Isithembiso sikaBaba wethu Kwabakhe
UMikayeli uyasukuma ngesikhathi senhlupheko engakaze ibe khona, futhi abalele bayavuka — abanye ekuphileni okuphakade, abanye ehlazweni. UDaniyeli ubuza ukuthi kuze kube nini, atshelwe ukuba avale incwadi ngophawu. Akayitholi impendulo ayifunayo, kuphela lokhu: hamba indlela yakho, uphumule, futhi uvuke uthole ifa uBaba wakho alithembisa.
12 1Ngaleso sikhathi kuyakuvuka uMikayeli, isikhulu esikhulu esilinda abantwana babantu bakho. Kuyakuba khona usizi olungakaze lufane nalutho kusukela kwaqala izizwe kuze kufike leso sikhathi. Ngaleso sikhathi abantu bakho—bonke ababhaliwe encwadini—bayakukhululwa. 2Abaningi abalele othulini lomhlaba bayakuvuka—abanye baye ekuphileni okuphakade, abanye baye ehlazweni nasekudelelekeni okuphakade. 3Abahlakaniphileyo bayakukhanya njengokukhanya kwesibhakabhaka; labo abaphendulela abaningi ekulungeni bayakuba njengezinkanyezi, kuze kube phakade naphakade. 4Kodwa wena, Daniyeli, wavale la mazwi, uvale incwadi ngophawu kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela. Abaningi bayakuzulazula, lwande ulwazi.
5Khona lapho mina Daniyeli ngabuka, ngabona abanye ababili bemi, omunye ngakolunye uhlangothi lomfula, omunye ngakolunye. 6Omunye wabuza indoda eyembethe ilineni, eyayingaphezu kwamanzi omfula, wathi: “Kuyakuphela nini lezi zimangaliso?”
7Ngayizwa indoda eyembethe ilineni, eyayingaphezu kwamanzi omfula, iphakamisela isandla sayo sokunene nesokhohlo ezulwini, yafunga ngaLowo ophila kuze kube phakade, yathi: kuyakuba yisikhathi, nezikhathi, nenxenye yesikhathi; lapho ukuhlakazwa kwamandla abantu abangcwele sekuphelile, zonke lezi zinto ziyakuphela. a a v7 Ongunaphakade okufungwa ngaye — yena ophila kuze kube phakade — nguBaba wethu, umsuka nesiphetho sazo zonke izikhathi.
8Ngezwa, kodwa angiqondanga, ngakho ngathi: “Nkosi yami, siyakuba yini isiphetho salezi zinto?”
9Wathi: “Hamba, Daniyeli, ngokuba la mazwi avaliwe anamathelisiwe ngophawu kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela. 10Abaningi bayakuhlanzwa, benziwe babe mhlophe, bacwengwe; kodwa ababi bayakuqhubeka benza okubi. Akekho kubabi oyakuqonda, kodwa abahlakaniphileyo bayakuqonda.
11Kusukela ekususweni komhlatshelo wansuku zonke nasekumisweni kwesinengiso esibanga incithakalo: izinsuku eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. 12Ubusisiwe lowo olindayo efinyelela ezinsukwini eziyinkulungwane namakhulu amathathu namashumi amathathu nesihlanu.
13Kodwa wena, hamba uye ekupheleni. Uyakuphumula, bese uvukela ifa lakho ekupheleni kwezinsuku.”
