Daniel 3
1 King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura of the province of Babylon.
I hanga e Kingi Nepukaneha he whakapakoko koura, ko tona roa e ono tekau whatianga, a ko tona whanui e ono whatianga: a whakaturia ana e ia ki te mania o Rura i te kawanatanga o Papurona.
2 Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Katahi a Kingi Nepukaneha ka tono tangata ki te huihui i nga ariki, i nga kawana, i nga rangatira, i nga kaiwhakawa, i nga kaitiaki taonga, i nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, i era atu rangatira, i nga kawana katoa o nga kawanatanga, kia haere mai ki te tainga o te kawa o te whakapakoko i whakaturia e Kingi Nepukaneha.
3 Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, and rulers, and the great men that were placed in authority, and all the princes of the provinces, were gathered together to come to the dedication of the statue, which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. And they stood before the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Katahi nga ariki, nga kawana, nga rangatira, nga kaiwhakawa, nga kaitiaki taonga, nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, era atu rangatira, me nga kawana katoa o nga kawanatanga ka huihui ki te tainga o te kawa o te whakapakoko kua whakaturia nei e Kingi N epukaneha; na tu ana ratou ki te aronga o te whakapakoko kua whakaturia nei e Nepukaneha.
4 Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages:
Katahi ka nui atu te karanga a te kaikaranga, He whakahau tenei ki a koutou, e nga tangata, e nga iwi, e nga reo:
5 That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up.
A te wa e rongo ai koutou i te tangi o te koronete, o te putorino, o te hapa, o te hakaputa, o te hatere, o te taratimere, o nga mea tangi katoa, me takoto koutou, me koropiko ki te whakapakoko koura kua whakaturia nei e Kingi Nepukaneha.
6 But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
Na ki te kahore tetahi e takoto, e koropiko, ka maka ia i taua haora ano ki waenganui o te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha.
7 Upon this therefore, at the time when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music: all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Na reira, i taua wa, i te rongonga o te iwi katoa i te tangi o te koronete, o te putorino, o te hapa, o te hakaputa, o te hatere, o nga mea tangi katoa, takoto tonu iho nga tangata katoa, nga iwi, nga reo, koropiko ana ki te whakapakoko koura kua tu nei i a Kingi Nepukaneha.
8 And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,
Heoi i taua wa ka haere mai etahi Karari, ka whakahe ki nga Hurai.
9 And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever:
I korero ratou, i mea ki a Kingi Nepukaneha, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe.
10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man that shall bear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall prostrate himself, and adore the golden statue:
I whakatakotoria e koe he ture, e te kingi, na, ko nga tangata katoa e rongo ana i te tangi o te koronete, o te putorino, o te hapa, o te hakaputa, o te hatere o te taratimere, o nga mea tangi katoa, kia takoto, kia koropiko ki te whakapakoko ko ura:
11 And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
A, ki te kahore tetahi e takoto, e koropiko, kia maka ia ki te oumu he mura rawa te ngiha.
12 Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods, nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
Tenei etahi Hurai, he hunga i whakaritea e koe hei kaitirotiro mo nga mea o te kawanatanga o Papurona, ko Hataraka, ko Mehaka, ko Apereneko; kihai enei tangata i whakaaro ki a koe, e te kingi; kahore ratou e mahi ki ou atua, kahore e koropiko ki te whakapakoko koura ka oti nei te whakatu e koe.
13 Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath, commanded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago should be brought: who immediately were brought before the king.
Katahi a Nepukaneha i runga i tona riri me te weriweri ka whakahau kia mauria mai a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko. Katahi ka kawea mai e ratou aua tangata ki te aroaro o te kingi.
14 And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them, and said: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the golden statue that I have set up?
I korero a Nepukaneha, i mea ki a ratou, He mea ata whakaaro ranei, e Hataraka, e Mehaka, e Apereneko, e kore nei koutou e mahi ki oku atua, e kore nei e koropiko ki te whakapakoko koura kua tu nei i ahau?
15 Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Na ki te hihiko koutou i te wa e rongo ai koutou i te tangi o te koronete, o te putorino, o te hapa, o te hakaputa, o te hatere, o te taratimere, o nga mea tangi katoa, a ka takoto, ka koropiko, ki te whakapakoko i hanga e ahau, he pai; tena ki te kahore koutou e koropiko, ka maka koutou i taua haora ki te oumu he mura rawa tona ngiha; a ko wai te atua hei whakaora i a koutou i roto i oku ringa?
