Daniel 2
1 In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.
Na rĩrĩ, mwaka-inĩ wa keerĩ wa ũthamaki wake-rĩ, Nebukadinezaru nĩarootire irooto; agĩtangĩka meciiria na akĩũrwo nĩ toro.
2 Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king his dreams: so they came and stood before the king.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki agĩĩta ago na aragũri, na arogi na arori a njata nĩguo moke mamwĩre ũrĩa aarootete. Rĩrĩa mookire makĩrũgama mbere ya mũthamaki,
3 And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.
akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩ harĩ kĩroto ndootete kĩrĩa kĩrathĩĩnia, na nĩngwenda kũmenya ũrĩa kiugĩte.”
4 And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo arori a njata acio magĩcookeria mũthamaki na rũthiomi rwa Asuriata, makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Wee mũthamaki, ũrotũũra tene na tene! Ta kĩĩre ndungata ciaku kĩroto kĩrĩa ũrotete, nacio itaũre kĩroto kĩu.”
5 And the king answering said to the Chaldeans: The thing is gone out of my mind: unless you tell me the dream, and the meaning thereof, you shall be put to death, and your houses shall be confiscated.
Nake mũthamaki agĩcookeria arori a njata acio, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo nduĩte ngwatĩirie mũno: Mũngĩaga kũnjĩĩra kĩroto kĩrĩa ndootete na mũgĩtaũre-rĩ, nguuga mũtemangwo mũkue, nacio nyũmba cianyu imomorwo ituĩke hĩba cia mahiga.
6 But if you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and great honour: therefore tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
No mũngĩnjĩĩra kĩroto kĩu na mũgĩtaarĩrie-rĩ, nĩngũmũhe iheo, na marĩhi, o na ndũmũtĩithie mũno. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio njĩĩrai ũrĩa ndootete na mũndaũrĩre ũhoro wa kĩroto kĩu.”
7 They answered again and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation of it.
Makĩmũcookeria o rĩngĩ makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũthamaki nĩetĩkĩre kwĩra ndungata ciake ũrĩa arotete, na ithuĩ nĩtũkũmũtaũrĩra kĩroto kĩu.”
8 The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the thing is gone from me.
Nake mũthamaki akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Nĩndĩramenya kũna atĩ mũrenda o kũraiharaihia ihinda, tondũ nĩmũramenya atĩ ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo nduĩte ngwatĩirie mũno:
9 If therefore you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you also give a true interpretation thereof.
Mũngĩaga kũnjĩĩra kĩroto kĩu ndootete-rĩ, iherithia rĩanyu no rĩmwe. Mũciirĩire kũnjĩĩra maũndũ ma kũũhĩtithia na ma waganu, mũgĩĩciiria atĩ ũrĩa nduĩte nĩũkũgarũrũka. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, njĩĩrai kĩroto kĩu, na nĩngũmenya atĩ no mũhote gũgĩtaũra.”
10 Then the Chaldeains answered before the king, and said: There is no man upon earth, that can accomplish thy word, O king, neither doth any king, though great and mighty, ask such a thing of any diviner, or wise man, or Chaldean.
Nao arori a njata acio magĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe gũkũ thĩ ũngĩhota gwĩka ũguo mũthamaki aroiga! Gũtirĩ mũthamaki, o na arĩ mũnene na arĩ na hinya atĩa, ũrĩ wooria mũndũ-mũgo, kana mũragũri, kana mũrori wa njata eke ũndũ ta ũcio.
11 For the thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult; nor can any one be found that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.
Ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki arooria ndũngĩhoteka. Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota kwĩra mũthamaki kĩroto kĩrĩa arootete, tiga o ngai ciiki, na ititũũranagia na andũ a gũkũ thĩ.”
12 Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.
Mũthamaki aigua ũhoro ũcio akĩrakara na akĩngʼũrĩka mũno nginya agĩathana atĩ andũ arĩa othe oogĩ a Babuloni mooragwo.
13 And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũkĩrutwo watho andũ acio oogĩ mooragwo, na andũ magĩtũmwo magacarie Danieli na arata ake nĩguo mooragwo.
14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch the general of the king’s army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.
