Daniel 6
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
Na rĩrĩ, Dario nĩonire athuure anene 120 nĩguo matuĩke a gwathanaga ũthamaki-inĩ wake wothe.
2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
Ningĩ agĩcooka akĩiga atongoria atatũ matuĩke anene a acio angĩ, na ũmwe wa acio atatũ aarĩ Danieli. Anene acio atatũ maigirwo nĩgeetha marehagĩrwo ũhoro nĩ anene acio angĩ a bũrũri, nĩgeetha indo cia mũthamaki itikoore.
3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Nake Danieli akĩoneka arĩ wa mwanya harĩ atongoria acio angĩ othe o na anene nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa aarĩ kĩyo mũrutĩre-inĩ wake wa wĩra, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki agĩtanya kũmũtua mwathi wa ũthamaki ũcio wake wothe.
4 Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio atongoria na anene acio angĩ magĩcaria ũndũ mangĩcuukĩra Danieli wĩra-inĩ wake wa gwathana, no makĩaga ihĩtia. Nĩmagire ũndũ mangĩmũcuukĩra, tondũ aarĩ mwĩhokeku, akaaga ũcuuke kana ihĩtia mĩthiĩre-inĩ yake.
5 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
Marigĩrĩrio-inĩ andũ acio makĩĩrana atĩrĩ, “Gũtirĩ hĩndĩ tũkoona ũndũ tũngĩcuukĩra Danieli, tiga ũkorirwo nĩ ũndũ ũkoniĩ watho wa Ngai wake.”
6 Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio atongoria na anene a bũrũri magĩthiĩ marĩ gĩkundi kũrĩ mũthamaki, makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Wee Mũthamaki Dario, ũrotũũra nginya tene!
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Ithuĩ tũrĩ atongoria a ũthamaki ũyũ, na anyabara, na anene a bũrũri, na andũ arĩa mataaraga mũthamaki o na abarũthi othe, nĩtũciirĩte tũkoona arĩ wega we mũthamaki ũrute watho naguo ũhinyĩrĩrio atĩ mũndũ o wothe ũrĩa ũngĩhooya ngai o na ĩrĩkũ kana mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ, tiga akũhooire wee mũthamaki, ihinda rĩa matukũ mĩrongo ĩtatũ rĩtanathira, no nginya aikio irima-inĩ rĩa mĩrũũthi.
8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
Na rĩrĩ, wee mũthamaki, athana watho ũcio ũgĩe ho na wandĩkwo, nawe ũwĩkĩre mũhũũri nĩgeetha ndũkagarũrwo, kũringana na mawatho ma Amedi na ma Aperisia marĩa matagarũragwo.”
9 Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Mũthamaki Dario akĩandĩka watho ũcio na agĩĩkĩra mũhũũri.
10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room towards Jerusalem) and he knelt on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Rĩrĩa Danieli aamenyire atĩ watho ũcio nĩ wandĩkĩtwo-rĩ, akĩinũka gwake, akĩhaica kanyũmba gake ka igũrũ harĩa ndirica cia nyũmba yake ciahingũragwo irorete mwena wa Jerusalemu. O mũthenya, nĩatuuragia ndu maita matatũ akahooya Ngai, akĩmũcookagĩria ngaatho o ta ũrĩa aamenyerete gwĩka hau kabere.
11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
Nao andũ acio magĩthiĩ marĩ hamwe, magĩkora Danieli akĩhooya agĩthaitha Ngai amũteithie.
12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩthiĩ harĩ mũthamaki na makĩaria nake igũrũ rĩa uuge ũcio wa mũthamaki: Makĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Githĩ ndwandĩkithirie watho atĩ handũ ha matukũ mĩrongo ĩtatũ, mũndũ ũngĩhooya ngai o na ĩrĩkũ kana ahooe mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ tiga o we mũthamaki, no nginya aikio irima-inĩ rĩa mĩrũũthi?” Mũthamaki agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Watho ũcio ũrĩ o ho, kũringana na mawatho ma Amedi na Aperisia, marĩa matagarũragwo.”
13 Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
Nao magĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Danieli, ũmwe wa andũ arĩa maatahĩtwo kuuma Juda, ndagwathĩkagĩra wee mũthamaki, kana agaathĩkĩra watho ũrĩa wee mwene wandĩkithĩtie. O na rĩu no ahooyaga Ngai wake maita matatũ o mũthenya.”
