Dhanyeri 3

¹Zvino mambo Nebhukadhinezari akaita chifananidzo chendarama chakanga chakaita mamita makumi matanhatu pakureba, namamita matanhatu paupamhi; akachimisa pabani reDhura munyika yaBhabhironi.Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

²Ipapo mambo Nebhukadhinezari akatuma vanhu kundokokera machinda navarayiri namadzishe navatongi navachengeti vefuma namakurukota navazivi vemirayiro navabati vose vamativi enyika, kuti vauye kumutambo wokugadzwa kwechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari.Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

³Ipapo machinda navarayiri namadzishe navatongi navachengeti vefuma namakurukota navazivi vemirayiro navabati vose vamativi enyika vakaungana kumutambo wokugadzwa kwechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari; vakamira pamberi pechifananidzo chakanga chamiswa naNebhukadhinezari.Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

⁴Zvino mudanidziri akadanidzira achiti, Munorayirwa imi vanhu, namarudzi, namarimi,Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

⁵kuti nenguva yamunonzwa kurira kwomumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeranwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, muwire pasi muchinamata chifananidzo chendarama chakamiswa namambo Nebhukadhinezari;That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

⁶ani naani asingawiri pasi achinamata, nenguva iyo achawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

⁷Naizvozvo nenguva iyo vanhu vose vachinzwa kurira kwomumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeranwa nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose vakawira pasi vakanamata chifananidzo chendarama chakanga chamiswa namambo Nebhukadhinezari.Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁸Zvino nenguva iyo vamwe vaKaradhea vakaswedera vakapomera vaJudha.Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

⁹Vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo Nebhukadhinezari, Imi mambo, raramai nokusingaperi.They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

¹⁰Imi mambo makatema chirevo, chokuti munhu mumwe nomumwe kana achinge achinzwa kurira kwomumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeranwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, awire pasi achinamata chifananidzo chendarama;Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

¹¹asi ani naani asingawiri pasi achinamata, achawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

¹²Zvino vamwe vaJudha varipo, vamakagadza vave varayiri vezvinhu zvose zvenyika yeBhabhironi, vana Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego; varume ava havana hanya nemi, imi mambo; havashumiri vamwari venyu, kana kunamata chifananidzo chendarama chamakamisa.There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

¹³Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akarayira nehasha nokutsamwa kwake kuti Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vauyiswe. Zvino vakauyisa varume ava pamberi pamambo.Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

¹⁴Nebhukadhinezari akapindura akati kwavari Mavune here, imi Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, kuti munoramba kushumira mwari wangu, nokunamata chifananidzo chendarama chandakamisa ini?Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

¹⁵Zvino kana muchitenda kuwira pasi muchina mata chifananidzo chandakaita nenguva yamunonzwa kurira kwomumanzi nomutopota nembira norudimbwa nomutengeranwa namarimba, nezvimwe zvose zvinoridzwa, zvakanaka hazvo; asi kana musinganamati, muchawisirwa nenguva iyo mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo; mwari achakurwirai mumaoko angu ndoupiko?Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

¹⁶Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo, Imi Nebhukadhinezari, hatingafaniri hedu kukupindurai pamusoro peshoko iri.Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

¹⁷Kana zvikaitika hazvo, Mwari wedu watinoshumira angagona kutirwira pavira romoto unopfuta kwazvo; iye achatirwira paruoko rwenyu, imi mambo.If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

¹⁸Asi kana zvikasaitika, zivai imi mambo, kuti hatingashumiri vamwari venyu kana kunamata chifananidzo chendarama chamakamisa imi.But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

¹⁹Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akatsamwa kwazvo, chiso chake chikashandukira Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego; akataura akarayira kuti vira romoto riveserwe moto unopisa kwazvo kukunda unosiveserwamo kanomwe.Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

²⁰Akarayira vamwe varume vane simba guru vaiva pahondo yake, kuti vasunge Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vavawisire muvira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

²¹Ipapo varume avo vakasungwa vana majasi avo namabhuruku avo nengowani dzavo nedzimwe nguo dzavo, vakawisirwa mukati mevira romoto unopfuta kwazvo.Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

²²Zvino murayiro wamambo zvawakanga une hasha, uye vira zvarakanga richipisisa kwazvo, murazvo womoto wakauraya varume vakanga vachiisako Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego.Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- nego.

²³Varume ava vatatu, vana Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vakawira pasi vakasungwa mukati mevira romoto waipfuta kwazvo.And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

²⁴Ipapo mambo Nebhukadhinezari akavhunduswa, ndokukasira kusimuka, akataura, akati kumakurukota ake, Hatina kuwisira varume vatatu vakasungwa mukati momoto here? Ivo vakapindura, vakati kuna mambo, Ndizvozvo, imi mambo.Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

²⁵Iye akapindura, akati, Tarirai, ndinoona varume vana, vakasununguka, vachifamba mumoto, vasina pavakakuvadzwa; wechina pakuonekwa kwake akaita somwanakomana wamwari.He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

²⁶Ipapo Nebhukadhinezari akaswedera kumuromo wevira romoto wakanga uchipfuta kwazvo, akataura, akati, Nhai imi Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, imi varanda vaMwari Wokumusoro-soro, budai muuye pano. Ipapo Shadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego vakabuda mukati memoto.Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

²⁷Zvino machinda navarayiri namadzishe namakurukota amambo vakaungana vakaona varume ava, kuti moto wakanga washaiwa simba pamiviri yavo, kunyange nevhudzi remisoro yavo rakanga risina kubviswa, namajasi avo akanga asina kubvuraudzwa; kunyange nomunhuwi womoto wakanga usina kusvika kwavari.And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

²⁸Nebhukadhinezari akataura akati, Mwari waShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego ngaarumbidzwe, iye akatuma mutumwa wake, akarwira varanda vake vakanga vachivimba naye, ivo vakanga varamba shoko ramambo, vakaisa miviri yavo, kuti varege kushumira kana kunamata mwari upi noupi, asi iye Mwari wavo.Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

²⁹Naizvozvo ndinotema chirevo, kuti vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose, vanotaura zvisina kufanira pamusoro paMwari waShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego, vatemwe-temwe, nedzimba dzavo dziitwe muturunhuru; nokuti hakuna mumwe mwari anogona kurwira saizvozvo.Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

³⁰Ipapo mambo akawedzera ukuru hwaShadhireki naMisheki naAbhedhinego panyika yeBhabhironi.Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.