Daniel 11

1 Le Midiatɔ, Darius ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe gbãtɔ me la, meɖoe ɖokuinye dzi be made megbe nɛ eye makpɔ eƒe agbe ta.

And I in year one of Darius the Mede standing my [was] to a strengthener and to a protection for him.

2 “Azɔ la, magblɔ nyateƒe la na wò. Fia etɔ̃ agava zi dzi le Persia, enelia akplɔ wo ɖo, ame si akpɔ hotsui wu fia siwo katã do ŋgɔ nɛ. Ne eva kpɔ ŋusẽ to eƒe hotsuikpɔkpɔ me la, ade adã ta me na amewo katã ɖe Grik fiaɖuƒe la ŋu.

And now truth I will tell to you there! yet three kings [are] about to arise for Persia and the fourth [king] he will gain wealth wealth great more than everyone and according to strength his by wealth his he will stir up everyone [the] kingdom of Greece.

3 Emegbe fia sesẽ aɖe ava zi dzi, ame si aɖu fia kple asi sesẽ eye wòawɔ nu sia nu si adze eŋu.

And he will arise a king mighty and he will have dominion dominion great and he will do according to pleasure his.

4 Ne eva zi dzi teti ko la, woagbã eƒe fiaɖuƒe la, amae ɖe dziƒoya eneawo dzi. Fiaɖuƒe la manɔ anyi na eƒe dzidzimeviwo alo wòawɔ ŋusẽ si le esi la ŋu dɔ o, elabena woaxɔ eƒe fiaɖuƒe la atsɔ ana ame bubuwo.

And just as arises he it will be broken up kingdom his and it will be divided to [the] four [the] winds of the heavens and not to posterity his and not like dominion his which he had dominion for it will be plucked up kingdom his and to others besides these.

5 “Dziehefia akpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe edzi gake eƒe aʋafiawo dometɔ ɖeka akpɔ ŋusẽ wui gɔ̃ hã eye wòaɖu fia ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe fiaɖuƒe dzi kple ŋusẽ triakɔ.

So he may become strong [the] king of the south and one of commanders his so he may become strong on him and he will exercise dominion [will be] a dominion great dominion his.

6 Le ƒe aɖewo megbe la, woanyi dzo. Dziehefia ƒe vinyɔnu ayi ɖe Anyiehefia gbɔ be yeado ka kplii gake ŋusẽ avɔ le esi eye fia la ŋutɔ kple eƒe ŋusẽ hã nu atso. Le ŋkeke mawo me la, woakplɔ fiavinyɔnu la, eŋumewo, fofoa kple eƒe dzoɖuxɔlɔ̃wo katã ade asi.

And to [the] end of years they will make an alliance and [the] daughter of [the] king of the south she will come to [the] king of the north to do uprightness and not she will retain [the] power of the arm and not he will stand arm his so she may be given up she and [those who] brought her and the [one who] fathered her and [the one who] strengthened her in the times.

7 “Ke ame ado tso eƒe ƒome me axɔ ɖe eteƒe. Aho aʋa ɖe Anyiehefia ƒe aʋakɔwo ŋu eye wòage ɖe eƒe mɔ sesẽ la me awɔ aʋa kpli wo eye wòaɖu wo dzi.

And he will arise one of [the] shoot[s] of roots her place his so he may come against the army so he may go in [the] stronghold of [the] king of the north and he will do with them and he will prevail.

8 Axɔ woƒe mawuwo le wo si, woƒe gayibɔlegbawo kple woƒe nu vevi siwo nye klosalo kple sika eye wòatsɔ wo adzoe ayi Egipte. Ana gbɔdzɔe Anyiehefia ƒe aɖewo.

And also gods their with molten images their with [the] vessels of desire their silver and gold in captivity he will take Egypt and he years he will stand away from [the] king of the north.

9 Emegbe la, Anyiehefia ava dze Dziehefia ƒe nuto me dzi gake agbugbɔ ayi eya ŋutɔ ƒe dukɔ me.

And he will go in [the] kingdom of [the] king of the south and he will return to own land his.

10 Viawo abla akpa na aʋawɔwɔ, woaƒo aʋakɔ gã aɖe nu ƒu woava ƒo ɖe wo dzi abe tsiɖɔɖɔ gã sẽŋu aɖe ene eye woawɔ aʋa la va se ɖe keke eƒe mɔ sesẽ la gbɔ.

(And sons his *Q(K)*) they will wage war and they will gather a multitude of armies great and it will go certainly and it will overflow and it will pass over and it will return (so it may wage war *Q(K)*) to (stronghold his. *Q(K)*)

11 “Tete Dziehefia atsɔ dziku helĩhelĩ awɔ aʋa kple Anyiehefia, ame si ava kple aʋakɔ gã aɖe gake woaɖu edzi.

