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UDaniyeli usemgodini wezilwane
6Kwaba kuhle kuDariyusi ukubeka phezu kombusoa iziphathamandlab ezilikhulu lamatshumi amabilic, ukuthi zibe phezu kombuso wonke, 2 laphezu kwazo ababonisi abathathud, uDaniyeli aba ngowokuqala kuboe; ukuthi leziziphathamandla zilandise kubof, njalo inkosi ingabi lomonakalo. 3 Lapho uDaniyeli lo wenza ngconog kulababonisih leziphathamandlai, ngoba umoya owedlulisileyo wawukuyej. Njalo inkosi yacabanga ukumbeka phezu kombuso wonkek.
4 Lapho ababonisil leziphathamandlam badinga ukuthola ithuba bemelene loDaniyeli mayelana lombuson; kodwa bengelakho ukuthola ithuba kumbe insoloo; ngoba wayethembekilep, futhi kungelampambanisoq kumbe insolor okwatholakala kuye. 5 Lapho lawomadoda athi: Kasiyikuthola thuba ngaye lo uDaniyeli ngaphandle kokuthi silithole limelene laye emlayweni kaNkulunkulu wakhes. 6 Lapho labobabonisit leziphathamandlau babuthana ndawonye enkosini, batsho kanje kuyo: Dariyusi nkosi, phila kuze kube ninininiv! 7 Bonke ababonisi bombusow, izindunax, leziphathamandlay, abelulekiz, lababusia bacebisa ukumisa umthetho wesikhosini, lokwenza isimiso esiqinileyo, ukuthi loba ngubani ozacela isicelo lakuwuphi unkulunkulu loba umuntu phakathi kwezinsuku ezingamatshumi amathathu ngaphandle kuwe, nkosi, uzaphoselwa ebhalwini lwezilwaneb. 8 Khathesi, nkosi, misa umlayo uphawule umbhalo, ukuthi ungaguqulwa, njengokomthethoc wamaMede lamaPerisiyad, ongadluliyoe. 9 Ngakho inkosi uDariyusi yaphawula umbhalo lesimisof.
10 Kwathi lapho uDaniyeli asesazi ukuthi umbhalo uphawuliwe, wangena endlini yakhe; njalo amawindi ekamelo lakheg eliphezulu elikhangele eJerusalemah evulekilei; waguqa ngamadolo akhej izikhathi ezintathu ngosukuk, wakhuleka, wapha izibongo phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhel, njengokwenza kwakhe mandulo kwalokhum. 11 Lapho la amadoda abuthana, athola uDaniyeli ekhuleka encenga phambi kukaNkulunkulu wakhe. 12 Lapho asondelan, akhuluma phambi kwenkosi mayelana lesimiso senkosi athi: Kawuphawulanga isimiso yini, sokuthi wonke umuntu ocela lakuwuphi unkulunkulu loba umuntu phakathi kwezinsuku ezingamatshumi amathathuo ngaphandle kuwe, nkosip, uzaphoselwa ebhalwini lwezilwane? Inkosi yaphendula yathi: Linto iliqiniso, ngokomthetho wamaMede lamaPerisiyaq ongadluliyor. 13 Lapho aphendula athi phambi kwenkosi: UDaniyeli ongowabantwana bokuthunjwa bakoJudast kakunanziu, nkosi, lesimiso osiphawulileyo, kodwa uyakhuleka isicelo sakhe izikhathi ezintathu ngosuku. 14 Kwathi lapho inkosi isizwile lelilizwi, yazizondela kakhuluv, yabeka ingqondo kuDaniyeli ukumkhulula; yebo, yalwisa laze latshona ilanga ukumophula. 15 Lapho abuthana enkosini lawomadoda, athi enkosini: Yazi, nkosi, ukuthi umthetho wamaMede lamaPerisiyaw uthi: Kakulasimiso kumbe umthetho inkosi eyawumisayo ongaguqulwa. 16 Lapho inkosi yalaya, bamletha uDaniyeli, bamphosela ebhalwini lwezilwane. Inkosi yaphendula yathi kuDaniyeli: UNkulunkulu wakho, omkhonzayo njalonjalo, kungathi angakukhululax! 17 Kwasekulethwa ilitshe, labekwa phezu komlomo wobhaluy; inkosi yasilinamekaz ngendandatho elophawu lwayoa, langendandatho elophawu lwamakhosi ayob, ukuze kungaguqulwa ulutho mayelana loDaniyeli.
