Danieli 9
1 Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wa Dario mwana wa Ahasuero (mzaliwa wa Umedi), ambaye alifanywa mtawala juu ya ufalme wa Babeli,
In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who ruled over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
2 katika mwaka wa kwanza wa utawala wake, mimi Danieli nilielewa kutokana na Maandiko, kulingana na neno la Bwana alilopewa nabii Yeremia, kwamba ukiwa wa Yerusalemu ungetimizwa kwa miaka sabini.
in year one of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the books the number of the years, concerning the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah, the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would be completed in seventy years.
3 Kwa hiyo nikamgeukia Bwana Mungu na kumsihi katika maombi na dua, katika kufunga, na kuvaa nguo ya gunia na kujipaka majivu.
And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
4 Nikamwomba Bwana Mungu wangu na kutubu: “Ee Bwana, Mungu mkuu na unayetisha, anayeshika agano lake la upendo kwao wanaompenda na kutii maagizo yake,
And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.
5 tumetenda dhambi na kufanya mabaya. Tumekuwa waovu na tumeasi; tumegeuka mbali na maagizo yako na sheria zako.
We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we acted impiously and have withdrawn, and we have turned aside from your commandments as well as your judgments.
6 Hatukuwasikiliza watumishi wako manabii, ambao kwa jina lako walisema na wafalme wetu, wakuu wetu, baba zetu, na watu wote wa nchi.
We have not obeyed your servants, the prophets, who have spoken in your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.
7 “Bwana, wewe ni mwenye haki, lakini siku hii ya leo tumefunikwa na aibu: tukiwa wanaume wa Yuda, na watu wa Yerusalemu, na Israeli yote, wote walio karibu na walio mbali, katika nchi zote ulikotutawanya kwa sababu ya kukosa uaminifu kwako.
To you, O Lord, is justice, but to us is confusion of face, just as it is on this day for the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, for those who are near and those who are far off, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of their iniquities by which they have sinned against you.
8 Ee Bwana, sisi na wafalme wetu, wakuu wetu na baba zetu tumefunikwa na aibu kwa sababu tumefanya dhambi dhidi yako.
O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face: to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, who have sinned.
9 Bwana Mungu wetu ni mwenye rehema na anayesamehe, hata ingawa tumefanya uasi dhidi yake.
But to you, the Lord our God, is mercy and atonement, for we have withdrawn from you,
10 Hatukumtii Bwana Mungu wetu wala kuzishika sheria alizotupa kupitia kwa watumishi wake manabii.
and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord, our God, so as to walk in his law, which he established for us by his servants, the prophets.
11 Israeli yote imekosea sheria yako na kugeuka mbali, nao wamekataa kukutii. “Kwa hiyo laana na viapo vya hukumu vilivyoandikwa katika Sheria ya Mose, mtumishi wa Mungu, vimemiminwa juu yetu, kwa sababu tumefanya dhambi dhidi yako.
And all Israel has transgressed your law and has turned away, not listening to your voice, and so the condemnation and the curse, which is written in the book of Moses, servant of God, has rained down upon us, because we have sinned against him.
12 Umetimiza maneno uliyosema dhidi yetu na dhidi ya watawala wetu, kwa kuleta maafa makubwa juu yetu. Chini ya mbingu yote kamwe hapajatendeka kitu kama kile kilichotendeka kwa Yerusalemu.
And he has fulfilled his words, which he has spoken over us and over our leaders who judged us, that he would lead over us a great evil, such as has never before existed under all of heaven, according to what has been done in Jerusalem.
13 Kama vile ilivyoandikwa katika sheria ya Mose, misiba hii yote imekuja juu yetu, lakini hatujaomba fadhili kwa Bwana Mungu wetu kwa kugeuka kutoka dhambi zetu na kuwa wasikivu katika kweli yake.
Just as it has been written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us, and we did not entreat your face, O Lord our God, so that we might turn back from our iniquities and consider your truth.
14 Bwana hakusita kuleta maafa juu yetu, kwa maana Bwana Mungu wetu ni mwenye haki katika kila afanyalo; lakini hata hivyo hatujamtii.
And the Lord kept watch over the evil and has led it over us; the Lord, our God, is just in all his works, which he has accomplished, for we have not listened to his voice.
15 “Sasa, Ee Bwana Mungu wetu, ambaye uliwatoa watu wako Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu, na ambaye umejifanyia Jina linalodumu mpaka leo, tumetenda dhambi, tumefanya mabaya.
And now, O Lord, our God, who has led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and has made yourself a name in accordance with this day: we have sinned, we have done wrong.
16 Ee Bwana, wewe kwa kadiri ya matendo yako ya haki, ondoa hasira yako na ghadhabu yako juu ya Yerusalemu, mji wako, mlima wako mtakatifu. Dhambi zetu na maovu ya baba zetu yameifanya Yerusalemu na watu wako kitu cha kudharauliwa kwa wale wote wanaotuzunguka.
