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 the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his mind.

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.

Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king his dreams: so 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 saw a dream: and being troubled in mind I know not what I saw.

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 answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.

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.

And the king answering said to the Chaldeans: The thing is gone out of my mind: unless you tell me the dream, and the meaning thereof, you shall be put to death, and your houses shall be confiscated.

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 you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and great honour: therefore 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 again and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation of it.

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.

The king answered, and said: I know for certain that you seek to gain time, since you know that the thing is 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 therefore you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you also give a true 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.

Then the Chaldeains answered before the king, and said: There is no man upon earth, that can accomplish thy word, O king, neither doth any king, though great and mighty, ask such a thing of any diviner, or wise man, 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 thing that thou askest, O king, is difficult; nor can any one be found that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.

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

Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death.

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

And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

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 inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch the general of the king’s army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

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.

And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch had told 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.

Daniel went in and desired of the king, that he would give him time to resolve the question and declare it to the king.

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:

And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias his companions:

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.

To the end that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions 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 was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,

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.

And speaking he said: Blessed be the name of the Lord from eternity and for evermore: for wisdom and fortitude 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 changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms and establisheth them, giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge 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 revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and 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.

To thee, O God of our fathers, I give thanks, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom and strength: and now thou hast shewn me what we desired of thee, for thou hast made known to us, the king’s discourse.

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.

After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution 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 to the king, and said to him: I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Juda, that will resolve the question 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?

The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed that thou canst tell me the dream that 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 made answer before the king, and said: The secret that the king desireth to know, none of the wise men, or the philosophers, or the diviners, or the soothsayers can 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 that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewn to thee, O king Nabuchodonosor, what is to come to pass in the latter times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

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.

Thou, O king, didst begin to think in thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth mysteries shewed thee what shall 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.

To me also this secret is revealed, not by any wisdom that I have more than all men alive: but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and thou mightest know the thoughts of thy mind.

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 there was as it were a great statue: this statue, which was great and high, tall of stature, stood before thee, and the look thereof 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;

The head of this statue was of fine gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, and the belly and the thighs of brass:

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

And the legs of iron, the feet part of iron and part of clay.

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.

Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and of clay, and broke them in pieces.

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 was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of a summer’s thrashingfloor, and they were carried away by the wind: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that struck the statue, became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

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

This is the dream: we will also tell the interpretation thereof before thee, O 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 art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory:

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.

And all places wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do dwell: he hath also given the birds of the air into thy hand, and hath put all things under thy power: thou therefore art the head of gold.

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.

And after thee shall rise up another kingdom, inferior to thee, of silver: and another third kingdom of brass, which shall rule over all the world.

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 the fourth kingdom shall be as iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and subdueth all things, so shall that break and destroy all these.

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.

Arid whereas thou sawest the feet, and the toes, part of potter’s clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided, but yet it shall take its origin from the iron, according as thou sawest the iron mixed with the miry clay.

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 as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly 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.

And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall be mingled indeed together with the seed of man, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron cannot be mixed with clay.

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.

But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself 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.

According as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and broke in pieces, the clay, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewn the king what shall come to pass hereafter, and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof is faithful.

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 on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer in sacrifice to him victims 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 spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover this secret.

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.

Then the king advanced Daniel to a high station, and gave him many and great gifts: and he made him governor over all the provinces of Babylon, and chief of the magistrates 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 requested of the king, and he appointed Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago over the works of the province of Babylon: but Daniel himself was in the king’s palace.