دانيال 9

١ 1 فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ حُكْمِ دَارِيُّوسَ بْنِ أَحْشَوِيرُوشَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْمَادِيِّينَ، الَّذِي اعْتَلَى عَرْشَ مَمْلَكَةِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ.

[Now I am going to tell you about what happened] when Darius, who was from the Mede people-group and who was the son of Xerxes, ruled as the King of Babylonia.

٢ 2 فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ مُلْكِهِ، أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَا دَانِيَالَ، مِنْ دِرَاسَةِ الأَسْفَارِ الَّتِي دُوِّنَ فِيهَا وَحْيُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى إِرْمِيَا، أَنَّ عَدَدَ السَّنَوَاتِ الَّتِي قُضِيَ بِها عَلَى خَرَابِ أُورُشَلِيمَ هُوَ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً.

During the first year that he was the king, I, Daniel, was studying/reading the [holy] books/Scriptures the message that Yahweh had given to the prophet Jeremiah. In that message Jeremiah had written that Jerusalem would [be destroyed and] remain ruined for seventy years.

٣ 3 فَاتَّجَهْتُ بِنَفْسِي إِلَى السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ، أَبْتَهِلُ إِلَيهِ بِالْصَّلاةِ وَالتَّضَرُّعَاتِ وَالصَّوْمِ وَارْتِدَاءِ الْمَسْحِ وَالتَّعَفُّرِ بِالرَّمَادِ.

[After I read that], I pleaded to Yahweh my God [to help us], praying and (fasting/abstaining from eating food). [While doing that, I was wearing] rough cloth and [sitting in] ashes [to show that I was very sad about what was going to happen to us].

٤ 4 وَصَلَّيْتُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي وَاعْتَرَفْتُ قَائِلاً: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْمَهُوبُ، حَافِظُ الْعَهْدِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ لِمُحِبِّيهِ وَعَامِلِي وَصَايَاهُ.

I confessed [the sins that we had committed], and [this is what I] prayed: Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded [that they should do].

٥ 5 إِنَّنَا أَخْطَأْنَا وَأَثِمْنَا وَارْتَكَبْنَا الشَّرَّ، وَتَمَرَّدْنَا وَانْحَرَفْنَا عَنْ وَصَايَاكَ وَأَحْكَامِكَ.

But we [Israelis] have sinned. We have done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled [against you]. We have turned away from [obeying] your commands [DOU].

٦ 6 وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لِعَبِيدِكَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ بِاسْمِكَ أَنْذَرُوا مُلُوكَنَا وَرُؤَسَاءَنَا وَآبَاءَنَا وَجَمِيعَ شَعْبِ الأَرْضِ.

Your prophets spoke for you [MTY], [giving your messages to] kings, to our other rulers, to our [other] ancestors, and to all the Israeli people, but we have refused to (pay attention to/heed) those prophets.

٧ 7 لَكَ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الْبِرُّ، وَلَنَا الْخِزْيُ، كَمَا هُوَ حَادِثٌ الْيَوْمَ لِرِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَلأَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلِسَائِرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْقَرِيبِينَ وَالْبَعِيدِينَ، الْمُشَتَّتِينَ فِي كُلِّ الْبُلْدَانِ الَّتِي أَجْلَيْتَهُمْ إِلَيْهَا عِقَاباً لَهُمْ عَلَى مَا اقْتَرَفُوهُ مِنْ خِيَانَةٍ فِي حَقِّكَ.

Lord, you always do what is righteous/just/fair, but we have caused ourselves to be ashamed [IDM]. This is [still] true about all of the Israelis who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is [also] true about all us Israelis whom you scattered, who [were taken to] other countries, some near [Israel] and some far away, because we were very unfaithful/disloyal to you.

٨ 8 فَلَنَا أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ الْخِزْيُ، نَحْنُ وَمُلُوكِنَا وَرُؤَسَائِنَا وَآبَائِنَا، لأَنَّنَا أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ.

Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.

٩ 9 إِنَّمَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا الرَّحْمَةُ وَالْمَغْفِرَةُ لأَنَّنَا عَصَيْنَاكَ.

Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.

١٠ 10 وَلَمْ نُطِعْ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا لِنَسْلُكَ فِي شَرَائِعِهِ الَّتِي أَعْلَنَهَا لَنَا عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبِيدِهِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ.

Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not (listen to/heed) you.

١١ 11 قَدْ تَعَدَّى كُلُّ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى شَرِيعَتِكَ، وَانْحَرَفُوا فَلَمْ يَسْمَعُوا صَوْتَكَ، فَسَكَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا اللَّعْنَةَ وَمَا أَقْسَمْتَ أَنْ تُوْقِعَهُ بِنَا، كَمَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى عَبْدِ اللهِ، لأَنَّنَا أَخْطَأْنَا إِلَيْكَ.

