Da:niele 2
1 Amola ode aduna amoga Nebiuga: denese da hina bagade galu, e da simasia ba: i galu. Amo simasi amo ganodini e da da: i dioi galu. Amo da: i dioiba: le e da gola noga: le hame golai.
[One night] during the second year that Nebuchadnezzar ruled, he had a dream. The dream worried him very much; and [as a result] he could not sleep.
2 Amaiba: le, e da bagade dawa: su dunu, nabi dunu, ba: la: lusu dunu amola wamuni dawa: su dunu amo simasia e ba: i, ea bai ema olelema: ne, ema misa: ne sia: i. Ilia da misini, amo hina bagade amo ea odagidili lelu.
[The next morning] he summoned his men who worked magic, fortune-tellers, those who worked sorcery, and those who studied the stars. [Because he had forgotten what he had dreamed, ] he insisted that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood there in front of the king,
3 Amanoba, e amane sia: i, “Na simasi goega nina da da: i dioi bagade nabi. Amaiba: le, amo simasi ea bai, na dawa: mu hanai gala.”
he said, “I had a dream [last night] that worries me. [Tell me what I dreamed, because] I want to know what the dream [means].”
4 Ilia da hina bagadema amane sia: i, “Hina bagade! Di da eso huluane noga: le esalalalumu da defea. Dia simasi hou ninima adodole ima. Amalalu, amo ea bai ninia da dima olelemu,” amo simasi dawa: su dunu ilia amane sia: i.
The men who studied the stars replied to the king, speaking in the Aramaic [language]. They said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we hope that you will live a long time! Tell us what you dreamed, and [then] we will tell you what it means!”
5 Amo sia: nababeba: le, hina bagade da ilima amane sia: i, “Na asigi dawa: su, na da hame afadenemu. Dilia na simasi ea hou amola bai gilisili nama adoma. Na dafawane dilima sia: sa, be dilia nama hame adosea, na da dadi gagui dunu ilima amane adomu. Dilia bogoma: ne, na da dilia emo amola lobo dagama: ne sia: mu. Amalu dilia diasu amolawane wadela: ma: ne sia: mu. Amalalu, amo diasu da doudafa agoai ba: mu.
But the king replied, “I have firmly decided that you must tell me the dream, and [also tell me] what it means. If you do not do that, I will [order my soldiers to] cut you into pieces, and to cause your houses to become only piles of stones!
6 Be dilia da na simasi ganodini sodoi liligi amo huluane amola simasi ea bai amola huluane noga: le olelesea, defea, na da liligi bagade dilima imunu amola dunu ilia dilima nodoma: ne sia: mu. Defea! Amaiba: le, simasi ea hou amola ea bai hedolowane olelema.
But if you tell me what I dreamed and what it means, I will reward you. I will give you wonderful gifts and greatly honor you. So tell me what I dreamed and what it means!”
7 Amanoba, ilia dabe hina bagadema adole i, “Hina bagade! Di da dia simasi, amo ninima hidadea adodole ima. Amo nabalu bai ninia olelemu.”
But again they said, “Tell us what you dreamed, and [then] we will tell you what it means.”
The king replied, “I know that you are just trying to get more time, because you know that I will do to you what I said that I would do.
9 Amalalu, hina bagade da bu adole i, “Na dawa: dilia adodigisu hou na dawa: ! Dilia da simasi ea hou amola ea bai gilisili nama hame olelelalu, na da dili huluanema se defele imunu. Amo dawa: beba: le, dilia da gilisili sia: da: dawa: lalu, na asigi dawa: su afadenemusa: nama ogogosa. Hedolo! Simasi ea hou nama adoma. Amasea, dilia da simasi ea bai amola olelemusa: dawa: , amo na da dawa: mu galebe!” Nebiuga: denese da amane sia: i.
If you do not tell me what I dreamed, you will be punished. [I think that] you have all agreed to tell me lies and [other] wicked things, because you hope that I will change ([my mind/what I am thinking]). But tell me the dream, and [then] I will know that you can [also] tell me what it means.”
10 Hina bagade ea sia: i amo ilia nababeba: le, ilia bu dabe amane sia: i, “Dia dawa: mu hanai liligi olelemu da hamedei. Dunu afae osobo bagadega da amo olelemu hamedei galebe. Musa: amola wali, hina bagade eno da ea ba: la: lusu dunu, ea nabi dunu amola ea wamuni dawa: su dunu ilima agoaiwane adole ba: su hamedafa adole ba: i.
