¹Kana ndirini, negore rokutanga raDhariusi muMedhia, ini ndakasimuka kundomutsigira nokumudzivirira.

¹`And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing [is] for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;

²Zvino ndichakuzivisa chokwadi. Tarira, paPeresia pachamukazve madzimambo matatu; wechina achava mupfumi kupfuura ivavo vose; zvino kana asimba kwazvo nefuma yake, achamutsa vamwe vose kuzorwa noushe bweGirisi.

²and, now, truth I declare to thee, Lo, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth doth become far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirreth up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.

³Zvino mambo ane simba achamuka, achabata ushe nesimba guru, achiita sezvaanoda.

³And a mighty king hath stood, and he hath ruled a great dominion, and hath done according to his will;

⁴Kana amuka, ushe hwake huchadamburwa, ndokuparadzanisirwa kumhepo ina dzokudenga, asi hahungaendi kuvazukuru vake, uye hahungaenzani nesimba raakabata naro iye; nekuti ushe hwake huchadzurirwa vamwe kunze kwaivavo.

⁴and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up — and for others apart from these.

⁵Mambo wezasi achava nesimba, nomumwe wamachinda ake; zvino iye achamupfuura nesimba, ndokubata ushe; ushe hwake huchava ushe hukuru.

⁵`And a king of the south — even of his princes — doth become strong, and doth prevail against him, and hath ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.

⁶Kana mamwe makore apfuura, vachaita sungano; mukunda wamambo wezasi achaenda kuna mambo wokumusoro kuzoenzaniswa, asi iye mukunda haangarambi ane simba roruoko rwake; kunyange naiye mambo haangamiri, nesimba roruoko rwake; asi mukunda, navakauya naye, naiye akamubereka, naiye akamusimbisa nenguva idzo vachaiswa pakuparadzwa.

⁶`And at the end of years they do join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south doth come in unto the king of the north to do upright things; and she doth not retain the power of the arm; and he doth not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in [these] times.

⁷Asi pabukira remidzi yake mumwe achamuka panzvimbo yake; iye acharwa namambo wokumusoro, acharwa navo nokuvakunda.

⁷`And [one] hath stood up from a branch of her roots, [in] his station, and he cometh in unto the bulwark, yea, he cometh into a stronghold of the king of the south, and hath wrought against them, and hath done mightily;

⁸Achatapawo vamwari vavo, pamwechete nemifananidzo yavo yakaumbwa, nemidziyo yavo yakanaka yesirivha nendarama, achindozviisa Egipita; ipapo acharega mambo wokumusoro mamwe makore.

⁸and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, into captivity he bringeth [into] Egypt; and he doth stand more years than the king of the north.

⁹Achapindawo muushe hwamambo wezasi, asi achazodzokera kunyika yake.

⁹`And the king of the south hath come into the kingdom, and turned back unto his own land;

¹⁰Vanakomana vake vachandorwa, vachaunganidza boka guru ravarwi, richauya, nokupararira, ndokupfuura neseri; ipapo richadzoka ndokuzorwa kusvikira panhare yake.

¹⁰and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he hath certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turneth back, and they stir themselves up unto his stronghold.

¹¹Zvino mambo wezasi achatsamwa zvikuru, achandorwa naye, naiye mambo wokumusoro; asi iye achakokera boka guru, boka iro richaiswa mumaoko ake.

¹¹And the king of the south doth become embittered, and hath gone forth and fought with him, with the king of the north, and hath caused a great multitude to stand, and the multitude hath been given into his hand,

¹²Boka iro richatapwa, zvino mwoyo wake uchazvikudza; uchaparadza vana makumi ezviuru, asi haangakundi.

¹²and he hath carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he hath caused myriads to fall, and he doth not become strong.

¹³Zvino mambo wokumusoro achadzoka, ndokukokera boka guru kune rokutanga; achauya pakupera kwenguva dziya, dziya dzamakore ane hondo huru nenhumbi zhinji.

¹³`And the king of the north hath turned back, and hath caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he doth certainly come in with a great force, and with much substance;

¹⁴Nenguva idzo vazhinji vachamukira mambo wezasi; uye vana vavanopenga pakati pavanhu vako vachazvikudza, kuti vasimbise zvawakaratidzwa; asi vachaparadzwa.

¹⁴and in those times many do stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of thy people do lift themselves up to establish the vision — and they have stumbled.

