Daniel 6
1 It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps — a hundred and twenty — that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
Edze Darius ŋu be wòatia dumegã alafa ɖeka blaeve be woaɖu dzi le dukɔa me
2 and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
eye wòtsɔ amegã etɔ̃ ɖo wo nu. Ame siawo dometɔ ɖekae nye Daniel. Dziɖulawo ana akɔnta amegãwo ale be fia la mabu naneke o.
3 Then this Daniel hath been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king hath thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.
Azɔ la, Daniel ɖe eɖokui fia le amegãwo kple dziɖulawo dome kple eƒe ŋutete tɔxɛwo ale gbegbe be fia la ɖo be yeatsɔe aɖo fiaɖuƒe blibo la nu.
4 Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
Esia ta amegãwo kple dziɖulawo di mɔnuwo be woatsɔ nya ɖe eŋu le eƒe dzikpɔdɔwo wɔwɔ me gake womete ŋui o. Womete ŋu kpɔ nu gbegblẽ aɖeke le eŋu o, eya ta enye ame si dzi woaka ɖo, elabena gbegblẽ menɔ eme o, eye megblẽa dɔ ɖi hã o.
5 Then these men are saying, 'We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the law of his God.'
Mlɔeba la, ame siawo gblɔ be, “Míate ŋu akpɔ nutsotso aɖeke le ame sia, Daniel ŋu o, negbe ne nya la ku ɖe eƒe Mawu ƒe se ŋuti ko!”
6 Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: 'O king Darius, to the ages live!
Ale amegãwo kple dziɖulawo ƒo ƒu yi fia la gbɔ eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “O Fia Darius, nɔ agbe tegbee!
7 Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.
Dɔdzikpɔlawo, tatɔwo, dziɖulawo, aɖaŋuɖolawo kple mɔmefiawo katã ɖoe be fia la nade se si ana be ame sia ame si ado gbe ɖa na mawu aɖe alo ame aɖe ŋkeke blaetɔ̃ siwo le mía ŋgɔ me eye menye na wò, O fia, o la, woalée ade dzatawo ƒe do me
8 Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
Azɔ la, O fia, de se la eye nàna woaŋlɔe ale be womate ŋu atrɔe o, le Mediatɔwo kple Persiatɔwo ƒe se nu eye womate ŋu atrɔe o.”
9 Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
Ale Fia Darius na woŋlɔ se la.
10 And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.
Esi Daniel se be woŋlɔ se la kaka la, eyi ɖe eƒe aƒe me, ge ɖe eƒe xɔ me le dziƒoxɔ dzi eye wòʋu fesrẽ siwo woʋuna dona ɖe Yerusalem gbɔ la da ɖi. Edzea klo, doa gbe ɖa zi etɔ̃ gbe sia gbe, daa akpe na eƒe Mawu abe ale si wòwɔna tsã ene.
11 Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;
Tete ame siawo yi le ha me ɖakpɔ Daniel wònɔ gbe dom ɖa henɔ kpekpeɖeŋu biam Mawu.
12 then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
Ale woyi fia la gbɔ eye woƒo nu nɛ tso se si wòde la ŋuti. Wobiae be, “Ɖe mèŋlɔ sedede aɖe be le ŋkeke blaetɔ̃ siwo gbɔna me la, ame sia ame si ado gbe ɖa na mawu alo amegbetɔ aɖe si manye wò, fia o la, woalée ade dzatawo ƒe do me oa?” Fia la ɖo eŋu be, “Se la li eye le Mediatɔwo kple Persiatɔwo ƒe sewo nu la, womate ŋu atrɔe o.”
13 Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, 'Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'
Tete wogblɔ na fia la be, “O fia, Daniel, ame si nye aboyome siwo tso Yuda la dometɔ ɖeka la metsɔa ɖeke le eme na wò alo lé se si nèna woŋlɔ la me ɖe asi o. Egadoa gbe ɖa zi etɔ̃ gbe sia gbe kokoko.”
14 Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
Esi fia la se nya sia la, ese veve ŋutɔ. Eɖo kplikpaa be yeaɖe Daniel eye wòdze agbagba ɖe sia ɖe be yeaɖee va se ɖe ɣe ɖo to.
15 Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, 'know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is]: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.'
Tete ameawo yi fia la gbɔ le ha me eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Ɖo ŋku edzi, O fia, be le Mediatɔwo kple Persiatɔwo ƒe se nu la, womate ŋu atrɔ se aɖeke si fia de la o.”
16 Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, 'Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.'
Ale fia la ɖe gbe, wokplɔ Daniel vɛ eye wokɔe ƒu gbe ɖe dzatawo ƒe do me. Fia la gblɔ na Daniel be, “Wò Mawu si nèsubɔna atraɖii la naɖe wò!”
17 And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.
Wokɔ kpe aɖe da ɖe doa nu eye fia la tsɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkɔsigɛ kple eƒe ame ŋkutawo ƒe ŋkɔsigɛwo tre do la nu ale be womagatrɔ nya si dzɔ ɖe Daniel dzi la o.
18 Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled [from] off him.
Tete fia la trɔ yi eƒe fiasã me. Meɖu nu fiẽ ma o eye womewɔ dzidzɔdonamenu aɖeke hã nɛ o. Mete ŋu dɔ alɔ̃ o.
19 Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;
Le ŋdi kanya esi dzite tso ko la, fia la fɔ eye wòɖe abla yi dzatawo ƒe do la gbɔ.
20 and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'
Esi wòte ɖe do la ŋu la, eyɔ Daniel kple nublanuigbe be, “Daniel, Mawu gbagbe la subɔla, ɖe wò Mawu si nèsubɔna atraɖii la te ŋu ɖe wò tso dzatawo ƒe asi mea?”
21 Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: 'O king, to the ages live:
Daniel ɖo eŋu be, “O fia, nɔ agbe tegbee!
22 my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.'
Nye Mawu ɖo eƒe dɔla aɖe ɖa eye wòde ga nu na dzataawo. Womewɔ nuvevi aɖekem o elabena nyemeɖi fɔ aɖeke le Mawu ŋkume o eye nenema ke nyemewɔ nu vɔ̃ aɖeke kpɔ le wò ŋkume o, O fia.”
23 Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed in his God.
Tete fia la kpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ eye wòɖe gbe be woaɖe Daniel le do la me. Esi woɖe Daniel le do la me la, womekpɔ abi aɖeke le eŋu o elabena eɖo ŋu ɖe eƒe Mawu ŋu.
24 And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
Le fia la ƒe gbeɖeɖe nu la, wolé ame siwo tsɔ aʋatsonya ɖe Daniel ŋu la de dzatawo ƒe do la me kple wo srɔ̃wo kple wo viwo. Womekpɔ ɖo do la gɔme hafi dzataawo lé wo, vuvu wo eye wogbã woƒe ƒuwo o.
25 Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: 'Your peace be great!
Tete Fia Darius ŋlɔ agbalẽ na eƒe amewo katã, dukɔwo kple ame siwo tso gbegbɔgblɔwo katã me le anyigba la dzi la be, “Eme nenyo na mi ŋutɔŋutɔ!”
26 From before me is made a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding to the ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] unto the end.
Nyee de se be le nye fiaɖuƒea me la, ame sia ame navɔ̃ eye wòade bubu Daniel ƒe Mawu ŋu.
27 A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who hath delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.'
Eɖea ame eye wòxɔna na ame.
28 And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Ale eme nyo na Daniel le Darius ƒe fiaɖuɣi kple Persiatɔ, Sirus ƒe fiaɖuɣi.
