Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:
Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyusi indodana kaAhasuwerusi, owenzalo yamaMede, owenziwa waba yinkosi phezu kombuso wamaKhaladiya,
2 The first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem.
ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, mina Daniyeli ngaqedisisa ngezincwadi inani leminyaka, ilizwi leNkosi eleza ngayo kuJeremiya umprofethi, ukugcwalisa iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa encithakalweni zeJerusalema.
3 And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Ngasengikhangelisa ubuso bami kuyo iNkosi uNkulunkulu, ukudinga ngomkhuleko, lokuncenga, ngokuzila ukudla, lesaka, lomlotha.
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.
Ngasengikhuleka eNkosini uNkulunkulu wami, ngenza uvumo, ngathi: Hawu Nkosi, uNkulunkulu omkhulu lowesabekayo, ogcina isivumelwano lomusa kwabamthandayo lakulabo abagcina imilayo yakhe.
5 We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly, and have revolted: and we have gone aside from thy commandments, and thy judgments.
Sonile, senza okubi, senza ngenkohlakalo, senza umvukela, ngokuphambuka emilayweni yakho lezahlulelweni zakho.
6 We have not hearkened to thy servants the prophets, that have spoken in thy name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Futhi kasilalelanga izinceku zakho abaprofethi, ezikhulume ebizweni lakho emakhosini ethu, iziphathamandla zethu, labobaba, lakibo bonke abantu belizwe.
7 To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities by which they have sinned against thee.
Nkosi, kukhona ukulunga kuwe, kodwa kithi ukusanganiseka kobuso, njengalolusuku; ebantwini bakoJuda, lakubahlali beJerusalema, lakuIsrayeli wonke, abaseduze labakhatshana, kuwo wonke amazwe lapho obaxotshele khona, ngenxa yesiphambeko abaphambeka ngaso bemelene lawe.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our princes, and to our fathers that have sinned.
Nkosi, kukhona kithi ukusanganiseka kobuso, emakhosini ethu, eziphathamandleni zethu, lakubobaba, ngoba sonile simelene lawe.
9 But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:
ENkosini uNkulunkulu wethu kukhona izisa lezintethelelo; lanxa siyivukele.
10 And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Futhi kasilalelanga ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ukuthi sihambe emilayweni yakhe, ayibeka phambi kwethu ngesandla sezinceku zakhe abaprofethi.
11 And all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have turned away from hearing thy voice, and the malediction, and the curse, which is written in the book of Moses the servant of God, is fallen upon us, because we have sinned against him.
Yebo, uIsrayeli wonke weqile umlayo wakho, ngokuphambuka, ukuze bangalaleli ilizwi lakho; ngakho isiqalekiso sithululelwe phezu kwethu, lesifungo esibhalwe emlayweni kaMozisi inceku kaNkulunkulu, ngoba sonile kuye.
12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spoke against us, and against our princes that judged us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such as never was under all the heaven, according to that which hath been done in Jerusalem.
Futhi uwaqinisile amazwi akhe, awakhuluma emelene lathi, njalo emelene labehluleli bethu abasehlulelayo, ngokusehlisela ububi obukhulu, ngoba ngaphansi kwamazulu wonke kakuzanga kwenziwe okunjengokwenziwe eJerusalema.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth.
Njengoba kubhaliwe emlayweni kaMozisi, bonke lobububi busehlele. Kanti kasincenganga ubuso beNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ukuze siphenduke eziphambekweni zethu, siqedisise iqiniso lakho.
14 And the Lord hath watched upon the evil, and hath brought it upon us: the Lord our God is just in all his works which he hath done: for we have not hearkened to his voice.
Ngakho iNkosi yalinda phezu kobubi, yabehlisela phezu kwethu; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ilungile emisebenzini yayo yonke eyenzayo, ngoba singalalelanga ilizwi layo.
15 And now, O Lord our God, who hast brought forth thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name as at this day: we have sinned, we have committed iniquity,
Khathesi-ke, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wethu, owakhupha abantu bakho elizweni leGibhithe ngesandla esilamandla, wazenzela ibizo, njengalamuhla; sonile, senze okubi.
