UDaniyeli
11:1 Futhi mina, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyu umMede, ngisho mina, ngema ukuze ngiqinise
lokumqinisa.
11:2 Futhi manje ngizokubonisa iqiniso. Bheka, kusazovuka
amakhosi amathathu ePheresiya; neyesine iyoceba kakhulu kunabo bonke.
nangamandla akhe ngengcebo yakhe uyakuvusa bonke ukulwa noJehova
indawo yaseGreece.
11:3 Futhi kuyosukuma inkosi enamandla, eyabusa ngokubusa okukhulu.
futhi wenze ngokwentando yakhe.
11:4 Futhi lapho esukuma, umbuso wakhe uyophulwa, futhi kuyoba
ihlukaniselwe emimoyeni yomine yezulu; futhi hhayi ezizukulwaneni zakhe, noma
njengokubusa kwakhe akubusayo, ngokuba umbuso wakhe uyakuba njalo
isiphulwe, nakwabanye ngaphandle kwalezo.
11:5 Inkosi yaseningizimu iyoba namandla, futhi omunye wezikhulu zayo; futhi
uyakuba namandla phezu kwakhe, abuse; ukubusa kwakhe kuyoba a
ukubusa okukhulu.
11:6 Futhi ekupheleni kweminyaka bayohlangana ndawonye; Okwe
indodakazi yenkosi yaseningizimu iyakuza enkosini yasenyakatho ukwenza
isivumelwano, kepha akayikuwagcina amandla engalo; noma
yona iyakuma, nengalo yayo, kepha iyakunikelwa, nalabo abayakunikelwa
wamletha, nowamzalayo, naye owamqinisa
lezi zikhathi.
11:7 Kodwa kusukela egatsheni lezimpande zakhe uyokuma endaweni yakhe, okuyinto
iyakufika nempi, ingene enqabeni yenkosi
yasenyakatho, ibaphathe, ibahlule;
11:8 Futhi uyothumbela eGibhithe onkulunkulu babo, kanye nezikhulu zabo.
kanye nezitsha zabo eziyigugu zesiliva nezegolide; futhi uyokwenza
iqhubeke iminyaka kunenkosi yasenyakatho.
11:9 Ngakho inkosi yaseningizimu iyongena embusweni wayo, futhi uyobuya
ezweni lakubo.
11:10 Kodwa amadodana akhe ayovuswa, futhi bayobutha isixuku
amabutho amakhulu: elinye liyofika, lichichime, lidlule
lapho-ke iyakubuya, ivuswe, kuze kufike enqabeni yayo.
11:11 Futhi inkosi yaseningizimu iyonyakaziswa nge choler, futhi uyofika
phumani nilwe nayo, yebo, nenkosi yasenyakatho;
yamisa isixuku esikhulu; kepha isixuku siyakunikelwa esandleni sakhe
isandla.
11:12 Futhi lapho esusa isixuku, inhliziyo yakhe iyoziphakamisa;
uyakuwisa izinkulungwane eziyishumi, kepha yena akayikuba khona
eqiniswe yikho.
11:13 Ngoba inkosi yasenyakatho izobuya, futhi uyomisa isixuku
omkhulu kunowokuqala, futhi ngokuqinisekile uyofika ngemva kweminyaka ethile
nebutho elikhulu nengcebo eningi.
11:14 Futhi ngalezo zikhathi abaningi bayokuvukela inkosi yesizwe
eningizimu: nabaphangi babantu bakho bayakuziphakamisa
qinisa umbono; kodwa bayakuwa.
11:15 Ngakho inkosi yasenyakatho izofika, futhi aqoke intaba, futhi athathe
imizi enezivikelo eziqinile, izingalo zaseningizimu aziyikuma;
noma abantu bakhe abakhethiweyo, futhi ngeke kube namandla
ukumelana.
11:16 Kodwa lowo oza ngokumelene naye uyokwenza ngokuvumelana nentando yakhe, futhi
akakho oyakuma phambi kwakhe; uyakuma ezweni elikhazimulayo;
eyakuqedwa ngesandla sakhe.
11:17 Futhi uyomisa ubuso bakhe ukungena ngamandla wonke wakhe
umbuso, nabaqotho kanye naye; kanjalo uyakwenza: futhi uyonika
yena indodakazi yabesifazane, emonakalisayo, kodwa akayikuma
ohlangothini lwakhe, futhi kungabi kuye.
11:18 Emva kwalokhu uyophendulela ubuso bakhe eziqhingini, futhi uyothatha eziningi.
kepha isikhulu ngenxa yaso siyakuveza ihlazo elinikelwa nguye
ukuyeka; ngaphandle kwehlazo lakhe uyakukubuyisela phezu kwakhe.
11:19 Khona-ke uyophendulela ubuso bakhe ezinqabeni zezwe lakubo, kodwa yena
bayakukhubeka, bawe, bangafunyanwa.
11:20 Khona-ke kuyakusukuma esikhundleni sakhe umthelisi enkazimulweni kaJehova
umbuso, kepha ngezinsuku ezimbalwa uyakuchithwa, kungabi ngentukuthelo;
noma empini.
11:21 Futhi esikhundleni sakhe uyosukuma umuntu ongcolile, abangeke kuye
nika inkazimulo yombuso, kepha iyakungena ngokuthula, futhi
thola umbuso ngokuthopha.
11:22 Futhi ngezingalo zikazamcolo ziyakukhukhula phambi kwakhe.
futhi iyophulwa; yebo, nesikhulu sesivumelwano.
11:23 Futhi ngemva isivumelwano naye uyosebenza ngenkohliso, ngoba yena
iyakukhuphuka, ibe namandla ngesizwe esincane.