The men who studied the stars replied, “There is no one on the earth who can do what you ask! There is no king, [even] a great and mighty king, who has [ever] asked his men who work magic or his fortune-tellers or men who study the stars to do something like that!
11 Hina bagade! Dia adoi amo da gasa bagadedafa ba: sa. Osobo bagade dunu da bu adole imunu da hamedei. ‘gode’ ilia fawane da amo adole imunusa: defele gala, be ‘gode’ ilia da osobo bagade dunu gilisisu ganodini hame esala.”
What you are asking [us to do] is impossible. Only the gods can tell you what you dreamed, and they do not live among us!”
12 Hina bagade da amo sia: nababeba: le ougi bagadedafa ba: i. Amaiba: le, e da dadi gagui dunu ilia da bagade dawa: su dunu huluane Ba: bilone sogega esalebe, amo medole legema: ne sia: i dagoi.
The king was very angry when he heard that, so he commanded [his soldiers] that they execute all such wise men in Babylon.
13 Amaiba: le, ea sia: ga ilia da bagade dawa: su dunu huluane medole legemusa: momagei. Amola ilia da Da: niele amola ea samalali medole legema: ne sia: i dagoi.
And because of what the king commanded, they sent some men to find me and my [three] friends, to execute us [also].
14 Amalalu, Da: niele da A: lioge (e da hina bagade ea dadi gagui dunu bisilua galu. Hina bagade da e da bagade dawa: su dunu amo medole legemusa: sia: i) ema asili, ema gebewane sia: sa: i.
Arioch, the commander of the king’s guards, came to kill us. But I spoke to him very wisely and tactfully/skillfully.
15 Da: niele da A: lioge ema amane adole ba: i, “Abuliga hina bagade da bagade dawa: su Ba: bilone sogega esasulubi, amo medole legema: ne sia: bela: ?” Amalalu, A:lioge da Da: nielema bai olelei.
I asked Arioch, “Why has the king made such a harsh/terrible decree?” So Arioch told me all that had happened [because of the king’s dream].
16 Amola Da: niele da hedolodafa asili, hina bagadema e da bagade dawa: su dunu amo hedolo mae medole legema: ne sia: si. Bai e da hina bagadema ea simasi bai olelemusa: dawa: i. Amo sia: nababeba: le hina bagade da defea sia: i dagoi.
I [immediately] went to talk to the king and requested that the king give me some time, so that I could find out [what the dream was and] what the dream meant.
17 Amalalu, Da: niele e da hi diasuga bu ogobele asi. Amalu ea sama dunu udiana amo Ha: nanaia, Misa: iele amola A: salaia, ilima amo liligi huluane olelei.
Then I went home, and I told my friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened.
18 E da ilima amane sia: i, “Ninia da Gode Hebene ganodini esala Ema sia: ne gadomu da defea. E da ninima asigili fidima: ne sia: ne gadomu da defea. Amola dadi gagui ilia da nini amola eno bagade dawa: su dunu gilisili medole legesa: besa: le, Hina Gode da ninima Nebiuga: denese ea simasi bai, amo ninima olelema: ne ninia da Ema adole ba: mu!” Da: niele da amane sia: i.
I urged them to ask God, who lives/rules in heaven, to have mercy on us by telling us the secret [meaning of what the king dreamed], in order that we and the other wise men in Babylon would not be executed.
19 Amalalu, amo gasi ganodini, amo simasi bai dawa: mu gogolei galu, Gode Hifawane amo simasi bai Da: nielema olelei dagoi. Amo hou ba: beba: le, Da: niele da Hebene Godema bagadewane nodoi.
And that night [God] gave to me a vision in which he revealed the secret. Then I praised God,
20 Amola Da: niele e da amane nodoi, “Gode da gasa bagade amola bagadedafa dawa: su. Eso huluane mae fisili Ema nodonanumu da defea.
saying, “We should praise God [MTY] forever, because [only] he truly is wise and powerful.
21 E da eso huluane eso amola gibu ouligilala. Ea sia: beba: le, hina bagade da hina hamoma: ne heda: sa amola Ea sia: beba: le ilia da bu dafasa. E fawane da osobo bagade dunu ilima bagade dawa: su iaha.