16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.
I whakahoki a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko, i mea ki te kingi, E Nepukaneha, kahore a matou maharahara ki te whakahoki kupu ki a koe mo tenei mea.
17 For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.
Ki te penatia, e taea ano e to matou Atua, e karakiatia nei e matou, te whakaora i a matou i roto i te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha, ina, ka whakaorangia ano matou e ia i tou ringa, e te kingi.
18 But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
Otiia ka kore, kia mohio koe, e te kingi, e kore matou e mahi ki ou atua, e kore ano e koropiko ki te whakapakoko koura kua tu na i a koe.
19 Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated.
Ki tonu i reira a Nepukaneha i te riri, rere ke ana te ahua o tona mata ki a Hataraka, ki a Mehaka, ki a Apereneko: korero ana ia, whakahau ana kia whitu nga whakanekehanga ake o te hana o te oumu i to mua hana.
20 And he commanded the strongest men that were in his army, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
I whakahau ano ia i nga tangata kaha rawa o tana ope kia herea a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko, kia maka ki roto ki te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha.
21 And immediately these men were bound and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments.
Katahi ka herea nga tangata nei i roto tonu i o ratou tarau, i o ratou koti, i o ratou koroka me era atu o o ratou kakahu, a ka maka ki roto ki te oumu he mura rawa nei tona ngiha.
22 For the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.
Na reira, i te akiaki rawa o te whakahau a te kingi, i te nui rawa hoki o te hana o te ahi, mate iho i te mura o te ahi nga tangata nana i kawe a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko.
23 But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the furnace of burning fire.
Na ka taka nga tangata tokotoru nei, a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko, he mea here, ki waenganui o te oumu he mura rawa nei tona ngiha.
24 Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.
Ko te tino miharotanga o Nepukaneha, hohoro tonu tona whakatika, kei te korero, kei te mea ki ana kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, He teka ianei tokotoru nga tangata i maka e tatou, he mea here, ki waenganui o te ahi? Ka whakahoki ratou, ka mea ki te ki ngi, He tika ano, e te kingi.
25 He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, Nana, tokowha nga tangata e kitea nei e ahau, kahore he here, e haereere ana i waenganui o te ahi, kahore hoki e ahatia; na, ko te ahua o te tuawha kei to te Tama a te Atua.
26 Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.
Katahi ka whakatata a Nepukaneha ki te waha o te oumu he mura rawa nei te ngiha, kei te korero, kei te mea, E Hataraka, e Mehaka, e Apereneko, e nga pononga a te Atua, a te Runga Rawa, puta mai, haere mai hoki. Katahi a Hataraka ratou ko Mehaka, ko Apereneko ka puta mai i waenganui o te ahi.
27 And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.
Na, ko te huihuinga o nga ariki, o nga kawana, o nga rangatira, o nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro a te kingi, ka kite ratou i enei tangata, kihai nei te ahi i whai kaha ki o ratou tinana, kihai ano nga makawe o o ratou mahunga i hunua, kihai ano o r atou koti i puta ke, kihai ano te haunga ahi i rere i runga i a ratou.
28 Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king’s word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.
Ka korero a Nepukaneha, ka mea, Kia whakapaingia te Atua o Hataraka, o Mehaka, o Apereneko, nana nei i unga mai tana anahera, a whakaorangia ana e ia ana pononga i whakawhirinaki nei ki a ia, i whakaputa ke nei i te kupu a te kingi, a tukua ana e ratou o ratou tinana, he mea kei mahi ratou, kei koropiko ki tetahi atu atua, engari ki to ratou Atua anake.
29 By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner.
Na ko taku ture tenei e whakatakoto nei, na, ko nga tangata, ko te iwi, ko te reo, he kupu kino nei tana mo te Atua o Hataraka, o Mehaka, o Apereneko, ka haehaea ratou, a ka meinga o ratou whare hei puranga paru: no te mea kahore atu he atua he rite tana whakaora ki ta tenei.
30 Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon.
Katahi ka whakanekehia ake ano a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko e te kingi i te kawanatanga o Papurona.
