Daniel 9
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Daniel ora por su pueblo
9 «Había llegado el primer año del reinado del rey Darío, el hijo de Jerjes. Darío era medo, pero llegó a ser rey de los babilonios. 2 En ese primer año de su reinado yo, Daniel, estaba estudiando el libro del profeta Jeremías, donde el Señor le dice a Jeremías que Jerusalén debía permanecer destruida durante setenta años. 3 Así que rogué a Dios el Señor. Oré, ayuné y me vestí con ropas ásperas, sentándome en ceniza. 4 Oré al Señor mi Dios y le hice esta confesión:
»“Oh Señor, tú eres un Dios grande y maravilloso; tú siempre cumples tus promesas de misericordia hacia aquellos que te aman y viven según tus instrucciones. 5 Pero nosotros hemos actuado muy mal; nos hemos rebelado contra ti y hemos despreciado tus instrucciones. 6 No hemos hecho caso a tus servidores los profetas, quienes hablaron en tu nombre a nuestros reyes, príncipes, a nuestros antepasados y a todo el pueblo de esta tierra.
7 »”¡Oh Señor, tú eres justo, mientras que nosotros siempre estamos avergonzados porque sabemos que hemos actuado mal, tal como nos ves ahora! Sí, todos nosotros, los habitantes de Judá, el pueblo de Jerusalén y todo Israel, esparcidos por todas partes donde tú nos has echado a causa de nuestra deslealtad hacia ti.
8 »”¡Oh Señor, nosotros, nuestros reyes y príncipes, y padres estamos llenos de vergüenza a causa de nuestras malas acciones! 9 Pero tú, Señor, eres nuestro Dios, siempre misericordioso y dispuesto a perdonarnos aun cuando nos hemos rebelado contra ti.
10 »”Oh Señor, Dios nuestro, nosotros te hemos desobedecido; no hemos seguido las instrucciones que nos diste por medio de tus servidores los profetas. 11 Todo Israel ha desobedecido, nos hemos apartado de ti y no hemos hecho caso de tus consejos. Y así tu terrible juicio y castigo, escritos en la ley de Moisés tu servidor, han caído sobre nosotros, por causa de nuestras faltas.
12 »”Y tú has hecho exactamente como nos habías advertido que harías a nosotros y a nuestros gobernantes. Nunca en toda la historia ha habido un desastre semejante a lo que nos pasó en Jerusalén.
13 »”Cada maldición escrita contra nosotros en la ley de Moisés se ha cumplido; todos los males que él predijo nos han sobrevenido. Pero no te hemos buscado, Señor y Dios nuestro, ni hemos dejado nuestro mal obrar ni procurado vivir de acuerdo a tus sabias indicaciones.
14 »”Y por eso el Señor trajo sobre nosotros este desastre. Él es justo en todo lo que hace, pero nosotros no quisimos obedecer.
15 »”¡Oh Señor, nuestro Dios, tú trajiste gran fama a tu nombre al sacar a tu pueblo de Egipto con tu gran poder! Pero hemos cometido muchas maldades y estamos llenos de impiedad. 16 Sabemos que eres bondadoso, Señor. Deja de descargar tu gran cólera contra Jerusalén, tu ciudad querida, asentada en tu monte santo. Todos los pueblos vecinos se burlan de Jerusalén y de tu pueblo, por culpa de nuestras maldades y las de nuestros antepasados.
17 »”¡Oh Dios nuestro, oye la oración y las súplicas de tu servidor! Ten en consideración la gran fama de tu nombre y mira con amor tu templo, que ha quedado en ruinas. 18 ¡Oh mi Dios, pon atención y escucha mi petición! Mira toda la desgracia que estamos sufriendo, y a tu ciudad en ruinas, pues todos saben que esta es tu ciudad. No te pedimos porque creamos que merecemos tu auxilio, sino porque sabemos que tú eres misericordioso. 19 ¡Oh Señor, escucha; por favor, Señor, perdona! ¡Oh Señor, escúchame y actúa! No te demores, hazlo al menos para cuidar la fama de tu nombre, oh mi Dios, porque tu pueblo y tu ciudad llevan tu nombre”.
Las setenta semanas
20 »Mientras estaba orando y confesando mis faltas y las faltas de mi pueblo, y desesperadamente suplicando al Señor mi Dios por Jerusalén, asentada sobre su santo monte, 21 el ángel Gabriel, a quien había visto en la visión anterior, voló velozmente hacia mí a la hora en que en el templo se realiza el sacrificio ritual de la tarde, 22 y me dijo:
»“Daniel, yo estoy aquí para ayudarte a comprender estas cosas. 23 En cuanto empezaste a orar, Dios te respondió. Yo estoy aquí para contarte lo que era, pues Dios te ama mucho. ¡Escucha, y trata de comprender el significado de la visión que tuviste!
24 »”Setenta semanas han de pasar para que tu pueblo y Jerusalén pongan fin a su terquedad y maldad, para que pidan perdón por su maldad, establezcan para siempre la justicia, para que se cumplan la visión y la profecía, y consagren el lugar más especial del templo.
