¹Zvino mambo Bheshazari akaitira madzishe ake ane chiuru chezana mutambo mukuru, akamwa waini pamberi paivo vane chiuru chezana.

¹Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

²Zvino Bheshazari, akati abatwa newaini, akarayira kuti vauye nemidziyo yendarama neyesirivha, yakanga yabviswa nababa vake Nebhukadhinezari patemberi yaiva muJerusaremu, kuti iye mambo namadzishe ake navakadzi vake navarongo vake vamwe nayo.

²Belshazzar hath said — while tasting the wine — to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

³Ipapo vakauya nemidziyo yendarama yakanga yabviswa patemberi yeimba yaMwari yaiva muJerusaremu; iye mambo namadzishe ake navakadzi vake navarongo vake vakamwa nayo.

³Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines;

⁴Vakamwa waini, vakarumbidza vamwari vendarama nesirivha nendarira nedare namatanda namabwe.

⁴they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

⁵Zvino nenguva iyeyo mimwe yoruoko rwomunhu yakauya ikanyora pakatarisana nechigadziko chomwenje pasuko remadziro eimba yamambo, mambo akaona chanza choruoko rwakanga ruchinyora.

⁵In that hour come forth have fingers of a man`s hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king`s palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;

⁶Ipapo chiso chamambo chakashanduka maari, pfungwa dzake dzikatambudzwa, zvipfundo zvechiuno chake zvikasununguka, mabvi ake akarovana.

⁶then the king`s countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

⁷Mambo akadanidzira achiti vauye nen anga navaKaradhea navafemberi. Mambo akataura akati kuna vakachenjera veBhabhironi, Ani naani angarava izvi zvakanyorwa, akandizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo, achafukidzwa nguvo tsvuku, nokushongedzwa ngetani yendarama pamutsipa wake, uye achava mubati wechitatu paushe hwangu.

⁷Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.`

⁸Ipapo vakachenjera vose vamambo vakapinda, asi vakanga vasingagoni kurava zvakanyorwa, kana kuzivisa mambo kududzirwa kwazvo.

⁸Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

⁹Zvino mambo Bheshazari akatambudzika kwazvo, chiso chake chikashanduka maari, namadzishe ake akakanganiswa.

⁹then the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.

¹⁰Ipapo vahosi vakapinda muimba yomutambo, nokuda kwamashoko amambo naamadzishe ake; vahosi vakataura, vakati, Imi mambo, raramai nokusingaperi, pfungwa dzenyu ngadzirege kukutambudzai, chiso chenyu ngachirege kushanduka.

¹⁰The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, to the banquet-house hath come up. Answered hath the queen, and said, `O king, to the ages live; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor thy countenance be changed:

¹¹Muushe bwenyu muno murume, ane mweya wavamwari vatsvene mukati make; pamazuva ababa venyu chiedza nezivo nenjere, zvakafanana nenjere dzavamwari, zvakawanikwa maari; mambo Nebhukadhinezari, baba venyu, ivo mambo, baba venyu, vakamuita mukuru wavachenjeri nen'anga navaKaradhea navafemberi;

¹¹there is a man in thy kingdom in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and, in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom — as the wisdom of the gods — was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him — thy father, O king —

¹²nekuti kuna Dhanyeri, akatumidzwa Bheteshazari namambo, kwakawanikwa mweya wakanaka kwazvo, nezivo, nokunzwisisa, nokududzira kurota, nokubudisa mashoko akavanzika, nokusunungura mafundo. Zvino Dhanyeri ngaadamwe, iye achakuzivisai kududzirwa kwazvo.

¹²because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.`

¹³Ipapo Dhanyeri akauyiswa pamberi pamambo. Mambo akataura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, Ndiwe uya Dhanyeri, wavana vaJudha vakatapwa, wakandotapwa kuvaJudha nababa vangu here?

¹³Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who [art] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

¹⁴Ndakanzwa zvako, kuti mweya wavamwari uri mukati mako, uye kuti chiedza nezivo nenjere kwadzo zvinowanikwa mauri.

