Mfumu Yalengeza Wammwambamwamba
Nebukadinezara mwiniwake akufotokoza nkhaniyi. M'maloto ake mtengo waukulu ukugwetsedwa, ndipo Danieli, mokakamira, akuti mtengowo ndi mfumuyo. Patatha chaka kunyada kwake kukumupeza: akukhala ngati nyama mpaka nzeru zake zibwerere ndipo akutamanda Iye amene amatsitsa onyada.
4 1Mfumu Nebukadinezara, kwa anthu onse, mitundu yonse, ndi manenedwe onse amene akukhala pa dziko lonse lapansi: Mtendere wanu uchuluke.
2Ndakondwera kulengeza zizindikiro ndi zodabwitsa zimene Mulungu Wammwambamwamba wandichitira. 3Zizindikiro zake ndi zazikulu bwanji, ndipo zodabwitsa zake ndi zamphamvu bwanji! Ufumu wake ndi ufumu wosatha, ndipo ulamuliro wake uli kuchokera ku mbadwo kufika ku mbadwo.
4Ine Nebukadinezara, ndinali pa mtendere m'nyumba yanga, ndi kupeza bwino mu nyumba yanga yaufumu. 5Ndinalota maloto amene anandiopsa; maganizo pamene ndinagona pa bedi langa ndi masomphenya a m'mutu mwanga anandichititsa mantha. 6Choncho ndinalamula kuti anzeru onse a ku Babulo abweretsedwe pamaso panga kuti andiuze tanthauzo la malotowo. 7Ndipo amatsenga, owombeza, Ababulo, ndi owerenga nyenyezi analowa. Ndinawauza malotowo, koma sanathe kundimasulira. 8Potsiriza Danieli anadza pamaso panga—wotchedwa Belitesazara monga dzina la mulungu wanga, amene ali ndi mzimu wa milungu yoyera mwa iye—ndipo ndinamuuza malotowo. 9Belitesazara, mkulu wa amatsenga, ndikudziwa kuti mzimu wa milungu yoyera uli mwa iwe, ndipo palibe chinsinsi chimene chimakulepheretsa—ndiuze masomphenya a maloto anga amene ndinaona, ndi tanthauzo lake. 10Masomphenya a m'maganizo mwanga pamene ndinali pa bedi: ndinaona mtengo pakati pa dziko lapansi, wautali kwambiri. 11Mtengowo unakula ndi kulimba, ndipo nsonga yake inafika kumwamba, ndipo unkaoneka mpaka kumalekezero a dziko lonse lapansi. 12Masamba ake anali okongola ndipo zipatso zake zinali zochuluka, ndipo mwa uwo munali chakudya cha onse. Nyama zakutchire zinapeza mthunzi pansi pake, ndipo mbalame za mlengalenga zinkakhala m'nthambi zake, ndipo zamoyo zonse zinkadyetsedwa ndi uwo.
13Mu masomphenya anga pamene ndinali pa bedi ndinaona mlonda, woyera, akutsika kuchokera kumwamba. a a v13 “Mlonda” ndi mmodzi wa angelo oyera a Mulungu, pano wotumidwa kukwaniritsa lamulo pa mfumu — mthenga wakumwamba, osati Mulungu mwini.
14Iye anafuwula: Gwetsani mtengowu, dulani nthambi zake, sumulani masamba ake, balalitsani zipatso zake. Nyama zithawe pansi pake, mbalame zichoke m'nthambi zake. 15Koma siyani chitsa cha mizu yake m'nthaka, chomangidwa ndi chomangira cha chitsulo ndi mkuwa, mu udzu wa kutchire. Mulekeni anyoweke ndi mame a kumwamba, ndipo gawo lake likhale pamodzi ndi nyama zakutchire mu udzu wa dziko lapansi. 16Maganizo ake a umunthu achotsedwe ndipo apatsidwe maganizo a nyama, ndipo nyengo zisanu ndi ziwiri zidutse pa iye. 17Chiweruzo ichi ndi mwa lamulo la alonda, chigamulo ichi ndi mwa mau a oyera, kuti amoyo adziwe kuti Wammwambamwamba ndiye wolamulira ufumu wa anthu ndipo amaupereka kwa aliyense amene afuna ndipo amayika pamwamba pake munthu wonyozeka koposa.'
18Awa ndi malotowo amene ine, Mfumu Nebukadinezara, ndinaona. Ndiuze tanthauzo lake, Belitesazara, pakuti anzeru a ufumu wanga sangathe kundimasulira, koma iwe ungathe—mzimu wa milungu yoyera uli mwa iwe.
Danieli Anena Choonadi Chovuta
19Ndipo Danieli, wotchedwa Belitesazara, anadabwa kwa kanthawi, ali ndi mantha ndi maganizo ake. Mfumu inati, “Belitesazara, usalole kuti malotowo kapena tanthauzo lake zikuchititse mantha.” Belitesazara anayankha nati, “Mbuye wanga, malotowa akhale a adani anu, tanthauzo lake likhale kwa odana nanu!”
