Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
Ahasweros babarima Dario (a nʼase firi Media) a wɔyɛɛ no ɔhene wɔ Babilonia ahennie so no
2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years of which the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
afe a ɛdi ɛkan no, me, Daniel, metee aseɛ firii atwerɛsɛm mu sɛdeɛ Awurade de maa Odiyifoɔ Yeremia sɛ, Yerusalem bɛda mpan mfirinhyia aduɔson.
3 And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Ɛno enti, mefiraa ayitoma de nsõ huraa me ho dii mmuada. Afei mede nkotosrɛ kɔɔ Awurade Onyankopɔn anim kɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ srɛɛeɛ.
4 And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and fearful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Mebɔɔ Awurade me Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ, na mepaee mu kaa sɛ: “Ao Awurade, wo a wo so na woyɛ Onyankopɔn nwanwani! Wo a wodi ɔdɔ apam so—ɔdɔ apam a woayɛ ama wɔn a wɔdɔ wo na wɔdi wo mmara so.
5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances,
Yɛayɛ bɔne, na yɛayɛ mfomsoɔ. Yɛabɔ atirimuɔden na yɛate atua; yɛakwati wo mmara ne wo nhyɛ.
6 nor have we hearkened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Yɛantie wʼasomfoɔ adiyifoɔ a wɔkasaa wɔ wo din mu kyerɛɛ yɛn ahemfo ne ahenemma ne agyanom ne nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa.
7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to thee, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where thou have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
“Awurade, woyɛ ɔteneneeni, nanso ɛnnɛ deɛ, yɛn anim agu ase, Yudafoɔ ne Yerusalemfoɔ ne Israelfoɔ nyinaa, wɔn a wɔbɛn ne wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri a wɔabɔ apansam. Esiane yɛn amumuyɛ enti, yɛn anim agu ase.
8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Ao, Awurade, aniwuo aka yɛn ne yɛn ahemfo, ahenemma ne yɛn agyanom, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him,
Ɛwom sɛ, yɛate Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn anim atua, nanso ɔyɛ ahummɔborɔ na ɔde bɔne kyɛ.
10 nor have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Yɛanyɛ ɔsetie amma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, na yɛanni ne mmara a ɔnam nʼasomfoɔ adiyifoɔ so de maa yɛn no so.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God. For we have sinned against him.
Israel nyinaa abu wo mmara so, na wɔafiri ho a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ ɔsetie ma wo. “Enti, nnome ne atemmuo a wɔaka ntam atwerɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn ɔsomfoɔ Mose Mmara mu no, wɔahwie agu yɛn so, sɛ yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo enti.
12 And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil, for under the whole heaven has not been done as has been done upon Jerusalem.
Ɔhaw kɛseɛ a wobɔɔ ho kɔkɔ sɛ wobɛyɛ atia yɛn ne yɛn ahemfo no, woayɛ. Ɔsoro ase nyinaa, biribiara nsii sɛdeɛ asi wɔ Yerusalem no bi da.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.
Sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ Mose mmara mu no, saa amanehunu yi nyinaa aba yɛn so, nanso yɛnhwehwɛɛ Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn mmɔborɔhunu, sɛ yɛbɛfiri yɛn bɔne ho na yɛapɛ nokorɛ akyiri ɛkwan.
14 Therefore Jehovah has watched over the evil, and brought it upon us, for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Awurade antwentwɛn sɛ ɔde amanehunu no bɛba yɛn so, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn yɛ pɛ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu, nanso yɛanyɛ ɔsetie amma no.
15 And now, O Lord our God, who has brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and has gotten thee renown, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
“Ao, Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, wo a wode nsa a ɛyɛ den yii wo nkurɔfoɔ firii Misraim, de gyee din a atena hɔ abɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, yɛayɛ bɔne, yɛayɛ mfomsoɔ.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain. Because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a reproach to all who are round about us.
