Daniel 8

1 'In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision hath appeared unto me — I Daniel — after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning.

‌ʻI hono tolu taʻu ʻoe pule ʻae tuʻi ko Pelesasa, naʻe ai ʻae meʻa naʻe hā mai kiate au, ʻio, kiate au Taniela, ʻi he hili ange ia ʻaia naʻe tomuʻa hā mai.

2 And I see in a vision, and it cometh 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.

Pea ne u mamata ki he meʻa hā mai; pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi heʻeku mamata, ne u ʻi Susani ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he vahe fonua ʻo ʻIlami; pea ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai, pea naʻaku ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ko ʻUlai.

3 And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it hath two horns, and the two horns [are] high; and the one [is] higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last.

Pea ne u hanga hake hoku mata ʻo mamata, pea vakai, naʻe tuʻu ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ʻae sipitangata pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae nifo ʻe ua: pea naʻe māʻolunga ʻae ongo nifo; ka naʻe māʻolunga ʻae taha ʻi he taha, pea naʻe tupu fakamuimui ʻaia naʻe māʻolunga.

4 I have seen the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no living creatures do stand before it, and there is none delivering out of its hand, and it hath done according to its pleasure, and hath exerted itself.

Ne u mamata ki he sipitangata naʻe ʻoho fano ki he potu hihifo, mo e tokelau mo e tonga; ko ia naʻe ʻikai faʻa tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao ha fanga manu kehe, pea naʻe ʻikai ai ha niʻihi ʻe lavaʻi ha fakahaofi mei hono nima; ka naʻa ne fai ki he anga ʻo hono loto, pea ne hoko ʻo lahi.

5 'And I have been considering, and lo, a young he-goat hath come from the west, over the face of the whole earth, whom none is touching in the earth; as to the young he-goat, a conspicuous horn [is] between its eyes.

Pea ʻi heʻeku kei fakakaukau, vakai naʻe haʻu ha kosi tangata mei he potu hihifo ʻi he funga ʻo māmani kotoa pē, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tuʻu ki he kelekele: pea naʻe ʻi he kosi ha nifo māsila ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono mata.

6 And it cometh unto the ram possessing the two horns, that I had seen standing before the stream, and runneth unto it in the fury of its power.

Pea naʻa ne haʻu ki he sipitangata ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae nifo ʻe ua, ʻaia ne u mamata ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he veʻe vaitafe, pea naʻa ne ʻoho mālohi kiate ia ʻi heʻene lili.

7 And I have seen it coming near the ram, and it becometh embittered at it, and smiteth the ram, and breaketh its two horns, and there hath been no power in the ram to stand before it, and it casteth it to the earth, and trampleth it down, and there hath been no deliverer to the ram out of its power.

Pea ne u mamata ki heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ki he sipitangata, pea naʻa ne ʻoho mālohi kiate ia, pea ne taaʻi ʻae sipitangata, ʻo fesiʻi hono ongo nifo: pea naʻe ʻikai ha mālohi ʻi he sipitangata ke tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao, ka naʻa ne lī hifo ia ki he kelekele pea ne malaki ia: pea naʻe ʻikai ha taha ke fakahaofi ʻae sipitangata mei hono nima.

8 'And the young he-goat hath exerted itself very much, and when it is strong, broken hath been the great horn; and come up doth a vision of four in its place, at the four winds of the heavens.

Ko ia naʻe hoko ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻae kosi tangata: pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻa ʻene mālohi naʻe fasi ʻae nifo māsila; pea ke fetongi ia, naʻe tupu hake ʻae nifo ʻe fā ki he feituʻu matangi ʻe fā ʻoe langi.

9 And from the one of them come forth hath a little horn, and it exerteth itself greatly toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauteous [land];

Pea naʻe tupu mei ha taha ʻiate kinautolu ha kihiʻi nifo siʻi, ʻaia naʻe tupu ʻo lahi ʻaupito, ki he potu tonga, pea mo e potu hahake, pea mo e fonua ʻoe monūʻia.

10 yea, it exerteth unto the host of the heavens, and causeth to fall to the earth of the host, and of the stars, and trampleth them down.

Pea naʻe tupu ia ʻo lahi, ʻio, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi fetuʻu ʻoe langi, pea naʻa ne lī hifo ʻae kau māʻolunga niʻihi, pea mo e ngaahi fetuʻu ki he kelekele, ʻo ne malaki ʻakinautolu.

11 And unto the prince of the host it exerteth itself, and by it taken away hath been the continual [sacrifice], and thrown down the base of his sanctuary.

‌ʻIo, naʻa mo e ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi naʻa ne fai fakafielahi ki ai, pea naʻe taʻofi meiate ia ʻae feilaulau ʻaho, pea naʻe fakalieliaʻi hono potu tapu.

12 And the host is given up, with the continual [sacrifice], through transgression, and it throweth down truth to the earth, and it hath worked, and prospered.

Pea naʻe tuku kiate ia ʻae kautau ke taʻofi ʻaki ʻae feilaulau ʻaho koeʻuhi ko e angahala, pea naʻa ne fakahifo ki lalo ʻae moʻoni, pea naʻa ne faʻa fai mo tupu lelei.

13 'And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when [is] the vision of the continual [sacrifice], and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down?

