Iyelenqe Elichasene noDaniyeli
Abaphathi abangafumani bugwenxa kuDaniyeli bawisa umthetho owenza umthandazo wakhe ube lityala. Noko kunjalo, uqhubeka ethandaza kuBawo wakhe emafestileni akhe avulekileyo. UDariyo, obanjezelwe ngummiselo wakhe ongenakuguqulwa, usebenza kude kutshone ilanga ukuze amsindise, aze amfumane ephila ekuseni phakathi kweengonyama.
6 1UDariyo wamisa iisatrapi ezilikhulu elinamashumi mabini phezu kobukumkani, zimiswa kubo bonke ubukumkani, a a v1 Iisatrapi yayingamagosa aphezulu kakhulu amaPersi awayelawula amazwe, elinye ngalinye liphethe ummandla omkhulu wobukhosi. 2waza wamisa abathetheli abathathu phezu kwazo, omnye kubo nguDaniyeli, ukuze iisatrapi ziphendule kubo, ukumkani angalahlekelwa nto. 3UDaniyeli wagqithisa abalawuli neesatrapi, ngenxa yokuba kwakukho kuye umoya obalulekileyo, waza ukumkani wagqiba ekubeni ammise phezu kobukumkani bonke.
4Abalawuli neesatrapi bafuna isizathu sokummangalela uDaniyeli ngaseburhulumenteni, kodwa abafumananga nanye—akubangakho bugwenxa—ngokuba wayethembekile; akufunyanwa kuye ukungakhathali nokunokubi. 5Andule ke loo madoda athi: “Asiyi kufumana sizathu sakummangalela uDaniyeli, ngaphandle kokuba sisifumane emthethweni woThixo wakhe.”
6Baya ke ndawonye abalawuli neesatrapi kukumkani, bathi: “Dariyo kumkani, phila ngonaphakade! 7Bonke abalawuli bobukumkani, nabaphathi, neesatrapi, namaphakathi, nababusi bavumelene ukuba ukumkani makawise ummiselo wokumkani nomthetho oqinileyo othi: nabani na ocela kuthixo nokuba kumntu ngaphandle kwakho, kumkani, iintsuku ezingamashumi mathathu, uya kuphoswa emhadini weengonyama. 8Ngoku, kumkani, wisa lo mthetho, uwusayine ngokubhaliweyo, ukuze ungaguqulwa, phantsi komthetho wamaMedi namaPersi, ongenakurhoxiswa.” 9UDariyo ukumkani wawusayina ke umbhalo nommiselo lowo.
10Akuva ukuba usayiniwe loo mthetho, uDaniyeli waya endlwini yakhe egumbini eliphezulu, iifestile zivulekile zibheke eYerusalem, waguqa ngamadolo kathathu ngemini, wathandaza, ebulela phambi koYise njengoko ebesoloko esenza. 11Andule ke loo madoda eza ndawonye, amfumana uDaniyeli ethandaza ebongoza inceba phambi koYise. 12Asondela kukumkani ngaloo mthetho, athi: “Akuwusayinanga na umthetho othi, iintsuku ezingamashumi mathathu, nabani na ocela kuthixo nokuba kumntu ngaphandle kwakho, kumkani, uya kuphoswa emhadini weengonyama?” Waphendula ukumkani wathi: “Loo nto imi njalo, ngokomthetho wamaMedi namaPersi, ongenakuguqulwa.”
13Amxelela ke ukumkani athi: “UDaniyeli, omnye wababhacileyo bakwaYuda, akakukhathalelanga, kumkani, nomthetho wakho owusayinileyo—ethandaza kathathu ngemini.” 14Akuva oku ukumkani wakhathazeka kakhulu, wazimisela ukusindisa uDaniyeli, wasebenza lada latshona ilanga efuna ukumhlangula.
15Aza loo madoda ahlanganisana phambi kokumkani, athi: “Yazi, kumkani: ngokomthetho wamaMedi namaPersi, akukho mthetho nasimiselo awusimiselayo ukumkani onokuguqulwa.”
16Waza ke ukumkani wawisa umthetho, bamzisa uDaniyeli, bamphosa emhadini weengonyama. Wathi ukumkani kuDaniyeli: “UThixo wakho, omkhonzayo ngamaxesha onke, makakuhlangule.”
17Kwaziswa ilitye, labekwa phezu komlomo womhadi, laza latywinwa ngukumkani ngomsesane wakhe wokutywina nangemisesane yabanumzana bakhe, ukuze kungabikho nto inokutshintsha ngoDaniyeli. 18Waza ukumkani waya ebhotwe lakhe, wazila ukudla ngobo busuku; akuzange kuziswe kuye nto yokumonwabisa, nobuthongo bemka kuye.
19Kwathi kusasa ngesifingo, ukumkani wavuka, wasinga ngobungxamo emhadini weengonyama. 20Akusondela emhadini, wakhala kuDaniyeli enovalo. Wathi ukumkani kuDaniyeli: “Daniyeli, mkhonzi woThixo ophilayo, uThixo wakho, omkhonzayo ngamaxesha onke, ube nako na ukukuhlangula ezingonyameni?”
21Wandula ke uDaniyeli wathi kukumkani: “Kumkani, phila ngonaphakade! 22UBawo wathuma isithunywa sakhe, wayivingca imilomo yeengonyama. Azindonanga nganto, ngokuba ndifunyenwe ndimsulwa phambi kwakhe; naphambi kwakho, kumkani, andenzanga nto imbi.”
23Ukumkani wavuya kakhulu, wawisa umthetho wokuba uDaniyeli aphakanyiswe emhadini. Waphakanyiswa ke uDaniyeli engonzakalanga nakancinane, ngokuba wayekholose ngoYise. b b v23 UDaniyeli, otywinwe emhadini phantsi kwelitye waza wakhutshwa ephila, ubonisa ngaphambili ngoYesu—otywinwe engcwabeni emva kwelitye waza wavuswa nguBawo owayengayi kummshiya.
24Ukumkani wawisa umthetho wokuba aziswe amadoda awammangalela ngobuxoki uDaniyeli, aphoswe emhadini weengonyama—kunye nabantwana bawo nabafazi bawo. Bengekafiki nasezantsi, zababamba iingonyama, zazityumza onke amathambo abo.
25Waza ukumkani uDariyo wabhala incwadi kuzo zonke izizwe, neentlanga, neelwimi, ezihleli emhlabeni: “Luphuphume uxolo lwenu! 26Ndiwisa umthetho: kubo bonke ubukumkani bam, abantu mabagubhe boyike phambi koThixo kaDaniyeli—uThixo ophilayo, ohlala ehleli ngonaphakade. Ubukumkani bakhe abusayi kutshatyalaliswa; ulawulo lwakhe alunasiphelo. 27Uyahlangula uyasindisa; wenza imiqondiso nezimanga emazulwini nasemhlabeni; nguye owahlangula uDaniyeli emandleni eengonyama.”
28Waza lo Daniyeli waphumelela ebukhosini bukaDariyo nobukaKoreshi umPersi.
