< Daniel 9 >

1 Khaldian tiah kawk ih Babylon prae ukkung ah kaom, Media acaeng, Ahasuerus capa, Darius siangpahrang ah ohhaih saningto haih,
[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.
2 anih siangpahrang ah ohhaih saningto haih naah, Jerusalem amrohaih loe saning qui sarihto akra tih, tiah tahmaa Jeremiah khaeah thuih ih Angraeng ih lok to Kai, Daniel mah kaciim cabu rang hoiah ka panoek.
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.
3 To pongah Sithaw khaeah kang qoi moe, buhzahhaih, buri kahni angkhukhaih, maiphu angphuihaih hoiah tahmen hnikhaih lawk ka thuih:
[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].
4 Angraeng ka Sithaw khaeah, Aw Angraeng, nang loe lensawk moe, zit kaom Sithaw ah na oh; na lokmaihaih hoi palungnathaih baktiah nang palunghaih tawn kami, na paek ih lok pazui kaminawk nuiah na sak, tiah zae taphonghaih lawk ka thuih;
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].
5 kaicae loe ka zae o boeh, hmuen ka sak o pazae boeh, kahoih ai hmuen to ka sak o moe, na misa ah ka oh o moeng boeh; na patuk ih lok hoi na lokcaekhaih doeh ka pazui o ai boeh:
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].
6 kaicae ih siangpahrangnawk, ukkung angraengnawk, kaicae ampanawk hoi prae kaminawk boih khaeah, na hmin hoi lokthui na tamna tahmaanawk ih lok doeh ka tahngai o ai boeh.
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.
7 Aw Angraeng, Nang loe na toeng, toe vaihni kaicae, Judah kaminawk, Jerusalem ah kaom kaminawk, Israel kaminawk, kangthla ah kaom kaminawk hoi kazoi ah om kaminawk boih mah doeh na nuiah oep om o ai, na koeh ai ih zaehaih to a sak o pongah, na haek boih boeh.
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.
8 Aw Angraeng, na nuiah ka zae o boeh pongah, kaicae loe kaimacae ih siangpahrangnawk, ukkung angraengnawk, ampanawk hoi nawnto azathaih mah khuk khoep boeh.
Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
9 Na misa ah ka oh o langlacadoeh, kaicae Angraeng Sithaw loe amlunghaih hoi palungnathaih hoiah koi;
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 kaicae loe a paek ih daan pazui hanah, a tamna tahmaanawk patohhaih rang hoiah thuih ih kaimacae Angraeng Sithaw ih lok to ka tahngai o ai.
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.
11 Ue, Israel kaminawk boih mah na paek ih daan to aek o, lam amkhraeng o moe, na lok to tahngai o ai; to tiah na nuiah zaehaih a sak o boeh pongah, Sithaw ih tamna Mosi ih kaalok thungah tarik ih tangoenghaih hoi lokcaekhaihnawk to kaicae nuiah kraih boeh.
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.
12 Anih mah kaicae hoi kaicae lokcaek kaminawk khaeah thuih ih amrohaih lok to koepsak moe, kaicae nuiah kalen parai amrohaih to phaksak boeh; Jerusalem nuiah sak ih baktiah vannawk boih tlim ah sah vai ai vop.
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.
13 Mosi ih kaalok pongah tarik ih baktih toengah, hae amrohaih boih kaicae nuiah phak; toe zaehaih to caehtaak moe, na loktang lok ka panoek o thai hanah, kaicae Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah lawk ka thui o ai.
[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.
14 To pongah Angraeng mah khet moe, kaicae nuiah amrohaih to phaksak boeh; kaicae Angraeng Sithaw loe hmuen boih nuiah katoengah toksak; toe kaicae mah a lok ka tahngai pae o ai toengtoeng vop.
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.
15 Vaihiah, Aw Angraeng kaicae ih Sithaw, thacakhaih ban hoiah nangmah ih kaminawk Izip prae thung hoiah na zaeh moe, vaihni ni khoek to na hmin panoek poe hanah Sahkung; kaicae loe ka zae o boeh, sethaih ka sak o moeng boeh.
