¹Zvino mambo Nebhukadhinezari akaita chifananidzo chendarama chakanga chakaita mamita makumi matanhatu pakureba, namamita matanhatu paupamhi; akachimisa pabani reDhura munyika yaBhabhironi.

¹Nebuchadnezzar the king hath made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits; he hath raised it up in the valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon;

²Ipapo mambo Nebhukadhinezari akatuma vanhu kundokokera machinda navarayiri namadzishe navatongi navachengeti vefuma namakurukota navazivi vemirayiro navabati vose vamativi enyika, kuti vauye kumutambo wokugadzwa kwechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari.

²and Nebuchadnezzar the king hath sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the honourable judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the province, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up.

³Ipapo machinda navarayiri namadzishe navatongi navachengeti vefuma namakurukota navazivi vemirayiro navabati vose vamativi enyika vakaungana kumutambo wokugadzwa kwechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari; vakamira pamberi pechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari.

³Then are gathered the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the honourable judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the province, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up: and they are standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar hath raised up.

⁴Zvino mudanidziri akadanidzira nesimba achiti, Munorayirwa imwi vanhu, namarudzi, namarimi,

⁴And a crier is calling mightily: `To you they are saying: O peoples, nations, and languages!

⁵kuti nenguva yamunonzwa kurira komumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeramwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, muwire pasi muchinamata chifananidzo chendarama chakamiswa namambo Nebhukadhinezari;

⁵at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up:

⁶ani naani asingawiri pasi achinamata, nenguva iyo achawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.

⁶and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.`

⁷Naizvozvo nenguva iyo vanhu vose vachinzwa kurira komumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeramwa nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose vakawira pasi vakanamata chifananidzo chendarama chakanga chamiswa namambo Nebhukadhinezari.

⁷Therefore at that time, when all the peoples are hearing the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and all kinds of music, falling down are all the peoples, nations and languages, doing obeisance to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath raised up.

⁸Zvino nenguva iyo vamwe vaKaradhea vakaswedera vakapomera vaJudha.

⁸Therefore at that time drawn near have certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews;

⁹Vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo Nebhukadhinezari, Imi mambo, raramai nokusingaperi.

⁹they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, `O king, to the ages live!

¹⁰imwi mambo makatema chirevo, chokuti munhu mumwe nomumwe kana achinge achinzwa kurira komumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeramwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, awire pasi achinamata chifananidzo chendarama;

¹⁰Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who doth hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, doth fall down and do obeisance to the golden image;

¹¹asi ani naani asingawiri pasi achinamata, achawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.

¹¹and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

¹²Zvino vamwe vaJudha varipo, vamakagadza vave varayiri vezvinhu zvose zvenyika yeBhabhironi, vana Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego; varume ava havana hanya nemi, imwi mambo; havashumiri vamwari venyu, kana kunamata chifananidzo chendarama chamakamisa.

¹²There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the work of the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of thee, O king, [any] regard; thy gods they are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up — are not making obeisance.`

¹³Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akarayira nehasha nokutsamwa kwake kuti Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vauyiswe. Zvino vakauyisa varume ava pamberi pamambo.

¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.

¹⁴Nebhukadhinezari akapindura akati kwavari Mavune here, imwi Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, kuti hamushumiri mwari wangu, nokunamata chifananidzo chendarama chandakamisa ini?

¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and said to them, `Is [it] a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego — my gods ye are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up ye are not doing obeisance?

¹⁵Zvino kana muchitenda kuwira pasi muchina mata chifananidzo chandakaita nenguva yamunonzwa kurira komumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeramwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, zvakanaka hazvo; asi kana musinganamati, muchawisirwa nenguva iyo mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo; mwari achakurwirai mumaoko angu ndoupiko?

¹⁵Now, lo, ye are ready, so that at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the image that I have made! — and lo, ye do no obeisance — in that hour ye are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who doth deliver you out of my hands?`

¹⁶Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo: Imwi Nebhukadhinezari: Hatingafaniri hedu kukupindurai pamusoro peshoko iri.

¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, `We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.

