1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. 8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 ¶ The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 ¶ Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 ¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.
24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men , the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 ¶ This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is , that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Daniel ta fatululile Nebukadnesar ondjodi yaye
1 Ndele momudo omutivali wepangelo laye Nebukadnesar okwa twa eendjodi, opo omhepo yaye ya tukuluka, neemhofi daye ode mu londoka. 2 Opo nee ohamba ya lombwela ovanongo, eendudu, eemhule nOvakaldea va ifanwe va fatulule ondjodi yohamba ei ya twa, opo vo ve uya tava kala ofika koshipala shohamba. 3 Ohamba oya tya kuvo: “Ame onda twa ondjodi, nomhepo yange kai netulumuko fimbo inandi shiiva ondjodi ei.” 4 Opo Ovakaldea va popya nohamba mOshiaramea: “Ohamba nai kale alushe i nomwenyo! Hepaululila ovapiya voye ondjodi, ndele fye ohatu ke ku hololela efatululo layo.” 5 Ohamba oya nyamukula Ovakaldea ndele tai ti: “Eendjovo dange edi dihe shii okulundululwa: ngeenge inamu tomonena nge ondjodi ei nefatululo layo, ohandi ke mu tetaula oinhimbu nomaumbo eni otaa ka ninga oyuumbo. 6 Ndele ngeenge tamu hepaulile nge ondjodi yoovene eshi tai ti, ohandi ke mu pa eeshali nomilongelo netumbaleko linene. Hano tomoneneni nge ondjodi yoovene eshi tai ti.” 7 Ovo aveshe va nyamukula lutivali, tava ti: “Ohamba nai hepaululile ovapiya vayo ondjodi yayo, opo nee ohatu ke mu tomonena.” 8 Opo ohamba ya nyamukula tai ti: “Heeno, ondi shi shii shili, nye mwa hala mu mane po efimbo, osheshi omu shi wete nokutya, eendjovo dange kadi shii okulundululwa; 9 osheshi ngeenge nye itamu hololele nge ondjodi, tamu mono etokolo limwe alike. Osheshi mwe lianda ko mu fufye nokukotokela nge fiyo efimbo tali lunduluka. Hano hepaululileni nge ondjodi yoovene, opo nee handi ka shiiva nokutya, onye tamu dulu okushiiva okupa nge etomoneno layo.” 10 Ovakaldea ova nyamukula koshipala shohamba tava ti: “Kombada yedu kaku nomunhu ta dulu okushiiva oshinima eshi sha tongwa kohamba. Onghee hano kaku na nokuli ohamba inene i neenghono tai pula omukoneki nondudu ile Omukaldea oshinima shi li ngaha. 11 Heeno, oshinima eshi tashi pulwa kohamba oshidjuu, ndele kaku nomunhu ta dulu oku shi hololela ohamba, ngeno shapu oikalunga, okukala kwavo kaku li mokati kovanhu.” 12 Omolwaashi ohamba oya handuka nokuhandukilila, ndele oya yandja elombwelo nokutya, ovanongo aveshe vomuBabilon nava dipawe. 13 Hano ondaka eshi ya udika, kutya ovanongo otava ka dipawa, Daniel no vakwao yo ova kongwa va ka dipawe.
14 Opo nee Daniel okwa nyamukula enyamukulo la yuka noli neendunge kuAriok, omukulunhu wovanangeli vohamba, ou a fikama a ka dipae ovanongo vomuBabilon. 15 Ndele ye okwa nyamukula Ariok, elenga lohamba, ndele ta ti: Ohamba oya yandjela shike ondaka idjuu unene i fike opo? Opo Ariok okwe shi fatululila Daniel. 16 Opo nee Daniel a ya mouhamba, ndele ta ilikana ohamba i mu pe efimbo opo ye a shiive oku i tomonena ondjodi ei yayo. 17 Opo Daniel a ya keumbo laye, ndele ta hepaululile vakwao Hanania, Mishael naAsaria oshinima eshi, 18 opo va ilikane Kalunga komeulu e va file onghenda omolwoshinima eshi oshiholekwa, vo, Daniel navakwao vaha dipawe pamwe novanongo vomuBabilon. 19 Opo nee Daniel okwa hololelwa memoniko oufiku oshiholekwa eshi. Opo Daniel ta hambelele Kalunga komeulu. 20 Opo nee Daniel a popya ndele ta ti:
“Edina laKalunga nali hambelelwe alushe fiyo alushe,
osheshi ounongo neenghono odaye.
21 Oye ta lundulula omafimbo neetundi,
ndele Ye ota xutula eehamba noha nangeke eehamba,
ndele Oye ha yandje ounongo kovanongo
nomayele kovanamayele.
22 Oye ta holola oinyengandunge noinima ya holekwa.
Oye a shiiva eshi shi li momilaulu
nouyelele u li puye.
23 Oove Kalunga kootatekulu,
ame ohandi ku hambelele nohandi ku fimaneke,
osheshi Ove wa pa nge omayele neenghono
ndele paife wa shiivifila nge eshi twe shi ku indila,
osheshi oshinima shohamba owe shi tu hololela.”
