UDaniyeli
1:1 ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bukaYehoyakim ukumkani wakwaYuda
UNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli waya eYerusalem, wayingqinga.
1:2 UYehova wamnikela uYehoyakim ukumkani wakwaYuda esandleni sakhe, ngenxalenye
impahla yendlu kaThixo, awayithwalayo wayisa ezweni
eShinare endlwini yothixo wakhe; wazingenisa izitya endlwini;
indlu yobutyebi bothixo wakhe.
1:3 Wathi ukumkani kuAshpenazi, umthetheli-mathenwa akhe, yena
makuziswe abakoonyana bakaSirayeli, nabembewu yokumkani;
nakubathetheli;
1:4 ngabantwana abangenasiphako kubo, bababalwe kakuhle, abanobuchule kwizinto zonke.
ubulumko, nobuqhophololo ngolwazi, nokuqonda inzululwazi, nezinto ezinjalo
babenamandla okuma ebhotweni lokumkani, nokuba ngubani na ababenokuma
fundisani imfundiso nolwimi lwamaKaledi.
1:5 Ukumkani wabamisela umxhesho wemini ngangemini yayo, ekudleni kokumkani, nokwemihla ngemihla
Wabondla iminyaka emithathu, kwada kwaba sekupheleni
ukuze beme phambi kokumkani.
1:6 Ke phakathi kwabo kwakukho abakoonyana bakaYuda, inguDaniyeli, noHananiya,
uMishayeli noAzariya;
1:7 Umthetheli-mathenwa owathi yena wamnika amagama, ngokuba wamnika uDaniyeli
igama likaBheletshatsare; uHananiya wathi nguShadraki; nakuMishayeli,
kaMeshaki; UAzariya wathi nguAbhednego.
1:8 Ke yena uDaniyeli wayegqibe entliziyweni yakhe, ukuba angazingcolisi
ukudla kokumkani, newayini ayiselayo;
wacela kumthetheli-mathenwa ukuba angaba nako
uzingcolise.
1:9 Ke kaloku uThixo wenza uDaniyeli ukuba afumane inceba nemfesane phambi komthetheli
yamathenwa.
1:10 Wathi umthetheli-mathenwa kuDaniyeli, Ndiyayoyika inkosi yam ukumkani.
omise eniya kukudla neniya kukusela;
ubuso bumbi ngaphezu kwabantwana bohlobo lwakho? iya kwandula ke
Intloko yam niyibeka esichengeni kukumkani.
1:11 Wathi uDaniyeli kuMeltsare, obemiswe ngumthetheli-mathenwa
uDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, noAzariya,
1:12 Khawubalinge abakhonzi bakho iintsuku ezilishumi; kwaye mabasinike ukubetha kwentliziyo
badle, namanzi okusela.
1:13 mabukhangele ubuso bethu phambi kwakho, naphambi kwakho
ubuso boonyana abadla ekudleni kokumkani;
wenze kubakhonzi bakho njengoko ubone ngako.
1:14 Wabavumela kweli lizwi, wabalinga iintsuku ezilishumi.
1:15 Ekupheleni kweentsuku ezilishumi, yabonakala imbonakalo yabo intle, betyebile
ngenyama kunabo bonke abantwana abadla isabelo sokumkani
inyama.
1:16 Wawususa uMeltsare ukudla kwabo, kwanewayini ababenayo
kufuneka asele; wabanika ukubetha kwentliziyo.
1:17 Abo bantwana bane ke, uThixo wabanika ukwazi nokuqonda kubo bonke;
imfundo nobulumko; ke yena uDaniyeli waba nokuyiqonda imibono yonke
amaphupha.
1:18 Ekupheleni kweentsuku, abethe ukumkani maziziswe
yaza inkosana yamathenwa yabangenisa ke phambi kwabo
uNebhukadenetsare.
1:19 Ukumkani wathetha nabo; kubo bonke ke akufunyanwanga unjengaye
UDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, noAzariya, bema ke ngoko phambi koYehova
ukumkani.
1:20 Ke kuzo zonke iindawo zobulumko nokuqonda, abebuza kuzo ukumkani
kubo, wabafumana bebadlula kalishumi bonke abenzi bemilingo kunye
abavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi ababekuwo wonke ummandla wakhe.
1:21 Wahlala uDaniyeli, kwada kwangumnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani.