Oshitelekwafano shoshingoldo shaNebukadnesar
1 Ohamba Nebukadnesar okwa ningifa oshitelekwafano shoshingoldo. Ofika yasho eemeta omilongo hamano, nounene washo eemeta hamano, ndele ye okwe shi dika molufilu laDura, momukunda waBabilon. 2 Opo nee ohamba Nebukadnesar oya tuma ovatumwa, va ka shive omalenga novakulunhu vovakwaita novapangeli voilongo noovene vomikunda novapukululi novadiinini voiyandjwa yoshilongo novatokoli novayakuli aveshe vamwe vomoilongo, okuya keyapulo loshitelekwafano eshi sha dikwa kohamba Nebukadnesar. 3 Opo omalenga novakulunhu vovakwaita novapangeli voilongo novapukululi novadiinini voiyandjwa yoshilongo novatokoli novayakuli aveshe vamwe vomoilongo ova shakavaena keyapulo loshitelekwafano sha dikwa kohamba Nebukadnesar, ndele va kala ofika koshipala shoshitelekwafano sha dikwa kuNebukadnesar. 4 Ndele omwiingidi okwa ingida pombada ta ti: “Onye oiwana nomaludi nomalaka, tamu shiivifilwa: 5 ngeenge nye tamu udu ondaka yomanghuma noyeenyalilo noyouyaayaa noyoushandje noyouxumbafeta noyoumbulumbubwa nondaka youxumba ve lili nove lili, opo nee nye omu nokulinyongamena poshi, ndele tamu ilikana oshitelekwafano shoshingoldo eshi sha dikwa kohamba Nebukadnesar. 6 Ndele ou ite linyongamene poshi ndele ita ilikana, opo tuu ta ka ekelwa mediko lomundilo.” 7 Opo nee oiwana aishe nomaludi nomalaka eshi ya uda ondaka yomanghuma noyeenyalilo noyouyaayaa noyoushandje noyouxumbafeta noyoumbulumbubwa nondaka youxumba ve lili nove lili, opo nee oiwana aishe nomaludi nomalaka oye linyongamena poshi ndele tai ilikana oshitelekwafano shoshingoldo, osho sha dikwa kohamba Nebukadnesar. 8 Opo tuu opo pe uya ovalumenhu vamwe Ovakaldea okupopya ko Ovajuda. 9 Ovo va lombwela ohamba Nebukadnesar, tava ti: “Tatekulu ohamba nai kale alushe nomwenyo! 10 Ove ohamba wa yandja ondaka nokutya, keshe omunhu ta udu ondaka yomanghuma noyeenyalilo noyouyaayaa noyoushandje noyouxumbafeta noyoumbulumbubwa noyouxumba ve lili nove lili, e nokulinyongamena poshi nokwiilikana oshitelekwafano oshingoldo, 11 ndele keshe ou ta anye okulinyongamena poshi nokwiilikana, oye na ekelwe mediko lomundilo. 12 Ndele oku na ovalumenhu Ovajuda ava wa lenga va kale ovakulunhu voshilongo shaBabilon, Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego. Ovalumenhu ava kave na ko na sha noshipango shoye, ohamba. Oikalunga yoye itave i fimaneke noshitelekwafano oshingoldo, we shi dika, itave shi ilikana nokulinyongamena.” 13 Opo Nebukadnesar okwa handuka nomehandu la xwama okwa yandja ondaka, ve uye, ava Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego. Opo nee ovalumenhu ova etwa koshipala shohamba. 14 Ndele Nebukadnesar okwa popya kuvo ta ti: “Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego, eshi itamu fimaneke oikalunga yange, nye itamu ilikana oshitelekwafano oshingoldo eshi nda dika, omwe shi ningila owina? 15 Paife eshi, ngeenge tamu udu ondaka yomanghuma noyeenyalilo noyouyaayaa noyoushandja noyouxumbafeta noyoumbulumbubwa nondaka youxumba ve lili nove lili, kaleni mwe lilongekidila okulinyongamena poshi nokwiilikana oshitelekwafano eshi nde shi ninga, opo nawa. Ndelenee ngeenge itamu ilikana, opo tuu opo tamu ekelwa mediko lomundilo. Ndele Kalunga ou te mu xupifa momake ange, olyelye?” 16 Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego ova nyamukula ndele tava lombwele ohamba tava ti: “Nebukadnesar, kape nomhumbwe tu ku nyamukule moshinima eshi nando ondjovo imwe. 17 Ngaashi Kalunga ketu ou hatu mu longele, ta dulu oku tu xupifa. Oye te ke tu xupifa mo mediko lomundilo nomomake oye, ohamba, 18 ndelenee, ngeenge hasho, kala u shi shii, ohamba, fye itatu longele oikalunga yoye, noshitelekwafano oshingoldo eshi wa dika, fye itatu shi ilikana.”
