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1 Belesia: sa e da Ba: bilone amo ganodini hina bagade dunu esalu. E da lolo nasu bagade hamoi. E da ea lolo nasu amo ganodini ea ouligisu boboga amo 1000 agoane misa: ne wei. Amo gilisisu amo ganodini, ilia da waini hano manu.
[Several years later, ] Belshazzar [became the] king [of Babylon. One day] he invited 1,000 of his officers to a big feast, and he drank [a lot of] wine with them.
2 Ilia da waini nananoba, Belesia: sa da ea hawa: hamosu dunuma ilia da hano dili nasu faigelei gouli amola silifa amoga hamoi, amo liligi ea eda Nebiuga: denese ea da musa: Gode Ea diasu Yelusalemega lai, amo gaguli misa: ne sia: i. Belesia: sa ea hanai da e amola ea dunu boboga, ea udadafa ilia amola ea gidisedagi uda ili hulu gilisili manusa: dawa: i.
While he was drinking, he commanded [his servants] bring to him the gold and silver cups that the previous king, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. [He did that] because he wanted himself and his officials, his wives, and [even] his (concubines/slave wives) to drink from them, [making fun of the god that we Israelis worshiped].
3 Hawa: hamosu dunu da faigelei amola ofodo gouliga hamoi amo huluane gaguli misini, ilia huluane da amo faigelei amoga waini mai.
So his servants brought in [all] those gold cups, that had been taken [many years previously] from the temple of [the true] God in Jerusalem. Then the king and his officials and his wives and his slave wives drank [wine] from those cups.
4 Ilia waini hano amo nanoba, ilia da ogogole ‘gode’ amo da gouli, silifa, balase, ifa amola igi amoga hamoi, amo loboga hamoi ogogosu ‘gode’ma nodosu.
They drank to praise/honor their idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and [even] wood and stone.
5 Amola hedolodafa dunu ea lobo fawane (dunu da: i hodo hame) amo da misini, hina bagade ea diasu dobea amoga sia: dedenenebe ba: i. Amola gamali la: ididi nebeba: le, Belesia: sa da amo dunu ea lobo amo noga: le ba: i.
Suddenly they saw a man’s hand writing on the plaster of the wall opposite the lampstand. The king also saw the hand as it was writing.
6 Belesia: sa da amo hou ba: beba: le bagadedafa beda: i. Amola ea odagi da afadenene haliga: i agoane ba: i. Amola ea muguni da bagadewane yagugui.
He became very frightened, and his face became pale/white. His knees started shaking, and his legs became very weak, with the result that he could not stand up.
7 E da gasa bagade wele sia: i, “Ba: la: lusu dunu, gasumuni ba: su dunu amola fefedoasu dunu huluane misa: ne sia: ma.” Ilia da huluane gilisilalu, e da ilima amane sia: i, “Nowa da amo dedei ea bai nama adolalu, na da ema abula sesedado ouligisu dunu ilia salasu defele yoiyai imunu e sia: i. Amola sia: ine gouliga hahamoi ili asogoaga ligisisia, ea dio da bagade ba: mu. Amola e da Ba: bilone soge amo ganodini hina bagade osoda agoane ba: mu!”
[Then] he shouted to summon the men who worked magic, the men who studied the stars, and the fortune-tellers. He said, “I will [greatly honor] any one of them who can read this writing and tell me what it means. I will give him a purple [robe like I wear because I am the king], and I will put a gold chain around his neck. He will become a very important official in my kingdom; there will be only two others who will be more important than he will be.”
8 Amalalu, bagade dawa: su dunu huluane da misini be dedei amo ilia da idimu gogolei amola bai Belesia: sama olelemu hamedeiwane ba: i.
But when all those wise men came in, none of them could read the writing, or tell him what it meant.
9 Amola hina bagade Belesia: sa da bagadedafa beda: i. Amola ea odagi afadenene, baligili haliga: i agoane ba: i. Amola bagade dawa: su dunu ilia da adi hamoma: bela: le bagadewane dawa: lalu.
So King Belshazzar became more afraid. His face became [even] paler/whiter. And [all] his officials [who were there at the feast] did not know what to do.
10 Belesia: sa eme da hina bagade amola bagade dawa: su dunu ilia wele sia: su nababeba: le, e da ha: i nasu seseiga fila asi. Amalalu, e amane sia: i, “Hina bagade! Di eso huluane esalalalumu da defea. Bagadewane mae fofogadigima amola amo liligi bagade mae dawa: ma.
But when the mother of the king (OR, of the previous king) heard the king and his officials talking [loudly about what had happened], she entered the room where they were having the feast. She said [to Belshazzar], “(Your majesty/O King), I hope you will live for a long time! But do not be pale and afraid about this.
11 Dunu afae da dia soge amo ganodini esala, amo ea dogo ganodini Gode Ea A: silibu da aligila sa: i dagoi. Amola dia ada da musa: hina bagade esaloba, amo eso galu, ea ba: lobada, amo dunu da ‘gode’ huluane ilia dawa: su noga: i amo defele dawa: i dagoi. Amaiba: le, dia ada Nebiuga: denese da amo dunu bagade dawa: su dunu fi amo ganodini bisilua hamoi dagoi.
