Daniel 9
1 [Now I am going to tell you about what happened] when Darius, who was from the Mede people-group and who was the son of Xerxes, ruled as the King of Babylonia.
Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wa Dario mwana wa Ahasuero (mzaliwa wa Umedi), ambaye alifanywa mtawala juu ya ufalme wa Babeli,
2 During the first year that he was the king, I, Daniel, was studying/reading the [holy] books/Scriptures the message that Yahweh had given to the prophet Jeremiah. In that message Jeremiah had written that Jerusalem would [be destroyed and] remain ruined for seventy years.
katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wake, mimi Danieli nilielewa kutokana na Maandiko, kulingana na neno la Bwana alilopewa nabii Yeremia, kwamba ukiwa wa Yerusalemu ungetimizwa kwa miaka sabini.
3 [After I read that], I pleaded to Yahweh my God [to help us], praying and (fasting/abstaining from eating food). [While doing that, I was wearing] rough cloth and [sitting in] ashes [to show that I was very sad about what was going to happen to us].
Kwa hiyo nikamgeukia Bwana Mungu na kumsihi katika maombi na dua, katika kufunga, na kuvaa nguo ya gunia na kujipaka majivu.
4 I confessed [the sins that we had committed], and [this is what I] prayed: Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded [that they should do].
Nikamwomba Bwana Mungu wangu na kutubu: “Ee Bwana, Mungu mkuu na unayetisha, anayeshika agano lake la upendo kwao wanaompenda na kutii maagizo yake,
5 But we [Israelis] have sinned. We have done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled [against you]. We have turned away from [obeying] your commands [DOU].
tumetenda dhambi na kufanya mabaya. Tumekuwa waovu na tumeasi; tumegeuka mbali na maagizo yako na sheria zako.
6 Your prophets spoke for you [MTY], [giving your messages to] kings, to our other rulers, to our [other] ancestors, and to all the Israeli people, but we have refused to (pay attention to/heed) those prophets.
Hatukuwasikiliza watumishi wako manabii, ambao kwa jina lako walisema na wafalme wetu, wakuu wetu, baba zetu, na watu wote wa nchi.
7 Lord, you always do what is righteous/just/fair, but we have caused ourselves to be ashamed [IDM]. This is [still] true about all of the Israelis who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is [also] true about all us Israelis whom you scattered, who [were taken to] other countries, some near [Israel] and some far away, because we were very unfaithful/disloyal to you.
“Bwana, wewe ni mwenye haki, lakini siku hii ya leo tumefunikwa na aibu: tukiwa wanaume wa Yuda, na watu wa Yerusalemu, na Israeli yote, wote walio karibu na walio mbali, katika nchi zote ulikotutawanya kwa sababu ya kukosa uaminifu kwako.
8 Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
Ee Bwana, sisi na wafalme wetu, wakuu wetu na baba zetu tumefunikwa na aibu kwa sababu tumefanya dhambi dhidi yako.
9 Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
Bwana Mungu wetu ni mwenye rehema na anayesamehe, hata ingawa tumefanya uasi dhidi yake.
10 Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not (listen to/heed) you.
Hatukumtii Bwana Mungu wetu wala kuzishika sheria alizotupa kupitia kwa watumishi wake manabii.
11 All [of us] Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from [obeying] what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, [you] have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote [would happen to us] if we sinned against you.
Israeli yote imekosea sheria yako na kugeuka mbali, nao wamekataa kukutii. “Kwa hiyo laana na viapo vya hukumu vilivyoandikwa katika Sheria ya Mose, mtumishi wa Mungu, vimemiminwa juu yetu, kwa sababu tumefanya dhambi dhidi yako.
12 You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.
Umetimiza maneno uliyosema dhidi yetu na dhidi ya watawala wetu, kwa kuleta maafa makubwa juu yetu. Chini ya mbingu yote kamwe hapajatendeka kitu kama kile kilichotendeka kwa Yerusalemu.
13 [You] punished us just like Moses wrote [that you would do]. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.
Kama vile ilivyoandikwa katika sheria ya Mose, misiba hii yote imekuja juu yetu, lakini hatujaomba fadhili kwa Bwana Mungu wetu kwa kugeuka kutoka dhambi zetu na kuwa wasikivu katika kweli yake.
14 So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and [then] you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.
Bwana hakusita kuleta maafa juu yetu, kwa maana Bwana Mungu wetu ni mwenye haki katika kila afanyalo; lakini hata hivyo hatujamtii.
15 O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power [MTY], and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great [IDM] [even though] we have sinned and done wicked things.
“Sasa, Ee Bwana Mungu wetu, ambaye uliwatoa watu wako Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu, na ambaye umejifanyia Jina linalodumu mpaka leo, tumetenda dhambi, tumefanya mabaya.
16 Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and [your temple was built there] on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby [countries/nations] despise Jerusalem and [us] your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But [now], because you do what is righteous/just, [we ask you to] not be angry with Jerusalem any longer.
