Daniel 9

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s*9:2 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. word came to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years. 3 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

4 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said,

"Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. 6 We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

7 "Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. 8 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. 10 We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice.

"Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, for we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth. 14 Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.

15 "Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly. 16 Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.

17 "Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. 18 My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. 19 Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."

20 While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God— 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer—the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. 22 He instructed me and talked with me, and said, "Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.

24 "Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

25 "Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem to the Anointed One,*9:25 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ"). the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One*9:26 "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ"). will be cut off, and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined. 27 He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate; and even to the decreed full end, wrath will be poured out on the desolate."

Te Īnoi a Raniera mō tōna Iwi

1 I te tuatahi o ngā tau o Tariuha tama a Ahahueruha, nō ngā uri o ngā Meri, i kīngi nei ia ki te kīngitanga o ngā Karari. 2 I tōna tau tuatahi i kīngi ai, ka kitea e ahau, e Raniera, ki ngā pukapuka te maha o ngā tau i puta mai ai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Heremaia poropiti, hei whakatutukitanga i te ururua o Hiruhārama, arā ka tae ki te whitu tekau tau.

3 Nā, ka anga tōku mata ki te Ariki, ki te Atua; rapua ana e ahau i runga i te karakia, i te īnoi, i te nohopuku, i te kākahu taratara, i te pungarehu. 4 Nā, ka īnoi atu ahau ki te Ariki, ki tōku Atua, ka whāki, ka mea,

"E te Ariki, e te Atua nui, e te Atua whakamataku, e pupuri nei i te kawenata, i te atawhai mō te hunga e aroha ana ki a ia, e pupuri ana i āna whakahau. 5 Kua hara mātou, kua poka kē, kua mahi i te kino, kua whakakeke hoki, i a mātou i tahuri kē nei i āu whakahau, i āu tikanga. 6 Kīhai anō mātou i whakarongo ki āu pononga, ki ngā poropiti i kōrero nei i runga i tōu ingoa ki ō mātou kīngi, ki ō mātou rangatira, ki ō mātou mātua, ki te iwi katoa anō o te whenua.

7 "Kei a koe, e te Ariki, te tika, kei a mātou ia te whakamā o te mata, koia anō tēnei ināianei; kei ngā tāngata anō o Hūrā, kei ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, kei a Īharaira katoa, kei ngā mea e tata ana, kei ngā mea i tawhiti, i ngā whenua katoa i peia atu ai rātou e koe, mō tō rātou hē i hē ai rātou ki a koe. 8 E te Ariki, kei a mātou nei ko te whakamā o te mata, kei ō mātou kīngi hoki, kei ō mātou rangatira, kei ō mātou mātua hoki, nō te mea i hara mātou ki a koe. 9 Nā te Ariki, nā tō mātou Atua, ngā mahi tohu me ngā murunga hara, ko mātou ia kua whakakeke ki a ia; 10 kīhai anō i whakarongo ki te reo o Ihowā, o tō mātou Atua, kīhai i haere i āna ture i whakatakotoria e ia, arā e āna pononga, e ngā poropiti, ki tō mātou aroaro.

11 "Āe rā, kua takahia e Īharaira katoa tāu ture, kua whakarērea e rātou, kia kore ai rātou e rongo ki tōu reo; koia i ringihia ai te kanga ki runga ki a mātou, me te oati i tuhituhia ki te ture a Mohi pononga a te Atua; kua hara hoki mātou ki a ia. 12 Nā, kua pūmau i a ia āna kupu i kōrerotia e ia mō mātou, mō ō mātou kaiwhakawā i whakarite nei i ō mātou whakawā, nā te kino nui hoki kua kawea mai nei e ia ki runga ki a mātou. Kāhore hoki he rite mō te mea kua meatia nei ki Hiruhārama i raro i te rangi katoa. 13 Ka rite ki te mea i tuhituhia ki te ture a Mohi tēnei kino katoa kua tae mai nei ki a mātou. Heoi, kāhore ā mātou īnoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tō mātou Atua, mō mātou kia tahuri atu i ō mātou kino, kia mātau hoki ki tōu pono. 14 Nā reira te kino i tirotirohia mai ai e Ihowā, ā, kawea mai ana e ia ki runga ki a mātou; tika tonu hoki tā Ihowā, tā tō mātou Atua, i āna mahi katoa e mahia ana e ia, ā, kīhai mātou i whakarongo ki tōna reo.

