Danyela
1 Ngemnyaka wesitsatfu wekubusa kwaJehoyakimu inkhosi+ yakaJuda, Nebukhadnezari inkhosi yaseBhabhulona wefika eJerusalema futsi wavimbetela lelidolobha.+ 2 Ngemuva kwesikhatsi, Jehova wanikela Jehoyakimu inkhosi yakaJuda esandleni saNebukhadnezari,+ wanikela kuye naletinye tintfo tasendlini* yaNkulunkulu weliciniso. Nebukhadnezari watitsatsa letintfo watiyisa eShinari,*+ ethempelini* lankulunkulu wakhe, wafike watibeka lapho kugcinwa khona umcebo wankulunkulu wakhe.+
3 Inkhosi yabese itfuma Ashpenazi indvuna yetiphatsimandla tayo tasesigodlweni kutsi aletse lamanye ema-Israyeli,* lokufaka ekhatsi lawo asebukhosini nalawo lavela emindenini lehloniphekile.+ 4 Bekufanele kube ngemajaha* lete sici, labukeka kahle, lahlakaniphile, lanelwati kanye nekucondza+ nalangakhona kusebenta esigodlweni senkhosi. Lendvuna bekufanele iwafundzise kubhala lulwimi lwemaKhaledi kanye nekulukhuluma. 5 Ngetulu kwaloko, inkhosi beyitsite onkhe malanga kufanele anikwe tibiliboco tayo kanye neliwayini lebeyilinatsa. Lamajaha bekufanele aceceshwe* iminyaka lemitsatfu, futsi ekupheleni kwaleyo minyaka bekufanele asebentele inkhosi.
6 Emkhatsini wawo bekunalamanye emajaha labekaphuma esiveni* sakaJuda: BekunaDanyela,*+ Hananiya,* Mishayeli* na-Azariya.*+ 7 Lendvuna yabetsa emabito.* Danyela yametsa yatsi nguBhelteshasari,+ Hananiya yatsi nguShadraki, Mishayeli yatsi nguMeshaki kantsi Azariya yatsi ngu-Abednego.+
8 Kodvwa Danyela wancuma enhlitiyweni yakhe kutsi angeke atingcolise ngetibiliboco tenkhosi nobe ngeliwayini layo. Ngako wacela imvume kulendvuna yetiphatsimandla tasesigodlweni kutsi angatidli letintfo lebetitamngcolisa. 9 Ngako Nkulunkulu weliciniso wabangela kutsi lendvuna yentele Danyela umusa futsi ibe nesihawu kuye.+ 10 Kodvwa lendvuna yatsi kuDanyela: “Ngiyayesaba inkhosi yami, ngobe ikhiphe umyalo wekutsi niniketwe kudla nekwekunatsa. Ngitawenta njani naseyinibona nondzile kunalalamanye emajaha* labontsanga yenu? Ngingaba* nelicala enkhosini ngenca yenu.” 11 Bekunagadzi lobekabekwe ngulendvuna yetiphatsimandla tasesigodlweni kutsi anake Danyela, Hananiya, Mishayeli na-Azariya. Danyela watsi kuye: 12 “Sicela uvivinye tinceku takho emalanga langu-10. Sicela usinikete tibhidvo* nemanti ekunatsa kuphela; 13 bese uyabuka kutsi sinjani nasicatsaniswa nalamajaha* ladla tibiliboco tenkhosi, utawubese uyancuma kutsi wenta njani ngatsi nasewubone indlela lesitawube sibukeka ngayo.”
14 Logadzi wakuvuma loko futsi wabavivinya emalanga langu-10. 15 Ekupheleni kwalamalanga langu-10, bebabukeka babahle futsi bondleke kahle* kunawo onkhe lalamanye emajaha* lebekadla tibiliboco tenkhosi. 16 Ngako logadzi wachubeka wabanika tibhidvo esikhundleni seliwayini netibiliboco tenkhosi. 17 Nkulunkulu weliciniso wanika lamajaha* lamane kuhlakanipha, nelwati kanye nelikhono lekucondza yonkhe intfo lebhaliwe. Danyela wanikwa nelikhono lekucondza yonkhe imibono nemaphupho.+
18 Kwatsi nasesiphelile lesikhatsi lebesibekwe yinkhosi, futsi sekusikhatsi sekutsi lamajaha aletfwe enkhosini,+ lendvuna yawangenisa embikwaNebukhadnezari. 19 Ngesikhatsi inkhosi ikhuluma nalamajaha, kute ngisho namunye kuwo lebekafana naDanyela, Hananiya, Mishayeli kanye na-Azariya;+ futsi bachubeka basebentela inkhosi. 20 Bekutsi nje inkhosi nayibabuta lokutsite lobekudzinga kuhlakanipha nekucondza, ibakhandze bancono ngalokuphindvwe kalishumi nakucatsaniswa nabo bonkhe baphristi labenta imilingo+ kanye netangoma lebetisembusweni wayo. 21 Danyela wachubeka alapho kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka wekucala wekubusa kweNkhosi Khuresi.+