Daniel 9
New International Reader's Version
Daniel Prays to the Lord
9 It was the first year that Darius was king of Babylon. He was from Media and was the son of Xerxes. 2 In that year I learned from the Scriptures that Jerusalem would remain destroyed for 70 years. That was what the Lord had told Jeremiah the prophet. 3 So I prayed to the Lord God. I begged him. I made many appeals to him. I didn’t eat anything. I put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. And I sat down in ashes.
4 I prayed to the Lord my God. I admitted that we had sinned. I said,
“Lord, you are a great and wonderful God. You keep the covenant you made with all those who love you and obey your commandments. You show them your love. 5 We have sinned and done what is wrong. We have been evil. We have refused to obey you. We have turned away from your commands and laws. 6 We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets. They spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our people of long ago. They also brought your message to all our people in the land.
7 “Lord, you always do what is right. But we are covered with shame today. We are the people of Judah and Jerusalem. All of us are Israelites, no matter where we live. We are now living in many countries. You scattered us among the nations because we weren’t faithful to you. 8 Lord, we are covered with shame. So are our kings and princes, and our people of long ago. We have sinned against you. 9 You are the Lord our God. You show us your tender love. You forgive us. But we have turned against you. 10 You are the Lord our God. But we haven’t obeyed you. We haven’t kept the laws you gave us through your servants the prophets. 11 All the people of Israel have broken your law and turned away from it. They have refused to obey you.
“Curses and warnings are written down in the Law of Moses. He was your servant. Those curses have been poured out on us. That’s because we have sinned against you. 12 The warnings you gave us and our rulers have come true. You have brought great trouble on us. Nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever happened anywhere else on earth. 13 The curses that are written in the Law of Moses have fallen on us. We have received nothing but trouble. You are the Lord our God. But we haven’t asked for your favor. We haven’t turned away from our sins. We’ve refused to pay attention to the laws you gave us. 14 Lord, you didn’t hold back from bringing this trouble on us. You always do what is right. But we haven’t obeyed you.
15 “Lord our God, you used your mighty hand to bring your people out of Egypt. You made a name for yourself. It is still great to this day. But we have sinned. We’ve done what is wrong. 16 Lord, you saved your people before. So turn your great anger away from Jerusalem again. After all, it is your city. It’s your holy mountain. You have made those who live around us think little of Jerusalem and your people. That’s because we have sinned. Our people before us did evil things too.
17 “Our God, hear my prayers. Pay attention to the appeals I make to you. Lord, have mercy on your temple that has been destroyed. Do it for your own honor. 18 Our God, please listen to us. The city that belongs to you has been destroyed. Open your eyes and see it. We aren’t asking you to answer our prayers because we are godly. Instead, we’re asking you to do it because you love us so much. 19 Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive us! Lord, hear our prayers! Take action for your own honor. Our God, please don’t wait. Your city and your people belong to you.”
Gabriel Tells Daniel About Seventy “Weeks”
20 I was speaking and praying. I was admitting that I and my people Israel had sinned. I was making my appeal to the Lord my God. My appeal was about his holy mountain of Zion. 21 While I was still praying, Gabriel came to me. I had seen him in my earlier vision. He flew over to me very quickly. It was about the time when the evening sacrifice is offered. 22 He helped me understand. He said, “Daniel, I have come now to help you know and understand these things. 23 You are highly respected. So as soon as you began to pray, the Lord gave you a message. I have come to tell you what it is. Here is how you must understand the vision.
24 “The Lord has appointed 70 ‘weeks’ for your people and your holy city. During that time, acts against God’s law will be stopped. Sin will come to an end. And the evil things people do will be paid for. Then everyone will always do what is right. Everything that has been made known in visions and prophecies will come true. And the Most Holy Room in the temple will be anointed.
25 “Here is what I want you to know and understand. There will be seven ‘weeks.’ Then there will be 62 ‘weeks.’ The seven ‘weeks’ will begin when an order is given to rebuild Jerusalem and make it like new again. At the end of the 62 ‘weeks,’ the Anointed King will come. Jerusalem will have streets and a water system when it is rebuilt. But that will be done in times of trouble. 26 After the 62 ‘weeks,’ the Anointed King will be put to death. His followers will desert him. And everything he has will be taken away from him. The army of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the temple. The end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. The Lord has ordered that many places be destroyed. 27 A covenant will be put into effect with many people for one ‘week.’ In the middle of the ‘week’ sacrifices and offerings will come to an end. And at the temple a hated thing that destroys will be set up. It will remain until that ruler who will come is destroyed. Then he will experience what the Lord has ordered.”
Daniel 9
King James Version
9 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;
2 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.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 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;
5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6 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.
7 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.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9 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.