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
Rĩrĩa mũthamaki aaiguire ũhoro ũcio, akĩigua kĩeha mũno; agĩtua itua rĩa kũhonokia Danieli, na mũthenya ũcio wothe aatindire akĩgeria ũrĩa angĩhonokia Danieli o nginya riũa rĩgĩthũa.
15 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
Hĩndĩ ĩyo andũ acio makĩũngana rĩngĩ magĩthiĩ harĩ mũthamaki na makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ririkana, wee mũthamaki, atĩ kũringana na watho wa Amedi na Aperisia, watho ũrĩa mũrute kana mwandĩke nĩ mũthamaki ndũngĩgarũrwo.”
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũthamaki agĩathana, nao makĩrehe Danieli na makĩmũikia irima-inĩ rĩa mĩrũũthi. Mũthamaki akĩĩra Danieli atĩrĩ, “Ngai waku ũrĩa ũtungatagĩra hĩndĩ ciothe-rĩ, arogũteithũra!”
17 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Ihiga rĩkĩreehwo, rĩkĩigwo mũromo-inĩ wa irima rĩu, nake mũthamaki agĩĩkĩra mũhũũri na gĩcũhĩ gĩake mwene na icũhĩ cia andũ ake arĩa marĩ igweta, nĩgeetha gũtikagĩe ũndũ ũngĩgarũrwo ũkoniĩ Danieli.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
Nake Mũthamaki agĩcooka nyũmba yake ya ũthamaki, nake akĩraara ehingĩte kũrĩa irio na atarĩ na maũndũ ma gwĩkenia. Na ũtukũ ũcio wothe ndaigana kuona toro.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
Na kwarooka gũkĩa-rĩ, mũthamaki agĩũkĩra tene, agĩthiĩ ahiũhĩte erekeire irima-inĩ rĩa mĩrũũthi.
20 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
Na aakuhĩrĩria irima rĩu, agĩĩta Danieli na mũgambo ũrĩ na ruo rũnene, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Danieli, wee ndungata ya Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ muoyo, Ngai waku ũrĩa ũtungatagĩra hĩndĩ ciothe nĩakũhonoketie kuuma kũrĩ mĩrũũthi?”
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
Nake Danieli agĩcookeria mũthamaki atĩrĩ, “Wee mũthamaki, ũrotũũra nginya tene!
22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
Ngai wakwa nĩarandũmĩire mũraika wake, nake arahinga mĩrũũthi tũnua. Ndĩrĩ ũndũ mũũru ĩnjĩkĩte, tondũ nĩnyonetwo itarĩ na mahĩtia njĩkĩte maitho-inĩ make. Ningĩ o na wee mũthamaki ndirĩ ndaakũhĩtĩria.”
23 Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Nake mũthamaki agĩkena mũno na agĩathana Danieli arutwo irima rĩu rĩa mĩrũũthi. Nake Danieli aarutwo irima-inĩ rĩu rĩa mĩrũũthi, ndaarĩ na handũ aagurarĩtio, tondũ we nĩehokete Ngai wake.
24 The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
Nake Mũthamaki agĩathana, akiuga atĩ andũ arĩa maathitangĩte Danieli manyiitwo, macooke marehwo na maikio irima-inĩ rĩu rĩa mĩrũũthi, hamwe na atumia ao, na ciana ciao. Na rĩrĩ, o na matanakinya irima gĩtina-rĩ, mĩrũũthi ĩyo ĩkĩmakĩria hinya, na ĩkĩhehenja mahĩndĩ mao mothe.
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
Mũthamaki Dario agĩcooka akĩandĩkĩra andũ othe, na ndũrĩrĩ, na andũ a mĩario yothe bũrũri-inĩ guothe marũa, akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Mũrogaacĩra mũno makĩria!
26 “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
“Nĩndahĩtũkia watho, atĩ kũrĩa guothe ũthamaki ũyũ wakwa wakinya-rĩ, andũ no nginya metigagĩre na matĩĩage Ngai wa Danieli.
27 He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
Nĩwe ũteithũranaga na akahonokania;
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Danieli akĩgaacĩra hĩndĩ ya wathani wa Dario, o na wathani-inĩ wa Kurusu ũrĩa Mũperisia.
