Oitendele yaBelsassar
1 Ohamba Belsassar okwa dungila omalenga aye eyovi limwe oitendele inene, ndele ta nu omaviinyu moipafi yomalenga aa eyovi. 2 Ndele Belsassar eshi a shambukwa komaviinyu, okwa lombwela ndele ta ti: oiyuma inya yoshingoldo noyoshisiliveli ya kufwa kuxe Nebukadnesar motembeli yomuJerusalem, nai ka talwe, opo ohamba nomalenga aye novambada noikumbu yaye va nwine mo moiyuma ei. 3 Opo nee oiyuma inya ya kufwa motembeli, mongulu yaKalunga muJerusalem, oya etwa nee. Nohamba nomalenga aye novambada vaye noikumbu yaye ova nwina mo, 4 ndele ova nwa omaviinyu nokutanga nokuhambelela oikalunga yoshingoldo noyoshisiliveli noyoshikushu noyoshivela noyoiti noyomamanya. 5 Mokafimbo tuu oko opa holoka ominwe deke lomunhu da shangela mekuma litoka lolupale lohamba, kombinga inya ya shaama noshikwatelwalamba; ndele ohamba oya mona ominwe da shangela mo.Opa holoka ominwe deke lomunhu da shangela mekuma… 6 Ndele oshipala shohamba osha shituka, nomadiladilo aye okwe mu halula, ndele eenho daye oda tyololoka neengolo daye oda kakama. 7 Ndele ohamba oya ingida mokule, eendudu nOvakaldea veenyofi va etwe mo. Opo nee ohamba oya lombwela ovanongo vomuBabilon ndele tai ti: “Keshe ou ta dulu okulesha eshangelo eli ndele te li tomonene nge, oye ta ka dikwa oshikutu shiwa shitilyana nelyenge loshingoldo mofingo yaye, ndele ta lengwa elenga etitatu moshilongo.” 8 Opo nee ovanongo aveshe vohamba ove uya mo, ndelenee vo ova nyengwa okulesha eshangelo linya noku li tomonena ohamba. 9 Opo nee ohamba Belsassar oya haluka unene, noshipala shaye osha shituka, nomalenga aye yo okwa kanghwa.
10 Ina yohamba eshi a uda eenghundafana dohamba nomalenga ayo, oye okwe uya kolupale. Ina yohamba okwa popya ndele ta ti: “Ohamba nai kale nomwenyo alushe! Ino halukifwa ashike komadiladilo oye, ino shitukifa oshipala shoye. 11 Moshilongo shoye omu nomulumenhu e nomhepo yookalunga vayapuki. Pomafiku axo ye okwa monika e nomayele neendunge nounongo, ngaashi ounongo wookalunga. Onghee hano xo, Nebukadnesar okwe mu ninga elenga lakula lovanongo vomishangwa, leendudu, lOvakaldea nolovakoneki veenyofi; ohamba xo, osho ya ninga, 12 osheshi omhepo iwa, neendunge nomayele okutomona eendjodi nokufatulula eetumbutumbu nokuholola oinima ya futikwa, okwa monika muye, muDaniel, edina laye eli a lukwa kohamba Beltesasar. Paife Daniel na ifanwe, oye te ku tomonene omayele eshangelo eli.” 13 Opo nee Daniel okwa etwa koshipala shohamba. Ohamba oya lombwela Daniel ndele tai ti: “Oove tuu Daniel, umwe womovapika Ovajuda, ohamba tate, e va kwata muJuda nokwe va eta oku? 14 Ame onde ku uda nokutya, ove ou nomhepo yookalunga nomayele neendunge nounongo muhapu wa monika mwoove. 15 Ndele paife ovanongo neendudu ova etwa koshipala shange va leshe eshangelo eli nova tomonene nge eendunge dalo, ndelenee vo ova nyengwa okutomona eendunge deshangelo eli. 16 Ndelenee ame onde ku uda, nokutya ove oho dulu okuyandja omafatululo, ndele to holola oinima ya futikwa. Ndele paife, ngeenge to dulu okulesha eshangelo eli nokutomonena nge eendunge dalo, ove oto ka dikwa oshikutu shitilyana nelyenge loshingoldo mofingo yoye, ndele to lengwa elenga etitatu moshilongo.” 17 Opo Daniel a nyamukula, ndele ta ti moipafi yohamba: “Kala noinima yoye, neeshali doye di pa omunhu umwe. Ndele ame onda hala ndi leshele ohamba eshangelo eli nondi tomonene eendunge dalo. 18 Hano tatekulu ohamba! Kalunga ou wOkombadambada okwa pele xo Nebukadnesar ouhamba neenghono netumbalo nefimanopangelo. 19 Ndele molweenghono odo, Ye e di mu pele, oiwana aishe nomapata aeshe nomalaka aeshe okwa kakama nokwa tila koshipala shaye. Ndele ye okwa dipaa ou a hala, nokwa xupifa ou a hala, ndele okwa lenga ou a hala nokwa xutula ou a hala. 20 Ndelenee omutima waye eshi we linenepeka nomhepo yaye eshi ye litumba mokulikukutika, oye okwa tewa mouhamba ndele a kufwa yo efimano laye. 21 Ndele ye okwa tewa mo mokati kovanhu, omutima waye owa kala ngaashi ou woifitukuti, ndele ye okwa kala mokati keefino, nokwa lya omwiidi ngaashi eengobe. Nomume yokeulu oya tutika olutu laye, fiyo okwa koneka, kutya Kalunga wOkombadambada oku neenghono okupangela oshilongo shovanhu noku shi yandja kwaau a hala. 22 Ndelenee oove, omona waye, Belsassar, ino lininipika nande komutima woye, nande ashishe eshi ou shi shii, 23 ndelenee ove we linenepeka nokutwila Omwene weulu ondubo. Ndele oikwatelwa yongulu yaye oya etwa koshipala shoye. Ndele ove nomalenga oye novambada voye noikumbu yoye omwa nwina mo omaviinyu. Noikalunga yoshingoldo noyoshisiliveli noyoshikushu noyoivela noyoshiti noyomamanya owe i litangela, oyo tuu ihai mono ko, ihai udu ko, yo ihe shii sha, ndelenee Kalunga ou e kwete meke laye omufudo woye neendjila doye adishe di li koshipala shaye, Oye tuu ou ove ino mu fimaneka. 24 Osho nee eke eli ola tumwa kuye neshangelo eli la shangwa. 25 Ndele eshangelo eli la shangelwa ko, oleli: ‘Mene, mene, tekel, ufarsin.’ 26 Netomono londjovo eli: Mene, otashi ti: Kalunga okwa vala omuvalu woshilongo shoye, ndele e shi mana po. 27 Tekel, otashi ti: ove wa yelekwa koshiyelekifo, ndele wa monika omupu. 28 Peres, otashi ti: oshilongo shoye osha tetaulwa ndele sha yandjwa kOvamedia nOvapersia.” 29 Opo Belsassar a lombwela, ndele ova dika Daniel oshikutu shitilyana nelyenge loshingoldo mofingo yaye, ndele omolwaye naku ingidwe, oye elenga lakula etitatu okupangela moshilongo.
30 Oufiku tuu winya Belsassar, ohamba yOvakaldea, okwa dipawa, 31 naDarius Omumedia okwa nangala oshilongo, ye a li e nomido omilongo hamano nambali.
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10 ¶ Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say , thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? 14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. 15 And now the wise men , the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: 19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is , and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 ¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