Rĩrĩa Arioku, mũnene wa arangĩri a mũthamaki, aathiiaga kũũraga andũ acio oogĩ a Babuloni-rĩ, Danieli akĩmwarĩria na ũũgĩ, o na eciirĩtie wega ũrĩa ekũmwĩra.
15 And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch had told the matter to Daniel,
Akĩũria ũcio warĩ mũnene wa arangĩri a mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩatũma mũthamaki atue itua rĩũru ũguo?” Nake Arioku agĩtaarĩria Danieli ũrĩa ũhoro ũcio wothe watariĩ.
16 Daniel went in and desired of the king, that he would give him time to resolve the question and declare it to the king.
Danieli aigua ũguo agĩthiĩ harĩ mũthamaki, akĩmũũria amũhe ihinda, nĩgeetha ahote kũmũtaũrĩra kĩroto kĩu.
17 And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias his companions:
Nake Danieli akĩinũka gwake mũciĩ na akĩmenyithia arata ake ũhoro ũcio, nao nĩo Hanania, na Mishaeli, na Azaria.
18 To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Akĩmaringĩrĩria mathaithe Ngai wa igũrũ nĩguo amaiguĩre tha, amaguũrĩrie ũhoro ũcio warĩ mũhithe, nĩgeetha we hamwe na arata acio ake matikooraganĩrio hamwe na andũ acio angĩ oogĩ a Babuloni.
19 Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,
Na rĩrĩ, ũtukũ ũndũ ũcio warĩ mũhithe ũkĩguũrĩrio Danieli na kĩoneki. Nake Danieli akĩgooca Ngai wa igũrũ,
20 And speaking he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and fortitude are his.
akiuga atĩrĩ:
21 And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms and establisheth them, giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding.
Nĩwe ũgarũranagia mahinda na imera;
22 He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him.
Nĩwe ũguũragia maũndũ marĩa marikĩru, o na marĩa marĩ hitho-inĩ;
23 To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us, the king’s discourse.
Nĩndagũcookeria ngaatho na ndakũgooca, o Wee Ngai wa maithe makwa:
24 After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Danieli agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Arioku, ũcio mũthamaki aamũrĩte athiĩ akooragithie andũ acio oogĩ a Babuloni, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ndũkooragithie andũ acio oogĩ a Babuloni. Ndwara kũrĩ mũthamaki, na nĩngũmũtaũrĩra kĩroto gĩake.”
25 Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel to the king, and said to him: I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Juda, that will resolve the question to the king.
O hĩndĩ ĩyo Arioku agĩtwara Danieli kũrĩ mũthamaki, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩnyonete mũndũ ũmwe wa arĩa maatahĩtwo kuuma Juda ũngĩhota kwĩra mũthamaki ũrĩa kĩroto gĩake kiugĩte.”
26 The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed that thou canst tell me the dream that I saw, and the interpretation thereof?
Nake mũthamaki akĩũria Danieli (na nowe Beliteshazaru) atĩrĩ, “No ũhote kũnjĩĩra kĩroto kĩrĩa ndootete na ũgĩtaũre?”
27 And Daniel made answer before the king, and said: The secret that the king desireth to know, none of the wise men, or the philosophers, or the diviners, or the soothsayers can declare to the king.
Nake Danieli akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wa arĩa oogĩ, kana mũragũri, kana mũndũ-mũgo o na kana mũrathi ũngĩhota kwĩra mũthamaki ũhoro ũcio wa hitho,
28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewn to thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, what is to come to pass in the latter times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
no nĩ kũrĩ Ngai ũrĩ igũrũ ũguũranagĩria maũndũ marĩa marĩ hitho-inĩ. Nĩwe wonetie Mũthamaki Nebukadinezaru ũrĩa gũgaikara matukũ-inĩ ma thuutha. Kĩroto gĩaku na cioneki iria irahĩtũkĩire meciiria-inĩ maku ũkomete ũrĩrĩ iraarĩ ici:
29 Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth mysteries shewed thee what shall come to pass.
