Daniel 11
1 'And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing [is] for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;
Na Mediani Dario ahennie afe a ɛdi ɛkan no, meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ mɛgyina nʼakyi na mabɔ ne ho ban.)
2 and, now, truth I declare to thee, Lo, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth doth become far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirreth up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.
“Na afei, mɛka mu nokorɛ akyerɛ wo: ahemfo mmiɛnsa bɛsɔre wɔ Persia, wɔn akyi no, deɛ ɔtɔ so ɛnan a ɔbɛnya ne ho akyɛn nkaeɛ no bɛsɔre. Ɔde nʼahonya mu ahoɔden bɛhwanyane obiara atia Hela ahennie.
3 And a mighty king hath stood, and he hath ruled a great dominion, and hath done according to his will;
Afei, ɔhene kɛseɛ bi bɛsɔre wɔ tumi mu a ɔbɛyɛ deɛ ɔpɛ.
4 and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up — and for others apart from these.
Ne ba no akyi, wɔbɛkyekyɛ nʼaheman no mu ɛnan. Ɛrenkɔ nʼasefoɔ nkyɛn, na ɔrennya tumi a na ɔwɔ no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbɛtutu nʼaheman no ase de ama afoforɔ.
5 'And a king of the south — even of his princes — doth become strong, and doth prevail against him, and hath ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.
“Ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no bɛyɛ den, nanso nʼasafohene no mu baako bɛyɛ den asene no na ɔde tumi a ɛyɛ den bɛdi ahemman no so.
6 'And at the end of years they do join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south doth come in unto the king of the north to do upright things; and she doth not retain the power of the arm; and he doth not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in [these] times.
Mfeɛ bi akyi no, wɔbɛyɛ ayɔnkofoɔ. Ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no ba baa bɛkɔ ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam no nkyɛn akɔyɛ nnamfofa apam; nanso ɔbabaa no renkura ne tumi mu bio, na ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam ne ne tumi nso rennyina. Saa mmerɛ no mu no, ɔhene babaa, adehyeɛ a wɔka ne ho, nʼagya ne deɛ ɔgyinaa nʼakyi nyinaa no, wɔbɛyi wɔn ama.
7 'And [one] hath stood up from a branch of her roots, [in] his station, and he cometh in unto the bulwark, yea, he cometh into a stronghold of the king of the south, and hath wrought against them, and hath done mightily;
“Obi a ɔfiri anafoɔ fam babaa abusua mu bɛsɔre asi nʼanan mu. Na ɔde dom bɛba abɛhyɛne ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam aban no mu na ɔne wɔn ako na wadi wɔn so nkonim.
8 and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, into captivity he bringeth [into] Egypt; and he doth stand more years than the king of the north.
Ɔbɛfa wɔn anyame, nsɛsodeɛ a wɔde dadeɛ ayɛ ne wɔn ademudeɛ a wɔde dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ akɔ Misraim. Na mfeɛ bi mu no, ɔbɛtwe ne ho afiri ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam ho.
9 'And the king of the south hath come into the kingdom, and turned back unto his own land;
Afei ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam no bɛto ahyɛ ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no so, nanso ɔbɛsane nʼakyi akɔ nʼankasa asase so.
10 and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he hath certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turneth back, and they stir themselves up unto his stronghold.
Ne mmammarima bɛsiesie wɔn ho ama ɔko na wɔde akodɔm kɛseɛ bɛkɔ te sɛ nsuo a ayiri, akɔko ara akɔduru atamfoɔ no aban no ho.
11 And the king of the south doth become embittered, and hath gone forth and fought with him, with the king of the north, and hath caused a great multitude to stand, and the multitude hath been given into his hand,
“Afei, ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no de abufuo kɛseɛ bɛsɔre na wako atia ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam a ɔno nso wɔ akodɔm kɛseɛ, na ɔbɛdi wɔn so nkonim.
12 and he hath carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he hath caused myriads to fall, and he doth not become strong.
Sɛ wɔde akodɔm no kɔ a, ahantan bɛhyɛ anafoɔ fam ɔhene no mu ma, na ɔbɛkunkum mpempem, nanso, ne nkonimdie no, ɛnkyɛre.
13 'And the king of the north hath turned back, and hath caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he doth certainly come in with a great force, and with much substance;
Ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam nso bɛboa akodɔm foforɔ a wɔdɔɔso sene kane deɛ no, na mfirinhyia bebree akyi no, ɔde akodɔm kɛseɛ a wɔwɔ akodeɛ bɛtu ɔsa.
14 and in those times many do stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of thy people do lift themselves up to establish the vision — and they have stumbled.
“Saa mmerɛ no mu, bebree bɛsɔre atia ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam. Wɔn a wɔdi akakabensɛm wɔ wʼankasa wo nkurɔfoɔ mu no bɛte atua sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ wɔ anisoadehunu no mu no, nanso wɔrenni nkonim.
15 'And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.
Afei, ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam no bɛba abɛsisi mpie na ɔbɛko agye kuropɔn a wagye ho ban. Akodɔm a wɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no rennya ahoɔden nko, na wɔn a wɔyɛ den wɔ wɔn mu no mpo rentumi nnyina ɔko no ano.
