Taneo 4

1 Kini ne' Nebukatnesa'a amanage huno avona kreteno, atregeno maka vahetegane, kokankoka mopafima nemaniza vahetegane, ru zamageru ru zamageru'ma neraza vahe'ma maka mopafima nemaniza vahetega vuno eno hu'ne. Maka'motarega musenkea atreramantoanki, tamarimpa frune maniho.

[Several years after] Nebuchadnezzar [started to rule, he sent this message] to [the people of] every nation and people-group and all language groups in his empire. [He wrote, ] “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you!

2 Nagra menima musema nehu'na tamasamisuana, Marerisa Anumzamo'ma kaguvazane avame'zama nagrite'ma eri naveri'ma hu'nea zanku tamasamigahue.

I want you to know about [all] the wonderful miracles [DOU] that the Supreme God has performed for me.

3 Agra Anumzamo'ma tagrite'ma eri taveri'ma nehia kaguva zamo'a, ruzahu huno hankavenentake hu'ne. Ana hu'neankino Agrama kegavama hania kumamo'a vaga ore mevava huno nevanigeno, henkama forehu anante nante'ma hu'zama vanaza vahete'enena kegava huno vugahie.

He performs great miracles, and does wonderful things. His kingdom will last forever; his rule [over people] will never end.

4 Nagra Nebukatnesa'na noni'afi mani so'e hu'na mani'nogeno, maka zago fenonimo'a knare zantfa hige'na muse hu'na mani'noe.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace. I was living luxuriantly, and everything was going very well for me.

5 Hianagi mago kenagera, sipa'nire masene'na avanagna zama ke'noa zamo'a, nazeri nagogofeno vu'ne.

But one night I had a dream that caused me to be very afraid. I saw visions that terrified me as I lay on my bed.

6 Ana hige'na ana ava'namofo agafa'ama eme eri ama hu'za nasamisaze hu'na, Babiloni mopafima knare antahi'zane vahe'ma mani'nazarega kea atrogeno vuno eno hu'ne.

So I summoned all the wise men in Babylon, in order that they would come and tell me what it meant.

7 Anama hutoge'za kagu'vazama eri fore'ma nehaza vahe'ma, zagoma neraza vaheki, ofuntamima nehampriza vahe'ma, henkama fore'ma hania zanku'ma kasnampa kema nehaza vahe'mo'za nagrite azage'na ana ava'nama ke'noa zamofo nanekea zamasami'noe. Hianagi magomo'e huno ana ava'namofo agafa'a eri amara huno onasami'ne.

All the men who worked magic, the fortune-tellers, the men who worked sorcery, and men who studied the stars came to me. I told them what I had dreamed, but they could not tell me what it meant.

8 Ana vahetamima evu vagaretazageno henkarfama e'neana, nagrama amage'ma nentoa havi anumzamofo agire'ma asamre'na Belsasa'e hu'na agima antemi'noa ne'mofona, ruotage'ma hu'naza anumzantamimofo avamumo agrane mani'nea ne' Danieli'a efreno nagri navuga eme otige'na,

Finally, Daniel came to me, and I [decided to] tell him what I had dreamed. One of my officials had given him a new name, Belteshazzar, to honor my own god. I knew that the spirit of the holy gods was in him.

9 ana avanama ke'noa zamofo nanekea amanage hu'na asami'noe. Belsasaga ruzahu ruzahu antahi'zama eri'naza vahe'mokizmi ugota huzmantenka kegava huzmante'nana ne' mani'nane. Nagrama antahi'noana ruotage'ma hu'naza anumzantamimofo avamumo kagripina mani'neankinka, mago zamo'a kagritera frara okisanigenka, ana maka zana eri ama huvaga regahane. Ana hu'negu nagrama ke'noa avanama menima kasamisua ava'namofo agafa'amo'a, inankna hu'nefi eri ama hunka nasamio.

