< Daniel 7 >

1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel has seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then he has written the dream, the chief of the things he has said.
Ɔhene Belsasar adedi afe a edi kan wɔ Babilonia mu no, Daniel soo dae, nyaa anisoadehu ahorow, bere a ɔda ne mpa so no. Ɔkyerɛw dae no mu nsɛm titiriw too hɔ.
2 Daniel has answered and said, “I was seeing in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the Great Sea;
Daniel kae se, “Mʼanisoadehu no mu saa anadwo no, mihuu ɔsoro mframa anan a ɛrebobɔw fa po kɛse no so.
3 and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse from one another.
Afei mmoa akɛse anan bi pue fii po no mu a ɛsono wɔn mu biara bɔbea.
4 The first [is] like a lion, and it has an eagle’s wings. I was seeing until its wings have been plucked, and it has been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it has been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.
“Na aboa a odi kan no te sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ ɔkɔre ntaban. Mehwɛɛ no ara kosii sɛ wotutuu ne ntaban no, na wɔpagyaw no ma ogyinaa ne nan abien so te sɛ onipa. Na wɔmaa no onipa adwene.
5 And behold, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and to the same authority it has been raised, and three ribs [are] in its mouth, between its teeth, and thus they are saying to it, Rise, consume much flesh.
“Afei mihuu aboa a ɔto so abien a na ɔte sɛ sisi. Na ɔda ne nkyɛn mu a na mfe mparow abiɛsa hyɛ ne se ntam wɔ nʼanom. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Sɔre na we nam a wubetumi!’
6 After this I was seeing, and behold, another like a leopard, and it has four wings of a bird on its back, and the beast has four heads, and dominion is given to it.
“Eyi akyi no, mihuu aboa foforo a ɔte sɛ ɔsebɔ. Na ɔwɔ ntaban anan a ɛte sɛ nnomaa ntaban a etuatua nʼakyi. Saa aboa yi wɔ ti anan, na wɔmaa no tumi kɛse.
7 After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it has very great iron teeth, it has consumed, indeed, it breaks small, and it has trampled the remnant with its feet; and it [is] diverse from all the beasts that [are] before it; and it has ten horns.
“Eyi akyi no, mʼanisoadehu anadwo no, mihuu aboa a ɔto so anan a ne ho yɛ hu yiye, na ne ho yɛ den nso. Ɔwɔ se akɛse a ɛyɛ dade na ɔde bubu mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no na wawe, na afei ɔde ne nʼanan tiatia nkae no so. Ɔda nsow koraa wɔ mmoa nkae no mu. Na ɔwɔ mmɛn du.
8 I was considering about the horns, and behold, another horn, a little one, has come up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before it, and behold, eyes as the eyes of man [are] in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
“Bere a migu so redwene mmɛn no ho no, abɛn ketewa foforo bi puee wɔ mmɛn dedaw no ntam, na etutuu mmɛn dedaw no mu abiɛsa. Na saa abɛn ketewa no wɔ aniwa te sɛ onipa, na ɔwɔ ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
9 I was seeing until thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment [is] white as snow, and the hair of His head [is] as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
“Migu so rehwɛ no, “mihui sɛ, wɔde nhengua besisii hɔ, na Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no bɛtenaa ase. Na nʼatade yɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma; na ne tinwi hoa sɛ oguan nwi. Nʼahengua dɛw sɛ ogyatannaa na nʼahengua nhankare nso dɛwee framfram.
10 A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, one million serve Him and one hundred million rise up before Him, judgment has been set, and the scrolls have been opened.
Na ogya a ɛte sɛ asubɔnten sen fii nʼanim bae. Abɔfo mpempem kotow no, na ɔpepe nso gyinagyinaa nʼanim. Baguafo no tenaa ase, na wofii ase buebuee nhoma mu.
11 I was seeing, then, because of the voice of the great words that the horn is speaking, I was seeing until the beast is slain, and his body has been destroyed, and given to the burning fire;
“Na mekɔɔ so hwɛe, efisɛ na abɛn ketewa no de ahantan rekasa. Mehwɛɛ ara kosii sɛ wokum aboa no, na wɔtow no kyenee ogyatannaa a ɛredɛw framfram no mu.
12 and the rest of the beasts have caused their dominion to pass away, and a prolongation in life is given to them, until a season and a time.
Mmoa a aka no nso, wogyee wɔn tumi fii wɔn nsam, ma wɔtenaa ase kyɛe kakra.
13 I was seeing in the visions of the night, and behold, [One] like a Son of Man was coming with the clouds of the heavens, and to the Ancient of Days He has come, and before Him they have brought Him near.
“Anadwo a minyaa mʼanisoadehu no, mehwɛ huu obi te sɛ onipa ba no a ɔnam ɔsoro omununkum mu reba. Ɔbɛn Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no, wodii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
14 And to Him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages serve Him, His dominion [is] a continuous dominion, that does not pass away, and His kingdom that which is not destroyed.
