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.