The seventh son of Jacob and Bilhah. The jealous one. He counsels against anger saying that "it giveth peculiar vision." This is a notable thesis on anger.

2. ISAHLUKO 1
Indodana yesikhombisa kaJakobe
noBiliha. Onomona. Weluleka
ngokumelene nentukuthelo ethi "kunikeza
umbono oyingqayizivele." Lena ithisisi
ephawulekayo yentukuthelo.
1 Ikhophi yamazwi kaDani awakhuluma
emadodaneni akhe ezinsukwini zakhe
zokugcina, ngomnyaka wekhulu
namashumi amabili nanhlanu wokuphila
kwakhe.
2 Wabiza umndeni wakhe, wathi:
“Yizwani amazwi ami, nina madodana
kaDani; futhi unake amazwi kayihlo.
3 Ngiqinisile enhliziyweni yami,
nasempilweni yami yonke, lelo qiniso
ukwenza ngokulunga kuhle futhi
kuyathandeka kuNkulunkulu, nokuthi
amanga nentukuthelo kubi, ngoba
kufundisa abantu bonke ububi.
4 Ngakho-ke, ngiyavuma namuhla kini,
bantwana bami, ukuthi enhliziyweni
yami nginqume ngokufa kukaJosefa
umfowethu, indoda yeqiniso nelungile. .
5 Futhi ngajabula ngokuthi wathengiswa,
ngoba uyise wayemthanda kakhulu
kunathi.
6 Ngokuba umoya wesikhwele
nokuzikhukhumeza wathi kimi: "Nawe
uyindodana yakhe."
7 Omunye wemimoya yamaBeliyari
wangivusa, wathi: "Thatha lenkemba,
ubulale uJosefa ngayo; kanjalo uyihlo
uyakukuthanda esefile."
8 Manje lona ngumoya wentukuthelo
owangithonya ukuba ngichoboze uJosefa
njengengwe ichoboza izinyane lembuzi.
9 Kodwa uNkulunkulu wawobaba
akamvumelanga ukuba awele esandleni
sami, ukuze ngimthole eyedwa futhi
ngimbulale, futhi ngibangele ukuba
isizwe sesibili sibhujiswe kwa-Israyeli.
10 Manje, bantwana bami, bhekani
ngiyafa, futhi nginitshela ngeqiniso,
ukuthi ngaphandle kokuthi nizivikele
emoyeni wamanga nowolaka, futhi
nithande iqiniso nokubekezela,
niyobhubha.
11 Ngokuba intukuthelo iyimpumputhe,
futhi ayivumeli umuntu ukuba abone
ubuso banoma yimuphi umuntu
ngeqiniso.
12 Ngokuba noma kunguyise noma
kungunina, uziphatha njengezitha kubo;
nakuba engumzalwane, akamazi; noma
engumprofethi weNkosi, akamlaleli;
noma elungile, akamnaki; nakuba
engumngane, akamazi.
13 Ngokuba umoya wokuthukuthela
uyamhaqa ngenetha lenkohliso,
uphuphuthekise amehlo akhe, futhi
ngokuqamba amanga ufiphaza ingqondo
yakhe, futhi umnikeze umbono wawo
ongajwayelekile.
14 Futhi uzungeza ngani amehlo akhe?
Ngenzondo yenhliziyo, ukuze abe
nomhawu ngomfowabo.
15 Ngoba ulaka lubi, bantwabami, ngoba
luhlupha lomphefumulo.
16 Futhi umzimba womuntu othukuthele
uyawenza owawo, futhi phezu
komphefumulo wakhe uthola amandla,
futhi ubeka phezu komzimba amandla
ukuze usebenze bonke ububi.
17 Njalo nxa umzimba ususenza zonke
lezizinto, umphefumulo uyakulungisisa
lokho okwenziwayo, ngoba kakuqondile.
18 Ngakho-ke othukutheleyo, uma
eyiqhawe, unamandla aphindwe kathathu
entukuthelweni yakhe, enye ngosizo
lwezinceku zakhe; nowesibili ngengcebo
yakhe aheha ngayo, anqobe
ngokungemthetho; futhi okwesithathu,
enamandla akhe emvelo, wenza okubi
ngawo.