¹⁷Kana zvikaitika hazvo, Mwari wedu watinoshumira angagona kutirwira pavira romoto unopfuta kwazvo; iye achatirwira paruoko rwenyu, imwi mambo.

¹⁷Lo, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from thy hand, O king, He doth deliver.

¹⁸Asi kana zvikasaitika, zivai imwi mambo, kuti hatingashumiri vamwari venyu kana kunamata chifananidzo chendarama chamakamisa imi.

¹⁸And lo — not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.`

¹⁹Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akatsamwa kwazvo, chiso chake chikashandukira Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego; akataura akarayira kuti vira romoto riveserwe moto unopisa kwazvo kukunda unosiveserwamo kanomwe.

¹⁹Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;

²⁰Akarayira vamwe varume vane simba guru vaiva pahondo yake, kuti vasunge Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vavawisire muvira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.

²⁰and to certain mighty men who [are] in his force he hath said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace.

²¹Ipapo varume avo vakasungwa vakapfeka majasi avo namabhuruku avo nengowani dzavo nedzimwe nguvo dzavo, vakawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.

²¹Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

²²Zvino murayiro wamambo zvawakanga une hasha, uye vira zvarakanga richipisisa kwazvo, murazvo womoto wakauraya varume vakanga vachiisako Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego.

²²Therefore, because that the word of the king is urgent, and the furnace heated exceedingly, those men who have taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego — killed them hath the spark of the fire.

²³Varume ava vatatu, vana Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vakawira pasi vakasungwa mukati mevira romoto waipfuta kwazvo.

²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace — bound.

²⁴Ipapo mambo Nebhukadhinezari akavhunduswa, ndokukasira kusimuka, akataura, akati kumakurukota ake, Hatina kuwisira varume vatatu vakasungwa mukati momoto here? Ivo vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo, Ndizvozvo, mambo.

²⁴Then Nebuchadnezzar the king hath been astonished, and hath risen in haste; he hath answered and said to his counsellors, `Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire — bound?` They have answered and are saying to the king, `Certainly, O king.`

²⁵Iye akapindura, akati, Tarirai, ndinoona varume vana, vakasununguka, vachifamba mumoto, vasina pavakakuvadzwa; wechina pakuonekwa kwake akaita soMwanakomana waMwari.

²⁵He answered and hath said, `Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth [is] like to a son of the gods.`

²⁶Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akaswedera kumuromo wevira romoto wakange uchipfuta kwazvo, akataura, akati, Nhai imwi Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, imwi varanda vaMwari Wekumusoro-soro, budai muuye pano. Ipapo Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vakabuda mukati memoto.

²⁶Then Nebuchadnezzar hath drawn near to the gate of the burning fiery furnace; he hath answered and said, `Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of God Most High come forth, yea, come;` then come forth do Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, from the midst of the fire;

²⁷Zvino machinda navarayiri namadzishe namakurukota amambo vakaungana vakaona varume ava, kuti moto wakange washaiwa simba pamiviri yavo, kunyange nevhudzi remisoro yavo rakanga risina kubviswa, namajasi avo akanga asina kubvuraudzwa; kunyange nomunhuwi womoto wakange usina kusvika kwavari.

²⁷and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counsellors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire hath no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head hath not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire hath not passed on them.

²⁸Nebhukadhinezari akataura akati, Mwari waShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego ngaarumbidzwe, iye akatuma mutumwa wake, akarwira varanda vake vakanga vachivimba naye, ivo vakanga varamba shoko ramambo, vakaisa miviri yavo, kuti varege kushumira kana kunamata mwari upi noupi, asi iye Mwari wavo.

²⁸Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and hath said, `Blessed [is] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who hath sent His messenger, and hath delivered His servants who trusted on Him, and the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor do obeisance to any god except to their own God.

²⁹Naizvozvo ndinotema chirevo, kuti vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose, vanotaura zvisina kufanira pamusoro paMwari waShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vatemwe-temwe, neimba yavo iitwe durunhuru; nekuti hakuna mumwe mwari anogona kurwira saizvozvo.

²⁹And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that doth speak erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, pieces he is made, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.`

³⁰Ipapo mambo akawedzera ukuru hwaShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego panyika yeBhabhironi.

³⁰Then the king hath caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.