Daniel 7
1 Ɔhene Belsasar adedie afe a ɛdi ɛkan wɔ Babilonia mu no, Daniel soo daeɛ, hunuu anisoadehunu ahodoɔ ɛberɛ a ɔda ne mpa so no. Ɔtwerɛɛ daeɛ no mu nsɛm titire too hɔ.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel has seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then he has written the dream, the chief of the things he has said.
2 Daniel kaa sɛ, “Mʼanisoadehunu no mu saa anadwo no, mehunuu ɔsoro mframa ɛnan a ɛrebobɔ fa ɛpo kɛseɛ no so.
Daniel has answered and said, “I was seeing in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the Great Sea;
3 Afei, mmoa akɛseɛ ɛnan bi pue firii ɛpo no mu a wɔn mu biara bɔbea nko.
and four great beasts are coming up from the sea, diverse from one another.
4 “Na aboa a ɔdi ɛkan no te sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ ɔkɔdeɛ ntaban. Mehwɛɛ no ara kɔsii sɛ wɔtutuu ne ntaban no, na wɔpagyaa no ma ɔgyinaa ne nan mmienu so te sɛ onipa. Na wɔmaa no onipa adwen.
The first [is] like a lion, and it has an eagle’s wings. I was seeing until its wings have been plucked, and it has been lifted up from the earth, and on feet as a man it has been caused to stand, and a heart of man is given to it.
5 “Afei, mehunuu aboa a ɔtɔ so mmienu a na ɔte sɛ sisire. Na ɔda ne nkyɛn mu a na mfempadeɛ mmiɛnsa hyɛ ne se ntam wɔ nʼanom. Na wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Sɔre na we ɛnam a wobɛtumi!’
And behold, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and to the same authority it has been raised, and three ribs [are] in its mouth, between its teeth, and thus they are saying to it, Rise, consume much flesh.
6 “Yei akyi no, mehunuu aboa foforɔ a ɔte sɛ ɔsebɔ. Na ɔwɔ ntaban ɛnan a ɛte sɛ nnomaa ntaban a ɛtuatua nʼakyi. Saa aboa yi wɔ tire ɛnan, na wɔmaa no tumi kɛseɛ.
After this I was seeing, and behold, another like a leopard, and it has four wings of a bird on its back, and the beast has four heads, and dominion is given to it.
7 “Yei akyi no, mʼanisoadehunu anadwo no, mehunuu aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan a ne ho yɛ hu yie, na ne ho yɛ den nso. Ɔwɔ se akɛseɛ a ɛyɛ dadeɛ na ɔde bubu mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn na wawe, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkaeɛ no so. Ɔda nso koraa wɔ mmoa nkaeɛ no mu. Na ɔwɔ mmɛn edu.
After this I was seeing in the visions of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and fearful, and exceedingly strong; and it has very great iron teeth, it has consumed, indeed, it breaks small, and it has trampled the remnant with its feet; and it [is] diverse from all the beasts that [are] before it; and it has ten horns.
8 “Ɛberɛ a megu so redwene mmɛn no ho no, abɛn ketewa foforɔ bi pueɛ wɔ mmɛn dada no ntam, na ɛtutuu mmɛn dada no mu mmiɛnsa. Na saa abɛn ketewa no wɔ aniwa te sɛ onipa, na ɔwɔ ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
I was considering about the horns, and behold, another horn, a little one, has come up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before it, and behold, eyes as the eyes of man [are] in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 “Megu so rehwɛ no, “mehunuu sɛ, wɔde nhennwa bɛsisii hɔ, na Deɛ ɔwɔ hɔ firi Tete no bɛtenaa ase. Na nʼatadeɛ yɛ fitaa sɛ sukyerɛmma; na ne tirinwi hoa sɛ odwan nwi. Nʼahennwa dɛre sɛ ogyaframa na nʼahennwa nhankra nso dɛree framfram.
I was seeing until thrones have been thrown down, and the Ancient of Days is seated, His garment [is] white as snow, and the hair of His head [is] as pure wool, His throne flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.
10 Na ogya a ɛte sɛ asubɔnten tene firii nʼanim baeɛ. Abɔfoɔ mpempem kotoo no, na ɔpepe nso gyinagyinaa nʼanim. Abadwafoɔ no tenaa ase, na wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ buebuee nwoma mu.
A flood of fire is proceeding and coming forth from before Him, one million serve Him and one hundred million rise up before Him, judgment has been set, and the scrolls have been opened.
11 “Na mekɔɔ so hwɛeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na abɛn ketewa no de ahantan rekasa. Mehwɛeɛ ara kɔsii sɛ wɔkumm aboa no, na wɔtoo no twenee ogyaframa a ɛrederɛ framfram no mu.
I was seeing, then, because of the voice of the great words that the horn is speaking, I was seeing until the beast is slain, and his body has been destroyed, and given to the burning fire;
12 Mmoa a aka no nso, wɔgyee wɔn tumi firii wɔn nsam, ma wɔtenaa ase kyɛree kakra.
and the rest of the beasts have caused their dominion to pass away, and a prolongation in life is given to them, until a season and a time.
13 “Anadwo a menyaa mʼanisoadehunu no, mehwɛ hunuu obi te sɛ onipa ba no a ɔnam ɔsoro omununkum mu reba. Ɔbɛn Deɛ ɔwɔ hɔ firi Tete no, wɔdii nʼanim kɔɔ ne nkyɛn.
I was seeing in the visions of the night, and behold, [One] like a Son of Man was coming with the clouds of the heavens, and to the Ancient of Days He has come, and before Him they have brought Him near.
