¹ Mambo Berisazar akaita mutambo womabhiko tchiuru pamwetchete, uye wakamwa vinyu pamberi pegumi rezviuru. ² Paaka raira vinyu Barisazari, watuma kuti aundzise mudziwo yegoride uye neyendharama yakadhuswa ndhibhabhake Nabukodonozori kunyumba yaMwari ku Jerusarema, kuitira kuti amwe ese neanhu akawanda, akadzi ake etchipiri. ³ Akadhusa mudiwo yodoridhe neyendarama yanga irikunyumba yaMwari, yanga iriKudJerusarema; akamwa nawo mambo neanhu ese, akadzi ake neakadzi enhumba dzetchipiri. ⁴ Akamwa vinyu, uye akanatama zwimwai zwawo zwogoride, wesiriva, nedarira., wesimbi, wematabwa, newebuwe. ⁵ Panguwa imweyo pakabhuda zwikunwe zwonyara yemunhu, yakanyora pamadziro anga akita zwokunamwa paduze nopatchigadzikiro tchorapi yonyumba yamambo, uye mambo wakawona dhiirenyara rainyora. ⁶ Nokudharo hope yamambo yakatchidja, nzero dzake dzakamutchupa; mabvi ake akarembaremba tsoka dzake tzikakugunyua ⁷ Mambo wakahuwa neizwi huru etchidaindza anhu anoziisisa nezwe nyeredzi, noanhu anofembera. Mambo wakareketa, uye wakabvundza aisisi ekuBhabhironia: Munhu upi naupi unoerenga zwinyorwa izwi, kakundi bvunda zwazwirikureketa, utchapfekezwa nematchira mapurapura, utchagara neketani yegoride mumutsipa make, utchagara mambo wotchitatu muumabmbo. ⁸ Nokudharoko akauya azisisi ese amambo, azikukwanisa kuerenga, uye azikukwanisa kudhuzira. ⁹ Uye mambo Barisazar wakanyangazwa, kakutchindja hope yake; agingi ake anga akatsamwa. ¹⁰ Mukadzi wamambo, ngokudha komasoko amambo uye nemasoko eanhu agingi, akapinda munyumba yomutambo wokuryira. Mambo wakareketa kuti: Mambo, Garai nokusingaperi! Musachuphike, uye musanyangazwe. ¹¹ Muhumambo wenyu muno munhu wakagarwa nomweya wozwimwai zwakarurama; pamazuwa ababa enyu pakaoneka tchiedza kaari, ruziyo, nokungwara, tingana zwimwari; uye babako, mambo Nabukodonozori, wakmuita mwana wambombo kuno aroi ese, anoona nozwonyeredzi, noanhu anofembhere. ¹² Kaari kakawoneka mweya wakanakisisa, ruziwo, uye kuzwisisa, kudhudzira hope, kutita zwinochupa, nokupedza matambudziko. Zina rake ndiDanieri, ayena utchakuphangidzirai kudhudzirwa. ¹³ Danieri waundziswa pamberi pamambo. Uye mabo wakareketa kuna Danieri: Ndiwe here Danieri wowaka sungwa kuJuda, wakaundziswa ndibaba angu? ¹⁴ Ndinosizwa nozwako kuti mweya womazwimwari uru mauri, mauri munotchiedza, kuzwiisisa kunotchamisa. ¹⁵ Uye zvinoku kaundziswa azisis neano zwisisa zwenyeedzi, kuti aerenge zwakanyorwa, uye kuti azwidhudzire; aazi kuzwikwanisa. ¹⁶ Inini, ndinosiwa kuti ungadhuzira, uye unodhaira mubvundzo. zvino, ungakwanisa kuerenga zwakanyorwa apa, uye kakundhibvundza kuti zwiri kureketei, utchafpfekedwa nomapurara, ketani yegoride itchakandwa mumutsipa mako, uye utchaita mambo wotchitatu munyika ino. ¹⁷ Danieri wakadhaira, kakuti kuna mambo: Ngazwigare nemwi zwiro izwi, uye pasai zwipo izwi kunoamweni; inditchaerenga zwakanyorwa kuna mambo, uye nditchamudhudzirirai. ¹⁸ Kamuri, mambo, Mambo wokudenga wakapasa kuna baba ako Nabukodonozro umambo, ukuru, rumbidzo, nekutonga; ¹⁹ Uye neukuru waakapaswa, anhu ese, nyika, mutauro aitetemera kurukutwa pamberi pake. Ayena waiuraya munhu waidha, uye waiponesa munhu waiidha; ayena waitenda munhu waiidha, uye waizwinyirira munhu waiidha. ²⁰ Asi kana pakadzikudza mwoyo wake, mweya wake kakubhambha ungokutama kutya, wakatururwa pasi paumambo wake, uye mbiri yakadhuswa kaari. ²¹ Kakudzingirwa pakati poanhu; pfungwa dzaake kakutodzana nodzo tchinayama, kakwenda koogara muchango. Wakarwa machango, mwiri wake wakatoteswa nozando romudenga, dzamara aziya kuti Mwari wokudehnga unotonga zwese zwinorarama, uye unopasa umambo wanodha. ²² Iwewe, Britasazar, mwana wake, auzi kudzi ninipisa, nekuziwa zwese izwi kawakaita; ²³ Kunza kaizwi wakadzi kudza kuna Mwari wokudhenga; akaundzisa kauri mudziyo yekumba kako, uye iwewe, anhu ese ako, akadzi ako neakadzi ako etchipiri, wakamwa vinyu imona; kunza kaizwi, wakanama mwari wesiriva, wegoridhe, wendharama, wosimbi, womatabwa, uye noobuwe, usingawoni, uye aazwi, uye azwzii tchiro; Mwari unoupenyu wako nomakwandza ko, ayena audzi kumunamata; ²⁴ Nokudharo ayena wakatuma nyara iya yanyora izwi. ²⁵ Uku ndikona kudhudzira: MENE, MENE, TEQUEL, PARSIM. ²⁶ Uku indikona kudhudzira: MENE: Mwari wakenrenga umambo wako, uye wakaupedza. ²⁷ TEQUEL: Wakapimwa pamupimo, uye wakashota. ²⁸ PERES: Umambo wako wakaparazwa, kakupaswa kumedo nemapersa. ²⁹ Nokudharo Berisazari wakapasa mutemo, wakapfekdzwa mapurapura, wakakandwa maketani egoridhe mumutsipa make, uye akareketa kuagingi kuti ndiyena utchagara mambo wotchipriri. ³⁰ Usiku umwewo Berisazar, mambo womakaridiya, wakauraiwa. ³¹ Uye Dario, mumediya, wakatora umambo, nomakore makumi matanhatu namaiiri.