Daniyeli Chapter 8

1. Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwenkosi uBelishasari kwabonakala kimi mina Daniyeli umbono emva kwalokho okwabonakala kimi kuqala.

2. Ngabona embonweni; kwase kuthi ekuboneni kwami ngangiseShushani endlini yenkosi esifundeni sase-Elamu; ngabona-ke embonweni, ngangisemfuleni i-Ulayi.

3. Ngase ngiphakamisa amehlo ami, ngabona; bheka, kwakumi phambi komfula inqama inezimpondo ezimbili; lezo zimpondo ezimbili zazithaphile, kepha olunye lwaluthaphe kunolunye, oluthaphileyo lwavela muva.

4. Ngabona inqama iqhubukusha ngasentshonalanga, nangasenyakatho, nangaseningizimu; kwakungekho silo ebesinokuma phambi kwayo, kwakungekho ongophula esandleni sayo, kepha yenza njengentando yayo, yazikhulisa.

5. Ngisacabanga, bheka, kwavela impongo ngasentshonalanga ebusweni bawo wonke umhlaba, ingawuthinti umhlaba kodwa; impongo yayinophondo oluqhamileyo emkhathini wamehlo ayo.

6. Yafika enqameni eyayinezimpondo ezimbili, engayibona imi phambi komfula, yatheleka kuyo ngokufutheka kwayo okunamandla.

7. Ngayibona isondela kakhulu enqameni, yababa ngayo, yayishaya inqama, yazaphula izimpondo zayo ezimbili; kwakungekho mandla enqameni okuma phambi kwayo, kepha yayiphonsa phansi, yayinyathela, kwakungekho ongayophula inqama esandleni sayo.

8. Impongo yayisizikhulisa kakhulu; kwathi lapho isinamandla, uphondo olukhulu lwaphuka; esikhundleni salo kwamila ezine ziqhamela ngasemimoyeni yomine yezulu.

9. Kolunye lwazo kwamila uphondo oluncane olwakhula kakhulu ngaseningizimu, nangasempumalanga, nangasezweni elihle.

10. Lwakhula kwaze kwaba nasebandleni lasezulwini, lwaphonsa phansi okunye kwebandla, okwezinkanyezi, lwakunyathela.

11. Yebo, lwazikhulisa kwaze kwaba nasesikhulwini sebandla, lwasaphuca umnikelo oshiswa imihla yonke, nendawo yendlu yaso engcwele yaphonswa phansi.

12. Kwabekwa impi yokulwa kanye nomnikelo oshiswa imihla yonke ngesiphambeko: lwaphonsa phansi iqiniso, lwenza njengentando yalo, lwaba nempumelelo.

13. Ngase ngizwa ongcwele ekhuluma, nomunye ongcwele wathi kulowo owakhuluma: “Uyakuba khona kuze kube nini lo mbono womnikelo oshiswa imihla yonke, nesiphambeko esichithayo sokuba kukhashelwe indlu engcwele nempi, kunyathelwe phansi, na?”

14. Wathi kimi: “Koze kube yizikhathi zokuhlwa nezokusa eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu; bese yihlanjululwa indlu engcwele.”

15. Kwathi sengiwubonile umbono mina Daniyeli, ngafuna ukuwuqonda; bheka, kwase kumi phambi kwami kungathi isimo somuntu.

16. Ngezwa izwi lomuntu phakathi kwe-Ulayi elalimemeza lathi: “Gabriyeli, menze lo ukuba aqonde umbono.”

17. Wayesesondela lapho ngimi khona; lapho esefika, ngashaywa luvalo, ngawa ngobuso bami; kepha wathi kimi: “Qonda, ndodana yomuntu, ngokuba umbono ungowesikhathi sokuphela.”

18. Esakhuluma nami, ngalala ubuthongo obukhulu, ubuso bami bubheke phansi; kepha wangithinta, wangimisa lapho kade ngimi khona.

19. Wathi: “Bheka, ngiyakukwazisa okuyakwenzeka ngasekupheleni kwentukuthelo, ngokuba kungokwesikhathi sokuphela.

20. Inqama oyibonileyo inezimpondo ezimbili, zingamakhosi aseMediya nasePheresiya.

21. Impongo iyinkosi yaseJavini; uphondo olukhulu olusemkhathini wamehlo ayo luyinkosi yokuqala.

22. Kepha olwaphukileyo, esikhundleni salo okwavela ezine, kuyakuvela imibuso emine esizweni salo, ingenamandla alo kodwa.

23. “Ekugcineni kokubusa kwayo, lapho izihlubuki seziphelele, inkosi elukhuni ngobuso, eqonda izimfumbe, iyakuvela.

24. Iyakuba namandla amakhulu, ingenamandla eyokuqala kodwa; iyakuchitha ngokumangalisayo, iphumelele ukukwenza; iyakuchitha abanamandla nabantu abangcwele.

25. Ngokuhlakanipha kwayo iyakuphumelelisa inkohliso esandleni sayo, izikhulise enhliziyweni yayo, ichithe abaningi ekuthuleni; iyakumelana nesikhulu sezikhulu, ichotshozwe kungengasandla.

26. “Imibono yakusihlwa neyasekuseni esilandiwe iqinisile, kepha gcina wena umbono, ngokuba ungowezinsuku eziningi.”

27. Mina Daniyeli ngase ngiphela amandla, ngagula izinsuku ezithile; ngavuka, ngenza umsebenzi wenkosi; ngamangala ngombono, kwakungekho owuqondayo.