Ɀino mambo Bershazari wakaitira madzishe ake anecuru cezana mutambo mukuru, akanwa waini pamberi paiʋo ʋanecuru cezana. Ɀino Bershazari, wakati aɓatwa newaini, akaraira kuti ʋaʋuye nemidziyo yendarama nesirveri, yakaŋga yabviswa naɓaɓa ʋake Nebukadnezari patembere yaiʋa paJerusarema, kuti iye mambo namadzishe ake naʋakadzi ʋake naʋaroŋgo ʋake ʋanwe nayo. Ipapo ʋakaʋuya nemidziyo yendarama yakaŋga yabviswa patembere yeimba yaMŋari yaiʋa paJerusarema; iye mambo namadzishe ake naʋakadzi ʋake naʋaroŋgo ʋake ʋakanwa nayo. Ʋakanwa waini, ʋakarumbidza ʋamŋari ʋendarama nesirveri nendarira neɗare namatanda namabge. Ɀino neŋguʋa iyeyo minwe yoruʋoko rwomunhu yakaʋuya ikanyora pakatarisana necigadziko comŋenje pasuko ramadziro eimba yamambo, mambo akaʋona canza coruʋoko rwakaŋga rucinyora. Ipapo ciso camambo cakashanduka maari, pfuŋgwa dzake dzikatambudzwa, ɀifundo ɀeciʋuno cake ɀikasunuŋguka, mabvi ake akaroʋana. Mambo akaɗanidzira aciti ʋaʋuye neŋaŋga naʋaKardea naʋafemberi. Mambo akataura akati kunaʋakacenjera ʋeBabironi: Aninani uŋgaraʋa iɀi ɀakanyorwa, akandiziʋisa kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo, ucafukidzwa ŋguʋo tȿuku, nokushoŋgedzwa ʋuketani bgendarama pamutsipa wake, ʋuye ucaʋa muɓati wecitatu paʋushe bgaŋgu. Ipapo ʋakacenjera ʋose ʋamambo ʋakapinda, asi ʋakaŋga ʋasiŋgagoni kuraʋa ɀakanyorwa, kana kuziʋisa mambo kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo. Ɀino mambo Bershazari akatambudzika kwaɀo, ciso cake cikashanduka maari, namadzishe ake akakaŋganiswa. Ipapo ʋahosi ʋakapinda muimba yomutambo, nokuɗa kwamashoko amambo naamadzishe ake; ʋahosi ʋakataura, ʋakati: Imi mambo, raramai nokusiŋgaperi; pfuŋgwa dzenyu ŋgadzirege kukutambudzai, ciso cenyu ŋgacirege kushanduka. Muʋushe bgenyu munomurume, unomŋeya waʋamŋari ʋatȿene mukati make; pamazuʋa aɓaɓa ʋenyu ciedza neziʋo nenjere, ɀakafanana nenjere dzaʋamŋari, ɀakawanikwa maari; mambo Nebukadnezari, ɓaɓa ʋenyu, iʋo mambo, ɓaɓa ʋenyu, ʋakamuita mukuru waʋacenjeri neŋaŋga naʋaKardea naʋafemberi; nokuti kunaDanieri, wakatumidzwa Berteshazari namambo, kwakawanikwa mŋeya wakanaka kwaɀo, neziʋo, nokunzwisisa, nokuɗudzira kurota, nokuɓuɗisa mashoko akaʋanzika, nokusunuŋgura fundo. Ɀino Danieri ŋgaaɗanwe, iye ucakuziʋisai kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo.
Ipapo Danieri akaʋuyiswa pamberi pamambo. Mambo akataura, akati kunaDanieri: Ndiwe uya Danieri, waʋana ʋaJuda ʋakatapxa, wakandotapxa kuʋaJuda naɓaɓa ʋaŋgu here? Ndakanzwa ɀako, kuti mŋeya waʋamŋari uri mukati mako, ʋuye kuti ciedza neziʋo nenjere kwadzo ɀinowanikwa mauri. Ɀino ʋakacenjera, idzo ŋaŋga, ʋakaʋuyiswa pamberi paŋgu, kuti ʋaraʋe ɀakanyorwa iɀi, ʋandiziʋise kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo; asi ʋakakoniwa kundiziʋisa kuɗudzirwa kwecinhu ici. Asi ndakanzwa ɀako, kuti unogona kuɗudzira, nokusunuŋgura fundo; ɀino kana ukagona kuraʋa ɀakanyorwa, nokundiziʋisa kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo, ucafukidzwa ŋguʋo tȿuku, nokushoŋgedzwa ʋuketani bgendarama pamutsipa wako, ʋuye ucaʋa muɓati wecitatu paʋushe bgaŋgu. Ipapo Danieri akapindura, akati pamberi pamambo: Garai henyu neɀipo ɀenyu, ipai henyu mumŋe miɓairo yenyu; kunyaŋge ɀakaɗaro ndicaraʋira mambo ɀakanyorwa, nokumuziʋisa kuɗudzirwa kwaɀo.