Daniel 7
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said.
Ɔhene Belsasar adedie afe a ɛdi ɛkan wɔ Babilonia mu no, Daniel soo daeɛ, hunuu anisoadehunu ahodoɔ ɛberɛ a ɔda ne mpa so no. Ɔtwerɛɛ daeɛ no mu nsɛm titire too hɔ.
2 Answered hath Daniel and said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;
Daniel kaa sɛ, “Mʼanisoadehunu no mu saa anadwo no, mehunuu ɔsoro mframa ɛnan a ɛrebobɔ fa ɛpo kɛseɛ no so.
3 and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Afei, mmoa akɛseɛ ɛnan bi pue firii ɛpo no mu a wɔn mu biara bɔbea nko.
4 The first [is] like a lion, and it hath an eagle's wings. I was seeing till that its wings have been plucked, and it hath been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it hath been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.
“Na aboa a ɔdi ɛkan no te sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ ɔkɔdeɛ ntaban. Mehwɛɛ no ara kɔsii sɛ wɔtutuu ne ntaban no, na wɔpagyaa no ma ɔgyinaa ne nan mmienu so te sɛ onipa. Na wɔmaa no onipa adwen.
5 And lo, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and to the same authority it hath been raised, and three ribs [are] in its mouth, between its teeth, and thus they are saying to it, Rise, consume much flesh.
“Afei, mehunuu aboa a ɔtɔ so mmienu a na ɔte sɛ sisire. Na ɔda ne nkyɛn mu a na mfempadeɛ mmiɛnsa hyɛ ne se ntam wɔ nʼanom. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Sɔre na we ɛnam a wobɛtumi!’
6 'After this I was seeing, and lo, another like a leopard, and it hath four wings of a fowl on its back, and four heads hath the beast, and dominion is given to it.
“Yei akyi no, mehunuu aboa foforɔ a ɔte sɛ ɔsebɔ. Na ɔwɔ ntaban ɛnan a ɛte sɛ nnomaa ntaban a ɛtuatua nʼakyi. Saa aboa yi wɔ tire ɛnan, na wɔmaa no tumi kɛseɛ.
7 'After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it [is] diverse from all the beasts that [are] before it; and it hath ten horns.
“Yei akyi no, mʼanisoadehunu anadwo no, mehunuu aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan a ne ho yɛ hu yie, na ne ho yɛ den nso. Ɔwɔ se akɛseɛ a ɛyɛ dadeɛ na ɔde bubu mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn na wawe, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkaeɛ no so. Ɔda nso koraa wɔ mmoa nkaeɛ no mu. Na ɔwɔ mmɛn edu.
8 'I was considering about the horns, and lo, another horn, a little one, hath come up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before it, and lo, eyes as the eyes of man [are] in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
“Ɛberɛ a megu so redwene mmɛn no ho no, abɛn ketewa foforɔ bi pueɛ wɔ mmɛn dada no ntam, na ɛtutuu mmɛn dada no mu mmiɛnsa. Na saa abɛn ketewa no wɔ aniwa te sɛ onipa, na ɔwɔ ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
9 'I was seeing till that thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment as snow [is] white, and the hair of his head [is] as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
“Megu so rehwɛ no, “mehunuu sɛ, wɔde nhennwa bɛsisii hɔ, na Deɛ ɔwɔ hɔ firi Tete no bɛtenaa ase. Na nʼatadeɛ yɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma; na ne tirinwi hoa sɛ odwan nwi. Nʼahennwa dɛre sɛ ogyaframa na nʼahennwa nhankra nso dɛree framfram.
10 A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, a thousand thousands do serve Him, and a myriad of myriads before Him do rise up, the Judge is seated, and the books have been opened.
Na ogya a ɛte sɛ asubɔnten tene firii nʼanim baeɛ. Abɔfoɔ mpempem kotoo no, na ɔpepe nso gyinagyinaa nʼanim. Abadwafoɔ no tenaa ase, na wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ buebuee nwoma mu.
11 'I was seeing, then, because of the voice of the great words that the horn is speaking, I was seeing till that the beast is slain, and his body hath been destroyed, and given to the burning fire;
“Na mekɔɔ so hwɛeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na abɛn ketewa no de ahantan rekasa. Mehwɛeɛ ara kɔsii sɛ wɔkumm aboa no, na wɔtoo no twenee ogyaframa a ɛrederɛ 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, till a season and a time.
Mmoa a aka no nso, wɔgyee wɔn tumi firii wɔn nsam, ma wɔtenaa ase kyɛree kakra.
13 'I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was [one] coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near.
“Anadwo a menyaa mʼanisoadehunu no, mehwɛ hunuu obi te sɛ onipa ba no a ɔnam ɔsoro omununkum mu reba. Ɔbɛn Deɛ ɔwɔ hɔ firi Tete no, wɔdii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
14 And to him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages do serve him, his dominion [is] a dominion age-during, that passeth not away, and his kingdom that which is not destroyed.
