15. “Xa ke ngoko nithe nalibona ‘isikizi elimanyumnyezi, mhla ngophanziso;’ elo *umshumayeli uDaniyeli athetha ngalo, limi ‘endaweni engcwele’ (ofundayo makaqiqe),
16. mabathi ngelo xesha abakwelakwaJuda babalekele ezintabeni.
17. Ophezu kwendlu ke makangehli ukuya kuthatha nto endlwini yakhe.
18. Nalowo usentsimini makangabi sayiphuthuma ingubo yakhe.
19. Hayi ke kwabanzima nabadlezane ngaloo mihla!
20. Thandazelani ukuba ukubaleka kwenu kungabi sebusika okanye *ngoMhla woPhumlo,
21. kuba ngelo xesha kuya kubakho imbandezelo engazange ibekho ukususela ekudalweni kwehlabathi kude kube ngoku, kwaye ingasayi kuphinda ibekho enjalo.
22. Ke ukuba uThixo ebengayicuthanga loo mihla, bekungayi kubakho bani usindayo; kodwa ngenxa yâbo banyuliweyo, uThixo woyicutha loo mihla.
23. “Ngelo xesha ke, ukuba ubani uthe kuni: ‘Nanku apha uKrestu;’ nokuba uthe: ‘Nankuya phaya;’ musani ukuyamkela loo nto;
24. kuba kuya kuvela abathi banguKrestu, abangenguye; kuvele *nabashumayeli abangengabo, benze imiqondiso nemimangaliso emikhulu kangangokuba bade babalahlekise, ukuba bekunokwenzeka oko, kwanabanyulwa bakaThixo.
25. Niyabona, ndinixelela ezi zinto zingekenzeki.
26. “Ukuba ke kuthiwa kuni: ‘Nankuya entlango,’ ze ningayi; nokuba kuthiwa: ‘Nankuya endlwini,’ ze ningakwamkeli oko;
27. kuba ukufika *koNyana woLuntu kuya kuba njengombane omenyezela empumalanga, ubonakale kude kuse entshonalanga.
28. “Apho sikhona isidumbu, kulapho aya kuhlanganisana khona amaxhalanga.”
29. “Kwangoko emva kwembandezelo yaloo mihla, ilanga liya kwenziwa mnyama, ithi nenyanga ingakhanyi, zithi neenkwenkwezi zivuthuluke ezulwini, nako konke okunamandla esibhakabhakeni kudunga-dungeke.
30. Ngelo xesha uya kubonakala ezulwini umqondiso *woNyana woLuntu, zize zonke iintlanga zehlabathi zenze isijwili, zimbona uNyana woLuntu esiza esemafini enamandla nobuqaqawuli obukhulu.
31. Liya kuvakala ke ixilongo elikhulu, azithumele eziphelweni zehlabathi izithunywa zakhe, zibahlanganisele ndawonye abanyulwa bakhe, bevela kumacala omane omhlaba, kususela esiphelweni somhlaba, kuye esiphelweni sawo.”
32. “Fundani kuwo umkhiwane ongumzekelo kuni. Xa sewuthe wathamba amasebe, wahluma amagqabi, niyazi ukuba ihlobo likufuphi.
33. Ngokukwanjalo ke, xa nithe nazibona ezo zinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuba kukufuphi, sekusemnyango.
34. Ndithi kuni, inene, esi sizukulwana asiyi kudlula zingadanga zenzeke zonke ezi zinto.
35. Liya kudlula izulu nehlabathi; ke wona amazwi am akasayi kuze adlule.”