Danieli 11
1 Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Dario Mmedi, mimi mwenyewe nilikuja kumwezesha na kumlinda Mikaeli.
And from the first year of Darius the Mede I stood up that he might be strengthened and confirmed.
2 Na sasa nitakufunulia ukweli. Wafalme watatu watainuka katika Uajemi, na mfalme wa nne atakuwa tajiri sana kuliko wengine wote. Na wakati atakapopata nguvu kupitia utajiri wake, atamwamsha kila mtu kinyume na ufalme wa Ugiriki.
And now I will shew thee the truth. Behold there shall stand yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly above them all: and when he shall be grown mighty by his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
3 Mfalme wenye nguvu atainuka ambaye atatawala ufalme mkubwa, na ataenenda kufuatana na matakwa yake mwenyewe.
But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth.
4 Na atakapokuwa ameinuka, ufalme wake utavunjika na utagawanyika katika pepo nne za mbinguni, lakini hawatakuwa wazao wake mwenyewe, na si kwa nguvu zake kwa wakati alipokuwa akitawala. Kwa kuwa ufalme wake utang'olewa kwa ajili ya wengine tofauti na wazawa wake.
And when he shall come to his height, his kingdom shall be broken, and it shall be divided towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his posterity, nor according to his power with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in pieces, even for strangers, beside these.
5 Mfalme wa Kusini atakuwa na nguvu, lakini mmoja kati ya maamiri jeshi wake atakuwa mwenye nguvu kuliko yeye na atautawala ufalme wake kwa nguvu kubwa.
And the king of the south shall be strengthened, and one of his princes shall prevail over him, and he shall rule with great power: for his dominion shall be great.
6 Baada ya miaka michache, wakati muda utakapokuwa sawa, watafanya mwungano. Binti wa mfalme wa Kusini atakuja kwa mfalme wa Kaskazini kuyathibitisha makubaliano yao. Lakini hataweza kuzitunza nguvu za mkono wake, wala mfalme hatasimama wala mkono wake. Ataachwa na wale waliomleta, na baba yake, na yeye aliyemwunga mkono katika nyakati hizo.
And after the end of years they shall be in league together: and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make friendship, but she shall not obtain the strength of the arm, neither shall her seed stand: and she shall be given up, and her young men that brought her, and they that strengthened her in these times.
7 Lakini tawi kutoka katika mizizi yake litachipuka katika nafasi yake. Atalishambulia jeshi na kuingia ngome ya mfalme wa Kaskazini. Atapigana nao, na atawashinda.
And a plant of the bud of her roots, shall stand up: and he shall come with an army, and shall enter into the province of the king of the north: and he shall abuse them, and shall prevail.
8 Ataichukua miungu yao mpaka Misri pamoa na sanamu zao za chuma na vyombo vyao vya fedha na vya dhahabu vyenye thamani. Kwa miaka mingi atakaa mbali na mfalme wa Kaskazini.
And he shall also carry away captive into Egypt their gods, and their graven things, and their precious vessels of gold and silver: he shall prevail against the king of the north.
9 Kisha mfalme wa Kaskazini atauvamia ufalme wa mfalme wa Kusini, lakini atajitoa na kwenda katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
And the king of the south shall enter into the kingdom, and shall return to his own land.
10 Wana wake watajiweka tayari na kuunganisha jeshi kubwa. Litaendelea kukua na litagharikisha kila kitu, litapita katikati hadi kwenye ngome yake.
And his sons shall be provoked, and they shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and he shall come with haste like a flood: and he shall return and be stirred up, and he shall join battle with his forces.
11 Ndipo mfalme wa Kusini atakasirika, na ataenda na kupigana naye, mfalme wa Kaskazini. Mfalme wa Kaskazini atainua jeshi kubwa, bali jeshi litatiwa katika mkono wake.
And the king of the south being provoked shall go forth, and shall fight against the king of the north, and shall prepare an exceeding great multitude, and a multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 Jeshi litachukuliwa, na moyo wa mfalme wa Kusini utainuliwa juu, na atawafanya makumi maelfu kuanguka, lakini hataweza kuwa mshindi.
And he shall take a multitude, and his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many thousands: but he shall not prevail.
13 Kisha mfalme wa Kaskazini atainua jeshi jingine, kubwa kuliko la kwanza. Baada ya miaka kadhaa, mfalme wa Kaskazini atakuja na jeshi kubwa likiwa na vifaa vingi.
For the king of the north shall return and shall prepare a multitude much greater than before: and in the end of times and years, be shall come in haste with a great army, and much riches.
14 Katika siku hizo wengi watainuka kinyume na mfalmea wa Kusini. Wana wa vurugu miongoni mwa watu wake watasimama wao wenyewe ili kuyatimiliza maono, lakini watajikwaa.
And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south, and the children of prevaricators of thy people shall lift up themselves to fulfill the vision, and they shall fall.
15 Mfalme wa Kaskazini atakuja, kuizingira nchi kwa kuweka vilima, na kuuteka mji wenye ngome. Majeshi ya Kusini hayataweza kusimama, hata wanajeshi wake bora. Hawatakuwa na nguvu za kusimama.
