UDaniyeli
8:1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwenkosi uBelishasari kwabonakala umbono
kimi, mina Daniyeli, emva kwalokho okwabonakala kimi ekuqaleni.
8:2 Ngabona embonweni; kwathi lapho ngibona, ngase ngikhona
eShushani endlini yenkosi esesifundeni sase-Elamu; futhi ngabona ku
bheka, ngasemfuleni i-Ulayi.
8:3 Ngase ngiphakamisa amehlo ami, ngabona; bheka, kwakumi phambi kukaJehova
inqama yayinezimpondo ezimbili; izimpondo ezimbili zaziphakeme; kodwa eyodwa
yayiphakeme kunenye, futhi ephakemeyo yaphuma ekugcineni.
8:4 Ngabona inqama iqhubukusha ngasentshonalanga, nangasenyakatho, nangaseningizimu; ukuze cha
izilo zazingama phambi kwakhe, kungekho okhululayo
esandleni sakhe; kodwa yenza njengentando yayo, yaba mkhulu.
8:5 Futhi njengoba ngisacabanga, bheka, impongo yavela ngasentshonalanga
ubuso bomhlaba wonke, kayithintanga umhlabathi;
uphondo oluphawulekayo phakathi kwamehlo akhe.
8:6 Yafika enqameni, eyayinezimpondo ezimbili, engangiyibonile imi
phambi komfula, wagijimela kuye ngokufutheka kwamandla akhe.
8:7 Ngayibona isondela eduze kwenqama, yafikelwa yisifo sohudo
ngokumelene nayo, wayishaya inqama, yazaphula izimpondo zayo ezimbili;
kwakungekho mandla enqameni ukuma phambi kwayo, kepha yayiphonsa phansi phambi kwayo
wamhlaba, wamnyathela, kepha kwakungekho ongakhulula
inqama esandleni sayo.
8:8 Ngakho impongo yakhula kakhulu;
uphondo olukhulu lwaphuka; + futhi kulo kwavela ezine eziphawulekayo ngasentshonalanga
imimoya emine yezulu.
8:9 Futhi omunye wabo kwaphuma uphondo oluncane, okuyinto wakhula kakhulu
elikhulu, ngaseningizimu, nangasempumalanga, nangasebuhleni
umhlaba.
8:10 Futhi landa, kwaze kwaba ibutho lasezulwini; futhi yaphonsa phansi enye yazo
ibutho nezinkanyezi emhlabeni, futhi wanyathela phezu kwakho.
8:11 Yebo, yazikhulisa yaze yayofika enduneni yebandla, nangayo
umnikelo wezinsuku zonke wasuswa, nendawo yendlu yakhe engcwele yaphonswa
phansi.
8:12 Futhi impi yanikelwa kuye ngokumelene nomhlatshelo wezinsuku zonke ngenxa
isiphambeko, lawisa iqiniso emhlabathini; futhi
wenza, futhi waphumelela.
8:13 Ngase ngizwa omunye ongcwele ekhuluma, futhi omunye ongcwele wathi kulokho
othile ongcwele owathi: Koze kube nini umbono ngeNkosi
umhlatshelo wemihla ngemihla, nesiphambeko esiyincithakalo, ukunikela ngazo zombili
indawo engcwele nebandla eliyakunyathelwa phansi?
8:14 Wathi kimi, Kuze kube yizinsuku eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu; bese
indlu engcwele iyakuhlanjululwa.
8:15 Kwathi lapho mina, mina Daniyeli, ngase ngiwubonile umbono, futhi
ngafuna incazelo, bheka, kwakumi phambi kwami njengengelosi
ukubonakala komuntu.
8:16 Ngase ngizwa izwi lomuntu phakathi kosebe Ulayi, owabiza, futhi
wathi: Gabriyeli, menze lo aqonde umbono.
8:17 Ngakho wasondela lapho ngimi, futhi lapho efika, Ngesaba, futhi wawa
ebusweni bami; kepha wathi kimi: “Qonda, ndodana yomuntu;
isikhathi sokuphela kuyakuba ngumbono.
8:18 Kwathi esakhuluma nami, ngase ngilele ubuthongo obunzima, ubuso bami bubheke
kepha wangithinta, wangimisa.
8:19 Wathi: "Bheka, Ngizokwazisa lokho okuyoba khona ekupheleni
ngentukuthelo, ngokuba ngesikhathi esimisiweyo ukuphela kuyakuba-khona.
8:20 Inqama oyibonileyo enezimpondo ezimbili angamakhosi aseMediya kanye
iPheresiya.
8:21 Futhi impongo ende iyinkosi yaseGrisi, futhi uphondo olukhulu okungukuthi
phakathi kwamehlo akhe yinkosi yokuqala.
8:22 Manje ukuthi ephukile, kuyilapho ezine basukuma ngenxa yalo, imibuso emine ngeke
sukumani esizweni, kodwa kungabi ngamandla akhe.
8:23 Futhi ngesikhathi sokugcina sombuso wabo, lapho abephula umthetho sebefikile
ngokugcweleyo, inkosi enobuso obunolaka, nokuqonda kumnyama
imisho, iyosukuma.
8:24 Futhi amandla akhe kuyoba namandla, kodwa kungabi ngamandla akhe siqu
abhubhise ngokumangalisayo, aphumelele, enze, achithe
abantu abanamandla nabangcwele.
8:25 Futhi ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe futhi uyokwenza ubuqili esandleni sakhe;
uyakuzikhulisa enhliziyweni yakhe, achithe ngokuthula
abaningi: uyakusukuma amelane neNkosi yezikhulu; kodwa yena
aphulwe ngaphandle kwesandla.
8:26 Futhi umbono wokuhlwa nokusa owatshelwa uqinisile.
ngalokho vala umbono; ngoba kuzakuba yinsuku ezinengi.
8:27 Futhi mina Daniyeli ngaphela amandla, futhi ngagula izinsuku ezithile; ngasemuva ngasukuma;
wenza umsebenzi wenkosi; futhi ngamangala ngombono, kodwa
akekho owakuqonda.