So he may be enraged [the] king of the south and he will go out and he will engage in battle with him with [the] king of the north and he will raise up a multitude great and it will be given the multitude in hand his.

12 Dziehefia ayɔ fũu kple dada nenye be woɖe aboyo Anyiehefia ƒe aʋakɔwo eye woawu ame akpewo gake maɖu dzi ɖaa o,

And it will be carried off the multitude (and it will be lifted up *Q(K)*) heart his and he will make fall tens of thousands and not he will prevail.

13 elabena Anyiehefia agbugbɔ aƒo aʋakɔ gã bubu nu ƒu si alolo wu gbãtɔ eye le ƒe geɖe megbe la, aho aʋa kple aʋakɔ gã si dzra ɖo nyuie.

And he will return [the] king of the north and he will raise up a multitude great more than the first and to [the] end of the times years he will come certainly with an army large and with equipment much.

14 “Le ŋkeke mawo me la, ame geɖewo atso ɖe Dziehefia ŋuti. Ame dzeaglã siwo le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe amewo dome la adze aglã le ŋutega la ƒe nya nu gake womaɖu dzi o.

And in the times those many [people] they will arise on [the] king of the south and [the] sons of - [the] violent ones of people your they will exalt themselves to fulfill [the] vision and they will stumble.

15 Ekema Anyiehefia ava ƒu kpo ɖe du la ŋu eye wòaxɔ du si woɖo gli sesẽ ƒo xlãe. Ŋusẽ manɔ Dzieheʋakɔwo ŋu be woaʋli o, eye woƒe kalẽtɔwo gɔ̃ hã maɖo ŋusẽ be woanɔ te o.

And he may come [the] king of the north so he may pour out a mound and he will capture a city of fortifications and [the] forces of the south not they will stand and [the] people of choicest ones his and there not [will be] strength to stand.

16 Anyigbemeʋakɔwo awɔ nu si adze wo ŋu, ame aɖeke mate ŋu atsi tsitre ɖe wo ŋu o. Ava ɖo eƒe fiaɖuƒe anyi ɖe Anyigba Nyui la dzi eye ŋusẽ anɔ esi be wòagblẽ nu.

And he will do the [one who] comes against him according to pleasure his and there not [will be one who] stands before him so he may stand in [the] land of beauty and complete destruction [will be] in hand his.

17 Adze agbagba be yeatsɔ yeƒe fiaɖuƒe la ƒe aʋakɔ la katã vɛ ahanyi dzo kple Dziehefia eye wòatsɔ via nyɔnu nɛ wòaɖe ale be wòate ŋu amu fiaɖuƒe la aƒu anyi gake eƒe tameɖoɖo sia madze edzi nɛ loo alo akpe ɖe eŋu o.

And he will set - face his to come with [the] power of all kingdom his and upright [things] with him and he will do and [the] daughter of the women he will give to him to destroy it and not it will stand and not to him it will happen.

18 Emegbe la, atrɔ ɖe ƒutaduwo ŋu eye wòaxɔ geɖeawo gake aʋafia aɖe ado si aɖo asi eƒe aglãdzedze la dzi eye wòatrɔ ɖe eya ŋutɔ ŋu.

(And he will set *Q(K)*) face his to [the] coastlands and he will capture many [people] and he will put an end to a commander scorn his for him not scorn his he will turn back to him.

19 Esia megbe la, atrɔ ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba ƒe mɔ sesẽwo ŋu gake akli nu adze anyi eye womagakpɔe akpɔ o.

And he will turn face his to [the] strongholds of own land his and he will stumble and he will fall and not he will be found.

20 “Ame si axɔ ɖe eteƒe la ana dugadzɔlawo natsa adzɔ ga be woalé fiaɖuƒe la ƒe atsyɔ̃ ɖe te. Ke le ƒe ʋɛ aɖewo megbe la, woatsrɔ̃e, ke menye le dziku me loo alo le aʋagbedzi o.

And he will arise on place his [one who] will send through an oppressor [the] splendor of a kingdom and in days one he will be broken and not in anger and not in battle.

21 “Ame ɖigbɔ̃ aɖe ava ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe, ame si womatsɔ fianyenye ƒe bubu na o. Ke ne ameawo nɔ anyi le dedinɔnɔ me bɔkɔɔ la, ava ƒo ɖe wo dzi le vo me le fiaɖuƒe la me eye wòaxɔe to ayemɔ dzi.

And he will arise on place his a despicable [person] and not people had given to him [the] honor of royalty and he will come in quietness and he will take hold of royalty by intrigues.

22 Akplɔ aʋakɔ gã si gbagbã ɖe anyi la adzoe eye wòatsrɔ̃ aʋakɔ la kple nubabla la ƒe amegã siaa.

And [the] forces of the flood they will be swept away from to before him so they may be broken and also a prince of a covenant.

