November 21, 2011 Ukufunda

The Book of the Prophet Daniel 1:1 – 6, 8 – 20

1:1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bukaYehoyakim ukumkani wakwaYuda, UNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli weza eYerusalem, wayingqinga.
1:2 UYehova wamnikela esandleni sakhe uYehoyakim ukumkani wakwaYuda, nenxalenye yempahla yendlu kaThixo. Wabafudusela ezweni laseShinare, endlwini yothixo wakhe, iimpahla ezo wazingenisa endlwini yobuncwane bothixo wakhe.
1:3 Ukumkani waxelela uAshpenazi, intloko yamathenwa, ukuba izise koonyana bakaSirayeli, nenxalenye yembewu yokumkani neyezikumkani:
1:4 abafana, ekungekho siphako kuye, obekekileyo ngembonakalo, yaye ufezwa ngabo bonke ubulumko, ulumkile ngolwazi, kwaye ufunde kakuhle, ngubani na onokuma ebhotweni lokumkani, ukuze abafundise iincwadi nolwimi lwamaKaledi.
1:5 Ukumkani wabamisela umxhesho wemini ngangemini yayo, ekudleni kwakhe nasewayinini yakhe abeyisele yena, lo nto, emva kokondliwa iminyaka emithathu, zaziya kuma phambi kokumkani.
1:6 Ngoku, phakathi koonyana bakaYuda, kwakukho uDaniyeli, uHananiya, UMishayeli, noAzariya.
1:8 Kodwa uDaniyeli wagqiba entliziyweni yakhe ukuba angazingcolisi ngokutya kokumkani, engaselanga nangewayini, wacela kumthetheli-mathenwa ukuba angàdyobheki.
1:9 Ngoko ke uThixo wamenzela inceba nenceba uDaniyeli phambi komthetheli-mathenwa.
1:10 Wathi umthetheli-mathenwa kuDaniyeli, Ndiyayoyika inkosi yam ukumkani, onimisele ukutya nokusela, I-WHO, ukuba unokubona ukuba ubuso bakho buthathaka kunobolunye ulutsha olulingana nawe, ubuya kuyigweba intloko yam kukumkani.
1:11 Wathi uDaniyeli kuMalasar, umthetheli-mathenwa wammisa phezu koDaniyeli, uHananiya, UMishayeli, noAzariya,
1:12 “Ndicela usivavanye, abakhonzi bakho, iintsuku ezilishumi, sinikwe iingcambu ukuba sidle, sisele namanzi,
1:13 kwaye emva koko sijonge ubuso bethu, nobuso babantwana abadla ukudla kokumkani, wenze ke kubakhonzi bakho njengoko ubonayo.
1:14 Wathi akuweva la mazwi, wabalinga iintsuku ezilishumi.
1:15 Kodwa, emva kweentsuku ezilishumi, ubuso babo babonakala belungile, betyebile, ngaphezu kwabantwana bonke abadla ekudleni kokumkani.
1:16 Emva koko, UMalasar wazithabatha izabelo zabo newayini yabo ukuba basele, wabanika iingcambu.
1:17 Ukanti, kwaba bantwana, UThixo wanika ulwazi nomyalelo kuyo yonke incwadi, nobulumko, kodwa kuDaniyeli, kwanengqiqo yemibono yonke namaphupha.
1:18 Kwaye xa ixesha ligqityiwe, emveni koko wathi ukumkani maziziswe, umthetheli-mathenwa wabazisa phambi kwamehlo kaNebhukadenetsare.
1:19 Kwaye, ekuthetheni kokumkani nabo, akuzange kufumaneke mntu umkhulu njengoDaniyeli kulo lonke ihlabathi, uHananiya, UMishayeli, noAzariya; bema njalo ke phambi kokumkani.
1:20 nakuzo zonke iinkalo zobulumko nokuqonda, ukumkani wacebisana nabo ngayo, wabafumanisa belunge ngakumbi kalishumi kuzo zonke iimboni nabavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi behlanganiswe ndawonye, ababesebukumkanini bakhe bonke.