Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:
Dario mwana wa Ahasuero, wa uzao wa Wamedi. Alikuwa na Ahasuero ambaye alifanywa mfalme juu ya ufalme wa watu wa Babeli.
2 The first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem.
Sasa katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wa Dario, mimi Danieli, nilikuwa najisomea vitabu vilivyo na neno la Yahweh, neno ambalo lilikuwa limemjia Yeremia nabii. Niligundua kwamba kungekuwa na miaka sabini hadi mwisho wa kuachwa kwa Yerusalemu ungefika.
3 And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Niliugeuza uso wangu kumwelekea Bwana Mungu, ili kumtafuta yeye kwa sala na maombi, kwa kufunga, na kuvaa nguo za magunia na kukaa katika majivu.
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.
Nilimwomba Yahweh Mungu wangu, na niliungama dhambi zetu. Nilisema, “Tafadhali, Bwana, wewe ni Mungu mkuu na mwenye kuheshimiwa, wewe hutunza maagano na uliye mwaminifu katika kuwapenda wale wanaokupenda wewe na kuzishika amri zako.
5 We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly, and have revolted: and we have gone aside from thy commandments, and thy judgments.
Tumetenda dhambi na tumefanya yaliyo mabaya. Tumeenenda kwa uovu na tumeasi, tumegeuka upande kinyume na amri na maagizo yako.
6 We have not hearkened to thy servants the prophets, that have spoken in thy name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Hatujawasikiliza watumishi wako manabii walizungumza na wafalme wetu, viongozi wetu, baba zetu, na kwa watu wote wa nchi kwa jina lako.
7 To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities by which they have sinned against thee.
Kwako Bwana, kuna uadilifu. Hata hivyo, kwetu kuna aibu katika nyuso zetu, kwa watu wa Yuda na wale wanaoishi Yerusalem, na kwa Israeli yote. Hii ni pamoja na wale walio karibu na wale walio mbali katika nchi zote ambazo kwazo uliwatawanya. Hii ni kwasababu ya udanganyifu mkubwa tulioufanya kinyume chako.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our princes, and to our fathers that have sinned.
Kwetu sisi, Yahweh, kuna fedheha katika nyuso, na kwa wafalme wetu, na kwa viongozi wetu, na kwa baba zetu, kwasababu tumekutenda dhambi wewe.
9 But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:
Kwa Bwana Mungu wetu kuna huruma na msamaha, kwa kuwa tumemwasi yeye.
10 And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Hatujaitii sauti ya Yahweh Mungu wetu kwa kutembea katika sheria zake alizotupatia kupitia watumishi wake manabii.
11 And all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have turned away from hearing thy voice, and the malediction, and the curse, which is written in the book of Moses the servant of God, is fallen upon us, because we have sinned against him.
Israeli wote wameiasi sheria yako na kugeukia upande, kwa kukataa kuitii sauti yako. Laana na viapo vilivyoandikwa katika sheria ya Musa, mtumishi wa Mungu, zimemwagwa juu yetu kwa kuwa tummetenda dhambi.
12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spoke against us, and against our princes that judged us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such as never was under all the heaven, according to that which hath been done in Jerusalem.
Yahweh ameyathibitisha maneno ambayo aliyasema kinyume na sisi na kinyume na viongozi wetu juu yetu, kwa kuleta juu yetu janga kubwa. Kwa kuwa chini ya mbingu yote haijawahi kufanyika kitu chochote ambacho kinaweza kulinganishwa na kile kilichofanyika huko Yerusalemu.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth.
Kama ilivyoandikwa kwenye sheria ya Musa, baa hili lote limetupata, ingawa bado hatujaomba rehema kutoka kwa Yahweh Mungu wetu kwa kugeuka na kuacha maovu yetu na kuufuata ukweli wako.
14 And the Lord hath watched upon the evil, and hath brought it upon us: the Lord our God is just in all his works which he hath done: for we have not hearkened to his voice.
Hivyo basi, Yahweh ameyaweka tayari maafa na ameyaleta juu yetu, kwa kuwa Yahweh Mungu wetu ni mwenye haki katika matendo yote anayoyafanya, ingawa bado hatujaitii sauti yake.