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.
16 Aw Angraeng, na toenghaih baktih toengah, ciimcai nangmah ih mae, nangmah ih Jerusalem nuiah palung na phuihaih to dipsak let raeh, tiah tahmenhaih kang hnik; kaicae zaehaihnawk hoi kam panawk sakpazaehaihnawk pongah, kaicae taengah kaom kaminawk mah Jerusalem hoi nangmah ih kaminawk to kasae thuih o boeh.
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.
17 To pongah vaihiah, Aw kaicae ih Sithaw, na tamna lawkthuihaih hoi tahmenhaih hae tahngai paeh; angqai krangah kaom, na hmuenciim nuiah Angraeng hanah na mikhmai to pansak rae ah.
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].
18 Aw ka Sithaw, na naa to patueng ah loe, tahngai ah; na mik padai ah loe, kaicae amrohaih, na hmin hoi kawk ih vangpui doeh khen rae ah; kaicae loe toenghaih pong na ai ah, kalen parai na palungnathaih na tawnh pongah ni nang khaeah tahmenhaih kang hnik o.
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.
19 Aw Angraeng, tahngai ah! Aw Angraeng, tahmen ah! Aw Angraeng, tahngai ah loe sah ah! Aw ka Sithaw, nangmah han ih ni, akrasak hmah; na vangpui hoi nangmah ih kaminawk loe na hmin hoiah kawk ih kami ah ni oh o, tiah lawkthuih.
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)!
20 To tiah lawk ka thuih naah, kaimah ih zaehaih hoi kaimah ih kami ah kaom Israelnawk ih zaehaih doeh ka taphong, ka Sithaw ih ciimcai mae hanah tahmen ka hnikhaih lok to ka Angraeng Sithaw khaeah ka tathlang.
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].
21 Ue, lawk ka thuih li naah, hnuksakhaih paek tangsuek naah ka hnuk ih kami, Gabriel to karangah azawk moe, duembang angbawnhaih tue ah kai khaeah phak.
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.
22 Anih mah thuih ih lok loe, Aw Daniel, nang han sakthaihaih hoi panoekthaihaih kang paek hanah vaihi kang zoh boeh.
He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand [DOU] clearly [the message that God gave to Jeremiah].
23 Lawk na thuih tangsuek naah lok pathimhaih oh boeh, to lok to thuih hanah kang zoh; nang loe palung koi kaom kami ah na oh; to pongah paek ih hmuen to poek ah loe, hnuksakhaih to panoek ah.
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].
24 Sithaw mah nangmah ih kaminawk, kaciim vangpuinawk zaehaih pongah raihaih phaksak hanah, zarh qui sarihto atue to khaeh boeh; to pacoengah kasae hmuen to anghmaa ueloe, toenghaih mah dungzan khoek to uk tih; tahmaanawk mah thuih ih lok hoi hnuksakhaih to catui daenghaih om tih; to naah Kaciim Koek ahmuen to situi bawhhaih om tih.
[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].
25 To pongah Jerusalem to pakhraih moe, sak let hanah, lokpaekhaih ni hoi kamtong, Angraeng Messiah karoek to zarh sarih, zarh qui tarukto pacoeng, zarh hnetto akra tih, tito pakuem ah loe panoek ah: raihaih atue thungah lampui hoi tapang to sak let ah om tih.
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.
26 Zarh qui tarukto hoi zarh hnetto pacoengah loe, Angmah han ih na ai ah, Messiah to hum tih; to pacoengah angzo kaminawk ukkung angraeng mah vangpui hoi hmuenciim to phrae tih; boeng naah loe tui uemhaih to pha tih, boeng khoek to misatukhaih hoi amrohaih to om tih.
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].
27 Zarhto thung paroeai kaminawk hoi lokmaihaih to caksak tih; zarh a um phak naah loe angbawnhaih hoi hmuenpaekhaih to boengsak tih, panuet thok hmuen sahkung mah to ah amrohaih to omsak tih, amrohaih omsakkung anghma ai karoek to atue khaehhaih anih nuiah krah tih, tiah ang naa.
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.”

< Daniel 9 >