Daniel 9
1 Era el primer año de Darío el Medo, hijo de Asuero, después de haberse convertido en rey de los babilonios.
In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldaeans;
2 Durante el primer año de su reinado, yo, Daniel, comprendí, por las Escrituras dadas al profeta Jeremías, que pronto se cumpliría el tiempo de setenta años en que Jerusalén quedaría desolada.
In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.
3 Así que me dirigí al Señor Dios en oración. Ayuné y me vestí de cilicio y ceniza, y le supliqué en oración que actuara.
And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
4 Oré al Señor, mi Dios, y me confesé, diciendo: “Señor, ¡eres un Dios grande y asombroso! Siempre cumples tus promesas y demuestras tu amor confiable a los que te aman y guardan tus mandamientos.
And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
5 Pero nosotros hemos pecado, hemos hecho el mal. Hemos actuado con maldad, nos hemos rebelado contra ti. Nos hemos apartado de tus mandamientos y de tus leyes.
We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
6 No hemos prestado atención a tus siervos los profetas que hablaron en tu nombre a nuestros reyes y dirigentes y antepasados, y a todos los habitantes del país.
We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our fathers and all the people of the land.
7 “Señor, tú siempre haces lo correcto, pero nosotros seguimos avergonzados hasta el día de hoy: nosotros, el pueblo de Judá, los habitantes de Jerusalén y todo Israel, los cercanos y los lejanos, los de todos los países a los que los has expulsado por su infidelidad a ti.
O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
8 La vergüenza pública es nuestra, Señor, y de nuestros reyes, príncipes y antepasados, porque hemos pecado contra ti.
O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our fathers, because of our sin against you.
9 Sin embargo, tú, Señor, nuestro Dios, eres compasivo y perdonador, aunque nos hayamos rebelado contra ti.
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
10 No hemos obedecido lo que tú, Señor Dios, nos has dicho. No hemos seguido tu ley que nos diste por medio de tus siervos los profetas.
And have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God to go in the way of his laws which he put before us by the mouth of his servants the prophets.
11 Todo Israel ha quebrantado tu ley y se ha alejado de ti, sin escuchar lo que tenías que decir. Por eso se ha derramado sobre nosotros la condena que proviene de nuestra promesa incumplida, a causa de nuestro pecado, tal y como quedó claro en la Ley de Moisés, el siervo del Señor.
And all Israel have been sinners against your law, turning away so as not to give ear to your voice: and the curse has been let loose on us, and the oath recorded in the law of Moses, the servant of God, for we have done evil against him.
12 “Has llevado a cabo lo que nos habías advertido, contra nosotros y contra nuestros gobernantes: un castigo tan terrible ha caído sobre Jerusalén, el peor que ha ocurrido en todo el mundo.
And he has given effect to his words which he said against us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what has been done to Jerusalem.
13 Tal como decía la Ley de Moisés, todo este castigo ha caído sobre nosotros, pero aún no te hemos pedido, Señor, nuestro Dios, que nos favorezcas, apartándonos de nuestros pecados y prestando atención a tu verdad.
As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.
14 Estabas dispuesto a castigarnos, y tenías razón al hacer todo lo que has hecho, porque no te escuchamos.
So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.
15 “Tú, Señor Dios nuestro, con tu gran poder nos sacaste de Egipto, haciéndote un nombre que dura hasta ahora. Pero nosotros hemos pecado, hemos hecho cosas malas.
And now, O Lord our God, who took your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and made a great name for yourself even to this day; we are sinners, we have done evil.
16 Por eso, Señor, porque eres tan bueno, aparta tu ira y tu furia contra Jerusalén, tu santo monte. A causa de nuestros pecados y de los de nuestros antepasados, Jerusalén y tu pueblo son objeto de burla por parte de todos nuestros vecinos.
O Lord, because of your righteousness, let your wrath and your passion be turned away from your town Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because, through our sins and the evil-doing of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a cause of shame to all who are round about us.
17 Ahora, Señor nuestro, por favor, escucha la oración y la súplica de tu siervo, y por tu bien mira con benevolencia en tu santuario abandonado.
And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.
18 Por favor, escucha con atención y abre los ojos para ver el terrible estado en que nos encontramos, y la ciudad que lleva tu nombre. No te hacemos estas peticiones por nuestra bondad, sino por tu gran misericordia.
O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.
19 ¡Señor, por favor, escucha! ¡Señor, por favor, perdona! Por favor, ¡presta atención y haz algo! Por tu propio bien, Dios mío, no te demores, pues tu ciudad y tu pueblo se identifican con tu nombre”.
O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
20 Seguí hablando, orando y confesando mis pecados y los de mi pueblo Israel, suplicando ante el Señor, mi Dios, en favor de Jerusalén, su monte santo.
And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;
21 Mientras seguía orando, Gabriel, a quien había visto anteriormente cuando tuve la visión, vino volando rápidamente hacia mí a la hora del sacrificio vespertino.
Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering.
22 Me dio la siguiente explicación, diciendo: “Daniel, he venido a darte entendimiento y comprensión.
And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom.
23 Tan pronto como comenzaste a orar, se dio la respuesta, y he venido a explicártela porque Dios te ama mucho. Así que, por favor, escucha la explicación y entiende el significado de la visión.
At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.
24 “Se han asignado setenta semanas a tu pueblo y a tu ciudad santa para hacer frente a la rebelión, para poner fin al pecado, para perdonar la maldad, para traer la bondad eterna, para confirmar la visión y la profecía, y para ungir el Lugar Santísimo.
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
25 Tienes que saber y comprender que desde el momento en que se da la orden de restaurar y reconstruir Jerusalén, hasta que el Mesías, transcurrirán siete semanas más sesenta y dos semanas. Se construirá con calles y defensas, a pesar de los tiempos difíciles.
Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.
26 “Después de sesenta y dos semanas, el Mesías será condenado a muerte y quedará reducido a la nada. Llegará al poder un gobernante cuyo ejército destruirá la ciudad y el santuario. Su fin llegará como un diluvio. La guerra y la devastación continuarán hasta que se complete ese período de tiempo.
And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.
27 El confirmará el acuerdo con mucha gente durante una semana, pero a la mitad de la semana pondrá fin a los sacrificios y a las ofrendas. La idolatría que causa la destrucción se mantendrá hasta el final, cuando el mismo destino se derrame sobre el destructor”.
And a strong order will be sent out against the great number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste.
