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| 1. | Ngomnyaka wesibili wokubusa kwakhe uNebukadinezari waphupha amaphupho, lomoya wakhe wakhathazeka wazewaswela ubuthongo. |
| 2. | Inkosi yasilaya ukuthi kubizwe izanuse lezangoma labathakathi lamaKhaladiya ukuze bayichasisele amaphupho ayo. Bangena-ke, bema phambi kwayo. |
| 3. | Yathi kibo: Ngiphuphile, lomoya wami ukhathazekile ukuze ulazi iphupho. |
| 4. | AmaKhaladiya athi enkosini ngesiSiriya: Nkosi, phila kuze kube nininini! Ake uzitshele inceku zakho iphupho, thina sizakutshela ingcazelo yalo. |
| 5. | Inkosi yathi kumaKhaladiya: Engikutshoyo nanku; uba lingangitsheli iphupho lengcazelo yalo, lizaqunywaqunywa iziqa, lezindlu zenu zenziwe yinqumbi yomquba. |
| 6. | Kodwa uba lingitshela iphupho lengcazelo yalo, ngizalinika izipho lomvuzo lodumo olukhulu. Ngakho-ke ngitshelani iphupho lengcazelo yalo. |
| 7. | Baphendula okwesibili bathi: inkosi ake itshele inceku zayo iphupho, lathi sizayitshela ingcazelo yalo. |
| 8. | Inkosi yaphendula yathi: Ngiyazi sibili ukuthi lizama ukuchitha isikhathi, ngoba liyabona ukuthi ilizwi lami liqinisile, |
| 9. | ukuthi uba lingangitsheli iphupho, isigwebo senu sinye nje. Livumelene ukukhuluma amanga lamazwi amabi phambi kwami kuze kudlule izikhathi. Ngakho-ke ngitshelani iphupho, lami ngizakwazi ukuthi sibili lingangitshela ingcazelo yalo. |
| 10. | AmaKhaladiya ayiphendula inkosi athi: Kakukho muntu emhlabeni ongayitshela inkosi lokho ekufunayo; ngoba kayikho inkosi enkulu lombusi olamandla owake wabuza into enje esanuseni lesangomeni lakumaKhaladiya. |
| 11. | Into inkosi eyibuzayo ilukhuni, kakho loyedwa ongayitshela inkosi ngaphandle kwabonkulunkulu abangahlali lenyama. |
| 12. | Ngenxa yalokho inkosi yazonda, yathukuthela kakhulu, yalaya ukuthi bonke abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni babulawe. |
| 13. | Kwasekuphuma isimemezelo sokuthi bonke abahlakaniphileyo kababulawe; basebedinga uDaniyeli labangane bakhe ukuze labo babulawe. |
| 14. | UDaniyeli wasehamba ngokunanzelela langokuqonda, waya kuAriyoki induna yabalindi benkosi owayephumile ukubulala abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni. |
| 15. | Wathi kuAriyoki induna yenkosi: Kungani sinzima kangaka isimemezelo senkosi? UAriyoki wasemtshela-ke uDaniyeli udaba. |
| 16. | UDaniyeli wasengena, wayicela inkosi ukuthi imnike isikhathi ukuze ayitshele ingcazelo yephupho. |
| 17. | UDaniyeli wasesiya endlini yakhe, wabatshela udaba oHananiya loMishayeli loAzariya abangane bakhe; |
| 18. | wabatshela ukuthi bacele isihawu sikaNkulunkulu ophezulu ngalimfihlakalo, ukuze uDaniyeli kanye labangane bakhe bangabhujiswa kanye labo bonke abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni. |
| 19. | Imfihlakalo yembulelwa uDaniyeli embonweni ebusuku. UDaniyeli wasembonga uNkulunkulu ophezulu. |
| 20. | UDaniyeli wathi: Kalibongwe ibizo likaNkulunkulu kuze kube nininini,, ngoba ukuhlakanipha konke lamandla wonke kungokwakhe. |
| 21. | Uyaphendula izikhathi lezibanga, uyakhupha amakhosi, abeke amakhosi, anike abahlakaniphileyo ukuhlakanipha, lokwazi kulabo abalokuqedisisa. |
| 22. | Uyembula okuzikileyo lokufihlakeleyo, uyakwazi okusemnyameni, lokukhanya kuhlala laye, |
| 23. | Ngiyakubonga ngikudumise, wena Nkulunkulu wabobaba, ngoba unginikile ukuhlakanipha lamandla, usungazisile lokho esikucelileyo kuwe, ngoba usitshengisile udaba lwenkosi. |
| 24. | UDaniyeli wasesiya kuAriyoki owayemiswe yinkosi ukuze abulale abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni, wathi kuye: Ungababulali abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni; ngisa phambi kwenkosi, mina ngizayitshela inkosi ingcazelo. |
| 25. | UAriyoki wasemusa uDaniyeli enkosini ngokuphangisa, wathi kuyo: Ngithole kwabathunjiweyo bakoJuda ongayitshela inkosi ingcazelo. |
| 26. | Inkosi yasisithi kuDaniyeli, obizo lakhe lalinguBeliteshazari: Wena ungangitshela yini iphupho engiliphuphileyo kanye lengcazelo yalo? |