So, [using the name that had been given to him], I said, ‘Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all my fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and that you can reveal all mysteries. There is none that is too difficult for you. So, tell me what my dream means.

10 Nagra sipa'nire mase'nena amanahu ava'na ke'noe. Ama mopamofona amu'no amu'nompina, mago tusi zankna zafa za'za huno amunagamu mareri'negena ke'noe.

This is what I dreamed while I was lying on my bed: I saw a large tree [growing] in the middle of the land.

11 Hagi ana zafamo'a hagera huno hankavenentake nehuno, za'za huno onagamu monafi mareri'nege'za maka kazigama ama mopafima mani'naza vahe'mo'za ke'naze.

The tree was very strong and had grown very tall; [it seemed that] its top reached up to the sky, with the result that everyone in the world [HYP] could see it.

12 Ana zafamofo ani'na ramimo'a knare'zantfa huno zagasefage nehigeno ragamo'a avite'neanki'za maka mani'naza vahemo'zane zagagafamo'zanena raga'a ne'naze. Ana zafamofo tonapinka afi zagagafamo'za enemanizageno, namamo'za azankuna'afina e'za no eme ki'naze. Ana nehazage'za maka ama mopafi zagagafamo'za ana zafaretike ne'zana eme ne'naze.

It had beautiful leaves, and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches. All the living creatures everywhere in the world got food from that tree.

13 Hagi sipanire'ma mase'nena ana avanagna zampima kogeno'a, ruotge'ma hu'nea ankeromo mona atreno eramige'na ke'noe.

While I was still lying on my bed, I saw another vision. In the vision I saw a holy angel coming down from heaven.

14 Ana ankeromo'a amanage huno kezati'ne. Ana zafa antagi atretma azankuna'aramina akafri akafro hunetreta, ani'na'aramina ru vatari atre vaganereta, raga'aramina eritma rupanani hutreho. Ana nehutma afi zagagafamo'zama e'za ana zafamofo tonapima emani'nazana zamorotgo nehuta, namamo'zama e'za azankuna'afima noma eme ki'za mani'nazana zamarotgo hinke'za hare'za freho.

The angel shouted, “Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Chase away the animals that are lying in the shade of the tree, and the birds that are in its branches.

15 Hianagi ana zafamofo agafa'ane rafuna'anena tasagira osutma atrenkeno mopafi me'nena trazamo'a hageno refinetenkeno, ainireti'ene bronsireti tro hu'nesnaza seni nofi'nu anakinteho. Ana huteta atrenkeno fegi mani'nesnigeno, kenage'ma ata ko'ma tami'nia ko'mo agofetura runentesanigeno, agra afizaga kafane mani'neno trazana neno.

But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump, and allow it to stay there with grass around it.”

16 Hanki agra vahe antahi'zana e'orino, afi zagagafamofo antahi'za enerino mani'nesnigeno, 7ni'a kafumo'a evugateregahie.

[That tree seems to have represented a man, because the angel also said], “Cause that man to live [out in the fields] among the animals and plants. Cause the dew from the sky to make his body damp [each morning]. Do not allow him to [continue to] have a mind like humans; instead, cause him to have a mind like animals have, for seven years.

17 Ama ana nanekema eri'za eme huama'ma hu'nazana, ruotage'ma hu'naza ankeromo'za ama anazana fore hugahie hu'za huhankaveti'za eme huama hu'naze. E'ina hu'negu maka vahe'mo'zama ke'za antahi'zama hanazana, Marerisa Anumzamo maka ama mopa kegava hu'neankino, agi me'nesnia vahero, agi omne vahero amne huhampri antesnigeno kinia manigahie hu'za maka vahe'mo'za ke'za antahi'za hugahaze.

The holy angels have decided what must happen. They want to inform everyone that the Supreme God rules over all the kingdoms in this world. He is the one who chooses who will rule these kingdoms. He [sometimes] allows very unimportant people to become rulers.”

