UDaniyeli
2:1 Ngomnyaka wesibili wokubusa kukaNebukadinesari uNebukadinesari.
waphupha amaphupho, umoya wakhe wakhathazeka, nobuthongo bakhe baphuka
evela kuye.
2:2 Khona-ke inkosi yayala ukuba kubizwe izanusi nababhula ngezinkanyezi, futhi
izanusi namaKaledi ukuze batshele inkosi amaphupho ayo. Ngakho
bafika bema phambi kwenkosi.
2:3 Inkosi yathi kubo: "Ngiphuphe iphupho, futhi umoya wami waba."
ekhathazekile ukwazi iphupho.
2:4 Khona-ke amaKaledi akhuluma enkosini ngesiSiriya, "O nkosi, phila kuze kube phakade.
tshela izinceku zakho iphupho, siyakukutshela incazelo.
2:5 Inkosi yaphendula, yathi kumaKaledi: "Izwi lisuke kimi.
uma ningangazisi iphupho nencazelo
kuwo, niyakuhlahlelwa, izindlu zenu zenziwe a
umquba.
2:6 Kodwa uma nibonisa iphupho nencazelo yalo, niyakuba
yamukeleni kimi izipho, nemivuzo, nodumo olukhulu;
iphupho, nencazelo yalo.
2:7 Baphendula futhi, bathi: “Inkosi mayitshele izinceku zayo iphupho.
futhi sizoyibonisa incazelo yalo.
2:8 Inkosi yaphendula, yathi: "Ngiyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi niyozuza
isikhathi, ngoba liyabona ukuthi into isuke kimi.
2:9 Kepha uma ningangazisi iphupho, munye umthetho
ngoba senilungisele amazwi amanga awonakele ukuba niwakhulume ngaphambili
kimi, size siguqulwe isikhathi;
yazini ukuthi ningangikhombisa incazelo yalo.
2:10 AmaKaledi aphendula phambi kwenkosi, futhi wathi: "Akukho ndoda."
emhlabeni ongabika indaba yenkosi;
inkosi, nenkosi, noma umbusi, owacela okunjalo kunoma yimuphi umthakathi, noma
isazi sezinkanyezi, noma umKaledi.
2:11 Futhi kuyinto engavamile ukuthi inkosi ifuna, futhi akekho omunye
ongakuveza phambi kwenkosi, ngaphandle konkulunkulu abakhaya lingekho
ngenyama.
2:12 Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, inkosi wathukuthela futhi uthukuthele kakhulu, futhi wayala ukuba
chitha bonke abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele.
2:13 Kwaphuma isimemezelo sokuthi abahlakaniphileyo babulawe; futhi bona
wafuna uDaniyeli nabangane bakhe ukuba babulawe.
2:14 Khona-ke uDaniyeli waphendula ngeseluleko nokuhlakanipha ku-Ariyoki induna
abalindi benkosi ababephumele ukubulala abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele.
2:15 Waphendula wathi ku-Ariyoki induna yenkosi: "Kungani isinqumo esinje?
ukuphuthuma enkosini? U-Ariyoki wayesemazisa uDaniyeli le nto.
2:16 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wangena, futhi wacela enkosini ukuba amnike
isikhathi, nokuthi ayibonise inkosi incazelo.
2:17 Khona-ke uDaniyeli waya endlini yakhe, futhi wamtshela lokho uHananiya.
uMishayeli no-Azariya, abangane bakhe;
2:18 Ukuze bacele umusa kuNkulunkulu wezulu mayelana nalokhu
imfihlo; ukuze uDaniyeli nabangane bakhe bangabhubhi kanye nabanye
abahlakaniphileyo baseBhabhiloni.
2:19 Khona-ke imfihlo yembulwa kuDaniyeli ngombono ebusuku. Khona-ke uDaniyeli
akabongwe uNkulunkulu wezulu.
2:20 UDaniyeli waphendula wathi: "Malibongwe igama likaNkulunkulu kuze kube phakade naphakade.
ngokuba ukuhlakanipha namandla kungokwakhe;
2:21 Futhi uyashintsha izikhathi nezinkathi, ususa amakhosi, futhi
ubeka amakhosi, uyabapha abahlakaniphileyo ukuhlakanipha, nabo bazi
abaziyo ukuqonda:
2:22 Uyembula izinto ezijulile nezisithekile, uyakwazi okungaphakathi
ubumnyama, nokukhanya kuhlala kuye.
2:23 Ngiyakubonga, futhi ngituse kuwe, O Nkulunkulu wawobaba, onikile
ukuhlakanipha namandla, ungazisa manje lokho ebesikufisa
wena, ngokuba ususazisile manje indaba yenkosi.
2:24 Ngakho uDaniyeli wangena ku-Ariyoki, inkosi eyayimmisele
chitha abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele; wahamba, washo kanje kuye; Bhubhisa
kungabi ngabahlakaniphileyo baseBabele; ngingenise phambi kwenkosi, ngizakuthi
tshengisa inkosi ingcazelo.
2:25 Khona-ke u-Ariyoki wamngenisa uDaniyeli phambi kwenkosi ngokushesha, futhi washo kanje
kuye, Ngifumene umuntu wabathunjwa bakwaJuda, ozokwenza
kwaziwa enkosini ingcazelo.
2:26 Inkosi yaphendula, yathi kuDaniyeli, ogama lakhe lalinguBeliteshasari, Art
ungangazisa iphupho engilibonileyo, nezwi
incazelo yakho?
