ISAHLUKO 1 1 Ukumkani uAshyages wahlanganiselwa kooyise, uKoreshi wasePersi wabamkela ubukumkani bakhe. 2 Ke kaloku uDaniyeli wayencokola nokumkani, yaye wayezukile ngaphezu kwabo bonke abahlobo bakhe. 3 Ke kaloku eBhabheli ibinomfanekiso oqingqiweyo, ogama linguBhele; bekuchithwa phezu kwakhe iiseha ezilishumi elinazibini zomgubo ocoliweyo imini yonke, namashumi amane eegusha, neentsuba ezintandathu zewayini. 4 Ukumkani waqubuda kuyo, equbuda kuyo imihla ngemihla; ke uDaniyeli waqubuda kuThixo wakhe. Wathi ukumkani kuye, Yini na ukuba ungamnquli uBhele? 5 Waphendula ke wathi, Ngokuba ndingaqubudi kwizithixo ezenziwe ngazandla; 6 Wathi ukumkani kuye, Akucingi na ukuba uBhele nguThixo ophilileyo? Anikuboni na ukutya akutyayo nokusela kwakhe yonke imihla? 7 Wancuma uDaniyeli, wathi, Musa ukulahlekiswa, kumkani; 8 Waqumba ukumkani, wababiza ababingeleli bakhe, wathi kubo, Ukuba anithanga nindixelele, ukuba ngubani na lo udlayo ezi ndleko, nofa. 9 Ke ukuba nithe nandazisa ukuba uBhele uyawadla, wofa uDaniyeli, ngokuba ethethe unyeliso ngoBhele. Wathi uDaniyeli kukumkani, Makube ngokwelizwi lakho. 10 Ke ababingeleli bakaBhele babengamashumi asixhenxe, ngaphandle kwabafazi nabantwana babo. Ukumkani wahamba noDaniyeli endlwini kaBhele. 11 Bathi ke ababingeleli bakaBhele, Yabona, siyaphuma; 12 Kwaye ngomso xa uthe wangena, ukuba akufumani ukuba uBhele ubadlile bonke, sofa; okanye, okanye uDaniyeli, lo uthetha ubuxoki ngathi. 13 Ke bona abakhange babe nenkathalo ke bona; 14 Akuba ephumile ke ukumkani wabeka izidlo phambi koBhele. UDaniyeli wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, ukuba bawuzise uthuthu, balusasaze endlwini yonke phambi kokumkani yedwa; baphuma ke, baluvala ucango, balutywina ngomsesane wokutywina wokumkani, bahamba. 15 Ke kaloku ababingeleli bafika ngobusuku, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, njengoko babeqhele ukwenza, badla basela, basela. 16 Wavuka ngengomso ukumkani, enoDaniyeli enaye. 17 Wathi ukumkani, Daniyeli, aphelele na amatywina? Wathi, Ewe, kumkani, baphilile. 18 Akuwuvula ke usango, ukumkani wakhangela etafileni, wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Umkhulu wena, Bhele; akukho nkohliso kuwe konke. 19 Waza wahleka uDaniyeli, wambamba ukumkani ukuba angangeni; 20 Wathi ukumkani, Ndiwubona umkhondo wamadoda, nabafazi, nowabantwana. Wacaphuka ke ukumkani. 21 Wabathabatha ababingeleli, nabafazi babo, nabantwana babo, bambonisa iingcango zesango ababengena kuzo, bazidla izinto eziphezu kwetafile.
22 Wababulala ke ukumkani, wamnikela uBhele esandleni sikaDaniyeli, wamtshabalalisa ke netempile yakhe. 23 Kwabakho ke kuloo ndawo inamba enkulu, ababeyinqula abaseBhabheli. 24 Wathi ukumkani kuDaniyeli, Uyatsho na ukuthi, Lo nto yobhedu na? yabona, uhleli nje, uyadla, uyasela; Akunakutsho ukuthi, asinguthixo ophilileyo; 25 Wathi uDaniyeli kukumkani, Ndiya kumnqula uYehova uThixo wam, ngokuba nguThixo ophilileyo. 26 Kodwa ndivumele, Owu kumkani, kwaye ndiya kuyibulala le inamba ngaphandle kwekrele okanye umsimelelo. Wathi ukumkani, Ndiyakukuvumela. 27 Waza uDaniyeli wathabatha itela, etyebileyo, neenwele, wazihlaba ndawonye, wenza amaqhuma azo, wawabeka emlonyeni wenamba, yaza yagqabhuka inamba. Wathi uDaniyeli, Yabona, aba baothixo nina. unqulo. 28 Bathi ke bona baseBhabheli, bakukuva oko, bacaphuka kunene, bamenzela iyelenqe ukumkani, besithi, Ukumkani uba ngumYuda, wamtshabalalisa uBhele, wayibulala inamba, wababulala ababingeleli. 29 Beza kukumkani, bathi, Sinike uDaniyeli, hleze sikutshabalalise wena nendlu yakho. 30 Wabona ukumkani ukuba bamxinile, wamnikela uDaniyeli. 31 Yamphosa emhadini weengonyama, apho abekhona iintsuku ezintandathu. 32 Emhadini kwakukho iingonyama ezisixhenxe, bezinika imihla ngemihla izidumbu ezibini, neegusha ezimbini; 33 Ke kaloku bekukho umprofeti kwamaYuda, ogama linguHabhakuki, owapheka ukudla okuphekiweyo, waqhekeza isonka ngesitya, esiya entsimini, ukuba asise kubavuni. 34 Sathi ke isithunywa sikaYehova kuHabhakuki, Hamba uye usise eBhabheli isidlo sakho, usise eBhabheli, osemhadini weengonyama. 35 Wathi uHabhakuki, Nkosi yam, andizange ndiyibone iBhabheli; nam andiwazi apho ukhoyo umhadi. 36 Saza isithunywa seNkosi samthabatha isithsaba, samthwala ngeenwele zentloko yakhe, ngokuvutha komoya wakhe sammisa eBhabheli, phezu komhadi. 37 Wadanduluka ke uHabhakuki, wathi, Daniyeli, Daniyeli, thabatha isidlo akuthumele sona uThixo. 38 Wathi ke uDaniyeli, Ùndikhumbule, Thixo, wena Thixo, akubashiyanga abakuquqelayo abakuthandayo; 39 Wesuka ke uDaniyeli, wadla; saza isithunywa sikaYehova sambuyisela endaweni yaso uHabhakuki kwaoko. 40 Ngomhla wesixhenxe ukumkani waya kumbambazela uDaniyeli, wafika emhadini, wakhangela phakathi, nanko uDaniyeli ehleli. 41 Wadanduluka ke ukumkani ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Mkhulu, Nkosi, Thixo kaDaniyeli; akukho wumbi ngaphandle kwakho. 42 Wamrhola, wabaphosa emhadini abo babemhlisele ishwangusha, zadliwa ngephanyazo phambi kobuso bakhe.