He determines what events will happen through the years. He removes [some] kings and gives their authority to [new] kings. He is the one who causes people to become wise and enables those who study to understand [many] things.
22 Liligi huluane wamolegei amo Ea da dawa: le olelesa. Liligi gasi ganodini wamo dialebe amo huludafa E ba: lala. Hisu da hadigidafa amoga sisiga: i dagoi ba: sa.
He reveals things that are very mysterious; he is surrounded by light, but he knows things that are hidden [as though they were] in the darkness.
23 Di da na aowalalia Godedafa. Amaiba: le na da Dima nodosa, amola Dia Dio gaguia gadosa. Bai Di da nama gasa amola bagade dawa: su iaha. Amola Di da na sia: ne gadoi amo nabi dagoi. Di da hina bagade ea simasi bai nama noga: le olelebeba: le, ninia da hina bagadema adole imunusa: dawa: ,” Da: niele da amane nodone sia: ne gadoi.
God, whom my ancestors [worshiped], I thank you and I praise you, because you have caused me to be wise and made me strong. You have told me what my friends and I asked you to tell us; and you have revealed to us what the king demanded to know.”
24 Amaiba: le, Da: niele da A: lioge (ema hina bagade da bagade dawa: su dunu medole lelegema: ne sia: i) ema amane sia: i, “Amo dunu mae medole legema. Dia na hina bagade ema oule masa. Amalalu, na da ea simasia ba: i amo hima bai olelemu.”
Then I went to Arioch, the man whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men in Babylon. I said to him, “Do not kill those wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him what his dream means.”
25 Amanoba, A:lioge da hedolodafa Da: niele amo hina bagadema oule asi. A: lioge da hina bagadema amane sia: i, “Na da Yuda mugululi asi dunu afae dima oule misi. Amo dunu da dia simasi bai amo olelemusa: dawa: !”
So Arioch quickly took me to the king. He said to the king, “I have found [this man], one of the men whom we brought from Judah who [says he can] can tell you what your dream means!”
26 Hina bagade da Da: niele (ea dio eno da Beledesia: sa) ema amane adole ba: i, “Beledesia: sa! Di da na simasia ba: i ea hou amola ea bai amo nama olelemusa: dawa: bela: ?”
The king said to me, whose [new] name was Belteshazzar, “[Is this true]? Can you tell me what I dreamed and what it means?”
27 Da: niele da ema bu amane adole i, “Hina bagade! Dia simasia ba: i amo bai dima olelemusa: , ba: la: lusu o nabi dunu o wamuni dawa: su dunu da hamedafa esala.
I replied, “There are no wise men or fortune-tellers or men who work magic or men who work sorcery who can tell such things to you.
28 Be Godedafa da Hebene ganodini esala. Hifawane da wamolegei liligi huluane ba: musa: dawa: Gode da amo simasi ganodini hou fa: no misunu, amo liligi dima olelei dagoi. Wali na da amo simasi di da golaia ba: i, amo ea bai dima olelemu!”
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has shown in [your dream] what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you what you dreamed, the vision you saw [as you were lying] on your bed.
29 “Hina bagade! Di da golaia ba: i amo da Gode da fa: no misunu hou amo dima olelei. Amola Gode da wamolegei liligi huluane dawa: beba: le, E da fa: no misunu hou olelei dagoi.
O King, while you were sleeping, you dreamed about events that will happen in the future. The one who reveals mysteries has shown you what is going to happen.
30 Gode da amo wamolegei liligi, nama olelei dagoi. Bai na da baligili bagade dawa: su dunu amo hame. Be bai Gode da di amo simasi ea bai amola dia asigi dawa: su ea bai noga: le dawa: mu, Gode da hanai galebe.
And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else on earth that I know the meaning of this mysterious dream. It is because God wanted you to understand what you were thinking.
31 Hina bagade! Dia simasi amo ganodini di da dia midadi dununa hamoi bagadedafa babagala: lebe ba: i. Di da amo liligi ba: beba: le, bagade beda: i.
O King, [in your vision] you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue [of a man. It was] shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome.
