Daniel 7
1 Ɔhene Belsasar adedi afe a edi kan wɔ Babilonia mu no, Daniel soo dae, nyaa anisoadehu ahorow, bere a ɔda ne mpa so no. Ɔkyerɛw dae no mu nsɛm titiriw too hɔ.
[Previously, ] during the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, I had a dream and a vision one night as I lay on my bed. [The next morning] I wrote down what I had dreamed. This is what I wrote:
2 Daniel kae se, “Mʼanisoadehu no mu saa anadwo no, mihuu ɔsoro mframa anan a ɛrebobɔw fa po kɛse no so.
I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up [the water in] the ocean.
3 Afei mmoa akɛse anan bi pue fii po no mu a ɛsono wɔn mu biara bɔbea.
Then [I saw] four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different.
4 “Na aboa a odi kan no te sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ ɔkɔre ntaban. Mehwɛɛ no ara kosii sɛ wotutuu ne ntaban no, na wɔpagyaw no ma ogyinaa ne nan abien so te sɛ onipa. Na wɔmaa no onipa adwene.
The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have.
5 “Afei mihuu aboa a ɔto so abien a na ɔte sɛ sisi. Na ɔda ne nkyɛn mu a na mfe mparow abiɛsa hyɛ ne se ntam wɔ nʼanom. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Sɔre na we nam a wubetumi!’
The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs [from another animal that it had killed and eaten]. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat [as you want]!”
6 “Eyi akyi no, mihuu aboa foforo a ɔte sɛ ɔsebɔ. Na ɔwɔ ntaban anan a ɛte sɛ nnomaa ntaban a etuatua nʼakyi. Saa aboa yi wɔ ti anan, na wɔmaa no tumi kɛse.
Then I saw in front of me the third of those beasts. It resembled a leopard, but it had four wings protruding from its back. The wings were like a bird’s wings. It had four heads. It was given the power/authority to rule [people].
7 “Eyi akyi no, mʼanisoadehu anadwo no, mihuu aboa a ɔto so anan a ne ho yɛ hu yiye, na ne ho yɛ den nso. Ɔwɔ se akɛse a ɛyɛ dade na ɔde bubu mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no na wawe, na afei ɔde ne nʼanan tiatia nkae no so. Ɔda nsow koraa wɔ mmoa nkae no mu. Na ɔwɔ mmɛn du.
In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled [on the ground]. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns [on its head].
8 “Bere a migu so redwene mmɛn no ho no, abɛn ketewa foforo bi puee wɔ mmɛn dedaw no ntam, na etutuu mmɛn dedaw no mu abiɛsa. Na saa abɛn ketewa no wɔ aniwa te sɛ onipa, na ɔwɔ ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
While I was looking at those horns, I saw a little horn appear [on the head of that beast]. It tore out three of the other horns. This little horn had eyes like humans have, and it had a mouth [with which it spoke] very boastfully.
9 “Migu so rehwɛ no, “mihui sɛ, wɔde nhengua besisii hɔ, na Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no bɛtenaa ase. Na nʼatade yɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma; na ne tinwi hoa sɛ oguan nwi. Nʼahengua dɛw sɛ ogyatannaa na nʼahengua nhankare nso dɛwee framfram.
[Then] while I watched, thrones were put in the places [where they belonged], and [God], the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was [also] blazing.
10 Na ogya a ɛte sɛ asubɔnten sen fii nʼanim bae. Abɔfo mpempem kotow no, na ɔpepe nso gyinagyinaa nʼanim. Baguafo no tenaa ase, na wofii ase buebuee nhoma mu.
A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands [of people] (OR, [angels]) [were there] serving him, and millions [of other people] (OR, [angels]) were standing in front of him. They started (the court session/judging people), and they opened the books [in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done].
11 “Na mekɔɔ so hwɛe, efisɛ na abɛn ketewa no de ahantan rekasa. Mehwɛɛ ara kosii sɛ wokum aboa no, na wɔtow no kyenee ogyatannaa a ɛredɛw framfram no mu.
While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I [continued to] watch, the [fourth] beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned.
12 Mmoa a aka no nso, wogyee wɔn tumi fii wɔn nsam, ma wɔtenaa ase kyɛe kakra.
The power/authority of the other [three] beasts was taken away from them, but they were allowed to continue to live for a while.
13 “Anadwo a minyaa mʼanisoadehu no, mehwɛ huu obi te sɛ onipa ba no a ɔnam ɔsoro omununkum mu reba. Ɔbɛn Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no, wodii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
While I [continued to] see the vision that night, I saw someone who resembled a human being. He was coming [closer to me], surrounded by clouds. Then he was taken to [God], the one who had been living forever.
14 Wɔmaa no tumi, anuonyam ne adehyetumi; na aman ne kasa ahorow nyinaa som no. Nʼahenni yɛ daa ahenni a to rentwa da. Nʼaheman yɛ nea wɔrensɛe no da.”