Wɔmaa no tumi, animuonyam ne adehyetumi; na aman ne kasa ahodoɔ nyinaa somm no. Nʼahennie yɛ daa ahennie a ɛtoɔ rentwa da. Nʼahemman yɛ deɛ ɛrensɛe da.”
15 'Pierced hath been my spirit — I, Daniel — in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;
“Me, Daniel, deɛ mehunuiɛ no nyinaa haa me wɔ honhom mu, na mʼanisoadehunu no bɔɔ me hu.
16 I have drawn near unto one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he hath said to me, yea, the interpretation of the things he hath caused me to know:
Enti, mekɔɔ wɔn a wɔgyinagyina hɔ no mu baako, kɔbisaa no saa nneɛma no nyinaa ase. “Ɔkyerɛɛ me aseɛ sɛ:
17 'These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;
‘Saa mmoa akɛseɛ ɛnan yi gyina hɔ ma ahemman ɛnan a wɔbɛsɔre asase so.
18 and receive the kingdom do the saints of the Most High, and they strengthen the kingdom unto the age, even unto the age of the ages.
Nanso, Ɔsorosoroni no ahotefoɔ no bɛgye ahemman no na wɔafa no afebɔɔ.’
19 'Then I wished for certainty concerning the fourth beast, that was diverse from them all, fearful exceedingly; its teeth of iron, and its nails of brass, it hath devoured, it doth break small, and the remnant with its feet it hath trampled;
“Afei, mepɛɛ sɛ mehunu aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan no a na ɔda nso wɔ nkaeɛ no mu no nkyerɛaseɛ. Na ne ho yɛ hu yie, na ɔde ne se a ɛyɛ dadeɛ ne nʼabɔwerɛ a ɛyɛ kɔbere no tete mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no we, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkaeɛ 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 hath eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance [is] great above its companions.
Afei, mepɛɛ sɛ mete mmɛn edu a na ɛtuatua ne tiri ho ne deɛ ɛpuee akyire no ase. Ɛbɛsɛee deɛ na ɛwɔ hɔ dada no mu mmiɛnsa, na yei yɛ abɛn a ɛdi mu kyɛn nkaeɛ no a na ɛwɔ onipa aniwa ne ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
21 'I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and hath prevailed over them,
Mehwɛeɛ no, na saa abɛn yi atu ateneneefoɔ no so sa redi wɔn so nkonim,
22 till that the Ancient of Days hath come, and judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time hath come, and the saints have strengthened the kingdom.
kɔsii sɛ, Deɛ ɔwɔ ho firi Tete no baeɛ, bɛbuu atɛn, maa Ɔsorosoroni ahotefoɔ no dii bem. Afei, ɛberɛ duruiɛ 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 consumeth all the earth, and treadeth it down, and breaketh it small.
“Afei, ɔkyerɛɛ me aseɛ sɛ, ‘Saa aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan yi yɛ ahemman a ɛtɔ so ɛnan a ɛbɛba asase so. Ɛbɛda nso wɔ ahemman a aka no nyinaa mu. Ɛbɛmene asase nyinaa, na atiatia so abubu no asinasini.
24 And the ten horns out of the kingdom [are] ten kings, they rise, and another doth rise after them, and it is diverse from the former, and three kings it humbleth;
Ne mmɛn edu no yɛ ahemfo edu a wɔbɛfiri saa ahemman no mu. Afei, ɔhene foforɔ bɛsɔre a ɔda nso wɔ edu a aka no mu a ɔbɛbrɛ ahemfo no mu mmiɛnsa ase.
25 and words as an adversary of the Most High it doth speak, and the saints of the Most High it doth wear out, and it hopeth to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, till a time, and times, and a division of a time.
Ɔbɛkasa atia Ɔsorosoroni no, na wahyɛ ahotefoɔ no so. Ɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ, ɔbɛsesa wɔn afahyɛ kronkron ahodoɔ ne wɔn mmara no, na wɔde wɔn ahyɛ nʼase kɔsi mmerɛ bi.
26 'And the Judge is seated, and its dominion they cause to pass away, to cut off, and to destroy — unto the end;
“‘Nanso, abadwafoɔ 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 kingdom age-during, and all dominions do serve and obey Him.
Afei, wɔde ahennie ne tumi ne kɛseyɛ a ɛwɔ ahemman a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase nyinaa bɛma ahotefoɔ, Ɔsorosoroni no nkurɔfoɔ. Na nʼahemman bɛtena hɔ daa, na ahemfo nyinaa bɛsɔre no na wɔayɛ ɔsetie ama no.’
28 'Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. I, Daniel, greatly do my thoughts trouble me, and my countenance is changed on me, and the matter in my heart I have kept.
“Asɛm no awieeɛ nie. Me, Daniel, mʼadwendwene yi haa me yie na mʼanim sesaeɛ na mede saa nsɛm yi siee mʼakoma mu.”
