Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, —who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:
Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyusi indodana kaAhasuwerusi, owenzalo yamaMede, owenziwa waba yinkosi phezu kombuso wamaKhaladiya,
2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived by the writings, —the number of the years, as to which the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah the prophet, to fulfil the desolations of Jerusalem, seventy years.
ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, mina Daniyeli ngaqedisisa ngezincwadi inani leminyaka, ilizwi leNkosi eleza ngayo kuJeremiya umprofethi, ukugcwalisa iminyaka engamatshumi ayisikhombisa encithakalweni zeJerusalema.
3 So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek [him] by prayer, and supplication, —with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes;
Ngasengikhangelisa ubuso bami kuyo iNkosi uNkulunkulu, ukudinga ngomkhuleko, lokuncenga, ngokuzila ukudla, lesaka, lomlotha.
4 yea I prayed unto Yahweh my God, and made confession, —and said—I beseech thee, O Lord, the GOD great and to be revered, keeping the covenant and the lovingkindness, to them who love him, and to them who keep his 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 and committed iniquity, and been guilty of lawlessness and been rebellious, —even departing from thy commandments, and from thy regulations;
Sonile, senza okubi, senza ngenkohlakalo, senza umvukela, ngokuphambuka emilayweni yakho lezahlulelweni zakho.
6 and have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spake in thy name, unto our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, —and unto 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, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day, —to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous 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 Yahweh, to us, belongeth the shame of faces, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers, —in that we have sinned against thee.
Nkosi, kukhona kithi ukusanganiseka kobuso, emakhosini ethu, eziphathamandleni zethu, lakubobaba, ngoba sonile simelene lawe.
9 To the Lord our God, belong compassions, and forgivenesses, —for we have rebelled against him;
ENkosini uNkulunkulu wethu kukhona izisa lezintethelelo; lanxa siyivukele.
10 and have not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh our God, —to walk in his instructions which he set before us, through means of his servants the prophets;
Futhi kasilalelanga ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ukuthi sihambe emilayweni yakhe, ayibeka phambi kwethu ngesandla sezinceku zakhe abaprofethi.
11 yea, all Israel, have transgressed thy law, even going away, so as not to hearken unto thy voice, —therefore, were poured out upon us, the curse and the oath which had been written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we had 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 Thus hath he confirmed his words which he had spoken against us, and against our judges who had judged us, by bringing in upon us a great calamity, —as to which there had not been done, under all the heavens, as hath been done unto 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 Even as written in the law of Moses, hath, all this calamity, come in upon us, —yet entreated we not the face of Yahweh our God, by turning away from our iniquities, and by getting intelligence in thy truth.
Njengoba kubhaliwe emlayweni kaMozisi, bonke lobububi busehlele. Kanti kasincenganga ubuso beNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, ukuze siphenduke eziphambekweni zethu, siqedisise iqiniso lakho.
14 Therefore hath Yahweh, kept watch, for the calamity, and brought it in upon us, —for righteous is Yahweh our God concerning all his deeds which he hath done, seeing that we had not hearkened unto his voice.
Ngakho iNkosi yalinda phezu kobubi, yabehlisela phezu kwethu; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ilungile emisebenzini yayo yonke eyenzayo, ngoba singalalelanga ilizwi layo.
15 Now, therefore, O Lord our God, who didst bring forth thy people out of the land of Egypt with a firm hand, and didst make for thyself a name, as at this day, —we have sinned, we have been guilty of lawlessness.
Khathesi-ke, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wethu, owakhupha abantu bakho elizweni leGibhithe ngesandla esilamandla, wazenzela ibizo, njengalamuhla; sonile, senze okubi.
16 O Lord! according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thine indignation turn away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain, —for, by reason of our sins, and by reason of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people, have become a reproach, to all who 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, hearken, O our God, unto the prayer of thy servant, and unto his supplications, and let thy face shine, upon thy sanctuary, that is desolate, —for the sake of thy servants, O Lord.
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, thine ear, and hearken, open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city on which hath been called thy name; for, not on the ground of our own righteousnesses, are we causing our supplications to fall down before thee, but on the ground of thine abounding compassions.
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, forgive! O Lord, hearken and perform! Do not delay! For thine own sake, O my God, because, thine own name, hath been called, 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 And, while yet I was speaking, and praying, and confessing mine own sin, and the sin of my people Israel, —and causing my supplication to fall down before Yahweh my God, concerning 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 while yet I was speaking in prayer, then, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in vision at the beginning, wearied with rapid flight, touched me, about the time of the evening present.
yebo, ngisakhuluma ngomkhuleko, ngitsho lowomuntu uGabriyeli, engangimbone embonweni ekuqaleni, esenziwe waphapha masinyane, wangithinta ngesikhathi somnikelo wakusihlwa.
22 Yea he came, and spake with me, —and said—O Daniel! now, have I come forth, to teach thee understanding.
Wangazisa, wakhuluma lami, wathi: Daniyeli, khathesi ngiphumele ukuzakupha inhlakanipho lokuqedisisa.
23 At the beginning of thy supplications, came forth a word, I, therefore, am arrived to tell, because, a man delighted in, thou art, —mark then the word, and have understanding in the revelation: —
Ekuqaliseni kokuncenga kwakho ilizwi laphuma, mina-ke ngize ukukutshela lona; ngoba uthandiwe kakhulu. Ngakho qedisisa loludaba, unakane ngalumbono.
24 Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city—to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies.
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 Thou must know, then, and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem—unto the Anointed One, the Prince, [shall be] seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks, —the broadway and the wall, shall again be built, even in the end of the 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 the sixty-two weeks, shall the Anointed One, be cut off, and have, nothing, —and, the city and the sanctuary, will one destroy with the Prince, and so will his own end come with an overwhelming flood, howbeit, up to the full end of the war, are decreed astounding things.
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 will confirm a covenant to the many, for one week, —but, in the middle of the week, will cause sacrifice and present to cease, and, in his stead, [shall be] the horrid abomination that astoundeth, even till, a full end, and that a decreed one, shall be poured out on him that astoundeth.
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.
