< 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.
Medli Ahaşveroş oğlu Darius Kildan Kralı oldu. Krallığının birinci yılında ben Daniel, RAB'bin Peygamber Yeremya'ya bildirdiği sayının –Yeruşalim'in ıssız kalacağı yılların sayısının– yetmiş olduğunu Kutsal Yazılar'dan anladım.
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.
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].
Bunun üzerine yüzümü Rab Tanrı'ya çevirdim. Duayla, yakarışla, oruçla O'na yalvardım; çul kuşanıp külde oturdum.
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].
RAB Tanrım'a dua edip günahlarımızı itiraf ettim. Şöyle dedim: “Ya Rab, kendisini sevenlerle, buyruklarına uyanlarla yaptığı antlaşmaya bağlı kalan yüce ve görkemli Tanrı!
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].
Buyruklarından, ilkelerinden ayrılıp günah, suç işledik, kötülük yaptık, başkaldırdık.
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.
Senin adına krallarımıza, önderlerimize, atalarımıza, ülkedeki bütün halka seslenen kulların peygamberleri dinlemedik.
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.
“Sen adaletlisin, ya Rab! Sadakatsizliğimiz yüzünden bizi uzak yakın ülkelere sürdün. Oralarda yaşayan biz Yahudiler, Yeruşalim halkı, İsrailliler bugün utanç içindeyiz.
8 Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
Evet, ya RAB, bizler, krallarımız, önderlerimiz, atalarımız sana karşı işlediğimiz günah yüzünden utanç içindeyiz.
9 Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
Sana karşı geldiğimiz halde, sen acıyan, bağışlayan Tanrımız Rab'sin.
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.
Tanrımız RAB'bin sözüne kulak vermedik, kulları peygamberler aracılığıyla bize verdiği yasalara uymadık.
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.
Bütün İsrail halkı yasanı çiğnedi, sırtını sana dönüp seni dinlemek istemedi. “Bu yüzden Tanrı kulu Musa'nın Yasası'nda yazılan lanet başımıza yağdı, içilen ant yerine geldi. Çünkü sana karşı günah işledik.
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.
Üzerimize büyük yıkım getirerek bizim ve bizi yöneten önderlerimiz için söylediğin sözleri yerine getirdin. Yeruşalim'in başına gelen, göğün altındaki başka hiçbir kentin başına gelmemiştir.
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.
Musa'nın Yasası'nda yazıldığı gibi, bütün bu yıkımlar başımıza geldi. Buna karşın, ey Tanrımız RAB, suçumuzdan dönüp senin gerçeklerine yönelerek lütfunu dilemedik.
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.
RAB üzerimize yıkım göndermekten caymadı. Çünkü Tanrımız RAB yaptığı her şeyde adildir. Bizse O'nun sözüne kulak vermedik.
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.
“Ey Tanrımız Rab, sen halkını Mısır'dan güçlü elinle çıkardın ve bugün olduğu gibi ün kazandın. Bizse günah işledik, kötülük yaptık.
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.
Ya Rab, doğru işlerin uyarınca kentin Yeruşalim'den, kutsal dağından öfkeni, kızgınlığını kaldırmanı dilerim. Günahlarımız ve atalarımızın suçları yüzünden Yeruşalim de halkın da çevremizdekilerin tümüne alay konusu oldu.
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].
“Şimdi, ey Tanrımız, kulunun duasını, yakarışını işit. Adın uğruna, ya Rab, yüzünü viran tapınağına çevir.
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.
Ey Tanrım, kulak ver ve işit! Gözlerini aç, senin olan viran kenti gör. Doğruluğumuzdan değil, senin büyük merhametinden ötürü dilekte bulunuyoruz.
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)!
Ya Rab, dinle! Ya Rab, bağışla! İşit ve davran, ya Rab! Ey Tanrım, adının hatırı için gecikme! Çünkü kent ve halk senindir.”
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].
Ben daha konuşup dua ederken, günahımı ve halkım İsrail'in günahını açıkça kabul edip Tanrım'ın kutsal dağı için Tanrım RAB'be dilekte bulunurken,
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.
daha dua ediyorken, önceden görümde gördüğüm adam –Cebrail– akşam sunusu saatinde hızla uçarak yanıma geldi.
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].
“Daniel, sana anlayış vermek için geldim” diye açıkladı,
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].
“Sen Tanrı'ya yalvarmaya başlar başlamaz, duan yanıtlandı; bunu bildirmeye geldim. Çünkü sen çok sevilen birisin. Bu nedenle sözün anlamını kavra ve görümü anla:
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].
“Başkaldırıyı ortadan kaldırmak, günaha son vermek, suçu bağışlatmak, sonsuza dek kalıcı doğruluğu sağlamak, görüm ve peygamberliği mühürlemek, En Kutsal'ı meshetmek için senin halkına ve kutsal kentine yetmiş hafta kadar zaman saptanmıştır.
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.
“Şunu bil ve anla: Yeruşalim'i yeniden kurmak için buyruğun verilmesinden, meshedilmiş olan önderin gelişine dek yedi hafta geçecek. Altmış iki hafta içinde Yeruşalim yeniden sokaklarla, hendeklerle kurulacak. Ancak bu sıkıntılı zamanlarda olacak.
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].
Bu altmış iki hafta sonunda meshedilmiş olan öldürülecek ve onu destekleyen olmayacak. Gelecek önderin halkı, kenti ve kutsal yeri yerle bir edecek. Sonu tufanla olacak: Savaş sona dek sürecek. Yıkımların da olacağı kararlaştırıldı.
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.”
Gelecek önder birçoklarıyla bir haftalık sağlam bir antlaşma yapacak. Haftanın yarısı geçince, kurbanı da sunuyu da kaldıracak. Kararlaştırılan yıkım başına gelinceye dek yok edici önder tapınağın üst bölümüne yıkıcı iğrenç şeyler yerleştirecek.”