¹⁵Zvino mambo wokumusoro achasvika, ndokuvatutira murwi wokurwa, ndokukunda guta rakavakirwa kwazvo; hondo dzezasi handzingagoni kumira, kunyange navanhu vake vakatsaurwa, uye vachashayiwa simba rokumira naro.

¹⁵`And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.

¹⁶Asi uyo anouya kuzorwa naye achaita sezvaanoda, hakuna angamira pamberi pake; zvino iye achamira panyika yakaisvonaka, akabata kuparadza muruoko rwake.

¹⁶And he who is coming unto him doth according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he standeth in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.

¹⁷Ipapo achashingaira kuuya nesimba roushe hwake hwose, ane sungano yake; achaita izvozvo, achamupa mwanasikana wavakadzi, kuti amuparadze; asi zvichakona, haana chaachawana.

¹⁷And he setteth his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he hath wrought, and the daughter of women he giveth to him, to corrupt her; and she doth not stand, nor is for him.

¹⁸Shure kwaizvozvo acharinzira chiso chake kuzvivi, ndokukunda zvizhinji; asi mumwe mukuru wehondo achagumisa kushoora kwake; kunze kokuti achadzosera kushoora kwake kuna iye amene.

¹⁸`And he turneth back his face to the isles, and hath captured many; and a prince hath caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turneth [it] back to him.

¹⁹Ipapo acharinzira chiso chake kunhare dzenyika yake; asi achagumburwa nokuwa, ndokushayikwa.

¹⁹And he turneth back his face to the strongholds of his land, and hath stumbled and fallen, and is not found.

²⁰Zvino panzvimbo yake kuchamuka mumwe achatuma muteresi kupfuura pakaisvonaka paushe hwake, asi kana mazuva mashoma apera uchaparadzwa, zvisingaitwi nehasha kana nokurwa.

²⁰`And stood up on his station hath [one] causing an exactor to pass over the honour of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.

²¹Panzvimbo yake kuchamuka munhu anofanira kuzvidzwa, akanga asina kupiwa kukudzwa koushe; asi iye achasvika nenguva yokufara kwavanhu, ndokutora ushe nokubata kumeso.

²¹`And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.

²²Hondo dzinokukura dzichakukurwa pamberi pake, dzichaparadzwa; zvirokwazvo, naiye muchinda wesunganowo.

²²And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.

²³Kana apedza kusungana navo, achavanyengera; nekuti achakwirira, nokuva nesimba navanhu vashoma.

²³And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation.

²⁴Nenguva yokufara kwavanhu achapinda pamativi akaorera enyika; achaita zvisina kumboitwa namadzibaba ake, kunyange namadzibaba amadzibaba ake; achaparadzira pakati pavo zvaakatapa nezvaakapamba nenhumbi; achatanda mano ake pamusoro penhare, asi nenguva chete.

²⁴Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers` fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.

²⁵Ipapo achamutsira mambo wezasi simba rake nomwoyo wake, ane hondo huru kwazvo ine simba; asi haangamiri, nekuti vachamutandira mano.

²⁵`And he stirreth up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirreth himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and standeth not, for they devise devices against him,

²⁶Vanodya zvokudya zvake, ndivo vachamuparadza; hondo yake ichapararira, vazhinji vachawira pasi vaurawa.

²⁶and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overfloweth, and fallen have many wounded.

²⁷Kana ari madzimambo awo maviri, mwoyo yavo ichada kuita zvakashata, vachareva nhema vari patafura rimwe; asi hazvingabatsiri, nekuti kuguma kuchasvika nenguva yakatarwa.

²⁷`And both of the kings` hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.

²⁸Ipapo achadzokera kunyika yake nenhumbi zhinji; mwoyo wake uchavenga sungano, achaita sezvaanoda, ndokudzokera kunyika yake.

²⁸And he turneth back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he hath wrought, and turned back to his land.

²⁹Nenguva yakatarwa uchadzoka, ndokusvika kunyika yezasi; asi nenguva yokupedzisira hazvingaiti sapakutanga.

²⁹At the appointed time he turneth back, and hath come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.

³⁰nekuti zvikepe zveKitimi zvichauya kuzorwa naye; naizvozvo achaora mwoyo, ndokudzoka akatsamwa pamusoro pesungano, ndokuita sezvaanoda; achadzoka, ndokuva nehanya navakaramba sungano tsvene.

³⁰And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he hath been pained, and hath turned back, and hath been insolent toward the holy covenant, and hath wrought, and turned back, and he understandeth concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.