15 "Nā āianei, e te Ariki, e tō mātou Atua, nāu nei i kawe mai tāu iwi i te whenua o Īhipa i runga i te ringa kaha, ā, mahia ana e koe he ingoa mōu, pēnei anō me tēnei ināianei; hara ana mātou, mahi ana i te kino. 16 E te Ariki, kia rite ki āu mahi tika katoa, whakatahuritia atu tōu riri, tōu weriweri, i tāu pā, i Hiruhārama, i tōu maunga tapu. He hara nei hoki nō mātou, he kino nō ō mātou mātua i ingoa kino ai a Hiruhārama me tāu iwi ki te hunga katoa i tētahi taha o mātou, i tētahi taha. 17 Nā, whakarongo āianei, e tō mātou Atua, ki te īnoi a tāu pononga, ki āna tangi, kia mārama anō tōu mata ki tōu wāhi tapu kua ururua nei, me whakaaro ki te Ariki. 18 Kia anga mai, e tōku Atua, tōu taringa, whakarongo hoki, titiro mai hoki ōu kanohi, kia kitea ai e koe ō mātou matenga, me te pā anō kua huaina nei tōu ingoa mō reira. Ehara hoki i te mea he tika nō mātou i tukua atu ai e mātou ā mātou īnoi ki tōu aroaro, engari he nui nō āu mahi tohu. 19 Whakarongo, e te Ariki! E te Ariki, murua te hē! E te Ariki, whakarongo mai, e mahi! Kaua e whakaroa; kia mahara anō ki a koe, e tōku Atua, kua oti hoki tōu ingoa te whakahua mō tāu pā, mō tāu iwi."

Ka Whakamāramatia te Poropiti e Kapariera

20 Nā, i ahau e kōrero ana, e karakia ana, e whāki ana i tōku hara, i te hara anō o tōku iwi, o Īharaira, e tuku ana i tāku īnoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōku Atua, mō te maunga tapu o tōku Atua – 21 āe rā, i ahau e kōrero ana, e karakia ana, nā, ko Kapariera, ko te tangata i kitea e ahau i te whakakitenga i te tīmatanga, ko tōna rere he mea whakahohoro, kua pā mai ki ahau i te wā o tō te ahiahi whakahere. 22 Nā, ka ako ia i ahau, ka kōrero ki ahau, ka mea, "E Raniera, kua puta mai nei ahau kia mōhio ai koe, kia mātau ai. 23 I te tīmatanga o āu īnoi i puta te kupu, ā, kua tae mai ahau ki te whakaatu; e arohaina nuitia ana hoki koe, nā, kia mōhio koe ki te mea, whakaaroa anō te kite.

24 "E whitu tekau ngā wiki kua oti te whakarite mō tōu iwi, mō tōu pā tapu hoki, e whakaotia ai te poka kē, e whakamutua ai ngā hara, e oti ai te whakamārie mō te kino, e kawea mai ai te tika mau tonu, e hīritia ai te kite, me te poropititanga, e whakawahia ai te Tapu Rawa.

25 "Nā, kia mōhio, ā, kia mārama hoki, e whitu ngā wiki o te putanga o te kupu, kia whakahoutia, kia hangā a Hiruhārama ā tae noa ki te mea i whakawahia, ki te rangatira. Ā, e ono tekau mā rua ngā wiki, ka oti anō te hanga, me te waharoa, me te awakeri, ahakoa i roto i ngā wā raruraru. 26 Ā, ka taka aua wiki e ono tekau mā rua, ka hātepea atu te mea i whakawahia, ā, kāhore he mea māna; ā, ka whakangaromia te pā me te wāhi tapu e te iwi o te rangatira ka haere mai nei; ā, he waipuke kei tōna mutunga, ā, he whawhai taea noatia te mutunga; kua takoto hoki ngā whakangaromanga. 27 Ā, ka hangā e ia he kawenata pūmau ki ētahi tokomaha, kotahi te wiki; ka tae ki te hāwhe o te wiki e meinga ana e ia kia mutu te patunga tapu me te whakahere. Nā, ka haere mai tētahi i runga i te parirau o ngā mea whakarihariha, māna e whakaururua; ā, ka ringihia he riri ki runga ki te kaiwhakangaro, ā taea rawatia anō te whakaotinga, he mea kua oti te whakarite."