| 27. | UDaniyeli wayiphendula inkosi wathi: Imfihlakalo inkosi eyibuzayo, abahlakaniphileyo lezangoma lezanuse labafunda inkanyezi bangeyichasisele inkosi; |
| 28. | kodwa ukhona uNkulunkulu ophezulu owembula izimfihlakalo, uyitshengisile inkosi uNebukadinezari okuzakwenzeka ensukwini zokucina. lphupho lakho lemibono eyafika engqondweni yakho ulethe embhedeni yile; |
| 29. | kuwe nkosi, usalele embhedeni kwafika imicabango yalokho okuzakwenzeka emva kwalokhu, lalowo owembula izimfihlakalo ukwazisile wena lokho okuzakwenzeka. |
| 30. | Mina-ke, kungeyisikho ukuthi ngihlakaniphile okwedlula bonke abaphilayo ngiyembulelwe limfihlakalo, kodwa ukuze ingcazelo itshengiswe wena nkosi, ukuze wazi imicabango yengqondo yakho. |
| 31. | Wena nkosi, wabona isithombe esikhulu. Isithombe lesi sasisikhulu, sikhazimula, sema phambi kwakho, lesimo saso sasisesabeka. |
| 32. | Ikhanda laso lalenziwe ngegolide elihle, isifuba saso lengalo zaso kwenziwe ngesiliva, isisu saso lamathangazi aso kwenziwe ngethusi, |
| 33. | imilenze yaso yenziwe ngensimbi, inyawo zaso zenziwe ngengxenye yensimbi lengxenye yebumba. |
| 34. | Wasubona ilitshe liqephuka entabeni, kodwa lingaqetshulwa muntu, latshaya inyawo zesithombe ezenziwe ngensimbi lebumba, lazichoboza. |
| 35. | Kwathi insimbi lebumba lethusi lesiliva legolide, konke kwaba yizicucu, kwafanana lomule lwesiza ehlobo. Kwaphetshulwa ngumoya, kwanyamalala, kakwaze kwasala lutho lwakho. Kodwa ilitshe elatshaya isithombe laba yintaba enkulu, lagcwalisa umhlaba wonke. |
| 36. | Yilo lelo iphupho; sesizayitshela inkosi ingcazelo yalo. |
| 37. | Wena-ke, nkosi, uyinkosi yamakhosi enikwe umbuso nguNkulunkulu ophezulu lamandla lodumo lobukhosi, |
| 38. | okunikelwe esandleni sakho endaweni zonke abantu lenyamazana zeganga lenyoni zaphezulu, wenziwa waba ngumbusi wazo zonke, wena ulikhanda elenziwe ngegolide. |
| 39. | Emva kwakho kuzavela omunye umbuso omncinyane kulowakho, kuvele lomunye owesithathu owethusi ozabusa umhlaba wonke. |
| 40. | Kuzakuba khona umbuso wesine oqinileyo njengensimbi; ngoba njengoba insimbi ichoboza ibulale zonke izinto lawo uzachoboza, ubulale yonke imibuso yakuqala! |
| 41. | Njengoba wabona inyawo lamazwane enziwe ngengxenye yebumba lombumbi lengxenye yensimbi, uzakuba ngumbuso odabukileyo phakathi. Kodwa ingxenye yawo izakwenziwa njengensimbi njengoba wabona insimbi ihlanganiswe lebumba elibuthakathaka. |
| 42. | Njengoba amazwane enyawo ayenziwe ngengxenye yensimbi lengxenye yebumba, ngakho-ke lowombuso uzakuba lamandla nganxanye, ube buthakathaka nganxanye. |
| 43. | Njengoba wabona insimbi ihlanganiswe lebumba elibuthakathaka, bazaxubana ngokuthathana; kodwa kabayikunamathelana njengoba insimbi ingahlangani lebumba. |
| 44. | Ensukwini zalawomakhosi uNkulunkulu ophezulu uzamisa umbuso ongayikuchithwa, lobukhosi bawo kabuyikuthathwa ngabanye abantu. Uzachoboza yonke limibuso, uyiqede, ume njalo kuze kube nininini, |
| 45. | njengoba wabona ilitshe liqephuka entabeni, lingaqetshulwa muntu, laphohloza insimbi lethusi lebumba lesiliva legolide. UNkulunkulu omkhulu uyazisile inkosi okuzakwenzeka emva kwalokho. lphupho liqinisile, lengcazelo yalo iliqiniso. |
| 46. | Inkosi uNebukadinezari yasisithi mbo ngobuso phansi, yakhuleka kuDaniyeli, yalaya ukuthi kunikelwe kuye umnikelo lempepha. |
| 47. | Inkosi yathi kuDaniyeli: Isibili uNkulunkulu wakho unguNkulunkulu wabonkulunkulu, leNkosi yamakhosi, lomambuli wezimfihlakalo, ngoba uyembule limfihlakalo. |
| 48. | Inkosi yasimnika uDaniyeli udumo olukhulu lezipho ezinengi ezinkulu, yambeka umbusi welizwe lonke iBhabhiloni lenduna enkulu yabo bonke abahlakaniphileyo baseBhabhiloni. |
| 49. | UDaniyeli wasecela enkosini ukubeka oShadraki loMeshaki loAbedinego babe ngabaphathi belizwe iBhabhiloni; kodwa yena uDaniyeli wahlala esigodlweni senkosi. |
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