¹Negore rechipiri rokubata ushe kwaNebhukadhinezari, Nebhukadhinezari akarota hope; mweya wake ukatambudzika, hope dzake dzikatiza.

¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

²Ipapo mambo akarayira kuti vachenjeri nen'anga navaroyi navaKaradhea vadamwe kuzodudzira mambo kurota kwake. Ipapo vakapinda vakamira pamberi pamambo.

²Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

³Mambo akati kwavari, Ndarota hope, zvino mweya wangu unotambudzika ndichiti ndinzwisise kurota kwangu.

³And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

⁴Ipapo vaKaradhea vakataura namambo norurimi rwavaSiria, vakati, Mambo ngaararame nokusingaperi! Udzai varanda venyu kurota kwenyu, isu tigokuzivisai kududzirwa kwazvo.

⁴Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

⁵Mambo akapindura, akati kuna vaKaradhea, Shoko ratemwa neni; kana mukasandizivisa kurota kwangu nokududzirwa kwazvo, muchagurwa-gurwa, uye dzimba dzenyu dzichaitwa durunhuru.

⁵The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

⁶Asi kana mukandizivisa kurota kwangu nokududzirwa kwazvo, muchapiwa neni zvipo nemibayiro nokukudzwa kukuru; naizvozvo chindizivisai kurota nokududzirwa kwazvo.

⁶But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof.

⁷Ivo vakapindura rwechipiri, vachiti, Mambo ngaaudze varanda vake kurota kwake, isu tigokuzivisai kududzirwa kwazvo.

⁷They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

⁸Mambo akapindura, akati, Ndinoziva kwazvo kuti imwi munongotsvaka kuwedzerwa nguva, nekuti munoona kuti shoko iri ratemwa neni.

⁸The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

⁹Asi kana mukasandizivisa kurota kwangu, mucharohwa nomurayiro mumwe chete, nekuti makazvigadzira kutaura mashoko enhema akashata pamberi pangu, kusvikira nguva yashanduka; naizvozvo chindiudzai kurota kwangu, ipapo ndichaziva kuti mungandizivisa kududzirwa kwazvo.

⁹But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

¹⁰VaKaradhea vakapindura pamberi pamambo, vakati, Hakuna munhu pasi pose angagone kuzivisa shoko iri ramambo, nekuti hakuna mambo kana ishe, kana mubati akatongotsvaka chinhu chakadai kune wakachenjera kana n'anga, kana muKaradhea upi noupi.

¹⁰The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter, forasmuch as no king, lord, or ruler, hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.

¹¹Chinhu chinobvunzwa namambo chikuru kwazvo, hakuna angachizivisa kuna mambo, asi vamwari ugaro hwavo hahwusi panevenyama.

¹¹And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

¹²Nemhaka iyi mambo akatsamwa, akava nehasha kwazvo, akarayira kuti vachenjeri vose veBhabhironi vaurawe.

¹²For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

¹³Naizvozvo chirevo chakatemwa kuti vachenjeri vaurawe, vakatsvakawo Dhanyeri neshamwari dzake kuti vaurawe.

¹³So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

¹⁴Ipapo Dhanyeri akapindura Arioki nenjere nokungwara, iye mukuru wachengeti vamambo, akanga abuda kundouraya vachenjeri veBhabhironi;

¹⁴Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

¹⁵akati kuna Arioki mukuru wavachengeti vamambo, Chirevo ichi chamambo chine chimbichimbi neiko? Ipapo Arioki akazivisa Dhanyeri shoko iro.

¹⁵he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

¹⁶Zvino Dhanyeri akapinda kuna mambo, akakumbira kwaari kuti amutarire nguva, azivise mambo kududzirwa kwazvo.

¹⁶And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

¹⁷Ipapo Dhanyeri akaenda kumba kwake, akandozivisa shamwari dzake Hanania naMishaeri naAzaria, shoko iro;

¹⁷Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

¹⁸kuti vakumbire nyasha kuna Mwari wokudenga pamusoro pechinhu ichi chakavanzika, kuti Dhanyeri neshamwari dzake varege kuparadzwa pamwechete navamwe vachenjeri veBhabhironi.