“Hĩndĩ ĩyo wakomete ũrĩrĩ-inĩ, wee mũthamaki, meciiria maku nĩmecũũranirie ũhoro wa maũndũ marĩa magooka thuutha-inĩ, nake ũrĩa mũguũria wa maũndũ marĩa marĩ hitho-inĩ agĩkũguũrĩria ũrĩa gũkaahaana thuutha-inĩ.
30 To me also this secret is revealed, not by any wisdom that I have more than all men alive: but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and thou mightest know the thoughts of thy mind.
Niĩ-rĩ, ndiguũrĩirio ũhoro ũcio ũrĩ hitho-inĩ atĩ tondũ ndĩ na ũũgĩ gũkĩra andũ arĩa angĩ matũũraga muoyo, no nĩgeetha wee mũthamaki ũmenye ũrĩa kĩroto kĩu kiugĩte, nĩguo ũtaũkĩrwo nĩ maũndũ macio ũrecũũranagia meciiria-inĩ maku.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great and high, tall of stature, stood before thee, and the look thereof was terrible.
“Wee mũthamaki, warora nĩwonire mũhianano mũnene warũngiĩ mbere yaku: mũhianano ũcio warĩ mũnene mũno na nĩwahenahenagia, na warĩ wa kũmakania ũkĩonwo.
32 The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass:
Mũtwe wa mũhianano ũcio warĩ wa thahabu ĩrĩa therie, nakĩo gĩthũri kĩaguo na moko ciarĩ cia betha, nayo nda na ciero ciaguo ciarĩ cia gĩcango,
33 And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.
magũrũ maguo maarĩ ma kĩgera, namo makinya maarĩ ma kĩgera gĩtukanĩte na rĩũmba rĩcine.
34 Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and of clay, and broke them in pieces.
Hĩndĩ o ĩyo wawĩroreire, ihiga inene rĩkĩenjwo, no rĩtienjirwo nĩ moko ma mũndũ. Rĩkĩgũtha makinya ma mũhianano ũcio marĩa maarĩ ma kĩgera gũtukanĩte na rĩũmba, rĩkĩmahehenja.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of a summer’s thrashingfloor, and they were carried away by the wind: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that struck the statue, became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Nakĩo kĩgera kĩu, na rĩũmba, na gĩcango, na betha, na thahabu igĩthetherwo tũcunjĩ tũcunjĩ, igĩtuĩka ta mũũngũ ũrĩa ũmbũragwo kĩhuhĩro-inĩ hĩndĩ ya riũa. Ikĩhuhũkanio nĩ rũhuho, igĩthira biũ na itiacookire kuoneka rĩngĩ. No rĩrĩ, ihiga rĩu rĩagũthire mũhianano ũcio rĩkĩneneha, rĩgĩtuĩka kĩrĩma kĩnene, rĩkĩiyũra thĩ yothe.
36 This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O king.
“Kĩu nĩkĩo kĩroto kĩrĩa warootire, na rĩu nĩtũgũgĩtaũrĩra mũthamaki.
37 Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:
Wee mũthamaki-rĩ, nĩwe mũthamaki wa athamaki. Nake Ngai wa igũrũ nĩakũheete ũthamaki, na ũhoti, na hinya, na riiri;
38 And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given the birds of the air into thy hand, and hath put all things under thy power: thou therefore art the head of gold.
nĩaigĩte andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe moko-inĩ maku, na nyamũ cia gĩthaka, o na nyoni cia rĩera-inĩ. Kũrĩa guothe itũũraga-rĩ, nĩagũtuĩte mwathi wacio ciothe. Wee nĩwe mũtwe ũcio wa thahabu.
39 And after thee shall rise up another kingdom, inferior to thee, of silver: and another third kingdom of brass, which shall rule over all the world.
“Thuutha waku, nĩgũkarahũka ũthamaki ũngĩ ũtagaakorwo na hinya ta waku. Thuutha ũcio nĩgũkagĩa na ũthamaki ũngĩ wa gatatũ, nĩguo ũgerekanĩtio na gĩcango, naguo nĩũgaatha thĩ yothe.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things, so shall that break and destroy all these.
