UBhele kanye Nodrako
1:1 Inkosi u-Astyages yabuthelwa koyise, noKoresi wasePheresiya
wamukela umbuso wakhe.
1:2 UDaniyeli waxoxa nenkosi, futhi wayehlonishwa ngaphezu kwakho konke
abangani.
1:3 Manje amaBhabhiloni ayenesithixo, okuthiwa uBel, futhi kwachithwa phezu kwakhe
usuku ngalunye amazilinganiso amakhulu ayishumi nambili empuphu ecolekileyo, nezimvu ezingamashumi amane nesithupha
izitsha zewayini.
1:4 Inkosi yakhuleka kulo, yahamba imihla ngemihla ukuyokhuleka kuyo; kepha uDaniyeli
wakhonza uNkulunkulu wakhe. Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Kungani ungenzi
khonza uBeli?
1:5 Waphendula wathi: “Ngokuba anginakukhuleka ezithombeni ezenziwe ngezandla.
kodwa uNkulunkulu ophilayo, owadala izulu nomhlaba, futhi wawenza
ubukhosi phezu kwayo yonke inyama.
1:6 Inkosi yathi kuye, "Awucabangi yini ukuthi uBeli unguNkulunkulu ophilayo?
Kawuboni yini ukuthi udla aphuze kangakanani insuku zonke?
1:7 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wamamatheka, futhi wathi: "O nkosi, ungakhohliswa, ngoba lokhu kumane nje
ubumba ngaphakathi, nethusi ngaphandle, futhi akazange adle, futhi aphuze lutho.
1:8 Inkosi yathukuthela, yabiza abapristi bayo, yathi kubo.
Uma ningangitsheli ukuthi ngubani lo odla lezi zindleko, anothi
fa.
1:9 Kodwa uma ningangitshela ukuthi uBeli uyazidla, khona-ke uDaniyeli uzokufa.
ngokuba ukhulume inhlamba ngokumelene noBeli. UDaniyeli wathi enkosini:
makube ngokwezwi lakho.
1:10 Manje abapristi bakaBeli babengamashumi ayisikhombisa neshumi, ngaphandle kwabafazi babo futhi
izingane. Inkosi yangena noDaniyeli ethempelini likaBeli.
1:11 Ngakho abapristi bakaBeli bathi: "Bheka, siyaphuma, kodwa wena, O nkosi, beka phezu ukudla.
lungisa iwayini, uvale umnyango ngokushesha, unamathelise ngesakho
isiginali yakho;
1:12 Futhi kusasa lapho ungena, uma ungatholi ukuthi uBel unaye
sidliwe sonke, siyakufa; noma uDaniyeli, okhulumayo
ngamanga ngathi.
1:13 Kodwa babenganakanga, ngoba ngaphansi kwetafula babenze indlu yokugezela
umnyango ababengena ngawo njalo, baziqeda
izinto.
1:14 Ngakho lapho sebephumile, inkosi yabeka ukudla phambi Bel. Manje uDaniel
wayeyalile izinceku zakhe ukuba zilethe umlotha, futhi zawusakaza
kulo lonke ithempeli phambi kwenkosi yodwa;
baphuma, bavala umnyango, bawunamathelisa ngophawu lwenkosi, futhi
wahamba kanjalo.
1:15 Manje ebusuku kwafika abapristi kanye nabafazi babo nabantwana, njengoba bona
ababejwayele ukukwenza, badla, baphuza bonke.
1:16 Kwathi ekuseni, inkosi yavuka, kanye noDaniyeli kanye naye.
1:17 Inkosi yathi: "Daniyeli, ingabe izimpawu ziphelele? Wathi, Yebo, O
inkosi, baphelele.
1:18 Kwathi nje lapho evula umnyango, inkosi yabheka etafuleni.
wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Mkhulu, Beli, akukho nawe
inkohliso nhlobo.
1:19 Khona-ke wahleka uDaniyeli, futhi wabamba inkosi ukuthi akufanele angene, futhi
wathi: "Bheka-ke indawo egandayiweyo, uqaphele ukuthi lezi zinyathela zikabani."
1:20 Inkosi yathi, "Ngibona izinyathelo zamadoda, abesifazane, nabantwana. Futhi
inkosi yathukuthela.
