< Daniel 6 >
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Dariusi amonaki ete ezali malamu kotia bayangeli nkama moko na tuku mibale mpo na kokamba mokili mobimba ya bokonzi.
2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel [was] first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Atiaki lisusu bakalaka misato ya lokumu lokola bakonzi na bango; Daniele azalaki moko kati na bakalaka yango ya lokumu. Bazalaki kokamba misala ya bayangeli ya bituka mpo ete mokonzi anyokwama te.
3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit [was] in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Nzokande, Daniele amonisaki bokeseni kati na ye, bakalaka ya lokumu mpe bayangeli oyo mokonzi atiaki kati na bituka, mpo na mayele na ye oyo eleka ndelo. Boye, mokonzi akanisaki kotombola ye mpo ete akamba mokili na ye mobimba ya bokonzi.
4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he [was] faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Bakalaka ya lokumu mpe bayangeli oyo mokonzi atiaki na bituka bazalaki koluka likambo ya kofundela Daniele na ndenge na ye ya kotambolisa makambo ya bokonzi. Kasi balongaki te kozwa ata likambo moko to mbeba ya kofundela Daniele, mpo ete azalaki sembo mpe mpo ete, kati na ye, bazalaki komona ata libunga te to mbeba moko te ya kofundela ye.
5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.
Boye, bato yango balobaki: — Tokotikala komona likambo ata moko te ya kofundela moto oyo, Daniele; loba nde toluka yango kati na mobeko ya Nzambe na ye.
6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Bakalaka ya lokumu mpe bayangeli oyo mokonzi atiaki na bituka bakendeki lisanga epai ya mokonzi mpe balobaki: — Tika ete mokonzi Dariusi awumela na bomoi seko na seko!
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Bakalaka ya lokumu, bakalaka oyo babatelaka biloko ya mokonzi, bayangeli oyo mokonzi atiaki na bituka, bapesi toli mpe bayangeli, bango nyonso bandimaki ete mokonzi azwa mokano moko mpe abetela yango sete: « Na mikolo tuku misato oyo ezali koya, moto nyonso asengeli kosambela kaka mokonzi; moto oyo akomeka kosambela nzambe to moto mosusu, basengeli kobwaka ye kati na libulu ya bankosi. »
8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Sik’oyo, oh mokonzi, zwa mokano yango, koma yango na mokanda mpe tia mokoloto mpo ete babongola yango te, kolanda mibeko ya bato ya Medi mpe ya Persi oyo bakoki kobongola te.
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Boye, mokonzi Dariusi akomaki mokano oyo azwaki mpo ete babongola yango te mpe atiaki mokoloto na mokano yango.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Tango Daniele asosolaki ete sango ya mokano yango esili kopanzana, akotaki na ndako na ye, amataki na etaje mpe akotaki na shambre oyo maninisa na yango etala na ngambo ya Yelusalemi; mbala misato na mokolo, azalaki kofukama mpo na kosambela mpe kopesa matondi epai ya Nzambe na ye, ndenge kaka azalaki kosala liboso.
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
Bongo, bato yango bakendeki lisanga mpe bakutaki Daniele azali kobondela mpe kosenga lisungi epai ya Nzambe na ye.
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Mbala moko, bakendeki epai ya mokonzi mpo na kosolola na ye na tina na mokano oyo azwaki: — Mokonzi, opanzaki sango te ya mokano oyo ozwaki, ete na mikolo tuku misato oyo ekolanda, moto nyonso asengeli kosambela kaka yo, mokonzi; bongo moto oyo akosambela nzambe to moto mosusu, basengeli kobwaka ye kati na libulu ya bankosi? Mokonzi azongisaki: — Ezali penza bongo! Mokano ezali ndenge kaka ekatamaki, kolanda mibeko ya bato ya Medi mpe ya Persi, oyo bakoki kobongola te.
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Balobaki lisusu na mokonzi: — Daniele, moko kati na bawumbu oyo bawutaki na Yuda, azali kotosa yo te, ezala mokano oyo okomaki na mokanda mpe otiaki mokoloto; azali kokoba kaka kosambela mbala misato na mokolo.
14 Then the king, when he heard [these] words, was sore displeased with himself, and set [his] heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
Tango mokonzi ayokaki bongo, esalaki ye pasi makasi na motema; boye azwaki mokano ya kokangola Daniele; mpe kino na pokwa, azalaki kaka koluka ndenge nini kobikisa ye.
15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians [is], That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Kasi bato yango bakendeki lisusu lisanga epai ya mokonzi Dariusi mpe balobaki na ye: — Mokonzi, kobosana te ete mobeko ya bato ya Medi mpe ya Persi elobi ete mokano moko te to mobeko moko te ya mokonzi ekoki kobongolama.
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the den of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Boye, mokonzi apesaki mitindo ete bamema Daniele mpe babwaka ye kati na libulu ya bankosi. Mokonzi alobaki na Daniele: — Nzambe na yo, oyo osalelaka na molende, akobikisa yo!
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Bamemaki libanga moko ya monene mpe batiaki yango na monoko ya libulu ya bankosi. Mokonzi abetaki yango kashe na nzela ya lopete na ye mpe na nzela ya lopete ya bato na ye ya lokumu, mpo ete babongola eloko moko te na etumbu oyo bakateli Daniele.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Sima na yango, mokonzi azongaki na ndako na ye; mpe, butu mobimba, aliaki te, avandaki elongo na bamakangu te mpe atikalaki kozwa pongi te.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Na tongo-tongo, mokonzi atelemaki mpe akendeki na lombangu na libulu ya bankosi.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: [and] the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Tango akomaki pene ya libulu yango, abengaki Daniele na mongongo ya mawa: — Daniele, mosali na Nzambe na bomoi! Boni, Nzambe na yo, oyo osalelaka na molende, alongi kokangola yo na minoko ya bankosi?
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
Daniele azongiselaki ye: — Oh mokonzi, tika ete owumela na bomoi seko na seko!
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Nzambe na ngai atindaki anjelu na Ye mpo ete akanga bankosi minoko; boye, esalaki ngai mabe ata moko te, mpo ete natambolaki mabe te na miso na Ye, mpe nasalaki mabe ata moko te liboso na yo, mokonzi.
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Mokonzi asepelaki makasi mpe apesaki mitindo ete babimisa Daniele wuta na libulu. Boye, babimisaki Daniele wuta na libulu mpe bamonaki ata pota moko te na nzoto na ye, pamba te azalaki na elikya na Nzambe na ye.
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast [them] into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo ete bamema bato oyo bafundaki Daniele mpe babwaka bango elongo na basi mpe bana na bango kati na libulu ya bankosi. Liboso ete bamikomela na se ya libulu, bankosi epumbwelaki bango mpe ebukaki bango mikuwa nyonso.
25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Bongo, mokonzi Dariusi akomelaki bato ya bikolo nyonso mpe ya nkota nyonso oyo bazalaki kovanda na mokili mobimba: Natombeli bino kimia monene!
26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he [is] the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion [shall be even] unto the end.
Napesi mitindo ete, na bituka nyonso ya mokili na ngai, bato nyonso batosa mpe bapesa Nzambe ya Daniele lokumu.
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Akangolaka mpe abikisaka,
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniele akomaki moto ya lokumu na tango Dariusi azalaki mokonzi mpe na tango ya Sirisi, mokonzi ya bato ya Persi.