< Daniel 4 >
1 Gbedeasi tso Fia Nebukadnezar, Gbɔ na amewo, dukɔwo kple gbegbɔgblɔ ɖe sia ɖe me tɔwo le xexea me katã. Eme nenyo na mi katã!
Ko e tuʻi ko Nepukanesa, ki he kakai kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e ngaahi lea, ʻaia ʻoku nofo ʻi māmani fulipē; Ke tupulekina ʻae melino kiate kimoutolu.
2 Enye dzidzɔ nam be maɖi ɖase na mi tso dzesi wɔnuku kple nukunu siwo Mawu, Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la wɔ nam la ŋuti.
Ne u pehē ʻe lelei ke fakahā ʻae ngaahi fakaʻilonga, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo, ʻaia kuo fai ʻe he ʻOtua māʻolunga kiate au.
“ʻOku lahi hono ngaahi fakaʻilonga! Pea ʻoku mālohi ʻene ngaahi meʻa fakaofo! Ko hono puleʻanga ko e puleʻanga taʻengata, pea ko ʻene pule ʻoku mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.
4 Nye, Nebukadnezar, menɔ aƒe me le fiasã la me; meɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ eye nuwo dze edzi nam.
“Ko au Nepukanesa, ne u mālōlō ʻi hoku fale, pea naʻe tupu pe ʻae monūʻia ʻi hoku nofoʻanga.
5 Meku drɔ̃e aɖe si na vɔvɔ̃ ɖom. Esi memlɔ nye aba dzi la, ɖeɖefia kple ŋutega siwo va to nye susu me la do ŋɔdzi nam.
Naʻaku misi, pea naʻaku manavahē ai, pea ko ʻeku ngaahi mahalo ʻi hoku mohenga, mo e ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hoku ʻulu, naʻe fakamamahi kiate au.
6 Ale meɖe gbe be woakplɔ nunyala siwo katã le Babilonia la vɛ be woaɖe drɔ̃e la gɔme nam.
Ko ia ne u fai fono ke ʻomi ʻae kau tangata poto kotoa pē ʻo Papilone ki hoku ʻao, koeʻuhi ke nau fakahā mai kiate au hono ʻuhinga ʻoe misi.
7 Esime akunyawɔlawo, dzosalawo, ɣletivimenunyalawo kple bokɔwo va la, melĩ drɔ̃e la na wo, ke womete ŋu ɖe egɔme nam o.
Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻae kau fai mana, ʻae kau ʻasitolōnoma, ʻae kau Kalitia, pea mo e kau kikite; pea ne u fakahā ʻae misi ʻi honau ʻao; ka naʻe ʻikai te nau fakahā mai kiate au hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia.
8 Mlɔeba la, Daniel do ɖe nye ŋkume eye melĩ drɔ̃e la nɛ. Wotsɔ nye mawu ƒe ŋkɔ nɛ be, Beltesazar eye mawu kɔkɔewo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le eme.
Pea naʻe haʻu fakamui ki hoku ʻao ʻa Taniela, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Pelitisasa, ʻo fakatatau mo e hingoa ʻo hoku ʻotua, pea ko ia ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae laumālie ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua māʻoniʻoni: pea ne u fakahā ʻi hono ʻao ʻae misi, ʻo pehē,
9 Megblɔ be, “Beltesazar, akunyawɔlawo ƒe fia, menya be mawu kɔkɔewo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le mewò eye nya ɣaɣla aɖeke mesesẽ akpa na wò o. Nye drɔ̃e lae nye esi, ɖe egɔme nam.
ʻE Pelitisasa, ko e ʻeiki ʻoe kau fai meʻa mana, ʻoku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae laumālie ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua māʻoniʻoni, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa fufū ʻoku faingataʻa kiate koe, ko ia ke ke tala mai ʻae ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻi heʻeku misi, ʻaia kuo u mamata ai, mo hono ʻuhinga.
10 Esiawoe nye ŋutega siwo mekpɔ esi memlɔ nye aba dzi. Mekpɔ ati aɖe le nye ŋkume le anyigba la titina. Ekɔ ŋutɔ.
“Naʻe pehē ʻae ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hoku ʻulu ʻi hoku mohenga; ne u mamata mo vakai ko e ʻakau naʻe tuʻu ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo māmani, pea ko hono māʻolunga naʻe lahi ʻaupito.