1:21 Futhi wathatha abapristi kanye nawomkabo nabantwana, bambonisa
iminyango yangasese, lapho ezangena khona, zadla izinto ezaziphezu kwayo
itafula.
1:22 Ngakho inkosi yababulala, futhi wanikela Bel esandleni sikaDaniyeli, ngubani
wambhubhisa kanye nethempeli lakhe.
1:23 Futhi kuleyo ndawo kwakukhona udrako omkhulu, okuyinto baseBhabhiloni
bakhonzwa.
" 1:24 Inkosi yasisithi kuDaniyeli: "Uyakusho yini ukuthi lokhu kuyithusi?
bheka, uyaphila, uyadla, uyaphuza; awukwazi ukusho ukuthi akekho
unkulunkulu ophilayo: ngakho khuleka kuye.
1:25 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wathi enkosini: "Ngizokhonza uJehova uNkulunkulu wami, ngoba yena
unguNkulunkulu ophilayo.
1:26 Kodwa ngivumele, O nkosi, futhi ngizobulala lo drako ngaphandle kwenkemba noma
abasebenzi. Inkosi yasisithi: Ngiyakuyekela.
1:27 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wathatha ipholi, namanoni, nezinwele, wakupheka ndawonye.
wenza izigaxa zalo: lokhu wakufaka emlonyeni kadrako, futhi kanjalo
udrako wabhodloka phakathi; uDaniyeli wathi: Bheka, laba bangonkulunkulu nina
ukukhonza.
1:28 Lapho abaseBhabhiloni bezwa lokho, bathukuthela kakhulu, futhi
bayenzela inkosi ugobe, bathi: "Inkosi isibe ngumJuda;
umchithile uBeli, ubulele udrako, wabeka abapristi
ukufa.
1:29 Base befika enkosini, bathi: "Sikhulule uDaniyeli, uma kungenjalo
chitha wena nendlu yakho.
1:30 Manje lapho inkosi ibona ukuthi bamcindezela kakhulu, bephoqelekile, yena
wanikela uDaniyeli kubo;
1:31 owamphonsa emphandwini wezingonyama, lapho ahlala khona izinsuku eziyisithupha.
1:32 Futhi emphandwini kwakukhona izingonyama eziyisikhombisa, futhi babebanike zonke izinsuku
izidumbu ezimbili, nezimvu ezimbili, abanganikwanga zona
ukuze bamudle uDaniyeli.
1:33 Kwakukhona eJudiya umprofethi othile ogama lakhe linguHabakuki, owayepheke ukudla,
futhi wayehlephule isinkwa endishini, futhi wayeya ensimini, ukuze
liyise kubavuni.
1:34 Kodwa ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuHabakuki, "Hamba, uphathe isidlo sakusihlwa
ufikile eBabele kuDaniyeli osemphandwini wezingonyama.
1:35 UHabakuki wathi: "Nkosi, angizange ngilibone iBhabhiloni; nami angazi lapho
umgodi ukhona.
1:36 Khona-ke ingelosi yeNkosi yamthatha umqhele, futhi yamthwala ngasesangweni
izinwele zekhanda lakhe, futhi ngokufutheka komoya wakhe wamfaka phakathi
IBhabhiloni phezu komgodi.
1:37 UHabakuki wamemeza, wathi: "Daniyeli, Daniyeli, thatha isidlo uNkulunkulu
ukuthumile.
1:38 UDaniyeli wathi: "Ungikhumbulile, O Nkulunkulu;
ushiye abakudingayo nabakuthandayo.
1:39 Ngakho uDaniyeli wasukuma, wadla, futhi ingelosi yeNkosi wamisa uHabakuki
indawo yakhe futhi ngokushesha.
1:40 Ngosuku lwesikhombisa inkosi yaya ukuyokhalela uDaniyeli
umhume, walunguza phakathi, bheka, uDaniyeli wayehlezi.
1:41 Khona wamemeza inkosi ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: Mkhulu Nkosi uNkulunkulu we
Daniyeli, akakho omunye ngaphandle kwakho.
1:42 Futhi wamdonsela ngaphandle, futhi waphonsa labo ababeyisizathu sakhe
ukubhujiswa kwangena emgodini; zashwabadela ngesikhashanyana phambi kwakhe
ubuso.