Daniel 2
1 Nebukadnessar adedi mfe abien so, ɔsosoo dae bi ma ɛhaw no ara kosii sɛ, na ontumi nna.
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamt dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
2 Ɔfrɛɛ ne nkonyaayifo, pɛadeahufo, ntafowayifo ne Kaldeafo, ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, wɔnkyerɛ no dae ko no. Wobegyinaa ɔhene no anim no,
Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
3 ɔkae se, “Maso dae bi a ɛhaw me, enti mepɛ sɛ mokyerɛ me dae ko a mesoe no, efisɛ ɛsɛ sɛ mihu.”
The king said to them, “I have dreamt a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
4 Na Kaldeafo no buaa no wɔ Arameike kasa mu se, “Ɔhene nkwa so! Ka dae no kyerɛ yɛn, na yɛbɛkyerɛ ase.”
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
5 Nanso ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Kaldeafo no se, “Eyi ne gyinae a masi wɔ asɛm yi ho. Sɛ moantumi anka me dae no, na moankyerɛ me ase a, wobetwitwa mo mu asinasin, na wobebubu mo afi, ama afuw wura.
The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
6 Na sɛ moka me dae no, kyerɛ me ase a, mɛma mo akyɛde a ɛso bi mmaa da, na mabɔ mo aba so. Monka dae no, na monkyerɛ me ase.”
But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honour. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
7 Wɔkaa bio se, “Yɛsrɛ wo, Nana, ka dae no kyerɛ wʼasomfo, na yɛbɛkyerɛ wo ase.”
They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
8 Ɔhene no buae se, “Mahu mo nnaadaa no. Mahu sɛ, moretwentwɛn bere no so, na munim gyinae a masi wɔ asɛm a mekae no ho.
The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
9 Sɛ moanka dae no ankyerɛ me a, asotwe baako pɛ na ɛda hɔ ma mo. Moapam sɛ mubedi atoro adaadaa me. Mususuw sɛ asɛm no bɛsesa. Monka dae no nkyerɛ me, na ɛbɛma mahu sɛ mubetumi akyerɛ ase.”
But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”
10 Kaldeafo no buaa Ɔhene no se, “Onipa teasefo biara nni hɔ a obetumi akyerɛ wo, Nana, wo dae a woaso no. Na ɔhene biara nso nni hɔ, sɛ ɔkorɔn anaa ne tumi so, a wabisa nkonyaayifo, pɛadeahufo anaa Kaldeafo saa asɛm yi bi pɛn.
The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.
11 Ɔhene abisade yi yɛ den dodo. Obiara nni hɔ a obetumi aka wo dae no gye anyame. Nanso wɔn tenabea nni wiase yi mu.”
It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
12 Ɔhene no tee saa asɛm no, ne bo fuw yiye, enti ɔhyɛɛ sɛ, wonkunkum anyansafo a wɔwɔ Babilonia nyinaa.
Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
13 Na esiane ɔhene no mmaraden sɛ wonkunkum anyansafo no nti, wɔsomaa mmarima sɛ wɔnkɔhwehwɛ Daniel ne ne nnamfonom, na wonkunkum wɔn.
So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14 Bere a, Ariok a ɔyɛ ɔhene no awɛmfo so panyin baa sɛ ɔrebekum wɔn no, Daniel faa nyansakwan so ne no kasae.
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
15 Daniel bisaa Ariok se, “Adɛn nti na ɔhene hyɛɛ mmara a ano yɛ den saa?” Na Ariok kaa nea asi nyinaa kyerɛɛ no.
He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Daniel kohuu Ɔhene no, na ɔsrɛɛ no sɛ ɔmma no bere kakra na ɔbɛba abɛkyerɛ dae no ase.