Awurade, sɛdeɛ wo tenenee nneyɛɛ nyinaa teɛ no enti, yi wʼabofuo ne wʼanibereɛ firi wo kuropɔn Yerusalem ne wo bepɔ kronkron no so. Esiane yɛn bɔne ne yɛn agyanom amumuyɛ enti, nnipa a atwa Yerusalem ho ahyia no nyinaa di Yerusalem ne wo nkurɔfoɔ ho fɛw.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
“Na afei yɛn Onyankopɔn, tie wʼakoa mpaeɛbɔ, ne ne nkotosrɛ. Wo enti, Ao, Awurade, te wʼanim bio kyerɛ wo kronkronbea hɔ a agyigya no.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear. Open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name. For we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.
Yɛ aso, Ao, me Onyankopɔn na tie; bue wʼani, na hwɛ kuropɔn a wo Din da soɔ a agyigya no. Ɛnyɛ yɛn tenenee enti na yɛde yɛn nkotosrɛ aba wʼanim, na mmom ɛyɛ wo mmɔborɔhunu bebrebe no enti.
19 O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, hearken and do. Defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Ao, Awurade, tie! Ao, Awurade, fa kyɛ! Ao, Awurade, tie na yɛ! Wo enti, me Onyankopɔn, ntwentwɛn wo nan ase, ɛfiri sɛ, wo Din da wo kuropɔn ne wo nkurɔfoɔ so.”
20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God,
Ɛberɛ a merekasa na merebɔ mpaeɛ, na mereka me ne me nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ bɔne akyerɛ, na mede mʼadesrɛ reto Awurade me Onyankopɔn anim ama ne bepɔ kronkron no,
21 yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
na megu so rebɔ mpaeɛ no, Gabriel a mehunuu no kane anisoadehunu mu no de ahoɔherɛ baa me nkyɛn bɛyɛ anwummerɛ afɔrebɔ berɛ mu.
22 And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I have now come forth to give thee wisdom and understanding.
Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Daniel, maba ha sɛ merebrɛ wo nhunumu ne nteaseɛ.
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell thee, for thou are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
Wohyɛɛ aseɛ sɛ worebɔ mpaeɛ pɛ no, mmuaeɛ baeɛ, na maba sɛ merebɛka akyerɛ wo, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbu wo yie. Enti dwene asɛm no ho na te anisoadehunu no ase.
24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
“‘Mmerɛ aduɔson ahodoɔ nson’ na wɔahyɛ ama wo nkurɔfoɔ ne wo kuropɔn kronkron no, sɛ wɔgyae mmarato, na wɔtwa bɔneyɛ so, na wɔpata atirimuɔden, na tenenee a ɛto ntwa da ba, na wɔsɔ anisoadehunu ne nkɔmhyɛ ano, na wɔsra Kronkron mu Kronkronbea hɔ ngo.
25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the anointed one, the Prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublesome times.
“Tie na te yei ase: Ɛfiri ɛberɛ a asɛm no bɛkɔ ama wɔasi Yerusalem ayɛ no foforɔ, kɔsi sɛ Deɛ Wɔasra no Ngo no bɛba no bɛyɛ mmerɛ nson ahodoɔ ‘nson’, ne aduosia mmienu ahodoɔ ‘nson’. Wɔbɛyiyi mmorɔno ne akwan na wɔayɛ abanbɔdeɛ a ɛyɛ den, nanso ɛbɛyɛ ahohiahia berɛ mu.
26 And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and the end of it shall be with a flood. And even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
Mmerɛ aduosia mmienu ahodoɔ nson akyi no, wɔbɛkum Deɛ Wɔasra no ngo no a wɔrennya ne ho asɛm biara. Ɔhene a ɔbɛba no nkurɔfoɔ bɛba abɛsɛe kuropɔn ne kronkronbea no. Awieeɛ no bɛba sɛ nsuyire, na ɔko ne emu ahoyera bɛba akɔsi awieeɛ sɛdeɛ wɔahyɛ no.
27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. And upon the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate. And even to the full end, and that determined, wrath shall be poured out upon the desolate.
Ɔbɛsi ɔno ne nnipa bebree ntam apam so dua wɔ mmerɛ ‘nson’ baako mu. Na mmerɛ ‘nson’ no mfimfini no, ɔbɛgyae afɔrebɔ ne ayɛyɛdeɛ ma. Ɔbɛdua abusudeɛ a ɛde ɔsɛeɛ bɛba wɔ asɔredan no no mu, kɔsi sɛ awieeɛ a wɔahyɛ no bɛhwie agu ne so.”
