Daniel mekololo lyoonime
1 Darius okwa tokola, a langeke oongoloneya ethele nomilongo mbali ya andjagana noshilongo she ashihe. 2 Daniel naantu yalwe yaali oya li aatonateli yawo, opo eliko lyomukwaniilwa lyaa hepe. 3 Daniel okwe shi holola mbala kutya ota longo nawa e vule aatonateli yalwe nenge oongoloneya. Oshoka okwa li a pita ooyakwawo miilonga, omukwaniilwa okwe mu tala a gwana okulengwa elenga lyoshilongo ashihe. 4 Nena aatonateli yalwe noongoloneya oya kambadhala, ya monene Daniel ombedhi yepuko melelo lyoshilongo, ihe inaa shi vula, oshoka Daniel okwa li omwiinekelwa noina longa sha shuusama nenge sha puka. 5 Oya lombwelathana ya ti: “Itatu ka mona epuko lyasha okugandja oombedhi, okulopota Daniel, shila otatu li mono melongelokalunga lye.”
6 Nena oya yi komukwaniilwa noya ti: “Omukwaniilwa Darius, kala u na omwenyo sigo aluhe! 7 Atuhe mba hatu lele oshilongo shoye — aatonateli, aaleli, oongoloneya, aagandjimayele nookomufala — otu uvathana kutya Nkeyama na gandje oshipango shi na oonkondo tadhi dhengele. Lombwela ano aantu ayehe kutya momasiku omilongo ndatu itaa pitikwa, yi indile sha kukalunga kalwe nenge komuntu gulwe, shila okungoye awike, omukwaniilwa. Shaa ngoka ta taaguluka elaka ndika, oku na okuumbilwa melambo lyu udha oonime. 8 Nkeyama, gandja ano oshipango noku shi shainina, opo shi kale sha kola pampango yokwaalunduluka yAamedia nAapersia.” 9 Osho ngaaka omukwaniilwa Darius okwa shaina oshipango shoka. 10 Daniel sho a koneke kutya oshipango osha shainwa, okwa yi kaandjawo. Mondunda yopombanda mongulu ye omwa li omakende ga taalela lwokuJerusalem. Omo moka a tsu oongolo pomakende ge eguluka nokwa galikana Kalunga lutatu mesiku, ngaashi a li ha ningi shito.
11 Aatondi yaDaniel sho ye mu dhimbulula ta galikana Kalunga, 12 ayehe oya yi komukwaniilwa oku ka lya ko Daniel. Oya ti: “Nkeyama, ndishi owa shaina oshipango kutya momasiku omilongo ndatu taga landula shaa ngoka ti indile sha kukalunga kalwe nenge komuntu gulwe kee shi kungoye, nu umbilwe melambo lyu udha oonime?”
Omukwaniilwa okwa yamukula a ti: “Eeno, oshipango sha kola pampango yokwaalunduluka yAamedia nAapersia.”
13 Nena oya ti komukwaniilwa: “Daniel, gumwe gwomaapongekwa Aajuda, ine ku simaneka, Nkeyama, nenge a vulike koshipango we shi gandja. Oha galikana lutatu mesiku.”
14 Omukwaniilwa sho e shi uvu, okwa li u uvite uudhigu nokwa kambadhala okuhupitha Daniel. Okwi ipyakidhile nasho, sigo etango lya toko. 15 Nena aalumentu oya galukile komukwaniilwa e taa ti kuye: “Nkeyama, oto tseya ndishi kutya pampango yAamedia nAapersia kape na shipango sha gandjwa komukwaniilwa tashi vulu okulundululwa.”
16 Omukwaniilwa sho kwa li kee na sho ta vulu, okwa gandja elaka, Daniel a kwatwe noku umbilwe melambo lyu udha oonime. Okwa ti kuDaniel: “Kalunga koye ho mu longele nuudhiginini, ne ku hupithe.” 17 Emanya olya li lya galangatithilwa kokana kwelambo, nomukwaniilwa okwa tula ko oshihako she, osho wo oshihako shoomvalekele dhe, opo Daniel kaa hupithwe nando okulye. 18 Nena omukwaniilwa okwa shuna kuuwa, i idhilike iikulya nokwa londokwa koomposi uusiku auhe.
19 Petendo lyeluwa omukwaniilwa okwa meneka nokwa yi nokweendelela kelambo. 20 Sho a thiki ko, okwi ithana noluhodhi ta ti: “Daniel, mumati gwaKalunga omunamwenyo! Kalunga ngoka ho mu longele nuudhiginini, okwa vulu tuu oku ku hupitha koonime?”
21 Daniel okwa yamukula a ti: “Nkeyama, kala u na omwenyo sigo aluhe! 22 Kalunga okwa tumu omuyengeli gwe, a mutike omakana goonime, opo dhaa lye ndje po. Okwe shi ningi, oshoka oku shi shi kutya ngame kandi na mbedhi noinandi yona kungoye, Nkeyama.”
23 Omukwaniilwa okwa tuntua kenyanyu nokwa gandja elaka, Daniel a hilwe mo melambo. Oyo noye mu hili mo noya mono, ina lumatwa nando okuli, oshoka okwi inekela Kalunga. 24 Nena omukwaniilwa okwa gandja elaka lyokukwatitha aantu ayehe mbeyaka ya lile ko Daniel, noyu umbilwa melambo lyu udha oonime pamwe naakadhi noyana. Manga inaa thika kondaandelo yelambo, oonime odhe ya ndjombokele e tadhi mokotola po omasipa gawo agehe.
25 Omukwaniilwa Darius okwa nyolele aantu yomiigwana ayihe, yomomaludhi agehe noyomomalaka agehe kombanda yevi elaka tali ti: “Kundweni! 26 Otandi popi te ti, moshilongo shandje ashihe shaa ngoka na tile ye a simaneke Kalunga kaDaniel.
Oye Kalunga omunamwenyo,
oye nota lele aluhe sigo aluhe.
Oshilongo she kashi na mpo nashi ka teka po,
noonkondo dhe kadhi na mpoka nadhi hulu po.
27 Oye ta hupitha e ta kanyutulula;
ota longo iilongakumithi niilongandhindhiliko
megulu nokombanda yevi.
Okwa hupitha Daniel
moshiponga shokuliwa po koonime.”
28 Daniel okwa kala e na esimano mepangelo lyaDarius nosigo omuuyuni waKores, omukwaniilwa gwaPersia.
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