18 Hagi nagra kini ne' Nebukatnesa'na e'inahu ava'na ke'noanki, kagra Belsasaga ana ava'namofo agafa'a eri ama hunka nasamio. Na'ankure ruzahu ruzahu antahi'zane vahe'ma nagrama kegavama hu'noa mopafima mani'naza vahe'mo'za ana ava'namofo agafa'a eri amara hu'za nasamigara osu'naze. Hianagi kagra eri ama hunka nasamigahane, na'ankure ruotage'ma hu'naza anumzantamimofo avamumo kagrane mani'ne.

Belteshazzar, that is what I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw in my dream. Now tell me what the dream means. No one else can tell me. [I asked] all the very wise men in my kingdom [to tell me] what it means, [but they were unable to do that]. But you can [tell me], because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

19 Hanki ana ava'nagema huama higeno'a, Belsasa'a ko antahintahi'afina rezaganeno antahiteno, ana zamo'a azeri koro agesa higeno, ana ava'namofo agafa'ama eri ama hu'zankura koro nehuno, osi'a knafi akoheno mani'neno antahintahi hakare hu'ne. Ana'ma higeno'a kini nemo'a amanage huno asami'ne. Belsasaga ama ana ava'nagu'ene, ana ava'namofo agafa'ama eriama hunka nasamizankura kagogogura osuo. Anage higeno Belsasa'a kini nera asamino, ama ana ava'nafima ke'nana zantamimo'a kagritera efore osanianki, kagri ha' vahete efore hanie.

I, whose [new] name was Belteshazzar, did not say anything for some time, [because] I was very worried/disturbed [about the meaning of the dream. Finally], the king said to me, “Belteshazzar, do not be afraid about the dream and about what it means.” I replied, “Sir, I wish that the events that were predicted in your dream would happen to your enemies, [and not to you].

20 Hagi ava'nama ke'nampina mago zafamo'a hageno zaza huno hankavenentake huno anagamu monafi marerinegeno, ama mopafima maka kazigama mani'naza vahe'mo'za ke'naze.

[In your dream/vision] you saw a very strong and very tall tree. It [seemed to] reach to the sky, [with the result that] everyone in the world could see it.

21 Hagi ana zafamofo ani'naramimo'za knare'zantfa hu'za zagasefage hu'nageno, ama mopafima mani'naza maka vahe'mo'za nesaza avamente rama'a zafa raga rente'ne. Ana zafamofo tonapinka afi zagagafamo'za enemanizage'za, namaramimo'za azankuna'afina e'za no eme ki'za mani'nazagenka ke'nane.

It had beautiful leaves and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches.

22 Kini ne'moka ava'nafima ke'nana zafa, e'i kagra mani'nane. Na'ankure kagra mago hankavenentake kini efore hankeno, kagimo'a ame nagame monarega haruharu huno mareri'ne. Ana nehigenka ama mopafi vahera maka kagrake kegava huzmante'nane.

(Your majesty/O King), that tree [represents] you! You have become very powerful. [It is as though] your greatness reaches up to the sky, and you rule people all over the world.

23 Hanki ana ava'nafima kankeno'a monafinkati mago ruotage'ma hu'nea ankeromo eramino amanage eme hu'ne. Ama ana zafa antagita eri haviza hutreho. Hianagi agafa'ane rafuna'anena tasagi huotreho. Ana nehutma ainireti'ene bronsireti'ma tro'ma hu'nesaza nofi'nu erita ana zafamofo agafa'arera anakiteta atrenkeno, me'nenigeno tra'zamo hageno kagino. Ana hu'nesnigeno kenage'ma ata ko'ma rania zamo, asenirera runtetere nehina, afi zagagafane mani'nenigeno 7ni'a kafumo'a evu agatereno huno hu'ne.

[Then] you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. That angel said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump and [allow it to stay there] with grass around it. [Each morning] cause the dew from the sky to make this man, [who was represented by the tree], damp. Cause him to live in the fields with the animals for seven years.’

