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.
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 Daniel kae se, “Mʼanisoadehu no mu saa anadwo no, mihuu ɔsoro mframa anan a ɛrebobɔw fa po kɛse no so.
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 Afei mmoa akɛse anan bi pue fii po no mu a ɛsono wɔn mu biara bɔbea.
Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
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 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 “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!’
“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 “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.
“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 “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.
“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 “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.
“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 “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.
“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 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 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 “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.
“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 Mmoa a aka no nso, wogyee wɔn tumi fii wɔn nsam, ma wɔtenaa ase kyɛe kakra.
As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
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.
“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 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.”
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 “Me, Daniel, nea mihuu no nyinaa haw me wɔ honhom mu, na mʼanisoadehu no bɔɔ me hu.
“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 Enti, mekɔɔ wɔn a wogyinagyina hɔ no mu baako hɔ, kobisaa no saa nneɛma no nyinaa ase. “Ɔkyerɛɛ me ase se:
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 ‘Saa mmoa akɛse anan yi gyina hɔ ma ahemman anan a wɔbɛsɔre wɔ asase so.
‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
18 Nanso Ɔsorosoroni no ahotefo no begye ahemman no na wɔafa no afebɔɔ.’
But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
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 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 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.
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 Mehwɛɛ no, na saa abɛn yi atu atreneefo no so sa redi wɔn so nkonim,
I saw, and the same horn made war with the holy ones, and prevailed against 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.
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the holy ones of the Most High, and the time came that the holy ones possessed the kingdom.
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.
“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 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 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 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 speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the holy ones 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 “‘Nanso baguafo bɛtena ase, na wɔagye ne tumi nyinaa, na wɔasɛe no korakora.
“‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
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.’
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
28 “Asɛm no awiei ni. Me, Daniel, mʼadwennwene yi haw me yiye na mʼanim sesae, na mede saa nsɛm yi siee me koma mu.”
“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.”
