¹Mambo Nebhukadhinezari kuvanhu vose, namarudzi ose, namarimi ose, vagere pasi pose, rugare rwenyu rwupamhidzirwe!

¹`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great!

²Ndakati zvakanaka kuti ndikuzivisei zviratidzo nezvishamiso, zvandakaitirwa naMwari Wokumusoro-soro.

²The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.

³Zviratidzo zvake zvakakura sei! Zvishamiso zvake zvine simba guru sei! Ushe hwake ushe husingaperi, kubata kwake ushe kunosvikira kumarudzi namarudzi.

³His signs how great! and His wonders how mighty! His kingdom [is] a kingdom age-during, and His rule [is] with generation and generation.

⁴Ini Nebhukadhinezari ndakanga ndakazorora norugare mumba mangu, ndakajeka muimba yangu youshe.

⁴`I, Nebuchadnezzar, have been at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:

⁵Ndikaona kurota kwakandityisa, pfungwa dzangu panhovo dzangu, nezvandakaratidzwa mumusoro mangu zvikanditambudza.

⁵a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

⁶Naizvozvo ndakatema chirevo kuti vachenjeri vose veBhabhironi vauyiswe pamberi pangu, kuti vandizivise kududzirwa kokurota.

⁶And by me a decree is made, to cause all the wise men of Babylon to come up before me, that the interpretation of the dream they may cause me to know.

⁷Ipapo vakachenjera nen'anga navaKaradhea navafemberi vakuya, ndikavaudza kurota kwangu, asi havana kundizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo.

⁷Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.

⁸Asi pakupedzisira Dhanyeri akauya pamberi pangu, iye ane zita rinonzi Bheteshazari, akatumidzwa zita ramwari wangu, anomweya wavamwari vatsvene mukati make; ini ndikamuudza kurota kwangu, ndichiti,

⁸And at last come up before me hath Daniel, whose name [is] Belteshazzar — according to the name of my god — and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:

⁹Iwe Bheteshazari, mukuru wavakachenjera, zvandinoziva kuti une mweya wavamwari vatsvene uri mukati mako, uye kuti hakuna chakavanzika chinokutambudza, chindiudza zvandakaona pakurota kwangu nokududzirwa kwazvo.

⁹`O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell.

¹⁰Zvandakaona mumusoro mangu, ndiri panhovo dzangu, ndezvizvi: Ndakatarira, ndikaona muti pakati penyika, kureba kwawo kwakanga kuri kukuru.

¹⁰As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height [is] great:

¹¹Muti ukakura, ukasimba, kureba kwawo kukasvika kudenga, uye wakange uchionekwa kusvikira kumigumo yenyika yose.

¹¹become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

¹²Mashizha awo akanga akanaka, nemichero yawo yakanga iri mizhinji, zvose zvaiwanapo zvokudya; mhuka dzesango dzakawana mumvuri pasi pawo, neshiri dzokudenga dzaigara mumatavi awo, uye zvipenyu zvose zvaidyapo.

¹²its leaves [are] fair, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.

¹³Ndikaona pane zvandakaona mumusoro mangu ndiri panhovo dzangu, ndikaona mutumwa, iye ari mutsvene, achiburuka kudenga.

¹³`I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.

¹⁴Akadanidzira, akati, Temai muti, dimurai matavi awo, pururai mashizha awo, paradzirai michero yawo; mhuka ngadzibve pasi pawo, neshiri pamatavi awo.

¹⁴He is calling mightily, and thus hath said, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its budding, move away let the beast from under it, and the birds from off its branches;

¹⁵Asi siyai hunde nemidzi yawo muvhu, zvakasungwa nechisungo chedare nendarira pakati pebumhudza resango; ngaanyoroveswe nedova rokudenga, apiwe mugove wake wouswa pamwechete nemhuka dzenyika;

¹⁵but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens is it wet, and with the beasts [is] his portion in the herb of the earth;

¹⁶mwoyo wake ngaushandurwe, urege kuva womunhu, apiwe mwoyo wemhuka, nguva nomwe dzipere aripo.

¹⁶his heart from man`s is changed, and the heart of a beast is given to him, and seven times pass over him;

¹⁷Kutonga uku kwauya nechirevo chavachengeti, chinhu ichi charehwa neshoko ravatsvene, kuti vapenyu vazive kuti Wekumusoro-soro anobata ushe pakati pavanhu, anohupa waanoda, nokugadza pauri vaduku pakati pavanhu.

¹⁷by the decree of the sifters [is] the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

¹⁸Ndiko kurota kwandakaona, ini mambo Nebhukadhinezari; zvino iwe Bheteshaari, chindizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo, vakachenjera vose voushe hwangu zvavasingagoni kundizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo; asi iwe unogona, nekuti mweya wavamwari vatsvene uri mukati mako.

¹⁸`This dream I have seen, I king Nebuchadnezzar; and thou, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation tell, because that all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to cause me to know the interpretation, and thou [art] able, for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee.

¹⁹Zvino Dhanyeri, akanga ane zita rinonzi Bheteshazari, akashayiwa shoko chinguva chiduku, pfungwa dzake dzikamuvhundusa. Mambo akapindura, akati, Bheteshazari, kurota uku nokududzirwa kwazvo ngazvirege kukuvhundusa. Bheteshazari akapindura, akati, Ishe wangu, kurota uku ngakuitirwe vanokuvengai, nokududzirwa kwazvo vadzivisi venyu.

¹⁹`Then Daniel, whose name [is] Belteshazzar, hath been astonished about one hour, and his thoughts do trouble him; the king hath answered and said, O Belteshazzar, let not the dream and its interpretation trouble thee. Belteshazzar hath answered and said, My lord, the dream — to those hating thee, and its interpretation — to thine enemies!

