1 N a, i te rua o nga tau o te kingitanga o Nepukaneha ka moea etahi moe e Nepukaneha; raruraru tonu iho tona wairua, rere atu ana te moe i a ia.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams by which his spirit was troubled and agitated and his sleep went from him.

2 K atahi te kingi ka ki atu kia karangatia nga tohunga maori, nga kaititiro whetu, nga tohunga makutu, nga Karari, hei whakaatu i ana moe ki te kingi. Na haere ana mai ratou, tu ana i te aroaro o te kingi.

Then the king commanded to call the magicians, the enchanters or soothsayers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

3 N a ka mea te kingi ki a ratou, Kua moea e ahau he moe, a raruraru ana toku wairua, e mea ana kia mohio ki taua moe.

And the king said to them, I had a dream and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

4 K atahi ka korero Hiriani mai nga Karari ki te kingi, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe: korerotia mai te moe ki au pononga, a ma matou e whakaatu tona tikanga.

Then said the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

5 K a whakahoki te kingi, ka mea ki nga Karari, Kua ngaro taua mea i ahau: ki te kore e whakakitea mai e koutou ki ahau te moe me tona tikanga hoki, ka haehaea koutou, a ka meinga o koutou whare hei puranga paru.

The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me! And the decree goes forth from me and I say it with all emphasis: if you do not make known to me the dream with its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces and your houses shall be made a dunghill!

6 K i te whakaaturia mai ia e koutou te moe me tona tikanga, ka riro aku hakari ma koutou, nga utu, me te honore nui; na whakaaturia mai te moe ki ahau, me tona tikanga ano.

But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So show me the dream and the interpretation of it.

7 N a ka whakahoki tuarua ratou, ka mea, Ma te kingi e korero te moe ki ana pononga, a ma matou e whakaatu tona tikanga.

They answered again, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.

8 K a whakautua e te kingi, ka mea ia, E mohio rawa ana ahau e whai ana koutou kia roa, no te mea ka kite koutou kua ngaro taua mea i ahau.

The king answered, I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me and because you see that my word is sure:

9 K i te kore ia e whakaaturia mai e koutou te moe ki ahau, kotahi tonu te ture mo koutou; no te mea he teka, he tinihanga nga kupu kua rite na i a koutou hei korero mai ki toku aroaro, a kia puta ke ra ano te wa: na reira korerotia mai te moe ki ah au, a ka mohio ahau e taea ana ano e koutou te whakaatu tona tikanga ki ahau.

If you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one sentence for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me until the time is changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me the interpretation of it.

10 N a ka whakahoki nga Karari ki te aroaro o te kingi, ka mea, Kahore he tangata i runga i te whenua hei whakaatu i te mea a te kingi: kahore ano hoki he kingi, kahore he rangatira, kahore he ariki, i ui i nga mea penei ki tetahi tohunga maori, ki tetahi kaititiro whetu, ki tetahi Karari ranei.

The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man on earth who can show the king this matter, for no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean.

11 H e mea tupua rawa hoki tenei e uia nei e te kingi, kahore atu hoki he kaiwhakaatu ki te kingi, ko nga atua anake, ehara nei ki te kikokiko to ratou nohoanga.

A rare and weighty thing indeed the king requires! None except the gods can reveal it to the king, and their dwelling is not with flesh.

12 N a reira i riri ai te kingi, nui atu te riri, kiia iho e ia nga tangata whakaaro nui katoa o Papurona kia whakangaromia

For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

13 H eoi kua puta te ture kia patua nga tangata whakaaro nui; a ka rapua a Raniera ratou ko ona hoa kia patua.

So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be killed, and sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

14 N a, he mohio, he nui te whakaaro, i oho ai a Raniera ki a Arioko, ki te rangatira o nga kaitiaki a te kingi, i puta nei ki te patu i nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona.

Then Daniel returned an answer which was full of prudence and wisdom to Arioch the captain or executioner of the king’s guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

15 I oho ia, i mea ki a Arioko, ki ta te kingi rangatira, He aha i hohoro ai te ture i te kingi? Katahi taua mea ka whakaaturia e Arioko ki a Raniera.

He said to Arioch, the king’s captain, Why is the decree so urgent and hasty from the king? Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel.

16 N a ka haere a Raniera ki roto, ka mea ki te kingi kia whakaritea he wa ki a ia, a ka whakaaturia e ia te tikanga ki te kingi.

And Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would set a date and give him time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

17 K atahi ka haere a Raniera ki tona whare, ka whakakite i taua mea ki ona hoa ki a Hanania, ki a Mihaera, ki a Ataria:

Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

18 K ia inoia ai e ratou he mahi tohu i te Atua o te rangi, he mea mo tenei mea ngaro; kei mate tahi a Raniera ratou ko ona hoa, me era atu tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona.

