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

¹“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen 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.

²Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

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

³A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do 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.

⁴When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.

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

⁵The king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great 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.

⁶At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.

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

⁷But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.

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

⁸Also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.

⁹Achapindawo muushe hwamambo wezasi, asi achazodzokera kunyika yake.

⁹He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

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

¹⁰His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.

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

¹¹The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.

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

¹²The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

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

¹³The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with much substance.

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

¹⁴In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

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

¹⁵So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.

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

¹⁶But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.

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

¹⁷He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be 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.

¹⁸After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.

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

¹⁹Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

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

²⁰Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither 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.

²¹In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

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

²²The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.

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

²³After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.

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.

²⁴In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

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

²⁵He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.

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

²⁶Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.

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

²⁷As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

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

²⁸Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and return to his own land.

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

²⁹At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.

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

³⁰For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure: he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.

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

³¹Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual burnt offering , and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.

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

³²Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and do exploits .

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

³³Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

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

³⁴Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.

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

³⁵Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the 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.

³⁶The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

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

³⁷Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.

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

³⁸But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn’t know shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

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

³⁹He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for 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.

⁴⁰At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.

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

⁴¹He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

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

⁴²He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

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

⁴³But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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

⁴⁴But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.

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

⁴⁵He shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.