Daniel 6
1 Edze Darius ŋu be wòatia dumegã alafa ɖeka blaeve be woaɖu dzi le dukɔa me
And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;
2 eye wòtsɔ amegã etɔ̃ ɖo wo nu. Ame siawo dometɔ ɖekae nye Daniel. Dziɖulawo ana akɔnta amegãwo ale be fia la mabu naneke o.
and over them three governors, of whom one was, Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled.
3 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.
And Daniel was over them, for [there was] an excellent spirit in him; and the king set him over all his kingdom.
4 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.
Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful.
5 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!”
And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.
6 Ale amegãwo kple dziɖulawo ƒo ƒu yi fia la gbɔ eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “O Fia Darius, nɔ agbe tegbee!
Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.
7 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
All who preside over your kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statue and to confirm a decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 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.”
Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed.
9 Ale Fia Darius na woŋlɔ se la.
Then king Darius commanded the decree to be written.
10 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.
And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers towards Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.
11 Tete ame siawo yi le ha me ɖakpɔ Daniel wònɔ gbe dom ɖa henɔ kpekpeɖeŋu biam Mawu.
Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God.
12 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.”
And they came and said to the king, O king, has you not made a decree, that whatever man shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, but of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? And the king said, The word is true, and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass.
13 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.”
Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judea, has not submitted to your decree; and three times in the day he makes his requests of his God.
14 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.
Then the king, when he heard the saying, was much grieved for Daniel and he greatly exerted himself for Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him.
15 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.”
Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make.
16 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!”
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. But the king said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
17 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.
And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed [it] with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.
18 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.
And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel.
19 Le ŋdi kanya esi dzite tso ko la, fia la fɔ eye wòɖe abla yi dzatawo ƒe do la gbɔ.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and came in have to the den of lions.
20 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?”
And when he drew near to the den, he cried with a loud voice, Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lion's mouth?
21 Daniel ɖo eŋu be, “O fia, nɔ agbe tegbee!
And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever.
22 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.”
My God has sent his angel, and stopped the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before him; and moreover before you, O king, I have committed no trespass.
23 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.
Then the king was very glad for him, and he commanded to bring Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and there was found no hurt upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 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.
And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.
25 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!”
Then king Darius wrote to all nations, tribes, [and] languages, who dwell in all the earth, [saying], Peace be multiplied to you.
26 Nyee de se be le nye fiaɖuƒea me la, ame sia ame navɔ̃ eye wòade bubu Daniel ƒe Mawu ŋu.
This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that [men] tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever.
27 Eɖea ame eye wòxɔna na ame.
He helps and delivers, and works signs and wonders in the heaven and on the earth, who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.
28 Ale eme nyo na Daniel le Darius ƒe fiaɖuɣi kple Persiatɔ, Sirus ƒe fiaɖuɣi.
And Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
