Novemba 21, 2011 Ukufunda

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

1:1 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kukaJehoyakimi inkosi yakwaJuda, UNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele weza eJerusalema walivimbezela.
1:2 UJehova wanikela esandleni sakhe uJehoyakimi inkosi yakwaJuda nenxenye yezitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu. Wabathwala wabayisa ezweni laseShineyari, endlini kankulunkulu wakhe, wangenisa izitsha ekamelweni lengcebo likankulunkulu wakhe.
1:3 Inkosi yasitshela u-Ashipenazi, induna yabathenwa, ukuze angenise abanye babantwana bakoIsrayeli, nabanye benzalo yenkosi neyamakhosi:
1:4 izinsizwa, okungekho sici kuye, yizicukuthwane ngokubukeka, futhi kufezwe kukho konke ukuhlakanipha, abaqaphile olwazini, futhi ufunde kahle, futhi ngubani owayengema esigodlweni senkosi, ukuze abafundise izincwadi nolimi lwamaKaledi.
1:5 Inkosi yabamisela umphako wezinsuku zonke, ekudleni kwakhe nasewayinini aliphuza ngokwakhe, ukuze, ngemva kokondliwa iminyaka emithathu, bema phambi kwamehlo enkosi.
1:6 Manje, phakathi kwabantwana bakoJuda, kwakukhona uDaniyeli, uHananiya, UMishayeli, kanye no-Azariya.
1:8 Kodwa uDaniyeli wazimisela enhliziyweni yakhe ukuthi wayengeke angcoliswe ngokudla kwenkosi, noma ngewayini waliphuza, wacela enduneni yabathenwa ukuba angonakaliswe.
1:9 Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wanika uDaniyeli umusa nesihe emehlweni omholi wabathenwa.
1:10 Umholi wabathenwa wathi kuDaniyeli, “Ngiyesaba nkosi yami, onimisele ukudla neziphuzo, I-WHO, uma engase abone ukuthi ubuso bakho buncane kunobenye intsha engangawe, ubungalahla ikhanda lami enkosini.”
1:11 UDaniel wathi kuMalasar, umbusi wabathenwa ammise phezu kukaDaniyeli, uHananiya, UMishayeli, kanye no-Azariya,
1:12 “Ngicela usihlole, izinceku zakho, izinsuku eziyishumi, futhi masiphiwe izimpande ukuba sidle namanzi ukuba siphuze,
1:13 bese sibheka ubuso bethu, nobuso babantwana abadla ukudla kwenkosi, bese wenza ezincekwini zakho njengokubona kwakho.
1:14 Esezwile lamazwi, wabavivinya izinsuku eziyishumi.
1:15 Kodwa, emva kwezinsuku eziyishumi, ubuso babo babonakala bungcono futhi bukhuluphele kunabo bonke abantwana ababedle ukudla kwenkosi.
1:16 Ngemva kwalokho, UMalasar wathatha izabelo zabo newayini labo ukuba baliphuze, wabanika izimpande.
1:17 Nokho, kulaba bantwana, UNkulunkulu wanikeza ulwazi neziqondiso kuzo zonke izincwadi, kanye nokuhlakanipha, kodwa kuDaniyeli, nokuqonda yonke imibono namaphupho.
1:18 Futhi lapho isikhathi sesiphelile, emva kwalokho inkosi yathi bazongeniswa, induna yabathenwa yabangenisa phambi kwamehlo kaNebukadinesari.
1:19 Futhi, lapho inkosi ixoxa labo, kwakungatholakalanga omkhulu kangaka emhlabeni wonke njengoDaniyeli, uHananiya, UMishayeli, kanye no-Azariya; kanjalo bema phambi kwamehlo enkosi.
1:20 Nakuyo yonke imiqondo yokuhlakanipha nokuqonda, inkosi yacebisana ngayo labo, wabathola bengcono ngokuphindwe kashumi kunabo bonke ababoni nababhula ngezinkanyezi behlangene, ababesembusweni wakhe wonke.

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