24 Hanki kini ne' ranimoka kagrite'ma fore hania zanku, Marerisa Anumzamo'a eme eri ama huno kaveri hu'neankino, ana ava'namofo agafa'amo'a amanahu hu'ne.

(Your Majesty/O King), that is what your dream means. That is what the Supreme God has declared will happen to you.

25 Kagra vahe'enena omaninka atrenka vunka afi zaga kafane umanigahane. Ana nehunka 7ni'a kafumofo agu'afina, bulimakao afu'mozama nehazaza hunka traza nenesnankeno, ata ko'ma kenage'ma runte'nea zamo'a, kasenirera runtetere hugahie. Ana nehanigenka anantega mani'nenka kenka antahinka'ma hananana, Marerisa Anumzamo maka ama mopafi vahera kegava hu'neno, izano huhampri ante'naku'ma hanimofona, amne huhampri antegeno kinia nemanie hunka kenka antahinka hugahane.

[Your advisors] will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do, and dew from the sky will cause your [body] to be damp/wet [every morning]. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is the Supreme God who rules over the kingdoms of the world, and he appoints the ones whom he chooses [to rule them].

26 Hianagi ankeromo'ma huno, Ana zafamofo agafa'ane rafu'nanena atrenkeno mopafima menoma huno hu'nea zamofo agu'agesamo'a amanahu hu'ne. Kagrama kenka antahinkama nehunka, monafinkama mani'nea Anumzamo Agrake maka zana kegava hu'ne hunkama hanunka, ete kinia emaninka kegava hugahane.

But the stump of the tree and its roots were left [in the ground]. That means that you will rule your kingdom again when you learn that it is God [MTY] who is [really] the ruler.

27 E'ina hu'negu kini ne' Nebukatnesaga amama kasamisnua knare antahi'zana eri otro. Kagrama kumi'ma nehana zana netrenka, fatgo kavukva zanke huo. Ko'ma havi kavukavazama hu'nana zana kamefi huneminka, zamunte omane vahera kasunku huzamanto. Anama hanunka knare hunka nemaninankeno, nazanoma hanana zamo'a knare zanke huno vugahie.

(Your Majesty/O King), please do what I am telling you to do. Stop sinning, and do what is right. Turn away from your evil behavior. Act mercifully to poor people. If you do that, perhaps you will continue to be sucessful.”

28 Hagi ana maka zama Danieli'ma kini ne' Nebukatnesama asami'nea zamo'a agritera efore huvagare'ne.

But [the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is] what happened to him.

29 Hagi henka 12fu'a ikama avutegeno'a, mago zupa Babiloni kumapina kini ne' Nebukatnesa'a noma'amofo agofetu'ma mani'neno zasi'ma eneria nonte vano hu'ne.

Twelve months later, [one day] he was walking [on the flat roof] of his palace in Babylon.

30 Hagi agrama keganti kegamama huno Babiloni ran kuma'ma negeno'a amanage huno hu'ne. Ama agima marerisa Babiloni kumara nagra hankavereti eri fore nehu'na, avasase'ane kumara kintoankino, kinima manisnua noni'amo'a ama ana kumapi megahie. E'ina hanigeno nagimo'a vuno eno hanige'za, maka vahe'mo'za antahi vagaregahaze.

As he [looked out over/across the city], he said [to those around him], “I have built this great [city of] Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order [to show people] my glory, to show them that I am very great!”

31 Hianagi ana nanekema kini ne'mo'ma huvaga ore'negeno, monafinkati mago ageru'mo huno, kini ne' Nebukatnesaga ama nanekea antahio, amama kegava hu'nana mopa menina kagri kazampintira eri atroe.

While he was still saying this, God [MTY] spoke from heaven and said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, this is what I am saying to you: You are no longer the ruler of this kingdom!