24 Opo nee Daniel a ya kuAriok, ou a tulwa po kohamba a ka dipae ovanongo vomuBabilon. Oye okwa ya ko kuye ndele te mu lombwele ngaha: “Ino dipaa ovanongo vomuBabilon; twale nge koshipala shohamba, opo ndi ke i tomonene ondjodi yayo.” 25 Opo Ariok a twala divadiva Daniel kohamba, ndele e i lombwela ta ti: “Ame onda mona umwe womovapika vokuJuda, ou ta hololele ohamba efatululo.” 26 Ohamba oya nyamukula ndele tai lombwele Daniel ou a ifanwa Beltesasar: “Ove to dulu tuu okutomonena nge ondjodi ei nda twile, nefatululo layo?” 27 Daniel okwa nyamukula koshipala shohamba, ta ti: “Oshiholekwa eshi tashi pulwa kohamba sha nyenga ovanongo, eendudu, ovatei voipo novakoneki veenyofi oku shi fatululila ohamba. 28 Ndelenee ope na Kalunga komeulu, ou ha holola oiholekwa, ndele Oye a hololela ohamba Nebukadnesar eshi tashi ka ningwa pomafiku axuuninwa. Ondjodi yoye nomamoniko omomutwe woye momutala woye aa: 29 Ove, ohamba eshi wa li momutala woye owa diladila eshi tashi ka ningwa komesho; ndele oye tuu ou, e shii kuholola eshi sha holekwa, oye e ku hololela eshi tashi ka ningwa. 30 Ndele oshiholekwa eshi sha hololelwa nge hakeenghono dounongo ou wange, ndi u kwete ngeno, ndi dule ovanamwenyo aveshe, ndelenee osha hololwa opo efatululo li shiivifilwe ohamba, naave yo u koneke omadiladilo omomutima woye.
31 “Ove ohamba wa mona, tala, okwa li oshihongwafano shakula. Oshihongwafano eshi sha li shinene unene, noshinge shasho shiwa. Osha kala ofika koshipala shoye, nokutalwa kwasho oixuna yongaho. 32 Oshihongwafano osho shi na: omutwe washo woshingoldo shiwa. Onhulo yasho nomaoko asho oshisiliveli, edimo neenho dasho oshikushu. 33 Omaulu asho oshivela, eemhadi kombinga oshivela kombinga elova. 34 Fimbo we shi tala, emanya inali kumwa komake omunhu ola natuka ko, ndele olo la denga oshihongwafano keemhadi dasho doshivela nodelova, ndele tali shi nyanyaula. 35 Ndele mokafimbo tuu oko oivela nelova noshikushu, oshisiliveli noshingoldo osha nyanyaulwa, sha kala ngaashi olungu poshipale mokufu eli tali i omhepo, ndele inashi monika vali nande. Ndelenee emanya olo la denga oshihongwafano ola shituka omhunda inene, ndele oya mana ko edu alishe. 36 Ondjodi oyo tuu ei. Netomono layo hatu li tomonene ohamba paife. 37 Oove ohamba, ohamba yeehamba, Kalunga komeulu okwe ku pa ouhamba neenghono nepangelo nefimano, 38 ndele mounyuni aushe apa pe novanhu noifitukuti yomofuka needila dokeulu, Kalunga okwe i yandja meke loye, ndele e ku ninga omupangeli waaishe: Oove ou omutwe woshingoldo. 39 Ndele ove to ka shikulwa kouhamba umwe u dulike kwaau woye, ndele tau shikulwa kouhamba omutitatu woshikushu notau ka pangela edu alishe. 40 Ndele ouhamba omutine tau ka kala wa pama ngaashi oshivela; ngaashi naanaa oshivela hashi nyanyaula ndele tashi teyaula keshe tuu nongaashi oshivela hashi teyaula po ndele tashi ka nyanyaula yo notashi ka teyaula aishe. 41 Hano ngaashi wa mona eemhadi nominwe dasho kombinga elova nokombinga oivela, eshi tashi ti: tau ka kala ouhamba uhe nekwatafano ndelenee muwo tamu kala oupamene woshivela, ngaashi wa tala oshivela sha lumbakana nelova. 42 Ndele ominwe dokeemhadi kombinga oivela ndele kombinga elova, eshi tashi ti: ombinga imwe yoshilongo oya pama, ndelenee ikwao inai pama. 43 Eshi wa mona oshivela sha lumbakana nelova, otashi ti: tava ka lumbakana, ndele itava kwatafana, ngaashi oivela inai likwata nelova. 44 Ndelenee pomafiku eehamba dinya Kalunga ou komeulu ota ka dika ouhamba itau ka teka po fiyo alushe, nepangelo lao itali ka yandjwa koshiwana shimwe. Ndele wo otau ka nyanyaula notau ka teyaula omauhamba aeshe noku a xulifa po, ndelenee woovene tau ka kala fiyo alushe, 45 ngaashi wa mona emanya la natuka ko komhunda, inali kumwa nande komake omunhu, ndele la nyanyaula oshivela noshikushu nedu lelova noshisiliveli noshingoldo. Kalunga munene Oye okwa hololela ohamba, eshi tashi ka ningwa komesho. Ndele ondjodi ei oyoshili nefatululo layo oli shii kulineekelwa.”
46 Opo ohamba Nebukadnesar oye lifidimika koshipala shaDaniel ndele tai ti, ye na yambelwe eendjayambo noitwiminoyambo. 47 Ohamba oya nyamukula Daniel ndele tai ti: “Oshili, Kalunga keni Oye Kalunga koikalunga, ndele Oye Omwene weehamba nOmuhololi woiholekwa, onghee ove ino nyengwa okuholola oshiholekwa eshi.” 48 Opo ohamba oya lenga Daniel, ndele ye mu pa omilongelo dinene dihapu, ndele ye mu tula omupangeli wombinga imwe yoshilongo shaBabilon nomukulunhu a kula kombada yovanongo aveshe vomuBabilon. 49 Ndele paindilo laDaniel, ohamba oya tula Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego moulenga, va ninge ovakulunhu veenghundafana vombinga imwe yoshilongo shaBabilon. Ndelenee Daniel okwa kala mouhamba.
