¹Negore rechitatu rokubata ushe kwamambo Bheshazari, ini Dhanyeri ndakaratidzwa chiratidzo, shure kwechiya chandakaratidzwa pakutanga.

¹In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared unto me, [even] to me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

²Ndikaona pane zvandakaratidzwa; zvino ndakati ndichitarira, ndakanga ndiri paShushanini, paimba yamambo, iri panyika yeErami; ndikaona pane zvandakaratidzwa, ndiri parwizi Urai.

²And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

³Ndikarinzira meso angu, ndikatarira, ndikaona gondobwe rimire pamberi porwizi, rine nyanga mbiri; nyanga dzakanga dzakareba, asi rumwe rwakanga rwakapfuura rumwe nokureba; rwakanga rwakareba ndirwo rwakabuda shure.

³And I lifted up mine eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns; and the two horns were high; and one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

⁴Ndikaona gondobwe richitunga kumativi amavirazuva, nokumusoro, nezasi, hakuna zvipfuwo zvaigona kuramba zvimire pamberi paro, uye kwakanga kusina aigona kurwira pasimba raro; asi rakaita parakada napo, rikazvikudza.

⁴I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no beast could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.

⁵Zvino ndakati ndichafunga izvozvo, ndikaona nhongo ichibva kumavirazuva ichifamba panyika pose, asi isingatsiki pasi; zvino nhongo yakanga ino runyanga rukuru pakati pameso ayo.

⁵And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

⁶Ikasvika pagondobwe, raiva nenyanga mbiri, randakaona rimire pamberi porwizi, ikamhanyira kwariri nehasha dzesimba rayo.

⁶And he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power.

⁷Ndikaona ichiswedera pedo negondobwe, hasha dzayo dzikarimutsirwa, ikatunga gondobwe, ikavhuna nyanga dzaro mbiri; gondobwe rakanga risina simba kumira pamberi payo; asi yakariwisira pasi, pamusoro paro, hakuna akagona kurwira gondobwe pasimba rayo.

⁷And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged with him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; and he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

⁸Nhongo ikazvikudza zvikuru kwazvo ; zvino yakati yasimba, runyanga rukuru ndokuvhunika, nyanga huru ina dzikabuda panzvimbo yarwo, dzakatarira kumhepo ina dzokudenga.

⁸And the he-goat became exceeding great; but when he was become strong, the great horn was broken; and in its stead came up four notable ones toward the four winds of the heavens.

⁹Zvino kuno rumwe rwadzo kwakabuda runyanga ruduku, rwakazokura kwazvo, kumativi ezasi, nokumavirazuva, nokunyika yakaisvonaka.

⁹And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauty [of the earth].

¹⁰Rukakura kusvikira iko kuhondo dzokudenga, rukawisira pasi dzimwe hondo nenyeredzi, ndokutsika pamusoro pazvo.

¹⁰And it became great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.

¹¹Rukazvikudza kusvikira kumuchinda wehondo; rukamutorera chipiriso chinopiswa nguva dzose, nzvimbo yeimba yake tsvene ikaputswa.

¹¹(And he magnified [himself] even to the prince of the host, and from him the continual [sacrifice] was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

¹²Hondo ikamutswa kuzorwa nechipiriso chinopiswa nguva dzose nokuda kokudarika; rukawisira pasi chokwadi, rukafara pane zvose zvarwakaita.

¹²And a time of trial was appointed unto the continual [sacrifice] by reason of transgression.) And it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised and prospered.

¹³Ipapo ndakanzwa mutsvenezve akati kuna iye akanga achitaura, Ko izvo zvakaratidzwa zvichasvika rini, izvo zvechipiriso chinopiswa nokusingaperi nokudarika kunoparadza, kuti nzvimbo tsvene nehondo zviregwe zvichitsikwa netsoka?

¹³And I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that one who spoke, How long shall be the vision of the continual [sacrifice] and of the transgression that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden down under foot?

