Ngomnyaka wesithathu kaKoresi, inkosi yase Pheresiya, uDaniyeli ogama lakhe labizwa ngokuthi uBeliteshasari wambulelwa izwi ; izwi laliqinisile , lalingukulwa okukhulu; waliqonda izwi, waqonda nombono.

Wayesethi uDaniyeli encekwini , induna yabathenwa ebiyibeke phezu koDaniyeli, noHananiya, noMishayeli, no-Azariya:

Laba bafana abane uNkulunkulu wabanika ukwazi nokuqonda encwadini nasekuhlakanipheni; uDaniyeli wayenengqondo kuyo yonke imibono namaphupho.

UDaniyeli wayekhona kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka wokuqala kaKoresi inkosi.

Induna yabathenwa yabetha amagama ; uDaniyeli yametha ngokuthi uBeliteshasari, noHananiya uShadiraki, noMishayeli uMeshaki, no-Azariya u- Abedi Nego.

Kepha uDaniyeli wazimisela enhliziyweni yakhe ukuba angazingcolisi ngesabelo sokudla kwenkos i nangewayini e liphuzayo; wayesecela enduneni yabathenwa ukuba angazingcolisi.

UNkulunkulu wamnika uDaniyeli ukuba athole umusa nobumnene emehlweni enduna yabathenwa.

Isimemezelo saphuma sokuthi abahlakaniphileyo babeyakubulawa ; bamfuna uDaniyeli nabangane bakhe ukuba babulawe.

Khona uDaniyeli wabuyisela impendulo ngokuhlakanipha na ngokuqonda ku-Ariyoki induna yemilindankosi owayephumile ukubulala abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele;

wathatha wathi ku -Ariyoki induna yenkosi : Siphumeleni enkosini lesi simemezelo esicindezelayo na? U-Ariyoki wayesemazisa uDaniyeli indaba.

UDaniyeli wayese ngena, wacela enkosini ukuba imnike isikhathi ukuze abonise inkosi incazelo.

UDaniyeli wayeseya endlini yakhe , wazisa oHananiya , noMishayeli, no- Azariya, abangane bakhe, le ndaba

ukuba bacele umusa kuNkulunkulu wasezulwini ngale mfihlakalo , ukuze uDaniyeli nabangane bakhe bangabhubhi kanye nabanye abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele.

Khona yabonakaliswa imfihlakalo kuDaniyeli ngombono ebusuku . UDaniyeli wambonga uNkulunkulu wasezulwini.

UDaniyeli wathatha wathi : Malibongwe igama likaNkulunkul u kusukela kwaphakade kuze kube phakade , ngokuba ukuhlakanipha namandla kungokwakhe;

Ngalokho uDaniyeli wangena ku -Ariyoki obemiswe yinkosi ukuba abhubhise abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele . Wahamba, washo kanje kuye , wathi: Ungababhubhisi abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele; ngingenise phambi kwenkosi, ngibonise inkosi incazelo.

U-Ariyoki wayeseshesha ukumngenisa uDaniyeli phambi kwenkosi , washo kanje kuyo, wathi: Ngifumene umuntu wabathunjwa bakwaJuda oyakwazisa inkosi incazelo.

UDaniyeli waphendula phambi kwenkosi , wathi: Imfihlakalo e yibuzayo inkosi, abahlakaniphileyo, nabathwebulayo, nezanusi, nabahlola imihlola , bangeyibonise yona inkosi.

Inkosi yamphendula uDaniyeli , yathi: Ngempela uNku lunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu wawonkulunkulu , neNkosi yamakhosi , umambuli wezimfihlakalo, lokhu ubunamandla okubonakalisa le mfihlakalo.

Inkosi yamkhulisa uDaniyeli , yamupha izipho eziningi ezinkulu , yamenza ukuba abuse sonke isifunda saseBabele , abe ngu mholi wababusi babahlakaniphileyo baseBabele.

UDaniyeli wacela enkosini, yabeka oShadiraki, noMeshaki, no-Abedi Nego phezu kwezindaba zesifunda saseBabele , kepha uDaniyeli wayesesangweni lenkosi.

