Danieli 12
1 “Katika wakati huo Mikaeli, mtawala mkuu ambaye huwalinda watu wako, atainuka. Kutakuwako wakati wa taabu ambao haujatokea tangu mwanzo wa mataifa hadi wakati huo. Lakini wakati huo, watu wako, kila mmoja ambaye jina lake litakutwa limeandikwa kwenye kitabu, ataokolewa.
'And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.
2 Wengi ambao wamelala kwenye mavumbi wataamka, baadhi yao kwa uzima wa milele, wengine kwa aibu na kudharauliwa milele.
'And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches — to abhorrence age-during.
3 Wale wenye hekima watangʼaa kama mwanga wa mbingu, nao wale ambao huwaongoza wengi kutenda haki, watangʼaa kama nyota milele na milele.
And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and for ever.
4 Lakini wewe Danieli, yafunge na kuyatia muhuri maneno ya kitabu hiki mpaka wakati wa mwisho. Wengi watakwenda huku na huko, na maarifa yataongezeka.”
And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'
5 Ndipo mimi Danieli nikaangalia, nako mbele yangu walisimama wengine wawili, mmoja katika ukingo huu wa mto, na mwingine ukingo wa pili wa mto.
And I have looked — I, Daniel — and lo, two others are standing, one here at the edge of the flood, and one there at the edge of the flood,
6 Mmoja wao akasema na yule mtu aliyevaa nguo za kitani, aliyekuwa juu ya maji ya mto, “Je, itachukua muda gani kabla mambo haya ya kushangaza hayajatimizwa?”
and he saith to the one clothed in linen, who [is] upon the waters of the flood, 'Till when [is] the end of these wonders?'
7 Kisha mtu yule aliyevaa nguo za kitani, aliyekuwa juu ya maji ya mto, akainua mkono wake wa kuume na mkono wake wa kushoto kuelekea mbinguni, nami nikamsikia akiapa kwa jina lake yeye aishiye milele, akisema, “Itakuwa wakati, nyakati mbili, na nusu wakati. Nguvu za watu watakatifu zitakapokuwa zimevunjwa kabisa, ndipo mambo haya yote yatakapotimizwa.”
And I hear the one clothed in linen, who [is] upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, 'After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.'
8 Nilisikia, lakini sikuelewa. Kwa hiyo nikauliza, “Bwana wangu, matokeo ya haya yote yatakuwa nini?”
And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, 'O my lord, what [is] the latter end of these?'
9 Akajibu, “Danieli, enenda zako, kwa sababu maneno haya yamefungwa na kutiwa muhuri mpaka wakati wa mwisho.
And he saith, 'Go, Daniel; for hidden and sealed [are] the things till the time of the end;
10 Wengi watatakaswa, na kuondolewa mawaa na kufanywa safi, lakini waovu wataendelea kuwa waovu. Hakuna mmoja wa waovu atakayefahamu, lakini wale wenye hekima watafahamu.
Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;
11 “Tangu wakati ule wa kukomeshwa dhabihu ya kila siku na kusimamishwa kwa chukizo la uharibifu, kutakuwako siku 1,290.
and from the time of the turning aside of the perpetual [sacrifice], and to the giving out of the desolating abomination, [are] days a thousand, two hundred, and ninety.
12 Amebarikiwa mtu yule atakayevumilia hadi kufikia mwisho wa hizo siku 1,335.
O the blessedness of him who is waiting earnestly, and doth come to the days, a thousand, three hundred, thirty and five.
13 “Lakini wewe, enenda zako mpaka mwisho. Utapumzika, nawe ndipo mwisho wa hizo siku utafufuka ili kuupokea urithi uliowekewa.”
And thou, go on to the end, then thou dost rest, and dost stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'