11 Ati la tsi, lolo, sẽ eye eƒe tame tɔ dziŋgɔli.
Naʻe tupu ʻae ʻakau pea naʻe mālohi, pea ko hono māʻolunga naʻe ʻalu hake ki he langi, pea naʻe hā atu ia ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga ʻo māmani:
12 Eƒe aŋugbawo nya kpɔ ŋutɔ, eƒe kutsetsewo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔŋutɔ eye nuɖuɖu le edzi na ame sia ame. Dziƒoxeviwo nɔ eƒe alɔwo dzi. Nu gbagbe ɖe sia ɖe kpɔa nuɖuɖu tsoa egbɔ.
Naʻe matamatalelei hono lau, pea naʻe lahi hono fua, pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae meʻakai ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē: naʻe fakamalumalu ʻi lalo ʻae fanga manu ʻoe ngoue, pea naʻe nofo ʻae fanga manupuna ʻoe ʻatā ʻi hono ngaahi vaʻa, pea naʻe fafanga ʻae kakai kotoa pē mei ai.
13 “Le ŋutega siwo mekpɔ esi memlɔ nye aba dzi me la, mekpɔ nu, eye nye dɔla aɖe tsi tsitre ɖe nye ŋkume. Enye ame kɔkɔe aɖe si ɖi tso dziƒo.
“Pea ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai ki hoku ʻulu ʻi hoku mohenga, pea vakai, naʻe ʻalu hifo mei he langi, ʻae taha leʻo, mo e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni:
14 Edo ɣli kple gbe sesẽ aɖe be, ‘Tso ati la ƒu anyi, lã eƒe ɖɔwo ɖa eye nàkaka eƒe kutsetsewo ahlẽ. Na gbemelãwo nasi le ete eye nàna dziƒoxeviwo nadzo adzo le eƒe alɔwo dzi.
Pea naʻe kalanga leʻo lahi ia, mo ne pehē, ‘Tā hifo ʻae ʻakau, pea tutuʻu hono ngaahi vaʻa, lulu ke ngangana hono lau, mo liʻaki hono fua, tuku ke hao ʻae fanga manu mei lalo, mo e fanga manupuna mei hono ngaahi vaʻa.
15 Ke na eƒe takpo la kple eƒe kewo nanɔ babla kple gayibɔ kple akɔbli eye wòanɔ tome le gbe siwo le gbedzi la dome. “‘Na dziƒozãmu naƒoe eye nàna wòanɔ agbe kple lãwo le anyigba la ƒe nu miemiewo dome.
Kae tuku ai pe hono tangutungutu ʻi he kelekele mo hono meʻa tākai ukamea mo e palasa, ʻi he mohuku laumaʻuiʻui ʻoe ngoue; pea tuku ia ke viviku ʻi he hahau ʻoe langi, “‘Pea tuku ke ne ʻinasi fakataha mo e fanga manu, ʻi he mohuku ʻoe kelekele.
16 Na woatrɔ eƒe amegbetɔ ƒe susu wòazu gbemelã tɔ va se ɖe esime ƒe adre nava yi.
Ke liliu hono loto fakatangata, pea tuku kiate ia ʻae loto ʻoe manu, pea tuku ke ʻosi ha kuonga ʻe fitu mo ʻene pehē.
17 “‘Dɔla kɔkɔewo ɖe gbeƒã nyametsotso sia ale be ame nɔagbewo nanya be Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye fia ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe fiaɖuƒewo katã dzi eye wòtsɔa wo katã naa ame sia ame si wòlɔ̃ eye wòtsɔa ame siwo bɔbɔa wo ɖokuiwo la ɖoa wo nu.’
ʻOku fai ʻae meʻa ni ʻi he fono ʻae kau leʻo, pea mo e ʻeke ʻi he fekau ʻae kau māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he kakai moʻui ʻoku pule ʻaia ʻoku Māʻolunga taha pe ʻi he puleʻanga ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku faʻiteliha ia ki ha taha ʻe tuku ki ai, pea ʻoku ne hakeakiʻi ki ai ʻae kakai ʻoku māʻulalo taha pe.’
18 “Esia nye drɔ̃e si nye Fia Nebukadnezar meku. Azɔ la, Beltesazar ɖe egɔme nam, elabena nunyala siwo katã le nye fiaɖuƒe me la dometɔ aɖeke mate ŋu aɖe egɔme nam o. Ke wò ya la, àte ŋui elabena mawu kɔkɔewo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le mewò.”
