1 I n the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—

فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى لِحُكمِ دارِيُوسَ بنِ أحْشُورِيوشَ الَّذِي يَنحَدِرُ مِنْ نَسلِ المادِيِّينَ وَالَّذِي تُوِّجَ مَلِكاً عَلَى الكَلْدانِيِّينَ،

2 I n the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years which, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass by before the desolations pronounced on Jerusalem should end; and it was seventy years.

أنا دانِيالَ، كُنتُ أتَفَحَّصُ الكُتُبَ المُقَدَّسَةَ وَلاحَظتُ أنَّ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ إلَى النَبِيِّ إرْمِيا تَقُولُ إنَّ الهَيكَلَ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ سَيَبقَى خَرِباً لِسَبعِينَ سَنَةٍ.

3 A nd I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes;

فَتَوَجَّهتُ إلَى الرَّبَّ الإلَهِ بِالصَّلَواتِ وَالتَضَرُّعاتِ وَالصَّومِ، وَلَبِسْتُ الخَيشَ وَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى الرَّمادِ.

4 A nd I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, Who keeps covenant, mercy, and loving-kindness with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

صَلَّيتُ إلَى إلَهِي وَاعتَرَفتُ بِخَطايايَ، فَقُلْتُ: «يا رَبُّ، أيُّها الإلَهُ العَظِيمُ المُهِيبُ الَّذِي يَحفَظُ العَهدَ وَالمَحَبَّةَ لِلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ وَيُطِيعُونَ وَصاياهُ،

5 W e have sinned and dealt perversely and done wickedly and have rebelled, turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

أخطَأْنا وَضَلَلْنا وَعَمِلْنا أُمُوراً شِرِّيرَةً. وَعَصَيْنا وَابتَعَدْنا عَن كُلِّ وَصاياكَ وَأحكامِكَ،

6 N either have we listened to and heeded 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.

وَلَمْ نَسمَعْ لِخُدّامِكَ الأنبِياءِ الَّذِينَ تَكَلَّمُوا باسمِكَ لِمُلُوكِنا وَرُؤَسائِنا وَلآبائِنا وَلِكُلِّ الشَّعبِ.

7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us confusion and shame of face, as at this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to those who are near and those who are far off, through all the countries to which You have driven them because of the trespass which they have committed against You.

«لَكَ البِرُّ، أمّا نَحنُ رِجالَ يَهُوذا وَسُكّانَ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ وَكُلَّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ المُشَتَّتِينَ فِي كُلِّ البِلادِ القَرِيبَةِ وَالبَعِيدَةِ – حَيثُ شَتَّتَّهُمْ بَعدَ أنْ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَيكَ – فَلَنا الخِزيُ.

8 O Lord, to us belong confusion and shame of face—to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

نَعَمْ يا اللهُ ، الخِزيُ لَنا وَلِمُلُوكِنا وَرُؤَسائِنا وَلآبائِنا الَّذِينَ أخطَأُوا إلَيكَ.

9 T o the Lord our God belong mercy and loving-kindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

«أمّا أنتَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ إلَهَنا فَلَكَ الرَّحمَةُ وَالغُفرانُ لأنَّنا تَمَرَّدنا عَلَيكَ.

10 A nd we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in His laws which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

فَلَمْ نُطِعِ إلَهَنا حِينَ أمَرَنا بِأنْ نَعِيشَ بِحَسَبِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أعطاها لَنا مِنْ خِلالِ خُدّامِهِ الأنبِياءِ.

11 Y es, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ تَعَدَّوْا شَرِيعَتَكَ وَضَلُّوا بِعَدَمِ استِماعِهِمْ لِصَوتِكَ. وَقَدْ جَلَبْتَ عَلَينا اللَّعَناتِ وَالأقسامَ المَكتُوبَةَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى خادِمِ اللهِ، لأنَّنا أخطَأنا إلَيكَ.