32 Amo dununa hamoi bagadedafa ea busa: gi da gouliga hamoi. Ea bidegi amola ea lobo da silifa amoga hamoi. Amola ea bulu ga: su amola masele da balase amoga hamoi.
The head of the statue was [made] of pure gold. Its chest and arms [were made of] silver. Its belly and thighs [were made of] bronze.
33 Ea emo aduna amo da gasa bagade ouli amoga hamoi. Amola emo osa: su da ouli amola laga osobo amo gilisili amoga hamoi.
Its legs [were made of] iron, and its feet were a mixture of clay and iron.
34 Di amo dununa hamoi bagadedafa sosodolaloba, igi bagadedafa afae goumi da: iya ganodini agele dalebe ba: i. Amola amo igi da bebesola misini, amo dununa hamoi amo ea emo osa: su, (ouli amola laga osobo gilisili amoga hamoi), amo fai. Fabeba: le, ea emo da gagoudane fofonoboi.
As you watched, something cut a rock [from a mountain, but it was] not a human [who cut it]. The rock [tumbled down and] smashed the feet of the statue, feet [that were made of] iron and clay. It smashed them to bits.
35 Amalalu, hedolodafa, dununa hamoi liligi amo ouli, laga osobo, balase, silifa amola gouli amoga hamoi, amo liligi huluane goudane gulu agoai ba: i. Amola fo misini, amo gulu liligi amo huluane mini asili hamedafa ba: i. Be igi bagade amo da dununa hamoi liligi fai, amo da bagade alelalu, goumi bagade agoane ba: i. Amola amo goumi da osobo bagade huluane dedeboi dagoi.”
Then the rest of the statue collapsed into a big heap of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. The pieces of the statue were as small as bits of chaff on the ground where it is threshed, and the wind blew away all the tiny pieces. There was nothing left. But the rock that smashed the statue became a large mountain that covered the whole earth.
36 Da: niele da hina bagadema amane sia: i, “Goe da dia simasi hou. Defea na da amo bai dima olelemu!”
That was what you dreamed. Now I will tell you what it means.
37 “Hina bagade! Di da bisilua, hina bagade oda huluane baligi dagoi. Gode da Hebene diasuga esala, amola Hi fawane da di hina bagade hamoi. Hi hamobeba: le, di da gasa bagade lela amola dunu huluane ilia dia dio gaguia gadosa.
You are a king [who rules] over [many other] kings. The God who rules in heaven has caused you to rule over them and has given you great power [DOU] and has honored you.
38 E da di, fifi asi gala dunu amola uda huluane amola ohe fi amola sio fi ilima hina bagade hamoi dagoi. Dia simasia ba: i amo ganodini dununa hamoi liligi amo ea busa: gi ba: i, amo da di fawane.
He has caused you to be the ruler over all people, and [even] the animals and birds are controlled by you. [So] the head [of the statue] represents you.
39 Be dia ouligisu hou da dagolalu, hina bagade eno da dia sogebi lamu. Ea fi da gasa bagade ba: mu be amo dunu ilia da dia gasa agoai hame ganumu. Amola bu fa: no da hina bagade eno da misini, ea da osobo bagade huluane ouligimu. Goe hina bagade da balase agoane, gasa bagade ba: mu.
But after your [kingdom/rule] ends, there will be another [great] kingdom, [but it] will not be as great as yours. [The silver parts of the statue represent that kingdom]. Then there will be a third [great] kingdom [whose king] will rule over the whole earth. The bronze parts [of the statue represent] that kingdom.
40 Fa: no da hina bagade biyadu misunu. Ea fi da gasa bagadeba: le, ilia da ouli agoai, liligi huluane fananu amo liligi da gagoudana ahoa. Amomane, ouli da liligi huluane gagoudasa, amo defele amo fi da musa: fi huluane goudane wadela: lesimu.
After that kingdom ends, there will be a fourth [great] kingdom. The iron [parts of the statue represent that kingdom]. [The army of] that kingdom will smash the previous kingdoms, just like iron smashes everything that it strikes.
41 Amola dia simasia ba: i ea bai eno da agoane. Dununa hamoi ea emo osa: su amola emo sasafo da laga osobo amola ouli amoga gilisili hamoi. Amo bai da agoane. Fi misunu da afafae fi agoane ba: mu. Ouli da laga osobo amoma gilisibiba: le, ilia da fonobahadi ouli ea gasa defele ba: mu.