Marigĩrĩrio-inĩ nĩgũkarahũka ũthamaki ũngĩ wa kana ũrĩ hinya ta kĩgera, nĩgũkorwo kĩgera kiunangaga na gĩkahehenja indo ciothe, na o ta ũrĩa kĩgera kiunangaga indo igatuĩka tũcunjĩ ũguo noguo ũkaahehenja na uunange mothamaki macio mangĩ mothe.
41 Arid whereas thou sawest the feet, and the toes, part of potter’s clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided, but yet it shall take its origin from the iron, according as thou sawest the iron mixed with the miry clay.
O ta ũguo wonire atĩ makinya na ciara ciarĩ cia rĩũmba rĩcine rĩtukanĩte na kĩgera-rĩ, noguo ũthamaki ũyũ ũgaakorwo ũrĩ mũgayũkanu; no rĩrĩ, nĩũgakorwo ũrĩ na hinya wa kĩgera thĩinĩ waguo, o ta ũguo wonire kĩgera kĩu gĩtukanĩte na rĩũmba.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
O ũguo ciara ciarĩ cia kĩgera gĩtukanĩte na cia rĩũmba-rĩ, noguo ũthamaki ũcio ũgaakorwo kũmwe ũrĩ na hinya na kũrĩa kũngĩ ũgathuthĩkanga.
43 And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with the seed of man, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron cannot be mixed with clay.
Na o ta ũguo wonire kĩgera gĩtukanĩte na rĩũmba rĩcine-rĩ, noguo andũ nao magaakorwo matukanĩte, na matigaatũũra marĩ rũmwe rĩngĩ, o ta ũrĩa kĩgera gĩtangĩtukana na rĩũmba.
44 But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever.
“Na rĩrĩ, ihinda-inĩ rĩa athamaki acio, Ngai wa igũrũ nĩakahaanda ũthamaki ũtagacooka kwanangwo, kana ũtigĩrwo andũ angĩ. Nĩũkahehenja mothamaki macio mangĩ mothe ũmaniine, noguo mwene ũgaatũũra wĩhaandĩte tene na tene.
45 According as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in pieces, the clay, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewn the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.
Ũcio nĩguo ũtaũri wa kĩoneki kĩa ihiga rĩu rĩenjetwo kuuma kĩrĩma-inĩ, no rĩtienjetwo na moko ma andũ, na nĩrĩo rĩathetherire kĩgera, na gĩcango, na rĩũmba, na betha na thahabu igĩtuĩka tũcunjĩ. “Ngai ũcio mũnene nĩamenyithĩtie mũthamaki ũrĩa gũkaahaana thuutha-inĩ. Kĩroto kĩu nĩ kĩa ma, naguo ũtaũri wakĩo nĩ wa kwĩhokeka.”
46 Then king Nabuchodonosor fell on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer in sacrifice to him victims and incense.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Mũthamaki Nebukadinezaru akĩĩgũithia, agĩturumithia ũthiũ thĩ mbere ya Danieli, na akĩmũhe gĩtĩĩo kĩnene, na agĩathana atĩ arutĩrwo igongona na ũbumba.
47 And the king spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover this secret.
Mũthamaki akĩĩra Danieli atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ Ngai waku nĩwe Ngai wa ngai iria ingĩ, na Mwathani wa athamaki na mũguũria wa maũndũ marĩa marĩ hitho-inĩ, nĩgũkorwo nĩwahota kũguũria ũndũ ũyũ ũrĩ hitho-inĩ.”
48 Then the king advanced Daniel to a high station, and gave him many and great gifts: and he made him governor over all the provinces of Babylon, and chief of the magistrates over all the wise men of Babylon.
Nake mũthamaki agĩtũũgĩria Danieli, na akĩmũtuga na iheo nyingĩ mũno. Akĩmũtua mwathi wa bũrũri wothe wa Babuloni, na akĩmũtua mũrũgamĩrĩri wa andũ arĩa othe oogĩ a bũrũri ũcio.
49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago over the works of the province of Babylon: but Daniel himself was in the king’s palace.
Nake Danieli agĩthaitha mũthamaki atue Shadiraka, na Meshaki, na Abedinego arori a mawĩra marĩa maarutagwo bũrũri-inĩ ũcio wa Babuloni, no Danieli we mwene agĩikara kũu mũciĩ wa ũthamaki.
