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

¹Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

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

³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

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

⁴They drank wine, and 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 the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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

⁶Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck 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.

⁷The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

⁸Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

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

⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were 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.

¹⁰ Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face 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 your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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 an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

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

¹³Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

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

¹⁴I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

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

¹⁵Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show 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.

¹⁶But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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

¹⁷Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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

¹⁸You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

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 him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

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

²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory 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 he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

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

²²You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

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.

²³but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

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

²⁴Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

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

²⁵This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

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

²⁶This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

²⁷TEKERE, iwe wayerwa pachiyero, ukawanikwa wakataira.

²⁷TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

²⁸PERESI, ushe hwako hwakamurwa, hwapiwa vaMedhia navaPeresia.

²⁸PERES; your kingdom is divided, and 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 commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰Nousiku uhwo mambo Bheshazari muKaradhea akaurawa.

³⁰In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

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

³¹Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.