¹Zvino Dhariusi akaona kuti zvakanaka kugadza machinda ane zana namakumi maviri paushe hwake, vaifanira kuva paushe hwose;

¹It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps — a hundred and twenty — that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,

²pamusoro pavo akagadza vakuru vatatu, Dhanyeri ari mumwe wavo; kuti machinda awa auye namashoko ose kwavari, uye kuti mambo arege kutadzirwa.

²and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.

³Zvino Dhanyeri uyu akapfuura vamwe vakuru namachinda, nekuti maari makanga muno mweya wakanaka kwazvo; mambo akada kumuita mukuru woushe hwake hwose.

³Then this Daniel hath been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king hath thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.

⁴Ipapo vakuru namachinda vakatsvaka mhosva yavangapomere Dhanyeri pamusoro poushe, asi vakashayiwa shoko kana mhosva, nekuti akanga akatendeka, uye kwakanga kusina kutadza kana mhosva kwaari.

⁴Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

⁵Zvino varume ava vakati, Hatingatongowani shoko pamusoro paDhanyeri uyu, kana tisingamutsvakiri iro pamusoro pomurayiro waMwari wake.

⁵Then these men are saying, `We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the law of his God.`

⁶Ipapo vakuru ava namachinda vakaunganira kuna mambo vari vazhinji, vakati kwaari, Mambo Dhariusi, raramai nokusingaperi.

⁶Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: `O king Darius, to the ages live!

⁷Vakuru vose voushe, navarayiri namachinda namakurukota namadzishe vakarangana kuti mambo aite murayiro nokutema chirevo chakasimba, kuti ani naani anokumbira chinhu kuna mwari upi noupi kana munhu upi noupi namazuva ana makumi matatu, asi kwamuri, imwi mambo, awisirwe mugomba reshumba.

⁷Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.

⁸Zvino chitemai chirevo, imwi mambo, muise zita renyu parunyoro, kuti chirege kuzoshandurwa, nomurayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia usingashandurwi.

⁸Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.`

⁹Naizvozvo mambo Dhariusi akaisa zita rake parunyoro nechirevo.

⁹Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

¹⁰Zvino Dhanyeri akati anzwa kuti runyoro rwaiswa zita ramambo, akapinda mumba make zvino mahwindo ekamuri yake akanga akazarurwa achitarira kurutivi rweJerusaremu; akapfugama namabvi ake katatu pazuva, akanyengetera nokurumbidza Mwari wake, sezvaaisimboita.

¹⁰And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.

¹¹Ipapo varume avo vakaungana vari vazhinji, vakawana Dhanyeri achikumbira nokunyengetera Mwari wake.

¹¹Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;

¹²Ipapo vakaswedera, vakataura pamberi pamambo pamusoro pechirevo chamambo, vachiti, Hamuna kuisa zita renyu pachirevo, kuti ani naani anokumbira chinhu kuna mwari upi noupi kana munhu upi noupi namazuva ana makumi matatu, asi kwamuri, imwi mambo, awisirwe mugomba reshumba here? Mambo akataura, akati, Ishoko rechokwadi, nomurayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia, usingashandurwi.

¹²then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king`s interdict: `Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?` Answered hath the king, and said, `The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.`

¹³Zvino vakapindura, vakati pamberi pamambo, Uya Dhanyeri wavana vaJudha vakatapwa, haana hanya nemi, imwi mambo, kana nechirevo chamakaisa zita renyu, asi unokumbira katatu pazuva.

¹³Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, `Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.`

¹⁴Zvino mambo akati achinzwa mashoko iwayo, akatsamwa kwazvo, akafunga mano pamwoyo pake okurwira Dhanyeri akarwisa kusvikira zuva richivira achiedza kumurwira.

¹⁴Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.

¹⁵Ipapo varume ava vakaunganira kuna mambo vari vazhinji, vakati kuna mambo, Zivai imwi mambo, kuti ndiwo murayiro wavaMedhia navaPeresia, kuti chirevo chipi nechipi kana murau upi noupi wakatemwa namambo, hazvingashandurwi.

¹⁵Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, `know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is]: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.`

¹⁶Ipapo mambo akarayira, vakauya naDhanyeri vakamuwisira mugomba reshumba. Mambo akataura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, Mwari wako waunosishumira nguva dzose, achakurwira.

¹⁶Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, `Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.`

¹⁷Ibwe rakauyiswa, rikaiswa pamuromo wegomba, mambo akarisimbisa nechidhindo chake uye nechidhindo chamadzishe ake; kuti kurege kuva nechinhu chimwe pamusoro paDhanyeri chingashandurwa.

¹⁷And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.

¹⁸Ipapo mambo akaenda kuimba yake youshe, akavata achitsanya; kunyange nezvinoridzwa zvipi nezvipi hazvina kuuyiswa pamberi pake; hope dzake dzikatiza.

¹⁸Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled [from] off him.

¹⁹Zvino mambo akafumomuka kwazvo mangwanani, akakasira kuenda kugomba reshumba.

¹⁹Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;

²⁰Akati achiswedera kugomba kuna Dhanyeri, akadana nezwi rokuchema; mambo akataura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, Nhai Dhanyeri, iwe muranda waMwari mupenyu, Mwari wako waunosishumira nguva dzose, ane simba rokukurwira pashumba here?

²⁰and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?`

²¹Ipapo Dhanyeri akati kuna mambo, Imi mambo, raramai nokusingaperi.

²¹Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: `O king, to the ages live:

²²Mwari wangu akatuma mutumwa wake, akadzivira miromo yeshumba, dzikasandikuvadza; nekuti pamberi pake ndakawanikwa kuti handina mhosva, napamberi penyuwo, imwi mambo, hakune chakaipa chandakaita.

²²my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions` mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.`

²³Ipapo mambo akafara zvikuru kwazvo, akarayira kuti vabudise Dhanyeri mugomba. Naizvozvo Dhanyeri akabudiswa mugomba, vakashayiwa chose paakakuvadzwa, nekuti wakange avimba naMwari wake.

²³Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed in his God.

²⁴Ipapo mambo akarayira, vakauya navaya vanhu vakanga vapomera Dhanyeri, vakavawisira mugomba reshumba, ivo, navana vavo, navakadzi vavo; shumba dzikavakunda, dzikavhuna-vhuna mafupa avo, vachigere kusvika pasi mugomba.

²⁴And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.

²⁵Ipapo Dhariusi akanyorera vanhu vose, namarudzi ose, namarimi ose, vagere munyika yose, akati, Rugare ngaruwanzwe kwamuri.

²⁵Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: `Your peace be great!

²⁶Ndinotema chirevo, kuti munyika yose youshe hwangu vanhu vose vadedere vatye pamberi paMwari waDhanyeri; nekuti ndiye Mwari mupenyu, aripo nokusingaperi, ushe hwake haungaparadzwi; kubata kwake ushe kuchavapo kusvikira pakuguma.

²⁶From before me is made a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding to the ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] unto the end.

²⁷Ndiye anorwira nokusunungura, ndiye anoita zviratidzo nezvishamiso kudenga napanyika, ndiye akarwira Dhanyeri pasimba reshumba.

²⁷A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who hath delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.`

²⁸Saizvozvo Dhanyeri uyu akagara zvakanaka pakubata ushe kwaDhariusi napakubata ushe kwaKoreshi muPeresia.

²⁸And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.