Daniel 9
1 Ahasuerus capa, Darius, Medes catoun hah, Babilon siangpahrang lah a bawinae a kum pahni navah,
[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 profet Jeremiah koe BAWIPA ni poe e a lawk, Jerusalem kho a rawk teh, kum 70 touh a ro han tie hah kai Daniel ni cakathoung lahoi ka panue.
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 Hatdawkvah, rawca ka hai, buri ka kho, hraba kâphuen teh Cathut koe ratoum laihoi kahei,
[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 Hottelah, Cathut koe kâpâpho laihoi ka ratoum e teh, ama ka lungpataw niteh, a poe e kâpoelawknaw ka tarawi e koe, a lawkkam kacak ni teh lungmakung, ka lentoe niteh, takikathopounge Cathut,
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 na patoun e hoi kâ poe e dawk hoi ka cei payon awh teh, ka payon awh toe. Kamsoum hoe lah kho ka sak e teh, nang na taran awh toe.
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 Siangpahrangnaw, kahrawikungnaw, napanaw hoi ram thung kaawm naw koe, nange kâ lahoi lawk ka dei e profetnaw e lawk hai ka ngai awh hoeh toe.
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 Oe Bawipa lannae teh nange doeh. Nang na taran kecu dawk na pâlei teh, ram hnai ram hlanae koe, khoram tangkuem kaawm e Judahnaw, Jerusalem kho kaawm e Isarelnaw puenghoi kaimouh teh sahnin e patetlah kaya awh toe.
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 Oe Bawipa, nang koe ka yon awh kecu dawk, kaimae siangpahrang, kahrawikungnaw, napanaw hoi kaimouh teh ka kaya awh toe.
Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
9 Kaimouh ni nang na ka taran nakunghai, lungmanae hoi ngaithoumnae teh, kaimae Cathut nama e doeh.
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 Maimae Cathut ni profetnaw hno lahoi maimouh koe na poe e tarawi hane kâlawknaw hah banglahai ngai laipalah ka o awh toe.
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 Atangcalah Isarelnaw pueng ni na lawk ka ngai awh laipalah, lam ka payon awh teh, kâlawk ka tapoe awh toe. Hatdawkvah, Cathut e san Mosi e kâlawk dawk thut lah kaawm e thoebonae teh, kaimouh lathueng awi lah ao toe.
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 Kaimouh koe dei e lawk hoi lawkcengkungnaw koe dei e lawk, rawknae kalenpoung teh kaimouh lathueng a phasak toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Jerusalem vah rawknae phasak e patetlah kalvan rahim alouke ram dawk phat sak boihoeh.
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 e kâlawk dawk thut tangcoung patetlah rawknae pueng teh kaimouh lathueng a pha toe. Hatei, payonpakainae kamlang takhai teh, a lawkkatang panue thai nahanelah, BAWIPA Cathut koe kâhet awh hoeh toe.
[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 Hatdawkvah, Cathut ni rawknae hah a sin teh, maimae lathueng a pha sak e doeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a lawkngai awh hoeh nakunghai, Cathut teh, a lan, maimouh lathueng hno a sak e pueng teh a thuem doeh.
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 Atuvah, Oe BAWIPA Cathut, Izip ram thung hoi thaonae kut hoi a taminaw katâcawtkhaikung hoi, atu totouh minhawi min kamthang nahanlah kasakkung, kaimouh teh, ka yon awh toe, hno kahawihoeh ka sak awh toe.
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 Oe Bawipa, na lannae pueng patetlah lungkhuek lungphuennae teh, kathounge mon, Jerusalem kho dawk hoi na takhoe pouh haw telah ka kâhei. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kaimae yonnae hoi mintoenaw e yonnae kecu dawk Jerusalem kho hoi na taminaw teh tengpam kaawm e naw koe pathoe han kawilah ka o awh toe.
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 Hatdawkvah, Oe Cathut, na san kai ni ka hei e hoi ka ratoum e hah na thai pouh haw. Bawipa ama hane kecu dawk, kingkadi e a thoungnae hmuen koe na minhmai angnae ni pheng ang sak haw.
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 Oe Cathut, hnâpakeng nateh thai haw. Na mit padai nateh, kaimae rawknae hoi na min lahoi phung e khopui hah khenhaw! Kaimouh teh, mae hawinae kâuep awh hoeh, ka lentoe e na lungmanae dawk hoi doeh nama koe ka ratoum awh.
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 Oe Cathut na thai pouh haw. Oe Cathut yonnae na ngaithoum haw. Oe Cathut thai nateh sak haw. Nama hane dawk rap awm hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nama e kho, nama e taminaw teh na min lahoi phung e doeh, telah a ratoum.
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 Hottelah, kama e yonnae hoi ka tami Isarelnaw e yonnae pâpho laihoi ngaithoum nahanelah kâhei ratoum laihoi, Cathut hmalah Cathut e mon kathoung hanelah ka kâhei lahunnah,
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 ratoum laihoi lawk ka dei lahunnah, yampa e vision dawk kamnuek e Gabriel karangpoung lah kamleng laihoi tangminlah thuengnae tueng nah kai koe a tho teh,
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 na ka panue sak hnukkhu, Daniel, nang ni panuenae apap nahanelah, nang koe ka tho toe.
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 ratoum tahma vah kâ poelah ao dawkvah, nang koe dei hanelah kai ka tho toe. Nang teh puenghoi pahren ka tho e lah na o. Hatdawkvah vision thai panuek nahane kâ ao.
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 Kâtapoenae pout sak hane hoi, yonnae pout sak hane, payonae dawk kâmaihawinae sak hane, payonnae thoungsak nahane hoi, a yungyoe lannae thokhai hane hoi, vision hoi sutdeilawk kin hane hoi, hmuen kathoung poung satui awi hanelah, na taminaw hoi kho kathoung hanelah yat 70 touh tâtueng e lah ao toe.
[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 Hatdawkvah, Jerusalem kho bout sak hanelah kâ poe hnin hoi Khrih Bawipa totouh yat 7 touh hoi yat 62 touh a ro han tie hah panuek lawih. Rucatnae tueng dawk lamnaw hoi tapang sak lah ao han.
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 Hote yat 62 aloum hnukkhu, Khrih teh kâ hmawt laipalah thei lah ao han. Hathnukkhu ka tho e Bawi hoi taminaw ni khopui hoi hmuen kathoung hah raphoe awh vaiteh, tuikalen thonae lahoi rawknae ao han. Apout totouh kâtuknae awm vaiteh, rawknae teh pouk tangcoung lah ao.
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 Yat touh hanelah taminaw hoi lawkkam sak awh vaiteh, hote a yat tangawn navah, thuengnae hoi poenae hah a pout sak han. Panuet ka tho poung e a som dawk karaphoekung phat vaiteh, poutnae koe ka phat hanelah pouk tangcoung e totouh lungkhueknae teh ahni dawk awi hanlah ao han telah atipouh.
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.”
