UDanyeli 11

1 Lami-ke, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaDariyusi umMede, ngema ukumqinisa lokumvikela.

And I in the first year of Cyrus stood to strengthen and confirm [him].

2 Khathesi sengizakutshela iqiniso. Khangela, kusezakuma amakhosi amathathu ePerisiya; njalo eyesine izanotha ngenotho enkulu okwedlula wonke. Kuthi isiqinile ngenotho yayo ibavuse bonke bamelane lombuso weGirisi.

And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.

3 Kuzasukuma-ke inkosi elamandla, ezabusa ngokubusa okukhulu, yenze ngokwentando yayo.

An there shall rise up a mighty king, and he shall be lord of a great empire, and shall do according to his will.

4 Lalapho isukuma, umbuso wayo uzaqanyulwa, wehlukaniswe ngasemimoyeni emine yamazulu; kodwa ungabi ngowenzalo yayo, ungabi njengombuso ebiwubusa; ngoba umbuso wayo uzasitshunwa, ube ngowabanye ngaphandle kwalaba.

And when his kingdom shall stand up, it shall be broken, and shall be divided to the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled over: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, and [given] to others beside these.

5 Lenkosi yeningizimu izakuba lamandla, lomunye weziphathamandla zayo; yena-ke uzakuba lamandla kulayo, abuse; umbuso wakhe uzakuba ngumbuso omkhulu.

And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion.

6 Lekupheleni kweminyaka bazahlangana, ngoba indodakazi yombusi weningizimu izakuza kumbusi wenyakatho ukuzakwenza isivumelwano esilinganayo, kodwa kayiyikugcina amandla engalo; futhi kayiyikuma, layo ingalo yakhe; kodwa izanikelwa, labayilethileyo, loyizeleyo, loyiqinisileyo ngalezizikhathi.

And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him: but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.

7 Kodwa kuzasukuma ogatsheni lwempande zayo esikhundleni sakhe, ozabuya lebutho, angene enqabeni yenkosi yenyakatho, enze emelene labo, ehlule.

[But] out of the flower of her root there shall arise [one on] his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.

8 Labonkulunkulu babo kanye leziphathamandla zabo kanye lezitsha zabo eziloyisekayo ezesiliva legolide uzakuletha eGibhithe ekuthunjweni; yena-ke uzakuma okweminyaka kulenkosi yenyakatho.

Yes, he shall carry with a body of captives into Egypt their gods with their molten [images, and] all their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall last longer than the king of the north.

9 Ngokunjalo inkosi yeningizimu izangena embusweni, ibuyele elizweni layo.

And he shall enter into the kingdom of the king of the south, and shall return to his own land.

10 Kodwa amadodana ayo azadungeka, ahlanganise ixuku lamabutho amakhulu; ngeqiniso kufike omunye, agabhe, adabule; abuyele, adungeke, kuze kube senqabeni yakhe.

And his sons shall gather a multitude amongst many: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength.

11 Lenkosi yeningizimu izathukuthela kakhulu, iphume ilwe layo, lenkosi yenyakatho; yona izavusa ixuku elikhulu, kodwa lelixuku lizanikelwa esandleni sayo.

And the king of the south shall be greatly enraged, and shall come forth, and shall war with the king of the north: and he shall raise a great multitude; but the multitude shall be delivered into his hand.

12 Selisusiwe lelixuku, inhliziyo yayo izaziphakamisa, iwisele phansi izinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amanengi, kodwa kayiyikuba lamandla.

And he shall take the multitude, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down many thousands; but he shall not prevail.

13 Ngoba inkosi yenyakatho izaphenduka, ivuse ixuku elikhulu kulelokuqala; njalo ekupheleni kwezikhathi zeminyaka izafika isibili ilebutho elikhulu lempahla ezinengi.

For the king of the north shall return, and bring a multitude greater than the former, and at the end of the times of years an invading army shall come with a great force, and with much substance.

14 Langalezozikhathi abanengi bazasukuma bemelane lenkosi yeningizimu. Labalesihluku babantu bakho bazaziphakamisa ukuze bawuqinise umbono, kodwa bazakhubeka.

And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.

15 Ngakho inkosi yenyakatho izafika, ibuthelele idundulu, ithumbe imizi ebiyelweyo. Futhi izingalo zeningizimu kaziyikuma, kanye labakhethiweyo bakhe, futhi kakuyikuba lamandla okuma.

