Danyela

12 “Hlangana nesikhatheso uMikhayeli,+ ikosana ekulu+ ejamela abantu bekhenu, uzokusikima. Kuzokuba nesikhathi sesizi esingazange khesibe khona soloko kwaba nesitjhaba bekube sikhatheso. Godu hlangana nesikhatheso abantu bekhenu bazokuphunyurha,+ boke labo abafunyanwe batloliwe encwadini.+ 2 Abanengi balabo abalele ethulini lephasi bazokuvuka, abanye bavukele ekuphileni okungapheliko kuthi abanye bavukele ehlazweni elingapheliko.

3 “Labo abanelemuko bazokuphazimula njengomkayi begodu labo abaletha abanengi ekulungeni bazokumeruza njengeenkwekwezi bekube ngokungapheliko.

4 “Wena-ke Danyela, yenza amezwi la abe yifihlo begodu uvale incwadi le bekube sikhathi sokuphela.+ Abanengi bazokwehla banyuka* begodu ilwazi leqiniso lizokuba yinala.”+

5 Nje-ke mina Danyela, ngaqala, ngabona abanye ababili bajame lapho, bajame magega nomlanjana, omunye ngakileli ihlangothi omunye ngakwelinye.+ 6 Omunye wabo wathi endodeni embethe ilineni+ ebeyingehla kwamanzi womlanjana: “Kuzokuthatha isikhathi esingangani bona kufike isiphetho sezinto ezikarisakwezi?” 7 Yeke ngezwa indoda embethe ilineni ebeyingehla kwamanzi womlanjana ifunga ngoZimu ophila bekube nini nanini+ njengombana iphakamisela isandla sayo sokudla nesesincele ezulwini ithi: “Kuzokuba ngokwesikhathi esibekiweko, iinkhathi ezibekiweko nengcenye yesikhathi.* Msinyana ngemva kobana ukuphulwa kwamandla wabantu abacwengileko kufika esiphethweni,+ zoke izintwezi zizokufika esiphethweni sazo.”

8 Ngokuphathele nami, ngezwa kodwana bengingakghoni ukuzwisisa+ yeke ngathi: “Maye! Kosami, uzokuba yini umphumela wezintwezi?”

9 Nje-ke wathi: “Khamba Danyela ngombana amezwi la kufuze ahlale ayifihlo begodu avaliwe bekube sikhathi sokuphela.+ 10 Abanengi bazozihlwengisa bazenze babe mhlophe begodu bazokucwengisiswa.+ Abambi bazokwenza okumbi begodu abekho abambi abazokuzwisisa kodwana labo abanelemuko bazokuzwisisa.+

11 “Godu kusukela ngesikhathi ekususwe ngaso umnikelo owenziwa qobe+ begodu into enyenyisako ebangela ukutjhabalala ihlonyiwe,+ kuzokuba malanga ayi-1 290.

12 “Uyathaba ohlala alinde ngetjisakalo begodu ofika emalangeni ayi-1 335!

13 “Kodwana wena, raga bekube sekupheleni. Uzokuphumula kodwana uzokusikima bona ufumane isabelo sakho ekupheleni kwamalanga.”+