< Daniel 9 >

1 I det fyrste styringsåret åt Darius, son åt Ahasverus - han som var av medisk ætt, og var sett til konge yver Kaldæar-riket -
[Now I am going to tell you about what happened] when Darius, who was from the Mede people-group and who was the son of Xerxes, ruled as the King of Babylonia.
2 i det fyrste styringsåret hans kom eg, Daniel, i bøkerne til å gjeva ans på det åretalet som Herren hadde nemnt for profeten Jeremia, då han sagde at han vilde lata sytti år lida til endes, medan Jerusalem låg i røys.
During the first year that he was the king, I, Daniel, was studying/reading the [holy] books/Scriptures the message that Yahweh had given to the prophet Jeremiah. In that message Jeremiah had written that Jerusalem would [be destroyed and] remain ruined for seventy years.
3 Då vende eg andlitet mot Herren Gud med inderleg bøn og påkalling, og attåt det fasta eg i sekk og oska.
[After I read that], I pleaded to Yahweh my God [to help us], praying and (fasting/abstaining from eating food). [While doing that, I was wearing] rough cloth and [sitting in] ashes [to show that I was very sad about what was going to happen to us].
4 Eg bad til Herren, min Gud, og skrifta og sagde: «Å, Herre, du store og skræmelege Gud, du som held uppe samband og nåde mot deim som elskar deg og held bodi dine!
I confessed [the sins that we had committed], and [this is what I] prayed: Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded [that they should do].
5 Me hev synda og gjort ille og vore gudlause og tråssuge; me hev vike av ifrå bodi dine og loverne dine.
But we [Israelis] have sinned. We have done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled [against you]. We have turned away from [obeying] your commands [DOU].
6 Me hev ikkje høyrt på tenarane dine, profetarne, som tala i ditt namn til kongarne våre og hovdingarne og federne og heile landslyden.
Your prophets spoke for you [MTY], [giving your messages to] kings, to our other rulers, to our [other] ancestors, and to all the Israeli people, but we have refused to (pay attention to/heed) those prophets.
7 Du, Herre, er rettferdig, men me lyt blygjast, som me og gjer no, me Juda-menner og Jerusalems-buar og alt Israel, både dei som er nær og som bur langt burte i framande land, dit du hev drive deim burt, av di dei var utrue imot deg.
Lord, you always do what is righteous/just/fair, but we have caused ourselves to be ashamed [IDM]. This is [still] true about all of the Israelis who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is [also] true about all us Israelis whom you scattered, who [were taken to] other countries, some near [Israel] and some far away, because we were very unfaithful/disloyal to you.
8 Ja, Herre, me må blygjast med kongarne og hovdingarne og federne våre, av di me hev synda imot deg.
Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
9 Men hjå Herren, vår Gud, er miskunn og forlating. For me var tråssuge imot honom,
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 og høyrde ikkje på røysti åt Herren, vår Gud, um å leva etter loverne hans, som han lagde fram for oss ved tenarane sine, profetarne.
Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not (listen to/heed) you.
11 Nei, alt Israel braut di lov og veik av og høyrde ikkje på di røyst. Difor vart ho og utrend yver oss, den forbanningi som han hadde svore å senda, og som stend skrivi i lovi åt Guds tenar Moses; for me hadde synda imot honom.
All [of us] Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from [obeying] what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, [you] have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote [would happen to us] if we sinned against you.
12 Han heldt ordi sine, som han hadde tala imot oss og imot domarane som dømde oss; og han let so stor ei ulukka koma yver oss, at det ingen stad under himmelen hev hendt noko slikt som hev hendt i Jerusalem.
You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.
13 Etter det som stend skrive i Moselovi, kom all denne ulukka yver oss; men endå gjorde me inkje til å blidka Herren, vår Gud, med å vende um ifrå misgjerningarne våre og agta på sanningi di.
[You] punished us just like Moses wrote [that you would do]. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.
14 Difor vakte og Herren yver ulukka og let henne koma yver oss; for Herren, vår Gud, er rettferdig i alle dei gjerningar han gjer; men me høyrde ikkje på røysti hans.
So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and [then] you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.
15 Og no, Herre, vår Gud, du som førde folket ditt ut or Egyptarland med sterk hand og soleis gjorde deg eit namn som er det same endå i dag! Me hev synda, me hev vore gudlause.
O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power [MTY], and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great [IDM] [even though] we have sinned and done wicked things.
16 Men Herre, for all di rettferd skuld, lat vreiden og harmen din venda seg ifrå Jerusalem, ditt heilage fjell! for ved synderne våre og misgjerningarne åt federne våre hev Jerusalem og folket ditt vorte til spott for alle som bur ikring oss.
Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and [your temple was built there] on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby [countries/nations] despise Jerusalem and [us] your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But [now], because you do what is righteous/just, [we ask you to] not be angry with Jerusalem any longer.
17 Og høyr no, vår Gud, bøni og påkallingi åt tenaren din, og lat di åsyn lysa yver den øydelagde heilagdomen din, for Herrens skuld.
O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading [for you to do]. (For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great), act kindly [IDM] concerning your temple, which was destroyed [by the armies of Babylonia].
18 Bøyg, min Gud, øyra ditt hit og høyr! Lat upp augo dine og sjå røysarne våre og byen som er uppkalla etter ditt namn! For me lit ikkje på våre rettferdsverk når me ber fram våre påkallingar for di åsyn, men me lit på di store miskunn.
My God, listen [to my prayer]. Look [at us] and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you [MTY] has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good.
19 Herre, høyr! Herre, forlat! Herre, gjev gaum, gjer ditt verk, og dryg ikkje - for di skuld, min Gud! for byen din og folket ditt er då uppkalla etter ditt namn.»
Lord, listen [to us]! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so [we plead with you to] heed what we are saying and act [to help us] right now, (for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great)!
20 Endå medan eg tala soleis og bad og sanna mi eigi synd og syndi åt Israel, folket mitt, og for Herren, min Gud, bar fram mi forbøn for min Guds heilage fjell,
I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore [the temple on] the sacred hill [in Jerusalem].
21 endå medan eg tala soleis i bøn, kom Gabriel til meg, den mannen som eg fyrr hadde set i syni, den gongen eg seig i uvit; og det var ved det bilet då kveldsofferet vart frambore.
While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when [the priests] offered sacrifices.
22 Han greidde ut for meg og tala til meg og sagde: «Daniel, eg er no utgjengen og skal læra deg å skyna.
He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand [DOU] clearly [the message that God gave to Jeremiah].
23 Då du tok til å beda, gjekk det ut eit ord, og eg er komen og vil gjeva deg melding, for du er sers gjæv. So gjev då agt på ordet, og agta på syni!
When you began to plead [with God], he gave me a message [to pass on to you]. He loves you very much, so [he has sent me] to tell you what he said to me. So [now] (pay attention/listen carefully) in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed [to Jeremiah].
24 Sytti vikor er fastsette for folket ditt og for den heilage byen din, innan brotet vert fullenda, og synderne tek slutt, og misgjerningarne vert sona, og ei æveleg rettferd førd fram, og innan syn og profetord vert stadfeste, og ein høgheilag heilagdom vert salva.
[God] has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from [the guilt of] their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then [God] will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And [what you saw in] the vision and what [Jeremiah] prophesied will (come true/be fulfilled), and the sacred temple will be dedicated [to God again].
25 Og du skal vita og skyna: Frå den tidi då ordet gjekk ut um atterreising av Jerusalem, til dess det kjem ein som er salva, ein fyrste, skal sju vikor lida av, og i tvo og seksti vikor byen skal det verta atterreist med gator og vollgraver, endå um tiderne er tronge.
You need to know and understand this: There will be 49 years from the time that [the king] commands that Jerusalem should be rebuilt until the leader/king that God has chosen will come. Then 434 years later, Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and it will have streets and will have a (moat/deep ditch filled with water) around it [to protect the city]. But that will be a time when [God’s people] will have [a lot of] troubles/difficulties/suffering.
26 Men etter dei tvo og seksti vikorne skal ein som er salva, verta utrudd og inkje hava. Og byen og heilagdomen skal verta øydde av folket åt ein fyrste som kjem, og han skal enda i ein storflaum; Og alt til enden skal det vera strid. Øyding er urikkeleg avgjord.
After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed [when it seems that] he will have accomplished nothing (unjustly/without having done anything wrong). After that, the temple will be destroyed by [the army of] a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood [MET] [destroys everything]. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that [God] has decreed [will happen].
27 Og han skal gjera eit sterkt samband med mange for ei vika, og ved honom skal slagtoffer og grjonoffer vera avteke for ei halv vika; og på styggedoms veng skal øydaren koma. Detta skal ganga fyre seg, til dess øyding og urikkeleg avgjord straffedom strøymer ut yver øydaren.»
That ruler will make a strong agreement with many people. He will promise to do for seven years what he has said in that agreement. But when that time is half finished, he will prevent [priests from] giving any more offerings and sacrifices [to God]. A disgusting idol will be put on the highest part of the temple, and it will stay there until [God] gets rid of the one who put it there, which is what he said that he would do.”

< Daniel 9 >