1 I n 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,

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 by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even 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 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

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

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,

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 have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances;

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

6 n either have we 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.

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

7 L ord, 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.

«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 L ord, to us belongs confusion 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 mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

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

10 n either have we obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by 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 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.

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

12 H e 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.

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

13 A s it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment 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 has Yahweh 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.

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

15 N ow, 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.

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

16 L ord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let 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.

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, 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.

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

18 M y 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.

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 L ord, 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.

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, 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;

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 vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.

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 talked with me, and said, Daniel, I have now come to give you 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 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.

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

«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 discern, that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled 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 fter the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

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 H e shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.

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.»