1NdipomfumuAstyagesanasonkhanitsidwakwamakolo ake,ndipoKoresiwakuPerisiyaanalandiraufumuwake
2Danielianakambiranandimfumu,ndipoanali wolemekezekakuposaanzakeonse.
3TsopanoAbabuloanalindifanolotchedwaBeli,+ndipo tsikulililonseankamutheramiyesokhumindiiwiriyaufa wosalala,+nkhosa40,+ndiziwiyazisanundichimodziza vinyo
4Mfumuyoinagwadandikupitakukailambiratsikundi tsiku,komaDanielianalambiraMulunguwake.Ndipo mfumuinatikwaiye,BwanjiosalambiraBeli?
5Ameneanayankhanati,Chifukwasindiyenerakulambira mafanoopangidwandimanja,komaMulunguwamoyo, ameneanalengakumwambandidzikolapansi,ameneali ndiulamuliropaanthuonse
6Pamenepomfumuinatikwaiye,SuganizakodiBelindi Mulunguwamoyo?simupenyakutiamadyandikumwa tsikunditsiku?
7PamenepoDanielianamwetulira,nati,Inumfumu, musanyengedwe;
8Pamenepomfumuinakwiya,niitanaansembeake,niti kwaiwo,Mukapandakundiuzakutindaniamenewadya zolipiritsaizi,mudzafa
9KomangatimungandidziwitsekutiBeliaziwawononga, Danieliadzafa,+chifukwawalankhulamwano+ motsutsanandiBeliNdipoDanielianatikwamfumu, Zikhalemongamwamauanu
10AnsembeaBelianalipo70,osawerengeraakaziawondi anaawoNdipomfumuinapitandiDanielikukachisiwa Beli.
11PamenepoansembeaBelianati,Taonani,tikutuluka, komainumfumu,valanichakudya,konzavinyo,ndi kutsekachitseko,ndikuchisindikizandichosindikizira chanu;
12Ndipomawaukadzalowa,ukapandakupezakutiBeli wadyazonse,tidzafa;
13Ndipoiwosanayang’anirenazokanthu,pakutipansipa gomeanamangapokhomo,momwemoanalowamo kosalekeza,nanyeketsazinthuzo.
14Atatuluka,mfumuinaikachakudyapamasopaBeli TsopanoDanielianalamulaatumikiakekutiatenge phulusa,ndipoiwoanamwazam’Kachisimonsepamasopa mfumuyokha;
15Tsopanousikuanadzaansembendiakaziawondiana awo,mongaanazolowerakuchita,ndipoanadyandi kumwazonse
16M’mawamwakemfumuinanyamuka,limodzindi Danielilimodzinaye.
17Ndipomfumuinati,Danieli,kodizosindikizirazozatha? Ndipoanati,Inde,mfumu,aliacira
18Ndipoatangotsegulabwalo,mfumuinayang’ana patebulo,napfuulandimauakuru,nati,Ndiwewamkulu, Bel,ndipopalibechinyengokwaiwe
19PamenepoDanielianaseka,nagwiramfumukuti isalowe,nati,Taonani,poyalidwamiyala,zindikirani mapaziawandiawa
20Ndipomfumuinati,Ndikuonamapaziaamuna,akazi, ndianaKenakomfumuinakwiya
21Ndipoanatengaansembe,ndiakaziawo,ndianaawo, ameneanamuonetsazitsekozakuchipatakumene analowamo,nadyazonsezapatebulo
22Choteromfumuinawapha+n’kuperekaBelim’manja mwaDanieli,+ameneanamuwonongapamodzindi kachisiwake.
23Ndipopamalopopanalichinjokachachikulu,chimene iwoakuBabuloankachilambira
24NdipomfumuinatikwaDanieli,Kodiiwensoudzanena kutiichindimkuwa?taonani,alindimoyo,akudyandi kumwa;sungathekunenakutiiyesalimulunguwamoyo; 25PamenepoDanielianatikwamfumu,Ndidzagwadira YehovaMulunguwanga,pakutiiyendiyeMulungu wamoyo
26Komandiloleni,Omfumu,ndipondidzaphachinjoka ichipopandalupangakapenandodoMfumuinati, Ndikulolaiwe
27PamenepoDanielianatengaphula,ndimafuta,nditsitsi, nazisakaniza,nazipangamawere;naikam’kamwamwa chinjoka,ndipochinjokachochinagawanika;kulambira 28AnthuakuBabuloatamvazimenezi,anakwiya kwambiri+ndipoanachitirachiwembu+mfumuyo,+kuti: “MfumuyasandukaMyuda,+yawonongaBeli,+chinjoka +ndikuphaansembe.
29Pamenepoanadzakwamfumu,nati,TipatseniDanieli; 30Tsopanomfumuyoitaonakutianthuwoanali kum’panikizakwambiri,+inaperekaDanielikwaiwo. 31ameneanamponyam’dzenjelamikango:m’mene anakhalamasikuasanundilimodzi
32Ndipom’dzenjemomunalimikangoisanundiiwiri, imeneinalikuwapatsatsikunditsikumitemboiwiri,ndi nkhosaziwiri;
33M’Yudeyamunalimneneriwina,dzinalakeHabakuki, +ameneankaphikachakudya,n’kunyemamkatem’mbale, +n’kupitakumundakukabweretsakwaokololawo.
34KomamngelowaYehovaanauzaHabakukukuti:“Pita, katengechakudyachimeneulinachokuBabulokwa Danieliamenealim’dzenjelamikango.
35NdipoHabakukuanati,Yehova,sindinaonaBabulo; ndiposindidziwakomwekulidzenje
36PamenepomthengawaYehovaanamgwiraiyekorona, nambvaliranditsitsilapamutupake,namuikaiyeku Babulopamwambapadzenjendimphamvuyamzimu wake.
37NdipoHabakukuanapfuula,kuti,Danieli,Danieli, landiracakudyacimeneMulunguanakutumizira
38PamenepoDanielianati:“InuYehova, mwandikumbukira+ndiposimunawasiyeamene amakufunanindikukukondani
39PamenepoDanielianauka,nadya;ndipomthengawa YehovaanaikansoHabakukupamaloakepomwepo 40Tsikulachisanundichiwirimfumuinapitakukalira Danieli,ndipoatafikakudzenje,anasuzumiramo,ndipo taonani,Danieliatakhala
41Pamenepomfumuinapfuulandimauakuru,niti, AmbuyeMulunguwaDanieli,ndinuwamkulu,ndipo palibewinakomaInu
42Ndipoanamturutsa,nawaponyam’dzenjeamene anamonongayo;