Danieli 7
1 Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Belshaza mfalme wa Babelli, Danieli alikuwa na ndoto na maono katika akili zake wakati alipokuwa amelala kitandani kwake. Kisha akayaandika yale aliyoyaona katika ndoto. Aliandika matukio ya muhimu sana:
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream; he told the sum of the matters.
2 Danieli alieleza, “Usiku katika ndoto zangu niliona pepo nne za mbinguni zilikuwa zinaitikisa bahari kuu.
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.
3 Wanyama wakubwa wanne, kila mmoja alikuwa tofauti na mwenzake, walitoka katika bahari.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.
4 Mnyama wa kwanza alikuwa kama simba, lakini alikuwa na mabawa ya tai. Nilipokuwa natazama, mabawa yake yalikuwa yamepasuka na alikuwa ameinuliwa katika ardhi na alikuwa amesimama kwa miguu miwili kama mtu. Na alipewa akili za kibinadamu.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked; and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 Na kulikuwa na mnyama wa pili, alikuwa kama dubu, na alikuwa ameinama, alikuwa na mbavu tatu katikati ya meno yake katika mdomo wake. Aliambiwa, 'Inuka na umeze watu wangi.'
And behold, another beast, a second, like unto a bear, and it raised up itself on one side; and [it had] three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they said thus unto it: Arise, devour much flesh.
6 Baada ya hili, niliangalia tena. Kulikuwa na mnyama mwingine ambaye alionekana kama chui. Mgongoni mwake alikuwa na mabawa manne kama mabawa ya ndege, na alikuwa na vichwa vinne. Alipewa mamlaka ya kutawala.
After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 Baada haya, niliona usiku katika ndoto yangu mnyama wa nne, mwenye kuogofya, na kutisha na mwenye nguvu. Alikuwa na meno makubwa ya chuma; aliteketeza, na kuvunja vunja katika vipande, na kusaga saga katika miguuni pake kile kilichosalia. Alikuwa ni wa tofauti na wanyama wengine, na alikuwa na pembe kumi.
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceeding strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 Na wakati nilipokuwa natafakari juu ya pembe, nilitazama na niliona pembe nyingine ndogo ilichipuka katikati ya pembe zingine. Mizizi ya pembe tatu kati ya pembe za mwanzo iling'olewa. Niliona katika pembe hii macho kama macho ya mtu na mdomo ambao ulikuwa ukijivuna kwa mambo makubwa.
I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another, a little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 Na nilipotazama, viti vya enzi vilikuwa vimewekwa, na Mtu wa siku za kale alikaa sehemu yake. Mavazi yake yalikuwa meupe kama theruji, na nywele zake katika kichwa chake zilikuwa safi kama sufu. Kiti chake cha enzi kilikuwa na miali ya moto, na magurudumu yake yalikuwa yanawaka moto.
I beheld till thrones were set, and the Ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, [and] its wheels burning fire.
10 Mto wa moto ulitiririka kutoka mbele yake, na mamilioni ya watu walimtumikia, na wengine mia moja milioni walikuwa wamesimama mbele yake. Na mahakama iliitishwa, na vitabu vilifunguliwa.
A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 Niliendelea kuangalia kwasababu ya maneno ya kiburi yaliyosemwa na pembe. Nilitazama wakati mnyama anauliwa, na mwili wake uliharibiwa, na ulitolewa kwa ajili ya kuchomwa moto.
I beheld therefore, because of the voice of the great words that the horn spoke; I beheld till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given up to be burned with fire.
12 Na kwa wale wanyama wanne waliosalia, mamlaka yao yalitwaliwa mbali, lakini maisha yao yaliendelezea kwa kipindi fulani cha muda.
As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 Katika maono yangu usiku ule, nilimwona mtu mmoja anakuja katika mawingu ya mbinguni alikuwa kama mwana wa mtu; alikuja kwa Mzee wa Siku na aliletwa mbele zake.