And the king of the north shall come in, and cast up a mound, and take strong cities: and the arms of the king of the south shall withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up, but there shall be no strength to stand.

16 Kodwa eza ukuzamelana layo izakwenza ngokwentando yayo, engekho ongema phambi kwayo. Izakuma lelizweni elihle, lokutshabalaliswa kuzakuba sesandleni sayo.

And he that comes in against him shall do according to his will, and there is no one to stand before him: and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and it shall be consumed by his hand.

17 Njalo izamisa ubuso bayo ukungena ngamandla ombuso wayo wonke, labaqotho belayo, ngokunjalo izakwenza; futhi izayinika indodakazi yabafazi, ukuwuchitha; kodwa kayiyikuma, kayiyikuba ngeyayo.

And he shall set his face to come in with the force of his whole kingdom, and shall cause everything to prosper with him: and he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt her: but she shall not continue, neither be on his side.

18 Emva kwalokho izaphendulela ubuso bayo ezihlengeni, ithumbe ezinengi; kodwa isiphathamandla sizakwenza ihlazo layo limphelele; ngaphandle kokuthi izabuyisela ihlazo layo kuyo.

And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him.

19 Ibisiphendulela ubuso bayo ngasezinqabeni zelizwe lakibo, kodwa izakhubeka iwe, njalo ingatholwa.

Then he shall turn back his face to the strength of his own land: but he shall become weak, and fall, and not be found.

20 Lapho kuzasukuma esikhundleni sayo odlulisa umthelisi kudumo lombuso; kodwa phakathi kwezinsuku ezinlutshwana uzabhujiswa, kungabi ngezintukuthelo, kungabi ngezimpi.

And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.

21 Lapho kuzasukuma esikhundleni sakhe odelelekileyo, abangayikumnika udumo lombuso, kodwa ezangena ngokuthula, awubambe umbuso ngamazwi abutshelezi.

[One] shall stand on his place, [who] has been set a nothing, and they have not put upon him the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways.

22 Lezingalo zikazamcolo zizakhukhulwa phambi kobuso bakhe, zifohlozwe; yebo, laso isiphathamandla sesivumelwano.

And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and [so shall be] the head of the covenant.

23 Langemva kokuhlangana laye uzasebenza ngenkohliso; ngoba ezakwenyuka, abe lamandla elesizwe esincane.

And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation.

24 Uzangena ngokuthula laphezu kwezindawo ezivunde kakhulu zesabelo; enze lokho oyise loba oyise baboyise abangakwenzanga; uzahlakaza phakathi kwabo impango lokuthunjiweyo lempahla; acebe amacebo akhe emelene lezinqaba, kodwa kuze kube yisikhathi.

And he shall enter with prosperity, and [that] into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers' fathers have not done; he shall scatter amongst them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time.

25 Futhi uzavusa amandla akhe lenhliziyo yakhe emelene lenkosi yeningizimu elebutho elikhulu; njalo inkosi yeningizimu izadungeka ilebutho elikhulu elilamandla amakhulu; kodwa kayiyikuma, ngoba bazaceba amacebo bemelene layo.

And his strength and his heart shall be stirred up against the king of the south with a great force; and the king of the south shall engage in war with a great and very strong force; but [his forces] shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him:

26 Yebo, labo abadla isabelo sokudla sayo bazayibhubhisa, lebutho layo lizakhukhula, labanengi bazakuwa bebulewe.

and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain.

27 Njalo inhliziyo zalamakhosi amabili zikukho okubi, njalo azakhuluma amanga etafuleni elilodwa; kodwa kakuyikuphumelela, ngoba isiphetho sisezakuba khona ngesikhathi esimisiweyo.

And [as for] both the kings, their hearts [are set] upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a [fixed] time.

28 Lapho ezabuyela elizweni lakhe elempahla ezinengi; kodwa inhliziyo yakhe izamelana lesivumelwano esingcwele; njalo uzakwenza, abesebuyela elizweni lakhe.

And he shall return to his land with much substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall perform [great deeds], and return to his own land.

29 Ngesikhathi esimisiweyo uzaphenduka, eze ngaseningizimu; kodwa kakuyikuba njengokwakuqala loba njengokokucina.

At the [set] time he shall return, and shall come into the south, but the last [expedition] shall [not] be as the first.

