Di King Dream wey Nobody Fit Tell

Di man wey get power pass for di whole world sit up for im bed, im heart dey beat fast. Di palace quiet. E don see something for night wey e no fit shake comot from im mind. And before morning, somebody go need to explain am.

Na di second year wey Nebuchadnezzar dey rule for Babylon. Daniel and im three friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, don finish dem training and dem don join di king wise men. Babylon get one whole group of experts for dis kind time: magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and Chaldeans, people wey dey study di stars and dey claim say dem fit read wetin dreams mean. Di king call all of dem.

I don dream one dream, di king talk, and my spirit no rest until I know am. O king, live forever, dem answer. Tell your servants di dream, and we go give di meaning. But di king get one test for mind. No. Na una go tell me di dream, and then im meaning. If una no fit, dem go cut una to pieces, and dem go turn una houses to rubbish heap. If una fit, una go get gifts and big honour. Dem protest. Nobody dey for earth wey fit do wetin di king dey ask. Na only di gods fit tell you, and dem no dey live among people. Di king vex well well. E order make dem kill all di wise men of Babylon. And dat one include Daniel and im friends.

Arioch, di captain of di king guard, come to carry out di order. Daniel talk to am with wisdom and with care. Why di king order dey hurry like dis? Arioch explain. Daniel go meet di king and ask for time. Then e go house to meet im three friends, and dem do di one thing wey dem fit do. Dem pray, dem ask di God of heaven for mercy about dis secret. Dat night, for vision, God show Daniel di mystery. And before e do anything else, e praise God. Make di name of God dey blessed forever and ever, because wisdom and power na im own. E dey show deep and secret tins. E know wetin dey inside darkness, and light dey live with am.

Daniel stand before di king. No wise man fit show di king dis secret. But one God dey for heaven wey dey show secrets. Then e describe di dream. One very big statue, wey dey shine and dey make person fear. Im head na pure gold. Im chest and im arms na silver. Im belly and im thighs na bronze. Im legs na iron, im feet na part iron and part clay. Then one stone, wey no be human hand cut am, hit di statue for im feet. Di whole thing break to pieces, and di pieces blow go like chaff from threshing floor. And di stone grow become one big mountain wey full di whole earth.

You, O king, na you be di head of gold, Daniel talk. Di God of heaven don give you your kingdom. After you, other kingdoms go come, one after another, silver, bronze, then iron, wey strong but for di end e go divide and e go dey easy to break. Jewish and Christian readers don discuss for long time which empires dese ones be, and dem no all agree. But di end of di dream clear. Di God of heaven go set up one kingdom wey nobody go ever destroy. E go break all dese kingdoms to pieces, and e go stand forever. Nebuchadnezzar fall down with im face for ground. True true, your God na God of gods and Lord of kings, and e dey reveal secrets. E make Daniel ruler over di province of Babylon, and because Daniel ask, e put im three friends to take care of di province business.

See something wey you no fit hear for translation. Dem write di book of Daniel for two languages. E start for Hebrew. But for chapter two, verse four, just as di wise men dey talk to di king, e change to Aramaic, di common language of di Babylonian and Persian empires. And e stay for Aramaic until di end of chapter seven. Then e go back to Hebrew. Scholars still dey discuss why.

Di king dream wey nobody fit tell. You go find am for Daniel chapter two. Di big statue of human power be like say nobody fit defeat am, but one small stone from God last pass am all. And di first thing wey Daniel do, before e go meet di king, na to pray with im friends. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. When you face something wey be like say e no possible, who you go first pray with?