Daniel 6
1 Ọ dị Daraiọs mma ịhọpụta ndịisi dị otu narị na iri abụọ, ndị ga-anọ nʼalaeze ahụ niile dịka ndị nnọchite anya eze.
It has been good before Darius, and he has established over the kingdom satraps—one hundred and twenty—that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
2 O họpụtakwara ndịisi atọ ọzọ dịka ndịisi ha, nke otu onye nʼime ha bụ Daniel. Ndị a bụ ndị ga na-agụkọrọ ha otu ihe si aga, ka ihe ọbụla ghara ifunarị eze.
and three presidents higher than they, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
3 Ọ dịghị anya, ọ pụtara ihe nye eze na Daniel kwesiri ntụkwasị obi karịa ndịisi na ndị nlekọta ahụ niile. Nʼihi na amamihe ya, na ike ọrụ ya dị ukwuu. Nke a mere ka eze chee echiche kpebie ime ya onyeisi nʼalaeze niile.
Then this Daniel has been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king has thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.
4 Nʼihi nke a, ndịisi ọkwa ha dị elu na ndịisi ndị ọzọ bidoro chọwa mkpesa ha ga-enye iji megide Daniel nʼihe gbasara ọchịchị. Ma ọ dịghị ihe ebubo ọbụla maọbụ omume ọjọọ ọbụla ha chọpụtara, nʼihi na ọ kwesiri ntụkwasị obi. Ọ dịghịkwa omume ọjọọ maọbụ nke aghụghọ ọbụla a chọpụtara nʼọrụ ya.
Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
5 Nʼikpeazụ, ndị ikom a sịrị, “O nweghị otu anyị ga-esi chọta ihe a ga-eji boo nwoke a bụ Daniel ebubo, karịakwa nʼihe metụtara iwu ofufe Chineke ya.”
Then these men are saying, “We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the Law of his God.”
6 Ya mere, ndịisi ndị a na ndị ozi ndị ahụ kpebiri jekwuru eze ahụ sị ya, “Eze Daraiọs, dịrịkwa ndụ ruo mgbe niile!
Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: “O King Darius, live for all ages!
7 Ndịisi alaeze gị niile, ndị ukwu na ndị nta, ndị na-anọchi anya eze na ndị ndụmọdụ na ndị ị tinyere ka ha na-achị zukọtara kpebie na eze kwesiri inye iwu nke ga-ekwu na a chọghị ka onye ọbụla rịọọ ihe ọbụla nʼaka chi maọbụ nʼaka mmadụ ọbụla karịa gị eze, site nʼoge i nyere iwu a tutu iri ụbọchị atọ agafee. Onye ọbụla nupuru isi nʼiwu a ka a ga-atụba nʼolulu ọdụm.
Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counselors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeks a petition from any god and man until thirty days, except of you, O king, is cast into a den of lions.
8 Anyị chọkwara ka gị bụ eze kwagide iwu a ma jirikwa aka gị dee aha gị nʼakwụkwọ iwu ahụ. Nʼihi na anyị chọrọ ka ọ bụrụ iwu nke na-agaghị enwe mgbanwe, nke a na-apụghị ịkagbukwa akagbu, dịka iwu ndị Midia na Peshịa si dị.”
Now, O king, you establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that does not pass away.”
9 Ya mere, Daraiọs jiri aka ya dee aha ya nʼakwụkwọ iwu ahụ.
Therefore King Darius has signed the writing and interdict.
10 Ma mgbe Daniel maara na iwu a adịla ire, ọ banyere nʼụlọ ya, nʼelu ụlọ elu nke ebe obibi ya, o meghere oghereikuku ya chere ihu na Jerusalem. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ na-anọ ekpe ekpere na ekele Chineke ya, ugboro atọ nʼụbọchị dịka ọ na-eme na mbụ.
And Daniel, when he has known that the writing is signed, has gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.
11 Ndị iro ya gbakọtara hụ na Daniel na-ekpe ekpere na-arịọkwa Chineke arịrịọ.
Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and pleading grace before his God;
12 Ha jekwuru eze sị ya, “I chetakwara iwu ahụ i nyere, nke sị na onye ọbụla ekwesighị ịrịọ chi ọzọ maọbụ mmadụ arịrịọ ọbụla karịa gị, tutu iri ụbọchị atọ agafee, na onye ọbụla nupuru isi nʼiwu a ka a ga-atụba nʼolulu ọdụm?” Eze sịrị, “Ya bụ iwu ka dịkwa, dịka iwu ndị Midia na Peshịa nke e nweghị ike ịkagbu akagbu.”
then they have come near, indeed, they are saying before the king concerning the king’s interdict: “Have you not signed an interdict, that any man who seeks from any god and man until thirty days, except of you, O king, is cast into a den of lions?” The king has answered and said, “The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that does not pass away.”
13 Mgbe ahụ, ha gwara eze, “Daniel, onye bụ otu nʼime ndị si Juda a dọtara nʼagha adịghị aṅa gị ntị, gị onye a na-asọpụrụ, maọbụ nye iwu ahụ i nyere bụ nke e dere nʼakwụkwọ. Ọ nọkwa na-ekpe ekpere ya ugbo atọ nʼụbọchị.”
