Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans —
Ahasweros babarima Dario (a nʼase fi Media) a wɔyɛɛ no ɔhene wɔ Babilonia ahenni so no,
2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
afe a edi kan no, me, Daniel, metee ase fii kyerɛwsɛm mu sɛnea Awurade de maa Odiyifo Yeremia se, Yerusalem bɛda mpan mfirihyia aduɔson.
3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Ɛno nti, mifuraa atweaatam de nsõ yɛɛ me ho dii mmuada. Afei mede nkotosrɛ kɔɔ Awurade Nyankopɔn anim kɔbɔɔ mpae srɛe.
4 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Mebɔɔ Awurade me Nyankopɔn mpae, na mepaee mu kae se: “Awurade, wo a wo so na woyɛ Onyankopɔn nwonwani! Wo a wudi ɔdɔ apam so—ɔdɔ apam a woayɛ ama wɔn a wɔdɔ wo na wodi wo mmara so.
5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
Yɛayɛ bɔne, na yɛayɛ mfomso. Yɛabɔ atirimɔden na yɛatew atua; yɛakwati wo mmara ne wʼahyɛde.
6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Yɛantie wʼasomfo adiyifo a wɔkasaa wɔ wo din mu kyerɛɛ yɛn ahemfo ne ahenemma ne agyanom ne nnipa a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa.
7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
“Awurade, woyɛ ɔtreneeni, nanso nnɛ de, yɛn anim agu ase, Yudafo ne Yerusalemfo ne Israelfo nyinaa, wɔn a wɔbɛn ne wɔn a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri a wɔabɔ apansam. Esiane yɛn amumɔyɛ nti, yɛn anim agu ase.
8 O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
Awurade, aniwu aka yɛn ne yɛn ahemfo, ahenemma ne yɛn agyanom, efisɛ yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo.
9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ, yɛatew Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn anim atua, nanso ɔyɛ ahummɔbɔ na ɔde bɔne kyɛ.
10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
Yɛanyɛ osetie amma Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, na yɛanni ne mmara a ɔnam nʼasomfo adiyifo so de maa yɛn no so.
11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
Israel nyinaa abu wo mmara so, na wɔafi ho a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ osetie ma wo. “Enti nnome ne atemmu a wɔaka ntam akyerɛw wɔ Onyankopɔn somfo Mose Mmara mu no, wɔahwie agu yɛn so, sɛ yɛayɛ bɔne atia wo nti.
12 You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
Ɔhaw kɛse a wobɔɔ ho kɔkɔ sɛ wobɛyɛ atia yɛn ne yɛn ahemfo no, woayɛ. Ɔsoro ase nyinaa, biribiara nsii sɛnea asi wɔ Yerusalem no bi da.
13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
Sɛnea wɔakyerɛw wɔ Mose mmara mu no, saa amanehunu yi nyinaa aba yɛn so, nanso yɛnhwehwɛɛ Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn mmɔborɔhunu, sɛ yebefi yɛn bɔne ho na yɛapɛ nokware akyi kwan.
14 Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
Awurade antwentwɛn sɛ ɔde amanehunu no bɛba yɛn so, efisɛ Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn yɛ pɛ wɔ biribiara a ɔyɛ mu, nanso yɛanyɛ osetie amma no.
15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
“Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, wo a wode nsa a ɛyɛ den yii wo nkurɔfo fii Misraim, de gyee din a atena hɔ abesi nnɛ yi, yɛayɛ bɔne, yɛayɛ mfomso.
16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
Awurade, sɛnea wo trenee nneyɛe nyinaa te no nti, yi wʼabufuw ne wʼanibere fi wo kuropɔn Yerusalem ne wo bepɔw kronkron no so. Esiane yɛn bɔne ne yɛn agyanom amumɔyɛ nti, nnipa a wɔatwa Yerusalem ho ahyia no nyinaa di Yerusalem ne wo nkurɔfo ho fɛw.
17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
“Na afei yɛn Nyankopɔn, tie wʼakoa mpaebɔ, ne ne nkotosrɛ. Wo nti, Awurade, tew wʼanim bio kyerɛ wo kronkronbea hɔ a agyigya no.
18 Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
Yɛ aso, me Nyankopɔn na tie; bue wʼani, na hwɛ kuropɔn a wo Din da so a agyigya no. Ɛnyɛ yɛn trenee nti na yɛde yɛn nkotosrɛ aba wʼanim, na mmom ɛyɛ wo mmɔborɔhunu bebrebe no nti.
19 O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
Awurade, tie! Awurade, fa kyɛ! Awurade, tie na yɛ! Wo nti, me Nyankopɔn, ntwentwɛn wʼanan ase, efisɛ wo Din da wo kuropɔn ne wo nkurɔfo so.”
20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
Bere a merekasa na merebɔ mpae, na mereka me ne me nkurɔfo Israelfo bɔne akyerɛ, na mede mʼadesrɛ reto Awurade me Nyankopɔn anim ama ne bepɔw kronkron no,
21 while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
na migu so rebɔ mpae no, Gabriel a mihuu no kan anisoadehu mu no de ahoɔhare baa me nkyɛn bɛyɛ anwummere afɔrebɔ bere mu.
22 He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.
Ɔkyerɛkyerɛɛ me se, “Daniel, maba ha sɛ merebrɛ wo nhumu ne ntease.
23 At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
Wufii ase sɛ worebɔ mpae pɛ no, mmuae bae, na maba sɛ merebɛka akyerɛ wo, efisɛ, wobu wo yiye. Enti dwene asɛm no ho na te anisoadehu no ase.
24 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
“‘Mmere aduɔson ahorow ason’ na wɔahyɛ ama wo nkurɔfo ne wo kuropɔn kronkron no sɛ wɔmfa nnyae mmarato, na wontwa bɔneyɛ so, na wɔmpata atirimɔden, na trenee a to ntwa da mmra, na wɔnsɔw anisoadehu ne nkɔmhyɛ ano, na wɔnsra Kronkron mu Kronkronbea hɔ ngo.
25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
“Tie na te eyi ase: Efi bere a asɛm no bɛkɔ ama wɔasi Yerusalem ayɛ no foforo, kosi sɛ Nea Wɔasra no Ngo no bɛba no bɛyɛ mmere ason ahorow ‘ason’, ne aduosia abien ahorow ‘ason.’ Wobeyiyi mmorɔn ne akwan na wɔayɛ bammɔ a ɛyɛ den, nanso ɛbɛyɛ ahohiahia bere mu.
26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
Mmere aduosia abien ahorow ason akyi no, wobekum Nea Wɔasra no ngo no a wɔrennya ne ho asɛm biara. Ɔhene a ɔbɛba no nkurɔfo bɛba abɛsɛe kuropɔn ne kronkronbea no. Awiei no bɛba sɛ nsuyiri, na ɔko ne mu ahoyeraw bɛba akosi awiei sɛnea wɔahyɛ no.
27 And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
Ɔbɛhoro ɔno ne nnipa bebree ntam apam so dua wɔ mmere ‘ason’ baako mu. Na mmere ‘ason’ no mfimfini no, obegyae afɔrebɔ ne ayɛyɛdema. Obedua abusude a ɛde ɔsɛe bɛba wɔ asɔredan no mu, kosi sɛ awiei a wɔahyɛ no behwie agu ne so.”