25 »”Ahora escucha y entiende bien: Siete semanas han de pasar desde el momento en que se ordene la reconstrucción de Jerusalén, hasta la llegada del jefe elegido por Dios. Después de esto pasarán sesenta y dos semanas más para la reconstrucción de las calles y las murallas de Jerusalén; pero serán tiempos peligrosos. 26 Después de las sesenta y dos semanas, se quedarán sin nada y quitarán la vida al jefe elegido por Dios. Jerusalén y el templo serán destruidos por la gente de un rey que vendrá. El fin vendrá como una inundación, y la destrucción se acabará sólo cuando se acabe la guerra. 27 Durante una semana este rey hará un pacto con mucha gente, pero a la mitad de la semana pondrá fin a los sacrificios rituales y las ofrendas. Entonces cometerá el más terrible de sus actos, una deshonra vergonzosa contra el altar de los sacrificios rituales, hasta que la destrucción que se había anunciado caiga sobre él”».
Daniel 9
New King James Version
Daniel’s Prayer for the People
9 In the first year (A)of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through (B)Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 (C)Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O (D)Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 (E)we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 (F)Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, (G)righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
8 “O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 (H)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, (I)all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the (J)Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has (K)confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; (L)for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
13 (M)“As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; (N)yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has (O)kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for (P)the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, (Q)who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself (R)a name, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly!
16 “O Lord, (S)according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, (T)Your holy mountain; because for our sins, (U)and for the iniquities of our fathers, (V)Jerusalem and Your people (W)are a reproach to all those around us. 17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, (X)and (Y)for the Lord’s sake [a]cause Your face to shine on [b]Your sanctuary, (Z)which is desolate. 18 (AA)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes (AB)and see our desolations, and the city (AC)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy
20 Now while I was speaking, 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 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man (AD)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, [c]being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the [d]command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly (AE)beloved; therefore (AF)consider the matter, and understand the vision:
24 “Seventy [e]weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
[f]To make an end of sins,
(AG)To make reconciliation for iniquity,
(AH)To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
(AI)And to anoint [g]the Most Holy.
25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until (AJ)Messiah (AK)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [h]street shall be built again, and the [i]wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
(AL)Messiah shall [j]be cut off, (AM)but not for Himself;
And (AN)the people of the prince who is to come
(AO)Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm (AP)a [k]covenant with (AQ)many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
(AR)Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the [l]desolate.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:17 Be gracious
- Daniel 9:17 The temple
- Daniel 9:21 Or being weary with weariness
- Daniel 9:23 Lit. word
- Daniel 9:24 Lit. sevens, and so throughout the chapter
- Daniel 9:24 So with Qr., LXX, Syr., Vg.; Kt., Theodotion To seal up
- Daniel 9:24 The Most Holy Place
- Daniel 9:25 Or open square
- Daniel 9:25 Or moat
- Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
- Daniel 9:27 Or treaty
- Daniel 9:27 Or desolator
Daniel 9
English Standard Version
Daniel's Prayer for His People
9 (A)In the first year of (B)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a (C)Mede, who was made king over the realm of the (D)Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to (E)the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (F)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and (G)made confession, saying, (H)“O Lord, the (I)great and awesome God, who (J)keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 (K)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (L)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 (M)We have not listened to (N)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to (O)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, (P)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (Q)those who are near and (R)those who are far away, in (S)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (T)the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (U)we have sinned against you. 9 (V)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 (W)and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by (X)his servants the prophets. 11 (Y)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (Z)refusing to obey your voice. (AA)And the curse and oath (AB)that are written in the Law of (AC)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (AD)we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against (AE)our rulers who ruled us,[a] by (AF)bringing upon us a great calamity. (AG)For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 (AH)As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, (AI)turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 (AJ)Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, (AK)for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and (AL)we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt (AM)with a mighty hand, and (AN)have made a name for yourself, as at this day, (AO)we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 “O Lord, (AP)according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, (AQ)your holy hill, (AR)because for our sins, and for (AS)the iniquities of our fathers, (AT)Jerusalem and your people have become (AU)a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,[b] (AV)make your face to shine upon (AW)your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 (AX)O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see (AY)our desolations, and (AZ)the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. (BA)Delay not, (BB)for your own sake, O my God, because (BC)your city and (BD)your people are called by your name.”
Gabriel Brings an Answer
20 (BE)While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for (BF)the holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man (BG)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, (BH)came to me in swift flight at (BI)the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 (BJ)He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you (BK)insight and understanding. 23 (BL)At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, (BM)and I have come to tell it to you, for (BN)you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word (BO)and understand the vision.
The Seventy Weeks
24 (BP)“Seventy weeks[c] are decreed about your people and (BQ)your holy city, to finish (BR)the transgression, to put an end to sin, (BS)and to atone for iniquity, (BT)to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and (BU)to anoint a most holy place.[d] 25 (BV)Know therefore and understand that (BW)from the going out of the word to restore and (BX)build Jerusalem to the coming of an (BY)anointed one, a (BZ)prince, there shall be seven weeks. And for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again[e] with squares and moat, (CA)but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (CB)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (CC)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (CD)Its[f] end shall come with a flood, (CE)and to the end there shall be war. (CF)Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[g] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (CG)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (CH)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:12 Or our judges who judged us
- Daniel 9:17 Hebrew for the Lord's sake
- Daniel 9:24 Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26
- Daniel 9:24 Or thing, or one
- Daniel 9:25 Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again
- Daniel 9:26 Or His
- Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse
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