So that they would desire and request mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 K atahi ka whakakitea mai taua mea ngaro ki a Raniera, he mea moemoea i te po. Na whakapai ana a Raniera ki te Atua o te rangi.

Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

20 I oho a Raniera, i mea, Kia whakapaingia te ingoa o te Atua a ake ake; nona hoki te whakaaro nui me te kaha.

Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever! For wisdom and might are His!

21 E whakaputaia ketia ana hoki e ia nga wa me nga ra: e whakakahoretia ana e ia nga kingi, e whakaturia ana ano nga kingi e ia: e homai ana e ia te whakaaro nui ki te hunga whakaaro nui, te matauranga ano ki te hunga e matau ana ki te whakaaro;

He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding!

22 E whakapuakina ana e ia nga mea hohonu, nga mea ngaro: e matau ana ia ki nga mea o te pouri: kei a ia te nohoanga o te marama.

He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him!

23 W hakawhetai tonu ahau ki a koe, whakamoemiti tonu ki a koe, e te Atua o oku matua, nau nei hoki i homai he whakaaro nui, he kaha ki ahau, a kua whakaatu mai nei koe ki ahau i nga mea i inoi ai matou ki a koe: kua whakaaturia nei hoki e koe te me a a te kingi ki a matou.

I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers, Who has given me wisdom and might and has made known to me now what we desired of You, for You have made known to us the solution to the king’s problem.

24 N a reira i haere ai a Raniera ki roto, ki a Arioko, ki ta te kingi i whakarite ai hei whakangaro mo nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona; haere ana ia, a ko tana kupu tenei ki a ia, Kaua e whakangaromia nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona: kawea ahau ki te aroaro o te kingi, a maku e whakakite te tikanga ki te kingi.

Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.

25 K atahi ka hohoro tonu a Arioko, ka kawe i a Raniera ki te aroaro o te kingi; ko tana kupu ano tenei ki a ia, Kua kitea e ahau he tangata i roto i nga whakarau o Hura hei whakakite i te tikanga ki te kingi.

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus to him: I have found a man of the captives of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.

26 K a oho te kingi, ka mea ki a Raniera, ko tona ingoa nei ko Peretehatara, E taea ranei e koe te whakaatu mai te moe i kitea e ahau, me tona tikanga ano ki ahau?

The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and the interpretation of it?

27 K a whakahoki a Raniera i te aroaro o te kingi, ka mea, E kore taua mea ngaro i uia ra e te kingi e taea te whakaatu ki te kingi e te hunga whakaaro nui, e nga kaititiro whetu, e nga tohunga maori, e nga tohunga tuaahu ranei;

Daniel answered the king, The secret which the king has demanded neither the wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers can show the king,

28 E ngari tera te Atua kei te rangi hei whakaatu i nga mea ngaro; a kua whakakitea e ia ki a Kingi Nepukaneha nga mea e puta mai i nga ra whakamutunga. Ko tau moe tenei, me nga mea i kitea e tou mahunga i runga i tou moenga;

But there is a God in heaven Who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what it is that shall be in the latter days (at the end of days). Your dream and the visions in your head upon your bed are these:

29 K o koe ia e te kingi, i puta ake ou whakaaro ki tou ngakau i runga i tou moenga mo nga mea e puta mai a mua: e whakakitea ana ki a koe e te kaiwhakaatu o nga mea ngaro, nga mea e puta a mua.

As for you, O king, as you were lying upon your bed thoughts came into your mind about what should come to pass hereafter, and He Who reveals secrets was making known to you what shall come to pass.

30 K o ahau nei ia, ehara i te mea he nui atu oku whakaaro i o tetahi tangata ora, i whakapuakina ai tenei mea ngaro ki ahau; engari kia whakakitea ai tona tikanga ki te kingi, kia mohio ai hoki koe ki nga whakaaro o tou ngakau.

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than anyone else living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king and that you may know the thoughts of your heart and mind.

31 N a i titiro koe, e te kingi, na ko tetahi whakapakoko nui. Na, ko taua whakapakoko, he mea nui, he nui atu tona kanapa, i tu i tou aroaro; a ko tona ahua he hanga whakamataku rawa.

You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image which was mighty and of exceedingly great brightness stood before you, and the appearance of it was frightening and terrible.

32 K o taua whakapakoko, he koura parakore tona pane; ko tona uma, ko ona ringa, he hiriwa; ko tona kopu, ko ona huha he parahi;

As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

33 K o ona waewae he rino; ko ona raparapa he rino tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi.

Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

34 T itiro tonu atu koe, na ko tetahi kohatu, he mea tapahi mai, kahore hoki he ringa, aki tonu ki te whakapakoko, ki ona raparapa, he rino nei tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi, wahia putia iho.

As you looked, a Stone was cut out without human hands, which smote the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them to pieces.