18 Lapho inkosi yaya esigodlweni sayo, yachitha ubusuku izila ukudla; lamachacho kawalethwanga phambi kwayoc; lobuthongo bayibalekelad. 19 Lapho inkosi yavuka emadabukakusae, yaya ngokuphangisa ebhalwini lwezilwanef. 20 Yathi isisondele ebhalwini, yamemeza ngelizwi lokulila kuDaniyeli; inkosi yaphendula yathi kuDaniyeli: Daniyeli, nceku kaNkulunkulu ophilayog, uNkulunkulu wakhoh omkhonzayo njalonjaloi, ulakho ukukukhulula yini ezilwaneni? 21 Lapho uDaniyeli wathi enkosini: Nkosi, phila kuze kube ninininij! 22 UNkulunkulu wami uthumile ingilosi yakhek, yavala imilomo yezilwane, okokuthi kazingilimazangal, ngoba phambi kwakhe ukungabi lecala kutholakale kimim; njalo phambi kwakho, nkosi, kangenzanga bubi. 23 Lapho inkosi yamthokozela kakhulu, yalaya ukukhuphula uDaniyeli ebhalwini. UDaniyeli wasekhutshulwa ebhalwini, kakwatholwa kulimala kuyen, ngoba ekholwe kuNkulunkulu wakheo.
24 Inkosi yasilaya, kwasekulethwa lawomadodap ayehlebe uDaniyeliq, bawaphosela ebhalwini lwezilwane, wona, abantwana bawo, labomkawor; kwathi bengakafiki phansi ebhalwini, izilwane zazibusa phezu kwabo, zachoboza wonke amathambo abo.
25 Lapho inkosi uDariyusi yabalela bonke abantu, izizwe, lezindimis, ezihlezi emhlabeni wonket, yathi: Kakwandiswe ukuthula kwenuu. 26 Umlayo wenziwa yimiv, ukuthi kukho konke ukubuswa kombuso wami bathuthumelew besabex phambi kukaNkulunkulu kaDaniyeli; ngoba enguNkulunkulu ophilayoyz, lomi kuze kube nininini, lombuso wakhea ngongayikuchithwab, lokubusa kwakhe kuzakuba khona kuze kube sekuphelenic. 27 Uyakhulula, ophule, enze izibonakaliso lezimangaliso emazulwini lemhlabenid, osekhulule uDaniyeli emandleni ezilwanee. 28 Ngakho uDaniyeli lo waphumelela embusweni kaDariyusif, lembuswenig kaKoresi umPerisiyah.
a 4.2.
b 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
c Esta 1.1.
d 5.7.
e 6.3,4,6,7.
f 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
g Esta 2.9; Joha. 1.15,27,30; Roma 12.10.
h 6.3,4,6,7.
i 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
j 5.12.
k Gen. 41.40; Esta 10.3.
l 6.3,4,6,7.
m 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
n Tshu. 4.4.
o 2.9.
p 2.40.
q 3.29.
r 2.9.
s 6.7,12; 2.11.
t 6.3,4,6,7.
u 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
v 6.21; 2.4.
w 6.21; 2.4.
x 2.48.
y 6.2-4; 6.6,7; 3.2.
z 3.24.
a Ezra 5.14.
b 6.7,12; 2.11.
c Esta 1.19; 8.8; Dan. 6.12,15; Esta 2.1.
d 6.12,15; 5.28; 8.20; Esta 1.3,14,18,19; Dan. 6.28.
e Esta 1.19; 8.8; Dan. 6.12,15; Esta 2.1.
f 2.12.
g 2 Sam. 18.33; 1 Kho. 17.19,23.
h 1 Kho. 8.44,48; Hlab. 5.7; 28.2; 138.2; Jona 2.4.
i Hez. 40.16.
j Hlab. 95.6.
k Hlab. 55.17.
l 2.23.
m 2.23.
n 3.8.
o 6.7.
p 6.5.
q 6.8.
r 6.8.
s 1.6.
t 2.25.
u 3.12.
v Mark. 6.26.
w 6.8.
x 6.20; Seb. 27.23.
y Lilo 3.53.
z Mat. 27.66; Isam. 20.3; Jer. 32.10.
a Esta 3.12.
b 5.1.
c Zaga 25.20.
d Esta 6.1; Dan. 2.1.
e Zaga 4.18.
f 2.25.
g 6.26.
h 3.15.
i 6.20; Seb. 27.23.
j 6.6.
k 3.28.
l Heb. 11.33; Hlab. 22.21; 57.4.
m 2.40.
n 3.25.
o Heb. 11.33.
p Dute. 19.19.
q 3.8.
r Esta 9.10.
s 4.1.
t 4.1.
u 4.1.
v 3.29.
w 5.19; Hlab. 99.1.
x 5.19; Hlab. 99.1.
y 4.34; Ruthe 1.16; Ezra 1.3.
z 6.20; Hlab. 42.2.
a Hlab. 10.16; 2.44.
b Hlab. 10.16; 2.44.
c 7.26.
d 4.2.
e 3.29.
f 3.30.
g 1.21.
h Ezra 1.1,2; 4.5; 6.14; 10.1; 2 Lan. 36.20; 5.28; Dan. 6.8.