Daniel 5
1 Fia Belsazar ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na eƒe ame ŋkuta akpe ɖeka eye wòno wain kpli wo.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2 Esime Belsazar nɔ eƒe wain nom la, eɖe gbe be woatsɔ sikanu kple klosalonu siwo fofoa, Nebukadnezar lɔ tso Yerusalem gbedoxɔ me la vɛ ale be fia la, eƒe ame ŋkutawo, srɔ̃awo kple eƒe ahiãviwo nano wain le wo me.
Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink in them.
3 Ale wotsɔ sikanu siwo wolɔ tso Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ me le Yerusalem la vɛ eye fia la, eƒe ame ŋkutawo, srɔ̃awo kple eƒe ahiãviwo no wain le wo me.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4 Esi wonɔ aha la nom la, wokafu sika, klosalo, akɔbli, gayibɔ kple ati kple kpe ƒe mawuwo.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 Tete amegbetɔ ƒe asibidɛ dze eye wòŋlɔ nu ɖe gli si ŋu wosi akalo ɖo la eye wòte ɖe akaɖiti si le fiasã la me ŋu. Fia la lé ŋku ɖe asibidɛ la ŋu esi wònɔ nua ŋlɔm.
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote opposite the lampstand upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Fia la ƒe mo fu kpĩi eye dzidzi ƒoe ale gbegbe be eƒe klowo de asi wo nɔewo ƒoƒo me kpakpakpa eye eƒe afɔwo gbɔdzɔ le ete.
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7 Fia la na woyɔ eƒe bokɔwo, ɣletivimenunyalawo kple dzotɔwo vɛ. Tete fia la gblɔ na Babilonia nunyala siawo be, “Ame si axlẽ nuŋɔŋlɔ sia eye wòaɖe egɔme nam la, woado aɖabɛwu nɛ, woade sikakɔsɔkɔsɔ kɔ nɛ eye woana wòazu dziɖula ŋusẽtɔ etɔ̃lia le fiaɖuƒe la me.”
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Tete fia la ƒe nunyalawo katã va, ke womete ŋu xlẽ nuŋɔŋlɔ la alo ɖe egɔme na fia la o.
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation of it.
9 Ale vɔvɔ̃ gaɖo Fia Belsazar ɖe edzi wu eye eƒe mo gafu kpĩi ɖe edzi wu. Eƒe ame ŋkutawo hã tɔtɔ.
Then was the king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were confused.
10 Esi fia dada se fia la kple eƒe ame ŋkutawo ƒe nuƒoƒo la, ege ɖe kplɔ̃ɖoƒe la eye wògblɔ be, “O fia, nɔ agbe tegbee. Mègana wò dzika natso o. Mègana wò mo nafu kpĩi alea o.
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11 Ame aɖe le wò fiaɖuƒe la me, ame si me mawu kɔkɔewo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le. Le fofowò ŋɔli la, wokpɔe be sidzedze, gɔmesese kple nunya le esi abe mawuwo tɔwo ene. Fia Nebukadnezar, fofowò, fia la tsɔe ɖo bokɔwo, akunyawɔlawo, ɣletivimenunyalawo kple dzosalawo nu.
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12 Wokpɔe dze sii be Daniel, ame si fia la yɔna be Beltesazar la, nunya kple gɔmesese le tagbɔ nɛ kpe ɖe ŋutete be wòaɖe drɔ̃ewo kple adzowo gɔme ŋu eye wònya nu si woawɔ le nya sesẽwo me. Na woayɔ Daniel ne wòaɖe nuŋɔŋlɔ la gɔme na wò.”
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, the interpreting of dreams, and declaring of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
13 Ale wokplɔ Daniel va fia la ŋkume eye fia la biae be, “Wòe nye Daniel, aboyome siwo fofonye, fia la kplɔ vɛ tso Yuda la dometɔ ɖeka?
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said to Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, who art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?
14 Mese be mawuwo ƒe gbɔgbɔ le mewò eye be gɔmesese, sidzedze kple nunya deto le mewò.
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15 Wokplɔ nunyalawo kple dzosalawo va nye ŋkume be woaxlẽ nuŋɔŋlɔ la eye woaɖe egɔme nam gake womete ŋu ɖe egɔme nam o.