23 Ne wonyi dzo kplii vɔ la, awɔ nu ayetɔe eye wòato ame ʋɛ siwo susɔ la dzi ava zi dzi.

And from when made an alliance with him he will act deceit and he will rise and he will become mighty with fewness of a nation.

24 Ekema ne nuto si si nunɔamesiwo le fũu la kpɔ be wole dedie la, ava dze wo dzi le vo me eye nu si fofoawo alo tɔgbuiawo mete ŋu wɔ o la, eya awɔe. Ama nuhaha, afunyinuwo kple kesinɔnuwo na eyomedzelawo. Aɖo ta me ɖe mɔ sesẽwo gbagbã ŋu ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe.

In quietness and in [the] fertile places of [the] province he will come and he will do [that] which not they did ancestors his and [the] ancestors of ancestors his plunder and booty and property to them he will scatter and on strongholds he will plan plans his and until a time.

25 “Atsɔ aʋakɔ gã aɖe ade dzo eƒe ŋusẽ kple dzideƒo me ɖe Dziehefia ŋu. Dziehefia la akpe aʋa kplii kple aʋakɔ gã sesẽ dranyi aɖe gake mate ŋu anɔ te ɖe enu o, le nugbe si wòɖo ɖe eŋu la ta.

And he will stir up strength his and heart his on [the] king of the south with an army large and [the] king of the south he will get ready for the battle with an army large and mighty up to muchness and not he will stand for people will plan on him plans.

26 Ame siwo ɖua nu le fia ƒe aƒe me la adze agbagba be yewoawui, woakplɔ eƒe aʋakɔwo adzoe eye ame geɖewo atsi aʋa.

And [those who] eat deli-cacies his they will break him and army his it will overflow and they will fall slain [ones] many.

27 Fia eveawo, ame siwo ɖo nu vɔ̃ɖi kplikpaa ɖe woƒe dzi me la anɔ kplɔ̃ ɖeka ŋu, agblɔ alakpanyawo na wo nɔewo gake madze edzi o, elabena nuwuwu ava le ɣeyiɣi si woɖo la dzi.

And [the] two of them the kings heart their [will be] to evil and at a table one falsehood they will speak and not it will succeed for yet [the] end [is] to the appointed time.

28 Anyiehefia atrɔ ayi eƒe anyigba dzi kple kesinɔnu geɖewo gake eƒe dzi atsi tsitre ɖe nubabla kɔkɔe la ŋu, agblẽ eme eye emegbe la, atrɔ ayi eya ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi.

And he will return own land his with property great and heart his [will be] on [the] covenant of holiness and he will act and he will return to own land his.

29 “Ne ɣeyiɣi si woɖo, de la, agava adze Dziehenyigba dzi, ke emetsonu maganɔ nɛ fifia abe tsã ene o

To the appointed time he will return and he will come in the south and not it will be as the former [time] and as the latter [time].

30 elabena, Kitimtɔwo ƒe ʋuwo atsi tsitre ɖe eŋu eye dzi aɖe le eƒo. Ekema atrɔ, aɖe dziku ɖe nubabla kɔkɔe la ŋu. Atrɔ agbɔ ava ve ame siwo gbe nu le nubabla kɔkɔe la gbɔ la nu.

And they will come on him ships of Kittim and he will be disheartened and he will turn back and he will direct indignation towards [the] covenant of holiness and he will act and he will turn back and he will pay attention on [those who] forsake [the] covenant of holiness.

31 “Eƒe asrafowo atsi tsitre ava gblẽ kɔ ɖo na gbedoxɔ la ƒe mɔ sesẽ la eye woaɖe gbe sia gbe vɔsawo ɖa. Emegbe woaɖo ŋunyɔnu si he gbegblẽ vɛ la anyi

And forces from him they will arise and they will profane the sanctuary the stronghold and they will abolish the perpetual [offering] and they will set up the abomination desolating.

32 eye woatsɔ amenublenyawo agblẽ ame siwo da le nubabla la dzi, ke ame siwo nya woƒe Mawu la anɔ te, atsi tsitre ɖe eŋu ade goe.

And [those who] act wickedly of [the] covenant he will pollute with flattering [words] and a people [which] knows God its they will display strength and they will act.

33 “Nunyalawo afia nu ame geɖewo, togbɔ be le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe megbe la, woatsi yi nu alo woatɔ dzo wo alo woalé wo loo alo aha wo hã.

And [those who] have insight of [the] people they will give understanding to the many [people] and they will stumble by sword and by flame by captivity and by plunder days.

34 Ne wodze anyi la, woakpe ɖe wo ŋu vie eye ame geɖe siwo metoa nyateƒe o la aku ɖe wo ŋu.

And when stumble they they will be helped help a little and they will join themselves to them many [people] by intrigues.

