UDaniyeli 8

8 ¹Ngonyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwenkosi uBelishasari, kwabonakala kimi, mina Daniyeli, umbono, emva kwalowo wokuqala. ²Embonweni ngangisenqabeni yaseShushani, esifundeni sase-Elamu; futhi embonweni ngangiseceleni komsele wase-Ulayi. ³Ngaphakamisa amehlo: inqama yayimi phambi komsele, inezimpondo ezimbili ezinde—olunye lude kunolunye, olude luphuma muva. ⁴Ngayibona inqama ihlasela ngasentshonalanga, nangasenyakatho, nangaseningizimu. Asikho isilwane esasingama phambi kwayo, akekho owayengakhulula emandleni ayo. Yenza njengokuthanda kwayo, yakhula yaba nkulu.

⁵Ngisacabanga ngalokhu, bheka, kwavela impongo ivela ngasentshonalanga yawela umhlaba wonke ingathinti phansi; yayinophondo oluvelele phakathi kwamehlo ayo. ⁶Yeza enqameni enezimpondo ezimbili engangiyibonile imi ngasemseleni, yagijimela kuyo ngolaka olukhulu lwamandla ayo. ⁷Ngayibona ifinyelela enqameni, ithukuthele, iyishaya yaphula izimpondo zayo zombili. Inqama yayingenamandla okuma phambi kwayo; impongo yayiwisela phansi yayinyathela, akekho owakwazi ukukhulula inqama emandleni ayo. ⁸Impongo yakhula kakhulu, kodwa isemandleni ayo aphelele uphondo olukhulu lwaphuka, kwamila izimpondo ezine eziphawulekayo endaweni yalo zibheke emimoyeni emine yezulu.

⁹Kolunye lwazo kwavela uphondo oluncane, lwakhula kakhulu lubheke eningizimu, nasempumalanga, nasezweni elihle. ¹⁰Lwakhula lwaba lukhulu, lwaze lwafinyelela ebuthweni lasezulwini, lwawisela emhlabeni ezinye zebutho nezezinkanyezi, lwazinyathela. ¹¹Lwazikhulisa lwamelana neNkosana yebutho; umnikelo omiselwe weNkosana wasuswa, nendawo yendlu yayo engcwele yawiselwa phansi. ¹²Ngenxa yokona, ibutho lanikelwa kulo kanye nomnikelo wansuku zonke; lwaphosela iqiniso phansi, lwenza lwaphumelela.

¹³Ngezwa ongcwele ekhuluma, omunye ongcwele wabuza lowo okhulumayo wathi: “Koze kube nini umbono—umnikelo omiselwe, nokona okuletha incithakalo, nendlu engcwele nebutho kunikelwa ukuba kunyathelwe?”

¹⁴Wathi kimi: “Kuze kube izikhathi zakusihlwa nasekuseni eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amathathu; khona-ke indlu engcwele iyakubuyiselwa esimweni sayo esifanele.”

UGabriyeli Uchaza Umbono

¹⁵Kwathi, mina Daniyeli, ngisawubona umbono ngifuna ukuwuqonda, bheka, kwema phambi kwami othile onjengomuntu. ¹⁶Ngezwa izwi lomuntu livela phakathi kwe-Ulayi limemeza, lathi: “Gabriyeli, menze lo muntu aqonde umbono.”

¹⁷Weza eduze nalapho ngangimi khona, kwathi lapho esondela ngesaba ngawa ngobuso phansi. Wathi kimi: “Qonda, ndodana yomuntu: umbono ungowesikhathi sokuphela.”

¹⁸Esakhuluma, ngawela ebuthongweni obunzima, ubuso bami buphansi; kodwa wangithinta wangimisa ngezinyawo zami.

¹⁹Wathi: “Lalela, ngizakutshela okuyakwenzeka esikhathini sokugcina solaka, ngokuba kuphathelene nesikhathi esimisiwe sokuphela. ²⁰Inqama oyibonile inezimpondo ezimbili ingamakhosi aseMediya nasePheresiya. ²¹Impongo enoboya yinkosi yaseGrisi; uphondo olukhulu oluphakathi kwamehlo ayo yinkosi yokuqala. ²²Uphondo olwaphuka, nezine ezivuka endaweni yalo: imibuso emine iyavuka esizweni sakhe, kodwa ingenawo amandla akhe.

²³Ekupheleni kokubusa kwabo, lapho izoni sezigcwalisile isilinganiso, kuyakuvuka inkosi enobuso obesabekayo, enobuqili bamaqhinga. ²⁴Amandla akhe ayakuba makhulu—kodwa angewakhe—uyakubanga incithakalo eyesabekayo, aphumelele, enze. Uyakubhubhisa abanamandla nabantu babangcwele. ²⁵Ngobuqili uyakwenza inkohliso iphumelele esandleni sakhe, enhliziyweni yakhe uyazikhukhumeza. Engazelelwe uyakubhubhisa abaningi, avukele iNkosana yamakhosana—kodwa uyakwaphulwa, kungesona isandla somuntu. ^a a v25 Amandla azidlayo avukela iNkosana yamakhosana ayaphulwa ‘kungesona isandla somuntu’—aphulwa yizulu uqobo. Le Nkosana, uMphathi webutho, ibandla kade liyizwa njengoJesu, yena yedwa onqoba wonke amandla amelene nabantu bakaBaba wethu.

²⁶Umbono wezintambama nasekuseni owutshelwayo uyiqiniso, kodwa wuvale ngophawu, ngokuba uphathelene nezinsuku ezikude.”

²⁷Mina Daniyeli, ngaphelelwa ngamandla ngagula izinsuku. Ngabe sengivuka ngenza umsebenzi wenkosi, kodwa umbono wangishiya ngethukile, ngingakwazi ukuwuqonda.