Raniera 2

1 Na, i te rua o nga tau o te kingitanga o Nepukaneha ka moea etahi moe e Nepukaneha; raruraru tonu iho tona wairua, rere atu ana te moe i a ia.

In the second year of [his] reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

2 Katahi te kingi ka ki atu kia karangatia nga tohunga maori, nga kaititiro whetu, nga tohunga makutu, nga Karari, hei whakaatu i ana moe ki te kingi. Na haere ana mai ratou, tu ana i te aroaro o te kingi.

And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.

3 Na ka mea te kingi ki a ratou, Kua moea e ahau he moe, a raruraru ana toku wairua, e mea ana kia mohio ki taua moe.

And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

4 Katahi ka korero Hiriani mai nga Karari ki te kingi, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe: korerotia mai te moe ki au pononga, a ma matou e whakaatu tona tikanga.

And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, [saying], O king, live for ever: do thou tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation.

5 Ka whakahoki te kingi, ka mea ki nga Karari, Kua ngaro taua mea i ahau: ki te kore e whakakitea mai e koutou ki ahau te moe me tona tikanga hoki, ka haehaea koutou, a ka meinga o koutou whare hei puranga paru.

The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if ye do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, ye shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.

6 Ki te whakaaturia mai ia e koutou te moe me tona tikanga, ka riro aku hakari ma koutou, nga utu, me te honore nui; na whakaaturia mai te moe ki ahau, me tona tikanga ano.

But if ye make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and presents and much honour: only tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

7 Na ka whakahoki tuarua ratou, ka mea, Ma te kingi e korero te moe ki ana pononga, a ma matou e whakaatu tona tikanga.

They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.

8 Ka whakautua e te kingi, ka mea ia, E mohio rawa ana ahau e whai ana koutou kia roa, no te mea ka kite koutou kua ngaro taua mea i ahau.

And the king answered and said, I verily know that ye are trying to gain time, because ye see that the thing has gone from me.

9 Ki te kore ia e whakaaturia mai e koutou te moe ki ahau, kotahi tonu te ture mo koutou; no te mea he teka, he tinihanga nga kupu kua rite na i a koutou hei korero mai ki toku aroaro, a kia puta ke ra ano te wa: na reira korerotia mai te moe ki ah au, a ka mohio ahau e taea ana ano e koutou te whakaatu tona tikanga ki ahau.

If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that ye will also declare to me the interpretation thereof.

10 Na ka whakahoki nga Karari ki te aroaro o te kingi, ka mea, Kahore he tangata i runga i te whenua hei whakaatu i te mea a te kingi: kahore ano hoki he kingi, kahore he rangatira, kahore he ariki, i ui i nga mea penei ki tetahi tohunga maori, ki tetahi kaititiro whetu, ki tetahi Karari ranei.

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king’s matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.

11 He mea tupua rawa hoki tenei e uia nei e te kingi, kahore atu hoki he kaiwhakaatu ki te kingi, ko nga atua anake, ehara nei ki te kikokiko to ratou nohoanga.

For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.

12 Na reira i riri ai te kingi, nui atu te riri, kiia iho e ia nga tangata whakaaro nui katoa o Papurona kia whakangaromia

Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 Heoi kua puta te ture kia patua nga tangata whakaaro nui; a ka rapua a Raniera ratou ko ona hoa kia patua.

So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay [them].

14 Na, he mohio, he nui te whakaaro, i oho ai a Raniera ki a Arioko, ki te rangatira o nga kaitiaki a te kingi, i puta nei ki te patu i nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona.

Then Daniel answered [with] counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; [saying],

15 I oho ia, i mea ki a Arioko, ki ta te kingi rangatira, He aha i hohoro ai te ture i te kingi? Katahi taua mea ka whakaaturia e Arioko ki a Raniera.

Chief magistrate of the king, wherefore has the peremptory command proceeded from the king? So Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.

16 Na ka haere a Raniera ki roto, ka mea ki te kingi kia whakaritea he wa ki a ia, a ka whakaaturia e ia te tikanga ki te kingi.

And Daniel intreated the king to give him time, and that he might [thus] declare to the king the interpretation of it.

17 Katahi ka haere a Raniera ki tona whare, ka whakakite i taua mea ki ona hoa ki a Hanania, ki a Mihaera, ki a Ataria:

So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his friends.

18 Kia inoia ai e ratou he mahi tohu i te Atua o te rangi, he mea mo tenei mea ngaro; kei mate tahi a Raniera ratou ko ona hoa, me era atu tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona.

