OO, OO! Etamɔ nɔ ni Daniel ebote haomɔ babaoo mli. Shi jatai lɛ yeee lɛ awui! Ani ole nɔ hewɔ? Namɔ kɛ Daniel wo biɛ kɛ jatai nɛɛ fɛɛ? Ha wɔtao mli wɔkwɛ.

Agbɛnɛ Babilon maŋtsɛ ji nuu ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Dario. Esumɔɔ Daniel sane waa ejaakɛ Daniel he jɔ ni ele nii waa hu. Dario hala Daniel ni efee lɛ emaŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli nɔyelɔ fe fɛɛ. Enɛ ha hii krokomɛi ni yɔɔ emaŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli lɛ ye Daniel he awuŋa, no hewɔ lɛ nɔ ni amɛfee nɛ.

Amɛtee Dario ŋɔɔ ni amɛyakɛɛ lɛ akɛ: ‘Oo maŋtsɛ, wɔkpɛlɛ nɔ akɛ ofee mla akɛ mɔ ko mɔ ko akasɔle eha nyɔŋmɔ ko loo gbɔmɔ ko ja bo okome too pɛ, gbii 30, Oo maŋtsɛ. Kɛ mɔ ko booo toi lɛ, no lɛ ashɛ lɛ afɔ̃ jatai abu lɛ mli.’ Dario leee nɔ hewɔ ni hii nɛɛ taoɔ ni afee nɛkɛ mla nɛɛ. Shi esusu akɛ eji jwɛŋmɔ kpakpa, no hewɔ lɛ eha aŋma mla lɛ afɔ̃ shi. Agbɛnɛ anyɛɛɛ atsake mla nɛɛ dɔŋŋ.

Beni Daniel nu mla nɛɛ he lɛ, etee shia ni eyasɔle, tamɔ bɔ ni efeɔ daa lɛ. Gbɔmɛi gbohii nɛɛ le akɛ Daniel kpaŋ sɔlemɔ kɛha Yehowa. Eŋɔɔ amɛnaa, ejaakɛ etamɔ nɔ ni amɛyiŋ ni amɛto akɛ amɛbaajie Daniel yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ miiye omanye.

Beni Maŋtsɛ Dario na ele nɔ hewɔ ni hii nɛɛ taoɔ ni afee mla lɛ, edɔ lɛ waa diɛŋtsɛ. Shi enyɛɛɛ etsake mla lɛ, no hewɔ lɛ esa akɛ eha akɛ Daniel awo jatai abu lɛ mli. Shi maŋtsɛ lɛ kɛɛ Daniel akɛ: ‘Miheɔ miyeɔ akɛ, o-Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ ni osɔmɔɔ lɛ lɛ, baanyɛ ahere oyiwala.’

Enɛ hao Dario waa akɛ enyɛɛɛ ewɔ nakai nyɔɔŋ lɛŋ fɛɛ. Enɔ jetsɛremɔ lɛ, ejo foi kɛtee jatai abu lɛ naa. Lɛ onaa yɛ jɛmɛ lɛ. Ebo waa akɛ: ‘Daniel, Nyɔŋmɔ hiɛkalɔ lɛ tsulɔ! Ani Nyɔŋmɔ ni osɔmɔɔ lɛ lɛ enyɛ ehere oyiwala kɛjɛ jatai lɛ adɛŋ?’

Daniel ha hetoo akɛ: ‘Nyɔŋmɔ tsu ebɔfo ni ebatsĩmɔ jatai lɛ anaa, no hewɔ lɛ amɛyeee mi awui ko.’

Eŋɔɔ maŋtsɛ lɛ naa waa. Efã akɛ ajie Daniel kɛjɛ bu lɛ mli. Kɛkɛ ni eha akɛ hii gbohii ni bɔ mɔdɛŋ ni amɛgbe Daniel lɛ ha jatai lɛ. Jatai lɛ mɔmɔ amɛ dani amɛshɛ bu lɛ mli po, ni amɛkumɔ amɛwui fɛɛ amli.

No sɛɛ lɛ Maŋtsɛ Dario ŋma wolo eyaha gbɔmɛi ni yɔɔ emaŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli lɛ fɛɛ akɛ: ‘Miiwo akpɔ akɛ mɔ fɛɛ mɔ kɛ bulɛ aha Daniel Nyɔŋmɔ lɛ. Efeɔ naakpɛɛ nibii wuji. Ehere Daniel yiwala ni jatai lɛ kpeee lɛ.’