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 heaven brake forth 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 to stand upon two 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 was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: 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 its back four wings of a bird; 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, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: 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 horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a 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 thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels thereof 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: thousands of 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 at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.

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

¹²And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a 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, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even 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 the peoples, 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.

¹⁵As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved 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 concerning 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, that 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 receive 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 desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its 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 concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other [horn] which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake great things, whose look was more stout than its 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 a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the 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 as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down 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 words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

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

²⁶But the judgment shall be set, 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 the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his 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.

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