Dan 9 | ABEn | STEP | In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of Chaldeans,

Daniel 9

CHAPTER 9 The Prayer of Daniel

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of Chaldeans, 2 in year one of his kingdom, I Daniel perceived in the books the number of the years of which [³became ¹the word ²of the lord] to Jeremiah the prophet for a fulfillment of the desolation of Jerusalem -- seventy years. 3 And I put my face towards the lord God, to inquire by prayer and supplication, in fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the lord my God, and I made acknowledgment, and I said, O lord, the [⁴God ¹great ²and ³wonderful], keeping your covenant, and the mercy to the ones loving you, and to the ones keeping your commandments; 5 we sinned, we did wrong, we were impious, and we left and turned aside from your commandments, and from your judgments. 6 And we did not listen to your servants the prophets, the ones speaking in your name to our kings, and our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, O lord, is righteousness, and to us the shame of face, as this day; to the man of Judah, and to the ones dwelling Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to the ones near, and to the ones far off in all the earth, of which you dispersed them there, for their rebellion in which they annulled covenant with you, O lord. 8 To us shame of face, and to our kings, and to our rulers, and to our fathers, to the ones who sinned against you. 9 To the lord our God are the compassions, and the atonements, for we separated from the lord. 10 And we hearkened not to the voice of the lord our God, to go by his laws, the ones which he executed before our face by the hands of his servants the prophets. 11 And all Israel violated your law, and turned aside to not hearken to your voice; and there came upon us the curse, and the oath, the one having been written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we sinned against him. 12 And he established his words which he spoke against us, and against our judges, the ones judging us, to bring upon us [²evils ¹great]; such as have not taken place underneath all of the heaven, according to the things taking place in Jerusalem. 13 As was written in the law of Moses, all these evils came upon us. And we did not beseech the face of the lord our God, to turn from our iniquities, and to perceive in all truth. 14 And [³was vigilant ¹the lord ²our God] against the evil, and brought them upon us. For [³is just ¹the lord ²our God] in all his doing which he did. And we hearkened not to his voice. 15 And now, O lord our God, who led your people from the land of Egypt by [²hand ¹a fortified], and you made for yourself a name as it is this day -- we sinned, we acted lawlessly, we transgressed. 16 O lord, in all your charity let turn indeed your rage, and your anger from your city Jerusalem, [²mountain ¹your holy]! For we sinned in our iniquities, and of the ones of our fathers. Jerusalem and your people [²for ³scorn ¹became] among all the ones surrounding us.

Daniel Pleads for God's Mercy

17 And now, hearken O lord our God, of the prayer of your servant and his supplications! And let [²appear ¹your face] upon your sanctified place, the deserted one, because of you O lord! 18 Lean, O my God, your ear, and hearken! Open your eyes, and behold our extinction! and of your city upon which [²is called ¹your name] upon it. For not upon our righteousness we toss our compassion before you, but upon [³compassions ¹your ²great], O lord. 19 Hearken, O lord! Atone, O lord! Take heed, O lord! Act, and do not delay for your sake, O lord my God! For your name is called upon your city, and upon your people. 20 And yet during my speaking, and praying, and declaring openly my sins, and the sins of my people Israel, and tossing my desire for mercy before the lord my God concerning the [²mountain ¹holy] of my God, 21 and yet during my speaking in the prayer, that behold, the man Gabriel, whom I beheld in the vision at the beginning flying, and he touched me about the hour [²sacrifice ¹of the evening]. 22 And he brought understanding to me, and spoke with me, and said, O Daniel, now I came forth to instruct you for understanding.

The Seventy Periods of Seven

23 In the beginning of your supplication [³went forth ¹the ²word], and I came to announce to you; for [²a man ³desired ¹you are]. And now reflect in the matter, and perceive in the apparition! 24 Seventy periods of seven were rendered concise upon your people, and upon the [²city ¹holy], to finish off sin, and to set a seal upon sins, and to wipe out the lawless deeds, and to atone for iniquities, and to bring [²righteousness ¹eternal], and to set a seal upon vision and prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies. 25 And you shall know and perceive, from the delivery of the word to respond and to build Jerusalem until the anointed one leading -- [²periods of seven ¹seven], and [²periods of seven ¹sixty-two]. Again [⁴shall be built ¹the square ²and ³wall] in straits of the times. 26 And after the [²periods of seven ¹sixty-two], [²shall be utterly destroyed ¹the anointing], and judgment is no longer in it. And the city, and the holy place he shall corrupt with the one taking the lead, the one coming, and they shall be cut off as in a flood, and [³until ⁴the end ⁵of war ⁶being terminated ¹he shall order ²in extinctions]. 27 And he shall strengthen covenant with many [²period of sevens ¹one]; and in the half of the period of seven shall be lifted away sacrifice and libation offering, and upon the temple an abomination of the desolations will be; and until the completion of time, completion shall be given unto the desolation.