Daniel 5
1 Eze Belshaza, kpọrọ puku ndịisi nọ nʼalaeze ya oriri, ebe ha nọ ṅụọ nnọọ mmanya dị ukwuu.
Belshazzar the king has made a great feast to one thousand of his great men, and before the one thousand he is drinking wine;
2 Mgbe Belshaza na-aṅụ mmanya ya, ọ nyere iwu ka a chịtara ya iko ọlaedo na ọlaọcha nke nna ya bụ Nebukadneza si nʼụlọnsọ ukwu dị na Jerusalem chịkọta, ka eze na ndị a mara aha ha nʼalaeze ya, na ndị nwunye ya, na ndị iko ya jiri ha ṅụọ mmanya.
Belshazzar has said—while tasting the wine—to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that the king may drink with them, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.
3 Ya mere, a chịtara iko ọlaedo ndị e si nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke dị na Jerusalem chịkọta. Eze na ndị a mara aha ha nʼalaeze ya na ndị nwunye ya na ndị iko ya jiri ha ṅụọ mmanya.
Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines, have drunk with them;
4 Ha ṅụrụ mmanya tookwa chi nke ọlaedo na ọlaọcha na bronz, na igwe na osisi na nkume.
they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 Na mberede, ha hụrụ mkpịsịaka mmadụ ka ọ na-ede ihe nʼaja ụlọ nke ụlọeze ahụ ha nọ nʼime ya, na ncherita ihu ebe a dọbara iheọkụ. Eze nʼonwe ya hụrụ aka ahụ mgbe ọ na-ede ihe ahụ.
In that hour fingers of a man’s hand have come forth, and they are writing in front of the lampstand, on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;
6 Mgbe ahụ, ihu eze ahụ tụhịkọtara, gbarụọ nʼihi egwu. Oke ụjọ tụrụ ya. Ụkwụ ya makwara jijiji. Ikpere ya abụọ kụkọtara onwe ha.
then the king’s countenance has changed, and his thoughts trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are striking against one another.
7 Eze kpọrọ mkpu ka a kpọbata ndị dibịa niile na ndị Kaldịa, na ndị na-akọwa maka njegharị nke kpakpando. Mgbe ahụ eze sịrị ndị ikom amamihe nke Babilọn, “Onye ọbụla nwere ike gụọ ihe ahụ e dere, nke nwekwara ike ịkọwara m ihe ọ pụtara, ka a ga-eyikwasị uwe odo odo nke ndị eze. A ga-anyakwasị ya ihe olu ọlaedo. A ga-emekwa ya ka ọ bụrụ onye ọchịchị nke atọ nʼalaeze a.”
The king calls mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king has answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, “Any man who reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, he puts on purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and he rules third in the kingdom.”
8 Mgbe ahụ, ndị amamihe eze batara, ma o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime ha pụrụ ịgụta, maọbụ ịkọwara eze ihe ọ pụtara.
Then all the wise men of the king are coming up, and they are not able to read the writing, and to make known the interpretation to the king;
9 Nke a mere, ka eze Belshaza maa jijiji karịa, ihu ya gburu maramara ma gbarụkwaa. Ọ gbakwara ndị ozi ya gharịị.
then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.
10 Mgbe eze nwanyị, nụrụ olu eze na olu ndị a mara aha ha nʼala ya, ọ batara nʼụlọ oriri ahụ. Eze nwanyị sịrị, “Eze, dị ndụ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi; ka ihe a mere ghara iwetara gị ihu mgbarụ, atụla ụjọ.
The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, has come up to the banquet-house. The queen has answered and said, “O king, live for all ages; do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor your countenance be changed:
11 Nʼihi na o nwere otu nwoke nọ nʼalaeze gị, onye mmụọ nke chi ndị ahụ dị nsọ bi nʼime ya. Nʼoge ahụ nna gị bụ eze, a chọpụtara na nwoke a jupụtara nʼamamihe na nghọta, dịka a ga-asị na ya onwe ya bụ chi. Nna gị eze Nebukadneza mere ya onyeisi ndị amamihe niile, ndị dibịa, ndị na-enyocha kpakpando, ndị Kaldịa na ndị mgba afa niile.
there is a man in your kingdom in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and in the days of your father, light, and understanding, and wisdom—as the wisdom of the gods—was found in him; and your father King Nebuchadnezzar, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him—your father, O king—
12 Ebe ọ bụ na ezigbo mmụọ, mmụta na nghọta nke e ji akọwa nrọ na ihe mgbagwoju anya, na igbo mkpa dị iche iche, dị nʼime nwoke a a na-akpọ Daniel, nke eze kpọrọ Belteshaza. Ugbu a, zie ozi ka a kpọọ Daniel ka ọ kọwara gị ihe a.”
because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he shows.”
13 Ya mere, a kpọbatara Daniel nʼihu eze, eze sịrị Daniel, “Ọ bụ gị bụ Daniel, otu nʼime ndị Juda, ndị nna m dọtara nʼagha site na Juda?
Then Daniel has been caused to come up before the king; the king has answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel who [is] of the sons of the expulsion of Judah, whom my father the king brought in out of Judah?
14 Anụla m na i nwere mmụọ nke chi niile nʼime gị, na ị bụkwa onye jupụtara na nghọta na amamihe.
And I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods [is] in you, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in you.
15 Ndị amamihe m, na ndị na-enyocha kpakpando abịala nʼihu m ịgụ ihe ahụ e dere nʼaja ụlọ ma ha enweghị ike ịgụta ya maọbụ ịkọwa ihe ọ bụ.