30 Ngoba imikhumbi yeKitimi izakuza imelane laye; ngakho uzadabuka, abuyele emuva, athukuthelele isivumelwano esingcwele; njalo uzakwenza, abesebuyela, anakane labo abadele isivumelwano esingcwele.

For the Citians issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do [thus], and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant.

31 Lezingalo zizakuma zivela kuye, zingcolise indawo engcwele eyinqaba, asuse umnikelo oqhubekayo, amise isinengiso esichithayo.

And seeds shall spring up out of him, and they shall profane the sanctuary of strength, and they shall remove the perpetual [sacrifice], and make the abomination desolate.

32 Lalabo abenza inkohlakalo bemelene lesivumelwano uzabangcolisa ngamazwi abutshelezi; kodwa abantu abamaziyo uNkulunkulu wabo bazaqina, benze.

And the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways: but a people knowing their God shall prevail, and do [valiantly].

33 Njalo abaqedisisayo babantu bazafundisa abanengi; kanti bazakuwa ngenkemba, langelangabi, ngokuthunjwa, langokuphangwa, izinsuku ezinengi.

And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of [many] days.

34 Kuzakuthi lapho besiwa, basizwe ngosizo oluncinyane, kodwa abanengi bazazihlanganisa labo ngamazwi abutshelezi.

And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery.

35 Kodwa abanye kwabaqedisisayo bazakuwa, ukubalinga, lokubahlambulula, lokubenza babe mhlophe, kuze kube yisikhathi sokuphela; ngoba kusezakuba ngokwesikhathi esimisiweyo.

And [some] of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test [them], and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter [is] yet for a [set] time.

36 Njalo inkosi izakwenza njengokwentando yayo, iziphakamise, izikhulise ngaphezu kwabo bonke onkulunkulu, ikhulume izinto ezimangalisayo imelene loNkulunkulu wabonkulunkulu, iphumelele kuze kuphelele intukuthelo; ngoba lokho okumisiweyo kuzakwenziwa.

And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end.

37 Futhi kayiyikunaka onkulunkulu baboyise, lesiloyiso sabesifazana, njalo kayiyikunaka loba nguwuphi unkulunkulu; ngoba izazikhulisa phezu kwabo bonke.

And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.

38 Kodwa esikhundleni sakhe uzadumisa unkulunkulu wezinqaba, ngitsho unkulunkulu oyise ababengamazi amdumise ngegolide langesiliva langamatshe aligugu langezinto eziloyisekayo.

And he shall honour the god of forces on his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall honour with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and desirable things.

39 Njalo izakwenza ezinqabeni ezilamandla ikanye lonkulunkulu wezizweni; amnanzelelayo amandisele udumo. Izabenza babuse phezu kwabanengi, yehlukanise ilizwe ngentengo.

And he shall do [thus] in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.

40 Langesikhathi sokuphela inkosi yeningizimu izamsunduza; kodwa inkosi yenyakatho izamelana layo njengesivunguzane, ilezinqola, labagadi bamabhiza, lemikhumbi eminengi; ingene emazweni, ikhukhule, idlule.

And at the end of the time he shall conflict with the king of the south: and the king of the north shall come against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and they shall enter into the land: and he shall break in pieces, and pass on:

41 Njalo izangena elizweni elihle, njalo amazwe amanengi azakuwa; kodwa la azaphunyuka esandleni sakhe, iEdoma loMowabi lekhethelo labantwana bakoAmoni.

and he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many shall fail: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

42 Njalo izakwelulela isandla sayo emazweni, lelizwe leGibhithe kaliyikuphepha.

And he shall stretch forth [his] hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

43 Kodwa izabusa phezu kwamagugu afihliweyo egolide lawesiliva, laphezu kwazo zonke izinto eziligugu zeGibhithe. Njalo amaLibiya lamaEthiyophiya azakuba sezinyathelweni zakhe.

And he shall have the mastery over the secret [treasures] of gold and silver, and over all the desirable [possessions] of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in their strongholds.

44 Kodwa imibiko evela empumalanga levela enyakatho izamethusa, ngakho uzaphuma ngokuthukuthela okukhulu ukuyachitha lokutshabalalisa abanengi.

But rumours and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many.

45 Njalo uzagxumeka amathente esigodlo sakhe phakathi laphakathi kwezinlwandle entabeni enhle engcwele; kanti uzafika ekupheleni kwakhe, angabi lomsizi.

And he shall pitch the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the holy mountain of beauty: [but] he shall come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.