¹ Umwaka gwa mbere g'umwami Belushanzari w'iBabuloni, Danyeli yarose indoto n'ibyo ryeretswe mu mutima gwe, ubwoyarariku buriri bwe. Hanyuma yandika indoto anasobanura ibintu by'ingenzi. ² Danyeli aratangira agamba ngo: Narebye mugihe c'iyekwa ry'ijoro, nuko mbona imiyaga ine y'ijuru ihuhira mu ngezi nini. ³ N'iyamaswe yasanaga ine nini ziva mu ngezi, zidasana imwe n'iyindi. ⁴ Iyambere yasanaga n'intare,ifite n'amababa g'igisiga; nditegereza, kugezaho amababa gayo gapfuriwe; ikurwa ku butaka no kuhagararira ku magurugayo nk'umuntu, kandi ihabwa umutima gw'umuntu. ⁵ Inyamaswa ya kabiri yasanaga n'idubu,yari ihengamiye muruhande rumwe, ifiet imbavu itatu mu kanwa hagati y'amenyo,baraibwira ngo: Haguruka urye inyama akangari. ⁶ Nyumayaho, nditegereza,maze mbona iyindi nyamaswa yasansga n'ingwe, kandi ifite mu mugongo amababa ane nk'inyoni; iyonyamaswa yarifite imitwe ine, maze ihabwa ubutware. ⁷ Nyumayaho, nndareba mugihe c'iyerekwa ryanje ry'ijoro, maze mbona hariho inyamaswa ya kane, ikaze, iteyubwoba kandi ikomeye mu buryo butangaje; yarifite amenyo g'icuma; irikurya, irikumenagura,no gusiribanga n'ibirenge ibyasigaye; yari itandukanye n'izindi nyamaswa zose zayimanjirije kandi yarifite amahembe cumi. ⁸ Nitegereza amahembe,nuko mbona, akandi gahembe gatoya kamera hagati yago,n'amahembe atatu mu gambere garakuswa imbere y'iryo hembe; mbona rifite amaso nk'amaso g'umuntu, n'umunwa gwagambaga n'ubwirasi. ⁹ Ndiditegereza, mugihe co baterekaga itebe z'ubwami. Nuko umukuru w'imisi aricara. Umwambaro gwe gwari umweru dede nk'uruburu n'imitsatsi y'umutwe gwe yarimeze nk'ibirimi by'umuriro, n'amapine nkurumuriro gurikwaka. ¹⁰ Uruzi w'umuriro rwatembaga kandi ruvuye imbereye. Ibihumbi n'ibihumbi bamukoreraga, kandi ibihumbi cumi n'ibihumbi bari bahagaze imbereye. Abajuji baricara, n'ibitabo birafungurwa. ¹¹ Nagumye kureba kubera amagambo g'ubwirasi g'ihembe ryagambaga,mbona inyamaswa irishwe n'imayiti yayo itererwa mumuriro kugira ngo itwikwe. ¹² Izindi nyamaswe zamburwa ubushabo bwazo arikozemererwa kurama kugeza igihe furani. ¹³ Nitegereza mubyoneretswe n'ijoro nuko mbona ku bicu by'ijuru haje usana n'umwana w'umuntu; yerekeza kumukuru w'imisi,baramumwegereza. ¹⁴ Bamuha ubutware, icubahiro n'ubwami; maze abantu bose baramukorera. Mbutware bwe mubutware bw'iteka ryose butazahita n'ubwami bwe ntaho buzakuriwaho habe narimwe. ¹⁵ Ngewe Danieli, nahagaritse umutima muri njewe n'ibyoneretswe mumutwe gwanje bitera ubwoba. ¹⁶ Negera umwewomubaribaraho, nukondamubaza iby'ukuri muri ibyobintu byose. Arambwira, mpanubusobanurobwabyo; ¹⁷ Izonyamaswa nini ine; nibobamibanebazimamw'isi ariko abatuganye b'Isumbabyose bazahabwa ubwami, ¹⁸ kandi bazabugumana ubwami itekayose,iteka n'iteka. ¹⁹ Kandi nashatse kumenya ukuri kunyamaswayakane, yari itandukanye n'izindi zose,yarikaze cane, ifite amenyog'icuma ninzara z'umuringa,yaryaga, ikamenagura, nokusiriba ngamubirenje ibyasigaye; ²⁰ nokumahembecumi njoyarifite kumutwenokurindi syaameze imbereyaryo atatugarangwa, kuriryohembe ryaririfite amaso, n'umumwagwagambaga n'ubwarasi, kandiryagaragayecane kuruta agandi. ²¹ Mbona iryohembe ririkurwanya abatunganye kandirirabatsinda. ²² Kuzega igihe co umukuruW'imisi aziye guhaukusi atungaye b'Isumbabyose, maze igihe kiragera abatunganye bahabwa ubwa. ²³ Arambwira guca ngo: Inyamaswa yakane, nubwami bwa kanebuzabamw'isi, butandukanye n'ubwami bwose, kandi buzaconcomera isiyose, buzayisiribanga, nokuyemenagura. ²⁴ Amahembe cumi, n'abami cumi bazahagaruka murubwabwami. undi azahagaruka ny'umayabo, azaba atandukanye n'abambere, kandi bazacishabugufi abamibatatu. ²⁵ Azagamba amagambo gogutuka Ishubabyose azarenganya abatunganye b'Isumbabyose kandi aziringira guhinduro ibihe namategeko: kandi abatunganye bazashirwa mu mabokoge igihe n'ibihe n'inusuy'igihe. ²⁶ Hanyuma hazaza urubanza, maze bazamunyaga ubutware bwe, azarimburwa noguhindurwa ubuswa itekaryose. ²⁷ Ubwami, ubutware n'icubahiro cubwami bwose burimusi y'ijuru, buzahabwa ubwoko bwi'ntungane z'Isumbabyose. ²⁸ Ubwami bwe nubwami bwiteka ryose, kandi abatware bose bazamukorera no kumwubaha. Amagambo gashirira hano. Njewe Danyeli, mpagarika umutima kubw'interekerozanje, mpinduka ibara, kandi mbika agomagambo mumutimagwanje.