¹Negore rokutanga raBheshazari mambo weBhabhironi Dhanyeri akarota, akaratidzwa zvimwe mumusoro make ari panhovo dzake, akanyora zvaakarota, akaudza vanhu mashoko makuru azvo.

¹In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

²Dhanyeri akataura, akati, Ndakaona pane zvandakaratidzwa usiku, tarirai, mhepo ina dzokudenga dzakamutsa gungwa guru.

²Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

³Mhuka huru ina dzikakwira dzichibuda mugungwa, dzisina kufanana.

³And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

⁴Yokutanga yakanga yakafanana neshumba, ina mapapiro egondo; ndikaramba ndakatarira kusvikira mapapiro ayo ataurwa, ikasimudzwa ichibva panyika, ikamiswa namakumbo maviri somunhu, ikapiwa mwoyo womunhu.

⁴The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

⁵Ndikaonazve imwe mhuka, yechipiri, yakafanana nebere; iyo yakanga yakasimudza rumwe rutivi rwayo, uye mumuromo mayo yakanga yakaruma mbabvu nhatu pakati pameno ayo; vakati kwariri, Simuka, upedze nyama zhinji.

⁵And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

⁶Shure kwaizvozvo ndakatarira, ndikaona imwezve, yakafanana nengwe, yakanga ina mapapiro mana pamusana wayo akafanana neeshiri; mhuka iyi yakanga ine misoro minawo; ikapiwa simba.

⁶After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

⁷Shure kwaizvozvo ndakaona pane zvandakaratidzwa usiku, ndikaona mhuka yechina, yaityisa nokuvhundusa, ine simba guru kwazvo; yakanga ina meno makuru outare; ikapedza, nokuvhuna-vhuna, nokupwanya zvakanga zvasara netsoka dzayo; iyi yakanga yakasiyana nemhuka dzose dzakaitangira; yakanga ine nyanga gumi.

⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

⁸Ndikacherechedza nyanga, ndikaona rumwe runyanga ruchibuda pakati pedzimwe, ruri ruduku, dzimwe nyanga nhatu pane dzokutanga dzikadzurwa nemidzi yadzo pamberi parwo; ndikaona kuti parunyanga urwo pakanga pana meso omunhu, nomuromo wakange uchitaura zvinhu zvikuru.

⁸I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

⁹Ndikaramba ndakatarira kusvikira zvigaro zvoushe zvagadzwapo, mumwe akakwegura pamazuva ake akagarapo; nguvo yake yakanga yakachena sechando, uye vhudzi romusoro wake rakanga rakaita samakushe akanatswa; chigaro chake choushe chakanga chiri mirazvo yomoto, makumbo acho uri moto unopfuta.

⁹I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

¹⁰Rwizi rwomoto rwakanga rwuchibuda ruchibva pamberi pake; zviuru nezviuru zvakanga zvichimubatira, uye pamberi pake pakanga pamire zviuru zvine gumi zvezviuru zvine gumi; kutonga kukatanga, bhuku rikazarurwa.

¹⁰A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

¹¹Ndikaramba ndakatarira nenguva iyo nemhaka yokudana kwamashoko makuru akanga achitaurwa norunyanga; ndikaramba ndakatarira kusvikira mhuka yaurawa, muviri wayo uchiparadzwa, uchiiswa mumoto kuti upiswe.

¹¹I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

¹²Kana dziri dzimwe mhuka, dzakatorerwa ushe hwadzo, asi upenyu hwadzo hwakawedzerwa kusvikira nhambo nenguva zvakatenderwa.

¹²As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

¹³Ndikaona pane zvandakaratidzwa usiku, ndikaona mumwe akafanana noMwanakomana womunhu achiuya namakore okudenga, akasvika kune akakwegura pamazuva ake, vakamuswededza pamberi pake.

¹³I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

¹⁴Akapiwa simba, nokubwinya, noushe, kuti vanhu vose namarudzi ose namarimi ose vamushumire; simba rake roushe isimba risingaperi, risingazopfuuri, uye ushe hwake haungazoparadzwi.

¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

¹⁵Kana ndirini Dhanyeri, mweya wangu wakatambudzika mukati momuviri wangu, uye zvandakaona mumusoro mangu zvakandivhundusa.

¹⁵I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

¹⁶Ndikaswedera kune mumwe akanga amirepo, ndikamubvunza kududzirwa kwechokwadi kwezvinhu izvi zvose. Akandiudza, akandizivisa kududzirwa kwezvinhu izvozvi.

¹⁶I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

¹⁷Mhuka idzi huru, idzo ina, ndiwo madzimambo mana achamuka panyika.

¹⁷These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

¹⁸Asi vatsvene veWekumusoro-soro vachapiwa ushe, ushe uchava hwavo nokusingaperi-peri.

¹⁸But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

¹⁹Ipapo ndakada kuziva kududzirwa kwachokwadi kwemhuka yechina, yakanga yakasiyana nedzimwe dzose, yakanga ichityisa zvikuru, yakanga ina meso outare, nzara dzayo dziri dzendariraiyo yakanga yapedzanokuputsanya , nokupwanya zvakasara netsoka dzayo;

¹⁹Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

²⁰uye pamusoro penyanga dzine gumi dzakanga dziri pamusoro wayo, norumwe runyanga rwakazobuda, dzimwe nyanga nhatu dzikaparadzwa pamberi parwo, irwo runyanga rwakanga runa meso nomuromo wakange uchitaura zvikuru, rwakanga rwakapfuura dzimwe shamwari dzarwo paukuru.

²⁰And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

²¹Ndakatarira, ndikaona runyanga urwu ruchirwa navatsvene, nokuvakunda;

²¹I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

²²kusvikira akakwegura pamazuva ake achisvika, vatsvene veWekumusoro-soro vakaruramisirwa, nguva ikasvika yokuti vatsvene vapiwe ushe.

²²Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

²³Akati, Mhuka yechina bwuchava vushe bwechina panyika, bwuchasiyana noumwe ushe hwose, uchapedza nyika yose, nokuupwanya nokuuputsanya.

²³Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

²⁴Kana dziri nyanga dzine gumi, paushe uhwu pachamuka madzimambo ane gumi, asi mumwezve achamuka shure kwavo; iye achasiyana navamwe vokutanga, achakunda madzimambo matatu.

²⁴And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

²⁵Achataura mashoko okumhura Wekumusoro-soro, uchaparadza vatsvene, uye achatsvaka mano okushandura nguva nemirayiro; ivo vatsvene vachaiswa mumaoko ake kusvikira nguva imwe nedzimwe nguva, nehafu yenguva.

²⁵And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

²⁶Asi kutonga kuchatanga, vachabvisa simba rake, kuti varipedze nokuriparadza kusvikira pakuguma.

²⁶But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

²⁷Ipapo ushe nesimba noukuru hwoushe hwose pasi pedenga rose, zvichapiwa vatsvene veWekumusoro-soro; ushe hwake ndohwokusingaperi, masimba ose achamushumira nokuteerera.

²⁷And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

²⁸Ndiko kuguma kweshoko. Kana ndirini Dhanyeri, pfungwa dzangu dzakandivhundusa kwazvo, chiso changu chikashandurwa mukati mangu; asi ndakachengeta shoko iri mumwoyo mangu.

²⁸Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.