16 Ndeva ilizwi lomntu phakathi kweenxweme zeUlayi, labiza lathi, Gabriyeli,* mqondise imbonakalo.
17 Weza kweli cala ndimi kulo. Akuza ndóyika, ndawa ngobuso; wathi kum, Qonda, nyana womntu; ngokuba umbono lo usingise kwixesha lokuphela.
18 Ke kaloku, ekuthetheni kwakhe nam, ndawa isiduli ngobuso emhlabeni; wandichukumisa, wandimisa endaweni yokuma kwam.
19 Wathi, Yabona, ndiya kwazisa okuya kubakho ekupheleni kobhavumo; ngokuba umbono uya kwixesha elimisiweyo lokuphela.
20 Inkunzi yegusha oyibonileyo ineempondo ezimbini, ngokumkani bamaMedi nabamaPersi;
21 nenkunzi yebhokhwe exhonti ngukumkani wakwaYavan;* uphondo olukhulu oluphakathi kwamehlo ngukumkani wokuqala.
22 Ukwaphuka oku, kumè zibe né esikhundleni salo, kukuthi, kuya kusuka kume izikumkani eziné eluhlangeni, kungabi ngamandla alo ke.