Daniel 9
1 En el primer año de Darío, hijo de Asuero, de la estirpe de los medos, que fue hecho rey sobre el reino de los caldeos,
[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 en el primer año de su reinado, yo, Daniel, comprendí por medio de los libros el número de los años sobre los cuales vino la palabra de Yahvé al profeta Jeremías para que se cumplieran las desolaciones de Jerusalén, es decir, setenta años.
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 Puse mi rostro ante el Señor Dios, para buscarlo mediante la oración y las súplicas, con ayuno, cilicio y ceniza.
[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 Oré a Yahvé, mi Dios, e hice confesión, y dije, “Oh, Señor, Dios grande y temible, que guarda el pacto y la bondad amorosa con los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos,
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 hemos pecado, y hemos actuado con perversidad, y hemos hecho la maldad, y nos hemos rebelado, apartándonos de tus preceptos y de tus ordenanzas.
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 No hemos escuchado a tus siervos los profetas, que hablaron en tu nombre a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes y a nuestros padres, y a todo el pueblo de la tierra.
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 “Señor, a ti te pertenece la justicia, pero a nosotros la confusión de rostro, como sucede hoy; a los hombres de Judá, a los habitantes de Jerusalén y a todo Israel, a los que están cerca y a los que están lejos, por todos los países a los que los has expulsado, a causa de su prevaricación que han cometido contra ti.
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 Señor, a nosotros nos corresponde la confusión de rostro, a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes y a nuestros padres, porque hemos pecado contra ti.
Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
9 Al Señor, nuestro Dios, le pertenecen la misericordia y el perdón, porque nos hemos rebelado contra él.
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 No hemos obedecido la voz de Yahvé, nuestro Dios, para andar en sus leyes, que él puso delante de nosotros por medio de sus siervos los profetas.
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 Sí, todo Israel ha transgredido tu ley, apartándose, para no obedecer tu voz. “Por eso se ha derramado sobre nosotros la maldición y el juramento escritos en la ley de Moisés, siervo de Dios, porque hemos pecado contra él.
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 Él ha confirmado sus palabras, que pronunció contra nosotros y contra nuestros jueces que nos juzgaron, trayendo sobre nosotros un gran mal; pues bajo todo el cielo no se ha hecho tal cosa como se ha hecho a Jerusalén.
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 Como está escrito en la ley de Moisés, todo este mal ha caído sobre nosotros. Sin embargo, no hemos suplicado el favor de Yahvé, nuestro Dios, para que nos convirtamos de nuestras iniquidades y tengamos discernimiento en tu verdad.
[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 Por eso Yahvé ha velado por el mal y lo ha hecho recaer sobre nosotros; porque Yahvé nuestro Dios es justo en todas sus obras que realiza, y nosotros no hemos obedecido su voz.
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 “Ahora bien, Señor, Dios nuestro, que has sacado a tu pueblo de la tierra de Egipto con mano poderosa y te has dado a conocer, como hoy, hemos pecado. Hemos actuado con maldad.
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 Señor, según toda tu justicia, haz que tu ira y tu enojo se aparten de tu ciudad, Jerusalén, tu monte santo; porque por nuestros pecados y por las iniquidades de nuestros padres, Jerusalén y tu pueblo se han convertido en un oprobio para todos los que nos rodean.
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 “Ahora, pues, Dios nuestro, escucha la oración de tu siervo y sus peticiones, y haz brillar tu rostro sobre tu santuario desolado, por amor al Señor.
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 Dios mío, vuelve tu oído y escucha. Abre tus ojos y mira nuestras desolaciones, y la ciudad que lleva tu nombre; porque no presentamos nuestras peticiones ante ti por nuestra justicia, sino por tus grandes misericordias.
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 Señor, escucha. Señor, perdona. Señor, escucha y haz. No te demores, por tu bien, Dios mío, porque tu ciudad y tu pueblo son llamados por tu nombre”.
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 Mientras hablaba, oraba y confesaba mi pecado y el de mi pueblo Israel, y presentaba mi súplica ante Yahvé, mi Dios, por el monte santo de mi Dios —
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 sí, mientras hablaba en oración — el hombre Gabriel, a quien había visto en la visión del principio, siendo hecho volar velozmente, me tocó a la hora de la ofrenda de la tarde.
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 Me instruyó y habló conmigo, y me dijo: “Daniel, ahora he venido a darte sabiduría y entendimiento.
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 Al principio de tus peticiones salió el mandamiento, y he venido a decírtelo, porque eres muy querido. Por tanto, considera el asunto y entiende la visión.
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 “Setenta semanas están decretadas sobre tu pueblo y sobre tu santa ciudad, para acabar con la desobediencia, para poner fin a los pecados, para reconciliar la iniquidad, para traer la justicia eterna, para sellar la visión y la profecía, y para ungir al santísimo.
[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 “Sabed, pues, y discernid que desde la salida de la orden de restaurar y edificar Jerusalén hasta el Ungido, el príncipe, habrá siete semanas y sesenta y dos semanas. Se construirá de nuevo, con calle y foso, incluso en tiempos difíciles.
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 Después de las sesenta y dos semanas el Ungido será cortado y no tendrá nada. El pueblo del príncipe que viene destruirá la ciudad y el santuario. Su fin será con una inundación, y la guerra será hasta el final. Las desolaciones están decididas.
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 Él hará un pacto firme con muchos durante una semana. A la mitad de la semana hará cesar el sacrificio y la ofrenda. En el ala de las abominaciones vendrá uno que hace desolación; y hasta el final completo decretado, la ira se derramará sobre la desolación.”
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.”