35 Nunyalawo dometɔ aɖewo akli nu, ale be woate ŋu atsɔ dzo alolõ wo, aɖe ɖiƒoƒo ɖa le wo me eye woawɔ wo dzadzɛe va se ɖe nuwuwu ƒe ɣeyiɣi la naɖo elabena nuwuwu la ava le ɣeyiɣi si woɖo ɖi la dzi.

And some of those [who] have insight they will stumble to refine them and to purge [them] and to purify [them] until [the] time of [the] end for [it is] still to the appointed time.

36 “Fia la awɔ nu si adze eŋu. Ado eɖokui ɖe dzi eye wòawɔ eɖokui gãe wu mawu ɖe sia ɖe ale be wòagblɔ nya masekpɔwo ɖe mawuwo dzi Mawu la ŋuti. Nuwo adze edzi nɛ va se ɖe dziku ɣeyiɣiawo ƒe nuwuwu elabena ele be woawu nu si woɖo ɖi la nu.

And he will do according to pleasure his the king so he may exalt himself and he may magnify himself above every god and on [the] God of gods he will speak extraordinary [things] and he will succeed until it has been completed indignation for [what has been] decreed it will be done.

37 Made bubu aɖeke fofoawo ƒe mawuwo, ame siwo nyɔnuwo dina vevie loo alo ade bubu mawu bubu aɖeke ŋu o, ke boŋ akɔ eɖokui ɖe dzi wu wo katã.

And on [the] gods of ancestors his not he will pay attention and on [the] desire of women and on any god not he will pay attention for above all he will magnify himself.

38 Le woawo teƒe la, ade bubu mɔ sesẽ la ƒe mawu ŋu, mawu si fofoawo menya o. Mawu sia ŋue wòatsɔ sika, klosalo, kpe xɔasiwo kple nunana xɔasiwo ade bubue.

And a god of strongholds on place its he will honor and a god which not they knew it ancestors his he will honor with gold and with silver and with stone costly and with precious things.

39 Ava dze mɔ sesẽtɔwo kekeakewo dzi to dzromawu aɖe ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu me eye wòade bubu gã aɖe ame siwo xɔe la ŋuti. Atsɔ wo aɖo amegãwoe ɖe ame geɖewo nu eye wòama anyigba la na wo woaxe fe ɖe eta.

And he will act to [the] fortresses of strongholds with a god of foreignness [one] who (he acknowledges *Q(K)*) he will increase honor and he will make rule them over the many [people] and land he will divide up for a price.

40 “Ne eƒe nuwuwu ɖo vɔ la, Dziehefia akpe aʋa kplii eye Anyiehefia ava kpee kple tasiaɖamwo, sɔdosrafowo kple tɔdziʋumesrafowo ƒe ha gã aɖe. Ava dze dukɔ geɖewo dzi eye wòazɔ wo dzi abe tsiɖɔɖɔ ene.

And at [the] time of [the] end he will wage war with him [the] king of the south so he may storm on him [the] king of the north with chariotry and with horsemen and with ships many and he will go in lands and he will overflow and he will pass through.

41 Ava dze Anyigba Nyui la hã dzi. Dukɔ geɖewo atsrɔ̃ gake woaɖe Edom kple Moab kple Amon ƒe dumegãwo tso eƒe asi me.

And he will come in [the] land of beauty and many [people] they will stumble and these they will escape from hand his Edom and Moab and [the] first of [the] people of Ammon.

42 Eƒe ŋusẽ akeke ɖe dukɔ geɖewo dzi. Egiptenyigba hã mato le eme o.

So he may stretch out hand his on lands and [the] land of Egypt not it will become an escaped remnant.

43 Akeke ɖe Egipte ƒe sika, klosalo kple kesinɔnu veviwo nu eye Libiatɔwo kple Kustɔwo hã ana ta

And he will rule over [the] treasures of gold and silver and over all [the] precious things of Egypt and Libyans and Cushites [will be] in footsteps his.

44 gake nyadzɔdzɔ siwo atso ɣedzeƒe kple anyiehe wòase la ado ŋɔdzi gã aɖe nɛ ale be wòaho kple dziku helĩhelĩ be wòagblẽ wo eye wòatsrɔ̃ geɖewo.

And reports they will dismay him from [the] east and from [the] north and he will go out in rage great to destroy and to totally destroy many [people].

45 Atu eƒe fiagbadɔ ɖe atsiaƒu kple to kɔkɔe nyui la dome. Ke hã la, eƒe nuwuwu aɖo eye ame aɖeke maxɔ nɛ o.”

So he may pitch [the] tents of palace his between [the] seas and [the] mountain of [the] beauty of holiness and he will come to end his and not a helper [will belong] to him.