All [of us] Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from [obeying] what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, [you] have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote [would happen to us] if we sinned against you.

١٢ 12 وَقَدْ نَفَّذْتَ قَضَاءَكَ الَّذِي قَضَيْتَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى قُضَاتِنَا الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا أَمْرَنَا، جَالِباً عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ شَرّاً عَظِيماً لَمْ يَحْدُثْ لَهُ مَثِيلٌ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ.

You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.

١٣ 13 وَكَمَا وَرَدَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، أَصَابَنَا جَمِيعُ هَذَا الْبَلاءِ، وَلَمْ نَسْتَعْطِفْ وَجْهَكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا تَائِبِينَ عَنْ آثَامِنَا وَمُتَنَبِّهِينَ لِحَقِّكَ.

[You] punished us just like Moses wrote [that you would do]. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.

١٤ 14 فَأَضْمَرْتَ لَنَا الْعِقَابَ وَأَوْقَعْتَهُ بِنَا لأَنَّكَ إِلَهُنَا الْبَارُّ فِي كُلِّ أَعْمَالِكَ الَّتِي صَنَعْتَهَا لأَنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَمِعْ إِلَيْكَ.

So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and [then] you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.

١٥ 15 وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ إِلَهُنَا، يَا مَنْ أَخْرَجْتَ شَعْبَكَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ بِقُوَّةٍ مُقْتَدِرَةٍ، وَأَشْهَرْتَ اسْمَكَ كَمَا هُوَ حَادِثٌ الْيَوْمَ، قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَارْتَكَبْنَا الشَّرَّ.

O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power [MTY], and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great [IDM] [even though] we have sinned and done wicked things.

١٦ 16 فَاصْرِفْ يَا سَيِّدُ، حَسَبَ رَحْمَتِكَ، سَخَطَكَ وَغَضَبَكَ عَنْ مَدِينَتِكَ أُورُشَلِيمَ جَبَلِ قُدْسِكَ إِذْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطَايَانَا وَآثَامِ آبَائِنَا أَصْبَحَتْ أُورُشَلِيمُ مَثَارَ عَارٍ لَنَا عِنْدَ جَمِيعِ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِنَا.

Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and [your temple was built there] on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby [countries/nations] despise Jerusalem and [us] your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But [now], because you do what is righteous/just, [we ask you to] not be angry with Jerusalem any longer.

١٧ 17 فَأَنْصِتِ الآنَ يَا إِلَهَنَا إِلَى صَلاةِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْتِهَالاتِهِ، وَأَضِئْ بِوَجْهِكَ عَلَى هَيْكَلِكَ الْمُتَهَدِّمِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَاتِكَ.

O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading [for you to do]. (For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great), act kindly [IDM] concerning your temple, which was destroyed [by the armies of Babylonia].

١٨ 18 أَرْهِفْ أُذُنَكَ يَا إِلَهِي وَاسْتَمِعْ، وَافْتَحْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَشَاهِدْ خَرَائِبَنَا وَالْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي دُعِيَ اسْمُكَ عَلَيْهَا، فَإِنَّنَا لَا مِنْ أَجْلِ بِرٍّ فِينَا نَرْفَعُ تَضَرُّعَاتِنَا إِلَيْكَ، بَلْ بِفَضْلِ مَرَاحِمِكَ الْعَظِيمَةِ.

My God, listen [to my prayer]. Look [at us] and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you [MTY] has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good.

١٩ 19 فَاسْتَمِعْ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ وَاغْفِرْ. أَصْغِ أَيُّهَا السَّيِّدُ وَتَصَرَّفْ وَلا تُبْطِئ مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِكَ يَا إِلَهِي، لأَنَّ اسْمَكَ دُعِيَ عَلَى مَدِينَتِكَ وَعَلَى شَعْبِكَ».

Lord, listen [to us]! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so [we plead with you to] heed what we are saying and act [to help us] right now, (for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great)!

٢٠ 20 وَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي وَأَعْتَرِفُ بِخَطِيئَتِي وَخَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْفَعُ تَضَرُّعَاتِي أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي مِنْ أَجْلِ جَبَلِ قُدْسِ إِلَهِي،

I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore [the temple on] the sacred hill [in Jerusalem].

٢١ 21 إِذَا بِالْمَلاكِ جِبْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي عَايَنْتُهُ فِي الرُّؤْيَا فِي الْبَدْءِ، قَدْ طَارَ إِلَيَّ مُسْرِعاً وَلَمَسَنِي، فِي مَوْعِدِ تَقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَاءِ.