He was honored and given great authority to rule over all the nations in the world, in order that people from every people-group and every nation, people from all language groups, would worship/serve him. He will rule forever; he will never stop ruling. The kingdom that he rules will never be destroyed.
15 “Me, Daniel, nea mihuu no nyinaa haw me wɔ honhom mu, na mʼanisoadehu no bɔɔ me hu.
As for me, Daniel, I was very terrified by what I had seen in that vision, and I did not know what to think about it.
16 Enti, mekɔɔ wɔn a wogyinagyina hɔ no mu baako hɔ, kobisaa no saa nneɛma no nyinaa ase. “Ɔkyerɛɛ me ase se:
I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. So he told me the meaning of it.
17 ‘Saa mmoa akɛse anan yi gyina hɔ ma ahemman anan a wɔbɛsɔre wɔ asase so.
[He said], “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.
18 Nanso Ɔsorosoroni no ahotefo no begye ahemman no na wɔafa no afebɔɔ.’
But the Supreme God will give power/authority to his people [to rule], and they shall rule forever.”
19 “Afei mepɛɛ sɛ mihu aboa a ɔto so anan no a na ɔda nsow wɔ nkae no mu no nkyerɛase. Na ne ho yɛ hu yiye, na ɔde ne se a ɛyɛ dade ne nʼawerɛw a ɛyɛ kɔbere no tetew mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no we no, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkae no so.
Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified—[the beast] that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed [those that it attacked] with its bronze claws, and [then] ate [their flesh] with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies [that it did not eat].
20 Afei mepɛɛ sɛ mete mmɛn du a na etuatua ne ti ho ne nea epuee akyi no ase. Ɛbɛsɛee nea na ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no mu abiɛsa, na eyi yɛ abɛn a edi mu kyɛn nkae no a na ɛwɔ onipa aniwa ne ano a ɛkasa ahantan so no.
[I also wanted to know about] the ten horns on its head, and about the horn that appeared later, which got rid of three of the other horns. [I wanted to know what it meant that] it had eyes and a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. [The beast that was represented by] that horn was more terrifying than the other beasts.
21 Mehwɛɛ no, na saa abɛn yi atu atreneefo no so sa redi wɔn so nkonim,
While I was having the vision, I saw that this horn attacked God’s people and was defeating them.
22 kosii sɛ, Nea ɔwɔ hɔ fi Tete no ba bebuu atɛn, maa Ɔsorosoroni ahotefo no dii bem. Afei bere duu sɛ wɔfa ahemman no.
But then the Supreme God, the one who had been living forever, came and judged in favor of the people who belonged to him. And [I knew that] it was time for God’s people to receive authority [to rule].
23 “Afei ɔkyerɛɛ me ase se, ‘Saa aboa a ɔto so anan yi yɛ ahemman a ɛto so anan a ɛbɛba asase so. Ɛbɛda nsow wɔ ahemman a aka no nyinaa mu. Ɛbɛmene asase nyinaa, na atiatia so abubu no asinasin.
[Then] the man who was standing there said [to me], “The fourth beast represents an empire that will exist on the earth; that [empire] will be different from all [other] empires. [The army of] that empire will crush/kill [people all over] the world and trample [on their bodies].
24 Ne mmɛn du no yɛ ahemfo du a wobefi saa ahemman no mu. Afei ɔhene foforo bɛsɔre a ɔda nsow wɔ du a aka no mu a ɔbɛbrɛ ahemfo no mu baasa ase.
As for its ten horns, they represent ten kings who will rule that empire, [one after the other]. Then another [king] will appear. He will be different from the previous kings. He will defeat the three kings [that were represented by the three horns that were pulled out].
25 Ɔbɛkasa atia Ɔsorosoroni no, na wahyɛ ahotefo no so. Ɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ, ɔbɛsesa wɔn afahyɛ kronkron ahorow ne wɔn mmara no, na wɔde wɔn ahyɛ nʼase akosi mmere bi.
He will revile the Supreme God, and he will oppress God’s people. He will try to change the [sacred] festivals and their [religious] laws/regulations. He will control them for three and a half years.
26 “‘Nanso baguafo bɛtena ase, na wɔagye ne tumi nyinaa, na wɔasɛe no korakora.
But there will be a session/meeting of the court/judges in heaven, and that king’s authority/power will be taken away, and he will be completely destroyed.
27 Afei wɔde ahenni ne tumi ne kɛseyɛ a ɛwɔ nheman a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase nyinaa bɛma ahotefo, Ɔsorosoroni no nkurɔfo. Na nʼaheman bɛtena hɔ daa, na ahemfo nyinaa bɛsɔre no na wɔayɛ osetie ama no.’
Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).”
28 “Asɛm no awiei ni. Me, Daniel, mʼadwennwene yi haw me yiye na mʼanim sesae, na mede saa nsɛm yi siee me koma mu.”
That is [what I saw in] my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision [that I had seen].