Ee Bwana, wewe kwa kadiri ya matendo yako ya haki, ondoa hasira yako na ghadhabu yako juu ya Yerusalemu, mji wako, mlima wako mtakatifu. Dhambi zetu na maovu ya baba zetu yameifanya Yerusalemu na watu wako kitu cha kudharauliwa kwa wale wote wanaotuzunguka.
17 O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading [for you to do]. (For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great), act kindly [IDM] concerning your temple, which was destroyed [by the armies of Babylonia].
“Basi Mungu wetu, sasa sikia maombi na dua ya mtumishi wako. Ee Bwana, kwa ajili yako angalia kwa huruma ukiwa wa mahali pako patakatifu.
18 My God, listen [to my prayer]. Look [at us] and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you [MTY] has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good.
Ee Mungu, tega sikio na ukasikie; fumbua macho yako ukaone ukiwa wa mji ule wenye Jina lako. Hatukutolei maombi yetu kwa sababu sisi tuna haki, bali kwa sababu ya rehema zako nyingi.
19 Lord, listen [to us]! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so [we plead with you to] heed what we are saying and act [to help us] right now, (for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great)!
Ee Bwana, sikiliza! Ee Bwana, samehe! Ee Bwana, sikia na ukatende! Kwa ajili yako, Ee Mungu wangu, usikawie, kwa sababu mji wako na watu wako wanaitwa kwa Jina lako.”
20 I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore [the temple on] the sacred hill [in Jerusalem].
Basi, nilipokuwa bado nikinena na kuomba, nikiungama dhambi yangu na dhambi ya watu wangu Israeli, na nikifanya maombi yangu kwa Bwana Mungu wangu kwa ajili ya mlima wake mtakatifu,
21 While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when [the priests] offered sacrifices.
wakati nilipokuwa bado katika maombi, Gabrieli, yule mtu niliyekuwa nimemwona katika maono hapo awali, alinijia kwa kasi karibu wakati wa kutoa dhabihu ya jioni.
22 He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand [DOU] clearly [the message that God gave to Jeremiah].
Akanielimisha na kuniambia, “Danieli, sasa nimekuja kukupa akili na ufahamu.
23 When you began to plead [with God], he gave me a message [to pass on to you]. He loves you very much, so [he has sent me] to tell you what he said to me. So [now] (pay attention/listen carefully) in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed [to Jeremiah].
Mara ulipoanza kuomba, jibu lilitolewa, ambalo nimekuja kukupasha habari, kwa maana wewe unapendwa sana. Kwa hiyo, tafakari ujumbe huu na uelewe maono haya:
24 [God] has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from [the guilt of] their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then [God] will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And [what you saw in] the vision and what [Jeremiah] prophesied will (come true/be fulfilled), and the sacred temple will be dedicated [to God again].
“Majuma sabini yameamriwa kwa ajili ya watu wako na kwa ajili ya mji wako mtakatifu, ili kumaliza makosa, kukomesha dhambi, kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya uovu, kuleta haki ya milele, kutia muhuri maono na unabii, na pia kumtia mafuta yeye aliye mtakatifu sana.
25 You need to know and understand this: There will be 49 years from the time that [the king] commands that Jerusalem should be rebuilt until the leader/king that God has chosen will come. Then 434 years later, Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and it will have streets and will have a (moat/deep ditch filled with water) around it [to protect the city]. But that will be a time when [God’s people] will have [a lot of] troubles/difficulties/suffering.
“Ujue na kuelewa hili: Tangu kutolewa kwa amri ya kuutengeneza na kuujenga upya Yerusalemu mpaka kuja kwa Mpakwa mafuta, aliye mtawala, kutakuwako majuma saba na majuma sitini na mawili. Barabara zitajengwa tena pamoja na mahandaki, lakini katika wakati wa taabu.
26 After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed [when it seems that] he will have accomplished nothing (unjustly/without having done anything wrong). After that, the temple will be destroyed by [the army of] a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood [MET] [destroys everything]. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that [God] has decreed [will happen].
Baada ya majuma sitini na mawili, Mpakwa Mafuta atakatiliwa mbali, wala hatabaki na kitu. Watu wa mtawala atakayekuja watauharibu mji pamoja na mahali patakatifu. Mwisho utakuja kama mafuriko: Vita vitaendelea mpaka mwisho, nao ukiwa umeamriwa.
27 That ruler will make a strong agreement with many people. He will promise to do for seven years what he has said in that agreement. But when that time is half finished, he will prevent [priests from] giving any more offerings and sacrifices [to God]. A disgusting idol will be put on the highest part of the temple, and it will stay there until [God] gets rid of the one who put it there, which is what he said that he would do.”
Mtawala huyo atathibitisha agano na watu wengi kwa juma moja. Katikati ya juma hilo atakomesha dhabihu na sadaka. Mahali pa dhabihu katika Hekalu atasimamisha chukizo la uharibifu, hadi mwisho ulioamriwa utakapomiminwa juu yake yeye aletaye uharibifu.”
