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Á fyrsta ríkisári Daríusar Ahasverussonar, sem var medískur að ætt og orðinn konungur yfir ríki Kaldea,

á fyrsta ári ríkisstjórnar hans, hugði ég, Daníel, í ritningunum að áratölu þeirri, er Jerúsalem átti að liggja í rústum, samkvæmt orði Drottins, því er til Jeremía spámanns hafði komið, sem sé sjötíu ár.

Ég sneri þá ásjónu minni til Drottins Guðs til þess að bera fram bæn mína og grátbeiðni með föstu, í sekk og ösku.

Ég bað til Drottins, Guðs míns, gjörði játningu mína og sagði: "Æ, Drottinn, þú mikli og ógurlegi Guð, sem heldur sáttmálann og miskunnsemina við þá, sem elska hann og varðveita boðorð hans.

Vér höfum syndgað og illa gjört, vér höfum breytt óguðlega og verið þér mótsnúnir og vikið frá boðum þínum og setningum.

Vér höfum ekki hlýtt þjónum þínum, spámönnunum, sem töluðu í þínu nafni til konunga vorra, höfðingja og feðra og til alls landslýðsins.

Þú, Drottinn, ert réttlátur, en vér megum blygðast vor, sem vér og gjörum í dag, vér Júdamenn og Jerúsalembúar og allur Ísrael, bæði þeir sem nálægir eru og þeir sem fjarlægir eru í öllum þeim löndum, þangað sem þú hefir rekið þá fyrir tryggðrof þeirra, er þeir hafa í frammi við þig haft.

Drottinn, vér megum blygðast vor, konungar vorir, höfðingjar vorir og feður vorir, því að vér höfum syndgað móti þér.

En hjá Drottni, Guði vorum, er miskunnsemi og fyrirgefning, því að vér höfum verið honum mótsnúnir

10 og ekki hlýtt raustu Drottins Guðs vors, að breyta eftir boðorðum hans, þeim er hann fyrir oss lagði fyrir munn þjóna sinna, spámannanna.

11 Já, allur Ísrael hefir brotið lögmál þitt, hefir vikið frá þér, svo að hann hlýðir eigi framar raustu þinni. Þá var þeirri eiðfestu bölvan úthellt yfir oss, sem skrifuð er í lögmáli Móse, þjóns Guðs, því að vér höfum syndgað móti honum.

12 Og hann efndi orð sín, þau er hann hafði talað gegn oss og dómurum vorum, þeim er yfirráð höfðu yfir oss, að hann skyldi láta mikla ógæfu yfir oss koma, svo að hvergi á jarðríki hefir slík ógæfa orðið sem í Jerúsalem.

13 Eins og skrifað er í lögmáli Móse um alla þessa ógæfu, svo er hún yfir oss komin. Og vér höfum ekki blíðkað Drottin Guð vorn með því að hverfa frá misgjörðum vorum og gefa gætur að trúfesti þinni.

14 Og Drottinn vakti yfir ógæfunni og lét hana yfir oss koma, því að Drottinn Guð vor er réttlátur í öllum verkum sínum, þeim er hann gjörir, en vér höfum eigi hlýtt raustu hans.

15 Og nú, Drottinn Guð vor, þú sem útleiddir lýð þinn af Egyptalandi með sterkri hendi og afrekaðir þér mikið nafn fram á þennan dag, vér höfum syndgað, vér höfum breytt óguðlega.

16 Drottinn, lát þú samkvæmt réttlæti því, er þú ávallt hefir sýnt, gremi þína og heiftarreiði þína hverfa frá borg þinni Jerúsalem, þínu heilaga fjalli, því að fyrir syndir vorar og misgjörðir feðra vorra er Jerúsalem og lýður þinn orðinn að háðung hjá öllum þeim, sem umhverfis oss búa.

17 Heyr nú, Guð vor, bæn þjóns þíns og grátbeiðni hans og lát ásjónu þína lýsa, fyrir sjálfs þín sakir, Drottinn, yfir helgidóm þinn, sem nú er í eyði.

18 Hneig, Guð minn, eyra þitt og heyr, ljúk upp augum þínum og sjá eyðing vora og borgina, sem nefnd er eftir nafni þínu, því að ekki framberum vér auðmjúkar bænir fyrir þig í trausti til vors eigin réttlætis, heldur í trausti til þinnar miklu miskunnsemi.

