Mashi 20, 2013, Ukufunda

UDaniyeli 3: 14-20, 91-92, 95

3:14 Inkosi uNebukadinesari yakhuluma kubo, yathi, "Ingabe kuliqiniso, uShadraki, uMeshaki, loAbedinego, ukuthi lingabakhulekeli onkulunkulu bami, futhi ungakhonzi isithombe segolide, engikumisile?
3:15 Ngakho-ke, uma uzilungiselele manje, njalo lapho uzwa ukukhala kwecilongo, ipayipi, iluthi, ihabhu nogubhu, kanye ne-symphony nazo zonke izinhlobo zomculo, nikhothame nikhuleke kumfanekiso engiwenzile. Kodwa uma ungathandi, ngasona leso sikhathi niyakuphonswa esithandweni somlilo ovuthayo. Futhi ngubani uNkulunkulu oyonikhulula esandleni sami?”
3:16 uShadraki, uMeshaki, u-Abhedinego waphendula, wathi enkosini uNebukadinesari, “Akulungile ukuthi sikulalele kule ndaba.
3:17 Ngokuba bheka uNkulunkulu wethu, esimkhonzayo, unamandla okusikhulula eziko lomlilo ovuthayo nokusikhulula esandleni sakho, O nkosi.
3:18 Kodwa noma engeke, makwazeke kini, O nkosi, ukuthi asiyikukhonza onkulunkulu bakho, futhi ungakhonzi isithombe segolide, oyivusile.”
3:19 Khona-ke uNebukadinesari wagcwala intukuthelo futhi isimo sobuso bakhe sashintsha ngokumelene noShadiraki, uMeshaki, loAbedinego, wayala ukuba isithando sibaswe kuze kube ngumlilo waso ovamile kasikhombisa.
3:20 Wayala amadoda anamandla empi yakhe ukuba abophe izinyawo zikaShadiraki, uMeshaki, loAbedinego, nokubaphonsa esithandweni somlilo ovuthayo.
3:91 Khona-ke inkosi uNebukadinesari yamangala, wasukuma masinyane wathi ezikhulwini zakhe: “Asiphonsanga yini amadoda amathathu eboshiwe phakathi komlilo?” Kuphendula inkosi, bathi, “Iqiniso, O nkosi.”
3:92 Waphendula wathi, “Bheka, Ngibona amadoda amane ekhululekile futhi ehamba phakathi komlilo, futhi akukho okubi kubo, ukubonakala kweyesine kunjengendodana kaNkulunkulu.”
3:95 Khona-ke uNebukadinesari, eqhuma, kusho, “Ubusisiwe uNkulunkulu wabo, uNkulunkulu kaShadiraki, uMeshaki, loAbedinego, owathuma ingelosi yakhe, wakhulula izinceku zakhe ezikholwa nguye. Basebesiguqula isinqumo senkosi, banikela ngemizimba yabo, ukuze bangakhonzi noma bakhonze noma yimuphi unkulunkulu ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu wabo.

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