OLKETA BEST YOUNG WAN BILONG JERUSALEM

7, 8. Long Daniel 1:3, 4, and 6, wanem nao iumi lanem abaotem Daniel and thrifala fren bilong hem?

⁷ Olketa no just tekem long Babylon olketa richfala samting from temple bilong Jehovah. Story hem sei: “Then king sei long Ashpenaz bigman long haos bilong hem for tekem samfala son bilong Israel and bilong laen bilong king and bilong olketa bigman, olketa pikinini wea no garem eni sik long body, bat wea luk naes and garem fasin for luksavve and wisdom and garem gudfala savve, and minim samting wea man savve abaotem, wea fit for stap long haos bilong king.”—Daniel 1:3, 4.

⁸ Hu nao olketa chusim? Story hem sei: “Midolwan long olketa hem samfala son bilong Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.” (Daniel 1:6) Diswan givim samfala information abaotem Daniel and olketa fren bilong hem. Olsem example, iumi lukim wei wea olketa nao “son bilong Judah,” tribe bilong king. Nomata sapos olketa kam from laen bilong king or nomoa, iumi fit for sei olketa kam from famili wea important and garem hae position. And tu, witim gudfala tingting and healthy body, olketa garem fasin for luksavve, wisdom, savve, and wei for minim samting—long taem wea olketa young yet dastawe Bible iusim toktok “olketa pikinini,” maet olketa just kamap teenager. Daniel and olketa fren bilong hem mas olketa top wan—olketa best wan—midolwan long olketa young wan long Jerusalem.

FAET FOR KONTROLEM MIND

10. Wanem nao olketa teachim long olketa young Hebrew hia, and wanem nao goal bilong diswan?

¹⁰ Stretawe, wanfala faet for kontrolem young mind bilong olketa prisoner hia hem start. For mek sure olketa young Hebrew hia bae change for followim system bilong Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar givim komand for olketa bigman bilong hem for “teachim olketa long raeting and languis bilong Chaldea.” (Daniel 1:4) Diswan hem no simpol education nomoa. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia hem sei “diswan join witim wei for studyim languis bilong Sumer, Akkad, Aram . . . , and narafala languis, and tu planti buk wea olketa raetem long olketa languis hia.” “Planti buk” hia abaotem history, maths, wei for studyim universe, and samting olsem. Bat, “olketa buk bilong religion, olsem magic trik and wei for studyim star . . . , garem bigfala part long diswan.”