And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that they may read this writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to show the interpretation of the thing:
16 Agwara m na i nwere ike ịkọwa ihe ọbụla gbagwojuru anya. Ọ bụrụ na i nwee ike ịgụ ihe e dere nʼaja ma kọwakwara m ihe ọ pụtara, aga m eyikwasị gị uwe odo odo ndị eze, yinyekwa gị ihe olu ọlaedo nʼolu, meekwa ka i bụrụ onye ọchịchị nke atọ nʼalaeze m.”
and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—you are able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know—purple you put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on your neck, and you rule third in the kingdom.”
17 Daniel zara nʼihu eze, “Debere onwe gị onyinye gị, ma ọ bụkwanụ were ya nye onye ọzọ. Ma aga m agụrụ gị eze ihe ahụ e dere ma kọwakwara gị ihe ọ pụtara.
Then Daniel has answered and said before the king, “Your gifts be to yourself, and give your fee to another; nevertheless, the writing I read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;
18 “Gị eze, Chineke nke kachasị ihe niile elu nyere nna gị, Nebukadneza ike ọchịchị a, na ịdị ukwu, na ebube, na ịma mma.
you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar:
19 Nʼihi ọkwa dị ukwuu nke o nyere ya, ndị niile, na mba niile di iche iche, na-asụ asụsụ niile dị iche iche nʼelu ụwa na-ama jijiji na-atụkwa ya egwu. Ndị eze chọrọ igbu ka o gburu, ọ hapụkwara onye ọbụla ọ chọrọ ịhapụ; o buliri onye ọbụla ọ chọrọ ibuli elu, ma ndị ọ chọrọ iweda nʼala, ka ya onwe ya wedakwara nʼala.
and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;
20 Ma mgbe nganga na ịnya isi jupụtara ya obi, Chineke sitere nʼocheeze ya wezuga ya, napụkwa ya ebube o nwere dịka eze.
and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he has been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,
21 A chụpụrụ ya site nʼetiti ụmụ mmadụ, nyekwa ya echiche uche dịka nke anụmanụ. Ọ bụkwa nʼetiti ụmụ ịnyịnya ibu ọhịa ka ebe obibi ya dị, o soro ha taa ahịhịa dịka oke ehi. Igirigi nke eluigwe deekwara ahụ ya, tutu ruo mgbe ọ matara na Chineke Onye kachasị ihe niile elu na-achị achị nʼalaeze niile nke ụwa. Ọ bụkwa onye ọbụla ọ chọrọ ka ọ na-eguzobe ka ọ chịa.
and he is driven from the sons of men, and his heart has been like with the beasts, and with the wild donkeys [is] his dwelling; they cause him to eat the herb like oxen, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, until he has known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He wills He raises up over it.
22 “Ma gị nwa ya, O Belshaza, ewedaghị onwe gị ala, nʼagbanyeghị na i ma ihe ndị a niile.
And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though all this you have known;
23 Nʼihi na i lelịala Chineke nke eluigwe. Ị wepụtara iko ndị a e si nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ya chịpụta, ka gị na ndịisi alaeze gị, ndị nwunye ha na ndị iko unu, jiri ṅụọ mmanya, mgbe unu nọ na-eto chi niile nke e jiri ọlaọcha na ọlaedo, bronz na igwe, osisi na nkume kpụọ; chi nke na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ, maọbụ nụ ihe; chi nke na-amaghị ihe ọbụla. Ma unu enyeghị Chineke onye na-enye unu ume ndụ na onye ndụ gị na ọganihu gị dị nʼaka ya nsọpụrụ.
and against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted up yourself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before you, and you, and your great men, your wives, and your concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, you have praised: and the God in whose hand [is] your breath, and all your ways, Him you have not honored.
24 Ọ bụ nke a mere o ji zite aka ahụ ị hụrụ, nke depụtara ozi a.
Then from before Him is the extremity of the hand sent, and the writing is noted down;
25 “Nke a bụ ozi ahụ e dere: mene, mene, tekel, parsin
and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.
26 “Ihe okwu ndị a pụtara bụ nke a: “Mene, Chineke agụkọọla ụbọchị ọchịchị gị, mee ka ha bịa na njedebe.
This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered—God has numbered your kingdom, and has finished it.
27 “Tekel, atụọla gị nʼime ihe ọtụtụ chọpụta na o nweghị ihe ọbụla ị bụ.
Weighed—You are weighed in the balances, and have been found lacking.
28 “Parsin, ekewala alaeze gị nyefee ya nʼaka ndị Midia na Peshịa.”
Divided—Your kingdom is divided, and it has been given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Mgbe ahụ Belshaza nyere iwu ka e yikwasị Daniel uwe odo odo ndị eze ahụ, ka e yinye ya ihe olu ọlaedo. O nyekwara iwu ka e kwusaa nʼalaeze ya niile, na o meela ya onye ọchịchị nke atọ nʼalaeze ahụ.
Then Belshazzar has spoken, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 Nʼabalị ụbọchị ahụ kwa ka e gburu Belshaza eze ndị Kaldịa.
In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
31 Nʼabalị ahụ kwa ka Daraiọs onye Midia, bidoro ịchị dịka eze. Ọ gbara iri afọ isii na abụọ nʼoge o bidoro ịchị.
and Darius the Mede has received the kingdom when a son of sixty-two years.