“Ko au Nepukanesa naʻaku mamata ki he misi ni. Pea ko koe ʻe Pelitisasa ke ke fakahā mai kiate au hono ʻuhinga, he koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻikai mafai ʻe he kau tangata poto kotoa pē ʻi hoku puleʻanga ke fakahā kiate au hono ʻuhinga: ka ko koe ʻoku ke mafai; he ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻae laumālie ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua māʻoniʻoni.”
19 Tete Daniel, ame si woyɔna hã be Beltesazar la tɔtɔ ŋutɔ ɣeyiɣi aɖe eye eƒe susu do ŋɔdzi nɛ. Ale fia la gblɔ nɛ be, “Beltesazar, mègana drɔ̃e la kple eƒe gɔmeɖeɖe nado ŋɔdzi na wò o.” Beltesazar ɖo eŋu be, “Nye Aƒetɔ, ɖe drɔ̃e la aku ɖe wò futɔwo ŋu eye eƒe gɔmeɖeɖe alɔ ame siwo dia vɔ̃e na wò ɖe eme hafi!
Pea naʻe toki ofo ʻa Taniela, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Pelitisasa ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ʻe taha, pea puputuʻu ʻene fakakaukau. Pea lea ʻae tuʻi, ʻo ne pehē kia Pelitisasa, “ʻOua naʻa ke mamahi ʻi he misi, pe ʻi hono ʻuhinga.” Pea naʻe tali ʻe Pelitisasa ʻo pehē, “ʻE hoku ʻeiki, ke ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻae misi, pea ko hono ʻuhinga ke ʻi ho ngaahi fili ia.
20 Ati si nèkpɔ wòlolo, sẽ, eƒe tame tɔ dziŋgɔli, eye wòdzena le anyigba la dzi
Ko e ʻakau naʻa ke mamata ai, ʻaia naʻe tupu, pea naʻe mālohi, ʻaia naʻe aʻu hake ki he langi, ʻa hono māʻolunga, pea naʻe hā ki māmani fulipē;
21 kple eƒe aŋugba dzeaniwo kple kutsetse sɔgbɔwo, ati si naa nuɖuɖu ame sia ame, wònye sitsoƒe na gbemelãwo, eye eƒe alɔwo nye dzudzɔƒe na dziƒoxeviwo lae nye
Pea naʻe matamatalelei hono lau, pea naʻe lahi hono fua, pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae meʻakai ki he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻae fanga manu ʻoe ngoue, ʻi hono lolo ʻakau, pea maʻu ʻe he fanga manupuna ʻoe ʻatā honau nofoʻanga ʻi hono ngaahi vaʻa:
22 wò ŋutɔ. O fia, wòe nye ati la! Èlolo eye nèsẽ ŋu, wò gãnyenye tsi va se ɖe esime wòtɔ dziŋgɔli eye wò fiaɖuƒe keke yi teƒe didiwo le anyigba dzi.
“Ko koe ia ʻe tuʻi kuo ke tupu, pea kuo ke hoko ʻo mālohi: he kuo ke tupu ʻo māʻolunga, ʻo aʻu hake ki he langi, pea mo hoʻo pule ki he ngataʻanga ʻo māmani.
23 “Wò, O fia, èkpɔ dɔla aɖe, ame kɔkɔe aɖe, wònɔ ɖiɖim tso dziƒo henɔ gbɔgblɔm na wò be, ‘Tso ati la ƒu anyi eye nàtsrɔ̃e gake nàgblẽ eƒe takpoa ɖe tome eye nàde gayibɔ kple akɔblikɔsɔkɔsɔe ɖe gbe damawo dome le esime eƒe kewo le tome. Na dziƒozãmu naƒoe, wòanɔ agbe abe gbemelãwo ene va se ɖe esime ƒe adre nava yi.’
Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he mamata ʻae tuʻi ki he leʻo mo e tokotaha māʻoniʻoni naʻe ʻalu hifo mei he langi, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Tā hifo ʻae ʻakau, pea maumauʻi ia: kae tuku hono tefito mo hono ngaahi aka ʻi he kelekele, mo hono meʻa tākai ukamea mo e palasa, ʻi he mohuku lau maʻuiʻui ʻoe ngoue, pea tuku ke viviku ia ʻi he hahau ʻoe langi, pea ke ne ʻinasi fakataha mo e fanga manu ʻoe ngoue, kaeʻoua ke ʻosi ha kuonga ʻe fitu mo ʻene pehē;’
24 “O fia, esiae nye drɔ̃e la ƒe gɔmeɖeɖe eye wònye ɖoɖo si Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la wɔ ɖe wò, nye aƒetɔ kple fia ŋuti.
