Daniel 8
1 “In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision has appeared to me—I Daniel—after that which had appeared to me at the beginning.
Ɔhene Belsasar adedie mfeɛ mmiɛnsa so, me, Daniel, menyaa anisoadehunu foforɔ bi a na ɛdi deɛ ada ne ho adi akyerɛ me dada no akyi.
2 And I see in a vision, and it comes to pass, in my seeing, and I [am] in Shushan the palace that [is] in Elam the province, and I see in a vision, and I have been by the stream Ulai.
Mʼanisoadehunu mu no, mehunuu sɛ na mewɔ Susa abankɛsewa a ɛwɔ Elam mantam; na mʼanisoadehunu mu no, na mewɔ Nsuka Ulai ho.
3 And I lift up my eyes, and look, and behold, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it has two horns, and the two horns [are] high; and one [is] higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last.
Memaa mʼani so no, mehunuu odwennini a ɔwɔ mmɛn atentene mmienu na ɔgyina nsuka no ho wɔ mʼanim. Na ne mmɛn no woware. Na ne mmɛn no baako ware sene baako, nanso deɛ ɛware no na ɛnyinii akyire koraa.
4 I have seen the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no living creatures stand before it, and there is none delivering out of its hand, and it has done according to its pleasure, and has exerted itself.
Mehwɛɛ odwennini no sɛ ɔrepempem kɔ atɔeɛ, atifi ne anafoɔ fam. Na aboa biara ntumi nnyina nʼanim, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛtumi agye obi foforɔ afiri ne nsa mu. Ɔyɛɛ deɛ ɔpɛ, na ɔyɛɛ kɛseɛ.
5 And I have been considering, and behold, a young male goat has come from the west, over the face of the whole earth, whom none is touching in the earth; as for the young male goat, a conspicuous horn [is] between its eyes.
Ɛberɛ a megu so redwene yie ho no, prɛko pɛ, ɔpapo bi a ɔwɔ abɛn kɛseɛ bi a ɛtua nʼani mmienu no ntam pue firii atɔeɛ fam, twaam faa asase no nyinaa so a ne nan mpo nka fam.
6 And it comes to the ram possessing the two horns, that I had seen standing before the stream, and runs to it in the fury of its power.
Ɔde nʼani kyerɛɛ odwennini a ɔwɔ mmɛn mmienu no a mehunuu sɛ na ɔgyina nsuka no ho no. Na ɔde ahoɔden tuu mmirika kɔɔ no so.
7 And I have seen it coming near the ram, and it becomes embittered at it, and strikes the ram, and breaks its two horns, and there has been no power in the ram to stand before it, and it casts it to the earth, and tramples it down, and there has been no deliverer to the ram out of its power.
Ɔpapo no sii ntɔkwanan a emu yɛ den, na ɔpem odwennini bubuu ne mmɛn mmienu no. Odwenini no yɛɛ mmerɛ na wantumi annyina ɔpapo no anim; enti ɔpapo no pem no hwee fam, tiatiaa no so, na obiara antumi annye no amfiri ne nsa mu.
8 And the young male goat has exerted itself very much, and when it is strong, the great horn has been broken; and a vision of four comes up in its place, at the four winds of the heavens.
Ɔpapo no bɛyɛɛ ɔniɛdenfoɔ kɛseɛ. Nanso, nʼaniɛden no duruu ne mpɔmpɔnsoɔ no, nʼabɛn kɛseɛ no buiɛ, na nʼanan mu no, mmɛn akɛseɛ ɛnan fifiriiɛ a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ ɔsoro mframa ɛnan no so.
9 And from one of them has come forth a little horn, and it exerts itself greatly toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful [land];
Abɛn foforɔ bi pueeɛ mmɛn akɛseɛ no mu baako ho. Ɛhyɛɛ aseɛ kakraa bi, na ne tumi yɛɛ kɛseɛ kɔɔ anafoɔ ne apueeɛ fam, de kɔɔ Asase Fɛɛfɛ no so.
10 indeed, it exerts to the host of the heavens, and causes to fall to the earth of the host, and of the stars, and tramples them down.
Ɛnyiniiɛ ara kɔkaa ɔsoro asafo, na ɔtotoo asafo no mu bi a wɔyɛ nsoromma bɛguguu fam, tiatiaa wɔn so.
11 And to the prince of the host it exerts itself, and the continual [sacrifice] has been taken away by it, and thrown down the base of his sanctuary.
Na ɔmaa ne ho so bɛyɛɛ ne ho kɛseɛ sɛ ɔsoro asafo no Sahene. Ɔgyee daa daa afɔdeɛ firii ne nsam, na ɔsɛee ne kronkron tenabea hɔ.
12 And the host is given up, with the continual [sacrifice], through transgression, and it throws down truth to the earth, and it has worked, and prospered.
Esiane atuateɛ no enti, wɔde ahotefoɔ asafo no ne wɔn daa daa afɔdeɛ maa no. Na wɔtoo nokorɛ tweneeɛ.