¹⁸that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁹Ipapo chinhu icho chakavanzika chakaziviswa Dhanyeri pane chaakaratidzwa usiku. Dhanyeri akatenda Mwari wokudenga.

¹⁹Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

²⁰Dhanyeri akapindura, akati, Zita raMwari ngaritendwe nokusingaperi-peri, nekuti uchenjeri nesimba ndezvake.

²⁰Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.

²¹Ndiye anoshandura nguva nemisi; ndiye anobvisa madzimambo, nokugadza madzimambo; ndiye anopa vakachenjera uchenjeri, navane njere zivo;

²¹And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;

²²ndiye anozivisa zvinhu zvakadzama nezvakavanzika; ndiye anoziva zviri murima; chiedza chinogara kwaari.

²²he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

²³Ndinokutendai nokukurumbidzai, imwi Mwari wamadzibaba angu, makandipa uchenjeri nesimba, mukandizivisa zvino zvatakakumbira kwamuri; nekuti makatizivisa shoko ramambo.

²³I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of thee; for thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.

²⁴Naizvozvo Dhanyeri akapinda kuna Arioki, akanga arayirwa namambo kuparadza vachenjeri veBhabhironi; akandoti kwaari, Rega hako kuparadza vachenjeri veBhabhironi; ndiise pamberi pamambo, ndichazivisa mambo kududzirwa kwazvo.

²⁴Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation.

²⁵Ipapo Arioki akaisa Dhanyeri pamberi pamambo nokukasira, akati kwaari, Ndawana munhu pakati pavana vokutapwa vaJudha, achazivisa mambo kududzirwa kwazvo.

²⁵Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

²⁶Mambo akapindura, akati kuna Dhanyeri, ainzi Bheteshazari. Iwe unogona kundizivisa kurota kwandakaona, nokududzirwa kwazvo here?

²⁶The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

²⁷Dhanyeri akapindura mambo, akati, Chinhu chakavanzika, chakarehwa namambo, hakuna vane njere, kana n'anga, kana vachenjeri, kana vafemberi vangazivisa mambo izvozvo;

²⁷Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show unto the king;

²⁸asi kudenga kuna Mwari anozivisa zvakadzama; ndiye akazivisa mambo Nebhukadhinezari zvichazovapo pamazuva okupedzisira. Kurota kwenyu, nezvamakaratidzwa mumusoro wenyu panhovo dzenyu, hezvi;

²⁸but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and he hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

²⁹kana murimi, mambo, pfungwa dzenyu dzakauya kwamuri muri panhovo dzenyu, mukarangarira zvichazoitwa pashure; zvino anozivisa zvakadzama, ndiye akakuzivisai zvichazoitwa.

²⁹as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.

³⁰Asi kana ndirini, chinhu ichi chakavanzika hachina kundiziviswa nokuda kwenjere dzandinadzo dzinopfuura dzavamwe vapenyu vose, asi kuti mambo aziviswe kududzirwa kwazvo, uye kuti muziviswe pfungwa dziri mumwoyo wenyu.

³⁰But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.

³¹Imi mambo makatarira, mukaona chifananidzo chikuru. Chifananidzo ichi, chaiva chikuru kwazvo, chaiva nokubwinya kwakakurisisa, chakanga chimire pamberi penyu; chakanga chichityisa pakuonekwa kwacho.

³¹Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.

³²Kana chiri chifananidzo ichi, musoro wacho wakange uri wendarama yakaisvo-naka, chipfuva chacho namaoko acho zvakanga zviri zvesirivha, dumbu racho nechiuno chacho zvakanga zviri zvendarira,

³²As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

³³makumbo acho akanga ari edare, uye tsoka dzacho dzaiti pamwe dare pamwe ivhu.

³³its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.

³⁴Makaramba muchitarira kusvikira muchiona ibwe richivezwa, asi zvisingaitwi namaoko omunhu, rikarova chifananidzo patsoka dzacho dzaiva dzedare nevhu, rikadziputsa-putsa.