Pea ne u fanongo ki he tokotaha ʻoe kau māʻoniʻoni naʻe lea, pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha kehe ʻoe kau māʻoniʻoni ki he tokotaha ko ia naʻe lea, “ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa ʻoe meʻa hā mai ki he feilaulau ʻaho, pea mo e angahala fakamalaʻia ʻaia ʻoku tukuange ai ʻae potu māʻoniʻoni, pea mo e kau tau ke moloki hifo ʻi he vaʻe?”

14 And he saith unto me, Till evening — morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.

Pea naʻa ne pehē mai kiate ia, “ʻO aʻu ki hono ua afe ma tolungeau ʻoe ʻaho; ʻaia ʻe toki fakamaʻa ai ʻae potu māʻoniʻoni.”

15 'And it cometh to pass in my seeing — I, Daniel — the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me [is] as the appearance of a mighty one.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻeku mamata, ʻio, ko au Taniela, ki he meʻa hā mai, mo ʻeku kumi ki hono ʻuhinga, pea ʻiloange naʻe hangē ne tuʻu ʻi hoku ʻao ha tangata.

16 And I hear a voice of man between [the banks of] Ulai, and he calleth and saith: Gabriel, cause this [one] to understand the appearance.

Pea ne u fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe tangata mei he vahaʻa ʻoe ongo kauvai ʻo ʻUlai, ʻaia naʻe ui ʻo pehē, “ʻE Kepeleli ke ke fakapotoʻi ʻae tangata ni ke ne ʻilo ʻae meʻa hā mai.”

17 And he cometh in near my station, and at his coming in I have been afraid, and I fall on my face, and he saith unto me: Understand, son of man, for at the time of the end [is] the vision.

Ko ia naʻa ne haʻu ʻo ofi ki he potu ʻaia ne u tuʻu ai: pea ʻi heʻene haʻu ne u manavahē, pea ne u tō fakafoʻohifo ki hoku mata: pea ne pehē mai kiate au, “Ke ke ʻilo ʻe foha ʻoe tangata, he ka aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻoe kuonga ʻe hoko ai ʻae meʻa hā mai.”

18 And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,

Pea ʻi heʻene kei lea kiate au, naʻaku mohe maʻu mo hoku mata ki he kelekele: ka naʻa ne ala mai kiate au, pea fokotuʻu hake au.

19 and saith: Lo, I — I am causing thee to know that which is in the latter end of the indignation; for, at the appointed time [is] the end.

Pea ne pehē, “Vakai, te u fakapotoʻi koe ʻi he ngaahi meʻa e hoko ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe houhau: koeʻuhi ʻe hoko ʻae ngataʻanga ʻi hono kuonga kuo tuʻutuʻuni.

20 'The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.

“Ko e sipitangata ʻaia naʻa ke mamata ai naʻe ua hono nifo, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Mitia mo Peasia ia.

21 And the young he-goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;

Pea ko e kosi fulufulu ko e tuʻi Kalisi ia; pea ko e nifo māsila ʻoku ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ongo mata ko e ʻuluaki tuʻi ia.

22 and that being broken, stand up do four in its place, four kingdoms from the nation do stand up, and not in its power.

Pea koeʻuhi foki naʻe fasi ia, pea tuʻu hake ai ʻae toko fā, ʻe tuʻu hake mei he puleʻanga ʻae puleʻanga ʻe fā, ka e ʻikai tatau mo hono mālohi ʻoʻona.

23 'And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;

“Pea ʻi he kuonga fakamui ʻo honau puleʻanga, ʻoka hoko ʻo kakato ʻae ngaahi angahala, ʻe tuʻu hake ha tuʻi ʻoku fofonga houhau, pea faʻa ʻiloʻi ʻae ngaahi kupuʻi lea ʻilongataʻa.

24 and his power hath been mighty, and not by his own power; and wonderful things he destroyeth, and he hath prospered, and wrought, and destroyed mighty ones, and the people of the Holy Ones.

Pea ko hono mālohi ʻe lahi ʻaupito, ka e ʻikai ʻi heʻene mālohi ʻaʻana: pea te ne fai ʻae fakaʻauha fakamanavahē, pea ʻe tupu pe ia mo faʻa fai, pea ʻe fakaʻauha ʻae kakai mālohi mo māʻoniʻoni.

25 'And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth — and without hand he is broken.

Pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai fakapotopoto foki, te ne ʻai ke ʻaonga ʻae kākā ʻi hono nima; pea te ne fakafuofua lahi ia ʻi hono loto, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻae tokolahi ʻaki ʻae melino; pea te ne tuʻu hake foki ki he ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi ʻeiki; ka e fesiʻi ia taʻeala ki ai ha nima.

26 And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for [it is] after many days.'

Pea ko e meʻa hā mai ʻoe efiafi mo e pongipongi, ʻaia naʻe tala ʻoku moʻoni ia: ko ia ke ke tāpuni ke maʻu ʻae meʻa hā mai; he ko e meʻa ia ki he ngaahi ʻaho lahi.”

27 And I, Daniel, have been, yea, 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.

Pea ko au Taniela ne u pongia, pea ne u mahaki ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho niʻihi; pea hili ia ne u tuʻu hake ʻo fai ʻae ngāue ʻae tuʻi: pea ne u ofo ʻi he meʻa hā mai, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻe ha taha.