There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. When Nebuchadnezzar was ruling, they discovered that this man understood many things and was wise, just like the gods. The man who was king previously, Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him to be in charge of all the men [in Babylon] who worked magic, the men who worked sorcery, the men who studied the stars, and the fortune-tellers.
12 Bai amo dunu da dawa: su enoenoia dawa: su galu. Amola e da simasi ea bai olelesu dawa: , amola e da wamolegei liligi huluane dawa: Amo dunu ea dio da Da: niele, be hina bagade Nebiuga: denese da ema dio eno asuli amo Beledesia: sa. Amaiba: le, Da: niele amo dedei liligi ea bai huluane dima olelema: ne, e da dima misa: ne sia: ma!”
That man’s name is Daniel; the king gave him a [new] name, Belteshazzar. He is very intelligent and is able to know and understand many things. He is [even] able to tell the meaning of dreams, and explain riddles, and explain things that are very difficult to understand. Summon him, and he will tell you what [this writing] means.”
13 Amalalu ilia da hedolowane Da: niele oule misini, e da ganodini golili sa: ili hina bagade dunu amola dafulili fi. Hina bagade da ema amane sia: i, “Di da Da: niele, amo musa: na ada Nebiuga: denese da Yuda sogega lale guiguda: oule misi. Di da amo dunula: ?
So they [went and] brought me in. The king asked me, “You [must] be Daniel [RHQ]! [They told me that you are] one of those who was brought [here] from Judah by the previous king.
14 Na amane nabi, Gode Ea A: silibu da dia dogo ganodini aligila sa: i dagoi, amola di da bagade dawa: su dunu.
I have [also] heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you are very wise and understand many things.
15 Na da bagade dawa: su dunu ili da amo dedei idima: ne amola ea bai nama olelema: ne ili mafia: ma: ne wei. Be ilia da amo idimu amola bai olelemu hamedei agoane ba: i.
My wise men and men who work magic have tried to read the writing on this wall and tell me what it means, but they are not able to do it.
16 Be na amane nabi, di da wamolegei liligi huluane dawa: mu defele esala. Di da amo dedei ea bai nama adolalu, na da dima abula sesedado ouligisu dunu ilia salasu defele yoiyai imunu. Amola sia: ine gouliga hahamoi dia asogoaga ga: sisia, dia dio da bagade ba: mu. Amola di da Ba: bilone hina bagade soge amo ganodini eagene hina bagade amo bagia osoda agoane ba: mu.”
[Someone] told me that you can tell what dreams mean and explain things that are very difficult to understand. If you can read these words and tell me what they mean, [I] give you a purple robe [like I wear because I am the king], and I will put a gold chain around your neck. You will become a very important official in my kingdom; there will be only two others who will be more important than you will be.”
17 Da: niele da dabe amane sia: i, “Mae dawa: ma! Dia liligi imunu dawa: i galea disu lamu da defea o amo liligi dunu enoma ima. Be amo dedei na da dima idimu amola ea bai dima olelemu.
I replied, “[I do not want] your gifts; keep them, or give them to someone else. But I will read for you the writing [on the wall], and I will tell you what it means.
18 Nabima! Gode Gadodafa esala amo Ea da musa: dia ada Nebiuga: denese amo gasa bagade amola hadigi hamoi dagoi.
(Your Majesty/O king), the Supreme God caused the man who was king before you, Nebuchadnezzar, to become a great ruler, who was greatly praised and honored.
19 E da gasa bagadedafa hamoi galu. Amaiba: le, fifi asi gala dunu amola uda huluane amola sia: hisu hisu huluane da ema bagadewane beda: i. E da dunu afae medole legemusa: dawa: lalu, e da amo dunu medole legei. E da dunu eno gaga: musa: dawa: lalu, amo dunu da esalebe ba: i. E da dunu afae ea dio gaguia gadoma: ne dawa: lalu, e da amanewane hamoi. Amola e da dunu afae banenesili osa: la heda: musa: dawa: lalu, e da amanewane hamoi.
Because God caused him to become [very] great, people of many [HYP] people-groups and nations and who spoke many different languages were very much afraid of him. He [commanded his soldiers to] kill those whom he wanted to be killed, and he (spared/allowed to live) those whom he wanted to spare. He honored those whom he wanted to honor, and he caused to be disgraced those whom he wanted to be disgraced.
20 Be dia ada ea hou da heda: le, e da gasa fi hou, hame asigi hou amola hame nabasu hou enoenoi amoga wadela: i hou hamosu. Amo hou Gode da ba: beba: le, E da ea hina bagade hou amola ea dio bagade huluane fadegale fasili, e da dafai dagoi.
But when he became very proud and stubborn [IDM], he was removed from being king [MTY]. People did not consider him to be glorious/great any more.