I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven [one] like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 Naye alipewa mamlaka ya kiutawala na utukufu na mamlaka ya kifalme ili kwamba watu wote, na mataifa na lugha ziweze kumtumikia yeye. Mamlaka yake ya kutawala ni mamlaka ya milele ambayo hayatapita, na ufalme wake ni ule ambao hautaangamizwa.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.
15 Na kwangu mimi, Danieli, roho yangu ilihuzunishwa ndani yangu, na maono niliyoyaona katika akili zangu yalinisumbua.
As for me Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 Nilimsogelea mmoja wa hawa walikuwa wamesimama hapo na nikamwomba anioneshe maana ya mambo haya.
I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:
17 Hawa wanyama nne wakubwa ni wafalme wanne ambao watatoa katika nchi.
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, [that] shall arise out of the earth.
18 Lakini watu watakatifu wa Mungu aliyejuu wataupokea ufalme na wataumiliki milele na milele.'
But the saints of the most high [places] shall receive the kingdom, and they shall possess the kingdom for ever, even to the ages of ages.
19 Ndipo nilipotaka kujua zaidi juu ya mnyama wa nne, ambaye alikuwa tofauti sana na wengine na alikuwa wa kutisha pamoja na meno yake ya chuma na makucha ya shaba; alimeza, na alivunja vipande vipande, na alisaga saga kwa miguu yake kile kilichokuwa kimesalia.
Then I desired to know the certainty concerning the fourth beast, which was different from them all, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet;
20 Nilitaka kujua juu ya pembe kumi katika kichwa chake, na kuhusu pembe nyingine iliyochomoza, na ambayo mbele yake pembe zingine tatu zilianguka chini. Nilitaka kujua kuhusu pembe yenye macho na kuhusu mdomo uliokuwa unajisifu kwa mambo makubwa na ambayo ilionekana kuwa ni kubwa kuliko zingine.
and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.
21 Na nilipotazama, pembe hii iliinua vita dhidi ya watu watakatifu na ilikuwa inawawashinda mpaka pale
I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them;
22 Mzee wa Siku alipokuja, na watu watakatifu wa Mungu Aliye Juu Sana. Ndipo wakati ulipowadia ambapo watu watakatifu waliupokea ufalme.
until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most high [places]; and the appointed time arrived, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Hiki ndicho mtu yule alichokisema, 'Kwa habari ya mnyama wanne, utakuwa ni ufalme wa nne juu ya dunia ambao utakuwa tofauti na falme zingine zote. Utaimeza dunia yote, na utaikanyaga yote chini na kuivunja vunja vipande vipande.
He said thus: The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 Na kuhusu pembe kumi, kutoka katika ufalme huu, wafalme kumi watainuka, na mwingine atainuka baada yao. Atakuwa wa tofauti na wale waliomtangulia, na atawashinda wale wafalme watatu.
And as to the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall arise ten kings; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be different from the former, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 Atazungumza maneno kinyume cha Yeye Aliye Juu sana na atawatesa watu watakatifu wa Mungu Aliye Juu. Atajaribu kuzibadili sikukuu na sheria. Mambo haya atapewa mikononi mwake kwa mwaka mmoja, miaka miwili na nusu mwaka.
And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high [places], and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time.
26 Lakini kikao cha mahakama kitaitishwa, na watazichukua nguvu zake za kifalme ili mwisho aweza kuharibiwa na kuteketezwa.
And the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
27 Ufalme na utawala, ukubwa wa falme chini ya mbingu yote, watapewa watu walio wa watu watakatifu wa Yeye Aliye juu Sana. Ufalme wake ni ufalme wa milele, na falme zingine zote zitamtumikia na kumtii yeye.'
But the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heavens, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high [places]. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Na huu ndio mwisho wa mambo. Na kuhusu mimi, Danieli, mawazo yangu yanihuzunisha sana mimi na mwonekano wa uso wangu ulibadilika. Lakini mambo haya niliyahifadhi mimi mwenyewe.”
So far is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.