Daniel 9
Svenska Folkbibeln
Daniels bön
9 I Ahasveros son Darejaves första regeringsår[a] - han som var av medisk släkt men som hade blivit upphöjd till kung över kaldeernas rike - 2 i hans första regeringsår kom jag, Daniel, att i skrifterna lägga märke till det antal år som enligt Herrens ord till profeten Jeremia[b] skulle fullbordas angående Jerusalems ödeläggelse, nämligen sjuttio år. 3 Jag vände då mitt ansikte till Herren Gud med ivrig bön och åkallan och fastade i säck och aska. 4 Jag bad till Herren, min Gud, och bekände:
"O Herre, du store Gud som inger fruktan, du som bevarar förbund och nåd mot dem som älskar dig och håller dina bud. 5 Vi har syndat och gjort orätt, varit ogudaktiga och upproriska. Vi har vänt oss bort från dina bud och föreskrifter. 6 Vi har inte lyssnat till dina tjänare profeterna, som talade i ditt namn till våra kungar, furstar och fäder och till allt folket i landet. 7 Du, Herre, är rättfärdig, men vi har dragit skam över oss. Så är det i dag med Juda män och Jerusalems invånare och hela Israel, både de som bor nära och de som bor långt borta i alla andra länder, dit du har fördrivit dem därför att de var trolösa mot dig. 8 Ja, Herre, vi med våra kungar, furstar och fäder måste gömma våra ansikten i skam därför att vi har syndat mot dig. 9 Men hos Herren, vår Gud, finns barmhärtighet och förlåtelse. Vi var upproriska mot honom 10 och lydde inte Herrens, vår Guds, röst. Vi vandrade inte efter de lagar som han förelade oss genom sina tjänare profeterna.
11 Hela Israel överträdde din lag och vek av utan att höra din röst. Därför utgöts också över oss den förbannelse och den ed som står skriven i Guds tjänare Mose lag. Vi hade ju syndat mot honom. 12 Han höll sina ord som han hade talat mot oss och mot våra domare som dömde oss. Han lät en så stor olycka komma över oss att något liknande det som nu skett i Jerusalem inte har hänt någon annanstans under himlen. 13 I enlighet med det som står skrivet i Mose lag kom all denna olycka över oss. Men ändå sökte vi inte blidka Herren, vår Gud, genom att vända om från våra missgärningar och ge akt på din sanning. 14 Därför vakade Herren över olyckan och lät den drabba oss, ty Herren, vår Gud, är rättfärdig i alla de gärningar han gör. Men vi hörde inte hans röst.
15 Och nu, Herre, vår Gud, du som förde ditt folk ut ur Egyptens land med stark hand och så gjorde dig ett namn som är detsamma än i dag: Vi har syndat, vi har varit ogudaktiga. 16 Men Herre, för all din rättfärdighets skull, vänd din vrede och förbittring från din stad Jerusalem, ditt heliga berg. På grund av våra synder och våra fäders missgärningar har Jerusalem och ditt folk blivit till smälek för alla som bor omkring oss. 17 Hör nu, du vår Gud, din tjänares bön och åkallan och låt ditt ansikte lysa över din ödelagda helgedom för Herrens skull. 18 Böj, min Gud, ditt öra till oss och hör. Öppna dina ögon och se vilken förödelse som har drabbat oss, och se till staden som är uppkallad efter ditt namn. Ty det är inte på grund av vår rättfärdighet utan på grund av din stora barmhärtighet som vi kommer inför dig med våra böner. 19 O Herre, hör, Herre, förlåt! Herre, lyssna och utför ditt verk utan att dröja - för din egen skull, min Gud, ty din stad och ditt folk är uppkallade efter ditt namn."
De "sjuttio veckorna"
20 Medan jag ännu talade och bad och bekände min egen och mitt folk Israels synd och inför Herren, min Gud, bar fram min förbön för min Guds heliga berg - 21 medan jag alltså ännu talade i min bön - kom Gabriel till mig i flygande hast, den man som jag förut hade sett i min syn. Han rörde vid mig, och det var vid tiden för kvällsoffret. 22 Han undervisade mig och sade till mig: "Daniel, jag är utsänd för att ge dig insikt och förstånd. 23 Redan när du började be gick ordet ut och jag har kommit för att ge dig besked, för du är högt älskad. Så ge akt på ordet och förstå synen:
24 Sjuttio veckor är bestämda över ditt folk och över din heliga stad för att göra slut på överträdelse, försegla synder, försona skuld, föra fram en evig rättfärdighet, fullborda syn och profetia och smörja den Allraheligaste.[c] 25 Vet därför och förstå: Från den tid då ordet gick ut att Jerusalem skulle återställas och byggas upp till dess den Smorde Fursten kommer, skall det gå sju veckor och sextiotvå veckor. Gator och vallgravar skall på nytt byggas upp, trots tider av svårigheter. 26 Men efter de sextiotvå veckorna skall den Smorde förgöras, helt utblottad. Och staden och helgedomen skall förstöras av folket till en furste som kommer. Men slutet kommer som en störtflod. Intill änden skall det råda krig. Förödelse är fast besluten. 27 Han skall stadfästa förbundet med de många under en vecka, och mitt i veckan skall han avskaffa slaktoffer och matoffer. Och på styggelsers vinge skall förödaren komma, till dess att förstöring och oryggligt beslutad straffdom utgjuts över förödaren."
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:1 Darejaves första regeringsår År 539 f. Kr.
- Daniel 9:2 Herrens ord till profeten Jeremia Se Jer 25:11-12 och 29:10, som talar om sjuttio år under babyloniskt herravälde.
- Daniel 9:24 den Allraheligaste Annan översättning: "det allra heligaste".
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