32 Ana hanuge'za kavazu hutresagenka vahe'enena omaninka vunka afi zaga kfane umani'nenka, bulimakao afu'mozama nehazaza hunka traza negahane. Ana nehunka mani'nesnankeno 7ni'a kafumo evu agateresanigenka, kagrama kenka antahinkama hananana, Marerisa Anumzamo'a maka vahera kegava hu'neankino, izano huhampri antenaku'ma himofona huhamprinente hunka hugahane.

[Your advisors] will force you to live away from [other] people. You will live in the fields with wild animals, and you will eat grass like cows do. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that [it is] I, the Supreme God, who rules over the kingdoms of this world, and I appoint the ones whom I have chosen to rule them.”

33 Hanki anante nazano Nebukatnesanku'ma ankeromo'ma hu'nea zamo'a ame huno kini ne'mofo avate fore hige'za, vahe'enena omanisnie hu'za avazuhu atrazageno vuno, afi zagagafane umani'neno bulimakaomo'zama nehazaza huno traza ne'ne. Ana nehuno mani'negeno kenage'ma ata ko'ma tami'nea zamo anu azokapina hampo kine. Ana nehuno anantega mani'negeno aseni azokamo'a zaza huno, tumpamofo azokakna nehigeno, agigo azankomo'a namamofo agigogna hu'ne.

Immediately what [God] predicted happened. Nebuchadnezzar [became insane, so his advisors] forced him to live away from other people. He ate grass like cows [do], and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet [every morning. He lived like that] until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers, and his fingernails became like birds’ claws.

34 Hanki ana knama evu vagaretege'na nagra Nebukatnesa'na, monafinka kesga hu'na kogeno, antahi'zanimo'a ete ege'na, Marerisa Anumzamofo agia husga hu'na monora hunente'na, mani vavama nehia Anumzamofona muse hunte'noe. Agra mani vava nehia Anumzankino, Agrama kegavama hania kumamo'a fore'ma hu anante anante'ma hu'za vanaza vahetera vagaore mevava huno vugahie.

“After those [seven] years ended, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, [and I acknowledged that what God said was true]. Then I could think correctly again. I praised and worshiped the Supreme God, and I honored him, the one who lives forever. He rules forever; his kingdom will never end.

35 Maka ama mopafima mani'naza vahe'mo'za amne zaga mani'naze. Monafi ankeromo'zane ama mopafi vahe'mo'za Agri agorga mani'naze. Ana hu'neankino nazano hunaku'ma hania zana, amne hugahiankino mago vahe'mo'a e'inara osuo huno hunonteno, na'ante amazana nehane hunora osugahie.

All the people in the world are very insignificant; we are not like him. He has the power to do whatever he wants to do, among the angels in heaven and among us people who live on the earth. [So] no one can stop him [SYN], and no one can [challenge him], saying to him, ‘Why [are you doing these things]?’

36 Hagi anankema nehugeno'a ame huno antahintahi nimo'a ete e'ne. Ana hige'na ete kinia emani'na knare nagine hankave ni'anena ete eri'noe. Ana huge'za ko'ma antahintahima nami'naza vahe'ene, nagranema eri'zama eri'naza vahe'mo'za ete e'za nagrane emani'naze. Ana hige'na ko'ma kegavama hu'noa mopa ete kegava nehu'na, ko'ma kinima mani'nogeno'ma nagimo'ma hu'neama'a rugatereno amenagame mareri'ne.

When I was able to think correctly again, I was honored again, and I [was able to] rule my glorious/great kingdom again. My advisors came to me again [to talk about what should be done], and I became greater and more powerful than I was before.

37 Hanki menina nagra Nebukatnesana, monama kegava hu'nea Anumzamofona muse hunente'na, Agri agia ahentesga nehu'na, ragi amigahue. Agrama maka zama hia zamo'a fatgo huno knare zanke nehie. Ana nehuno zamavufagama erisgama nehaza vahera zamazeri fenkami netrea Anumza mani'ne.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor [DOU] [God], the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, [like I was].”