Dan 6 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

UDaniyeli usemgodini wezilwane

1Kwaba kuhle kuDariyu ukubeka embusweni wakhe wonke izikhulu ezilikhulu lamatshumi amabili.

2Phezu kwazo wamisa abongameli abathathu, omunye wabo enguDaniyeli, ukuba izikhulu zibike kubo ukuze inkosi ingalahlekelwa lutho.

3UDaniyeli lowo wabedlula bonke abongameli lezikhulu zonke, ngoba wayelomoya omuhle. Inkosi yazimisela ukumbeka phezu kwawo wonke umbuso.

4Abongameli lezikhulu basebefuna ulutho uDaniyeli abangamsola ngalo mayelana lombuso; kodwa behluleka ukuzuza ulutho abangamsola ngalo lokuzuza icala, ngoba wayethembekile engelaso isiphosiso lecala.

5Lawomadoda asesithi: Singeke sifumane ulutho esingamsola ngalo uDaniyeli ngaphandle kokuba silufumane mayelana lomlayo kaNkulunkulu wakhe.

6Ngakhoke labobongameli lezikhulu bavumelana ukuya enkosini, bathi kuyo: Bayethe wena nkosi Dariyu!

7Bonke abongameli bombuso, lezinduna, lezikhulu, labeluleki, lababusi, bavumelene ukuba inkosi imise umthetho, ikhuphe isimemezelo esiqinileyo ngawo sokuthi lowo okhuleka komunye unkulunkulu loba omunye umuntu ensukwini ezingamatshumi amathathu ezizayo ngaphandle kwakho, nkosi, uzaphoselwa emgodini wezilwane.

8Khathesike, wena nkosi, misa lumlayo ngokuwugwala kulincwadi ukuze ungaguqulwa, ngoba umthetho wamaMede lamaPerisiya kawuguquki.

9Ngakhoke inkosi uDariyu wasegwala encwadini, wamisa umthetho.

10Lapho uDaniyeli asesazi ukuthi inkosi isigwalile encwadini, wangena endlini yakhe; amawindi endlu yakhe ephezulu ayekhangele iJerusalema. Waguqa kathathu ngosuku ekhuleka edumisa uNkulunkulu wakhe njengokwenza kwakhe insuku zonke.

11Asesiza wonke lawomadoda, amfumana uDaniyeli ekhuleka ecela kuNkulunkulu wakhe.

12Asesiza enkosini, ayikhumbuza umthetho athi: Wena nkosi, kawulobanga yini umthetho wokuthi lowomuntu okhuleka komunye unkulunkulu loba omunye umuntu ensukwini ezingamatshumi amathathu ezizayo ngaphandle kwakho, wena nkosi, uzaphoselwa emgodini wezilwane na? Inkosi yaphendula yathi: Lokhu kumisiwe ngomthetho wamaMede lamaPerisiya ongelakuguqulwa.

13Asephendula enkosini esithi: UDaniyeli lowo ongomunye wabathunjiweyo bakoJuda kakunanzi, wena nkosi, lomthetho owulobileyo, kodwa uyakhuleka kunkulunkulu wakhe kathathu ngosuku.

14Lapho inkosi isizwile lawomazwi yaba losizi kakhulu, yadinga indlela yokumkhulula uDaniyeli. Yanakana ngokumophula laze latshona ilanga.

15Asesiza enkosini lawomadoda, athi kuyo: Nkosi, khumbula ukuba kungumthetho wamaMede lamaPerisiya ukuthi kakulamlayo lomthetho omiswa yinkosi ongaguqulwa.

16Inkosi yasilaya ukuba uDaniyeli alethwe, aphoselwe emgodini wezilwane. Yathi kuDaniyeli: Kungathi uNkulunkulu wakho omkhonzayo njalonjalo angakukhulula!

17Kwasekulethwa ilitshe, labekwa emlonyeni womgodi, lenkosi yalinameka ngophawu lwayo langophawu lwezikhulu zayo ukuba isiqumo mayelana loDaniyeli singaguqulwa.

18Inkosi yasisiya endlini yayo, yazila ukudla ngalobobusuku; kakulethwanga sifazana kuyo, yaswela lobuthongo.

19Inkosi yavuka emadabukakusa, yaya ngokuphangisa emgodini wezilwane.

20Ekufikeni kwayo emgodini lapho wayekhona uDaniyeli, yamemeza ngelizwi elibuhlungu, yathi kuDaniyeli: We Daniyeli, nceku kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, uNkulunkulu wakho omkhonzayo njalonjalo ukusilisile yini ezilwaneni?

21UDaniyeli wasesithi enkosini: Bayethe nkosi!

22UNkulunkulu wami uthumile isithunywa sakhe, savala imilomo yezilwane, kazingilimazanga, ngoba ngifunyaniswe ngingelacala phambi kwakhe; laphambi kwakho, nkosi, kangonanga lutho.

23Inkosi yasithokoza kakhulu, yalaya ukuba uDaniyeli akhutshwe emgodini. Ngakho uDaniyeli wasekhutshwa emgodini, wafunyanwa engalimalanga, ngoba wayethembe kuNkulunkulu wakhe.

24Inkosi yasilaya ukuba kulethwe lawomadoda ayemmangelele uDaniyeli, aphoselwe emgodini wezilwane, wona labantwana bawo labomkawo. Kwathi bengakafiki ekucineni komgodi, izilwane zabaqaga, zafohloza wonke amathambo abo, aba yizicucu.

25Inkosi uDariyu yasilobela bonke abantu bezizwe zonke lezindimi zonke ezihlala emhlabeni wonke, yathi: Ukuthula kakwande kini.

26Ngiyamisa umthetho ukuthi kuwo wonke amazwe asembusweni wami abantu kabathuthumele bamesabe uNkulunkulu kaDaniyeli.

Ngoba unguNkulunkulu ophilayo,

lohlala kuze kube nininini.

Umbuso wakhe kawuyikuchithwa,

lokubusa kwakhe kuzakuma kuze kube sekupheleni.

27Uyakhulula, ophule,

enze izibonakaliso lezimangaliso ezulwini lasemhlabeni,

yena umkhulule uDaniyeli emandleni ezilwane.

28Ngakhoke uDaniyeli waphumelela esikhathini sonke sokubusa kukaDariyu lesokubusa kukaKurosi umPerisiya.