UDaniyeli 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokumkani uYehoyakim, ukumkani wakwaYuda, uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabhilon wenyuka wayifikela iYerusalem, wayingqinga. ²INkosi uBawo wethu wamnikela esandleni sakhe uYehoyakim ukumkani wakwaYuda, enenxenye yempahla yendlu kaBawo wethu; wayisa ezweni laseShinare, endlwini kathixo wakhe, waza wayifaka impahla leyo ebuncwaneni bukathixo wakhe. ^a a v2 IShinare ligama lamandulo leBhabhiloniya, ummandla ongqonge isixeko saseBhabhilon.

³Ukumkani wamwisela umthetho uAshpenaze, umphathi omkhulu wakhe, ukuba azise inxenye yoonyana bakaSirayeli abaphuma endlwini yokumkani nakwizikhulu zelizwe. ⁴Amadodana angenasiphako, amahle ngembonakalo, anobuchule kubo bonke ubulumko, anolwazi, akhawulezayo ukuqonda, afanele ukuma ebhotwe lokumkani—ukuba awafundise umbhalo nolwimi lwaseBhabhilon. ⁵Ukumkani wabamisela isabelo semihla ngemihla sokudla kwakhe newayini yakhe, nokuqeqeshwa iminyaka emithathu, aze emva koko alungiselele phambi kwakhe.

⁶Phakathi kwawo yayinguDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, noAzariya, abaphuma koonyana bakaYuda. ⁷Umphathi omkhulu wabathiya amagama amatsha: uDaniyeli wamthiya igama elinguBheliteshatsare; uHananiya nguShadraki; uMishayeli nguMeshaki; uAzariya nguAbhednego. ^b b v7 Amagama abawanikwa ekuzalweni ephela ezukisa uBawo kaSirayeli; amagama amatsha aseBhabhilon azukisa oothixo baseBhabhilon—iinzame zokuguqula ubuni balaa madodana.

⁸UDaniyeli wazimisela entliziyweni yakhe ukuba angazenzi inqambi ngokudla kokumkani nangewayini yakhe, ngoko wacela imvume kumphathi omkhulu ukuba angazenzi inqambi. ^c c v8 Ukudla kokumkani kusenokuba kwakuquka inyama eyayalelwe ngumthetho wamaYuda okanye ukudla okwakubingelelwe koothixo baseBhabhilon—zombini ezi zinto zaziya kukwenza kube yinqambi kumSirayeli othembekileyo. ⁹Ke kaloku uBawo wethu wamnika uDaniyeli ubabalo nemfesane emehlweni omphathi omkhulu. ¹⁰Umphathi omkhulu wathi kuDaniyeli: “Ndiyamoyika inkosi yam ukumkani, enimisele ukudla nokusela kwenu. Yini na ukuba abone ubuso benu bubi ngaphezu kobamakhwenkwe angontanga yenu? Niya kuyibeka esichengeni intloko yam kukumkani.”

¹¹Waza uDaniyeli wathi kumgcini owayebekwe ngumphathi omkhulu phezu koDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, noAzariya: ¹²“Khawubalinge abakhonzi bakho iintsuku ezilishumi. Siphe imifuno kuphela ukuba sidle, namanzi ukuba sisele. ¹³Wandule ke uthelekise imbonakalo yethu nemadodana adla ukudla kokumkani; wenze kubakhonzi bakho ngoko ubonayo.” ¹⁴Wavuma ke kule nto, waza wawalinga iintsuku ezilishumi. ¹⁵Ekupheleni kweentsuku ezilishumi, imbonakalo yawo yabonakala intle, etyebile ngaphezu kwawo onke amadodana awayesidla ukudla kokumkani. ¹⁶Ngoko umgcini wasusa ukudla okwakumiselwe wona newayini ekwakufuneka bayisele, waza wawanika imifuno endaweni yoko.

¹⁷Kula makhwenkwe mane uBawo wethu wawanika ukwazi nengqondo kuyo yonke imibhalo nobulumko; uDaniyeli wayeyiqonda yonke imibono namaphupha.

¹⁸Kwathi, yaphela imihla eyayimiselwe ngukumkani yokuba angeniswe, umphathi omkhulu wawazisa phambi koNebhukadenetsare. ¹⁹Ukumkani wathetha nawo, akwabakho namnye olingana noDaniyeli, uHananiya, uMishayeli, noAzariya; ngoko bona bamkhonza ukumkani. ²⁰Kwakusithi nanini na ukumkani ewabuza ngobulumko nangengqondo, awafumane elunge ngokuphindwe kalishumi ngaphezu kwazo zonke izazi nabalumbi ababekho ebukumkanini bakhe bonke. ²¹Waza uDaniyeli wahlala apho kwada kwangomnyaka wokuqala wokumkani uKoreshi.