The feet and toes of the statue that you saw, that were a mixture of iron and clay, indicate that the kingdom they represent will [later] be divided.
42 Be emo sasafo da ouli amola laga osobo amoga gilisili hamoi, amo ea dawa: loma: ne da amo fi la: idi afae da gasa bagade ba: mu be la: idi eno da gasa hame ba: mu.
Some parts of that kingdom will be as strong as iron, but some parts will not remain together, just as iron and clay do not stick together.
43 Amola ouli amola laga osobo da gilisi, amo di da ba: i dagoi. Amo bai da agoane. Amo fi dunu ilia hina bagade ilia da uda lasu hou amoga ilia sosogo fi huluane gilisili madelagimusa: dawa: mu. Be ouli amola laga osobo amo gilisili madelagimu da hamedei. Amo defele, amo fi ea sosogo fi gilisili madelagimu da hamedeiwane ba: mu.
The mixture of iron and clay [in the statue] shows also that the rulers of those kingdoms that separate from each other will try to form alliances with each other as a result of members of the royal families of those kingdoms marrying each other. But that will not succeed, just as iron and clay do not stick together.
44 Amola goe hina bagade dunu esasulubi eso amoga Hebene esalebe Gode da Hinadafa Hou amo da eso huluane dialoma: ne hahamomu. Eno fi amola eno hou da amo Hinadafa Hou amo hasalasimu hamedeiwane ba: mu. Be Gode Ea Hinadafa Hou da amo gasa bagade fi huluane amo wadela: lesilalu, eso huluane dialumu.
But while those kings are ruling, God who rules in heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. No one will ever defeat its king. He will completely destroy all those kingdoms, but his kingdom will remain forever.
45 Di sosodolaloba, goumi gadodili igi agele dalebe ba: i. Amo igi enoga hame digili ba: iwane da sa: ili dununa hamoi amo ouli, balase, laga osobo, silifa amola gouli amoga hamoi, amo fai dagoi. Amola Gode Ea Dio da gadodafa, amo hou fa: no misunu hou dima olelei dagoi. Amola liligi huluane dia simasi ganodini sodoi amo bai huluane, na dima molole olelei dagoi!”
That is the meaning of the rock that something cut from the mountain, the rock that will crush to tiny bits the statue that is made of iron, bronze, silver, and gold. O king, the great God has shown you what will truly happen in the future. And you can trust [what I told you about] the meaning of the dream.”
46 Nebiuga: denese da Da: niele ea sia: i nababeba: le, e da osoboga begudui, amola ea fidisu dunuma ilia da Da: nielema nodonomusa: hahawane iasu amola gobele salasu hamoma: ne sia: i.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar prostrated himself in front of me [in great respect]. He commanded [his people] that they burn incense and burn an offering of grain to honor me.
47 Amalalu hina bagade da Da: nielema amane sia: i, “Dia Gode da ‘gode’ huluane baligi dagoi. E da hina bagade eno huluane baligisa. E da liligi wamolegei huludafa bai olelemusa: dawa: Na da wali amo hou dawa: i dagoi. Bai di da Gode ea gasaga amo wamolegei liligi nama olelei dagoi.
The king said to me, “[Your God has enabled] you to tell me the meaning of this dream/mystery, so now I truly know that your God is greater than all the other gods and all other kings. He reveals [to people] things that they cannot know.”
48 Nebiuga: denese da Da: niele amo Ba: bilone sogega ouligisu dunu bagade hamoi dagoi. E da ema liligi noga: idafa bagohame udigili i. Amola Da: niele da ea fada: i sia: ne iasu dunu ilima hina esaloma: ne sia: i.
Then the king gave many gifts to me, and he [also] appointed me to rule over the entire province of Babylon, and [also] to be the boss of all his wise men.
49 Amola Da: niele da Nebiuga: denesema adole ba: beba: le, e da Sia: dala: ge, Misia: ge amola Abedenigou ilima Ba: bilone soge ganodini eagene hawa: hamosu i. Be Da: niele hifawane da hina bagade ea diasu ganodini esalumu sia: i dagoi.
I asked the king to appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to [also] have important positions in Babylon province, and the king did what I asked him to do. But [I did my work while] I stayed at the king’s palace.