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing:
16 Azɔ la, mese be àte ŋu aɖe nuwo gɔme eye nènya ta na nyadzɔdzɔ sesẽwo. Ne àte ŋu axlẽ nuŋɔŋlɔ la eye nàɖe egɔme nam la, woado aɖabɛwu na wò, woade sikakɔsɔkɔsɔ kɔ na wò eye woana nàzu dziɖula gãtɔ etɔ̃lia le nye fiaɖuƒe la me.”
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 Tete Daniel ɖo eŋu na fia la be, “Àte ŋu atsɔ wò nunana siwo ŋugbe nèdo la na ɖokuiwò eye nàtsɔ wò fetuwo ana ame bubu aɖe faa. Ke maxlẽ nuŋɔŋlɔ la na fia la eye maɖe egɔme nɛ.
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 “O fia, Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la na fianyenye, gãnyenye, ŋutikɔkɔe kple dzedzeme fofowò, Nebukadnezar.
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19 Le teƒe kɔkɔ si Mawu nae ta la, amewo katã kple dukɔwo katã kple gbegbɔgblɔ ɖe sia ɖe gblɔlawo vɔ̃nɛ eye wobunɛ. Ame siwo fia la di be yeawu la, ewua wo. Ame siwo wòdi be yeana woatsi agbe la, enana wotsia agbe. Ame siwo wòdi be yeado ɖe ŋgɔ la, edoa wo ɖe ŋgɔ. Ame siwo wodi be yeabɔbɔ ɖe anyi la, ebɔbɔa wo ɖe anyi.
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20 Ke esi dada ge ɖe dzi me nɛ eye dada na eƒe dzi me sẽ ta la, Mawu ɖee ɖa le eƒe fiazikpui dzi eye woɖe eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ɖa le eŋu.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 Enyae le amegbetɔwo dome eye wotsɔ gbemelã ƒe susu nɛ. Enɔ gbetedziwo dome, eɖu gbe abe nyitsu ene, dziƒozãmu dza ɖe edzi eye wònya be Mawu, Dziƒoʋĩtɔ lae nye fia ɖe amegbetɔwo ƒe fiaɖuƒewo katã dzi eye wòtsɔa ame si dze eŋu la ɖoa wo nu.
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomever he will.
22 “Ke wò fia, O Belsazar, mèbɔbɔ ɖokuiwo o togbɔ be ènya fofowò ƒe ŋutinyawo katã hafi.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;
23 Le esiawo katã teƒe la, èdo ɖokuiwò ɖe dzi, ɖe Dziƒo ƒe Aƒetɔ la ŋu. Èna wofɔ eƒe kpluwo tso eƒe gbedoxɔ me vɛ na wò eye wò kple wò ame ŋkutawo, srɔ̃wòwo kple wò ahiãviwo mieno wain le wo me. Èkafu klosalo, sika, akɔbli, gayibɔ, ati kple kpe ƒe mawuwo, mawu siwo metea ŋu kpɔa nu, sea nu alo sea nu gɔme o. Mède bubu Mawu si lé wò agbe kple wò mɔwo katã ɖe eƒe asi me la ŋu o
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not glorified:
24 eya ta Mawu ɖo asi si ŋlɔ nu la ɖa.
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 “Nu si wòŋlɔ lae nye, Mene, mene, tekel parsin
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 “Nya siawo gɔme le ale: “Mene: Mawu ɖo seɖoƒe na wò fiaɖuɖu eye wòna wòwu enu.
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 “Tekel: Woda wò le nudanu dzi, eye wokpɔ be mèkpe o.
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 “Perez: Woma wò fiaɖuɖu me eye wotsɔe na Mediatɔwo kple Persiatɔwo.”
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Le Belsazar ƒe gbeɖeɖe nu la, wodo aɖabɛwu na Daniel, de sikakɔsɔkɔsɔ kɔ nɛ eye wona wòzu dziɖula ŋusẽtɔ etɔ̃lia le fiaɖuƒe la me.
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 Le zã ma ke me la, wowu Belsazar, Babilonia fia la
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 eye Darius, Mediatɔ la xɔ fiaɖuƒe la esime wòxɔ ƒe blaade-vɔ-eve.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about sixty and two years old.