2:27 UDaniyeli waphendula phambi kwenkosi, wathi: "Imfihlo ukuthi
inkosi ibuzile ukuthi abahlakaniphileyo, nababhula ngezinkanyezi, abakwazi yini
Izanusi, nabathakathi, tshela inkosi;
2:28 Kodwa kukhona uNkulunkulu ezulwini owambula izimfihlo futhi wazisa
inkosi uNebukadinesari okuyakuba khona ngezinsuku ezizayo. Iphupho lakho, futhi
Imibono yekhanda lakho embhedeni wakho nansi;
2:29 Kepha wena, O nkosi, imicabango yakho yafika engqondweni yakho embhedeni wakho, yini
kufanele kwenzeke emva kwalokhu: futhi owambula izimfihlo uyakwenza
uyakwazi okuzakwenzeka.
2:30 Kodwa mina, le mfihlo ambulwanga kimi nganoma iyiphi inhlakanipho mina
Okuningi kunabo bonke abaphilayo, kepha ngenxa yabo eyakukwazisa uJehova
incazelo enkosini, ukuze wazi imicabango yayo
inhliziyo yakho.
2:31 Wena, O nkosi, wabona, futhi bheka, isithombe esikhulu. Lesi sithombe esikhulu, esi
ukukhanya kwakukuhle, kwakumi phambi kwakho; nesimo sawo sasinjalo
kabi.
2:32 Ikhanda lalesi sithombe laliyigolide elihle, isifuba saso nezingalo zaso kuyisiliva;
isisu sakhe namathanga akhe ethusi;
2:33 Imilenze yakhe yayiyinsimbi, izinyawo zakhe ingxenye insimbi nengxenye ubumba.
2:34 Wabona, kwaze kwaqoshwa itshe ngaphandle kwezandla, okuyinto lashaya
isithombe ezinyaweni zakhe ezaziyinsimbi nobumba, waziphahlaza
izingcezu.
2:35 Khona-ke insimbi, ubumba, ithusi, isiliva, negolide, kwaphulwa
zaba yizicucu ndawonye, zaba njengamakhoba ehlobo
izibuya; umoya wazisusa, akwaze kwafunyanwa ndawo
itshe elashaya isithombe laba yintaba enkulu.
wagcwalisa umhlaba wonke.
2:36 Nali iphupho; futhi sizokutshela incazelo yalo ngaphambili
Inkosi.
2:37 Wena, nkosi, uyinkosi yamakhosi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wezulu ukunikile.
umbuso, namandla, namandla, nenkazimulo.
2:38 Futhi nomaphi lapho abantwana babantu behlala, izilwane zasendle kanye
izinyoni zezulu uzinikele esandleni sakho, wazenza
wena ungumbusi phezu kwazo zonke. Wena uyikhanda legolide.
2:39 Futhi emva kwakho kuyovela omunye umbuso ongaphansi kwakho, futhi omunye
umbuso wesithathu wethusi oyakubusa emhlabeni wonke.
2:40 Futhi umbuso wesine uyakuba namandla njengensimbi, njengoba nje insimbi
iphahlaza, ithobe konke, nanjengensimbi echobozayo
konke lokhu uyakuphahlaza, uchoboze.
2:41 Futhi njengoba ubona izinyawo nezinzwani, ingxenye yobumba lombumbi, futhi
inxenye yensimbi, umbuso uyakwahlukaniswa; kodwa kuyakuba khona kuwo
amandla ensimbi, njengoba ubona insimbi ixubene
udaka lodaka.
2:42 Futhi njengoba izinzwani zezinyawo inxenye insimbi, futhi ingxenye ubumba, kanjalo the
umbuso uyakuba namandla nganxanye, nganxanye uphuke.
2:43 Futhi njengoba nje wabona insimbi ixubene nodaka lodaka, bayohlala ukuxubana
bona kanye nenzalo yabantu, kodwa abayikunamathela neyodwa
omunye, njengalokhu insimbi ingaxutshwa nobumba.
2:44 Futhi ezinsukwini zalawo makhosi uNkulunkulu wezulu uyomisa umbuso,
ongasoze wachithwa nombuso awuyikushiywa
abanye abantu, kepha uyakuphahlaza, ubaqede bonke laba
imibuso, futhi iyakuma kuze kube phakade.
2:45 Njengoba nje ubonile ukuthi itshe laqoshwa entabeni
ngaphandle kwezandla, nokuthi lachoboza insimbi, nethusi, nethusi
ubumba, isiliva, negolide; uNkulunkulu omkhulu wazisile kubo
nkosi okuzakwenzeka emva kwalokhu: futhi iphupho liqinisekile, futhi
incazelo yalo iqinisekile.
2:46 Khona-ke inkosi uNebukadinesari wawa ngobuso bakhe, futhi wakhuleka kuDaniyeli.
futhi wayala ukuba banikele ngomnikelo wempuphu nephunga elimnandi
yena.
2:47 Inkosi yamphendula uDaniyeli, wathi: "Impela uNkulunkulu wakho
unguNkulunkulu wawonkulunkulu, neNkosi yamakhosi, nomambuli wezimfihlakalo, obonayo
ubungayiveza lemfihlo.
2:48 Khona-ke inkosi yenza uDaniyeli waba umuntu omkhulu, yamnika izipho eziningi ezinkulu.
wamenza umbusi phezu kwesifunda sonke saseBabele, nenduna yesifunda
ababusi phezu kwabo bonke abahlakaniphileyo baseBabele.
2:49 Khona-ke uDaniyeli wacela enkosini, futhi wabeka oShadiraki, noMeshaki, futhi
u-Abednego, phezu kwezindaba zesifunda saseBabele; uDaniyeli wayehlezi
isango lenkosi.