< UDanyeli 7 >

1 Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaBhelishazari inkosi yaseBhabhiloni, uDanyeli waphupha iphupho, kwaphithika imibono engqondweni yakhe elele embhedeni wakhe. Wakubhala phansi okwakuqukethwe liphupho lakhe.
‌ʻI he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo Pelesasa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, naʻe mamata ʻa Taniela ki he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hono ʻulu ʻi hono mohenga; pea naʻa ne tohi ʻae misi, pea ne fakahā ʻa hono fakamatala.
2 UDanyeli wathi: “Embonweni wami ebusuku ngakhangela ngabona phambi kwami imimoya emine yasezulwini iqubula ulwandle olukhulu.
Naʻe lea ʻa Taniela ʻo ne pehē, “Ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai kiate au ʻi he pō, pea vakai, naʻe fetakai mālohi ʻae feituʻu matangi ʻe fā ʻoe langi ʻi he Tahi Lahi.
3 Izilo ezine ezinkulu, yileso singafanani lezinye, zaqhamuka olwandle.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hake mei loto tahi ʻae fanga manu ʻe fā, naʻe taki taha hono anga pe ʻoʻona.
4 Esakuqala sasinjengesilwane, njalo silamaphiko engqungqulu. Ngabukela amaphiko aso aze akhutshwa, sasesiphakanyiswa emhlabathini sema ngezinyawo ezimbili njengomuntu, sasesiphiwa inhliziyo yomuntu.
Ko e ʻuluaki, naʻe hangē ha laione, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kapakau ʻoe ʻikale: pea ne u vakai, mo ʻene fusi ʻa hono ongo kapakau, pea naʻe hiki hake ia mei he kelekele, pea naʻe fokotuʻu ia ki hono vaʻe, ʻo hangē ha tangata, pea naʻe tuku ki ai ʻae loto ʻoe tangata.
5 Khonapho phambi kwami kwakujame isilo sesibili esasifana lebhele. Sasiphakanyisiwe kwelinye icele laso, njalo emlonyeni waso sasilezimbambo ezintathu emazinyweni aso. Satshelwa kwathiwa, ‘Sukuma udle inyama usuthe!’
Pea vakai, ko e manu kehe ko hono ua, naʻe hangē ha pea, pea ne hiki hake ʻe ia ia ʻo fakapalataha pe, pea naʻe ʻi hono ngutu ʻae nifo lōloa ʻe tolu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ngaahi nifo: pea naʻa nau lea ki ai ʻo pehē, ‘Tuʻu hake ʻo kai ʻae kakano lahi.’
6 Ngemva kwalokho ngakhangela ngabona phambi kwami esinye isilo esasikhangeleka njengengwe. Emhlane waso sasilamaphiko amane afana lawenyoni. Isilo lesi sasilamakhanda amane, saphiwa amandla okuba sibuse.”
Pea hili ia ne u mamata, pea vakai, ko e taha kehe, naʻe hangē ha lēpati, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono tuʻa ʻae kapakau ʻe fā ʻoe manupuna; pea naʻe ʻi he manu foki ʻae ʻulu ʻe fā; pea naʻe foaki ki ai ʻae pule.
7 Ngemva kwalokho, embonweni wami ebusuku ngakhangela, kwathi phambi kwami kwema isilo sesine esithuthumelisayo, sisesabeka njalo silamandla amakhulu. Sasilamazinyo ensimbi amakhulu; safohloza esikubambileyo sakudla, okuseleyo sakugxobela phansi. Sasingafanani lazozonke izilo zakuqala, sona silempondo ezilitshumi.
Hili ia ne u mamata ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō, pea vakai ko hono fā ʻoe manu, naʻe fakamanavahē ia mo fakaʻulia, mo mālohi ʻaupito; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi nifo ukamea lahi: naʻe fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi ʻe ia, pea ne malaki ʻae toenga ʻaki hono vaʻe, pea naʻe kehe ia mei he fanga manu kotoa pē naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate ia; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae nifo ʻe hongofulu.
8 Ngisalokhu ngicabanga ngempondo lezo, khonapho phambi kwami kwaba lolunye uphondo oluncinyane olwama phakathi kwazo; kwathi ezintathu zempondo zakuqala zagunyulwa phambi kwalo. Uphondo lolu lwalulamehlo anjengamehlo omuntu lomlomo owawukhuluma okokuzikhukhumeza.
Pea ʻi heʻeku sio fakamamaʻu ki he ngaahi nifo, pea vakai, naʻe tupu hake ʻi ai ha kihi nifo siʻi ʻe taha, ʻaia naʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei hono ʻao ʻae nifo ʻe tolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluaki nifo; pea vakai, naʻe ʻi he nifo ni ʻae mata ʻo hangē ko e mata ʻoe tangata, mo e ngutu naʻe lea fielahi.