Then they have answered, indeed, they are saying before the king, that, “Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the expulsion of Judah, has not placed on you, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that you have signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.”
14 Obi jọrọ eze njọ nke ukwuu mgbe ọ nụrụ ihe ndị a. O kpebiri nʼobi ya ime ihe niile ịhụ na Daniel ataghị ahụhụ. Ya mere, ụbọchị ahụ niile, site nʼụtụtụ ruo nʼanyasị, ọ nọ na-eche otu ọ ga-esi mee nke a.
Then the king, when he has heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he has set the heart to deliver him, and until the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
15 Mgbe ahụ, ndị ikom ndị a bịakwutere eze sị ya, “Chetakwa, gị eze, na dịka iwu ndị Midia na Peshịa si dị, ọ dịghị iwu ọbụla eze nyere maọbụ ụkpụrụ nke e mere ka o guzosie ike ga-agbanwe.”
Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, “Know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is] that any interdict and statute that the king establishes is not to be changed.”
16 Nʼikpeazụ, eze nyere iwu, ha kpụpụtara Daniel tụba ya nʼolulu ọdụm. Eze gwara Daniel, “Ka Chineke gị, onye ahụ ị na-efe mgbe niile, zọpụta gị.”
Then the king has spoken, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king has answered and said to Daniel, “Your God, whom you are serving continually, delivers you Himself.”
17 E wetara nkume dị ukwuu jiri mechie ọnụ olulu ọdụm ahụ. Eze jikwa mgbaaka akara ya na mgbaaka ndịisi ọzọ kaa akara e ji nyachie ọnụ olulu ahụ. E mere nke a ka ọnọdụ Daniel hapụ ịgbanwe.
And a stone has been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king has sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose is not changed concerning Daniel.
18 Mgbe eze lọbatara nʼụlọeze ya, o dinara nʼihe ndina ya buo ọnụ, onweghịkwa nri ebutere ya. Nʼabalị ahụ, o nweghị ike rahụ ụra.
Then the king has gone to his palace, and he has passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep has fled [from] off him.
19 Nʼìhè mbụ nke ụtụtụ, mgbe chị na-abọ, eze biliri mee ngwangwa, gaa nʼolulu ọdụm ahụ.
Then the king rises in the early morning, at the light, and he has gone in haste to the den of lions;
20 Mgbe ọ bịaruru nso olulu ahụ, ọ kpọrọ Daniel oku nʼolu obi ntiwa sị, “Daniel, ohu Chineke dị ndụ, Chineke gị ahụ ị na-efe mgbe niile, o nwekwara ike ịzọpụta gị nʼaka ọdụm?”
and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he cries. The king has answered and said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you are serving continually, is He able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Ya mere, Daniel sịrị eze, “Eze, dịrị ndụ ruo mgbe niile!
Then Daniel has spoken with the king: “O king, live for all ages:
22 Chineke m zitere mmụọ ozi ka o mechie ọnụ ọdụm ndị a, ka ha si otu a hapụ inwe ike ịmetụ m aka, nʼihi na Chineke maara na aka m dị ọcha. Ọ makwaara na o nweghị ihe ọbụla m mere mejọọ gị.”
my God has sent His messenger, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity has been found in me; and also before you, O king, injury I have not done.”
23 Ọṅụ juru eze ahụ obi! O nyere iwu ka e si nʼime olulu ahụ dọpụta Daniel. Mgbe a kpọpụtara Daniel, o nweghị ihe ọbụla a hụrụ mere ya nʼahụ, nʼihi na ọ tụkwasịrị Chineke ya obi.
Then was the king very glad for him, and he has commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel has been taken up out of the den, and no injury has been found in him, because he has believed in his God.
24 Mgbe ahụ, eze nyere iwu ka e jide ndị ahụ boro Daniel ebubo. O nyere iwu ka a tụnye ha nʼolulu ọdụm ahụ, ha na ndị nwunye ha na ụmụ ha. Ọdụm ndị ahụ dị nʼime olulu ahụ jidere ndị ahụ dọrie ma ọkpụkpụ ha tupu ha adaruo ala.
And the king has spoken, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den until the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
25 Emesịa, eze Daraiọs depụtara ozi a nʼakwụkwọ nye iwu ka a gụọra ya mmadụ niile, mba niile na asụsụ niile dị iche iche nʼelu ụwa. “Ka ọ dịrị unu na mma.
Then Darius the king has written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: “Your peace be great!
26 “Ana m enye iwu na mmadụ niile nọ nʼalaeze m kwesiri ịtụ egwu na ịma jijiji nʼihu Chineke nke Daniel.
From before me a decree is made, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding for all ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] to the end.
27 Ọ na-agbapụta ndị ya, na-azọpụtakwa.
A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who has delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.”
28 Ya mere, ihe gaara Daniel nke ọma nʼoge niile Daraiọs bụ eze, na nʼoge Sairọs onye Peshịa chịkwara dịka eze.
And this Daniel has prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