¹⁴Akati kwandiri, Kusvikira madekwana namangwanani ane zviuru zviviri namazana matatu; ipapo nzvimbo tsvene ichanatswa.

¹⁴And he said unto me, Until two thousand and three hundred evenings [and] mornings: then shall the sanctuary be vindicated.

¹⁵Zvino ini, iyeni Dhanyeri, ndakati ndaona zvandaratidzwa, ndikatsvaka kuzvinzwisisa, ndikaona mumwe akanga akanditarisa amire pamberi pangu.

¹⁵And it came to pass, when I Daniel had seen the vision, I sought for the understanding of it, and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

¹⁶Ndikanzwa izwi romunhu richibva pakati pemahombekombe aUrai, richidana richiti, Gabhurieri, dudzira munhu uyu zvaakaratidzwa.

¹⁶And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai; and he called and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to understand the vision.

¹⁷Ipapo akaswedera kwandakanga ndimire; zvino akati achisvika, ndikatya, ndokuwira pasi nechiso changu; asi akati kwandiri, Chinzwisisa, iwe Mwanakomana womunhu, nekuti zvawakaratidzwa ndezvenguva yokupedzisira.

¹⁷And he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was afraid, and fell on my face; and he said unto me, Understand, son of man; for the vision is for the time of the end.

¹⁸Zvino akati achitaura neni, ndikabatwa nehope kwazvo ndivete nechiso changu pasi; asi akandibata, akandimisa.

¹⁸Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood.

¹⁹Akati, Tarira, ndichakuzivisa zvichavapo panguva yokupedzisira yokutsamwa kwaJehovha, nekuti ndezvenguva yakatarwa yokupedzisira.

¹⁹And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be at the end of the indignation: for at the set time the end shall be.

²⁰Gondobwe rawakaona, rakanga rine nyanga mbiri, ndiwo madzimambo avaMedhia navaPeresia.

²⁰The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.

²¹Uye nhongo ine mvere ndiye mambo weGirisi; runyanga rukuru ruri pakati pameso ayo ndiye mambo wokutanga.

²¹And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.

²²Kana ruri runyanga rwakavhunika, dzimwe ina dzakabuda panzvimbo yarwo, ushe huna huchabuda parudzi urwo, asi haungavi nesimba rarwo.

²²Now that being broken, whereas four stood up in its stead, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.

²³Zvino panguva yokupedzisira youshe hwavo, kana vadariki vazadza chiyero chavo, mambo une chiso chine hasha, anoziva kuita namano akaipa, achamuka.

²³And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up.

²⁴Simba rake richava guru, asi hazvingaitwi nesimba rake chairo; achaparadza zvinoshamisa, asi achafara pane zvose zvaanoita; achaparadza vane simba navanhu vatsvene.

²⁴And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy marvellously, and shall prosper, and shall practise, and shall destroy the mighty ones, and the people of the saints.

²⁵Zvino noukiribidi hwake achafambisa nhema noruoko rwake; achazvikudza mumwoyo make, nokuparadza vazhinji vakafara havo. Achamukirawo muchinda wavachinda, asi uchaputswa zvisingaitwi noruoko rwomunhu.

²⁵And through his cunning shall he cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he will magnify [himself] in his heart, and by prosperity will corrupt many; and he will stand up against the Prince of princes: but he shall be broken without hand.

²⁶Zvawakaratidzwa zvamadekwana nezvamangwanani, zvawakaudzwa, ndezvazvokwadi; asi iwe vanza zvawaona, nekuti ndezvamazuva mazhinji anozouya.

²⁶And the vision of the evening and the morning which hath been told is true; but close thou up the vision, for it is for many days [to come].

²⁷Ini Dhanyeri ndikapera simba, ndikarwara mazuva; ipapo ndikamuka, ndikabata mabasa amambo, ndikashamiswa nezvandakaratidzwa, asi kwakanga kusina munhu waizvinzwisisa.

²⁷And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [certain] days: then I rose up, and did the king's business. And I was astonished at the vision, but none understood [it].