9 “Ngisakhangele, kwabekwa izihlalo zobukhosi, uSimakade wahlala kwesakhe. Izigqoko zakhe zazimhlophe njengeqhwa; inwele zekhanda lakhe zimhlophe njengoboya bezimvu. Isihlalo sakhe sasilavuka umlilo, lamavili aso wonke evutha umlilo.
Pea naʻaku mamata ai pe mo ʻene lī hifo ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻafioʻi ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, naʻe hinehina hono kofu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha hinehina, pea ko hono louʻulu naʻe hangē ko e fulufuluʻi sipi lelei: ko hono ʻafioʻanga naʻe hangē ko e afi ulo, pea ko hono ngaahi teka naʻe hangē ko e afi vela.
10 Kwakugeleza umfula womlilo, uthutsha ngaphambi kwakhe. Izinkulungwane lezinkulungwane zazimkhonza; izinkulungwane ezilitshumi ziphindwe ngezinkulungwane ezilitshumi zema phambi kwakhe. Inkundla yokwahlulela yahlala phansi, kwasekuvulwa izincwadi.”
Naʻe tupu mai mo tafe mei hono ʻao ʻae afi: naʻe tauhi kiate ia ʻae toko afe lauʻi ʻe he ngaahi toko afe, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao ʻae toko mano lauʻi toko mano: naʻe fokotuʻu ʻae fakamaau, pea naʻe folahi ʻae ngaahi tohi.
11 Ngasengiqhubeka ngilokhu ngibukele ngenxa yamazwi okuzikhukhumeza ayekhulunywa luphondo. Ngala ngilokhu ngikhangele isilo saze sabulawa, isidumbu saso saphoselwa emlilweni ovuthayo.
Pea naʻaku tokanga lahi koeʻuhi ko e leʻo mo e lea fielahi ʻae nifo. Pea naʻaku tokanga ʻo aʻu ki hono tāmateʻi ʻoe manu, mo e fakaʻauha ʻo hono sino, mo e tuku ia ki he afi vela.
12 (Leziyana ezinye izilo zase ziphuciwe ubukhulu bazo kodwa zavunyelwa ukuphila okwesikhathi esithile.)
Pea koeʻuhi ko hono toe ʻoe fanga manu, naʻe toʻo ʻenau pule meiate kinautolu: ka naʻe fakatolonga ʻenau moʻui ke fuoloa ange, pea ki ha kuonga.
13 Embonweni wami ebusuku ngakhangela kwabonakala khonapho phambi kwami lowo owayefana lendodana yomuntu esiza ngamayezi ezulu. Yasondela kuSimakade yasiwa phambi kwakhe.
Ne u mamata ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi ʻao ʻoe langi ʻo hangē ko e foha ʻoe tangata, pea ne haʻu kiate ia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, pea naʻa nau ʻomi
14 Yaphiwa amandla lobukhosi lamandla okubusa; bonke abantu, lezizwe zonke labantu bendimi zonke bamkhonza. Ubukhosi bakhe yibukhosi obungapheliyo obungayikwedlula, lombuso wakhe kawusoze uchithwe.
Pea naʻe foaki kiate ia ʻae pule, mo e nāunau, mo ha puleʻanga, koeʻuhi ke tauhi kiate ia ʻae ngaahi kakai kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e ngaahi lea: ko e pule taʻengata ʻa ʻene pule, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai mole, pea ko hono puleʻanga ʻe ʻikai fakaʻauha.
15 Mina Danyeli, ngakhathazeka emoyeni, lemibono eyayidlula engqondweni yami yangidabula.
“Ko au Taniela, ne u mamahi ʻi hoku laumālie mo hoku loto, pea naʻe fakamamahiʻi au ʻe he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hoku ʻulu.
16 Ngasondela komunye walabo ababemi khonapho ngambuza okuyikho okutshiwo yikho konke lokhu. Yikho wangitshela wangipha ingcazelo yezinto lezi, wathi:
Pea naʻaku ʻunuʻunu atu ki he tokotaha ʻokinautolu naʻe tutuʻu ai, pea ne u fehuʻi kiate ia ki hono moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni. Ko ia naʻa ne talamai, pea ne fakahā mai kiate au hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni.
17 “Izilo ezine ezinkulu yimibuso emine ezaqhamuka emhlabeni.
Ko e fanga manu lalahi ni, ʻaia ʻoku toko fā, ko e tuʻi ia ʻe toko fā ʻaia ʻe tupu hake ʻi māmani.
18 Kodwa abangcwele bakhe oPhezukonke bazawemukela umbuso ube ngowabo lanininini, yebo, okwanini lanini.”
Ka ʻe lavaʻi ʻae puleʻanga ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga, pea te nau maʻu ʻae puleʻanga ʻo lauikuonga, ʻio, ke taʻengata pea taʻengata.
19 Ngase ngifisa ukwazi ingcazelo eqotho eyesilo sesine, esasingafanani lezinye njalo sisesabeka kakhulu, ngamazinyo aso ensimbi lenzipho zethusi, isilo esafohloza sadla esikubambileyo sagxobagxoba okuseleyo.
