UDaniyeli 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Ngomnyaka wesithathu kakumkani uBhelshatsare, kwabonakala umbono kum, mna Daniyeli, emva kokuqala. ²Embonweni lowo ndandisenqabeni yaseShushan, kwiphondo lakwaElam; embonweni ndandisecaleni komsele waseUlayi. ³Ndaphakamisa amehlo: nantso inkunzi yegusha imi phambi komsele, inempondo ezimbini ezinde—enye inde kunenye, ende leyo iphuma mva. ⁴Ndabona inkunzi leyo ihlasela ngasentshonalanga, nangasentla, nangasezantsi. Akukho silwanyana sabe sinako ukuma phambi kwayo, akukho namnye owayenako ukuhlangula emandleni ayo. Yenza njengoko ithanda, yaba nkulu.

⁵Ndisacinga ngoku, nantso inkunzi yebhokhwe ivela ngasentshonalanga, inqumla ihlabathi lonke ingawuchukumisi umhlaba; inempondo ebalulekileyo phakathi kwamehlo ayo. ⁶Yeza kuyo inkunzi yegusha eneempondo ezimbini endayibona imi ngasemsele, yagidimela kuyo ngamandla omsindo. ⁷Ndabona ifika kuyo inkunzi yegusha, iqumbile, iyibetha yaziqhekeza iimpondo zayo zombini. Inkunzi yegusha yaba ngenamandla okuma phambi kwayo; yayilahla phantsi ibhokhwe, yayinyathela, akwabakho namnye owayenako ukuyihlangula inkunzi yegusha emandleni ayo. ⁸Inkunzi yebhokhwe yaba nkulu kunene; kodwa kwelona xesha iqine kakhulu lwaphuka uphondo olukhulu, kwavela iimpondo ezine ezibalulekileyo endaweni yalo, zibhekisa koomoya abane bezulu.

⁹Kolunye lwazo kwaphuma uphondo oluncinane, lwakhula lwaba nkulu kunene, lubhekisa ngasezantsi, nangasempumalanga, nakwelo lizwe lizukileyo. ¹⁰Lwakhula lwaba nkulu, lwada lwesa emkhosini wasezulwini, lwawisa emhlabeni inxenye yomkhosi neyeenkwenkwezi, lwazinyathela. ¹¹Lwazikhulisa, lwachasa uMthetheli womkhosi; lasuswa idini lamaxesha onke loMthetheli, nendawo yengcwele yakhe yalahlwa phantsi. ¹²Ngenxa yokungalungisi, umkhosi wanikwa kulo kunye nedini lemihla ngemihla; lwayiphosa emhlabeni inyaniso, lwenza, lwaba nempumelelo.

¹³Ndeva ke oyingcwele ethetha, waza omnye oyingcwele wabuza kulowo uthethayo, wathi: “Koda kube nini na umbono—idini lamaxesha onke, nokungalungisi okuzisa inkangala, nengcwele nomkhosi onikwa ukunyathelwa?”

¹⁴Wathi kum: “Kude kube ziingokuhlwa neentsasa ezingamawaka amabini anamakhulu mathathu; yandule ke ingcwele ibuyiselwe kwimeko yayo efaneleyo.”

UGabriyeli Ucacisa Umbono

¹⁵Kwathi ndakubon' ukuba mna, Daniyeli, ndiyawubona umbono ndifuna ukuqonda, nanko kumi phambi kwam into enjengandoda. ¹⁶Ndeva izwi lomntu livela eUlayi, limemeza lisithi: “Gabriyeli, mqondise lo mntu umbono.”

¹⁷Weza kufuphi nalapho ndandimi khona; wathi ke esondela ndoyika kunene, ndawa ngobuso. Wathi kum: “Qonda, nyana womntu: umbono lo ngowexesha lokuphela.”

¹⁸Wathi esathetha, ndawela ebuthongweni obukhulu, ubuso busemhlabeni; kodwa wandichukumisa, wandimisa ngeenyawo zam.

¹⁹Wathi: “Phulaphula, ndiza kukuxelela oko kuya kwenzeka ngexesha lamva lengqumbo, kuba oku kungexesha elimisiweyo lokuphela. ²⁰Inkunzi yegusha oyibonileyo inempondo ezimbini ingookumkani bamaMedi namaPersi. ²¹Inkunzi yebhokhwe enoboya bububhece ingukumkani wamaGrike; uphondo olukhulu oluphakathi kwamehlo ayo ingukumkani wokuqala. ²²Uphondo oluqhekekileyo, zavela ezine endaweni yalo: izikumkani ezine ziya kuvela kolo hlanga lwakhe, kodwa zingabi namandla alo.

²³Ekupheleni kokulawula kwazo, xa aboni befikelele emlinganiselweni opheleleyo, kuya kuvela ukumkani obuso bungwanyalala, oqheliseleyo ebuqhophololweni. ²⁴Amandla akhe aya kuba makhulu—kodwa angabi ngawakhe—atshabalalise ngokumangalisayo, abe nempumelelo, enze. Uya kubatshabalalisa abanamandla nabantu babangcwele. ²⁵Ngobuqhophololo uya kwenza inkohliso ityebe phantsi kwesandla sakhe, entliziyweni yakhe azikhulise. Engalumkisanga uya kubatshabalalisa abaninzi, avukele uMthetheli wabathetheli—kodwa uya kwaphulwa, kungabi sisandla somntu. ^a a v25 Amandla anekratshi avukela uMthetheli wabathetheli aqhekezwa “kungabi sisandla somntu”—aphulwa lizulu ngokwalo. Lo Mthetheli, uMphathi womkhosi, ibandla kudala limva njengoYesu, yena yedwa oyoyisa onke amandla amiswe ngokuchasene nabantu bakaBawo wethu.

²⁶Umbono weengokuhlwa neentsasa oxelelwe wona uyinyaniso; kodwa wutywine, kuba ubhekisa kwemihla ekude.”

²⁷Mna, Daniyeli, ndaphela amandla ndagula iintsuku. Ndavuka ke, ndawenza umsebenzi kakumkani; kodwa umbono wandishiya ndimangalisiwe, ngaphaya kokuqonda.