16 And he who is coming unto him doth according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he standeth in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.
Ntohyɛsoni no bɛyɛ deɛ ɔpɛ na obiara ntumi nnyina nʼanim. Ɔbɛgye Asase Fɛɛfɛ no abɔ so, na ɔbɛnya tumi a ɔde bɛsɛe no.
17 And he setteth his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he hath wrought, and the daughter of women he giveth to him, to corrupt her; and she doth not stand, nor is for him.
Ɔbɛyɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔde ahoɔden a ɔwɔ wɔ nʼahennie no mu nyinaa bɛba, na afei ɔne ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no akɔyɛ nnamfofa apam. Ɔde ne babaa bɛma no awadeɛ, na ɔnam so agu nʼahennie no, nanso nʼatirimpɔ yi renyɛ yie na ɛremmoa no.
18 'And he turneth back his face to the isles, and hath captured many; and a prince hath caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turneth [it] back to him.
Afei ɔde nʼani bɛkyerɛ mpoano aman so, na wadi emu bebree so nkonim, nanso, ɔsahene bi de ɔhene yi ahomasoɔ bɛba awieeɛ na wadane abɔ no.
19 And he turneth back his face to the strongholds of his land, and hath stumbled and fallen, and is not found.
Yei akyi no, ɔde nʼani bɛkyerɛ aban a ɛwɔ nʼasase so no, nanso ɔbɛsunti ahwe ase, na wɔrenhunu no bio.
20 'And stood up on his station hath [one] causing an exactor to pass over the honour of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.
“Deɛ ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ no bɛsoma ɔtogyeni, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛnya deɛ ɛbɛma nʼahennie no animuonyam atena hɔ. Mfirinhyia kakra bi akyi no, wɔbɛsɛe no; nanso ɛmfiri abufuo anaa ɔko mu.
21 'And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.
“Obi a wɔmmu no na ɔnnyɛ ɔdehyeɛ na ɔbɛdi nʼadeɛ. Ɔbɛto ahyɛ ahennie no so ɛberɛ a ɛso nnipa no asom adwo wɔn, na ɔde nnaadaa agye.
22 And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.
Afei ɔbɛtɔre akodɔm a wɔntumi nkan wɔn dodoɔ no ase. Wɔbɛsɛe akodɔm no ne ɔhene babarima a ɔhyɛ bɔhyɛ no ase no.
23 And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation.
Wɔne no yɛ apam wie a, ɔnam nnaadaa ɛkwan so bɛnya nnipa kakra bi na wapere tumi.
24 Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.
Sɛ amantam a wɔyɛ adefoɔ no te nka sɛ wɔn asom adwo wɔn a, ɔbɛto ahyɛ wɔn so, na deɛ nʼagyanom ne ne nananom antumi anyɛ no, ɔbɛyɛ. Ɔbɛkyekyɛ afodeɛ ne ahonyadeɛ ama nʼakyidifoɔ. Ɔbɛbɔ abantuo ho pɔ, nanso ɛbɛyɛ nna tiawa bi mu.
25 'And he stirreth up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirreth himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and standeth not, for they devise devices against him,
“Ɔbɛnya akodɔm kɛseɛ na wanya ahoɔden ne akokoɔduru asɔre atia ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam. Ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no de akodɔm a wɔdɔɔso na wɔyɛ den bɛtu ɔsa, nanso, ɔrentumi nnyina, ɛsiane ɛpɔ ahodoɔ a wɔabɔ de atia no enti.
26 and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overfloweth, and fallen have many wounded.
Wɔn a ɔhene bɔ wɔn akɔnhoma no bɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛhwan nʼase; wɔbɛtwi afa ɔhene no asraafoɔ no so, na bebree nso bɛtotɔ wɔ ɔko mu.
27 'And both of the kings' hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.
Ahemfo mmienu a bɔne adi wɔn tiri mu dɛm bɛtena ɛpono baako ho, adi atorɔ akyerɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho, nanso ɛnkɔsi hwee, ɛfiri sɛ, awieeɛ no bɛba ne ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛ no.
28 And he turneth back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he hath wrought, and turned back to his land.
Ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam no de ahonyadeɛ bebree bɛsane akɔ ne ɔman mu, nanso, nʼakoma rempɛ apam kronkron no. Ɔbɛyɛ biribi atia apam kronkron no na wasane akɔ ne ɔman mu.
29 At the appointed time he turneth back, and hath come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.
“Ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛ no duru a, ɔbɛto ahyɛ anafoɔ aman so bio, nanso saa ɛberɛ yi deɛ, ɛrenyɛ yie mma no sɛ kane no.
30 And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he hath been pained, and hath turned back, and hath been insolent toward the holy covenant, and hath wrought, and turned back, and he understandeth concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.
Ahyɛn a wɔfiri aman a ɛwɔ mpoano wɔ atɔeɛ fam no bɛko atia no, na nʼabasa mu bɛbu. Enti ɔbɛsane nʼakyi na ɔde nʼabufuo akɔwie apam kronkron no so, na ɔne wɔn a wɔpo apam kronkron no bɛyɛ baako.