16 O Lord, against all thy justice: let thy wrath and thy indignation be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city Jerusalem, and from thy holy mountain. For by reason of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and thy people are a reproach to all that are round about us.
Nkosi, njengakho konke ukulunga kwakho, ngiyakuncenga, kakuthi ulaka lwakho lentukuthelo yakho kuphendulwe emzini wakho iJerusalema, intaba yakho engcwele. Ngoba ngenxa yezono zethu, langeziphambeko zabobaba, iJerusalema labantu bakho sebelihlazo kubo bonke abasihanqileyo.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy sanctuary which is desolate, for thy own sake.
Khathesi-ke, Nkulunkulu wethu, zwana umkhuleko wenceku yakho, lokuncenga kwayo, wenze ubuso bakho bukhanye endaweni yakho engcwele esilunxiwa, ngenxa yeNkosi.
18 Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Nkulunkulu wami, beka indlebe yakho, uzwe; vula amehlo akho, ubone ukuchitheka kwethu, lomuzi obizwa ngebizo lakho; ngoba kasiwisi ukuncenga kwethu phambi kwakho ngenxa yokulunga kwethu, kodwa ngenxa yezihawu zakho ezinkulu.
19 O Lord, hear: O Lord, be appeased: hearken and do: delay not for thy own sake, O my God: because thy name is invocated upon thy city, and upon thy people.
Nkosi, zwana! Nkosi, thethelela! Nkosi, lalela wenze, ungalibali; ngenxa yakho, Nkulunkulu wami; ngoba umuzi wakho labantu bakho kubizwa ngebizo lakho.
20 Now while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the sight of my God, for the holy mountain of my God:
Kwathi ngisakhuluma, ngikhuleka, ngivuma isono sami lesono sabantu bakithi uIsrayeli, ngiwisa ukuncenga kwami phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wami ngenxa yentaba engcwele kaNkulunkulu wami;
21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
yebo, ngisakhuluma ngomkhuleko, ngitsho lowomuntu uGabriyeli, engangimbone embonweni ekuqaleni, esenziwe waphapha masinyane, wangithinta ngesikhathi somnikelo wakusihlwa.
22 And he instructed me, and spoke to me, and said: O Daniel, I am now come forth to teach thee, and that thou mightest understand.
Wangazisa, wakhuluma lami, wathi: Daniyeli, khathesi ngiphumele ukuzakupha inhlakanipho lokuqedisisa.
23 From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to shew it to thee, because thou art a man of desires: therefore do thou mark the word, and understand the vision.
Ekuqaliseni kokuncenga kwakho ilizwi laphuma, mina-ke ngize ukukutshela lona; ngoba uthandiwe kakhulu. Ngakho qedisisa loludaba, unakane ngalumbono.
24 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the saint of saints may be anointed.
Amaviki angamatshumi ayisikhombisa amiswe phezu kwabantu bakho laphezu komuzi wakho ongcwele, ukuqeda isiphambeko, lokuphelelisa izono, lokwenzela isiphambeko inhlawulo yokuthula, lokungenisa ukulunga okulaphakade, lokuphawula umbono lesiprofetho, lokugcoba ingcwele yezingcwele.
25 Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in straitness of times.
Yazi-ke uqedisise: Kusukela ekuphumeni kwelizwi lokubuyisela lokwakha iJerusalema kuze kube kuMesiya iNkosana, kungamaviki ayisikhombisa, lamaviki angamatshumi ayisithupha lambili. Kuzabuya kwakhiwe izitalada lemifolo, kodwa ngokuhlupheka kwezikhathi.
26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.
Langemva kwamaviki angamatshumi ayisithupha lambili uMesiya uzaqunywa, kodwa kungenzelwa yena; lesizwe sesiphathamandla esizakuza sizachitha umuzi lendawo engcwele; lokuphela kwawo kuzakuba ngozamcolo; njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kuzakuba khona impi, kumiswe izincithakalo.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fall: and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end.
Njalo uzaqinisa isivumelwano labanengi okweviki eyodwa; laphakathi kweviki uzakwenza kukhawule umhlatshelo lomnikelo; laphezu kophiko lwezinengiso kuzakuba lomchithi, ngitsho kuze kube sekupheleni, lokumisiweyo kuzathululelwa phezu konxiwa.