19 Drottinn, heyr! Drottinn, fyrirgef! Drottinn, hygg að og framkvæm! Tef eigi, fyrir sjálfs þín sakir, Guð minn, því að eftir þínu nafni er borg þín nefnd og lýður þinn!"

20 Meðan ég enn var að tala, baðst fyrir og játaði syndir mínar og syndir lýðs míns, Ísraels, og frambar fyrir Drottin Guð minn auðmjúka bæn fyrir hinu heilaga fjalli Guðs míns,

21 já, meðan ég enn var að tala í bæninni, kom að mér um það bil, er kveldfórn er fram borin, maðurinn Gabríel, sem ég hafði áður séð í sýninni, þá er ég hné í ómegin.

22 Hann kom og talaði við mig og sagði: "Daníel, nú er ég út genginn til þess að veita þér glöggan skilning.

23 Þegar þú byrjaðir bæn þína, út gekk orð, og er ég hingað kominn til að kunngjöra þér það, því að þú ert ástmögur Guðs. Tak því eftir orðinu og gef gætur að vitraninni.

24 Sjötíu sjöundir eru ákveðnar lýð þínum og þinni heilögu borg til þess að drýgja glæpinn til fulls og fylla mæli syndanna og til þess að friðþægja fyrir misgjörðina og leiða fram eilíft réttlæti, til þess að innsigla vitrun og spámann og vígja hið háheilaga.

25 Vit því og hygg að: Frá því, er orðið um endurreisn Jerúsalem út gekk, til hins smurða höfðingja, eru sjö sjöundir, og í sextíu og tvær sjöundir skulu torg hennar og stræti endurreist verða, þó að þrengingartímar séu.

26 Og eftir þær sextíu og tvær sjöundir mun hinn smurði afmáður verða, og hann mun ekkert eiga, og borgina og helgidóminn mun eyða þjóð höfðingja nokkurs, sem koma á, en hann mun farast í refsidómsflóðinu, og allt til enda mun ófriður haldast við og sú eyðing, sem fastráðin er.

27 Og hann mun gjöra fastan sáttmála við marga um eina sjöund, og um miðja sjöundina mun hann afnema sláturfórn og matfórn, og á vængjum viðurstyggðarinnar mun eyðandinn koma, en eftir það mun gjöreyðing, og hún fastráðin, steypast yfir eyðandann."

Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy(C) years. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(D) and in sackcloth and ashes.(E)

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:(F)

“Lord, the great and awesome God,(G) who keeps his covenant of love(H) with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned(I) and done wrong.(J) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(K) from your commands and laws.(L) We have not listened(M) to your servants the prophets,(N) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,(O) and to all the people of the land.

“Lord, you are righteous,(P) but this day we are covered with shame(Q)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(R) us because of our unfaithfulness(S) to you.(T) We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(U) The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,(V) even though we have rebelled against him;(W) 10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.(X) 11 All Israel has transgressed(Y) your law(Z) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(AA) and sworn judgments(AB) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(AC) against you. 12 You have fulfilled(AD) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(AE) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(AF) what has been done to Jerusalem.(AG) 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(AH) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(AI) 14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster(AJ) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;(AK) yet we have not obeyed him.(AL)

15 “Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand(AM) and who made for yourself a name(AN) that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(AO) turn away(AP) your anger and your wrath(AQ) from Jerusalem,(AR) your city, your holy hill.(AS) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(AT) to all those around us.

17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor(AU) on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear,(AV) our God, and hear;(AW) open your eyes and see(AX) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(AY) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(AZ) 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(BA) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(BB) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”

The Seventy “Sevens”

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing(BC) my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill(BD) 21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,(BE) the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.(BF) 22 He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.(BG) 23 As soon as you began to pray,(BH) a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.(BI) Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:(BJ)

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[c] are decreed for your people and your holy city(BK) to finish[d] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(BL) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(BM) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[e]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(BN) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f](BO) the ruler,(BP) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(BQ) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(BR) and will have nothing.[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(BS) War will continue until the end, and desolations(BT) have been decreed.(BU) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(BV) is poured out on him.[k][l]

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
  4. Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
  5. Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One
  6. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26
  7. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  8. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  9. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  10. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  11. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  12. Daniel 9:27 Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city

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;

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.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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;

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

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.

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.

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.