13 And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one says to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Until when [is] the vision of the continual [sacrifice], and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make a treading down of both sanctuary and host?
Afei, metee ɔkronkronni bi sɛ ɔrekasa, na ɔkronkronni foforɔ bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛberɛ bɛn na anisoadehunu yi bɛba mu—deɛ ɛfa daa daa afɔdeɛ, atuateɛ a ɛde ɔsɛeɛ ba, kronkron tenabea a wɔbɛgyaa mu ama, ne Awurade asafo a wɔbɛtiatia wɔn so no?”
14 And he says to me, Until evening—morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.
Ɔbuaa no sɛ, “Ɛbɛdi anwummerɛ ne anɔpa 2,300, ansa na wɔasane ate kronkron tenabea no ho.”
15 And it comes to pass in my seeing—I, Daniel—the vision, that I require understanding, and behold, standing before me [is] as the appearance of a mighty one.
Ɛberɛ a me Daniel, merehwɛ anisoadehunu na mepɛɛ sɛ mete aseɛ no, obi a ɔte sɛ ɔbarima bɛgyinaa mʼanim.
16 And I hear a voice of man between [the banks of] Ulai, and he calls and says: Gabriel, cause this [one] to understand the appearance.
Na metee onipa nne a ɛrefrɛ firi Ulai mu sɛ, “Gabriel, kyerɛ saa ɔbarima yi anisoadehunu no ase.”
17 And he comes in near my station, and at his coming in I have been afraid, and I fall on my face, and he says to me: Understand, son of man, for at the time of the end [is] the vision.
Ɔrebɛn baabi a na megyina no, mesuroeɛ, na mede mʼanim butuu fam. Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Onipa ba, te aseɛ sɛ anisoadehunu no fa awieɛberɛ no ho.”
18 And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he comes against me, and causes me to stand on my station,
Ɛberɛ a ɔrekasa akyerɛ me no, medaa nnahɔɔ a mʼanim butu fam. Na ɔsɔɔ me mu de me gyinaa me nan so.
19 and says: Behold, I am causing you to know that which is in the latter end of the indignation; for at the appointed time [is] the end.
Ɔkaa sɛ, “Merebɛka deɛ ɛbɛsi akyire no wɔ abufuberɛ mu akyerɛ wo, ɛfiri sɛ anisoadehunu no fa awieeɛ ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛ no ho.
20 The ram that you have seen possessing two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
Odwennini a ɔwɔ mmɛn mmienu no gyina hɔ ma Media ne Persia ahemfo no.
21 And the young male goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;
Ɔpapo niɛdenfoɔ no yɛ Helahene, na abɛn kɛseɛ a ɛtua nʼani ntam no yɛ ɔhene a ɔdi ɛkan no.
22 and that being broken, four stand up in its place, four kingdoms stand up from the nation, and not in its power.
Mmɛn ɛnan a ɛbɛsii abɛn a ɛbubuu no anan mu no gyina hɔ ma ahennie ɛnan a ɛbɛsɔre afiri ne ɔman no mu, nanso wɔn tumidie renyɛ pɛ.
23 And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, a king stands up, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;
“Wɔn adedie no rekɔ awieeɛ no, ɛberɛ a atuatefoɔ no ayɛ atirimuɔden mmorosoɔ no, ɔhene a ɔyɛ den, na ɔdi kontonkyisɛm bɛsɔre.
24 and his power has been mighty, and not by his own power; and he destroys wonderful things, and he has prospered, and worked, and destroyed mighty ones, and the people of the Holy Ones.
Ɔbɛyɛ den yie a ɛmfiri nʼankasa tumi mu. Ɔbɛsɛe adeɛ ama nnipa ho adwiri wɔn, na ɔbɛdi nkonim wɔ biribiara a ɔbɛyɛ mu. Ɔbɛsɛe ahoɔdenfoɔ ne akronkronfoɔ.
25 And by his understanding he has also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerts himself, and by ease he destroys many; and he stands against the Prince of princes—and he is broken without hand.
Ɔbɛma nnaadaa agye ntini, na ɔbɛyɛ ahomasoɔ. Ɔbɛsɛe bebree a ɔmmɔ nkaeɛ, na ɔbɛsɔre atia ahenemma mu Ɔheneba no, nanso wɔbɛsɛe no a ɛmfiri onipa ahoɔden mu.
26 And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and you, hide the vision, for [it is] after many days.
“Anwummerɛ ne anɔpa anisoadehunu a wɔde ama wo no yɛ nokorɛ, nanso, sɔ ano, ɛfiri sɛ ɛfa daakye bi a ɛnnya mmaeɛ ho.”
27 And I, Daniel, have been, indeed, I became sick [for] days, and I rise, and do the king’s work, and am astonished at the appearance, and there is none understanding.”
Me, Daniel, meyɛɛ mmerɛ, na meyaree nna kakra. Akyire yi, mesɔre kɔyɛɛ ɔhene adwuma. Anisoadehunu no yɛɛ me ahodwirie; na ɛboro nteaseɛ so.