14 Wɔmaa no tumi, animuonyam ne adehyetumi; na aman ne kasa ahodoɔ nyinaa somm no. Nʼahennie yɛ daa ahennie a ɛtoɔ rentwa da. Nʼahemman yɛ deɛ ɛrensɛe da.”
And to Him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages serve Him, His dominion [is] a continuous dominion, that does not pass away, and His kingdom that which is not destroyed.
15 “Me, Daniel, deɛ mehunuiɛ no nyinaa haa me wɔ honhom mu, na mʼanisoadehunu no bɔɔ me hu.
My spirit has been pierced—I, Daniel—in the midst of the sheath, and the visions of my head trouble me;
16 Enti, mekɔɔ wɔn a wɔgyinagyina hɔ no mu baako, kɔbisaa no saa nneɛma no nyinaa ase. “Ɔkyerɛɛ me aseɛ sɛ:
I have drawn near to one of those standing, and the certainty I seek from him of all this; and he has spoken to me, indeed, the interpretation of the things he has caused me to know:
17 ‘Saa mmoa akɛseɛ ɛnan yi gyina hɔ ma ahemman ɛnan a wɔbɛsɔre asase so.
These great beasts, that [are] four, [are] four kings, they rise up from the earth;
18 Nanso, Ɔsorosoroni no ahotefoɔ no bɛgye ahemman no na wɔafa no afebɔɔ.’
and the saints of the Most High receive the kingdom, and they strengthen the kingdom for all time, even for all time and all ages.
19 “Afei, mepɛɛ sɛ mehunu aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan no a na ɔda nso wɔ nkaeɛ no mu no nkyerɛaseɛ. Na ne ho yɛ hu yie, na ɔde ne se a ɛyɛ dadeɛ ne nʼabɔwerɛ a ɛyɛ kɔbere no tete mmoa a ɔkyere wɔn no we, na afei ɔde ne nan tiatia nkaeɛ no so.
Then I wished for certainty concerning the fourth beast, that was diverse from them all, exceedingly fearful; its teeth of iron, and its nails of bronze, it has devoured, it breaks small, and it has trampled the remnant with its feet;
20 Afei, mepɛɛ sɛ mete mmɛn edu a na ɛtuatua ne tiri ho ne deɛ ɛpuee akyire no ase. Ɛbɛsɛee deɛ na ɛwɔ hɔ dada no mu mmiɛnsa, na yei yɛ abɛn a ɛdi mu kyɛn nkaeɛ no a na ɛwɔ onipa aniwa ne ano a ɛkasa ahantan so.
and concerning the ten horns that [are] in its heads, and of the other that came up, and before which three have fallen, even of that horn that has eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance [is] great above its companions.
21 Mehwɛeɛ no, na saa abɛn yi atu ateneneefoɔ no so sa redi wɔn so nkonim,
I was seeing, and this horn is making war with the saints, and has prevailed over them,
22 kɔsii sɛ, Deɛ ɔwɔ ho firi Tete no baeɛ, bɛbuu atɛn, maa Ɔsorosoroni ahotefoɔ no dii bem. Afei, ɛberɛ duruiɛ sɛ, wɔfa ahemman no.
until the Ancient of Days has come, and judgment is given to the saints of the Most High, and the time has come, and the saints have strengthened the kingdom.
23 “Afei, ɔkyerɛɛ me aseɛ sɛ, ‘Saa aboa a ɔtɔ so ɛnan yi yɛ ahemman a ɛtɔ so ɛnan a ɛbɛba asase so. Ɛbɛda nso wɔ ahemman a aka no nyinaa mu. Ɛbɛmene asase nyinaa, na atiatia so abubu no asinasini.
Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumes all the earth, and treads it down, and breaks it small.
24 Ne mmɛn edu no yɛ ahemfo edu a wɔbɛfiri saa ahemman no mu. Afei, ɔhene foforɔ bɛsɔre a ɔda nso wɔ edu a aka no mu a ɔbɛbrɛ ahemfo no mu mmiɛnsa ase.
And the ten horns out of the kingdom [are] ten kings, they rise, and another rises after them, and it is diverse from the former, and it humbles three kings;
25 Ɔbɛkasa atia Ɔsorosoroni no, na wahyɛ ahotefoɔ no so. Ɔbɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ, ɔbɛsesa wɔn afahyɛ kronkron ahodoɔ ne wɔn mmara no, na wɔde wɔn ahyɛ nʼase kɔsi mmerɛ bi.
and it speaks words as an adversary of the Most High, and it wears out the saints of the Most High, and it hopes to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, until a time, and times, and a division of a time.
26 “‘Nanso, abadwafoɔ bɛtena ase, na wɔagye ne tumi nyinaa, na wɔasɛe no korakora.
And judgment is set, and they cause his dominion to pass away, to perish, and to be destroyed—to the end;
27 Afei, wɔde ahennie ne tumi ne kɛseyɛ a ɛwɔ ahemman a ɛwɔ ɔsoro ase nyinaa bɛma ahotefoɔ, Ɔsorosoroni no nkurɔfoɔ. Na nʼahemman bɛtena hɔ daa, na ahemfo nyinaa bɛsɔre no na wɔayɛ ɔsetie ama no.’
and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people—the saints of the Most High, His kingdom [is] a continuous kingdom, and all dominions serve and obey Him.
28 “Asɛm no awieeɛ nie. Me, Daniel, mʼadwendwene yi haa me yie na mʼanim sesaeɛ na mede saa nsɛm yi siee mʼakoma mu.”
Here [is] the end of the matter. I, Daniel, [am] greatly troubled [by] my thoughts, and my countenance is changed on me, and I have kept the matter in my heart.”