12 A nd He has carried out intact His words which He threatened against us and against our judges who ruled us, and He has brought upon us a great evil; for under the whole heavens there has not been done before as done against Jerusalem.

«وَهَكَذا تَمَّمَ اللهُ كَلِمَتُهُ الَّتِي قالَها ضِدَّنا وَضِدَّ قادَتِنا. فَحَلَّتْ كارِثَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ بِمَدينَةِ القُدْسِ لا تُشبِهُ أيَّةَ كارِثَةٍ أُخْرَى تَحتَ السَّماءِ.

13 J ust as it is written in the Law of Moses as to all this evil, so it has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly begged for forgiveness and entreated the favor of the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and have understanding and become wise in Your truth.

كُلُّ الضِّيقِ الَّذِي كُتِبَ فِي شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى حَدَثَ لَنا، تَماماً كَما هُوَ مَكتُوبٌ. وَمَعَ هَذا، لَمْ نَطلُبِ اللهَ أوْ نَتُبْ عَن سُلُوكِنا الخاطِئِ وَعَنْ عَدَمِ فَهمِنا لِلحَقِّ.

14 T herefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity (evil) and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous and rigidly just in all His works which He does; and we have not obeyed His voice.

فَأعَدَّ اللهُ هَذا العِقابَ ثُمَّ أوقَعَهُ عَلَينا. إلَهُنا عادِلٌ فِي كُلِّ ما يَعمَلُ، أمّا نَحنُ فَلَمْ نُطِعْ صَوتَهُ.

15 A nd now, O Lord our God, Who brought Your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and secured Yourself renown and a name as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

«وَالآنَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ إلَهُنا، أنتَ أخرَجْتَ شَعبَكَ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِيَدٍ جَبَّارَةٍ، فَجَعَلْتَ اسمَكَ مَعرُوفاً إلَى هَذا اليَومِ. لَكِنَّنا أخطَأنا وَأثِمْنا.

16 O Lord, according to all Your rightness and justice, I beseech You, let Your anger and Your wrath be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach and a byword to all who are around about us.

يا رَبُّ أبعِدْ غَضَبَكَ عَن مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، عَن جَبَلِكَ المُقَدَّسِ بِحَسَبِ إحْساناتِكَ. فَبِسَبَبِ آثامِ آبائِنا وَخَطايانا صارَتْ مَدينَةُ القُدْسِ وَشَعبُكَ مُحتَقَرِينَ فِي نَظَرِ البِلادِ المُجاوِرَةِ.

17 N ow therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of Your servant and his supplications, and for Your own sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary which is desolate.

«يا إلَهَنا، استَمِعْ إلَى صَلَواتِ خادِمِكَ وَطِلباتِهِ لأجلِ الرَّحمَةِ. أشرِقْ بِوَجهِكَ عَلَى هَيكَلِكَ الخَرِبِ، مِنْ أجلِكَ أيُّها الرَّبُّ.

18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness and justice, but for Your great mercy and loving-kindness.

يا إلَهِي، أمِلْ أُذنَكَ وَاسمَعْ، افتَحْ عَينَيكَ وَانظُرْ خَرائِبَنا وَدَمارَ المَدِينَةِ المَدعُوَّةِ باسمِكَ. إنَّنا لا نَطلُبُ الرَّحمَةَ عَلَى أساسِ أعمالِنا الصّالِحَةِ، بَلْ نَطلُبُها بِسَبَبِ رَحمَتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ.

19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

يا رَبُّ اسْمَعنا. يا رَبُّ اغفِرْ لَنا. يا رَبُّ استَمِعْ وَاستَجِبْ لَنا. لأجلِ نَفسِكَ لا تَتَأخَّرْ، لأنَّ شَعبَكَ وَمَدِينَتَكَ يُدْعَوْنَ باسمِكَ.» تَفسِيرُ المَلاك

20 W hile I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God—

وَبَينَما كُنتُ أتَكَلَّمُ وَأُصَلِّي وَأعتَرِفُ بِخَطايايَ وَخَطايا شَعبِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَأُقَدِّمُ طِلبَتِي لِأجلِ الرَّحمَةِ أمامَ إلَهِي السّاكِنِ فِي جَبَلِهِ المُقَدَّسِ –

21 Y es, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, being caused to fly swiftly, came near to me and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.

