1 Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyo unyana ka-Ahaswerosi, wasembewini yamaMedi, owaba ngukumkani phezu kobukumkani bamaKaledi,
2 ngomnyaka wokuqala wobukumkani bakhe, mna, Daniyeli, ndaqonda ngazo iincwadi inani leminyaka, elafikayo ngayo ilizwi likaYehova kuYeremiya umprofeti, ukuba kuzalìswe iminyaka emashumi asixhenxe ngokusingisele kumanxuwa eYerusalem.
3 Ndabubhekisa ubuso bam kwiNkosi yam uThixo, ukuba ndifune imithandazo nezitarhuziso, ndizila ukudla, ndinezirhwexayo nothuthu.
4 Ndathandaza ke kuYehova uThixo wam, ndavuma ndathi, Awu! Nkosi, Thixo omkhulu owoyikekayo, obagcinela umnqophiso nenceba abo bamthandayo, bayigcinayo imithetho yakhe,