While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when [the priests] offered sacrifices.

٢٢ 22 وَأَفْهَمَنِي قَائِلاً: «يَا دَانِيَالُ قَدْ جِئْتُ لأُعَلِّمَكَ الْفَهْمَ.

He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand [DOU] clearly [the message that God gave to Jeremiah].

٢٣ 23 فَمُنْذُ أَنْ شَرَعْتَ فِي تَضَرُّعَاتِكَ صَدَرَ إِلَيَّ الأَمْرُ لأَجِيءَ إِلَيْكَ وَأُطْلِعَكَ عَلَى مَا تَبْغِي، لأَنَّكَ مَحْبُوبٌ جِدّاً، لِهَذَا تَأَمَّلْ مَا أَقُولُ وَافْهَمِ الرُّؤْيَا.

When you began to plead [with God], he gave me a message [to pass on to you]. He loves you very much, so [he has sent me] to tell you what he said to me. So [now] (pay attention/listen carefully) in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed [to Jeremiah].

٢٤ 24 قَدْ صَدَرَ الْقَضَاءُ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ سَبْعُونَ أُسْبُوعاً عَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَعَلَى مَدِينَةِ قُدْسِكَ، لِلانْتِهَاءِ مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَالْقَضَاءِ عَلَى الْخَطِيئَةِ، وَلِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنِ الإِثْمِ، وَلإِشَاعَةِ الْبِرِّ الأَبَدِيِّ وَخَتْمِ الرُّؤْيَا وَالنُّبُوءَةِ وَلِمَسْحِ قُدُّوسِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ.

[God] has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from [the guilt of] their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then [God] will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And [what you saw in] the vision and what [Jeremiah] prophesied will (come true/be fulfilled), and the sacred temple will be dedicated [to God again].

٢٥ 25 لِهَذَا فَاعْلَمْ وَافْهَمْ أَنَّ الْحِقْبَةَ الْمُمْتَدَّةَ مُنْذُ صُدُورِ الأَمْرِ بِإِعَادَةِ بِنَاءِ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى مَجِيءِ الْمَسِيحِ، سَبْعَةُ أَسَابِيعَ، ثُمَّ اثْنَانِ وَسِتُّونَ أُسْبُوعاً يُبْنَى فِي غُضُونِهَا سُوقٌ وَخَلِيجٌ. إِنَّمَا تَكُونُ تِلْكَ أَزْمِنَةَ ضِيقٍ.

You need to know and understand this: There will be 49 years from the time that [the king] commands that Jerusalem should be rebuilt until the leader/king that God has chosen will come. Then 434 years later, Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and it will have streets and will have a (moat/deep ditch filled with water) around it [to protect the city]. But that will be a time when [God’s people] will have [a lot of] troubles/difficulties/suffering.

٢٦ 26 وَبَعْدَ اثْنَيْنِ وَسِتِّينَ أُسْبُوعاً يُقْتَلُ الْمَسِيحُ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَجْلِ نَفْسِهِ، وَيُدَمِّرُ شَعْبُ رَئِيسٍ آتٍ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالْقُدْسَ، وَتُقْبِلُ آخِرَتُهَا كَطُوفَانٍ، وَتَسْتَمِرُّ الْحَرْبُ حَتَّى النِّهَايَةِ، وَيَعُمُّ الْخَرَابُ الْمَقْضِيُّ بِهِ.

After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed [when it seems that] he will have accomplished nothing (unjustly/without having done anything wrong). After that, the temple will be destroyed by [the army of] a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood [MET] [destroys everything]. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that [God] has decreed [will happen].

٢٧ 27 وَيُبْرِمُ عَهْداً ثَابِتاً مَعَ كَثِيرِينَ لِمُدَّةِ أُسْبُوعٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَلَكِنَّهُ فِي وَسَطِ الأُسْبُوعِ يُبْطِلُ الذَّبِيحَةَ وَالتَّقْدِمَةَ، وَيُقِيمُ عَلَى جَنَاحِ الْهَيْكَلِ رَجَاسَةَ الْخَرَابِ، إِلَى أَنْ يَتِمَّ الْقَضَاءُ، فَيَنْصَبُّ الْعِقَابُ عَلَى الْمُخَرِّبِ».

That ruler will make a strong agreement with many people. He will promise to do for seven years what he has said in that agreement. But when that time is half finished, he will prevent [priests from] giving any more offerings and sacrifices [to God]. A disgusting idol will be put on the highest part of the temple, and it will stay there until [God] gets rid of the one who put it there, which is what he said that he would do.”

The Prophet Jeremiah