أي بَينَما كُنتُ أُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلاةَ – طارَ الرَّجُلُ جِبرِيلُ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ قَبلاً فِي الرُّؤيا مُسرِعاً فَوَصَلَ إلَيَّ فِي وَقتِ ذَبِيحَةِ المَساءِ.

22 H e instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding.

وَقَد جاءَ إلَيَّ لِيُساعِدَنِي كَي أفهَمَ، فَقالَ: «يا دانِيالُ، جِئتُ لِلتَوِّ لِأُعَلِّمَكَ وَلِأُساعِدَكَ أنْ تَفهَمَ.

23 A t the beginning of your prayers, the word went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.

مُنذُ أنْ بَدَأتَ تُصَلِّي طَلَباً للِرَّحمَةِ، صَدَرَ إلَيَّ أمرٌ بِأنْ آتِي وَأُخبِرَكَ بِأنَّكَ مَحبُوبٌ. فَانتَبِهْ إلَى كَلِمَةِ اللهِ وَافهَمِ الرُّؤيا.

24 S eventy weeks are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.

«لَقَد تَمَّ تَعْيّينُ سَبعِينَ أُسبُوعاً لِشَعبِكَ وَلِمَدِينَتِكَ المُقَدَّسَةِ لإنهاءِ الإثمِ وَالخَطِيَّةِ، وَللِتَّكفِيرِ عَنِ الذُّنُوبِ، وَلإحضارِ البِرِّ السَّرمَدِيِّ وَلِخَتْمِ الرُّؤيا وَالنُبُوَّةِ، وَلِمَسحِ قُدسِ الأقداسِ.

25 K now therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it shall be built again with square and moat, but in troublous times.

«فَاعلَمْ وَافهَمْ أنَّهُ مِنْ إعطاءِ الأمرِ بِرَدِّ الشَّعبِ وَإعادَةِ بِناءِ مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَحَتَّى مَجِيءِ المَسِيحِ الرَّئِيسِ، سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ سَبعَةُ أسابِيعَ. وَخِلالَ اثْنَينِ وَسِتِّينَ أُسبُوعاً، سَيُعادُ بِناءُ ساحَةِ المَدِينَةِ وَخَندَقِ المِياهِ حَولَها. وَسَتَكُونُ هُناكَ ضِيقاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ فِي تِلْكَ الأثْناءِ.

26 A nd after the sixty-two weeks shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing belonging to Him. And the people of the prince who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood; and even to the end there shall be war, and desolations are decreed.

وَفِي نِهايَةِ الاثْنَينِ وَالسِتِّينَ أُسبُوعاً، سَيُقتَلُ المَسِيحُ، وَلَيسَ لَهُ. وَقَوّاتُ الرَّئيِسِ القادِمِ سَتُخَرِّبُ المَدِينَةَ وَالهَيكَلَ. سَتَكُونُ النِّهايَةُ كَطُوفانٍ، وَسَيَكُونُ القِتالُ وَالتَّدمِيرُ مَحتُومَينِ حَتَّى النِّهايَةِ.

27 A nd he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured out on the desolator.

وَسَيَفرِضُ المُخَرِّبُ مُعاهَدَةً عَلَى كَثِيرِينَ لِمُدَّةِ أُسبُوعٍ. وَسَيُوقِفُ الذَّبائِحَ وَالتَّقدِماتِ لِمُدَّةِ نِصفِ أُسبُوعٍ. وَيأتِي النَّجِسُ المُخَرِّبُ، إلَى أنْ يَحِلَّ قَضاءُ اللهِ المَحتُومُ بِتَدمِيرِ ذَلِكَ المَكانِ تَماماً.»