Daniel 6
1 Ɛsɔɔ Ɔhene Dario ani sɛ ɔbɛpa ahenemma ɔha ne aduonu de wɔn atuatua amantam a ɛwɔ ahemman no mu no ano.
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
2 Ɔhene no sane yii Daniel ne afoforɔ baanu bi sɛ sohwɛfoɔ mpanimfoɔ a wɔhwɛ ahenemma no so, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛyɛ ahwɛyie, na ɔhene no ammɔ ka.
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 Na Daniel daa ne ho adi sɛ ɔnim de wɔ sohwɛfoɔ ne ahenemma no mu, ɛno enti, Ɔhene yɛɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ, ɔde no bɛsi ɔman no nyinaa so panin.
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 Ɛyɛɛ saa maa sohwɛfoɔ ne ahenemma no hwehwɛɛ sɛ wɔbɛnya Daniel ho asɛm wɔ nʼamammuo no fam, nanso wɔannya nʼadwumayɛ no ho mfomsoɔ biara, ɛfiri sɛ ɔyɛ nokwafoɔ.
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 Ɛna mmarima no kaa sɛ, “Yɛrennya Daniel yi ho asɛmmɔne biara gye sɛ yɛhunu biribi a ɛfa ne nyamesom ho de asum no afidie.”
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 Enti, sohwɛfoɔ no ne ahenemma no kɔɔ Ɔhene Dario no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nana wo nkwa so!
Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
7 Yɛn sohwɛfoɔ, mpanimfoɔ, ahenemma, afotufoɔ ne mpanimfoɔ a aka no nyinaa apene so sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ Nana hyɛ mmara sɛ, adaduasa a ɛdi animu yi, obiara nni ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔbɛbɔ mpaeɛ akyerɛ onyame bi anaa onipa bi a ɛnyɛ wo Nana no, wɔde no bɛto agyata amena mu.
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 Ɛno enti, Nana, twerɛ na fa wo nsa hyɛ saa mmara yi ase, sɛdeɛ Mediafoɔ ne Persiafoɔ mmara a wɔntumi nsesa no no teɛ.”
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 Ɛno enti, ɔhene Dario twerɛɛ mmara no.
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Na Daniel tee sɛ wɔde nsa ahyɛ mmara no ase no, ɔkɔɔ fie kɔhyɛnee nʼaborɔsan dan a ne mpomma anim kyerɛ Yerusalem no. Ɛda biara ɔbuu nkotodwe bɔɔ mpaeɛ mprɛnsa daa ne Onyankopɔn ase sɛdeɛ ɔyɛ daa no.
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 Mpanimfoɔ no nyinaa bɔɔ mu kɔɔ Daniel fie kɔhunuu no sɛ ɔrebɔ mpaeɛ resrɛ Onyankopɔn mmoa.
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
12 Enti, wɔsane kɔɔ Ɔhene Dario no nkyɛn kɔkaee no ne mmara no sɛ, “Nana, woamfa wo nsa anhyɛ mmara a ɛka sɛ adaduasa a ɛdi animu yi, obiara a ɔbɛbɔ obi mpaeɛ, onyame anaa onipa na ɛnyɛ Nana no, wɔde no bɛto agyata amena mu no anaa?” Ɔhene no buaa sɛ, “Aane, saa mmara no wɔ hɔ; ɛyɛ Mediafoɔ ne Persiafoɔ mmara a wɔrentumi nsesa no.”
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 Afei, wɔka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Nana, Daniel no a ɔyɛ Yuda atukɔfoɔ no mu baako no mmu wo, na ɔnni wo mmara no nso so. Ɔda so bɔ ne Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ mprɛnsa da koro.”
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 Ɔhene no tee saa no, ɛhaa no yie, na ɔdwene ho ara kɔsii anwummerɛ pɛɛ ɛkwan bi a ɔbɛfa so agye Daniel nkwa.
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 Mmarima yi bɔɔ mu kɔɔ ɔhene no anim kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nana, anidie mu, wonim sɛ, Mediafoɔ ne Persiafoɔ mmara mu no, wɔntumi nsesa mmara biara a ɔhene ahyɛ.”
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 Ɔhene Dario hyɛɛ sɛ, wɔnkɔfa Daniel, na wɔnto no ntwene agyata amena no mu. Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Daniel, wo Onyankopɔn a wosom no daa no, nnye wo.”
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 Wɔde boɔ bɛhinii amena no ano. Na Ɔhene no de nʼankasa nsɔano ne atitire nsɔano sosɔɔ ɛboɔ no sɛdeɛ obiara rentumi nyɛ Daniel ho hwee.
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 Afei, ɔhene no sane kɔɔ nʼahemfie a anadwo no nyinaa, wannidi. Ɔpoo anigyedeɛ biara, na wantumi anna anadwo mu no nyinaa.
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 Adeɛ kyee anɔpatutuutu no, ɔhene no yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ agyata amena no ano.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
20 Ɔduruu hɔ no, ɔde awerɛhoɔ frɛɛ sɛ, “Daniel, Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ ɔsomfoɔ. Wo Onyankopɔn a wosom no daa no tumi gyee wo firii agyata no mu?”
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 teaam sɛ, “Nana wo nkwa so!
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
22 Me Onyankopɔn somaa ne ɔbɔfoɔ bɛkataa agyata no ano, sɛdeɛ wɔrentumi nyɛ me bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ, wahunu sɛ, medi bem wɔ nʼanim. Na wo, Nana nso, menyɛɛ wo bɔne biara.”
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 Ɔhene no ani gyee mmorosoɔ, na ɔhyɛɛ sɛ wɔnyi Daniel mfiri amena no mu, enti woyii no. Wɔanhunu etwã biara wɔ ne ho, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔde ne ho too ne Onyankopɔn so.
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 Afei, ɔhene no hyɛɛ sɛ, wɔnkɔkyere mmarima a wɔnam ntwatosoɔ so ma wɔde Daniel kɔtoo agyata amena mu no. Ɔmaa wɔtoo wɔn ne wɔn yerenom ne wɔn mma guu agyata amena no mu. Agyata no hurihuri sisii wɔn so, tetee wɔn, bobɔɔ wɔn nnompe mu ansa koraa na wɔreduru amena no ase.
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 Afei, Ɔhene Dario too nkra yi kɔmaa nnipa ahodoɔ nyinaa, aman nyinaa ne kasa biara wɔ ewiase afanan nyinaa sɛ: “Ɛnsi mo yie mmoroso!
Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
26 “Mehyɛ mmara sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a ɔwɔ mʼahemman mu suro, fɛre na ɔde anidie ma Daniel Onyankopɔn.
“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 “Ɔyɛ amanehunu mu gyefoɔ na ɔgye nkwa nso;
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 Enti, Daniel kɔɔ so dii yie wɔ Ɔhene Dario ne Persiahene Kores mmerɛ so.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