Khona uDaniyeli ogama lakhe lalinguBeliteshasari wamangala isikhashana , imicabango yakhe ya mesabisa. Inkosi yathatha yathi : Beliteshasari, iphupho nencazo makungakwesabisi . UBeliteshasari waphendula wathi : Nkosi, iphupho malibe kwabakuzondayo, nencazo yalo kuzo izitha zakho.

Kodwa ngasekugcineni kwangena uDaniyeli phambi kwami ogama lakhe linguBeliteshasari njengegama likankulunkulu wami , okuye umoya wawonkulunkulu abangcwele; ngamtshela iphupho, ngathi:

ngokuba kwafunyanwa umoya odluleleyo , nokwazi, nokuqonda ukuchaza amaphupho, nokubonakalisa izimfumbe , nokuthukulula amafindo kuye uDaniyeli lowo inkosi eyambiza ngokuthi uBeliteshasari; kalokhu makabizwe uDaniyeli, uyakubonakalisa incazelo.

Khona uDaniyeli wangeniswa phambi kwenkosi . Inkosi yakhuluma, yathi kuDaniyeli: Wena unguDaniyeli lowo ongowabathunjwa bakwaJuda , abalethwa yinkosi ubaba, bevela kwaJuda na?

Wayesephendula uDaniyeli, wathi phambi kwenkosi : Izipho zakho mazibe kuwe, umuphe omunye imivuzo yakho ; nokho ngiyakufundela inkosi umbhalo, ngiyazise incazelo.

UDaniyeli esekwazi ukuthi umbhalo ulotshiwe, wangena endlini yakhe amafasitele ekamelo lakhe ayevulekile ebhekisa eJerusalema waguqa ngamadolo kathathu ngosuku , wakhuleka, wabonga uNkulunku lu wakhe , njengalokho enzile kuqala.

Ayesebuthana lawo madoda , amfumana uDaniyeli ekhuleka , enxusa kuNkulunkulu wakhe.

Ayesephendula ethi phambi kwenkosi : UDaniyeli lowo ongowabathunjwa bakwaJuda akakunaki wena nkosi , nesiyalezo osilob ileyo, kepha uyacela isicelo sakhe kathathu ngosuku.

Yayisiyaleza inkosi , walethwa uDaniyeli , waphonswa emphandwini wezingonyama. Inkosi yakhuluma , yathi kuDaniyeli : UNkulunkulu wakho omkhonza njalo uyakukukhulula.

Phezu kwazo wamisa abongameli abathathu , uDaniyeli engomunye wabo , ukuba izikhulu zibike kubo, ukuze inkosi ingalimali ngalutho.

Kwathi isisondele emphandwini k uDaniyeli, yamemeza ngezwi elikhalayo ; inkosi yakhuluma , yathi kuDaniyeli : Daniyeli, wena nceku kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, uNkulunkulu wakho omkhonza njalo angakukhulula kuzo izingonyama na?

UDaniyeli wathi enkosini: Mana njalo, nkosi.

Yayisijabula kakhulu inkosi , yayaleza ukuba uDaniyeli akhushulwe emphandwini. UDaniyeli way esekhushulwa emphandwini , akufunyanwanga mcothu kuye, ngokuba wayemethembile uNkulunkulu wakhe.

Inkosi yayaleza, alethwa lawo madoda ayemangalele uDaniyeli , aphonswa emphandwini wezingonyama , wona nabantwana bawo , nawomkawo; izingonyama zatheleka phezu k wabo, zachoboza amathambo abo , bengakafinyeleli phansi emphandwini.

Uyakhulula, ophule; uyenza izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ezulwini nasemhlabeni, yena omkhululile uDaniyeli emandleni ezingonyama.

UDaniyeli wayeseqhubeka ngesineke ekubuseni kukaDariyu , nasekubuseni kukaKoresi umPheresiya.

Khona uDaniyeli lo wabadlula abongameli nezikhulu , ngokuba umoya ophakemeyo wawukuye ; inkosi yayicabanga ukummisa phezu kombuso wonke.

Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaBelishasari, inkosi yaseBabele , uDaniyeli wabona iphupho nemibono yekhanda lakhe embhedeni wakhe , waliloba iphupho , walanda inhloko yezindaba.

UDaniyeli wathatha wathi : Ngabona embonweni wami ebusuku ; bheka, imimoya yomine yezulu yavumbuluka elwandle olukhulu.