‏ Daniel 9

CHAPTER 9

The Prayer of Daniel

1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of Chaldeans, 2in 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. 3And I put   my face towards the lord    God,   to inquire by prayer and supplication, in fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 4And 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; 5we sinned, we did wrong, we were impious, and we left and turned aside from   your commandments, and from   your judgments. 6And 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. 7To 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. 8To us   shame   of face, and to  our kings, and to  our rulers, and to  our fathers, to the ones who sinned against you. 9To the lord  our God are the compassions, and the atonements, for we separated from the lord. 10And 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. 11And 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. 12And 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. 13As 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. 14And [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. 15And 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. 16O 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

17And 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! 18Lean, 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. 19Hearken, 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. 20And 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, 21and 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]. 22And 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

23In 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! 24Seventy 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. 25And 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. 26And 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]. 27And 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.