Pea ne u fieʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻo hono fā ʻoe manu, ʻaia naʻe taha kehe mo e fanga manu kotoa pē, ʻo fakamanavahēʻia, ʻaia naʻe ukamea hono kau nifo, pea ko e palasa hono pesipesi; ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha, mo maumauʻi, pea naʻe malaki ʻae toenga ʻaki hono vaʻe;
20 Ngafuna njalo ukwazi ngempondo ezilitshumi ekhanda laso langalolo olunye uphondo olwamilayo, okwathi ezinye ezintathu zawa phambi kwalo lolophondo olwabonakala kakhulu kulezinye, olwalulamehlo kanye lomlomo owawukhuluma ngokukloloda.
Pea mo e ngaahi nifo ʻe hongofulu ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono ʻulu, pea ʻoe taha kehe ʻaia naʻe tupu hake, pea naʻe tō ʻi hono ʻao ʻae toko tolu; ʻio, ʻae nifo ko ia, ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae mata, pea mo e ngutu naʻe lea fielahi ʻaupito, ʻaia naʻe matamata mālohi ʻi heʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa.
21 Ngilokhu ngibukele, uphondo lolu lwalusilwa luhlasela abangcwele lubehlula,
Ne u vakai, pea naʻe fai ʻae tau ʻe he nifo ko ia ki he kakai māʻoniʻoni, pea ne lavaʻi ʻakinautolu.
22 kwaze kwafika uMvelinqaki wabalamulela abangcwele bakhe oPhezukonke, kwafika isikhathi bawuthatha umbuso.
Kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, pea naʻe tuku ʻae fakamaau totonu ki he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga; pea naʻe hokosia ʻae kuonga naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻae puleʻanga.
23 Wangipha ingcazelo le: Isilo sesine singumbuso wesine ozavela emhlabeni. Uzaba lomahluko kweminye yonke imibuso njalo uzawuthumba wonke umhlaba, uwugxobagxobe, uwufohloze.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻa ʻene lea, Ko hono fā ʻoe manu ʻe hoko ia ko hono fā ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi māmani, ʻaia ʻe kehe mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻa māmani kotoa pē, pea malaki hifo ia, pea maumauʻi.
24 Impondo ezilitshumi ngamakhosi alitshumi azavela kuwo lo umbuso. Ngemva kwawo kuzavela enye inkosi engafani lalayana awokuqala; izanqoba amakhosi amathathu.
Pea ko e ngaahi nifo ʻe hongofulu mei he puleʻanga ni, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻe toko hongofulu ia ʻaia ʻe tupu: pea ʻe tupu mo ha taha kimui ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻe kehe ia mo e ʻuluaki, pea te ne lavaʻi ʻae tuʻi ʻe toko tolu.
25 Izakhuluma okubi ngoPhezukonke incindezele abangcwele bakhe izame ukuguqula izikhathi ezimisiweyo kanye lemithetho. Abangcwele bazanikelwa kuyo okwesikhathi esithile, izikhathi ezilengxenye yesikhathi.
Pea ʻe lea ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi lea fielahi ki he Fungani Māʻolunga, pea te ne fakaongosia ʻae kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga, pea ʻe mahalo ʻe ia ke ne fakakehe ʻae ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi fono: pea ʻe tuku ia ki hono nima ʻi ha kuonga mo e kuonga ʻe ua, mo e vaeua mālie ʻoe kuonga.
26 Kodwa umthethwandaba uzahlala phansi, amandla ayo asuswe abhidlizwe okwanini lanini.
Ka ʻe fakanofo ʻae fakamaau, pea te nau toʻo ʻa ʻene pule, ke fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi ia, ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.
27 Lapho-ke ubukhosi, lamandla lobukhulu bemibuso leyo ngaphansi kwezulu lonke kuzaphiwa abangcwele, abantu bakhe oPhezukonke. Umbuso wakhe uzakuba ngumbuso ongapheliyo, njalo bonke ababusi bazamkhonza bamlalele.
Ka ko e puleʻanga mo e pule, pea mo e nāunau ʻoe puleʻanga ʻi he lalo langi kotoa pē, ʻe tuku ki he kakai ko e kau māʻoniʻoni ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga, pea ko hono puleʻanga ko e puleʻanga taʻengata, pea ʻe tauhi mo talangofua kiate ia ʻae ngaahi pule kotoa pē.
28 “Lokhu yikho ukuphela kwendaba. Mina Danyeli ngakhathazeka kakhulu ngemicabango yami, ubuso bami bahloba, kodwa indaba le yaba yimfihlo yami.”
Ko eni ʻae ngataʻanga ʻoe meʻa. Ka ko au Taniela ko ʻeku ngaahi fakakaukau naʻaku mātuʻaki mamahi ai, pea naʻe fakakehe hoku mata ʻiate au: ka naʻaku fakafufū ʻae meʻa ni ʻi hoku loto.”

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