UDANIYELI 5

₁UBelishasari inkosi wenzela izinduna zakhe eziyinkulungwane idili, waphuza iwayini ngaphambi kwaleyonkulungwane.

₂UBelishasari esalinambitha iwayini wayaleza ukuba kulethwe izitsha zegolide nezesiliva, uNebukadinesari uyise ayezikhiphé ethempelini laseJerusalema, ukuba inkosi nezikhulu zayo, nawomkayo, nezancinza zayo baphuze ngazo.

₃Base beletha izitsha zegolide ezazikhishwé ethempelini lendlu kaNkulunkulu yaseJerusalema, inkosi, nezikhulu zayo, nawomkayo, nezancinza zayo baphuza ngazo.

₄Baphuza iwayini, batusa onkulunkulu begolide, nabesiliva, nabethusi, nabensimbi, nabomuthi, nabetshe.

₅Ngasona lesosikhathi kwavela iminwe yesandla somuntu, yaloba maqondana nothi lwezibani kokunamekiweyo kodonga lwendlu yenkosi; inkosi yabona inxenye yesandla esalobayo.

₆Kwase kuguquka ukucwebezela kwayo, nemicabango yayo yayesabisa, zaxhega izinyonga zokhalo lwayo, namadolo ayo ashayana.

₇Inkosi yamemeza ngamandla ukuba kulethwe abathwebulayo, namaKaledi, nabahlola imihlola. Yayisikhuluma inkosi, yathi kwabahlakaniphileyo baseBabele: Ongafunda lombhalo, angitshele incazo yawo uyakwembathiswa okububende, abe-nomgexo wegolide entanyeni yakhe, abuse engowesithathu embusweni.

₈Base bengena bonke abahlakaniphileyo benkosi, kepha behluleka ukuwufunda umbhalo nokwazisa inkosi incazo.

₉Khona inkosi uBelishasari yesaba kakhulu, nokucwebezela kwayo kwaguquka kuyo, nezinduna zayo zamangala.

₁₀Ngenxa yamazwi enkosi nawezinduna zayo kwase kungena inkosikazi endlini yedili; inkosikazi yakhuluma yathi: Mana njalo, nkosi; imicabango yakho mayingakwesabisi, kungaguquki ukucwebezela kwakho.

₁₁Kukhona embusweni wakho umuntu okukuye umoya wawonkulunkulu abangcwele; ezinsukwini zikayihlo kwafunyanwa kuye ukukhanya nokuqonda nokuhlakanipha njengokuhlakanipha kwawonkulunkulu; inkosi uNebukadinesari uyihlo yambeka induna yezanusi, neyabathwebulayo, neyamaKaledi, neyabahlola imihlola, yebo, nkosi, uyihlo,

₁₂ngokuba kwafunyanwa umoya odluleleyo, nokwazi, nokuqonda ukuchaza amaphupho, nokubonakalisa izimfumbe, nokuthukulula amafindo kuye uDaniyeli lowo inkosi eyambiza ngokuthi uBeliteshasari; kalokhu makabizwe uDaniyeli, uyakubonakalisa incazo.

₁₃Khona uDaniyeli wangeniswa phambi kwenkosi. Inkosi yakhuluma, yathi kuDaniyeli: Wena unguDaniyeli lowo ongowabathunjwa bakwaJuda, abalethwa yinkosi ubaba, bevela kwaJuda na?

₁₄Ngizwile ngawe ukuthi umoya wawonkulunkulu ukuwe nokuthi kufunyenwe kuwe ukukhanya nokuqonda nokuhlakanipha okudluleleyo.

₁₅Manje-ke kungeniswé phambi kwami abahlakaniphileyo nabathwebulayo ukuba bafunde lombhalo, bangazise incazo yawo, kepha behluleka ukubonakalisa incazo yalendaba.

₁₆Kepha ngizwé ngawe ukuthi ungaveza izincazo, uthukulule amafindo; manje-ke uma ungafunda lombhalo, ungazise incazo yawo, uyakwembathiswa okububende, ube-nomgexo wegolide entanyeni yakho, ubuse ube-ngowesithathu embusweni.

₁₇Wayesephendula uDaniyeli, wathi phambi kwenkosi: Izipho zakho mazibe-kuwe, umuphe omunye imivuzo yakho; nokho ngiyakufundela inkosi umbhalo, ngiyazise incazo.

₁₈E nkosi, uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke wanika uNebukadinesari uyihlo umbuso, nobukhulu, nodumo, nobukhosi;

₁₉ngenxa yobukhulu owamnika bona, bonke abantu, nezizwe, nezilimi bathuthumela, besaba phambi kwakhe; athanda ukumbulala wambulala, athanda ukumyeka wamyeka; athanda ukumphakamisa wamphakamisa, athanda ukumthobisa wamthobisa.

₂₀Kepha lapho inhliziyo yakhe yaziphakamisa, nomoya wakhe waba-lukhuni waze wazidla, wehliswa esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, balususa udumo lwakhe kuye;

₂₁waxoshwa kubantwana babantu; inhliziyo yakhe yaba-njengeyezilwane, nenhlalo yakhe yayinezimbongolo zasendle; wadliswa utshani njengezinkabi, nomzimba wakhe wamatiswa ngamazolo ezulu, waze wazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke ubusa imibuso yabantu, ubeka phezu kwayo amthandayo.

₂₂Nawe-ndodana yakhe, Belishasari, awuthobanga inhliziyo yakho, noma wazi konke lokho,

₂₃kepha uziphakamisile eNkosini yasezulwini; balethé izitsha zendlu yakhe phambi kwakho; wena nezinduna zakho, nawomkakho, nezancinza zakho niphuzile iwayini ngazo, utusile wena onkulunkulu besiliva, nabegolide, nabethusi, nabensimbi, nabomuthi, nabetshe abangaboni, abangezwa, abangazi; kodwa uNkulunkulu omphefumulo wakho usesandleni sakhe, nokungezakhe zonke izindlela zakho awumdumisanga.

₂₄Yayisithunywa lenxenye yesandla ivela kuye, walotshwa lombhalo.

₂₅Yiló umbhalo owalotshwa: mené, mené, tekél, ufarsín.

₂₆Nansi incazo yalento: mené: uNkulunkulu ubalile umbuso wakho, uwuqedile.

₂₇tekél: ulinganisiwe esilinganisweni, ufunyenwe ulula.

₂₈perés: umbuso wakho wahlukene, unikelwe kumaMede namaPheresiya.

₂₉Khona uBelishasari wayaleza, bamembathisa uDaniyeli okububende, bafaka umgexo wegolide entanyeni yakhe, benza isimemezelo ngaye ukuthi ubeyakubusa engowesithathu embusweni.

₃₀Ngalobobusuku uBelishasari inkosi yamaKaledi wabulawa.

₃₁UDariyu umMede wamukela umbuso eneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nambili.