Taniela 7
1 ʻI he ʻuluaki taʻu ʻo Pelesasa ko e tuʻi ʻo Papilone, naʻe mamata ʻa Taniela ki he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hono ʻulu ʻi hono mohenga; pea naʻa ne tohi ʻae misi, pea ne fakahā ʻa hono fakamatala.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2 Naʻe lea ʻa Taniela ʻo ne pehē, “Ne u mamata ʻi he meʻa hā mai kiate au ʻi he pō, pea vakai, naʻe fetakai mālohi ʻae feituʻu matangi ʻe fā ʻoe langi ʻi he Tahi Lahi.
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.
3 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake mei loto tahi ʻae fanga manu ʻe fā, naʻe taki taha hono anga pe ʻoʻona.
Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 Ko e ʻuluaki, naʻe hangē ha laione, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae kapakau ʻoe ʻikale: pea ne u vakai, mo ʻene fusi ʻa hono ongo kapakau, pea naʻe hiki hake ia mei he kelekele, pea naʻe fokotuʻu ia ki hono vaʻe, ʻo hangē ha tangata, pea naʻe tuku ki ai ʻae loto ʻoe tangata.
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
5 Pea vakai, ko e manu kehe ko hono ua, naʻe hangē ha pea, pea ne hiki hake ʻe ia ia ʻo fakapalataha pe, pea naʻe ʻi hono ngutu ʻae nifo lōloa ʻe tolu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo hono ngaahi nifo: pea naʻa nau lea ki ai ʻo pehē, ‘Tuʻu hake ʻo kai ʻae kakano lahi.’
“Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
6 Pea hili ia ne u mamata, pea vakai, ko e taha kehe, naʻe hangē ha lēpati, ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono tuʻa ʻae kapakau ʻe fā ʻoe manupuna; pea naʻe ʻi he manu foki ʻae ʻulu ʻe fā; pea naʻe foaki ki ai ʻae pule.
“After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 Hili ia ne u mamata ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō, pea vakai ko hono fā ʻoe manu, naʻe fakamanavahē ia mo fakaʻulia, mo mālohi ʻaupito; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi nifo ukamea lahi: naʻe fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi ʻe ia, pea ne malaki ʻae toenga ʻaki hono vaʻe, pea naʻe kehe ia mei he fanga manu kotoa pē naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate ia; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae nifo ʻe hongofulu.
“After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome, powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.
8 Pea ʻi heʻeku sio fakamamaʻu ki he ngaahi nifo, pea vakai, naʻe tupu hake ʻi ai ha kihi nifo siʻi ʻe taha, ʻaia naʻe taʻaki fuʻu hake mei hono ʻao ʻae nifo ʻe tolu ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluaki nifo; pea vakai, naʻe ʻi he nifo ni ʻae mata ʻo hangē ko e mata ʻoe tangata, mo e ngutu naʻe lea fielahi.
“I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogantly.
9 Pea naʻaku mamata ai pe mo ʻene lī hifo ʻae ngaahi nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki, pea naʻe ʻafioʻi ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, naʻe hinehina hono kofu ʻo hangē ko e ʻuha hinehina, pea ko hono louʻulu naʻe hangē ko e fulufuluʻi sipi lelei: ko hono ʻafioʻanga naʻe hangē ko e afi ulo, pea ko hono ngaahi teka naʻe hangē ko e afi vela.
“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was Ancient of Days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
10 Naʻe tupu mai mo tafe mei hono ʻao ʻae afi: naʻe tauhi kiate ia ʻae toko afe lauʻi ʻe he ngaahi toko afe, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono ʻao ʻae toko mano lauʻi toko mano: naʻe fokotuʻu ʻae fakamaau, pea naʻe folahi ʻae ngaahi tohi.
A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set. The books were opened.
11 Pea naʻaku tokanga lahi koeʻuhi ko e leʻo mo e lea fielahi ʻae nifo. Pea naʻaku tokanga ʻo aʻu ki hono tāmateʻi ʻoe manu, mo e fakaʻauha ʻo hono sino, mo e tuku ia ki he afi vela.
“I watched at that time because of the voice of the arrogant words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
12 Pea koeʻuhi ko hono toe ʻoe fanga manu, naʻe toʻo ʻenau pule meiate kinautolu: ka naʻe fakatolonga ʻenau moʻui ke fuoloa ange, pea ki ha kuonga.
As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 Ne u mamata ʻi he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō, pea vakai, naʻe haʻu ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi ʻao ʻoe langi ʻo hangē ko e foha ʻoe tangata, pea ne haʻu kiate ia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, pea naʻa nau ʻomi
“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.
