UDaniyeli
1:1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi, inkosi yakwaJuda, wafika
uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele waya eJerusalema, walivimbezela.
1:2 Futhi iNkosi yanikela uJehoyakimi inkosi yakwaJuda esandleni sakhe, kanye ingxenye
izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, waziyisa ezweni
iShineyari endlini kankulunkulu wakhe; wangenisa izitsha phakathi
indlu yengcebo kankulunkulu wakhe.
1:3 Inkosi yasikhuluma ku-Ashpenazi, induna yabathenwa bakhe, ukuthi
kufanele balethe abanye babantwana bakwa-Israyeli nabenzalo yenkosi,
kanye nezikhulu;
1:4 abantwana abangenasici kubo, kepha abathandeka kahle, abahlakaniphile kukho konke.
ukuhlakanipha, nobuqili olwazini, nokuqonda isayensi, nokunye okunjalo
babe nekhono kubo lokuma esigodlweni senkosi, futhi ngubani ababengase babe
fundisani ukufunda nolimi lwamaKaledi.
1:5 Inkosi yabamisela ukudla kwansuku zonke, nokudla kwenkosi
iwayini aliphuzayo: ngokondla iminyaka emithathu, kwaze kwaba sekupheleni
ukuze bame phambi kwenkosi.
1:6 Manje phakathi kwalaba kwakukhona amadodana kaJuda, Daniel, Hananiya,
uMishayeli no-Azariya:
1:7 Isikhulu sabathenwa samnika amagama, ngokuba wasinika uDaniyeli
igama likaBeliteshasari; uHananiya ngokuthi uShadiraki; nakuMishayeli,
kaMeshaki; u-Azariya u-Abhedinego.
1:8 Kodwa uDaniyeli wazimisela enhliziyweni yakhe ukuthi wayengeke azingcolise
isabelo sokudla kwenkosi newayini eliphuzayo;
ngalokho yacela enduneni yabathenwa ukuba ingenzeki
azingcolise.
1:9 Manje uNkulunkulu wayemenzele uDaniyeli umusa nesisa enkosini
labathenwa.
1:10 Induna yabathenwa yathi kuDaniyeli: âNgiyayesaba inkosi yami, inkosi;
onimisele ukudla kwenu nokuphuzwayo kwenu;
ubuso obubi kakhulu kunabantwana bohlobo lwenu? khona-ke kuyoba
nibeka ikhanda lami engozini enkosini.
1:11 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wathi kuMelzar, lapho umbusi wabathenwa ayemmisile
uDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, no-Azariya,
1:12 Ake uhlole izinceku zakho izinsuku eziyishumi; futhi basinikeze ukushaya kwenhliziyo
ukudla, namanzi okuphuza.
1:13 Khona-ke ake ubuke ubuso bethu phambi kwakho, futhi
ebusweni babantwana abadla isabelo sokudla kwenkosi;
futhi njengoba ubona, yenza ezincekwini zakho.
1:14 Ngakho wavuma kubo kule ndaba, futhi wabavivinya izinsuku eziyishumi.
1:15 Futhi ekupheleni kwezinsuku eziyishumi ubuso babo babonakala buhle futhi ekhuluphele
ngenyama kunabo bonke abantwana abadla isabelo senkosi
inyama.
1:16 Kanjalo uMelzar wasusa isabelo sokudla kwabo, newayini ababelithatha
kufanele aphuze; wabanika ukushaya kwenhliziyo.
1:17 Ngokuqondene nalaba bantwana abane, uNkulunkulu wabanika ulwazi nekhono kubo bonke
ukufunda nokuhlakanipha: futhi uDaniyeli wayenokuqonda kuyo yonke imibono kanye
amaphupho.
1:18 Manje ekupheleni kwezinsuku inkosi eyayishilo ukuthi kufanele alethwe
wangena, isikhulu sabathenwa sabangenisa ngaphambili
uNebukadinesari.
1:19 Inkosi yasikhuluma labo; futhi phakathi kwabo bonke akutholakalanga ofana naye
oDaniyeli, noHananiya, noMishayeli, no-Azariya; ngalokho bema phambi kukaJehova
inkosi.
1:20 Futhi kuzo zonke izindaba zokuhlakanipha nokuqonda, ukuthi inkosi wabuza
kubo, wabathola bengcono ngokuphindwe kashumi kunabo bonke abalumbi kanye
ababhula ngezinkanyezi ababekuwo wonke umbuso wakhe.
1:21 Futhi uDaniyeli waqhubeka kwaze kwaba unyaka wokuqala wenkosi uKoresi.