¹Negore rechitatu rokubata ushe kwaJehoyakimu mambo waJudha, Nebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi, akasvika Jerusaremu, akarikomba.

¹In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it;

²Ishe akaisa Jehoyakimu mambo waJudha muruoko rwake, pamwechete nedzimwe nhumbi dzeimba yaMwari, iye akaenda nadzo kunyika yeShinari, kuimba yamwari wake, akaisa nhumbi muimba yokuchengeta fuma yamwari wake.

²and the Lord giveth into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of God, and he bringeth them in [to] the land of Shinar, [to] the house of his god, and the vessels he hath brought in [to] the treasure-house of his god.

³Mambo akaudza Ashipenazi, mutariri wavaranda vake, kuti auye navamwe vana vaIsiraeri, vorudzi rwamambo norwamachinda;

³And the king saith, to Ashpenaz master of his eunuchs, to bring in out of the sons of Israel, (even of the royal seed, and of the chiefs,)

⁴majaya akanga asina mhosva, asi akanga akanaka pameso, akachenjera panjere dzose, akangwara pakuziva, nokunzwisisa uchenjeri hwose, akanga akakwana kumira mumba mamambo; uye kuti avadzidzise magwaro norurimi rwavaKaradhea.

⁴lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

⁵Mambo akarayira kuti vapiwe mumwe mugove wezvokudya zvamambo zuva rimwe nerimwe, nowewaini yaaimwa, uye kuti vachengetwe makore matatu, kuti kana apera vagomira pamberi pamambo.

⁵And the king doth appoint for them a rate, day by day, of the king`s portion of food, and of the wine of his drinking, so as to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they may stand before the king.

⁶Zvino pakati pavo pakanga pana Dhanyeri naHanania naMishaeri naAzaria, vari vana vaJudha.

⁶And there are among them out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

⁷Muchinda wavaranda akavatumidza mazita, Dhanyeri akamutumidza zita rinonzi Bheteshazari, naHanania rinonzi Shadhireki, naMishaeri rinonzi Misheki, naAzaria rinonzi Abhedhinego.

⁷and the chief of the eunuchs setteth names on them, and he setteth on Daniel, Belteshazzar; and on Hananiah, Shadrach; and on Mishael, Meshach; and on Azariah, Abed-Nego.

⁸Asi Dhanyeri akatsunga mumwoyo make kuti haangazvinorese nezvokudya zvamambo kana newaini yaaimwa; saka akakumbira kune muchinda wavaranda kuti arege kuzvinoresa.

⁸And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king`s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.

⁹Zvino Mwari akanzwisa Dhanyeri unyoro netsitsi pamberi pomuchinda wavaranda.

⁹And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;

¹⁰Muchinda wavaranda akati kuna Dhanyeri, Ndinotya ishe wangu mambo, akarayira zvamunofanira kudya nokumwa; nekuti achaonereiko zviso zvenyu zvakasuruvara kupfuura zvamajaya ezero renyu? Kana zvakadaro muchapinza musoro wangu munjodzi kuna mambo.

¹⁰and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, `I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than [those of] the lads which [are] of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,`

¹¹Ipapo Dhanyeri akati kumutariri akanga arairwa nomuchinda wavaranda kuchengeta Dhanyeri naHanania naMishaeri naAzari,

¹¹And Daniel saith unto the Meltzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs hath appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

¹²Doedzai henyu varanda venyu mazuva ane gumi; ngavatipe miriwo yeminyemba tidye, nemvura timwe.

¹²`Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;

¹³Ipapo mungacherekedza zviso zvedu nezviso zvamajaya anodya zvokudya zvamambo, mugoita navaranda venyu sezvamunoona.

¹³and our appearance is seen before thee, and the appearance of the lads who are eating the king`s portion of food, and as thou seest — deal with thy servants.`

¹⁴Naizvozvo akatenda shoko ravo pamusoro pechinhu ichi, akavaedza mazuva ane gumi.

¹⁴And he hearkeneth to them, to this word, and trieth them ten days:

¹⁵Mazuva ane gumi akati apera zviso zvavo zvikaonekwa zvakanaka, nemiviri yavo yakakura, vachipfuura majaya ose aidya zvokudya zvamambo.

¹⁵and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king`s portion of food.

¹⁶Naizvozvo mutariri wakabvisa zvokudya zvavo zvamambo, newaini yavakanzi vamwe, akavapa mirivo.

¹⁶And the Meltzar is taking away their portion of food, and the wine of their drink, and is giving to them vegetables.

¹⁷Zvino kana ari majaya awa mana, Mwari wakavapa zivo nokungwara pamagwaro ose nouchenjeri hwose; asi Dhanyeri wakange achigona kunzwisisa zvose zvairatidzwa naMwari nezvairotwa.

¹⁷As to these four lads, God hath given to them knowledge and understanding in every [kind of] literature, and wisdom; and Daniel hath given instruction about every [kind of] vision and dreams.

¹⁸Zvino mazuva akati apera akanga atarwa namambo okuti vauyiswe nawo, muchinda wavaranda akapinda navo pamberi paNebhukadhinezari.

¹⁸And at the end of the days that the king had said to bring them in, bring them in doth the chief of the eunuchs before Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁹Mambo akataurirana navo, pakati pavose kukasawanikwa vakanga vakafanana naDhanyeri naHanania naMishaeri naAzaria; saka ivo vakamira pamberi pamambo.

¹⁹And the king speaketh with them, and there hath none been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;

²⁰Pamashoko ose ouchenjeri nookunzwisisa, avaibvunzwa namambo, wakawana kuti ivo vaipfuura kagumi vachenjeri vose nen'anga dzose dzaiva paushe hwake.

²⁰and [in] any matter of wisdom [and] understanding that the king hath sought of them, he findeth them ten hands above all the scribes, the enchanters, who [are] in all his kingdom.

²¹Dhanyeri akaramba aripo kusvikira pagore rokutanga ramambo Koreshi.

²¹And Daniel is unto the first year of Cyrus the king.