35 K atahi ka mongamonga ngatahi te rino, te uku, te parahi, te hiriwa, te koura; kua rite ki te papapa o nga patunga witi i te raumati; kahakina ana e te hau, a kahore noa iho i kitea he wahi mo aua mea. Na, ko te kohatu i akina ai te whakapakoko, kua meinga hei maunga nui, kapi ana te whenua katoa i a ia.

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken and crushed together and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. And the Stone that smote the image became a great mountain or rock and filled the whole earth.

36 K o te moe tenei. Na me korero tona tikanga e matou ki te aroaro o te kingi.

This was the dream, and we will tell the interpretation of it to the king.

37 K o koe, e te kingi, te kingi o nga kingi, kua homai hoki e te Atua o te rangi he kingitanga ki a koe, he kaha, he mana, he kororia.

You, O king, are king of the kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory.

38 N a, ko nga wahi katoa e nohoia ana e nga tama a te tangata, ko nga kararehe o te parae, ko nga manu o te rangi, homai ana e ia ki tou ringa, kua oti ano koe te mea e ia hei rangatira mo ratou katoa. Ko koe taua pane koura.

And wherever the children of men dwell, and the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens—He has given them into your hand and has made you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

39 N a ka puta ake tetahi atu kingitanga i muri i a koe; iti iho i a koe, me tetahi atu, ara te tuatoru o nga kingitanga, he parahi, a ka kawana tera i te whenua katoa.

And after you shall arise another kingdom, inferior to you, and still a third kingdom of bronze which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40 N a, ko te wha o nga kingitanga ka rite ki te rino te kaha: he mea wawahi hoki te rino, e taea ano e ia nga mea katoa: ka rite ki ta te rino e wawahi nei i enei katoa tana wawahi, tana kuru.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, since iron breaks to pieces and subdues all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these.

41 N a, i kite na koe i nga raparapa, i nga matimati, he uku na te kaipokepoke tetahi wahi, he rino tetahi wahi, ka wehea te kingitanga; ka mau ano ia he kaha rino i roto, ka pera ano me te rino i kitea e koe e whakauruuru ana ki te uku paru na.

And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it some of the firmness and strength of iron, just as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.

42 N a, ko nga matimati o nga raparapa ra, he rino nei tetahi wahi, he uku tetahi wahi, ka pena ano te kingitanga, he kaha tetahi wahi, ko tetahi wahi he pakarukaru.

And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle and broken.

43 N a, i kite atu na koe i te rino e whakauru ana ki te uku paru na, ka whakauru ano ratou ki roto ki nga uri tangata: e kore ia e piri tetahi ki tetahi, ka rite ki te rino e kore nei e uru ki te uku.

And as you saw the iron mixed with miry and earthen clay, so they shall mingle themselves in the seed of men; but they will not hold together, even as iron does not mingle itself with clay.

44 N a i nga ra o enei kingi, ka whakaturia e te Atua o te rangi he kingitanga e kore e ngaro, e kore ano hoki tona mana e waiho ki tetahi atu iwi; engari ko tera hei wahi, hei whakamoti i enei kingitanga katoa, ko ia ano ka tu tonu a ake ake.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break and crush and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever.

45 N a i kite na koe he mea tapahi mai te kohatu i roto i te maunga, kahore hoki he ringa, a mongamonga noa i a ia te rino, te parahi, te uku, te hiriwa, te koura; e whakapuakina ana e te Atua nui ki te kingi nga mea e puta a mua: na tuturu rawa te moe, pumau tonu tona tikanga.

Just as you saw that the Stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. The dream is certain and the interpretation of it is sure.

46 K o te tino tapapatanga iho o Kingi Nepukaneha, koropiko ana ki a Raniera, whakahaua tonutia iho e ia kia whakaherea he whakahere, he whakakakara reka ki a ia.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and paid homage to Daniel and ordered that an offering and incense should be offered up to him.

47 I oho te kingi ki a Raniera, i mea, Tika rawa, ko tou Atua te Atua o nga atua, te Ariki o nga kingi, te kaiwhakapuaki o nga mea ngaro, ka taea nei hoki e koe te whakapuaki tenei mea ngaro.

The king answered Daniel, Of a truth your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a Revealer of secret mysteries, seeing that you could reveal this secret mystery!

48 K atahi ka meinga e te kingi a Raniera hei tangata rahi, he maha ano nga hakari nui i homai e ia ki a ia, a meinga ana ia hei kawana mo te kawanatanga katoa o Papurona, hei tino kawana mo nga tangata whakaaro nui katoa o Papurona.

Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and he made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 N a ka tono a Raniera ki te kingi, a whakaritea ana e ia a Hataraka, a Mehaka, a Apereneko hei kaitirotiro mo nga mea o te kawanatanga o Papurona: ko Raniera ia i noho ki te kuwaha o te kingi.

And Daniel requested of the king and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the gate of the king.