And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they shall not have strength.
16 Badala yake, yeye ajaye ataenenda kwa kufuata tamaa zake kinyume chake; hakuna yeyote atakayesimama katika njia yake. Atasimama katika nchi ya uzuri, na uharibifu utakuwa mkononi wake.
And he shall come upon him and do according to his pleasure, and there shall be none to stand against his face: and he shall stand in the glorious land, and it shall be consumed by his hand.
17 Mfalme wa Kaskazini atauelekeza uso wake ili kuja kwa nguvu za ufalme wake wote, na kutakuwa na makubaliano atakayoyafanya na mfalme wa Kusini. Atampatia katika ndoa binti wa wanawake ili kuuharibu ufalme wa Kusini. Lakini mpango huo hautafanikiwa wala kumsaidia.
And he shall set his face to come to possess all his kingdom, and he shall make upright conditions with him: and he shall give him a daughter of women, to overthrow it: and she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.
18 Baada ya hayo, mfalme atafuatilia nchi za pwani na ataziteka nchi nyingi. Lakini amiri jeshi atakikomesha kiburi chake na atakisababisha kiburi chake kiishe.
And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: and he shall cause the prince of his reproach to cease, and his reproach shall be turned upon him.
19 Kisha atafuatilia miji yenye ngome katika nchi yake mwenyewe, lakini atajikwaa na kuanguka; na hatapatikana tena.
And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall not be found.
20 Kisha mtu mwingine atainuka katika nafasi ambaye atamfanya mtoza ushuru apite kwa ajili ya ufahari wa ufalme. Lakini katika siku zijazo atakatiliwa mbali, lakini si kwa hasira wala si katika vita.
And there shall stand up in his place, one most vile, and unworthy of kingly honour: and in a few days he shall be destroyed, not in rage nor in battle.
21 Katika nafasi atainuka mtu wa kudharauliwa ambaye watu hawatampa heshima ya nguvu ya kifalme; atakuja bila kukusudiwa na atautwaa ufalme kwa ulaghai.
And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.
22 Mbele yake, kila jeshi litafutiliwa mbali kama gharika. Jeshi na kiongozi wa agano wataangamizwa wote kwa pamoja.
And the arms of the fighter shall be overcome before his face, and shall be broken; yea also the prince of the covenant.
23 Tangu katika kipindi kile ambacho makubaliano yalifanywa pamoja naye, ataenenda kwa kwa hila; atakuwa mwenye nguvu akiwa na watu wachache tu.
And after friendships, he will deal deceitfully with him: and he shall go up, and shall overcome with a small people.
24 Kwa ghafla ataingia katika sehemu tajiri sana za jimbo, na atafanya kile ambacho si baba yake wala baba wa baba yake alishakifanya. Atagawanya mateka, nyara, na mali zake miongoni mwa wafuasi wake. Atapanga mpango wa kuiangusha ngome, lakini ni kwa muda tu.
And he shall enter into rich and plentiful cities: and he shall do that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers: he shall scatter their spoils, and their prey, and their riches, and shall forecast devices against the best fenced places: and this until a time.
25 Ataamsha nguvu zake na moyo wake kinyume na mfalme wa Kusini kwa jeshi kubwa. Mfalme wa Kusini atapigana vita akiwa na jeshi kubwa lenye nguvu, lakini hataweza kusimama kwa kuwa wengine watafanya njama dhidi yake.
And his strength and his heart shall be stirred up against the king of the south with a great army: and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with many and very strong succours: and they shall not stand, for they shall form designs against him.
26 Hata wale wanaokula chakula chake kizuri watajaribu kumwangamiza. Jeshi lake litakatiliwa mbali kama gharika, na wengi wao watauawa.
And they that eat bread with him, shall destroy him, and his army shall be overthrown: and many shall fall down slain.
27 Wafalme wote hawa wawili, wakiwa na mioyo yao imejawa na uovu kinyume na mwenzake, watakaa katika meza moja na kudanganyana, lakini haitakuwa na maana yoyote. Kwa kuwa mwisho utatokea katika kipindi ambacho kimeshapangwa.
And the heart of the two kings shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table, and they shall not prosper: because as yet the end is unto another time.
28 Kisha mfalme wa Kaskazini atarudi katika nchi yake akiwa na utajiri mkubwa, na moyo wake ukipinga vikali agano takatifu. Atatenda na kisha atarudi katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
And he shall return into his land with much riches: and his heart shall be against the holy covenant, and he shall succeed and shall return into his own land.
29 Katika muda uloamriwa atarudi na kuushambulia ufalme wa Kusini. Lakini katika kipindi hiki hakitakuwa kama awali.
At the time appointed he shall return, and he shall come to the south, but the latter time shall not be like the former.
30 Kwa kuwa meli kutoka Kitimu zitamshambulia, naye ataogopa na kurudi nyuma. Atakuwa mwenye hasira dhidi ya agano takatifu, na atawaonyesha mema wale watakaoliacha agano takatifu.
