Daniel 6
1 Edze Darius ŋu be wòatia dumegã alafa ɖeka blaeve be woaɖu dzi le dukɔa me
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole 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 presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!”
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.”
6 Ale amegãwo kple dziɖulawo ƒo ƒu yi fia la gbɔ eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “O Fia Darius, nɔ agbe tegbee!
Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
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 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.
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, 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.”
9 Ale Fia Darius na woŋlɔ se la.
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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.
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.
11 Tete ame siawo yi le ha me ɖakpɔ Daniel wònɔ gbe dom ɖa henɔ kpekpeɖeŋu biam Mawu.
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before 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.”
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.”
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, “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.”
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 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.
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 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.”
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. The king spoke and 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 went in haste 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?”
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?”
21 Daniel ɖo eŋu be, “O fia, nɔ agbe tegbee!
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
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 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.”
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 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.
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.
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.
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 the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “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.
“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.
27 Eɖea ame eye wòxɔna na ame.
He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28 Ale eme nyo na Daniel le Darius ƒe fiaɖuɣi kple Persiatɔ, Sirus ƒe fiaɖuɣi.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