3. 19 Noma umuntu othukuthele
ebuthakathaka, nokho unamandla
aphindwe kabili alokho
okungokwemvelo; ngokuba ulaka luhlala
lubasiza abanjalo ekungabinimthetho.
20 Lomoya uhamba njalo nokuqamba
amanga ngakwesokunene sikaSathane,
ukuze ngonya nangamanga imisebenzi
yakhe yenziwe.
21 Yazini-ke amandla olaka ukuthi ayize.
22 Ngokuba kuqala kukho ukucunula
ngezwi; khona-ke ngezenzo liyamqinisa
lowo othukuthele, futhi ngokulahlekelwa
okukhulu liphazamisa ingqondo yakhe,
futhi kanjalo liwunyakazisa
umphefumulo wakhe ngokufutheka
okukhulu.
23 Ngakho-ke nxa umuntu. ekhuluma
kabi ngani, ningathukutheli; uma umuntu
enidumisa njengabangcwele,
ningaziphakamisi;
24 Ngokuba kuqala kuyathokozisa
ukuzwa, futhi kanjalo kwenza umqondo
ulangazelele ukubona izizathu
zokucasulwa; bese kuthi
ngokuthukuthela, acabange ukuthi
uthukuthele ngokufanele.
25 Uma niwela kunoma yikuphi
ukulahlekelwa noma incithakalo,
bantwana bami, ningakhathazeki; ngoba
wona lomoya wenza umuntu afise lokho
okonakalayo, ukuze athukuthelele
ukuhlupheka.
26 Futhi uma nilahlekelwa
ngokuzithandela noma ngokuthanda,
ningakhathazeki; ngoba ekuhluphekeni
kuvela ulaka ngamanga.
27 Ngaphezu kwalokho, ububi obukabili
buyintukuthelo namanga; futhi
ziyasizana ukuze ziphazamise inhliziyo;
futhi lapho umphefumulo uphazamiseka
njalo, iNkosi iyamuka kuwo, futhi
uBeliyari uyabusa phezu kwawo.
ISAHLUKO 2
Isiprofetho sezono, ukuthunjwa,
izinhlupho, nokubuyiselwa kokugcina
kwesizwe. Basakhuluma nge-Edeni
(Bheka ivesi 18). Ivesi 23 liyamangalisa
ekukhanyeni kwesiprofetho.
1 Ngakho, bantwana bami, gcinani
imiyalo yeNkosi, nigcine umthetho wayo;
sukani entukuthelweni, nizonde amanga,
ukuze uJehova ahlale phakathi kwenu,
noBeliyari abaleke kini.
2 Khulumani iqiniso, kube yilowo
nalowo kumakhelwane wakhe. Kanjalo
aniyikuwela olakeni nasesiphithiphithini;
kodwa niyakuba nokuthula,
ninoNkulunkulu wokuthula, impi
ayiyikunehlula.
3 Thandani uJehova ukuphila kwenu
konke, futhi omunye komunye
ngenhliziyo eqotho.
4 Ngiyazi ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina
niyosuka eNkosini, futhi
niyomthukuthelisa uLevi, nilwe noJuda;
kodwa aniyikubanqoba, ngokuba ingelosi
yeNkosi izobahola bobabili; ngokuba u-
Israyeli uyakuma ngazo.
5 Futhi noma nini lapho nisuka eNkosini,
niyohamba kukho konke okubi futhi
nenze izinengiso zabeZizwe, niphinga
nabesifazane ababi, kuyilapho kubo
bonke ububi besebenza imimoya yobubi
phakathi kwenu.
6 Ngokuba ngifundile encwadini ka-
Enoke olungileyo, ukuthi isikhulu sakho
nguSathane, nokuthi yonke imimoya
yobubi nokuziqhenya iyakuceba njalo
ukuhambela amadodana kaLevi, ukuba
one phambi kukaJehova.
