1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Wakati huo Mikaeli atasimama, jemadari mkuu, asimamaye upande wa wana wa watu wako; na kutakuwa na wakati wa taabu, mfano wake haukuwapo tangu lilipoanza kuwapo taifa hata wakati uo huo; na wakati huo watu wako wataokolewa; kila mmoja atakayeonekana ameandikwa katika kitabu kile.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Tena, wengi wa hao walalao katika mavumbi ya nchi wataamka, wengine wapate uzima wa milele, wengine aibu na kudharauliwa milele.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Na walio na hekima watang'aa kama mwangaza wa anga; na hao waongozao wengi kutenda haki watang'aa kama nyota milele na milele.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Lakini wewe, Ee Danielii, yafunge maneno haya, ukakitie muhuri kitabu, hata wakati wa mwisho; wengi wataenda mbio huko na huko, na maarifa yataongezeka.
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
Ndipo mimi, Danielii, nikatazama, na kumbe, wamesimama wengine wawili, mmoja ukingoni mwa mto upande huu, na mmoja ukingoni mwa mto upande wa pili.
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Na mmoja akamwuliza yule mtu aliyevikwa nguo za kitani, aliyekuwa juu ya maji ya mto, Je! Itakuwa muda wa miaka mingapi hata mwisho wa mambo haya ya ajabu?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Nami nikamsikia yule mtu aliyevikwa nguo za kitani, aliyekuwa juu ya maji ya mto, hapo alipoinua mkono wake wa kuume na mkono wake wa kushoto kuelekea mbinguni; akaapa kwa yeye aliye hai milele na milele, ya kwamba itakuwa wakati, na nyakati mbili, na nusu wakati; tena watakapokuwa wamekwisha kuvunja nguvu za hao watu watakatifu, ndipo mambo hayo yote yatakapotimizwa.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Nami nikasikia, lakini sikuelewa; ndipo nikasema, Ee Bwana wangu, mwisho wa mambo haya utakuwaje?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Akasema, Enenda zako, Danielii; maana maneno haya yamefungwa, na kutiwa muhuri, hata wakati wa mwisho.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Wengi watajitakasa, na kujifanya weupe, na kusafika; bali wabaya watatenda mabaya; wala hataelewa mtu mbaya awaye yote; bali wao walio na hekima ndio watakaoelewa.
11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Na tangu wakati ule ambapo sadaka ya kuteketezwa ya daima itaondolewa, na hilo chukizo la uharibifu litakaposimamishwa, itapata siku elfu na mia mbili na tisini.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Heri angojaye, na kuzifikilia siku hizo elfu na mia tatu na thelathini na tano.
13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Lakini enenda zako hata utakapokuwa mwisho ule; maana wewe utastarehe, nawe utasimama katika kura yako mwisho wa siku hizo.
