UDaniyeli
6:1 Kwaba kuhle kuDariyu ukubeka phezu kombuso izikhulu eziyikhulu namashumi amabili.
okufanele ibe phezu kombuso wonke;
6:2 Futhi phezu kwabo abongameli abathathu; uDaniyeli wayengowokuqala kubo: ukuthi
izikhulu zazingase zilandise kubo, inkosi ingabi nacala
umonakalo.
6:3 Khona-ke lo Daniyeli wakhethwa ngaphezu abongameli nezikhulu, ngoba
umoya omuhle kakhulu wawukuye; inkosi yacabanga ukummisa phezu kwebandla
umhlaba wonke.
6:4 Khona-ke abongameli nezikhulu bafuna ukuthola ithuba ngokumelene noDaniyeli
mayelana nombuso; kepha abafumananga-sizathu nacala;
ngenxa yokuthi wayethembekile, akutholwanga siphambeko noma iphutha
kuye.
6:5 Khona-ke la madoda athi: "Asiyikuthola lutho ngaye lo Daniyeli.
ngaphandle kokuthi sikuthole ngokumelene naye mayelana nomthetho kaNkulunkulu wakhe.
6:6 Khona-ke laba bongameli nezikhulu babuthana ndawonye enkosini, futhi
yathi kuye: “Nkosi Dariyu, phila kuze kube phakade.
6:7 Bonke abongameli bombuso, ababusi, nezikhulu,
abeluleki, nezinduna, babonisane ndawonye ukuze kumiswe a
umthetho wobukhosi, nokwenza isimemezelo esiqinile, sokuthi yilowo nalowo ocela a
isicelo sanoma yimuphi uNkulunkulu noma umuntu izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, ngaphandle kwakho, nkosi, yena
bayakuphonswa emphandwini wezingonyama.
6:8 Manje, O nkosi, qinisa isimemezelo, futhi usayine umbhalo, ukuze kungabi
waguquka, ngokomthetho wamaMede namaPheresiya, oguqulwayo
hhayi.
6:9 Ngakho inkosi uDariyu yawubhala umbhalo nomthetho.
6:10 Manje lapho uDaniyeli azi ukuthi umbhalo usayinwe, wangena esandleni sakhe
indlu; amafasitele ekamelo lakhe evulekile ngaseJerusalema
waguqa ngamadolo kathathu ngosuku, wakhuleka, wabonga
phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe njengakuqala.
6:11 Khona la madoda abuthana, amthola uDaniyeli ekhuleka futhi enza
ukunxusa phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe.
6:12 Base besondela, bakhuluma phambi kwenkosi mayelana nenkosi
umyalo; Awusayinanga yini isimemezelo sokuthi wonke umuntu oyocela a
isicelo sanoma yimuphi uNkulunkulu noma umuntu ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu, ngaphandle kwakho, nkosi,
Uyakuphonswa emphandwini wezingonyama na? Inkosi yaphendula yathi: The
into iyiqiniso, ngokomthetho wamaMede namaPheresiya, okuyinto
ayiguquki.
6:13 Base bephendula, bathi phambi kwenkosi: "Lowo Daniyeli, ovela
abantwana bokuthunjwa bakoJuda abanandaba nawe, nkosi, loba
isimemezelo osisayinileyo, kepha wenza isicelo sakhe kathathu
usuku.
6:14 Khona-ke inkosi, lapho ezwa la mazwi, wacasuka kakhulu
wabeka inhliziyo yakhe kuDaniyeli ukuba amkhulule;
kwaze kwashona ilanga ukuze amkhulule.
6:15 Khona la madoda abuthana enkosini, athi enkosini, Yazi, O
inkosi, ukuthi umthetho wamaMede namaPheresiya ungukuthi, akukho sinqumo noma
isimiso inkosi esimisayo singaguqulwa.
6:16 Khona-ke inkosi yayala, futhi bamletha uDaniyeli, futhi bamphonsa emgodini
umhume wezingonyama. Inkosi yasikhuluma, yathi kuDaniyeli: UNkulunkulu wakho omthandayo
khonza njalo, uzakukhulula.
6:17 Kwalethwa itshe, labekwa emlonyeni womgodi; kanye ne
inkosi yawunamathelisa ngophawu lwakhe nangophawu lwezikhulu zayo;
ukuze kungaguqulwa inhloso ngoDaniyeli.
6:18 Khona-ke inkosi yaya esigodlweni sayo, futhi walala ubusuku ukuzila
izinsimbi zomculo zalethwa phambi kwakhe, nobuthongo baphela
yena.
6:19 Khona-ke inkosi yavuka ekuseni kakhulu, futhi waphuthuma waya
umhume wezingonyama.
6:20 Futhi lapho efika emgodini, wamemeza ngezwi lokulila
uDaniyeli; inkosi yakhuluma, yathi kuDaniyeli: Daniyeli, nceku yeNkosi
uNkulunkulu ophilayo, uNkulunkulu wakho, omkhonzayo njalo, unamandla okukukhulula
uvela ezingonyameni?
6:21 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wathi enkosini: "O nkosi, phila kuze kube phakade.
6:22 UNkulunkulu wami uthumile ingelosi yakhe, futhi uye wavala imilomo yamabhubesi, ukuze babe
aningilimazanga, lokhu kutholwe kimi ngimsulwa; futhi
naphambi kwakho, nkosi, angonanga lutho.
6:23 Khona-ke inkosi yajabula kakhulu ngaye, futhi wayala ukuba kufanele
khipha uDaniyeli emphandwini. Ngakho uDaniyeli wakhushulwa emgodini,
futhi kakutholwanga kulimala kuye, ngoba wayekholwa kweyakhe
uNkulunkulu.
6:24 Inkosi yayala, futhi baletha labo ababemangalele
uDaniyeli, babaphonsa emphandwini wezingonyama, bona, nabantwana babo,
nabafazi babo; izingonyama zabanqoba, zazaphula zonke
amathambo abo aba yizicucu, bengakafiki phansi emgodini.
6:25 Khona-ke inkosi uDariyu wabhala kubo bonke abantu, izizwe, nezilimi, ukuthi
hlala emhlabeni wonke; Ukuthula makube kinina.
6:26 Ngikhipha isimemezelo, ukuze kuyo yonke indawo yombuso wami bathuthumele futhi
yesabani phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaDaniyeli, ngokuba unguNkulunkulu ophilayo nothembekile
kuze kube phakade, nombuso wakhe yiwo ongayikuchithwa, nowakhe
ukubusa kuyakuba khona kuze kube sekupheleni.
6:27 Uyakhulula futhi akhulule, futhi wenza izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ezulwini
nasemhlabeni, owakhulula uDaniyeli emandleni ezingonyama.
6:28 Ngakho lo Daniyeli waphumelela ekubuseni kukaDariyu, futhi ekubuseni
uKoresi umPheresiya.