¹⁴And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.

¹⁵Zvino vakachenjera, idzo n'anga vakauyiswa pamberi pangu, kuti varave zvakanyorwa izvi, vandizivise kududzirwa kwazvo; asi vakakoniwa kundizivisa kududzirwa kwechinhu ichi.

¹⁵`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:

¹⁶Asi ndakanzwa, kuti iwe unogona kududzira, nokusunungura mafundo; zvino kana ukagona kurava zvakanyorwa, nokundizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo, uchafukidzwa nguvo tsvuku, nokushongedzwa vungetani bwendarama pamutsipa wako, uye uchava mubati wechitatu paushe hwangu.

¹⁶and I — I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo — thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know — purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.`

¹⁷Ipapo Dhanyeri akapindura akati pamberi pamambo, Garai henyu nezvipo zvenyu, ipai henyu mumwe mibairo yenyu; kunyange zvakadaro ndicharavira mambo zvakanyorwa, nokumuzivisa kududzirwa kwazvo.

¹⁷Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

¹⁸Imi mambo, Mwari Wekumusoro-soro akapa baba venyu Nebhukadhinezari ushe noukuru, nembiri noumambo;

¹⁸thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

¹⁹zvino nokuda koukuru, hwaakamupa, vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose vakadedera nokutya pamberi pake; aiuraya waaida kuuraya, airaramisa waaida kuraramisa, aikwiridza waaida kukwiridza, nokuderedza waaida kuderedza.

¹⁹and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

²⁰Asi mwoyo wake wakati uchizvikudza, nomweya wake uchizviomesa, kusvikira achiita manyawi, akabviswa pachigaro chake choushe, vakamutorera kubwinya kwake;

²⁰and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

²¹akadzingwa pakati pavanakomana vavanhu, mwoyo wake ukaitwa sowemhuka, akandogara nembizi, akadyiswa uswa senzombe, muviri wake ukanyoroveswa nedova rokudenga, kusvikira aziva kuti Mwari Wekumusoro-soro anobata ushe pakati pavanhu, achiupa waanoda.

²¹and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses [is] his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.

²²Asi imwi Bheshazari mwanakomana wake, hamuna kuzvininipisa nomwoyo wenyu, kunyange makanga muchizviziva zvose,

²²`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

²³asi makazvikudza pamberi paIshe wokudenga; midziyo yeimba yake yakauyiswa pamberi penyu, imwi namadzishe enyu navakadzi venyu navarongo venyu mukamwa waini nayo; mukarumbidza vamwari vesirivha nendarama nedare namatanda namabwe, vasingaoni kana kunzwa kana kuziva; asi iye Mwari, akabata mweya wenyu muruoko rwake, anoziva nzira dzenyu dzose, hamuna kumukudza iye.

²³and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand [is] thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

²⁴Naizvozvo chanza choruoko chakatumwa chichibva kwaari, zvakanyorwa izvi zvikanyorwa.

²⁴`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

²⁵Zvino zvakanyorwa ndezvizvi: MENE, MENE, TEKERE, UFARISINI.

²⁵and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.

²⁶Kududzirwa kwechinhu ichi, ndikoku: MENE, Mwari akaverenga mazuva ovushe bwenyu, akabwugumisa.

²⁶This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered — God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

²⁷TEKERE, iwe wayerwa pachiyero, ukawanikwa wakataira.

²⁷Weighed — Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.

²⁸PERESI, ushe hwako hwakamurwa, hwapiwa vaMedhia navaPeresia.

²⁸Divided — Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.`

²⁹Ipapo Bheshazari akarayira, vakafukidza Dhanyeri nguvo tsvuku vakamushongedza ngetani bwendarama pamutsipa wake, akaparidza pamusoro pake kuti ave mubati wechitatu paushe hwake.

²⁹Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰Nousiku uhwo mambo Bheshazari muKaradhea akaurawa.

³⁰In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,

³¹Dhariusi muMedhia akapiwa ushe, ana makore anenge makumi matanhatu namaviri.

³¹and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.