Indaba 75
Abasana Abane EBhabhiloni
IKOSI uNebukadinezari yathatha woke ama-Israyeli afunde khulu yawasa eBhabhiloni. Ngemva kwalokho ikosi yakhetha amasokana ahlakaniphileko nakarisa kunawo woke. Amane wawo basana obabona laphaba. Omunye nguDanyela, abanyaba abathathu abantu beBhabhiloni bababiza bona nguShedireki, uMishaka no-Abhedʹniko.
UNebukadinezari walungiselela ukubandula amasokana la bona akhonze esigodlweni sakhe. Ngemva kwebandulo leemnyaka eemthathu bekazokukhetha abahlakaniphe khulu bonyana bazomrhelebha ukurarulula imiraro. Ikosi gade ifuna abasanaba babe namandla nepilo nebabandulwako. Ngalokho yalayela inceku yayo bonyana ibaphe ukudla neenselo zekhethelo ezidliwa ngiyo nomndenayo.
Qala uDanyela osesemutjha. Uyazi bonyana uthini enduneni ekulu kaNebukadinezari u-Ashiphenezi? UDanyela wamtjela bona akafuni ukudla kwekhethelo etafuleni yekosi. Kodwana u-Ashiphenezi watshwenyeka. U-Ashiphenezi wathi kuye: ‘Ikosi ikhethile bona nizokudlani begodu nizokuselani. Neningabonakali ninepilo njengamanye amasokana, izongibulala.’
Ngalokho uDanyela waya emntwini u-Ashiphenezi ambeke bona abe mtlhogomeli wakhe nabangani bakhe abathathu. Wathi kuye: ‘Siyakubawa sivivinya amalanga ayi-10. Sipha iimrorho namanzi kwaphela. Ngemva kwalokho usimadanise namanye amasokana egade adla ukudla kwekosi ubone bona bobani ababonakala babhedere.’
Umtlhogomeli wakuvuma lokho. Kuthe amalanga ayi-10 nekaphelako, uDanyela nabangani bakhe abathathu gade babonakala banepilo ukudlula amanye amasokana. Ngalokho umtlhogomeli wabavumela bona badle iimrorho ingasi ukudla abakuphiwa yikosi.
Ekupheleni kweemnyaka eemthathu woke amasokana athathwa ayiswa kuNebukadinezari. Ngemva kokukhuluma nabo boke, ikosi yafumana bona uDanyela nabangani bakhe abathathu bahlakaniphe ukubadlula boke. Ngalokho yababulunga bona bayimrhelebhe esigodlweni sayo. Nofana kunini lokha ikosi neyibuza uDanyela, uShedireki, uMishaka, no-Abhedʹniko iimbuzo, namtjhana inomraro omkhulu, gade bazi ngokuphindwe kayi-10 kunabapristi namadoda ahlakaniphileko.