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.