¹ Mugore totchitatu ramambo Beritazari, kakauya tchiwoneso kandiri, Dhanieri, kundza kutchowoneso tchakauya pokutanga. ² Ndakawona tchiwono, ( uye zwakaitika pandakawona, ndanga dhiri munhare yeSusa, muguta re Erao) nakawona mutchiwono, pandhanga dniri kubhahare Ulai. ³ Ndkaringisa mudhenga, ndikawona gondwe ranga riri pamberi pebhahari, yanga rino nyanga mbiri; uye nyanga idzi dzanga dzaka rebha, rimwe ranga rakarebha kupinda rimweni; ranga rakarebha rakakwira kupedzesera. ⁴ Ndakawona kuti gondwe raikuwadza nenyanga rakaringisa kumawira zuwa, kumadhokera, nekumabvazuwa, akuan tchinyama tchaikwanisa kuimisana natcho, uye akuna waikwanisa kubuda musimba ratcho; tchaita madhire kakukura. ⁵ Pandairangarira ngonyaya yaizwi, ndakawona nyongo yaibva kumawira zuwa pamusoro yenyika yese, iyona yanga isinga tswasi pasi; nyongo iyona yanga ino nyanga pakati pomusoro payo; ⁶ Yakaenda kuno ngondwe ranga rino nyanga nyanga mbiri, yandanga ndawona iri pamberi pebahari, yakagogoma kuri kwenda kuribhima nosimba rese. ⁷ Ndakawona tchetchiguma paduze negondwe, rikamutsamwira, kakukuwadza gondwe, uye rakagura nyanga dzaro mbiri, ngokuti pgondwe ranga risina simba kuti rikuwadze nyongo; rikambwezwa pasi, kakutsikwa; akuna wakakwanisa kununura gondwe pasimba ronyongo. ⁸ Uye nyongo rakafara; paranga ritchirinosimba, nyanga huru dziya dzakapwanwa, pamusoro paro pakabhuda dzimweni, dzanga dzakaringisa mudhenga. ⁹ Pakati padzo pakabhuda nyanga imweni idhokodhoko, yakakura yakaringisa kumabvazuwa, uye nekakutsi, kunyika yazikana. ¹⁰ Uye rakatenda kuna Masodja okudhenga; uye yakakandhira masodja amweni nenyeredzi, uye yakaasika. ¹¹ Rakazwikudza tingana mutchinda wohondo, rakadusa tchibairo tchomazuwa ese, uye nymba yake swene yaka pwanyua. ¹² Ngonyaya yokuputsa mutemo, masodja akapaswa kaari, nozwibairo zwonguwa yese; kakukandira tchokwadhi pasi, uye rakabhudhirira pazwiya zwakaita. ¹³ Ndakazwa muswene weireketa; uye muswene umweni weireketa zwiya zwaireketa: Zwitchatora mazuwa mangana kuti tchiwono tchotchibairo tchomazuwa ese tchiitike, nokuputsa mutemo, maitire okuti nymba swene nomasodja akapaswa kuti atsikwe? ¹⁴ Ayena wakandi bvunza: Zwitchatora matchibesi nemadhekwana anokwana kuita zwiuru zwina mazana matatu, kubvira apona mbuto swene itchatcheswa. ¹⁵ Zwakaitika kuti, inini Dhanieri pandakawona zwiwono izwi, ndetchiswaka kuzwisisa, pakauya munhu wanga akatinga mwanaruma kakuima pamber pangu. ¹⁶ Uye ndikazwa izwi reibva kumutcheto ke bahari Ulai, rakahkuwa retchiti: Gabrieri, mupamgamidzire tchiwono kaari. ¹⁷ Nokudaro ayena wakauya paduze nainini; paakauya, ndakatyia, ndikambwera pasi nohope. Ayena wakandhibvundza: Zwisisa, mwana womunhu; ngokuti tchiwono itchi tchitchaita tchomatsiku ekupedzesera. ¹⁸ Paireketa nainini, ndakawata nohope yangu pasi; ayena wakandi bhata, wakaita kuti ndiime. ¹⁹ Uye wakareketa: Nditchakubvundza zwitchaitaika pakukupedzesera kutsamwa; ngokuti itchaita nguwa iyoa kamare, pakupedzesera. ²⁰ Gondwe yawawona nonyanga mbiri, madzimambo ekuMedia nekuPersia. ²¹ Nyongo ineukuse ndimambo wekuGirisiya; uye nyanga huru yayanga inayo pakati pomadiso ndiyena mambo wokutanga. ²² Ngonyaya yokupanwa kayakaitwa, uye kakubhuda murongomuna pambuto yayo, zwinoreketa kuti madiishe atchabhuda munyika iyona, nosimba risikaripi rawo. ²³ Mukupera kutonga kawo, anopwanya mutemo akapedzana, patchamuka mambo nehope inotyisa, uye wakangwara. ²⁴ Utchagara nosimba rakakura, simba risikaripi rake; uchaparadza zwiro zwakawanda, uye utchabhudhirira pazwiro zwatchaita; utchaparaza anhu anosimba neaswene. ²⁵ Nokuziisisa kake kutchengedzerana kutchbudirira musimba rake; mumwoyo make utchadzikudza, wakanyararisa utchaparadza akawanda; uye utcha pandhukira Matchinda nematchinda, nosimba risikaripi rake. ²⁶ Mutchiwono tchomadhekoni uye netchomatchibhesi tchokwadhi tchareketwa; iwewe, iga zwiono izwi, ngokuti witchaitika pamasuwa akawanda. ²⁷ Uye inini, Dhanieri, ndaremba remba, uye ndikarwara kumazuwa; ndikamuka, ndikatanga kuita bhasa ramambo; ndaramba ndhatchamisika ngonyaya yotchiwono, uye akuna munhu wautchizwisisa.