“Ko eni hono ʻuhinga, ʻe tuʻi, pea ko eni ʻae tuʻutuʻuni ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga, kuo fai ki hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi:
25 Woanya wò ɖa le amewo dome eye nànɔ agbe abe lã wɔadãwo ene; àɖu gbe abe nyi ene eye dziƒozãmu adza ɖe dziwò. Ƒe adre ava yi va se ɖe esime nànyae be, Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye fia ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe fiaɖuƒewo dzi eye wòtsɔa wo naa ame si dzea eŋu.
Te nau kapusi koe mei he kakai, pea te ke nofo mo e fanga manu ʻoe ngoue, pea te nau puleʻi koe ke kai mohuku ʻo hangē ko e fanga pulu, pea te nau fakaviviku koe ʻaki ʻae hahau ʻoe langi, pea te ke pehē ʻi he kuonga ʻe fitu, kaeʻoua ke ke ʻilo ʻoku pule ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he puleʻanga ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku ne foaki ia kiate ia ʻoku ne faʻiteliha ki ai.
26 Gbe si wòɖe be nàgblẽ ati la ƒe takpo kple kewo ɖe tome la gɔmee nye, woagbugbɔ wò fiaduƒe ana wò ne ède dzesii be, Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae le fia ɖum.
Pea ko e meʻa ʻi he fekau ke tuku ʻae tefitoʻi ʻakau, mo hono aka, ʻe maʻu pe ho puleʻanga kiate koe, ʻoka ke ka ʻilo ʻoku fai ʻae pule mei he langi.
27 Eya ta, O fia, na wòadze ŋuwò be nàxɔ nye aɖaŋuɖoɖo. Ɖe asi le wò nu vɔ̃wo ŋuti to nu nyui wɔwɔ me, nàɖe asi le ŋutasesẽ ŋu to ame siwo wote ɖe anyi la nu veve me. Ekema ate ŋu ava eme be wò nunyonamewo agate ŋu ayi dzi.”
Ko ia, ʻe tuʻi, tuku tokoni kiate koe, pea motuhi hoʻo ngaahi angahala, ka ke māʻoniʻoni, pea mo hoʻo ngaahi hia, ka ke fai ʻofa ki he masiva, heiʻilo ʻe tolotolonga ai ʻa hoʻo melino.”
28 Nu siawo katã dzɔ ɖe Fia Nebukadnezar dzi.
Naʻe hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē ki he tuʻi, ko Nepukanesa.
29 Le ɣleti wuieve megbe esime fia la nɔ tsa ɖim le eƒe fiasã la tame le Babilonia la,
Hili ʻae māhina ʻe hongofulu ma ua, naʻe ʻeveʻeva ia ʻi he fale tupuʻa ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Papilone.
30 egblɔ be, “Ɖe menye esiae nye Babilonia gã si metu abe nye fia la ƒe nɔƒe to nye ŋusẽ triakɔ kple nye fianyenye ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe me ene oa?”
Pea lea ʻae tuʻi ʻo pehē, “ʻIkai ko Papilone eni, ko e fale ʻoe puleʻanga ʻaia kuo u langa ʻi hoku mālohi, pea koeʻuhi ke ongoongo hoku nāunau?”
31 Megblɔ nya siawo vɔ hafi gbe aɖe ɖi tso dziƒo o. Gbe la ɖi be, “Nu siwo woɖo be woadzɔ ɖe wò Fia Nebukadnezar dzi lae nye, woaxɔ wò fianyenye le asiwò.
Lolotonga naʻe kei ʻi he fofonga ʻoe tuʻi ʻae lea, naʻe ongo mai mei he langi ʻae leʻo naʻe pehē, “ʻE tuʻi ko Nepukanesa, kuo fai ʻae lea kiate koe; kuo homo meiate koe ʻae puleʻanga.
32 Woanya wò do goe le amewo dome eye nànɔ lã wɔadãwo dome; àɖu gbe abe nyi ene. Fe adre ava yi na wò va se ɖe esime nànyae be Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye fia ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe fiaɖuƒewo katã dzi, eye wòtsɔa wo naa ame si wòdi be yeatsɔ wo ana la.”