³¹Hondo dzichamutswa naye., dzichamhura nzvimbo tsvene, iye nhare, vachabvisa chipiriso chinopiswa nguva dzose, ndokumutsa chinonyangadza chinoparadza.

³¹And strong ones out of him stand up, and have polluted the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.

³²Vanoitira sungano zvakaipa, achavatsausa nokubata kumeso; asi vanhu vanoziva Mwari wavo, vachava nesimba, vachaita mabasa makuru.

³²And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.

³³Vakachenjera pakati pavanhu vachadzidzisa vazhinji; asi vachaparadzwa nomunondo, uye nomurazvo womoto, uye nokutapwa, uye nokupambwa mazuva mazhinji.

³³And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil — days.

³⁴Zvino kana voparadzwa vachabatsirwa nokubatsirwa kuduku; asi vazhinji vachazviisa kwavari nokubata kumeso.

³⁴And in their stumbling, they are helped — a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.

³⁵Vamwe vavo vakachenjera vachaparadzwa, kuti vaedzwe, vacheneswe, kusvikira kunguva yokupedzisira; nekuti nguva yokupedzisira ichigere kusvika.

³⁵And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white — till the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.

³⁶Mambo uyo achaita sezvaanoda; achazviita mukuru, achazvikudza achiti ndinopfuura vamwari vose, achataura zvinhu zvinoshamisa pamusoro paMwari wavamwari; iye achafara pane zvaanoita kusvikira kutsamwa kwapera, nekuti zvakatemwa zvichaitika.

³⁶`And the king hath done according to his will, and exalteth himself, and magnifieth himself against every god, and against the God of gods he speaketh wonderful things, and hath prospered till the indignation hath been completed, for that which is determined hath been done.

³⁷Uye haangavi nehanya navamwari vamadzibaba ake, kana norudo rwavakadzi, haangavi nehanya namwari upi noupi; nekuti achazvikudza achiti ndakapfuura vose.

³⁷And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.

³⁸Asi panzvimbo yazvo achakudza mwari wenhare; mwari wakange asingazikamwi namadzibaba ake, ndiye waachakudza nendarama nesirivha namabwe anokosha nezvinhu zvinodikamwa.

³⁸And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he giveth honour; yea, to a god whom his fathers knew not he giveth honour, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.

³⁹Acharwa nenhare dzakaisvobata achibatsirwa namwari wavatorwa; ani naani waanorangarira, iye achakudzwa naye zvikuru; achavabatisa ushe pamusoro pavanhu vazhinji, achivagovera nyika uve mubayiro wavo.

³⁹And he hath dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he hath acknowledged; he multiplieth honour, and hath caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportioneth at a price.

⁴⁰Zvino nenguva yokupedzisira mambo wezasi achapesana naye; mambo wokumusoro achauya kuzorwa naye sechamupupuri, ane ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza nezvikepe zvizhinji, achapinda munyika idzo, ndokupararira, ndokupfuura neseri.

⁴⁰`And at the time of the end, push himself forward with him doth a king of the south, and storm against him doth a king of the north, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he hath come in to the lands, and hath overflowed, and passed over,

⁴¹Achapindawo munyika yakaisvonaka, nyika zhinji dzichakundwa, asi idzi dzicharwirwa paruoko rwake, dzinoti Edhomu, neMoabhu norutivi rwakanaka rwavana vaAmoni.

⁴¹and hath come into the desirable land, and many do stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

⁴²Achatambanudzirawo ruoko rwake kune dzimwe nyika; nyika yeEgipita haingapukunyuki.

⁴²`And he sendeth forth his hand upon the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;

⁴³Asi achava anesimba pamusoro pefuma yendarama nesirivha, napamusoro pezvinhu zvose zvinokosha zveEgipita; vaRibhia navaItiopia vachatevera makwara ake.

⁴³and he hath ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim [are] at his steps.

⁴⁴Asi mashoko anobva kumabvazuva nokumusoro achamuvhundusa; ipapo achabuda nehasha kwazvo kundoparadza nokupedza chose vazhinji.

⁴⁴`And reports trouble him out of the east and out of the north, and he hath gone forth in great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction;

⁴⁵Achadzika matende ake oushe pakati pemakungwa negomo dzvene rakaisvonaka; kunyange zvakadaro achasvika pakuguma kwake, achashayiwa anomubatsira,

⁴⁵and he planteth the tents of his palace between the seas and the holy desirable mountain, and hath come unto his end, and there is no helper to him.