19 Opo nee Nebukadnesar okwa handuka unene noshipala shaye sha didivalela Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego. Oye a yandja elombwelo ndele ta ti, ediko nali hanyekwe li kale la hanya oupyu u dule luheyali oupyu wonale. 20 Ndele ye okwa lombwela ovalumenhu vamwe ovanaenghono vomovakwaita vaye, va ka mange Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego, va ekelwe mediko lomundilo. 21 Opo nee ovalumenhu ava va mangwa, ova li va djala oikutu ile neembaikifa nomambale noikutu yavo imwe, ndele tava ekelwa mediko lomundilo. 22 Molwaashi ondjovo yohamba oya li idjuu nediko ola pupyalekwa neenghono, omalaka omutemo womundilo okwa dipaa ovalumenhu venya, va ekela mo Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego. 23 Ndelenee ovalumenhu ava vatatu Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego, ova wila mo mediko lomundilo va mangwa.
24 Opo nee ohamba Nebukadnesar oya haluka noya yambuka, ya kala ofika. Ndele tai lombwele omalenga ayo, ndele tai ti: “Ongahelipi, inatu ekela momundilo ovalumenhu vatatu, va mangwa?” Ovo va nyamukula ohamba, tava ti: “Oshili, ohamba!” 25 Ndele ye okwa nyamukula, ta ti: “Taleni, ame ondi wete mo ovalumenhu vane, tave linyenge momundilo, ndele vo kave na nande oshiponga, omutine okwa fa omona waKalunga.” 26 Opo Nebukadnesar okwa ehena poshivelo shediko lomundilo, ndele ta ti: “Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego, onye ovapiya vaKalunga wOkombadambada, djeni mo, ileni oku! Opo nee Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego ova dja mo mediko lomundilo.” 27 Opo nee omalenga novakulunhu vovakwaita novapangeli voilongo novapukululi vohamba ova ongala, ndele va mona omundilo eshi wa nyengwa okuxwika omalutu ovalumenhu ava, noinau vava eexwiki dokomitwe davo, ndele inau lungwinifa omalwakani avo; navo vene inava nyika nande omuvavu.
28 Opo nee Nebukadnesar a popya, ta ti: “Kalunga kaSadrak, kaMesak nokaAbednego na hambelelwe, ou a tuma omweengeli waye ndele a xupifa ovapiya vaye, ve mu lineekela, vo va tauluka oshipango shohamba, ndelenee vo ove liyandja omalutu avo vaha fimaneke ile vaha ilikane kalunga kamwe, ndelenee Kalunga kavo aeke. 29 Onghee hano keshe oshiwana noludi nelaka tali sheke Kalunga kaSadrak, kaMesak nokaAbednego, oye na timbaulwe oinhimbu, neumbo laye tali ka ninga oshuumbo. Osheshi kape na Kalunga kamwe e shii okuxupifa ngaashi ou.” 30 Opo nee ohamba oya lenga Sadrak, Mesak naAbednego omalenga manene oshilongo shaBabilon.
Nebukadnezzar ta lombwele ayehe, ya simaneke oshiyelekela shoshingoli
1 Omukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar okwa hongitha oshiyelekela shoshingoli shi na uule woometa omilongo mbali naheyali nomutamo gwasho oometa ndatu konyala, e te shi dhikithile molushandja lwaDura moshikandjo shaBabilon. 2 Nena omukwaniilwa okwa lombwele oongoloneya, aaleli, ookomufala, aagandjimayele, aadhiginini yeliko, aatokolihapu, oomangestalata naakwanepangelo ayehe yalwe yomiitopolwa, ye ye keyapulo lyoshiyelekela shoka sha dhikwa komukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar. 3 Aakwanepangelo mbaka ayehe sho ya gongala keyapulo noya thikama komeho goshiyelekela, 4 omunashipundi okwa popi newi lyopombanda a ti: “Aantu yiigwana ayihe, yomaludhi noyomalaka! 5 Otamu ku uva ewi lyoombenda lya landulwa kehiko lyoohiya, iiketala, uuharpa nuushandja, nonena iihikomwa yi ili noyi ili otayi itula mo. Opo tuu mpoka sho iihikomwa ya tameke, omu na okwiinyongamena pevi, mu simaneke oshiyelekela shoshingoli shoka sha dhikwa po komukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar. 6 Shaa ngoka itee shi inyongamene, e shi simaneke, ote ku umbilwa mbalambala meziko lya hanya.”
7 Nopo tuu mpoka sho yu uvu oshihomo shiihikomwa, aantu yomiigwana ayihe, yomaludhi agehe noyomalaka agehe, oya nyongama e taa simaneke oshiyelekela shoshingoli shoka sha dhikwa po komukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar.
