Daniel 9
1 Khalden ram ah aka manghai Madai tiingan lamkah Ahasuerus capa Darius kah kum khat dongah om coeng.
[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 Kum sawmrhih vaengah Jerusalem imrhong la a om ham BOEIPA loh tonghma Jeremiah taengah ol a paek bangla kum kah a tarhing tah a manghai nah kum khat vaengah kai Daniel loh cabu rhangneh ka yakming.
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 Te dongah Pathen tlap hamla thangthuinah, huithuinah, yaehnah, tlamhni, hmaiphu neh ka Boeipa taengla ka maelhmai te ka hoi.
[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 Ka Pathen BOEIPA taengah ka thangthui neh ka phoe tih, “Ka Boeipa aw Pathen tah boeilen tih a rhih om pai. Paipi te a ngaithuen dongah amah aka lungnah taeng neh a olpaek aka ngaithuen taengah sitlohnah a khueh.
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 Ka tholh uh tih ka paihaeh uh dongah ka boe rhoe ka boe uh coeng. Kan tloelh uh tih na olpaek lamkah neh na laitloeknah lamloh ka nong uh coeng.
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 Namah sal tonghma ol te ka hnatun uh moenih. Te rhoek loh namah ming neh ka manghai rhoek, ka mangpa, a pa rhoek taengah khaw khohmuen pilnam boeih taengah khaw a thui uh coeng.
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 Duengnah he ka Boeipa nang kah ni. Tedae tihnin kah bangla maelhmai yahpohnah he kaimih taengah khaw, Judah hlang taengah khaw, Jerusalem khosa rhoek taengah khaw, Israel boeih taengah khaw, diklai pum kah a yoei a hla taengah om coeng. Amamih kah boekoeknah dongah nang taengah boe a koek vangbangla teah amih pahoi na heh coeng.
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 BOEIPA aw namah taengah ka tholh uh dongah kaimih ham tah maelhmai kah yahpohnah he ka manghai rhoek taeng neh ka mangpa rhoek taengah khaw, a pa rhoek taengah khaw om.
Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
9 Amah te ka tloelh lalah khaw ka Boeipa tah kaimih ham haidamnah neh khodawkngainah Pathen la om.
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 A sal tonghma rhoek kut lamloh kaimih mikhmuh ah m'paek a olkhueng dongah pongpa ham kaimih kah Pathen BOEIPA ol te ka hnatun uh moenih.
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 Israel pum long khaw na olkhueng te a poe uh tih a taengphael dongah na ol te hnatun uh pawh. A taengah ka tholh uh dongah ni Pathen kah Sal Moses olkhueng khuiah a daek bangla thaephoeinah neh olhlo te kaimih soah nan hawk.
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 Te phoeiah a ol tah a ol bangla a thoh coeng. Te te kaimih taeng neh kaimih kah laitloek rhoek taengah a thui coeng. Kaimih sokah lai aka tloek loh kaimih soah yoethae a len hang khuen. Te dongah Jerusalem kah a saii bang te vaan boeih kah a hmuiah a saii noek moenih.
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 Moses kah olkhueng dongah a daek bangla yoethae cungkuem he kaimih soah pai coeng. Tedae kaimih kah thaesainah lamloh mael ham neh na oltak dongah cangbam ham kaimih kah Pathen BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ka kothae uh pawh.
[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 BOEIPA loh yoethae kawng dongah hak tih te te kaimih soah a pai sak. Ka Pathen BOEIPA loh a bibi boeih dongah a dueng la a saii dae a ol te ka hnatun uh moenih.
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 Ka Boeipa neh kaimih kah Pathen aw, na pilnam te Egypt khohmuen lamloh tlungluen kut neh na khuen. Tahae khohnin kah bangla namah ming ham na saii dongah ka tholh uh tih ka boe uh coeng.
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 Ka Boeipa aw, na duengnah loh a cungkuem bangla na thintoek neh na kosi te na tlang cim neh na khopuei Jerusalem lamloh mael laeh saeh. Kaimih kah tholhnah dong neh a pa rhoek kah thaesainah dongah ni Jerusalem neh na pilnam ka kaepvai boeih taengah kokhahnah la a om.
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 Kaimih kah Pathen aw na sal kah thangthuinah neh a huithuinah he hnatun laeh. Na rhokso dingrhak soah khaw ka Boeipa hamla na maelhmai sae sak.
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 Ka Pathen aw na hna te kaeng lamtah han ya lah, na mik te dai rhoe dai lamtah kaimih neh khopuei a pong he hmu lah. Te te na ming la a khue dae ta. Na mikhmuh ah ka huithuinah kan tloeng he kaimih kah duengnah dongah pawt tih na haidamnah a yet dongah ni.
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 Ka Boeipa hnatun dae, ka Boeipa khodawkngai dae, ka Boeipa hnatung dae. Ka Pathen namah ham uelh mueh la saii laeh. Na ming he na khopuei ham neh na pilnam ham ni a khue.
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 Ka thui li vaengah ka thangthui neh, ka tholhnah khaw, ka pilnam Israel kah tholhnah khaw ka phoe. Te phoeiah ka Pathen kah hmuencim tlang ham ka Pathen BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ka lungmacil loh koep.
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 Thangthuinah neh ka thui li vaengah Gabriel hlang te lamhma kah mangthui neh ka hmuh. Anih te ding la ha ding tih hlaem kah khocang tue vaengah kai taengah ha pai.
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 A thuicaih tih kamah m'voek vaengah, “Daniel nang te yakmingnah neh cangbam ham ka lo coeng.
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 Na huithuinah a moe vaengah ol ha pai. Te dongah nang kah sanaep te thui hamla ka lo. Te dongah ol te yakming lamtah a hmuethma te khaw yakming laeh.
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 Na pilnam ham neh na hmuencim khopuei ham a yalh sawmrhih tloek pah. A boekoeknah bawt sak ham neh catui hnah ham khaw, tholhnah boirhaem cing sak ham neh thaesainah te dawth pah ham khaw, kumhal duengnah khuen ham neh mangthui te catui hnah ham khaw, tonghma neh hmuencim kah hmuencim koelh ham khaw om coeng.
[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 Te dongah ming lamtah Jerusalem thoh ham neh sak hamla ol aka thoeng te cangbam laeh. A koelh rhaengsang hil yalh rhih neh yalh sawmrhuk panit khuiah toltung neh imhlai khaw a thoh vetih a sak suidae khobing tue la om ni.
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 Yalh sawmrhuk panit hnuk lamtah a koelh te a hnawt vetih anih te om voel mahpawh. Pilnam rhaengsang aka pai loh khopuei neh hmuencim te a phae ni. Anih bawtnah tah lungpook bangla caemtloek a bawt hil cu tih pong.
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 Paipi te a yet neh yalh khat a len sak ni. Tedae yalh rhakthuem vaengah hmueih neh khocang a paa sak ni. Te vaengah a phae dongkah sarhingkoi te a boeinah hil a pong sak. Te phoeiah a tloek bangla aka pong soah a hawk
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.”