Pea te nau kapusi koe mei he kakai; pea te ke nofo mo e fanga manu ʻoe ngoue, pea te nau puleʻi koe ke kai mohuku ʻo hangē ko e fanga pulu, pea ʻe ʻosi ʻae kuonga ʻe fitu mo hoʻo pehē, kaeʻoua ke ke ʻilo ʻoku pule ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he puleʻanga ʻoe tangata, pea ʻoku ne foaki ia kiate ia ʻoku ne faʻiteliha ki ai.”
33 Enumake nu si wogblɔ ɖe Nebukadnezar ŋu la va eme. Wonyae ɖa tso amewo dome eye wòɖu gbe abe nyi ene. Zãmu dza ɖe edzi va se ɖe esime eƒe taɖa to abe hɔ̃ ƒe fuwo ene eye eƒe fewo to abe xevi ƒe fewo ene.
ʻI he feituʻulaʻā pe ko ia naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻae meʻa ni kia Nepukanesa: pea naʻe kapusi ia mei he kakai, pea naʻa ne kai ʻae mohuku ʻo hangē ko e fanga pulu, pea naʻe viviku hono sino ʻi he hahau ʻoe langi, pea naʻe tupu hono fulufulu ʻo hangē ko e fulufuluʻi ʻikale, pea mo hono ngeʻesi nima ʻo hangē ko e pesipesi ʻoe fanga manupuna.
34 Le ɣeyiɣi ma ƒe nuwuwu la, nye Nebukadnezar, mewu mo dzi, kpɔ dziƒo eye wogbugbɔ nye susu ɖo te nam. Tete mekafu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la, mede bubu eŋu eye medoe ɖe dzi, eya ame si li tegbee.
Pea hili ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, ko au Nepukanesa, ne u hiki hake hoku mata ki he langi, pea naʻe toe hoko mai kiate au hoku loto, pea ne u fakafetaʻi ki he Fungani Māʻolunga, pea naʻaku fakamālō mo fakaʻapaʻapa kiate ia ʻoku moʻui taʻengata, ʻAia ʻoku pule ko e pule taʻengata, pea ko hono puleʻanga ʻoku mei he toʻutangata ki he toʻutangata.
35 Wobua anyigbadzitɔwo katã
Pea ʻoku ne lau ʻae kakai fulipē ʻo māmani ko e meʻa noa pe: pea ʻoku ne fai ʻo fakatatau mo hono finangalo ʻi he kau tau ʻoe langi, pea ki he kakai ʻo māmani: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe taʻofi hono nima, pe pehē kiate ia, ‘Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?’
36 Le ɣe ma ɣi ke esi Mawu gbugbɔ nye susu ɖo te la, egbugbɔ nye bubu kple atsyɔ̃ hã nam hena nye fiaɖuƒe la ƒe bubu. Aɖaŋudelawo kple ametsitsiwo gbugbɔm ɖo nye fiazikpui dzi eye mexɔ ŋkɔ azɔ wu tsã gɔ̃ hã.
Pea feʻunga mo ia naʻe toe hoko mai ʻae poto kiate au; pea koeʻuhi ke ongoongolelei ai ʻa hoku puleʻanga, naʻe toe hoko mai ʻa hoku nāunau mo e lelei kiate au; pea naʻe kumi mai kiate au ʻeku ngaahi houʻeiki mo ʻeku kau fakamaau, pea naʻe toe fokotuʻu au ʻi hoku puleʻanga, pea naʻe tupulekina hoku ongoongolelei.
37 Ke azɔ la, nye Nebukadnezar, mekafu Dziƒo fia la, medoe ɖe dzi eye mede bubu eŋu elabena nu sia nu si wòwɔna la nɔa dzɔdzɔe eye eƒe mɔwo katã le eteƒe. Ame siwo zɔna dadatɔe la, etea ŋu bɔbɔa wo ɖe anyi.
“Pea ko au Nepukanesa, ʻoku ou fakafetaʻi mo fakamālō mo fakaʻapaʻapa, ki he tuʻi ʻoe langi, ʻaia ʻoku moʻoni ʻene ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē, pea ko ʻene ʻulungāanga ko e fakamaau: pea ʻoku ne mafai ke fakavaivaiʻi ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻalu fielahi.”