And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Katahi ka whakakitea mai taua mea ngaro ki a Raniera, he mea moemoea i te po. Na whakapai ana a Raniera ki te Atua o te rangi.

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,

20 I oho a Raniera, i mea, Kia whakapaingia te ingoa o te Atua a ake ake; nona hoki te whakaaro nui me te kaha.

May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his.

21 E whakaputaia ketia ana hoki e ia nga wa me nga ra: e whakakahoretia ana e ia nga kingi, e whakaturia ana ano nga kingi e ia: e homai ana e ia te whakaaro nui ki te hunga whakaaro nui, te matauranga ano ki te hunga e matau ana ki te whakaaro;

And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes [them], giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:

22 E whakapuakina ana e ia nga mea hohonu, nga mea ngaro: e matau ana ia ki nga mea o te pouri: kei a ia te nohoanga o te marama.

he reveals deep and secret [matters]; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him.

23 Whakawhetai tonu ahau ki a koe, whakamoemiti tonu ki a koe, e te Atua o oku matua, nau nei hoki i homai he whakaaro nui, he kaha ki ahau, a kua whakaatu mai nei koe ki ahau i nga mea i inoi ai matou ki a koe: kua whakaaturia nei hoki e koe te me a a te kingi ki a matou.

I give thanks to thee, and praise [thee], O God of my fathers, for thou hast given me wisdom and power, and hast made known to me the things which we asked of thee; and thou hast made known to me the king’s vision.

24 Na reira i haere ai a Raniera ki roto, ki a Arioko, ki ta te kingi i whakarite ai hei whakangaro mo nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona; haere ana ia, a ko tana kupu tenei ki a ia, Kaua e whakangaromia nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona: kawea ahau ki te aroaro o te kingi, a maku e whakakite te tikanga ki te kingi.

And Daniel came to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon, but bring me in before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.

25 Katahi ka hohoro tonu a Arioko, ka kawe i a Raniera ki te aroaro o te kingi; ko tana kupu ano tenei ki a ia, Kua kitea e ahau he tangata i roto i nga whakarau o Hura hei whakakite i te tikanga ki te kingi.

Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king.

26 Ka oho te kingi, ka mea ki a Raniera, ko tona ingoa nei ko Peretehatara, E taea ranei e koe te whakaatu mai te moe i kitea e ahau, me tona tikanga ano ki ahau?

And the king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltasar, Canst thou declare to me the dream which I saw, and the interpretation thereof?

27 Ka whakahoki a Raniera i te aroaro o te kingi, ka mea, E kore taua mea ngaro i uia ra e te kingi e taea te whakaatu ki te kingi e te hunga whakaaro nui, e nga kaititiro whetu, e nga tohunga maori, e nga tohunga tuaahu ranei;

And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks [the explanation of] is not [in the power] of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, [or] soothsayers to declare to the king.

28 Engari tera te Atua kei te rangi hei whakaatu i nga mea ngaro; a kua whakakitea e ia ki a Kingi Nepukaneha nga mea e puta mai i nga ra whakamutunga. Ko tau moe tenei, me nga mea i kitea e tou mahunga i runga i tou moenga;

But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,

29 Ko koe ia e te kingi, i puta ake ou whakaaro ki tou ngakau i runga i tou moenga mo nga mea e puta mai a mua: e whakakitea ana ki a koe e te kaiwhakaatu o nga mea ngaro, nga mea e puta a mua.

O king: thy thoughts upon thy bed arose [as to] what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass.

30 Ko ahau nei ia, ehara i te mea he nui atu oku whakaaro i o tetahi tangata ora, i whakapuakina ai tenei mea ngaro ki ahau; engari kia whakakitea ai tona tikanga ki te kingi, kia mohio ai hoki koe ki nga whakaaro o tou ngakau.

Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all [others] living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine heart.

31 Na i titiro koe, e te kingi, na ko tetahi whakapakoko nui. Na, ko taua whakapakoko, he mea nui, he nui atu tona kanapa, i tu i tou aroaro; a ko tona ahua he hanga whakamataku rawa.

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible.

32 Ko taua whakapakoko, he koura parakore tona pane; ko tona uma, ko ona ringa, he hiriwa; ko tona kopu, ko ona huha he parahi;

[It was] an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, [its] belly and thighs of brass,

33 Ko ona waewae he rino; ko ona raparapa he rino tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi.

its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware.

34 Titiro tonu atu koe, na ko tetahi kohatu, he mea tapahi mai, kahore hoki he ringa, aki tonu ki te whakapakoko, ki ona raparapa, he rino nei tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi, wahia putia iho.

Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.

