MAKANI 75
Basankwa Bone mu-Bbabbuloni
MWAMI Nebukadineza wabweza boonse bayiide kapati bana Isilayeli akubatola ku Bbabbuloni. Kuzwa waawo, mwami wasala basankwa beebeka kapati alimwi basongo. Aaba mbambabo basankwa bone mbobona waawa. Umwi ngu Daniyeli, eelyo bamwi botatwe baitwa mazina amu Bbabbuloni aakuti, Syadileki, Misyeki a Abedinego.
Nebukadineza uyanda kuyiisya basankwa aaba kutegwa kababelekela muŋanda yakwe yabwami. Kwamana myaka yotatwe yakwiiya, uya kusala buyo basongo bani kumugwasya kubamba twaambo. Mwami uyanda kuti basankwa aaba kabali bayumu alimwi kabajisi mibili mibotu nobayiisyigwa. Aboobo wapa mulawo wakuti babelesi bakwe beelede kubapa boonse zyakulya zibotu awaini zyalo bamukwasyi wakwe Nebukadineza nzyobalya.
Langa Daniyeli mukubusi. Hena ulicizyi ncaambila Asipenazi mupati wababelesi ba Nebukadineza? Daniyeli umwaambila kuti tayandi kulya zyakulya zinono zilya mwami. Pele Asipenazi wakatazyigwa. Wati: ‘Mwami wasala nzyomweelede kulya akunywa. Ikuti mibili yanu kaitalibonyi kabotu mbuli basankwa bamwi, ulakonzya kundijaya.’
Aboobo Daniyeli waunka kuli sikubalanga ooyo Asipenazi ngwaabikka kuti kamulanga Daniyeli abeenzyinyina botatwe. Daniyeli wati: ‘Amutusole kwamazuba aali 10. Amutupe cisyumani tulye alimwi ameenda aakunywa. Kwaakumana mukatweelanye abasankwa aabo bali kulya zyakulya zilya mwami mukabone naa mbabaani baya kulibonya kabotu.’
Sikubalanga wazumina kucita oobo. Amane mazuba aali 10, Daniyeli abeenzyinyina botatwe baboneka kuba amibili iili kabotu kwiinda basankwa bamwi. Aboobo sikubalanga wabaleka kuti kabalya cisyumani ikutali kulya ceeco mwami ncapa.
Kumamanino aamyaka yotatwe, basankwa aaba botatwe batolwa kuli Nebukadineza. Amane kwaambaula kuli mbabo boonse, mwami wajana kuti Daniyeli abeenzyinyina botatwe mbabasongo kapati. Aboobo wababweza kuti kabamugwasya muŋanda yakwe yabwami. Alimwi kufwumbwa mwami nabuzya Daniyeli, Syadileki, Misyeki a Abedinego mibuzyo naa kubapa milimo miyumu, balo balizyi ziindi zili 10 kwiinda mbobazyi bapaizi bakwe naa bantu basongo.