Daniel 9
1 En el primer año de Darío, hijo de Asuero, de la simiente 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 gobierno, yo, Daniel, vi claramente en los libros el número de años dados por la palabra del Señor al profeta Jeremías, en los cuales la desolación de Jerusalén debía ser completo, es decir, en 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 Y volviéndome al Señor Dios, me entregué a la oración, ruegos, 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 E hice una oración al Señor, mi Dios, poniendo nuestros pecados delante de él, y dije: ¡Oh Señor, el gran Dios, muy temido! manteniendo su acuerdo y misericordia con aquellos que lo aman y hacen sus órdenes;
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 Somos pecadores, actuando mal y haciendo el mal; hemos ido en su contra, alejándonos de sus órdenes y de sus leyes.
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 dijeron palabras en tu nombre a nuestros reyes, a nuestros gobernantes, a nuestros padres y a toda la gente 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 Oh Señor, la justicia es tuya, pero la vergüenza está sobre nosotros, hasta el día de hoy; y sobre los hombres de Judá y el pueblo de Jerusalén, y sobre todo Israel, los que están cerca y los que están lejos, en todos los países donde los enviaste por el pecado que cometieron 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 Oh Señor, la vergüenza está sobre nosotros, sobre nuestros reyes, nuestros gobernantes y nuestros padres, a causa de nuestro 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 Con el Señor nuestro Dios hay misericordia y perdón, porque hemos ido contra él;
Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
10 Y no hemos escuchado la voz del Señor nuestro Dios para ir por el camino de sus leyes que puso ante nosotros por boca 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 Y todo Israel ha sido pecador contra tu ley, apartándose para no escuchar tu voz; y la maldición ha sido desatada sobre nosotros, y el juramento registrado en la ley de Moisés, el siervo de Dios. porque hemos hecho mal 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 Y ha dado efecto a sus palabras que dijo contra nosotros y contra aquellos que fueron nuestros jueces, al enviarnos un gran mal, porque debajo de todo el cielo no se ha hecho, lo que 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 se registró en la ley de Moisés, todo este mal vino sobre nosotros, pero no hemos buscado él favor del Señor nuestro Dios, para que podamos ser apartados de nuestras malas acciones y llegar a la verdadera sabiduría.
[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 Así que el Señor ha estado guardando este mal y lo ha hecho venir sobre nosotros; porque el Señor nuestro Dios es recto en todos sus actos que ha hecho, y no hemos escuchado 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 Y ahora, Señor Dios nuestro, que sacaste a tu pueblo de la tierra de Egipto con mano fuerte y te hiciste un gran nombre hasta el día de hoy; Somos pecadores, hemos hecho el mal.
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 Oh Señor, a causa de tu justicia, deja que tu ira y tu pasión sean apartadas de tu ciudad Jerusalén, tu montaña sagrada; porque, a través de nuestros pecados y la maldad de nuestros padres, Jerusalén y tu pueblo se han convertido una causa de vergüenza 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 Y ahora, presta atención, oh Dios nuestro, a la oración y súplica de tu siervo, y deja que tu rostro brille sobre tu lugar santo asolado, por amor del 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 Oh, Dios mío, inclina tu oído y escucha; deja que tus ojos se abran y vean cómo hemos sido destruidos y la ciudad que lleva tu nombre, porque no estamos ofreciendo nuestras oraciones ante ti por nuestros méritos, sino por tu gran misericordia.
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; Oh Señor, perdona; Oh Señor, atiende y actúa; por el honor de tu nombre, oh Dios mío, porque tu pueblo y tu gente son nombrados 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 Y mientras todavía decía estas palabras en oración, y ponía mis pecados y los pecados de mi pueblo Israel ante el Señor, y solicitaba la gracia del Señor mi Dios para 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 Incluso cuando todavía estaba orando, el hombre Gabriel, a quien había visto en la visión al principio cuando estaba muy cansado, me puso la mano sobre mí, en el momento de la ofrenda nocturna.
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 Y enseñándome y hablando conmigo, dijo: Daniel, he venido ahora para darte 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 A la primera palabra de tu oración salió la orden, y he venido para darte conocimiento; porque eres un hombre muy querido: así que piensa en la palabra y deja que la visión sea clara para ti.
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 Se han arreglado setenta semanas para su pueblo y su pueblo santo, para que se detenga la transgresión y el pecado llegue a su fin, y para eliminar el mal y venga la justicia eterna; para que la visión y la palabra del profeta puedan ser selladas, y ungir el lugar 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 Ten entonces la certeza y entiende, desde la salida de la palabra para la construcción de Jerusalén nuevamente hasta la venida del mesías príncipe, serán siete semanas; en sesenta y dos semanas; en tiempos de angustia, volverá a ser edificada la plaza y el muro.
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 Y al final de los tiempos, incluso después de las sesenta y dos semanas, el ungido será cortado y no tendrá santuario la ciudad y el lugar sagrado serán destruidos por la gente de un príncipe que vendrá; y el final vendrá con un desbordamiento de aguas, e incluso hasta el final habrá guerra y la desolación que se han determinado.
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 Y confirmara un pacto con muchos durante una semana; y así, durante la mitad de la semana pondrá fin a la ofrenda y sacrificios; y en su lugar habrá abominaciones extremas; hasta que la destrucción que se ha determinado se desate sobre él destructor.
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.”
