UDaniyeli 10 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

10 ¹Ngomnyaka wesithathu kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, kwatyhileka ilizwi kuDaniyeli, obizwa ngokuba nguBheliteshatsare—liyinyaniso, limalunga nemfazwe enkulu. Waqonda, waqonda umbono.

²Ngaloo mihla, mna Daniyeli ndandisenza isijwili iiveki ezintathu ezizele. ³Andidlanga kudla kumnandi; akuzange kufike nyama nawayini emlonyeni wam; andazithambisa ngeoli nakanye, zada zaphela iiveki ezintathu.

⁴Ngomhla wamashumi mabini anesine wenyanga yokuqala, ndandimi elunxwemeni lomlambo omkhulu—iHidekele. ⁵Ndaphakamisa amehlo am, ndabona indoda yambethe ilinen, inombhinqo wegolide ecikizekileyo yaseUfazi esinqeni sayo. ^a a v5 Lo mntu obengezelayo oyambethe ilinen uchazwa efana kakhulu noYesu ovukileyo kwiSityhilelo 1, baninzi ebandleni abawafunde la mabini njengamnye kwaowabo. ⁶Umzimba wayo unjengebherilo, ubuso bayo bunjengombane, amehlo ayo anjengezikhuni zomlilo, iingalo neenyawo zayo zinjengobhedu olubengezelayo, nesandi samazwi ayo sinjengesihlwele esigqumayo.

⁷Mna Daniyeli, ndedwa ndawubona lo mbono; amadoda awayenam awawubonanga, kodwa kwawa phezu kwawo ukungcangcazela okukhulu, abaleka, azimela. ⁸Ndashiyeka ndedwa, ndawubona lo mbono mkhulu. Akwasala mandla kum; ubuso bam baguquka baba yimbuqe, andaba nawo amandla. ⁹Ndaza ndeva amazwi ayo, ndathi ndakuweva, ndawa ngobuso phantsi emhlabeni ndisebuthongweni obukhulu.

¹⁰Ngephanyazo isandla sandichukumisa, sandivusa ndingcangcazela ndisezandleni nasemadolweni am. ¹¹Sathi kum: “Daniyeli, ndoda ethandwayo kakhulu, qonda amazwi endiwathethayo kuwe; vuka, kuba ndithunyiwe kuwe ngoku.” Sithe sisathetha eli lizwi kum, ndasukuma, ndingcangcazela.

¹²Sathi kum: “Musa ukoyika, Daniyeli. Kususela kumhla wokuqala wokubeka kwakho intliziyo yakho ukuba uqonde, wazithoba phambi koBawo wakho, aviwa amazwi akho, ndaza ndeza ngenxa yamazwi akho. ¹³Kodwa isikhulu sobukumkani basePersi sandichasa imihla engamashumi mabini ananye; waza uMikali, esinye sezikhulu eziziingqongqo, weza kundinceda, kuba ndandishiywe apho nookumkani basePersi. ^b b v13 Ezi “zikhulu” zizidalwa ezizizithunywa zezulu—uMikayeli yingelosi enkulu elinda abantu bakaDaniyeli, ngelixa “isikhulu sasePersi” ingamandla omoya achasayo asemva kobukumkani basemhlabeni. ¹⁴Ndize ukukunceda uliqonde ikamva labantu bakowenu kwemihla ezayo, kuba lo mbono usamalunga nemihla esekude.”

¹⁵Sathi sakuwathetha la mazwi kum, ndabhekisa ubuso bam emhlabeni, ndingenako ukuthetha. ¹⁶Kwaza okunjengomntu kwandichukumisa imilebe yomlomo. Ndawuvula umlomo wam, ndaqala ukuthetha. Ndathi kuleyo imi phambi kwam: “Nkosi yam, umbono undizalise yintlungu, andaba namandla aseleyo. ¹⁷Ndingathini na mna, mkhonzi wakho, ukuthetha nawe, nkosi yam? Akwasala mandla kum ngoku, akusekho mphefumlo useleyo.”

¹⁸Kwabuya okunjengomntu kwandichukumisa, kwandomeleza. ¹⁹Kwathi: “Musa ukoyika, wena uyinqobo. Uxolo malube kuwe; yomelela, yomelela!” Awomeleza amazwi ako, ndaza ndathi: “Thetha, nkosi yam, kuba undomelezile.”

²⁰Kwathi: “Uyazi na ukuba ndize ngani na kuwe? Ngoku ndibuye ndiye kulwa nesikhulu sasePersi; ndithi ndakumka, kuvele isikhulu saseGrike. ²¹Kodwa kuqala ndokuxelela okubhaliweyo kwiNcwadi yeNyaniso: akukho namnye omi aqine nam ukuchasana nabo ngaphandle kukaMikayeli, isikhulu sakowenu.”