Wɔmaa no tumi, anuonyam ne adehyetumi; na aman ne kasa ahorow nyinaa som no. Nʼahenni yɛ daa ahenni a to rentwa da. Nʼaheman yɛ nea wɔrensɛe no da.”
15 My spirit has been pierced—I, Daniel—in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;
“Me, Daniel, nea mihuu no nyinaa haw me wɔ honhom mu, na mʼanisoadehu no bɔɔ me hu.
16 I have drawn near to one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he has spoken to me, indeed, the interpretation of the things he has caused me to know:
Enti, mekɔɔ wɔn a wogyinagyina hɔ no mu baako hɔ, kobisaa no saa nneɛma no nyinaa ase. “Ɔkyerɛɛ me ase se:
17 These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;
‘Saa mmoa akɛse anan yi gyina hɔ ma ahemman anan a wɔbɛsɔre wɔ asase so.
18 and the saints of the Most High receive the kingdom, and they strengthen the kingdom for all time, even for all time and all ages.
Nanso Ɔsorosoroni no ahotefo no begye ahemman no na wɔafa no afebɔɔ.’
19 Then I wished for certainty concerning the fourth beast, that was diverse from them all, exceedingly fearful; its teeth of iron, and its nails of bronze, it has devoured, it breaks small, and it has trampled the remnant with its feet;
“Afei mepɛɛ sɛ mihu aboa a ɔto so anan no a na ɔda nsow wɔ nkae no mu no nkyerɛase. Na ne ho yɛ hu yiye, na ɔde ne se a ɛyɛ dade ne nʼawerɛw a ɛyɛ kɔbere no tetew mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no we no, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkae no so.
20 and concerning the ten horns that [are] in its heads, and of the other that came up, and before which three have fallen, even of that horn that has eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance [is] great above its companions.
Afei mepɛɛ sɛ mete mmɛn du a na etuatua ne ti ho ne nea epuee akyi no ase. Ɛbɛsɛee nea na ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no mu abiɛsa, na eyi yɛ abɛn a edi mu kyɛn nkae no a na ɛwɔ onipa aniwa ne ano a ɛkasa ahantan so no.
21 I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and has prevailed over them,
Mehwɛɛ no, na saa abɛn yi atu atreneefo no so sa redi wɔn so nkonim,
22 until the Ancient of Days has come, and judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time has come, and the saints have strengthened the kingdom.
kosii sɛ, Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no ba bebuu atɛn, maa Ɔsorosoroni ahotefo no dii bem. Afei bere duu sɛ wɔfa ahemman no.
23 Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumes all the earth, and treads it down, and breaks it small.
“Afei ɔkyerɛɛ me ase se, ‘Saa aboa a ɔto so anan yi yɛ ahemman a ɛto so anan a ɛbɛba asase so. Ɛbɛda nsow wɔ ahemman a aka no nyinaa mu. Ɛbɛmene asase nyinaa, na atiatia so abubu no asinasin.
24 And the ten horns out of the kingdom [are] ten kings, they rise, and another rises after them, and it is diverse from the former, and it humbles three kings;
Ne mmɛn du no yɛ ahemfo du a wobefi saa ahemman no mu. Afei ɔhene foforo bɛsɔre a ɔda nsow wɔ du a aka no mu a ɔbɛbrɛ ahemfo no mu baasa ase.
25 and it speaks words as an adversary of the Most High, and it wears out the saints of the Most High, and it hopes to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, until a time, and times, and a division of a time.
Ɔbɛkasa atia Ɔsorosoroni no, na wahyɛ ahotefo no so. Ɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ, ɔbɛsesa wɔn afahyɛ kronkron ahorow ne wɔn mmara no, na wɔde wɔn ahyɛ nʼase akosi mmere bi.
26 And judgment is set, and they cause his dominion to pass away, to perish, and to be destroyed—to the end;
“‘Nanso baguafo bɛtena ase, na wɔagye ne tumi nyinaa, na wɔasɛe no korakora.
27 and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people—the saints of the Most High, His kingdom [is] a continuous kingdom, and all dominions serve and obey Him.
Afei wɔde ahenni ne tumi ne kɛseyɛ a ɛwɔ nheman a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase nyinaa bɛma ahotefo, Ɔsorosoroni no nkurɔfo. Na nʼaheman bɛtena hɔ daa, na ahemfo nyinaa bɛsɔre no na wɔayɛ osetie ama no.’
28 Here [is] the end of the matter. I, Daniel, [am] greatly troubled [by] my thoughts, and my countenance is changed on me, and I have kept the matter in my heart.”
“Asɛm no awiei ni. Me, Daniel, mʼadwennwene yi haw me yiye na mʼanim sesae, na mede saa nsɛm yi siee me koma mu.”

< Daniel 7 >