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
17 Na Daniel kɔɔ ne fi kɔbɔɔ ne nnamfonom Hanania, Misael ne Asaria amanneɛ faa asɛm a asi no ho.
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 Ɔhyɛɛ wɔn sɛ, wɔnsrɛ ɔsoro Nyankopɔn na ɔnnom wɔn nʼahummɔbɔ sɛnea wɔrenkum wɔn mfra anyansafo nkae a wɔwɔ Babilonia no mu.
that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Anadwo no, ɔdaa kokoamsɛm no adi kyerɛɛ Daniel wɔ anisoadehu mu. Na Daniel kamfoo ɔsoro Nyankopɔn
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 se, “Ayeyi nka Onyankopɔn din daa nyinaa, ɔno nko na ɔwɔ nyansa ne tumi.
Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
21 Ɔno na ɔsesa mmere ne nnipa nkrabea; osi ahene, na otu wɔn ade so. Ɔma anyansafo hu nyansa, na ɔma nhumu ho nimdeɛ.
He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.
22 Ɔda nneɛma a mu dɔ na ɛyɛ nwonwa adi, na onim nea ahintaw wɔ sum mu; hann atwa ne ho ahyia.
He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
23 Meda wo ase, kamfo wo mʼagyanom Nyankopɔn, efisɛ, woama me nyansa ne tumi, woaka nea yebisaa wo akyerɛ me, ada nea ɔhene bisae no adi akyerɛ yɛn.”
I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
24 Afei Daniel kohuu Ariok a wɔahyɛ no sɛ onkunkum anyansafo a wɔwɔ Babilonia no, ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nkunkum anyansafo a wɔwɔ Babilonia no. Fa me kɔ ɔhene no nkyɛn, na mɛkyerɛ no ne dae no ase.”
Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”
25 Na ntɛm ara, Ariok de Daniel kɔɔ ɔhene no anim kae se, “Mahu nnommum a wofi Yuda no mu baako a ɔbɛkyerɛ wo, Nana, dae no ase.”
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”
26 Ɔhene no bisaa Daniel (a wɔsan frɛ no Beltesasar) no se, “Ɛyɛ nokware? Wubetumi akyerɛ me nea mihuu wɔ me dae no mu na woakyerɛ me ase?”
The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
27 Daniel buae se, “Nana, anyansafo, pɛadeahufo, nkonyaayifo anaa ntafowayifo biara nni hɔ a wobetumi akyerɛ ahintasɛm a worebisa yi!
Daniel answered before the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded can’t be shown to the king by wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers;
28 Nanso Onyankopɔn bi wɔ ɔsoro a ɔda kokoamsɛm adi, na wakyerɛ ɔhene Nebukadnessar asɛm a ebesi daakye. Wo dae no ne anisoadehu a bere a woda wo mpa so no wuhui ni:
but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:
29 “Nana, bere a woreda no, wʼadwene kosisii nsɛm bi a ebesisi so. Nea ɔkyerɛ ahintasɛm mu no akyerɛ wo nea ɛrebɛba.
“As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen.
30 Na ɛnyɛ sɛ, Nana, minim nyansa kyɛn onipa teasefo biara nti, na mmom Onyankopɔn pɛ sɛ Nana nya ahintasɛm no nkyerɛase na ɔte nea ɛbaa nʼadwene mu no ase.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
31 “Nana, wʼanisoadehu no mu, wuhuu ohoni kɛse bi sɛ ogyina wʼanim a ɔso pa ara na ɛheran hyerɛnn, na ne ho yɛ hu yiye.
“You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.
32 Sikakɔkɔɔ na wɔde yɛɛ ne ti; Dwetɛ na wɔde yɛɛ ne koko ne nʼabasa. Kɔbere na wɔde yɛɛ ne yafunu ne nʼasrɛ.
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
33 Dade na wɔde yɛɛ nʼanan, na wɔde dade ne dɔte a wɔde afra yɛɛ ne nansabon.
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Na, Nana, worehwɛ no, ɔbo bi a nsa biara nkura mu, tew bɛhwee dade ne dɔte nansabon no so, pɛtɛw no pasaa.
