Iphupho likaNebhukadinezari

2Ngomnyaka wesibili wokubusa kukaNebhukadinezaria, uNebhukadinezari waphupha amaphupho; umoya wakhe wasukhathazekab, lobuthongo bakhe basuka kuyec. 2 Inkosi yasisithi kubizwed izanusee lezangomaf labavumisayog lamaKhaladiyah, ukuze batshengise inkosi amaphupho ayo. Beza-ke, bema phambi kwenkosii. 3 Inkosi yasisithi kubo: Ngiphuphe iphupho; umoya wami wasukhathazekaj ukulazi iphupho. 4 AmaKhaladiya asekhuluma enkosini ngesiAramuk: Nkosi, phila kuze kube nininini! Tshela inceku zakho iphupho, thina sizatshengisa ingcazelol. 5 Inkosi yaphendula yathi kumaKhaladiyam: Into isisukile kimi; uba lingayikungazisa iphupho lengcazelo yalo, lizakwenziwa iziqan, lezindlu zenu zenziwe inqumbi yomqubaop. 6 Kodwa uba litshengisa iphupho lengcazelo yaloq, lizakwemukela kimi iziphor lomvuzo lodumo olukhulu. Ngakho ngitshengisani iphupho lengcazelo yalos. 7 Baphendula okwesibili bathi: Inkosi kayitshele inceku zayo iphupho, thina sizabonisa ingcazelo yalo. 8 Inkosi yaphendula yathi: Mina ngiyazi isibili ukuthi lithenga isikhathit, ngoba liyabona ukuthi into isukile kimiu. 9 Kodwa uba lingangazisi iphupho, kulesimiso esisodwa nganiv; ngoba livumelene ukukhuluma ilizwi lamangaw elikhohlakeleyo phambi kwamix, kuze kuguquke isikhathiy. Ngakho ngitshelani iphuphoz, besengisazi ukuthi lingangitshela ingcazelo yalo.

10 AmaKhaladiya aphendula phambi kwenkosia, athi: Kakulamuntu emhlabeni olakho ukutshengisa udaba lwenkosi; ngakho kayikho inkosib enkulu kumbe umbusi owake wabuza into enje kuloba yisiphi isanusec kumbe isangomad kumbe umKhaladiyae. 11 Futhi kuyinto enzima inkosi eyibuzayo, njalo kakho omunye ongayibonisa phambi kwenkosi, ngaphandlef kwabonkulunkulug, okuhlala kwabo kakukho kwabasenyameni. 12 Ngenxa yalokhu inkosi yaba lolaka yathukuthela kakhuluh, yalaya ukuthi kubhujiswe bonke abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhilonii. 13 Kwasekuphuma isimiso, ukuthi abahlakaniphileyoj babulawe; basebedinga uDaniyeli labangane bakhe ukuthi babulawek.

14 Lapho uDaniyeli wabuyisela icebo lokuqonda kuAriyokil induna yabalindi benkosi, owayephumele ukubulala abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhilonim. 15 Waphendula wathi kuAriyoki induna yenkosi: Kungani isimiso singesesiphangiphangi esivela enkosinin? Lapho uAriyoki wamazisa uDaniyeli indaba. 16 UDaniyeli wasengena, wacela enkosini ukuthi imnike isikhathi sokuthi ayitshengise inkosi ingcazelo. 17 UDaniyeli wasesiya endlini yakhe, wabazisa oHananiya, uMishayeli, loAzariya, abangane bakheo, loludaba; 18 ukuze bacele izihawup kuNkulunkulu wezuluq ngalimfihlakalor; ukuze bangabhubhi oDaniyeli labangane bakhe kanye labanye abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhilonis.

19 Lapho imfihlakalo yembulelwa uDaniyelit embonweni wobusukuu. UDaniyeli wasemdumisav uNkulunkulu wamazuluw. 20 UDaniyeli waphendula wathi: Kalidunyiswe ibizo likaNkulunkulu kusukela phakade kuze kube phakadex, ngoba inhlakanipho lamandla kungokwakhey. 21 Ngoba uyaguqulaz izikhathi lezikhathi ezimisiweyoa, uyasusa amakhosibc, amise amakhosid, upha inhlakanipho kwabahlakaniphileyoe, lolwazi kulabo abazi ukuqedisisa. 22 Uyembula okujulileyo lokufihlakeleyof, uyakwazi okusemnyamenig, lokukhanya kuhlala kanye layeh. 23 Ngiyakubonga ngikudumisei, wena Nkulunkulu wabobabaj, ongiphe inhlakanipho lamandlak, ongazise khathesi lokho esikucelileyo kuwel, ngoba usazisile udaba lwenkosi.

