Dan 1 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukufundiswa kukaDaniyeli labangane bakhe esigodlweni sikaNebukadineza

1Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi inkosi yakoJuda, uNebukadineza inkosi yaseBabiloni wafika eJerusalema, walivimbezela.2 Kho 24:1; 2 Lan 36:5–7

2INkosi uNkulunkulu yanikela uJehoyakimi inkosi yakoJuda esandleni sakhe, lengxenye yezitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu. UNebukadineza wazisa elizweni laseShinari, endlini kankulunkulu wakhe, wazibeka endlini yenotho.2 Kho 20:17–18; 24:10–16; 2 Lan 36:10; Isa 39:7–8

3Waselaya uAshipenazi induna yabathenwa bayo ukuba ilethe ingxenye yabantu bakoIsrayeli, abozalo lwesikhosini kanye lezikhulu,

4abangamajaha angelasici, abukekayo, ahlakaniphileyo, alolwazi, akwaziyo ukufunda, lalamandla okusebenza esigodlweni senkosi, bafundiswe izincwadi lolimi lwamaKaladiya.

5Inkosi yabamisela isabelo sokudla kwabo kwensuku zonke, okumnandi okudliwa yinkosi, lewayini elinathayo. Babezafundiswa iminyaka emithathu, kuthi ekupheleni kwayo balethwe enkosini ukuyisebenzela.

6Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona oDaniyeli loHananiya loMishayeli loAzariya, abesizwe sakoJuda.

7Induna yabathenwa yabatha amanye amabizo; uDaniyeli yathi nguBeliteshazari, loHananiya yathi nguShadraki, loMishayeli yathi nguMeshaki, loAzariya yathi nguAbedinego.

8Kodwa uDaniyeli wazimisela ukuba angazingcolisi ngokudla kwenkosi okumnandi, langewayini eyayilinatha. Ngakhoke wasecela induna yabathenwa ukuba imvumele angazingcolisi.

9UNkulunkulu wamnika uDaniyeli umusa lesihawu enduneni yabathenwa;

10induna yabathenwa yathi kuDaniyeli: Ngiyesaba ukuthi inkosi yami elimisele ukudla lokunathwayo izakubona ukuba wena ucakile kulamanye amajaha ayintanga yakho; ubusungifaka engozini yokubulawa yinkosi.

11UDaniyeli wasesithi encekwini eyayimiswe induna yabathenwa ukuphatha uDaniyeli loHananiya loMishayeli loAzariya:

12Ake ulinge inceku zakho okwensuku ezilitshumi, usinike imibhida kuphela ukuba sidle yona sinathe lamanzi.

13Ubusukhangela isimo sethu, lesimo samajaha adla ukudla kwenkosi okumnandi, wenzeke njengalokho okubonayo ezincekwini zakho.

14Inceku yasilalela lokhu, yabalinga okwensuku ezilitshumi.

15Ekupheleni kwensuku ezilitshumi babonakala bengcono bezimukile kulawo wonke amajaha ayesidla ukudla kwenkosi okumnandi.

16Ngakhoke inceku yasisusa ukudla kwabo okumnandi kanye lewayini ababezakulinatha, yabanika imibhida kuphela.

17Lamajaha amane uNkulunkulu wawanika ukwazi lamandla okufunda izincwadi, kanye lokuhlakanipha. Njalo uDaniyeli wayelokuqedisisa ngayo yonke imibono lamaphupho.

18Ekupheleni kwesikhathi, lapho inkosi isitshilo ukuba lamajaha angeniswe esigodlweni, induna yabathenwa yawaletha phambi kukaNebukadineza.

19Inkosi yakhuluma labo; phakathi kwawo wonke kwakungekho owayefana loDaniyeli loHananiya loMishayeli loAzariya; basebeqalisa ukuyisebenzela inkosi.

20Ezintweni zonke zokuhlakanipha lezokuqedisisa inkosi eyayibabuza ngazo, yabafumanisa besedlula ngokuphindwe katshumi zonke izanuse lezangoma ezazisembusweni wayo.

21UDaniyeli waqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwenkosi uKurosi.