UDaniyeli
8:1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bukaBheleshatsare ukumkani, kwabonakala umbono
kum, mna Daniyeli, emva kwaloo nto yabonakalayo kum matanci.
8:2 Ndabona embonweni; ndathi ndakubona, ndahlala
eShushan komkhulu, esezweni lakwaElam; kwaye ndabona ku
ndabona umbono, ndimi ngasemlanjeni oyiUlayi.
8:3 Ndawaphakamisa amehlo am, ndakhangela, nanko kumi phambi koYehova
yinkunzi yegusha, eneempondo ezimbini; kodwa enye
yayiphakame kakhulu kunomnye, yaye ephezulu yaphuma ekugqibeleni.
8:4 Ndayibona inkunzi yegusha ihlaba, ibhekisa entshonalanga, nasentla, nasezantsi; ukuze hayi
Amarhamncwa ayengama phambi kwayo, kungekho unokuhlangula
esandleni sakhe; wenza ke ngokuthanda kwakhe, waba mkhulu.
8:5 Mna ke ndisaqonda, nanko kuvela inkunzi yebhokhwe entshonalanga, ivela entshonalanga
ubuso bomhlaba uphela, ingawuchukumisi umhlaba;
uphondo oluphawulekayo phakathi kwamehlo ayo.
8:6 Yafika enkunzini yegusha, umnini-mpondo-mbini, endiyibone imi
phambi komlambo, yabalekela kuye ngomsindo wamandla akhe.
8:7 Ndayibona isondela enkunzini yegusha, yagungqa
phezu kwayo, yayihlaba inkunzi yegusha, yazaphula iimpondo zayo zombini
akwabakho nkunzi yegusha ukuma phambi kwayo;
Wamhlaba, wamnyathela, akwabakho unokuhlangula
inkunzi yegusha esandleni sayo.
8:8 Inkunzi yebhokhwe yakhula ngokuncamisileyo;
lwaphuka uphondo olukhulu; + kwaza kulo kwavela ezine eziphawulekayo, zabheka ngasemnyango
imimoya emine yezulu.
8:9 Kolunye kuzo kwaphuma uphondo oluncinane, lwaba lukhulu ngokuncamisileyo
Enkulu ngasezantsi, nangasempumalanga, nangasentshonalanga
umhlaba.
8:10 Lwakhula, lwada lwesa kumkhosi wezulu; yaye yawisa inxalenye yayo
umkhosi neenkwenkwezi emhlabeni, wazinyathela.
8:11 Lwazikhulisa, lwada lwesa kumthetheli-mkhosi lowo, lwada ngakuye
Wasuswa umbingelelo wemini yonke, nendawo yengcwele yakhe yaphoswa
phantsi.
8:12 Umkhosi unikelwe kuye, kunye nenkonzo yamaxesha onke, ngenxa yawo
ukreqo, inyaniso yayiwisela phantsi emhlabeni; kwaye yona
waziqhelisela, waphumelela.
8:13 Ndamva ongcwele ethetha, wathi nomnye ongcwele kuye
owathi, Ngowomzuzu ongakanani na umbono kaYehova?
umbingelelo wemihla ngemihla, nesikreqo esiphanzisayo, ukunika kokubini
nengcwele, nomkhosi lowo uya kunyathelwa ngeenyawo?
8:14 Wathi kum, Koda kube ziintsuku ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu mathathu; ngoko
ingcwele ihlanjululwe.
8:15 Kwathi ke, mna, mna, Daniyeli, ndawubona umbono;
Wafuna ukuqonda, nanko emi phambi kwam njengengelosi
imbonakalo yomntu.
8:16 Ndeva ilizwi lomntu phakathi kweenxweme zeUlayi, labizayo
Wathi, Gabriyeli, mqondise lo mbono.
8:17 Wasondela apho bendimi khona; ekuzeni kwayo ndoyika, ndawa
ebusweni bam; wathi kum, Qonda, nyana womntu;
ixesha lesiphelo uya kuba ngumbono.
8:18 Ke kaloku, ekuthetheni kwakhe nam, ndasuke ndasindwa bubuthongo, ngobuso bam
wandichukumisa, wandimisa nkqo.
8:19 Wathi, Yabona, ndiya kukwazisa okuya kubakho ekupheleni
ngokuba kuya kufika ixesha elimisiweyo isiphelo.
8:20 Inkunzi yegusha oyibonileyo ineempondo ezimbini, ngookumkani bamaMedi naba
iPersi.
8:21 Inkunzi yebhokhwe exhonti ngukumkani wakwaGrisi;
phakathi kwamehlo akhe ukumkani wokuqala.
8:22 Ngoku ke, olu lwaphukileyo, kuma ezine esikhundleni salo, buya kuba zizikumkani ezine
yimani eluhlangeni, kodwa kungabi ngamandla akhe.
8:23 Kwaye ekupheleni kobukumkani babo, xa abakreqi befika
obupheleleyo, ngukumkani onengcwangu, nobuso bubumnyama
izivakalisi, ziya kuphakama.
8:24 Kwaye uya komelela amandla akhe, kodwa kungabi ngokwamandla akhe;
konakalisa ngokubalulekileyo, ube nempumelelo, uqhelisele, onakalise
abanamandla nabangcwele.
8:25 Ngobuqhokolo bakhe woba nempumelelo inkohliso ngesandla sakhe;
uya kuzenza mkhulu entliziyweni yakhe, atshabalalise ngoxolo
uya kusukela phezulu kumthetheli wabathetheli; kodwa uya kwenza
yaphulwe kungengasandla.
8:26 Umbono wokuhlwa kusisa okhankanyiweyo uyinyaniso.
wena ke, uwuvalele umbono; ngokuba iya kuba yimihla emininzi.
8:27 Mna Daniyeli ndaphela, ndaneentsuku ndisifa; ndavuka emva koko.
Wenza ke umsebenzi wokumkani; ndamangaliswa ngumbono lowo, kodwa
akukho bani wayiqondayo.