O Lord, for all your righteousness, turn away, I beg you, your anger and your fury from your city, Jerusalem, and from your holy mountain. For, because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are a reproach to all who surround us.
17 “Basi Mungu wetu, sasa sikia maombi na dua ya mtumishi wako. Ee Bwana, kwa ajili yako angalia kwa huruma ukiwa wa mahali pako patakatifu.
Now, therefore, heed, O God, the prayer of your servant and his requests, and reveal your face over your sanctuary, which is desolate, for your own sake.
18 Ee Mungu, tega sikio na ukasikie; fumbua macho yako ukaone ukiwa wa mji ule wenye Jina lako. Hatukutolei maombi yetu kwa sababu sisi tuna haki, bali kwa sababu ya rehema zako nyingi.
Incline your ear, O my God, and hear, open your eyes and see our desolation and the city over which your name is invoked. For it is not through our justifications that we offer requests before your face, but through the fullness of your compassion.
19 Ee Bwana, sikiliza! Ee Bwana, samehe! Ee Bwana, sikia na ukatende! Kwa ajili yako, Ee Mungu wangu, usikawie, kwa sababu mji wako na watu wako wanaitwa kwa Jina lako.”
Heed, O Lord. Be pleased, O Lord. Turn and act. Do not delay, for your own sake, O my God, because your name is invoked over your city and over your people.”
20 Basi, nilipokuwa bado nikinena na kuomba, nikiungama dhambi yangu na dhambi ya watu wangu Israeli, na nikifanya maombi yangu kwa Bwana Mungu wangu kwa ajili ya mlima wake mtakatifu,
And while I was still speaking and praying and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people, Israel, and offering my prayers in the sight of my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,
21 wakati nilipokuwa bado katika maombi, Gabrieli, yule mtu niliyekuwa nimemwona katika maono hapo awali, alinijia kwa kasi karibu wakati wa kutoa dhabihu ya jioni.
as I was still speaking in prayer, behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
22 Akanielimisha na kuniambia, “Danieli, sasa nimekuja kukupa akili na ufahamu.
And he instructed me, and he spoke to me and said, “Now, Daniel, I have come forth to teach you and to help you understand.
23 Mara ulipoanza kuomba, jibu lilitolewa, ambalo nimekuja kukupasha habari, kwa maana wewe unapendwa sana. Kwa hiyo, tafakari ujumbe huu na uelewe maono haya:
At the beginning of your prayers, the message came forth, yet I have come to explain it to you because you are a man who is seeking. Therefore, you must pay close attention to the message and understand the vision.
24 “Majuma sabini yameamriwa kwa ajili ya watu wako na kwa ajili ya mji wako mtakatifu, ili kumaliza makosa, kukomesha dhambi, kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya uovu, kuleta haki ya milele, kutia muhuri maono na unabii, na pia kumtia mafuta yeye aliye mtakatifu sana.
Seventy weeks of years are concentrated on your people and on your holy city, so that transgression shall be finished, and sin shall reach an end, and iniquity shall be wiped away, and so that everlasting justice shall be brought in, and vision and prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Saint of saints shall be anointed.
25 “Ujue na kuelewa hili: Tangu kutolewa kwa amri ya kuutengeneza na kuujenga upya Yerusalemu mpaka kuja kwa Mpakwa mafuta, aliye mtawala, kutakuwako majuma saba na majuma sitini na mawili. Barabara zitajengwa tena pamoja na mahandaki, lakini katika wakati wa taabu.
Therefore, know and take heed: from the going forth of the word to build up Jerusalem again, until the Christ leader, there will be seven weeks of years, and sixty-two weeks of years; and the wide path will be built again, and the walls, in a time of anguish.
26 Baada ya majuma sitini na mawili, Mpakwa Mafuta atakatiliwa mbali, wala hatabaki na kitu. Watu wa mtawala atakayekuja watauharibu mji pamoja na mahali patakatifu. Mwisho utakuja kama mafuriko: Vita vitaendelea mpaka mwisho, nao ukiwa umeamriwa.
And after sixty-two weeks of years, the Christ leader will be slain. And the people who have denied him will not be his. And the people, when their leader arrives, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will be devastation, and, after the end of the war, the desolation will be set up.
27 Mtawala huyo atathibitisha agano na watu wengi kwa juma moja. Katikati ya juma hilo atakomesha dhabihu na sadaka. Mahali pa dhabihu katika Hekalu atasimamisha chukizo la uharibifu, hadi mwisho ulioamriwa utakapomiminwa juu yake yeye aletaye uharibifu.”
But he will confirm a covenant with many for one week of years; and for half of the week of years, victim and sacrifice will nearly cease; but there will be in the temple the abomination of desolation. And the desolation will continue even to the consummation and the end.”