14 Pea naʻe foaki kiate ia ʻae pule, mo e nāunau, mo ha puleʻanga, koeʻuhi ke tauhi kiate ia ʻae ngaahi kakai kotoa pē, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga, mo e ngaahi lea: ko e pule taʻengata ʻa ʻene pule, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai mole, pea ko hono puleʻanga ʻe ʻikai fakaʻauha.
Dominion was given him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.
15 “Ko au Taniela, ne u mamahi ʻi hoku laumālie mo hoku loto, pea naʻe fakamamahiʻi au ʻe he ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki hoku ʻulu.
“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 Pea naʻaku ʻunuʻunu atu ki he tokotaha ʻokinautolu naʻe tutuʻu ai, pea ne u fehuʻi kiate ia ki hono moʻoni ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni. Ko ia naʻa ne talamai, pea ne fakahā mai kiate au hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni.
I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. “So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 Ko e fanga manu lalahi ni, ʻaia ʻoku toko fā, ko e tuʻi ia ʻe toko fā ʻaia ʻe tupu hake ʻi māmani.
‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
18 Ka ʻe lavaʻi ʻae puleʻanga ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga, pea te nau maʻu ʻae puleʻanga ʻo lauikuonga, ʻio, ke taʻengata pea taʻengata.
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19 Pea ne u fieʻilo hono ʻuhinga ʻo hono fā ʻoe manu, ʻaia naʻe taha kehe mo e fanga manu kotoa pē, ʻo fakamanavahēʻia, ʻaia naʻe ukamea hono kau nifo, pea ko e palasa hono pesipesi; ʻaia naʻe fakaʻauha, mo maumauʻi, pea naʻe malaki ʻae toenga ʻaki hono vaʻe;
“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
20 Pea mo e ngaahi nifo ʻe hongofulu ʻaia naʻe ʻi hono ʻulu, pea ʻoe taha kehe ʻaia naʻe tupu hake, pea naʻe tō ʻi hono ʻao ʻae toko tolu; ʻio, ʻae nifo ko ia, ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻae mata, pea mo e ngutu naʻe lea fielahi ʻaupito, ʻaia naʻe matamata mālohi ʻi heʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa.
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
21 Ne u vakai, pea naʻe fai ʻae tau ʻe he nifo ko ia ki he kakai māʻoniʻoni, pea ne lavaʻi ʻakinautolu.
I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,
22 Kaeʻoua ke hoko mai ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi muʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho, pea naʻe tuku ʻae fakamaau totonu ki he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga; pea naʻe hokosia ʻae kuonga naʻe maʻu ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻae puleʻanga.
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Pea naʻe pehē ʻa ʻene lea, Ko hono fā ʻoe manu ʻe hoko ia ko hono fā ʻi he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻi māmani, ʻaia ʻe kehe mo e ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea te ne fakaʻauha ʻa māmani kotoa pē, pea malaki hifo ia, pea maumauʻi.
“So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 Pea ko e ngaahi nifo ʻe hongofulu mei he puleʻanga ni, ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻe toko hongofulu ia ʻaia ʻe tupu: pea ʻe tupu mo ha taha kimui ʻiate kinautolu, pea ʻe kehe ia mo e ʻuluaki, pea te ne lavaʻi ʻae tuʻi ʻe toko tolu.
As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings.
25 Pea ʻe lea ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi lea fielahi ki he Fungani Māʻolunga, pea te ne fakaongosia ʻae kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻoe Fungani Māʻolunga, pea ʻe mahalo ʻe ia ke ne fakakehe ʻae ngaahi kuonga mo e ngaahi fono: pea ʻe tuku ia ki hono nima ʻi ha kuonga mo e kuonga ʻe ua, mo e vaeua mālie ʻoe kuonga.
He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
26 Ka ʻe fakanofo ʻae fakamaau, pea te nau toʻo ʻa ʻene pule, ke fakaʻauha mo maumauʻi ia, ʻo aʻu ki he ngataʻanga.
“‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
27 Ka ko e puleʻanga mo e pule, pea mo e nāunau ʻoe puleʻanga ʻi he lalo langi kotoa pē, ʻe tuku ki he kakai ko e kau māʻoniʻoni ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga, pea ko hono puleʻanga ko e puleʻanga taʻengata, pea ʻe tauhi mo talangofua kiate ia ʻae ngaahi pule kotoa pē.
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
28 Ko eni ʻae ngataʻanga ʻoe meʻa. Ka ko au Taniela ko ʻeku ngaahi fakakaukau naʻaku mātuʻaki mamahi ai, pea naʻe fakakehe hoku mata ʻiate au: ka naʻaku fakafufū ʻae meʻa ni ʻi hoku loto.”
“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.”