31 And strong ones out of him stand up, and have polluted the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.
“Na nʼasraadɔm bɛsɔre. Wɔbɛgu asɔredan no aban ho fi, na wɔagu daadaa afɔrebɔ no. Wɔde abusudeɛ a ɛde ɔsɛeɛ ba bɛsi anan mu.
32 And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.
Ɔde nnaadaa bɛkɔ so asɛe wɔn a wɔbu apam no so, nanso wɔn a wɔnim wɔn Onyankopɔn no bɛsɔre atia no dendeenden.
33 And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil — days.
“Anyansafoɔ bɛkyerɛkyerɛ bebree, nanso, berɛ bi mu no, wɔbɛtotɔ akofena ano, wɔbɛhye wɔn, wɔbɛfa wɔn nnommum anaa wɔbɛfom wɔn nneɛma.
34 And in their stumbling, they are helped — a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
Sɛ wɔhwe ase a, wɔbɛnya mmoa kakra, na bebree a wɔnni nokorɛ bɛkɔ akɔdɔm wɔn.
35 And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white — till the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.
Anyansafoɔ no mu bi bɛsuntisunti. Ɛnam so bɛma wɔasiesie wɔn, ahohoro wɔn ho fi na wɔayɛ wɔn a wɔn ho nni nkekaawa akɔsi awieeɛ berɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ ɛbɛba ɛberɛ a wɔahyɛ no.
36 'And the king hath done according to his will, and exalteth himself, and magnifieth himself against every god, and against the God of gods he speaketh wonderful things, and hath prospered till the indignation hath been completed, for that which is determined hath been done.
“Ɔhene no bɛyɛ deɛ ɔpɛ, ɔbɛma ne ho so, ayɛ ne ho kɛseɛ asene onyame biara, na waka deɛ obi ntee da afa anyame mu Onyame no ho. Ɔbɛnya nkɔsoɔ akɔsi sɛ abufuo berɛ no bɛba awieeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ deɛ wɔahyɛ ato hɔ no ba mu.
37 And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.
Ɔbɛbu nʼagyanom anyame animtia. Ɔremfa mmaa no nyame a wɔdɔ no anaa onyame foforɔ biara nyɛ hwee, na mmom ɔbɛma ne ho so aboro wɔn nyinaa so.
38 And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he giveth honour; yea, to a god whom his fathers knew not he giveth honour, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.
Ɔde aban no nyame, nyame a nʼagyanom nnim bɛsi wɔn anan mu; ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, aboɔdemmoɔ ne akyɛdeɛ a ɛsom bo bɛdi no ni.
39 And he hath dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he hath acknowledged; he multiplieth honour, and hath caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportioneth at a price.
Ɔde mmoa a ɔnya firi ananafoɔ nyame hɔ no bɛto ahyɛ aban a ɛyɛ den pa ara so, na wɔn a wɔgye no to mu no, ɔbɛhyɛ wɔn animuonyam. Ɔbɛyɛ wɔn sodifoɔ wɔ nnipa bebree so, na ɔbɛkyekyɛ asase no mu de ayɛ akatua.
40 'And at the time of the end, push himself forward with him doth a king of the south, and storm against him doth a king of the north, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he hath come in to the lands, and hath overflowed, and passed over,
“Awieeɛ no duru a, ɔhene a ɔwɔ anafoɔ fam no ne no bɛko, na ɔhene a ɔwɔ atifi fam no nso de nteaseɛnam, apɔnkɔsotefoɔ ne ɛpo so akodɔm bebree ahyia no. Ɔbɛto ahyɛ aman bebree so na watwi afa wɔn so te sɛ nsuyire.
41 and hath come into the desirable land, and many do stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.
Ɔbɛto ahyɛ Asase Fɛɛfɛ no so. Aman bebree bɛhwehwe ase, nanso wɔbɛgye Edom, Moab ne Amon mu fa kɛseɛ afiri ne nsa mu.
42 'And he sendeth forth his hand upon the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
Ɔde ne tumi bɛkɔ aman bebree so; na Misraim remfiri mu mfi.
43 and he hath ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim [are] at his steps.
Ɔde ne nsa bɛto ademudeɛ a ɛyɛ sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ ne Misraim ahonyadeɛ nyinaa so, na Libiafoɔ ne Etiopiafoɔ ayɛ nʼasomfoɔ.
44 'And reports trouble him out of the east and out of the north, and he hath gone forth in great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction;
Nanso, amaneɛ a ɔbɛte afiri apueeɛ ne atifi fam bɛbɔ no hu, na ɔde abufuhyeɛ bɛfiri akɔ akɔsɛe bebree atɔre wɔn ase.
45 and he planteth the tents of his palace between the seas and the holy desirable mountain, and hath come unto his end, and there is no helper to him.
Ɔbɛsi nʼadehye ntomadan wɔ ɛpo no ne bepɔ kronkron fɛfɛ no ntam. Na nʼawieeɛ bɛba a ɔrennya mmoa biara.
