1 Mu mwaka wa mbere wo ku ngoma ya Belushazari umwami w'i Babuloni, Daniyeli yarose inzozi maze abona ibyo yeretswe ari ku buriri bwe. Aherako yandika ibyo yarose, arobanuramo ingingo zabyo zikomeye. 2 Nuko Daniyeli aravuga ati"Mu byo neretswe nijoro, nagiye kubona mbona imiyaga ine yo mu ijuru ihubukira ku nyanja nini. 3 Muri iyo nyanja havamo inyamaswa nini enye, zidasangiye ubwoko. 4 Iya mbere yasaga n'intare, ifite amababa nk'ay'ikizu. Nyihanga amaso kugeza aho amababa yayo ashikurijwe igahagarikwa ku isi, ihagarika amaguru yemye nk'umuntu kandi ihabwa umutima nk'uw'umuntu. 5 "Ndongera mbona indi nyamaswa ya kabiri isa n'idubu yegutse uruhande rumwe, kandi yari itambitse imbavu eshatu mu mikaka yayo. Barayibwira bati 'Byuka uconshomere inyama nyinshyi.' 6 "Hanyuma y'ibyo mbona indi nyamaswa isa n'ingwe, ku mugongo wayo yari ifite amababa ane asa n'ay'igisiga, kandi yari ifite imitwe ine, ihabwa ubutware. (Daniyeli