UDaniyeli
12:1 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi uMikayeli uyosukuma, isikhulu esikhulu esimiyo
kubantwana babantu bakho; kuyakuba khona isikhathi sosizi,
engakaze ibe khona selokhu kwaba khona isizwe kuze kube yileso sikhathi: futhi
ngaleso sikhathi abantu bakho bayakukhululwa, bonke abayakuba khona
etholakala ebhaliwe encwadini.
12:2 Futhi abaningi balabo abalele othulini lomhlaba bayovuka, abanye
ekuphileni okuphakade, abanye ehlazweni nasekudelweni okuphakade.
12:3 Futhi abahlakaniphileyo bayocwebezela njengokukhanya komkhathi;
nabaphendulela abaningi ekulungeni njengezinkanyezi kuze kube phakade naphakade.
12:4 Kepha wena, Daniyeli, vala amazwi, unamathelise incwadi, kuze kube sekupheleni
isikhathi sokuphela: abaningi bayakuzulazula, kube khona ukwazi
anda.
12:5 Ngase ngibheka, mina Daniyeli, futhi bheka, kwakumi abanye ababili, omunye phezu
ngapha nangapha kosebe lomfula, nolunye ngaphesheya komfula
osebeni lomfula.
12:6 Futhi omunye wathi endodeni eyembethe ilineni, eyayiphezu kwamanzi
umfula, Koze kube nini ukuphela kwalezi zimangaliso na?
12:7 Futhi ngezwa indoda eyembethe ilineni, okuyinto phezu kwamanzi olwandle
emfuleni, lapho ephakamisela isandla sakhe sokunene nesokhohlo ezulwini, futhi
wafunga yena ophila kuze kube phakade ukuthi kuyakuba ngokwesikhathi nezikhathi,
nengxenye; futhi lapho eseqedile ukuhlakaza amandla ka
abantu abangcwele, zonke lezi zinto ziyakuqedwa.
12:8 Futhi ngezwa, kodwa angizange ngiqonde: ngase ngithi, O Nkosi yami, yini okuyoba
ukuphela kwalezi zinto?
12:9 Wathi, Hamba, Daniyeli, ngokuba amazwi avaliwe futhi anamathelisiwe
kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela.
12:10 Abaningi bayohlanjululwa, futhi kwenziwe mhlophe, futhi avivinywe; kodwa ababi bayakwenza
nenze okubi, kepha akayikuqonda noyedwa omubi; kodwa abahlakaniphileyo bayakwenza
qonda.
12:11 Futhi kusukela esikhathini lapho umhlatshelo wansuku zonke uyosuswa, futhi
isinengiso esichithayo simi, kube yinkulungwane nambili
izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye.
12:12 Ubusisiwe olindayo, futhi afinyelele inkulungwane namakhulu amathathu namashumi
izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu nanhlanu.
12:13 Kodwa wena hamba indlela yakho kuze kube sekupheleni, ngoba wena uyophumula, futhi ume phakathi
isabelo sakho ekupheleni kwezinsuku.