Isithembiso sikaBawo wethu kwabakhe
UMikayeli uvuka ngexesha lokubandezeleka okungazange kubekho kunjalo, baze abaleleyo bavuke—abanye baye ebomini obungunaphakade, abanye ehlazweni. UDaniyeli ubuza ukuba kokuda kube nini na, axelelwe ukuba ayitywine incwadi. Akaze ayifumane impendulo ayifunayo, nguku kuphela: hamba ngendlela yakho, uphumle, uvukele ilifa akuthembisa lona uBawo wakho.
12 1Ngelo xesha wovuka uMikayeli, isikhulu esikhulu esigcina abantwana babantu bakowenu. Kobakho ukubandezeleka okungazanga kwabakho okunjalo, kususela oko zabakho iintlanga, kude kube loo xesha. Ngelo xesha baya kuhlangulwa abantu bakowenu, bonke abafunyenwe bebhaliwe encwadini. 2Baninzi abalele eluthulini lomhlaba abaya kuvuka; abanye baye ebomini obungunaphakade, abanye babe lihlazo nendelo engunaphakade. 3Izilumko ziya kukhanya njengokuqaqamba kwesibhakabhaka; nabo babuyisela abaninzi ebulungiseni, baya kukhanya njengeenkwenkwezi, ngonaphakade kanaphakade. 4Ke wena, Daniyeli, wavala la mazwi, uyitywine incwadi, kude kube lixesha lesiphelo. Baninzi abaya kuzulazula, lwande ukwazi.
5Ndakhangela ke mna, Daniyeli, ndabona kumi abanye ababini, omnye ngaseluxwemeni olunye lomlambo, omnye ngaseluxwemeni olunye. 6Omnye wathi kwindoda embethe ilinen, eyayingaphezu kwamanzi omlambo: Kuya kuba mzuzu ungakanani na, zide zifike ekupheleni ezi zinto zingummangaliso?
7Ndeva indoda embethe ilinen, eyayingaphezu kwamanzi omlambo, iphakamisela esandleni sayo sokunene nesokhohlo emazulwini, ifunga lowo uhleli ngonaphakade, isithi: Koba lixesha, namaxesha, nesiqingatha sexesha; xa kuthe kwagqitywa ukuwaqhekeza amandla abantu abangcwele, ziya kugqitywa zonke ezi zinto. a a v7 Lowo ungunaphakade afungwa ngaye — lowo uhleli ngonaphakade — nguBawo wethu, imvelaphi nesiphelo samaphakade onke.
8Ndeva ke mna, andaqonda; ndaza ndathi: Nkosi yam, siya kuba yintoni na isiphelo sezi zinto?
9Wathi: Hamba, Daniyeli, ngokuba la mazwi avaliwe atywiniwe, kude kube lixesha lesiphelo. 10Baninzi abaya kuhlanjululwa, bemhlophe, benyibilikiswa; ke bona abangendawo baya kuqhubeka besenza okubi. Akukho namnye kwabangendawo oya kuqonda; ke zona izilumko ziya kuqonda.
11Kususela ekususweni kombingelelo wemihla ngemihla, nasekumisweni kwezothe elenza inkangala: iintsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu mabini anamashumi asithoba. 12Unoyolo lowo ulindileyo, afike kwiintsuku eziliwaka elinamakhulu mathathu anamashumi mathathu anantlanu.
13Ke wena, hamba uye esiphelweni. Wophumla, uze wande ukuma elifeni lakho ekupheleni kwemihla.