15 And now, O Lord our God, who hast brought forth thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name as at this day: we have sinned, we have committed iniquity,
Basi sasa, Bwana Mungu wetu, uliwatoa watu wako katika nchi ya Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu, na umejifanyia jina maarufu kwa ajli yako mwenyewe, hata siku hii ya leo. Lakini bado tumekutenda dhambi; tumefanya mambo ya hila. Kwasababu ya matendo yako yote ya haki,
16 O Lord, against all thy justice: let thy wrath and thy indignation be turned away, I beseech thee, from thy city Jerusalem, and from thy holy mountain. For by reason of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and thy people are a reproach to all that are round about us.
Bwana, iache hasira na ghadhabu yako iwe mbali na mji wako Yerusalemu, mlima wako mtakatifu. Hii ni kwasababu ya dhambi zetu, na kwasababu ya uovu wa baba zetu, Yerusalemu na watu wako wamekuwa kitu cha kudharauliwa na wote wanaotuzunguka.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the supplication of thy servant, and his prayers: and shew thy face upon thy sanctuary which is desolate, for thy own sake.
Basi sasa, Mungu wetu, sikiliza sala za mtumishi wako na maombi yake kwa ajili ya rehema; kwa ajili yako, Bwana ufanye uso wako ung'ae katika sehemu yako takatifu iliyoachwa ukiwa.
18 Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Mungu wangu, fungua masikio yako na usikie; fumbua macho yako na uone. Tumeharibiwa; utazame mji unaoitwa kwa jina lako. Hatukuombi msaada wako kwasababu ya haki yetu, ila kwasababu ya rehema zako kuu.
19 O Lord, hear: O Lord, be appeased: hearken and do: delay not for thy own sake, O my God: because thy name is invocated upon thy city, and upon thy people.
Bwana, sikiliza! Bwana, samehe! Bwana, tuangalie na ufanye jambo! Kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, usichelewe, Mungu wangu, kwa kuwa mji wako na watu wako wanaitwa kwa jina lako.”
20 Now while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people of Israel, and presenting my supplications in the sight of my God, for the holy mountain of my God:
Nilipokuwa ninaongea kwa kuomba na kuungama dhambi yangu na dhambi ya watu wangu Israeli, na kuwasilisha maombi yangu mbele ya Yahweh Mungu wangu kwa niaba ya mlima mtakatifu wa Mungu.
21 As I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
Nilipokuwa ninaomba, mtu Gabrieli, ambaye nilikuwa nimemwona katika ndoto hapo awali, alipaa kwa kasi kushuka kuja nilipo, ilikuwa ni wakati wa sadaka ya jioni.
22 And he instructed me, and spoke to me, and said: O Daniel, I am now come forth to teach thee, and that thou mightest understand.
Alinipa ufahamu na aliniambia, “Danieli, nimekuja sasa ili nikupe utambuzi na ufahamu.
23 From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to shew it to thee, because thou art a man of desires: therefore do thou mark the word, and understand the vision.
Ulipoanza kuomba rehema, amri ilitolewa na nimekuja kukueleza jibu, kwa kuwa unapendwa sana. Hivyo basi, tafakari neno hili na uufahamu ufunuo.
24 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the saint of saints may be anointed.
Miaka sabini na saba zimeamriwa kwa ajili ya watu wako na mji wako mtakatifu kukomesha hatia na kumaliza dhambi, na kuleta haki ya milele, na kutimiza maono na unabii, na kupaweka wakfu mahali patakatifu sana.
25 Know thou therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls in straitness of times.
Ujue na kufahamu kuwa tangu kupitishwa kwa amri ya kurudi na kuijenga upya Yerusalemu mpaka ujio wa mpakwa mafuta (atakayekuwa kiongozi), kutakuwa na majuma saba na majuma sitini na mbili. Yerusalemu itajengwa pamoja na mitaa yake na handaki, licha ya kuwepo kwa nyakati za shida
26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ shall be slain: and the people that shall deny him shall not be his. And a people with their leader that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary: and the end thereof shall be waste, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation.
Baada ya miaka ya majuma sitini na mbili, mtiwa mafuta ataharibiwa na atakuwa hana kitu chochote. Jeshi la kiongozi ajaye litauangamiza mji na mahali patakatifu. Mwisho wake utatatokea kwa gharika, na kutakuwa na vita hata mwisho. Uharibifu umekwisha amriwa.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fall: and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end.
Atalithibitisha agano pamoja na watu wengi kwa miaka saba. Katikati ya miaka saba atakomesha dhabihu na sadaka. Baada ya chukizo la uharibifu atatokea mtu atakayeleta ukiwa. Mwisho kamili na uharibifu umeamriwa kutokea kwa yeye aliyesababisha ukiwa.”