And the galleys and the Romans shall come upon him, and he shall be struck, and shall return, and shall have indignation against the covenant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed: and he shall return and shall devise against them that have forsaken the covenant of the sanctuary.
31 Majeshi yake yatainuka na kukufuru sehemu takatifu katika ngome. Wataziondoa sadaka za kawaida za kuteketezwa, na watasimamisha chukizo la uharibifu litakalosababisha ukiwa.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall defile the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the continual sacrifice, and they shall place there the abomination unto desolation.
32 Na kwa wale walioenenda kwa ouvu kinyume na agano, atawadanganya na kuwatia uovu. Bali watu wale wanaomjua Mungu wao watakuwa jasiri na watachukua hatua.
And such as deal wickedly against the covenant shall deceitfully dissemble: but the people that know their God shall prevail and succeed.
33 Watu wenye hekima miongobi mwa watu watawafanya watu waelewe. Lakini watajikwaa kwa upanga na kwa miali ya moto; watatiwa mateka na kunyang'anywa kwa siku.
And they that are learned among the people shall teach many: and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by spoil for many days.
34 Katika siku za kujikwaa kwao, watasaidiwa kwa msaada kidogo. Watu wengi watajiunga nao wenyewe katika unafiki.
And when they shall have fallen they shall be relieved with a small help: and many shall be joined to them deceitfully.
35 Baadhi ya watu wenye hekima watajikwaa ili kujisafisha kutokee kwao, na kujiosha, na kujitakasa, mpaka wakati wa mwisho. Kwa kuwa wakati ulioamriwa haujaja bado.
And some of the learned shall fall, that they may be tried, and may be chosen, and made white even to the appointed time, because yet there shall be another time.
36 Mfalme atafanya kutokana na matakwa yake. Atajiinua mwenyewe na kujifanya mkubwa kuliko kila mungu. Kinyume cha Mungu wa miungu, atasema vitu vibaya, kwa kuwa atafanikiwa mpaka pale ghadhabu itakapokuwa imekamilika. Kwa ajili kile kilichoamriwa kitakapokuwa kimefanyika.
And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.
37 Hatazijali miungu ya baba zake wala mungu anayependwa na wanawake. Wala hatamjali mungu mwingine yeyote. Kwa kuwa zaidi ya mtu yeyote atajifanya mwenyewe kuwa mkuu.
And he shall make no account of the God of his fathers: and he shall follow the lust of women, and he shall not regard any gods: for he shall rise up against all things.
38 Atamheshimu mungu wa ngome badala ya haya. Ni mungu ambaye baba zake hawakumkubali ambaye atamheshimu kwa dhahabu na fedha, kwa mawe ya thamani na zawadi zenye kuthaminiwa.
But he shall worship the god Maozim in his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not, he shall worship with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and things of great price.
39 Atazishambulia ngome imara sana kwa msaada wa mungu mgeni. Atampa heshima kubwa yeyote anayemkubali. Atawafanya kuwa watawala juu ya watu wengi, na ataigawanya nchi kama thawabu.
And he shall do this to fortify Maozim with a strange god, whom he hath acknowledged, and he shall increase glory and shall give them power over many, and shall divide the land gratis.
40 Kwa wakati wa mwisho mfalme wa Kusini atamshambulia. Mfalme wa Kaskazini atamvamia kwa ukali wa magari na wapanda farasi, na meli nyingi. Naye ataenda kinyume cha nchi, kuwagharikisha, na kupita katikati.
And at the time prefixed the king of the south shall fight against him, and the king of the north shall come against him like a tempest, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with a great navy, and he shall enter into the countries, and shall destroy, and pass through.
41 Naye ataingia katika nchi ya uzuri, makumi elfu ya Waisraeli wataanguka. Lakini watu hawa watatoroka kutoka katika mkono wake: Waedomu, Wamoabu, na mabaki ya watu wa Amoni.
And he shall enter into the glorious land, and many shall fall: and these only shall be saved out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the principality of the children of Ammon.
42 Naye ataunyosha mkono katika nchi; nchi ya Misri haitaokolewa.
And he shall lay his hand upon the lands: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 Atakuwa na mamlaka juu ya hazina za dhahabu na za fedha, na juu ya utajiri wote wa Misri; watu wa Libya na Ethiopia watakuwa chini katika nyayo za miguu yake.
And he shall have power over the treasures of gold, and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt: and he shall pass through Libya, and Ethiopia.
44 Lakini taarifa kutoka mashariki na kaskazini zitamwogopesha, naye atatoka akiwa mwenye hasira nyingi kuwa ili kuwaharibu kabisa na kuwahifadhi kwa ajli ya uharibifu.
And tidings out of the east, and out of the north shall trouble him: and he shall come with a great multitude to destroy and slay many.
45 Naye ataisimamisha hema ya makao yake ya kifalme kati ya bahari na milima ya uzuri wa utakatifu. Ataufikia mwisho wake, na hapatakuwa na msaidizi wa kumsadia.
And he shall fix his tabernacle Apadno between the seas, upon a glorious and holy mountain: and he shall come even to the top thereof, and none shall help him.