35 Katahi ka mongamonga ngatahi te rino, te uku, te parahi, te hiriwa, te koura; kua rite ki te papapa o nga patunga witi i te raumati; kahakina ana e te hau, a kahore noa iho i kitea he wahi mo aua mea. Na, ko te kohatu i akina ai te whakapakoko, kua meinga hei maunga nui, kapi ana te whenua katoa i a ia.

Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshingfloor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had smitten the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth.

36 Ko te moe tenei. Na me korero tona tikanga e matou ki te aroaro o te kingi.

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

37 Ko koe, e te kingi, te kingi o nga kingi, kua homai hoki e te Atua o te rangi he kingitanga ki a koe, he kaha, he mana, he kororia.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honourable kingdom,

38 Na, ko nga wahi katoa e nohoia ana e nga tama a te tangata, ko nga kararehe o te parae, ko nga manu o te rangi, homai ana e ia ki tou ringa, kua oti ano koe te mea e ia hei rangatira mo ratou katoa. Ko koe taua pane koura.

in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into thine hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made thee lord of all.

39 Na ka puta ake tetahi atu kingitanga i muri i a koe; iti iho i a koe, me tetahi atu, ara te tuatoru o nga kingitanga, he parahi, a ka kawana tera i te whenua katoa.

Thou art the head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall have dominion over all the earth;

40 Na, ko te wha o nga kingitanga ka rite ki te rino te kaha: he mea wawahi hoki te rino, e taea ano e ia nga mea katoa: ka rite ki ta te rino e wawahi nei i enei katoa tana wawahi, tana kuru.

and a fourth kingdom, which shall be strong as iron: as iron beats to powder and subdues all things, so shall it beat to powder and subdue.

41 Na, i kite na koe i nga raparapa, i nga matimati, he uku na te kaipokepoke tetahi wahi, he rino tetahi wahi, ka wehea te kingitanga; ka mau ano ia he kaha rino i roto, ka pera ano me te rino i kitea e koe e whakauruuru ana ki te uku paru na.

And whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of earthenware and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in it of the strength of iron, as thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware.

42 Na, ko nga matimati o nga raparapa ra, he rino nei tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi, ka pena ano te kingitanga, he kaha tetahi wahi, ko tetahi wahi he pakarukaru.

And [whereas] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and [part] of it shall be broken.

43 Na, i kite atu na koe i te rino e whakauru ana ki te uku paru na, ka whakauru ano ratou ki roto ki nga uri tangata: e kore ia e piri tetahi ki tetahi, ka rite ki te rino e kore nei e uru ki te uku.

Whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware.

44 Na i nga ra o enei kingi, ka whakaturia e te Atua o te rangi he kingitanga e kore e ngaro, e kore ano hoki tona mana e waiho ki tetahi atu iwi; engari ko tera hei wahi, hei whakamoti i enei kingitanga katoa, ko ia ano ka tu tonu a ake ake.

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, [but] it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all [other] kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

45 Na i kite na koe he mea tapahi mai te kohatu i roto i te maunga, kahore hoki he ringa, a mongamonga noa i a ia te rino, te parahi, te uku, te hiriwa, te koura; e whakapuakina ana e te Atua nui ki te kingi nga mea e puta a mua: na tuturu rawa te moe, pumau tonu tona tikanga.

Whereas thou sawest that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure.

46 Ko te tino tapapatanga iho o Kingi Nepukaneha, koropiko ana ki a Raniera, whakahaua tonutia iho e ia kia whakaherea he whakahere, he whakakakara reka ki a ia.

Then king Nabuchodonosor fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and gave orders to offer to him gifts and incense.

47 I oho te kingi ki a Raniera, i mea, Tika rawa, ko tou Atua te Atua o nga atua, te Ariki o nga kingi, te kaiwhakapuaki o nga mea ngaro, ka taea nei hoki e koe te whakapuaki tenei mea ngaro.

And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for thou hast been able to reveal this mystery.

48 Katahi ka meinga e te kingi a Raniera hei tangata rahi, he maha ano nga hakari nui i homai e ia ki a ia, a meinga ana ia hei kawana mo te kawanatanga katoa o Papurona, hei tino kawana mo nga tangata whakaaro nui katoa o Papurona.

And the king promoted Daniel, and gave him great and abundant gifts, and set him over the whole province of Babylon, and [made him] chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 Na ka tono a Raniera ki te kingi, a whakaritea ana e ia a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko hei kaitirotiro mo nga mea o te kawanatanga o Papurona: ko Raniera ia i noho ki te kuwaha o te kingi.

And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the king’s palace.