³⁴Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them in pieces.

³⁵Ipapo dare nevhu nendarira nesirivha nendarama zvakaputsanyiwa pamwechete, zvikafanana nehundi iri paburiro nenguva yezhizha; zvikatorwa nemhepo, zvikasawanirwa nzvimbo; asi ibwe, rakanga rarova chifananidzo, rakazoita gomo guru, rikazadza pasi pose.

³⁵Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

³⁶Ndizvo zvamakarota; zvino tichazvidudzira pamberi pamambo.

³⁶This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

³⁷imwi mambo muri mambo wamadzimambo, makapiwa naMwari wokudenga ushe noumambo nesimba nokubwinya;

³⁷Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

³⁸pose panogara vana vavanhu, wakaisa paruoko rwenyu mhuka dzesango neshiri dzokudenga, akakuitai mubati wazvo zvose; imwi ndimi musoro wendarama.

³⁸and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all: thou art the head of gold.

³⁹Shure kwenyu bwumwe vushe bwuchamuka, vuduku kwamuri; tevere vushe bwechitatu bwendarira; huchabata panyika yose.

³⁹And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

⁴⁰Ushe bwechina huchava nesimba sedare, sezvinoita dare rinoputsanya nokuparadza zvose; sezvinoita dare rinopwanya izvi zvose, saizvozvo uchaputsanya nokupwanya.

⁴⁰And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

⁴¹Zvamakaona tsoka nezvigumwe, zvakaitwa pamwe nevhu romuumbi wehari, pamwe nedare, uchava ushe hwakaganhurwa; asi simba redare richavamo, zvamakaona dare rakavenganiswa nevhu vokuumba naro.

⁴¹And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

⁴²zvamakumbo zvazvakanga zvakaitwa pamwe nedare pamwe nevhu, saizvozvo ushe huchava pamwe nesimba, pamwe haungatani kuputsika.

⁴²And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

⁴³Uye zvamakaona dare rakavenganiswa nevhu rokuumba naro, saizvozvo vachavengana namarudzi avanhu, asi havanganamatirani, sezvinoita dare risinganamatirani, nevhu.

⁴³And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.

⁴⁴Zvino namazuva amadzimambo iwayo Mwari wokudenga achamutsa ushe, usingatongozoparadzwi, uye simba rahwo haringapfuuri kuno rumwe rudzi rwavanhu; asi ihwo uchaputsanya nokuparadza ushe uhwo hwose, ihwo huchamira nokusingaperi.

⁴⁴And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

⁴⁵Zvamakaona ibwe richivezwa mugomo, zvisingaitwi namaoko avanhu rikaputsa-putsa dare nendarira nevhu nesirivha nendarama, Mwari mukuru akazivisa mambo zvichazoitwa pashure; kurota uku ndokwechokwadi, nokududzirwa kwazvo ndokwechokwadi.

⁴⁵Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

⁴⁶Ipapo mambo Nebhukadhinezari akawira pasi nechiso chake, akanamata Dhanyeri, akarayira kuti vamuvigire chipo nezvinonhuhwira zvinozipa.

⁴⁶Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him.

⁴⁷Mambo akapindura Dhanyeri, akati, Zvirokwazvo, Mwari wako ndiye Mwari wavamwari, naIshe wamadzimambo, nomuzivisi wezvakadzama, iwe zvawakagona kuzivisa chinhu ichi chakavanzika

⁴⁷The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.

⁴⁸Ipapo mambo akaita Dhanyeri mukuru, akamupa zvipo zvikuru zvizhinji, akamuita mubati wenyika yose yeBhabhironi, nokumuitawo mutariri mukuru wavakachenjera vose veBhabhironi.

⁴⁸Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

⁴⁹Dhanyeri akakumbira kuna mambo, akagadza Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vakava varairi vezvinhu zvose zvenyika yeBhabhironi; asi Dhanyeri akagara pasuwo ramambo.

⁴⁹And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.