Daniel 3

3 ¹King Nebuchadnezzar make one gold statue, wey tall reach like ninety feet an wide reach nine feet, an e set am up for di Dura plain wey dey Babylon province. ²King Nebuchadnezzar send message make dem call di satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, an all di officials wey dey run di provinces, make dem come di dedication of di image wey e don set up. ³So di satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, an all di officials wey dey run di provinces gada come dedicate di statue wey King Nebuchadnezzar set up, an dem stand for front di statue wey Nebuchadnezzar set up.

⁴Den di town crier shout loud loud say, “Una people, nations, an all languages—dem command una: ⁵Di time wey una hear di horn, flute, lyre, harp, zither, bagpipe, an all kind music, make una fall down worship di gold image wey King Nebuchadnezzar set up. ⁶Anybody wey no fall down worship, dem go sharp sharp throway am inside fire furnace wey dey blaze.”

⁷So as all di people hear di horn, flute, lyre, harp, zither, an every kind music, all di people, nations, an languages fall down worship di gold image wey King Nebuchadnezzar don set up.

⁸For dat time some astrologers come near come carry bad mind take accuse di Jew people. ⁹Dem tell King Nebuchadnezzar say, “King, make you live forever! ¹⁰You, king, make law say: anybody wey hear di horn, flute, lyre, harp, zither, bagpipe, an any music must fall down worship di gold image, ¹¹an anybody wey no fall down worship, dem go throway am inside fire furnace wey dey blaze. ¹²Some Jew people wey you put for head of Babylon province—Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego—no dey mind you, king. Dem no gree serve your gods or worship di gold statue wey you set up.”

¹³Vex catch Nebuchadnezzar, e order say make dem bring Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego; so dem bring dem come front di king. ¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar say, “Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, na true say una no dey serve my gods or worship di gold statue wey I set up? ¹⁵Now if una ready—di time wey horn, flute, lyre, harp, zither, bagpipe, an every kind music sound, make una fall down worship di image wey I make—e go good. But if una no worship, dem go sharp sharp throway una inside fire furnace wey dey blaze. Which god fit rescue una comot for my hand?”

¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego answer di king say, “Nebuchadnezzar, we no need to answer you about dis matter. ¹⁷If our Papa, wey we dey serve, fit rescue us, e go rescue us comot for di fire furnace wey dey blaze an comot for your hand, king. ¹⁸But even if e no do am, make you sabi dis one, king: we no go serve your gods or worship di gold statue wey you set up.”

¹⁹Den Nebuchadnezzar vex well well, im face change against Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego; e order say make dem heat di furnace seven times hotter pass how e dey normally. ²⁰E order some of im strongest soldiers make dem tie Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego throway dem inside di fire furnace wey dey blaze. ²¹So dem tie dis men for dia cloaks, trousers, turbans, an oda clothes, come throway dem inside di fire furnace wey dey blaze. ²²Because di king order am hard hard an di furnace hot no be small, di flame of di fire kill di men wey lift Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego up. ²³An dis three men—Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego—fall down, dem still tie, inside di fire furnace wey dey blaze.

²⁴Den King Nebuchadnezzar surprise, e jump up quick quick. E ask im advisers say, “Abi no be three men wey we tie we throway inside di fire?” Dem answer di king say, “Na true, king.”

²⁵E say, “Look—I dey see four men, dem no tie, dey waka for inside di fire, an notin do dem; di fourth one resemble like pikin of di gods.” ^a a v25 Di king see one fourth person for inside di flame — na di saving presence of our Papa, wey no leave im servants alone inside di fire.

²⁶Nebuchadnezzar go near di door of di fire furnace wey dey blaze come say, “Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego, una wey be servants of di Most High God, comot come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego comot for inside di fire.

²⁷Di satraps, prefects, governors, an di king counselors gada come see say di fire no get power ontop di body of dis men—dia hair no burn small, dia robes no spoil, an di smell of fire no dey dem body sef.

²⁸Nebuchadnezzar say, “Make dem praise di God of Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego! E send im angel come rescue im servants wey trust am. Dem stand gidigba against di king command, an dem ready to die pass make dem serve or worship any god except dia own God. ²⁹I dey make law say: any people, nation, or language wey talk anytin against di God of Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego, dem go cut am into pieces, an dem go turn im house to rubbish—because no oda god fit rescue like dis.”

³⁰Den di king promote Shadrach, Meshach, an Abednego for di province of Babylon.