Daniyeli

12 “Pa nthaweyo, an’dzabwera Migeli* nduna ikulu yomwe ikucita bzinthu kuti ithandize wanthu wako.* Ndipo pan’dzakhala na nthawe ya matsautso yomwe yakanati kucitika kale kuyambira pomwe mtundu wa wanthu udayamba mpaka pa nthaweyo. Pa nthawe imweyo wanthu wako an’dzapulumuka, wale omwe madzina yawo yadanembedwa m’bukhu. 2 Ndipo azinji omwe adafa* an’dzamuka. Winango an’dzatambira moyo wakusaya kumala, tsono winango an’dzapasidwa manyazi mpaka kale-kale.

3 “Wanthu wakuzindikira an’dzayetima ninga kudzulu, ndipo omwe akuthandiza wanthu azinji kukhala wakulungama an’dzayetima ninga nyenyezi mpaka kale-kale.

4 “Iwe Daniyeli, koya mafalaya mwacintsintsi ndipo ufunge bukhuli mpaka pa nthawe yakumalizira. Wanthu azinji an’dzayenda uku na uku* ndipo cidziwiso caico cin’dzawanda.”

5 Na tenepo, ine Daniyeli ndidawona pomwe anjo awiri omwe akhadaima. M’bodzi akhadaima ng’ambu ino ya mkulo ndipo munango akhadaima ng’ambu inango ya mkuloyo. 6 Ndipo m’bodzi wawo adauza munthu omwe akhadabvala cakubvala ca nguwo yabwino, omwe akhadaima padzaulu pa madzi ya mu mkuloyo kuti: “Kodi pan’dzapita nthawe itali tani kuti bzinthu bzakudabwisabzi bzifike kuphampha?” 7 Tenepo, ndidabva munthu omwe akhadabvala cakubvala ca nguwo yabwino, omwe akhadaima padzulu pa madzi ya mu mkuloyo, ndipo iye adadzusa manja yace m’dzaulu acilumbirira Ule omwe ambakhala na moyo mpaka kale-kale kuti: “In’dzapita nthawe ibodzi yakuikhidwiratu, nthawe ziwiri na metade ya nthawe.* Akadzandomaliza kuphwanya-phwanya mphanvu za anyakucena, bzinthu bzentsenebzi bzin’dzafika kuphampha.”

8 Tsono inepano ndidabva, koma ndiribe kubvesesa bzomwe adalewabzo, mwakuti ndidabvunza kuti: “Imwe mbuya wangu, kodi bzinthu bzimwebzi bzin’dzamala tani?”

9 Patsogolo pace iye adati: “Ndoko Daniyeli, pakuti mafalaya yan’funika kukoyedwa mwacintsintsi yacifungidwa mpaka pa nthawe yakumalizira. 10 Wanthu azinji an’dzabzisambika acibzicenesa ndipo an’dzayezedwa. Ndipo wanthu wakuipa an’dzacita bzinthu bzakuipa ndipo palibe munthu ali-wentse wakuipa omwe an’dzabvesesa, koma wale omwe mbakuzindikira an’dzabvesesa.

11 “Ndipo kucokera pa nthawe yomwe zin’dzacosedwa ntsembe zakuperekedwa nthawe zentse, ciciikhidwa cinthu cakunyantsa comwe cimbapfudza, zin’dzapita ntsiku zakukwana 1290.

12 “An’kondwa ngule omwe an’dikhirira mwakupirira* mpaka kuphampha kwa ntsiku 1335.

13 “Tsono iwepo khala wakulimba mpaka kuphampha. Iwepo un’dzapuma koma kuphampha kwa ntsikuzo un’dzamuka kuti utambire utaka bwako.”