24 Ngakho uDaniyeli wangenam kuAriyokin, inkosi eyayimmisele ukuthi abhubhiseo abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhilonip; wahamba, wakhuluma kanje kuye: Ungabhubhisi abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhiloni; ngingenisa phambi kwenkosi, mina ngizayitshengisa inkosi ingcazelo. 25 Lapho uAriyoki wangenisa uDaniyeli phambi kwenkosi ngokuphangisaq, watsho njalo kuyo: Ngithole indoda kwabathunjiweyo bakoJuda, ezakwazisa inkosi ingcazelo. 26 Inkosi yaphendula yathi kuDaniyeli, obizo lakhe lalinguBeliteshazarir: Ulakho yini ukungazisa iphupho engilibonileyos, lengcazelo yalo? 27 UDaniyeli waphendula phambi kwenkosi, wathi: Imfihlakalo inkosi eyibuzayot, abahlakaniphileyou, izangomav, izanusew, abalumbix bangeyibonisey inkosi. 28 Kodwa ukhona uNkulunkulu emazulwiniz owembula izimfihlakaloa, uyitshengisile inkosi uNebhukadinezari okuzakwenzeka ekucineni kwezinsukub; iphupho lakho lemibono yekhanda lakho embhedeni wakho yilokhuc: 29 Wena, nkosi, usembhedeni wakho kwavela imicabango yakho ngalokhu okuzakwenzeka emva kwalokhu; lalowo owembula izimfihlakalo ukwazisile wena lokho okuzakwenzekad. 30 Mayelana lami, limfihlakalo yembulwa kimi hatshi ngenxa yenhlakanipho ephakathi kwamie okwedlula bonke abaphilayo, kodwa ukuthi kwaziswe ingcazelo enkosini, lokuthi wazi imicabango yenhliziyo yakho.

31 Wena nkosi, wabona, khangela-ke, isithombe esikhulu. Lesisithombe esikhulu, okukhazimula kwaso kwakusedlulisa, sema phambi kwakho; lesimo saso sasisesabekaf. 32 Ikhanda lalesisithombe lalingelegolide elihle, isifuba saso lengalo zaso kwakungokwesiliva, isisu saso lamathangazi aso kwakungokwethusig, 33 imilenze yaso yayingeyensimbi, inyawo zaso ingxenye yayingeyensimbi lengxenye yayingeyebumba. 34 Wasubona kwaze kwasikwa ilitshe kungengezandla, elatshaya isithombe ezinyaweni zaso ezensimbi lebumbah, lazichobozai. 35 Kwasekuchotshozwa ndawonye insimbi, ibumba, ithusi, isiliva, legolide, kwaba njengamakhoba amabala okubhulela ehloboj, lomoya wakususa, akwaze kwatholelwa ndawok. Njalo ilitshe elatshaya isithombe laba yintaba enkulul, lagcwalisa umhlaba wonkem.

36 Yilo lelo iphupho; sesizakutsho ingcazelo yalo phambi kwenkosi. 37 Wena, nkosi, uyinkosi yamakhosin, ngoba uNkulunkulu wamazuluop ukunikile umbusoq, amandlar, lokuqinas, lodumot. 38 Njalo loba kungaphi lapho abantwana babantu abahlezi khona, izinyamazana zeganga lezinyoni zamazulu uzinikele esandleni sakhou, wakwenza waba ngumbusi phezu kwazo zonke. Wena uyilelikhanda legolidev. 39 Langemva kwakho kuzavela omunye umbusow omncinyane kulowakhox, lomunye owesithathu umbusoy wethusiz, ozabusa emhlabeni wonke. 40 Lombuso wesine uzaqina njengensimbia; ngoba njengoba insimbib ichoboza yehlisele phansi konkec, njalo njengensimbi echoboza konke lokhu, ngokunjalo uzachoboza wephuled. 41 Njalo njengoba wabona izinyawo lamazwanee, kuyingxenye yebumba lombumbi lengxenye yensimbi, umbuso uzadatshulwa phakathi. Kodwa kuzakuba kuwo okwamandla ensimbif, njengoba wabonag insimbi ihlanganiswe lebumba eliludakah. 42 Njengoba amazwane enyawo ayelengxenye yensimbi lengxenye yebumba; umbuso uzakuba lamandla nganxanye, wephuke lula nganxanye. 43 Njalo njengoba wabona insimbi ihlanganiswe lebumba eliludakai, bazazihlanganisa lenzalo yabantuj, kodwa kabayikunamathelana, njengoba insimbi ingahlanganiswa lebumbak. 44 Langensuku zalamakhosi uNkulunkulu wamazulul uzamisa umbusomn, ongayikuchithwao kuze kube phakade; lombuso kawuyikutshiyelwa abanye abantu; uzachobozap uqedeq yonke limibusor, wona-ke uzakuma kuze kube phakades. 45 Ngenxa yokuthit wabonau ukuthi ilitshe liqetshulwa entabeniv, kungengezandla, lokuthi lachoboza insimbi, ithusi, ibumba, isiliva, legolide; uNkulunkulu omkhuluw uyazisile inkosi okuzakwenzeka emva kwalokhu; iphupho liqinisekile, lengcazelo yalo ithembekile.

46 Lapho inkosi uNebhukadinezari yathi mbo ngobuso bayox, yakhuleka kuDaniyeliyz, yathi kuthululelwe kuye umnikeloa lezimpephab. 47 Inkosi yamphendula uDaniyeli, yathi: Kuliqiniso ukuthi uNkulunkulu wenu unguNkulunkulu wabonkulunkuluc, leNkosi yamakhosid, lomambuli wezimfihlakaloe, ngoba ubelakho ukwembula limfihlakalo. 48 Inkosi yasimenza uDaniyeli waba ngomkhulu, yamupha izipho ezinkulu ezinengif, yamenza waba ngumbusi phezu kwesabelo sonke seBhabhilonig, lendunah yababusi phezu kwaboi bonke abahlakaniphileyo beBhabhilonij. 49 UDaniyeli wasecela enkosini, njalo yamisak oShadraki, uMeshaki loAbedinegol phezu komsebenzi wesabelo seBhabhilonim; kodwa uDaniyeli waba sesangweni lenkosino.