11:24 Uyakungena ngokuthula ezindaweni ezikhuluphele zesifunda;
uyakwenza lokho oyise noyise abangakwenzanga.
obaba; uyakuhlakaza phakathi kwabo impango, nempango, nengcebo;
yebo, futhi uyobikezela amacebo akhe ngokumelene nezinqaba, yebo
okwesikhathi.
11:25 Futhi uyovusa amandla akhe nesibindi sakhe ngokumelene nenkosi yesizwe
eningizimu ngebutho elikhulu; inkosi yaseningizimu iyakuvuswa
ukulwa nebutho elikhulu kakhulu nelinamandla; kodwa kayikuma: ngoba
bayakubikezela amacebo ngaye.
11:26 Yebo, labo abadla isabelo sokudla kwakhe bayombhubhisa, futhi
impi yakhe iyakuchichima, nabaningi bayakuwa bebulewe.
11:27 Futhi zombili lezinhliziyo zamakhosi ziyoba ukwenza okubi, futhi bayohlala
khuluma amanga etafuleni linye; kodwa kayiyikuphumelela, ngoba ukuphela kuseza
kube ngesikhathi esimisiweyo.
11:28 Khona-ke iyobuyela ezweni layo nengcebo enkulu; nenhliziyo yakhe
iyomelana nesivumelwano esingcwele; futhi uyokwenza, futhi abuye
ezweni lakubo.
11:29 Ngesikhathi esimisiwe uyobuya, futhi abuyele eningizimu; kodwa yona
aliyikuba njengakuqala, noma njengakamuva.
11:30 Ngoba imikhumbi yaseKitimi uyofika ngokumelene naye, ngakho uyakuba
edabukile, abuye, athukuthelele isivumelwano esingcwele;
uyakwenza; uyakubuya, abe nokuhlakanipha nabo lokho
shiya isivumelwano esingcwele.
11:31 Futhi izingalo ziyokuma phezu kwakhe, futhi bayohlala bangcolise indlu engcwele
amandla, basuse umnikelo oshiswa imihla yonke, bawenze
beka isinengiso esichithayo.
11:32 Futhi labo abenza okubi ngokumelene nesivumelwano uyokonakalisa by
ezithophayo: kodwa abantu abamaziyo uNkulunkulu wabo bayakuba namandla, futhi
yenza okuhle.
11:33 Futhi labo abaqonda phakathi kwabantu bayofundisa abaningi, nokho bona
bayakuwa ngenkemba, nangelangabi, nangokuthunjwa, nangempango, abaningi
izinsuku.
11:34 Manje lapho bewa, bayosizwa ngosizo oluncane, kodwa
abaningi bayakunamathela kubo ngokuthopha.
11:35 Futhi abanye kwabahlakaniphileyo bayowa, ukuze bavivinywe, futhi ukuhlanza.
nokuwenza abe mhlophe kuze kube sesikhathini sokuphela, ngokuba kuseyisikhathi
okwesikhathi esimisiweyo.
11:36 Inkosi iyakwenza njengentando yayo; futhi uyoziphakamisa,
azikhulise phezu kwabo bonke onkulunkulu, akhulume izimangaliso
ngokumelene noNkulunkulu wawonkulunkulu, futhi iyophumelela kuze kuphele ulaka
kufeziwe: ngokuba lokho okumisiwe kuyakwenziwa.
11:37 Futhi ngeke sinake uNkulunkulu wawoyise, noma isifiso sabesifazane.
unganaki noma yimuphi unkulunkulu, ngokuba uyakuziphakamisa phezu kwabo bonke.
11:38 Kodwa esikhundleni sakhe uyodumisa uNkulunkulu wamabutho, futhi unkulunkulu owakhe
oyise babengazi iyakudumisa ngegolide, nangesiliva, nangawo
amatshe aligugu, nezinto ezithokozisayo.
11:39 Uyokwenza kanjalo ezinqabeni eziqine kakhulu ngonkulunkulu ongaziwa, lowo yena
iyakuvuma, andise enkazimulweni, ibenze ukuba
babuse phezu kwabaningi, bahlukaniselane izwe ngenzuzo.
11:40 Futhi ngesikhathi sokuphela, inkosi yaseningizimu iyakusunduza kuye
inkosi yasenyakatho iyakumhlasela njengesivunguvungu
izinqola, nabamahhashi, nemikhumbi eminingi; futhi uzongena
emazweni, futhi iyokhukhula futhi idlule.
11:41 Futhi uyongena ezweni elikhazimulayo, futhi amazwe amaningi kuyoba
kepha laba bayakuphunyuka esandleni sakhe, u-Edomi noMowabi,
nenhloko yabantwana bakwa-Amoni.
11:42 Uyakwelulela isandla sakhe phezu kwamazwe, kanye nezwe
iGibhithe aliyikuphunyuka.
11:43 Kodwa uyakuba namandla phezu kwengcebo yegolide nesiliva, futhi
phezu kwazo zonke izinto eziyigugu zaseGibhithe, namaLubi namaLibhiya
AmaKushe ayakuba sezinyathelweni zakhe.
11:44 Kodwa izindaba ezivela empumalanga nasenyakatho ziyakumphazamisa.
ngalokho uyakuphuma ngolaka olukhulu ukuba achithe, aqede nya
susa abaningi.
11:45 Futhi uyotshala amatabernakele esigodlweni sakhe phakathi kolwandle in the
intaba engcwele ekhazimulayo; nokho uyakufika ekupheleni kwakhe, akakho oyofika
msize.