andizange ndiyibone iBhabheli, Nkosi yam; nam andazi apho
umqolomba ngu.
1:36 Saza isithunywa seNkosi samthabatha isithsaba, samthwala ngasesangweni
Wamfaka iinwele zentloko yakhe, ngomoya onamandla womoya wakhe
iBhabheli phezu komhadi.
1:37 Wadanduluka ke uHabhakuki, wathi, Daniyeli, Daniyeli, yidla isidlo sikaThixo
ukuthumile.
1:38 Wathi ke uDaniyeli, Undikhumbule, Thixo;
bashiye abo bakufunayo nabakuthandayo.
1:39 Wesuka ke uDaniyeli, wadla; saza isithunywa sikaYehova sammisa uHabhakuki
indawo yakhe kwakhona kwangoko.
1:40 Ngosuku lwesixhenxe ukumkani waya kumbambazela uDaniyeli
Wakhangela emhadini, nanko uDaniyeli ehleli.
1:41 Wadanduluka ke ukumkani ngezwi elikhulu, esithi, Mkhulu, Nkosi, uYehova wemikhosi
Daniyeli, akakho omnye ngaphandle kwakho.
1:42 Wamrhola, wabakhupha abo babenaye
Zawa zadliwa ngephanyazo phambi kwakhe
ubuso.