7 Amadodana ami ayakusondela kuLevi,
one naye kukho konke; futhi abantwana
bakwaJuda bayoba abahahayo, bephanga
impahla yabanye abantu
njengamabhubesi.

4. 8 Ngakho niyoyiswa ekuthunjweni kanye
nabo, futhi lapho niyokwamukela zonke
izinhlupho zaseGibhithe kanye nabo
bonke ububi bezizwe.
9 Njalo nxa libuyela eNkosini lizazuza
umusa, njalo izalingenisa endlini yayo
engcwele, njalo izalinika ukuthula.
10 Kuyakuvela kini insindiso evela
esizweni sakwaJuda nesakwaLevi; futhi
iyakulwa noBeliyari.
11 Nenze impindiselo yaphakade ezitheni
zethu; futhi uyothatha ukuthunjwa
kwaBeliyari imiphefumulo yabangcwele,
futhi iphendulele izinhliziyo ezingalaleli
eNkosini, futhi abanike ababiza kuyo
ukuthula okuphakade.
12 Futhi abangcwele bayophumula e-
Edene, futhi eJerusalema eLisha
abalungileyo bayojabula, futhi kuyoba
yinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu
ingunaphakade.
13 IJerusalema alisayikuba yincithakalo,
no-Israyeli athunjwe; ngokuba uJehova
uyakuba phakathi kwawo [ehlala
phakathi kwabantu], futhi oNgcwele ka-
Israyeli uyobusa phezu kwawo
ngokuthobeka nangobumpofu; lalowo
okholwa yiyo uzabusa phakathi
kwabantu ngeqiniso.
14 Manje yesabani iNkosi, bantwana
bami, futhi nixwaye uSathane kanye
nemimoya yakhe.
15 Sondelani kuNkulunkulu nakuyo
ingelosi enincengelayo, ngokuba
ungumlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu
nabantu, futhi ngenxa yokuthula kuka-
Israyeli uyosukuma amelane nombuso
wesitha.
16 Ngakho-ke isitha sizimisele
ukubhubhisa bonke abakhuleka eNkosini.
17 Ngokuba uyazi ukuthi ngosuku u-
Israyeli eyophenduka ngalo, umbuso
wesitha uyofinyelelwa esiphethweni.
18 Ngokuba yona kanye ingelosi
yokuthula iyakumqinisa u-Israyeli, ukuze
angaweli emkhawulweni wobubi.
19 Kuyakuthi ngesikhathi sokungabi
namthetho kuka-Israyeli iNkosi ingasuki
kubo, kepha iyakubaguqula babe yisizwe
esenza intando yayo, ngokuba akukho
neyodwa yezingelosi eyolingana naye.
20 Igama lakhe liyakuba ezindaweni
zonke kwa-Israyeli naphakathi
kwabezizwe.
21 Ngakho-ke, zigcineni, bantwana bami,
kuyo yonke imisebenzi emibi, nilahle
ulaka nawo wonke amanga, nithande
iqiniso nokubekezela.
22 Futhi lezi zinto enizizwile kuyihlo,
zinikeleni futhi kubantwana benu ukuze
uMsindisi wabeZizwe enamukele;
ngokuba uqinisile, uyabekezela, umnene,
uthobekile, futhi ufundisa umthetho
kaNkulunkulu ngemisebenzi yakhe.
23 Ngakho-ke sukani kukho konke
ukungalungi, nibambelele ekulungeni
kukaNkulunkulu, khona-ke isizwe sakho
siyakusindiswa kuze kube phakade.
24 Futhi ningimbele eduze kobaba.
25 Eseshilo lokho wabanga, walala
esemdala.
26 Amadodana akhe amngcwaba, emva
kwalokho athwala amathambo akhe,
awabeka eduze kuka-Abrahama, no-Isaka,
noJakobe.
27 Nokho, uDani waphrofetha kubo
ukuthi babeyokhohlwa uNkulunkulu
wabo, futhi babeyohlukaniswa nezwe
eliyifa labo kanye nesizwe sakwa-Israyeli,
kanye nomndeni wenzalo yabo.