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8 Aababiloni yamwe oya mono ompito yokutamaneka Aajuda. 9 Oya ti komukwaniilwa Nebukadnezzar: “Omukwaniilwa na kale e na omwenyo sigo aluhe! 10 Nkeyama, owa gandja oshipango kutya nanziya ngele iihikomwa ya tameke, shaa ngoka na nyongame, a simaneke oshiyelekela shoshingoli, 11 nokutya shaa ngoka itaa nyongama, e shi simaneke, otu umbilwa meziko lya hanya. 12 Oku na Aajuda yamwe mboka we ya ningi aakuluntu yoshikandjo shaBabilon — Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego — mboka inaa vulika kelombwelo lyoye, Nkeyama. Itaa simaneke kalunga koye nenge yi inyongamene koshiyelekela we shi dhike.”
13 Nena omukwaniilwa okwa kala a thita po kondjahi e ta gandja elombwelo, aalumentu yatatu ye etwe koshipala she. 14 Okwa ti kuyo: “Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego, odhoshili tuu kutya ne omwa tinda okusimaneka kalunga kandje nokwiinyongamena koshiyelekela shoshingoli shoka nda dhike? 15 Eewa, shampa tuu mu uvu ewi lyoombenda, oohiya, iiketala, uuharpa nuushandja nolyiihikomwa ayihe yi ili noyi ili, nyongameni ne mu simaneke oshiyelekela. Ngele itamu shi ningi, nena otamu umbilwa mbala meziko lya hanya. Otamu dhiladhila kutya oku na kalunga ta vulu oku mu hupitha?”
16 Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego oya yamukula: “Tatekulu, itatu kambadhala okwiipopila tse yene. 17 Kalunga ngoka hatu mu longele okwa gwana oku tu hupitha meziko lya hanya nomiikaha yoye; ote ke shi ninga. 18 Ihe ngele ite shi ningi, Nkeyama, kala u shi shi, tse itatu ka simaneka kalunga koye noitatu inyongamene koshiyelekela shoshingoli shoka wa dhika.”
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19 Nena Nebukadnezzar okwa kanitha eidhidhimiko lye, nomeho ge ga tiliganene Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego. Onkee okwa lombwele aantu ye, ya hanyeke eziko li pupyale li vule shito luheyali. 20 Nokwa lombwele aalumentu aanankondo yomaakwiita ye, ya mange aalumentu mboka yatatu noye yu umbile meziko lya hanya. 21 Mbaka oye ya manga — oya li ya zala oohema, oondjatha, omagala noonguwo dhawo adhihe dhilwe — noye ya umbile meziko lya hanya. 22 Ngashingeyi, molwaashoka omukwaniilwa a gandja elaka lya kola, eziko li pupyalekwe lela, omalaka gomulilo oga fike aalumentu mboka ye ya fala meziko. 23 Nena Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego, manga ya li ya mangwa, oya gwile menilela lyeziko lya hanya.
24 Ohaluka Nebukadnezzar okwa haluka a kunkwa. Okwa pula aambala ye: “Inatu manga nani aalumentu yatatu noku ya umbila meziko lya hanya?”
Oya yamukula ya ti: “Eeno, osho twa ningi, Nkeyama.”
25 Omukwaniilwa okwa pula a ti: “Ihe ongiini ano ndi wete aantu yane taa ende momulilo? Inaa mangwa yo kaye na endhindhiliko lyuuwehame — nomutine okwa fa omuna gwaKalunga.”
Aalumentu yatatu taye ethiwa e taa yelwa
26 Osho ngeyi Nebukadnezzar okwa thikama po e ta yi komweelo gweziko lya hanya nokwi ithana a ti: “Shadrak! Meshak! Abednego! Aamati yaKalunga gwokombandambanda! Zii mo.” Oyo noya zi mo nziya. 27 Oongoloneya, aaleli, ookomufala naakwanepangelo ayehe yalwe yomukwaniilwa oya gongala, ya tale aalumentu yatatu mbaka inaa lungunithwa komulilo. Omafufu gawo oga li inaaga yayuka, oonguwo dhawo inadhi pya nokaya li ya nika othungu.
28 Omukwaniilwa okwa ti: “Tangeni Kalunga kaShadrak, Meshak naAbednego! Okwa tumu omuyengeli gwe nokwa hupitha aalumentu mbaka haye mu longele noye mu inekela. Oyo inaa vulika kiipango yandje noya hupula oomwenyo dhawo shi vulithe okwiinyongamena nokusimaneka kalunga kalwe, kakele Kalunga kawo yene.
29 “Ngashingeyi otandi gandja elombwelo kutya ngele oku na ngoka gwomoshigwana kehe, moludhi kehe nenge melaka kehe ta popi ta shundula Kalunga kaShadrak, Meshak naAbednego, oku na okundembagulwa miintimbu, negumbo lye otali ka halakanithwa po, li ninge ondumba yomakulukuma. Kaku na kalunga kalwe ta vulu okuhupitha, ngaashi twe shi mono nena.”
30 Omukwaniilwa nokwa lenge Shadrak, Meshak naAbednego omalenga omanene moshikandjo shaBabilon.