²⁰Muti wamakaona, iwo wakakura ukasimba, wakasvika kudenga pakureba kwawo, wakange uchionekwa kusvikira kumigumo yenyika yose;

²⁰The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

²¹wakange una mashizha akanaka, nemuchero wawo uri muzhinji, paiwana zvose zvokudya, waigara mhuka dzesango pasi pawo, uye paigara shiri dzokudenga mumatavi awo,

²¹and its leaves [are] fair, and its budding great, and food for all [is] in it, under it dwell doth the beast of the field, and on its boughs sit do the birds of the heavens.

²²ndiyemi mambo; imwi makakura, mukava nesimba, nekuti ukuru bwenyu hwakakura, hunosvikira kudenga, uye ushe bwenyu hunosvikira kumugumo wenyika.

²²`Thou it [is], O king, for thou hast become great and mighty, and thy greatness hath become great, and hath reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth;

²³Zvino mambo zvaakaona mutumwa, ari mutsvene, achiburuka kudenga achiti, Temai muti, muuparadze, asi musiye hunde yemidzi yawo muvhu, yakasungwa nechisungo chedare nendarira pakati pebumhudza resango, anyoroveswe nedova rokudenga, uye apiwe mugove wake pamwechete nemhuka dzesango, kusvikira nguva nomwe dzapera aripo;

²³and that which the king hath seen — a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field [is] his portion, till that seven times pass over him.

²⁴uku ndiko kududzirwa kwazvo, imwi mambo, ndicho chirevo cheWekumusoro-soro, chichauya pamusoro pashe wangu mambo.

²⁴`This [is] the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it [is] that hath come against my lord the king:

²⁵Muchadzingwa pakati pavanhu, ugaro bwenyu huchava pakati pemhuka dzesango, muchadyiswa uswa senzombe, muchanyoroveswa nedova rokudenga, uye nguva nomwe dzichapera muripo, kusvikira maziva kuti Wekumusoro-soro anobata ushe pakati pavanhu, unohupa waanoda.

²⁵and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

²⁶Uye zvavakaraira kuti hunde yemidzi yomuti isiiwe ushe bwenyu bwuchakumutsiraizve , kana matenda kuti Wokudenga ndiye unobata ushe.

²⁶And that which they said — to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom for thee abideth, after that thou knowest that the heavens are ruling.

²⁷Naizvozvo imwi mambo, tendai zvandinokurayirai, muparadzane nezvivi zvenyu muchiita zvakarurama, uye nezvakaipa zvenyu, muchiitira varombo nyasha; zvimwe nguva yenyu yorugare ingawedzerwa.

²⁷`Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

²⁸Izvozvi zvose zvakawira mambo Nebhukadhinezari.

²⁸`All — hath come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.

²⁹Mwedzi ine gumi nemiviri yakati yapera, akanga achifamba paimba youshe muBhabhironi.

²⁹`At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking;

³⁰Mambo akataura, akati, Ko iri harizi Bhabhironi guta guru, randakavaka ini nesimba rangu guru, ndikurise umambo hwangu, huve hugaro hwamadzimambo, here?

³⁰the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

³¹Shoko iri rakanga richiri mumuromo wamambo, izwi rikabva kudenga, richiti, Iwe mambo Nebhukadhinezari, shoko rinotaurwa kwauri, rokuti, Ushe hwabva kwauri.

³¹`While the word is [in] the king`s mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,

³²Uchadzingwa pakati pavanhu, ugaro hwako huchava pakati pemhuka dzesango; uchadyiswa uswa senzombe; nguva nomwe dzichapera uripo, kusvikira watenda kuti Wekumusoro-soro anobata ushe pakati pavanhu, anoupa waanoda.

³²and from men they are driving thee away, and with the beast of the field [is] thy dwelling, the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

³³Nenguva iyo chinhu ichi chakaitikapamusoro paNebhukadhinezari; wakadzingwa pakati pavanhu, akadya uswa senzombe, muviri wake ukanyoroveswa nedova rokudenga, kusvikira vhudzi rake rareba seminhenga yegondo, nenzara dzake dzafanana nedzeshiri.

³³`In that hour the thing hath been fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar, and from men he is driven, and the herb as oxen he eateth, and by the dew of the heavens his body is wet, till that his hair as eagles` hath become great, and his nails as birds.`

³⁴Zvino mazuva iwayo akati apera, ini Nebhukadhinezari ndikatarira kudenga nameso angu, simba rangu rokufunga rikadzokerazve kwandiri, ndikatenda Wekumusoro-soro, ndikamurumbidza nokumukudza iye ari mupenyu nokusingaperi; nekuti ushe hwake hauperi, nokubata kwake ushe kunosvikira kumarudzi namarudzi;

³⁴`And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion [is] a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;

³⁵vose vagere panyika vakaita sapasina; iye anoita sezvaanoda pahondo yokudenga, napakati pavagere panyika; hakuna angadzora ruoko rwake, kana angati kwaari, Unoiteiko?

³⁵and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

³⁶Nenguva iyeyo simba rangu rokufunga rakadzokera kwandiri; uye kana iri mbiri youshe hwangu, umambo hwangu nokubwinya kwangu zvakadzokera kwandiri; makurukota angu namadzishe angu akandishanyirazve, ndikagadzwazve paushe hwangu, ukuru hwakaisvonaka hukawedzerwa.

³⁶`At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been added to me.

³⁷Zvino ini ebhukadhinezari ndinorumbidza nokuombera nokukudza Mambo wokudenga; nekuti mabasa ake ose ndeechokwadi, nzira dzake dzakarurama; iye anogona kuderedza vanofamba vachizvikudza.

³⁷`Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works [are] truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.`