The Time of Restoration
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
Katika mwaka wa kwanza wa Dario, mwana wa Ahasuero, wa uzao wa Wamedi, aliyetawazwa kuwa mfalme juu ya milki ya Wakaldayo;
2 in the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
katika mwaka wa kwanza wa kumiliki kwake, mimi Danielii, kwa kuvisoma vitabu, nalifahamu hesabu ya miaka, ambayo neno la Bwana lilimjia Yeremia nabii, ya kuutimiza ukiwa wa Yerusalemu, yaani, miaka sabini.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Nikamwelekezea Bwana Mungu uso wangu, ili kutaka kwa maombi, na dua, pamoja na kufunga, na kuvaa nguo za magunia na majivu.
4 and I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Nikamwomba Bwana, Mungu wangu, nikaungama, nikasema, Ee Bwana, Mungu mkuu, mwenye kutisha, ashikaye maagano na rehema kwao wampendao, na kuzishika amri zake;
5 we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
tumefanya dhambi, tumefanya ukaidi, tumetenda maovu, tumeasi, naam, hata kwa kuyaacha maagizo yako na hukumu zako;
6 neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
wala hatukuwasikiliza watumishi wako, manabii, ambao kwa jina lako walisema na wafalme wetu, na wakuu wetu, na baba zetu, na watu wote wa nchi.
7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Ee Bwana, haki ina wewe, lakini kwetu sisi kuna haya ya uso, kama hivi leo; kwa watu wa Yuda, na kwa wenyeji wa Yerusalemu, na kwa Israeli wote, walio karibu na hao walio mbali, katika nchi zote ulikowafukuza, kwa sababu ya makosa yao waliyokukosa.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Ee Bwana, kwetu sisi kuna haya ya uso, kwa wafalme wetu, na wakuu wetu, na baba zetu, kwa sababu tumekutenda dhambi.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Rehema na msamaha ni kwa Bwana Mungu wetu, ingawa tumemwasi;
10 neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
wala hatukuitii sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wetu, kwa kwenda katika sheria zake, alizoziweka mbele yetu kwa kinywa cha watumishi wake, manabii.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Naam, Israeli wote wameihalifu sheria yako, kwa kugeuka upande, wasiisikilize sauti yako; basi kwa hiyo laana imemwagwa juu yetu, na uapo ule ulioandikwa katika sheria ya Musa, mtumishi wa Mungu; kwa sababu tumemtenda dhambi.
12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Naye ameyathibitisha maneno yake, aliyoyanena juu yetu, na juu ya waamuzi wetu waliotuamua, kwa kumletea mambo maovu makuu; maana chini ya mbingu zote halikutendeka jambo kama hili, lilivyotendeka juu ya Yerusalemu.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Kama ilivyoandikwa katika sheria ya Musa, mabaya haya yote yametupata lakini hata hivyo hatukumwomba Bwana, Mungu wetu, atupe fadhili zake, ili tugeuke na kuyaacha maovu yetu, na kuitambua kweli yake.
14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
Basi Bwana ameyavizia mabaya hayo, akatuletea; maana Bwana, Mungu wetu ni mwenye haki katika kazi zake zote azitendazo; na sisi hatukuitii sauti yake.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Na sasa, Ee Bwana Mungu wetu, uliyewatoa watu wako hawa katika nchi ya Misri kwa mkono hodari, ukajipatia sifa, kama ilivyo leo; tumefanya dhambi, tumetenda maovu.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Ee Bwana sawasawa na haki yako yote, nakusihi, hasira yako na ghadhabu yako zigeuzwe na kuuacha mji wako Yerusalemu, mlima wako mtakatifu; maana kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu, na maovu ya baba zetu, Yerusalemu na watu wako wamepata kulaumiwa na watu wote wanaotuzunguka.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Basi sasa, Ee Mungu wetu, yasikilize maombi ya mtumishi wako, na dua zake, ukaangazishe uso wako juu ya patakatifu pako palipo ukiwa, kwa ajili ya Bwana.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Ee Mungu wangu, tega sikio lako, ukasikie; fumbua macho yako ukautazame ukiwa wetu, na mji ule ulioitwa kwa jina lako; maana hatukutolei maombi yetu kwa sababu ya haki yetu, lakini kwa sababu ya rehema zako nyingi.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Ee Bwana, usikie; Ee Bwana, usamehe; Ee Bwana, usikilize, ukatende, usikawie; kwa ajili yako wewe, Ee Mungu wangu; kwa sababu mji wako na watu wako wanaitwa kwa jina lako.
20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Basi hapo nilipokuwa nikisema, na kuomba, na kuiungama dhambi yangu, na dhambi ya watu wangu Israeli, na kuomba dua yangu mbele za Bwana, Mungu wangu, kwa ajili ya mlima mtakatifu wa Mungu wangu;
21 yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even 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 oblation.
naam, nilipokuwa nikinena katika kuomba, mtu yule, Gabrieli, niliyemwona katika njozi hapo kwanza, akirushwa upesi, alinigusa panapo wakati wa dhabihu ya jioni.
22 And he informed me , and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Akaniagiza, akaongea nami, akasema, Ee Danielii, nimetokea sasa, ili nikupe akili upate kufahamu.
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee ; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Mwanzo wa maombi yako ilitolewa amri, nami nimekuja kukupasha habari; maana wewe unapendwa sana; basi itafakari habari hii, na kuyafahamu maono haya.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Muda wa majuma sabini umeamriwa juu ya watu wako, na juu ya mji wako mtakatifu, ili kukomesha makosa, na kuishiliza dhambi, na kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya uovu, na kuleta haki ya milele, na kutia muhuri maono na unabii, na kumtia mafuta yeye aliye mtakatifu.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Basi ujue na kufahamu, ya kuwa tangu kuwekwa amri ya kutengeneza na kuujenga upya Yerusalemu hata zamani zake masihi aliye mkuu; kutakuwa na majuma saba; na katika majuma sitini na mawili utajengwa tena pamoja na njia kuu zake na handaki, naam, katika nyakati za taabu.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Na baada ya yale majuma sitini na mawili, masihi atakatiliwa mbali, naye atakuwa hana kitu; na watu wa mkuu atakayekuja watauangamiza mji, na patakatifu; na mwisho wake utakuwa pamoja na gharika, na hata mwisho ule vita vitakuwapo; ukiwa umekwisha kukusudiwa.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Naye atafanya agano thabiti na watu wengi kwa muda wa juma moja; na kwa nusu ya juma hiyo ataikomesha sadaka na dhabihu; na mahali pake litasimama chukizo la uharibifu; na hivyo, hata ukomo, na ghadhabu iliyokusudiwa imemwagwa juu yake mwenye kuharibu.