20Mtengo umene munaona unakula nukhala wamphamvu, nsonga yake ikufika kumwamba, ndipo unkaoneka ku dziko lonse lapansi, 21masamba okongola, zipatso zochuluka, chakudya cha onse—nyama zakutchire zinkakhala pansi pake, mbalame za mlengalenga zinkamanga zisa m'nthambi zake. 22Ndinu, mfumu—mwakula ndi kukhala wamphamvu; ukulu wanu wakula, wafika kumwamba, ndipo ulamuliro wanu wafika kumalekezero a dziko lapansi.
23Chifukwa mfumu inaona mlonda, woyera, akutsika kuchokera kumwamba, nanena: Gwetsani mtengowu, uwononge—koma siyani chitsa cha mizu yake m'nthaka, chomangidwa ndi chomangira cha chitsulo ndi mkuwa mu udzu wa kutchire. Mulekeni anyoweke ndi mame a kumwamba; gawo lake likhale pamodzi ndi nyama zakutchire, mpaka nyengo zisanu ndi ziwiri zidutse pa iye. 24Ili ndi tanthauzo lake, mfumu yanga: lamulo la Wammwambamwamba lafika pa mbuye wanga mfumu, 25mudzathamangitsidwa kuchoka pakati pa anthu kuti mukhale pakati pa nyama zakutchire, mudzadya udzu ngati ng'ombe, nudzanyowa ndi mame a kumwamba, mpaka nyengo zisanu ndi ziwiri zidutse pa inu ndipo mudziwe kuti Wammwambamwamba ndiye wolamulira ufumu wa anthu, naupereka kwa aliyense amene asankha. 26Lamulo loti asiye chitsa ndi mizu yake m'nthaka: ufumu wanu udzabwezeretsedwa kwa inu mukadzadziwa kuti Kumwamba ndiye kulamulira. 27Choncho, mfumu, vomerezani uphungu wanga: lekani machimo anu mwa chilungamo, ndi zolakwa zanu mwa kuchitira chifundo osauka, kuti chitukuko chanu chipitirire.
Kunyada Kunatsitsidwa
28Zonsezi zinafika pa Mfumu Nebukadinezara. 29Patapita miyezi khumi ndi iwiri, iye anali kuyenda pa denga la nyumba yaufumu ya ku Babulo.
30Mfumu inati, “Kodi ili si Babulo wamkulu umene ndinawumanga kukhala nyumba yaufumu ndi mphamvu zanga zazikulu, kuti ndionetse ulemerero wa ukulu wanga?”
31Mau anali chikhalire m'kamwa mwa mfumu pamene mau anagwa kuchokera kumwamba, kuti: “Mfumu Nebukadinezara, izi zanenedwa kwa iwe: ufumu wachoka kwa iwe. 32Udzathamangitsidwa kuchoka pakati pa anthu, nudzakhala pamodzi ndi nyama zakutchire, nudzadya udzu ngati ng'ombe. Nyengo zisanu ndi ziwiri zidzadutsa pa iwe, mpaka udziwe kuti Wammwambamwamba ndiye wolamulira ufumu wa anthu ndipo amaupereka kwa aliyense amene afuna.”
33Nthawi yomweyo mau anakwaniritsidwa pa Nebukadinezara: anathamangitsidwa kuchoka pakati pa anthu, nadya udzu ngati ng'ombe, thupi lake linanyowa ndi mame a kumwamba, mpaka tsitsi lake linakula ngati nthenga za mphungu, zikhadabo zake ngati zikhadabo za mbalame.
Nebukadinezara Anabwezeretsedwa ndi Kutsitsidwa
34Pamene masikuwo anatha, ine Nebukadinezara, ndinakweza maso anga kumwamba, ndipo nzeru zanga zinabwerera. Ndinatamanda Wammwambamwamba, ndi kuyamika ndi kulemekeza Iye amene ali ndi moyo muyaya, amene ulamuliro wake ndi wosatha, amene ufumu wake uli ku mibadwo yonse.
35Okhala onse a dziko lapansi awerengedwa ngati chabe, ndipo Iye amachita monga mwa chifuniro chake pakati pa gulu lankhondo la kumwamba ndi pakati pa okhala a dziko lapansi; ndipo palibe amene angaletse dzanja lake kapena kunena kwa Iye kuti, “Mwachita chiyani?”
36Ndipo nzeru zanga zinabwerera; ukulu wanga ndi ulemerero wanga zinabwerera chifukwa cha ulemerero wa ufumu wanga. Aphungu anga ndi akuluakulu anandifunafuna; ndinabwezeretsedwa pa ufumu wanga, ndipo ukulu woposa unawonjezedwa kwa ine. 37Tsopano ine Nebukadinezara, ndimatamanda, ndi kukweza, ndi kulemekeza Mfumu ya Kumwamba, pakuti ntchito zake zonse ndi zolungama, njira zake ndi zachilungamo; ndipo amene amayenda mwa kunyada Iye angathe kuwatsitsa.