Dan 12 | NdeIBE | STEP | “Ngalesosikhathi uMikhayeli, umbusi omkhulu olinda abantu bakini, uzavela. Kuzakuba khona isikhathi sokuhlukumezeka okungazange kube khona kulokhu kwadabuka izizwe kuze kube yiso. Kodwa kulesosikhathi abantu bakini – bonke labo abalamabizo azafunyanwa elotshiwe encwadini

Daniel 12

Ukucina kwesikhathi

1 “Ngalesosikhathi uMikhayeli, umbusi omkhulu olinda abantu bakini, uzavela. Kuzakuba khona isikhathi sokuhlukumezeka okungazange kube khona kulokhu kwadabuka izizwe kuze kube yiso. Kodwa kulesosikhathi abantu bakini – bonke labo abalamabizo azafunyanwa elotshiwe encwadini – bazahlengwa.

2 Izixuku lezixuku zabaleleyo othulini lomhlaba bazavuka; abanye baye ekuphileni okungapheliyo, abanye baye ehlazweni lokunengeka okungapheliyo. 3 Labo abahlakaniphileyo bazakhazimula njengokubenyezela kwamazulu, lalabo abaholela abanengi ekulungeni, bazakhazimula njengezinkanyezi okwanini lanini. 4 Kodwa wena Danyeli, vala unameke amazwi omgoqwancwadi kuze kube yisikhathi sokucina. Abanengi bazakuya lapha lale ukwandisa ulwazi.”

5 Kwathi mina, Danyeli, ngakhangela, ngabona khonapho phambi kwami kumi abanye ababili, omunye ngakuleli ikhumbi lomfula lomunye ngakuleliyana ikhumbi. 6 Omunye wabo wathi emuntwini owayegqoke ilineni owayengaphezulu kwamanzi omfula, “Kuzakuba yisikhathi esinganani zingakenzakali izinto lezi eziyisimanga na?”

7 Indoda eyayigqoke ilineni, eyayiphezulu kwamanzi omfula yaphakamisela isandla sayo sokunene lesandla sayo sokhohlo ezulwini, ngayizwa ifunga ngaye ohleziyo laphakade, isithi, “Kuzakuba ngokwesikhathi, izikhathi lengxenye yesikhathi. Lapho amandla abantu abangcwele eseze afohlozwa, zonke lezi izinto zizapheleliswa.”

8 Ngezwa, kodwa kangizwisisanga. Yikho ngabuza ngathi, “Nkosi yami, pho sizaba yini isiphetho sakho konke lokhu na?”

9 Waphendula wathi, “Zihambele, Danyeli, ngokuba amazwi asevaliwe ananyekwa kuze kube sekucineni kwesikhathi. 10 Abanengi bazahlanjululwa, bangabi latshatha njalo bacolisiswe, kodwa abagangileyo bazaqhubeka begangile. Kakho kwababi ozazwisisa, kodwa labo abahlakaniphileyo bazazwisisa.

11 “Kusukela ngesikhathi kusaliswa umhlatshelo wansuku zonke sekumiswe amanyala abanga incithakalo kuzakuba lezinsuku eziyi 1,290. 12 Ubusisiwe lowo okulindelayo njalo akufice ukucina kwezinsuku eziyi 1,335.

13 “Kodwa wena, zihambele nje kuze kube sekucineni. Uzaphumula, bese kusithi ekucineni kwezinsuku uzavuka ukuba wamukele elakho ilifa olabelweyo.”