21 E da dunu amola uda ilia gilisisu amoga sefasi dagoi ba: i. Amola e da asili ohe sogega e amola ohe da gilisili esalu. Amola e da bulamagau agoane gisi nanu. Amola e da hamega gadili golai amola oubi baea da e da: iya sa: i. E da amanewane ode fesuale esalu. Amalalu e da Gode Gadodafa amo da fifi asi gala ilima Hinadafa esalebe, amo e da dafawaneyale dawa: i. Amola E da Hina hou Hi hanaiga hamosa amola E da fi ouligisu hou eso enoga dunu afae amoga fadegalalu, Ea hanaiga eno dunu ilima (dunu bagade o fonobahadi Hi fawane dawa: ) ilima iaha, amo e da dawa: i galu.
[His officials] sent him away in order that he would not be near [other] people. [God] caused him to have a mind like animals have. He lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cows do, and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet [each morning]. [He was like that] until he learned that the Supreme God is [really the one who] rules the kingdoms of this world, and that he appoints whomever he chooses to rule those kingdoms.
22 Di da Nebiuga: denese ea manoba: le, amo hou huluane dawa: le dagoi. Be di da gasa fi hamone amola dia hou da hame fonoboi ba: sa.
Now, Belshazzar, you have become the king. You [also] knew all those things, but you have not made yourself humble.
23 Be di da Gode Hebene amo ganodini esala, Ema hasalasimusa: dawa: i. Di da hano dili nasu faigelei gouli amola silifa amoga hamoi, amo liligi dia ada Nebiuga: denese ea da musa: Gode Ea diasu Yelusalemega lai, amo gaguli misa: ne sia: i. Amalalu di amola dia dunu boboga amola dia udadafa amola dia gidisedagi uda hulu gilisili amoga nasu. Amola dilia da waini hano amo nanoba, dilia da ogogole ‘gode’ amo da gouli, silifa, balase, ifa amola igi amoga hamoi, amo ogogosu ‘gode’, amo da hame naba, hame ba: sa amola hame dawa: sa, ilima dilia da nodosu. Godedafa da dilia esalusu logo amola dia bogosu logo amola hou huluanedafa ouesala. Be dilia da Ema hame nodosa amola Ea Dio hame gaguia gadosa.
You have considered yourself to be greater than [God], the Lord of heaven. [So you have commanded your servants to] bring to you these sacred cups, [which were dedicated to the Supreme God, and which were taken] from his temple [in Jerusalem]. You and your officials and your wives and your (concubines/slave wives) have been drinking wine from these cups, while you have been praising [your own] gods—gods which are made of gold and silver and bronze and iron and wood and stone. [Those are gods] that cannot see, that cannot hear, and that do not know anything! You have not honored the God who gives you breath and who controls everything that happens to you.
24 Amaiba: le, Gode da amo sia: loboga dedema: ne asunasi dagoi.
So God sent that hand to write a message [for you].
25 Goe sia: da agoane dedei diala amo, ‘Idi, idi, dioi defei, afafasu.’
This is the message that it wrote: ‘Mene, mene, tekel, parsin.’
26 Amola goe sia: bai da agoane. ‘Idi’ amo ea bai da Gode da dia ouligisu eso idi dagoi. Amola wali dia hina bagade dagosu eso da doaga: i dagoi.
This is what those words mean: Mene [means] ‘numbered/counted’. [That means that] God has been counting the days that you will rule, and he has [now] decided that you will not rule any more.
27 ‘Dioi defei’ amo ea bai da Gode da dia dioi defei ba: i dagoi amola E da dia dioi defei da haga: i amola defele hame ba: i.
Tekel [means ‘weighed’. It is as though God] has weighed you on a scale, and you do not weigh what you should, [which means that you have not been doing what you should; you are not fit to be a king] [MET].
28 ‘Afafasu’ amoea bai da Gode da dia ouligisu fi amola soge amo afafae dagoi. La: idi E da Midia fi ilima i dagoi. La: idi eno E da Besia fi ilima i dagoi.”
Parsin [means ‘divided’. That means that God] has divided your kingdom. Some of it will be ruled by people from Media and some will be ruled by people from Persia.”
29 Belesia: sa da amo sia: , nababeba: le, e da ea hawa: hamosu dunuma ilia da abula sesedado ouligisu dunu ilia salasu defele yoiyai Da: niele ema imunu sia: i. Amola sia: ine gouliga hahamoi ea asogoaga ga: sima: ne sia: i. Amola e da Ba: bilone soge amo ganodini Da: niele eagene hina bagade e bagia osoda agoane hamoi.
Then Belshazzar [did what he had promised]. He put on me a purple robe [like the one he himself wore. He] put a gold chain around my neck. And he proclaimed that there would be only two others who would be more important than me in his kingdom.
30 Amo gasi amoga, Midia fi dunu da misini, Belesia: sa (Ba: bilone hina bagade galu) amo medole legei dagoi.
But that same night [soldiers from Media entered the city and] killed Belshazzar, the King of Babylonia.
31 Amola Midia hina bagade dunu amo Da: liase, e Ba: bilone soge huluane lai dagoi. Amo esoga, Da: liase ea esalebe ode gidigi da62 galu.
Darius, the King of Media, became the King [of Babylonia] when he was 62 years old.