You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
35 Afei Nana, ohoni mu no nyinaa, a ɛyɛ dade, dɔte, kɔbere, dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ no nyinaa yam fekɔfekɔ, maa ɛyɛɛ sɛ ahuhurubere mu awiporowbea so ntɛtɛ, maa mframa behuw ne nyinaa kɔe a, hwee anka hɔ. Nanso ɔbo a ɛpem ohoni no hwee fam no dan bepɔw kɛse a ɛkataa asase nyinaa so.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
36 “Nana, dae no ni o, afei, yɛrebɛkyerɛ wo ase.
“This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
37 Nana, woyɛ ahene bebree so hene. Ɔsoro Nyankopɔn ayɛ wo ahene mu hene, ama wo tumi, ahoɔden ne anuonyam.
You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.
38 Ɔde wiase nnipa, mmoa a wɔwɔ wuram ne nnomaa a wotu ahyɛ wo nsa. Baabiara a wɔwɔ no, wɔayɛ wo wɔn sodifo. Wo na woyɛ saa sikakɔkɔɔ ti no.
Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
39 “Na wʼahenni aba nʼawiei akyi no, ahemman a ɛnto wo de no bɛsɔre abesi wʼanan mu. Sɛ saa ahemman no gu a, ahemman kɛse foforo a ɛto so abiɛsa a kɔbere yafunu ne asrɛ no gyina hɔ ma no no bɛsɔre adi wiase so.
“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
40 Nea ebedi saa ahemman no akyi no, ɛbɛyɛ ahemman a ɛto so anan a so na ahoɔden wɔ te sɛ dade. Saa ahemman no bebubu, ayam aman a adi kan no nyinaa te sɛnea dade bubu yam biribiara a ɛne no hyia no.
The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush.
41 Nana, sɛnea wuhu sɛ nansabon ne nansoaa yɛ dade ne dɔte a adi afra no kyerɛ sɛ, saa ahemman yi mu bɛkyekyɛ.
Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 Nʼafaafa bi bɛyɛ den sɛ dade, na bi ayɛ mmerɛw sɛ dɔte.
As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
43 Saa dade ne dɔte mfrafrae no san kyerɛ sɛ, saa ahemman no bɛyɛ nnipa ahorow a wɔadi afra a wontumi nka wɔn ho mmɔ mu sɛnea dade ne dɔte ntumi nni afra no.
Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they won’t cling to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay.
44 “Saa ahemfo no adedi mu no, Ɔsoro Nyankopɔn bɛbɔ ahemman bi atenase a ɛrensɛe da; na obiara renni so da. Ebedwiriw ahemman ahorow yi nyinaa de wɔn aba awiei, na ɛno de, ebegyina afebɔɔ.
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
45 Ɔbo no a nsa biara nkura mu na etwa fii bepɔw no so a ɛyam dade, kɔbere, dɔte, dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ mfrafrae ohoni no gyina hɔ ma saa ɔman no. “Onyankopɔn kɛse akyerɛ Nana, nea ɛbɛba daakye. Dae no yɛ nokware, na ne nkyerɛase yɛ kann.”
Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
46 Ɔhene Nebukadnessar bɔɔ ne mu ase wɔ Daniel anim, som no, na ɔhyɛɛ ne manfo se, wɔmfa afɔrebɔde mmra, na wɔnhyew aduhuam wɔ nʼanim.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours to him.
47 Ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ Daniel se, “Nokware, wo Nyankopɔn yɛ Nyankopɔn wɔ anyame mu; ɔyɛ Awurade wɔ ahene so ahintasɛm mu kyerɛfo, efisɛ wo na woatumi akyerɛ saa kokoamsɛm yi mu.”
The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealler of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
48 Afei, ɔhene no maa Daniel dibea a ɛkorɔn yiye san yɛɛ no ayɛ a ɛsom bo yiye. Ɔmaa Daniel hwɛɛ Babilonia amantam no nyinaa so, na ɔde no sii nʼanyansafo no nyinaa so hene.
Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 Daniel ka ma wɔyɛɛ Sadrak, Mesak ne Abednego, Babilonia asase no so ahwɛfo, na Daniel yɛɛ ɔsomfo wɔ ɔhene aban mu.
Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon, but Daniel was in the king’s gate.
