¹Zvino negore rokutanga raDhariusi mwanakomana waAhasuerosi, worudzi rwavaMedhia, akanga aitwa mambo woushe hwevaKaradhea.

¹In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

²Negore rokutanga rokubata kwake ushe, ini Dhanyeri ndakanzwisisa mumabhuku kuti makore mangani akanga audzwa muporofita Jeremiya neshoko raJehovha kusvikira pakupera kokuparadzwa kweJerusaremu, kuti aiva makore makumi manomwe.

²in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.

³Ndikarinzira chiso changu kuna Ishe Mwari, ndikamutsvaka nokunyengetera nokukumbira, nokutsanya, ndakapfeka masaga ndikazvidira madota.

³I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

⁴Ndikanyengetera kuna Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndikareurura zvivi, ndikati, Aiwa, Ishe, Mwari mukuru anotyisa, anosimbisa sungano yake nenyasha dzake kuna vanomuda, vanochengeta mirayiro yake,

⁴I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

⁵takatadza, takaita zvisakarurama nezvakashata, takakumukirai, tikatsauka pazviga zvenyu nezvamakarayira;

⁵we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances;

⁶hatina kuteererawo varanda venyu vaporofita, vakataura nezita renyu kuna madzimambo edu, namachinda edu, namadzibaba edu nokuvanhu vose venyika.

⁶neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

⁷Aiwa, Ishe, kururama kuri kwamuri, asi kwatiri isu kunyara kwezviso zvedu, sapazuva ranhasi; kuvanhu vaJudha, nokuna vagere Jerusaremu, nokuvaIsiraeri vose, vari pedo navari kure, panyika dzose kwamakavadzingira, nemhaka yokudarika kwavakakudarikirai imi.

⁷Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

⁸Aiwa, Ishe, kunyara kwezviso kuri kwatiri isu, kumadzimambo edu, namachinda edu, namadzibaba edu, nekuti takakutadzirai.

⁸Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.

⁹Kuna Ishe Mwari wedu ndiko kune nyasha nokukangamwira, kunyange takamumukira;

⁹To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

¹⁰uye hatina kuteerera izwi raJehovha Mwari wedu, kuti tifambe nemirayiro yake yaakaisa pamberi pedu navaranda vake vaporofita.

¹⁰neither have we obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

¹¹Zvirokwazvo vaIsiraeri vose vakadarika murayiro wenyu, vachitsauka, kuti varege kuteerera izwi renyu; nemhaka iyo kutuka kwenyu kwakadururirwa pamusoro pedu, nokupika kwakanyorwa mumurayiro waMozisi muranda waMwari; nekuti takamutadzira.

¹¹Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him.

¹²Akasimbisa mashoko ake aakatitaurira isu navatongi vedu vaititonga, achiuyisa pamusoro pedu chinhu chikuru chakaipa; nekuti pasi pedenga rose hakuna kumboitwa chinhu chakadai chakaitirwa Jerusaremu.

¹²He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem.

¹³Sezvazvakanyorwa pamurayiro waMozisi, zvakaipa izvi zvose zvakatiwira; kunyange zvakadaro hatina kukumbira tsitsi kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu, kuti titsauke pazvakaipa zvedu nokungwarira chokwadi chenyu.

¹³As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.

¹⁴Naizvozvo Jehovha akarindira zvakaipa, akazviuyisa pamusoro pedu; nekuti Jehovha Mwari wedu akarurama pamabasa ake ose aanoita, asi isu hatina kuteerera izwi rake.

¹⁴Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.

¹⁵Zvino imwi Ishe Mwari wedu, makabudisa vanhu venyu panyika yeEgipita noruoko rune simba, mukazviwanira mukurumbira, kusvikira pazuva ranhasi; takatadza, takaita zvakashata.

¹⁵Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

¹⁶Aiwa Ishe, nokuda kokururama kwenyu kose, ndinokunyengeterai kuti kutsamwa kwenyu nehasha dzenyu zvidzorwe paguta renyu reJerusaremu, iro gomo renyu dzvene; nemhaka yezvivi zvedu, uye nemhaka yezvakaipa zvamadzibaba edu, Jerusaremu navanhu venyu vakaitwa chinhu chinoshoorwa pakati pavose vanotipoteredza.

¹⁶Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.

¹⁷Naizvozvo zvino, imwi Mwari wedu, inzwai kunyengetera komuranda wenyu, nezvaanokumbira, muvhenekera nechiso chenyu panzvimbo yenyu tsvene, yava dongo, nokuda kwaIshe.

¹⁷Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

¹⁸Aiwa, Mwari wangu, rerekerai nzeve yenyu, munzwe; svinudzai meso enyu, muone kuparadzwa kwedu, neguta rakatumidzwa zita renyu; nekuti hatisvitsi mikumbiro yedu pamberi penyu nokuda kwezvakarurama zvedu, asi nokuda kwenyasha dzenyu huru.

¹⁸My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake.

¹⁹Aiwa Ishe, inzwai; Ishe, kangamwirai; Ishe, teererai, muite; zvatinokumbira regai kunonoka, nokuda kwenyu, imwi Mwari wangu, nokuda kweguta renyu navanhu venyu vakatumidzwa zita renyu.

¹⁹Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.

²⁰Zvino ndakati ndichitaura nokunyengetera nokuzvireurura zvivi zvangu nezvivi zvavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri, nokuisa kukumbira kwangu pamberi paJehovha Mwari wangu pamusoro pegomo dzvene raMwari wangu;

²⁰While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;

²¹ndakati ndichitaura pakunyengetera, uya murume Gabhurieri, wandakanga ndaona pane zvandakaratidzwa pakutanga, ndaneta kwazvo, akasvika kwandiri nenguva inenge yechipo chamadekwana.

²¹yes, while I was speaking in prayer, 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 offering.

²²Akandidudzira, akataura neni, akati, Dhanyeri, ndauya zvino kukuvigira njere nokunzwisisa.

²²He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding.

²³Chirevo chakatemwa, uchangotanga kukumbira, zvino ndauya kuzokuudza, nekuti uri murume anodikamwa kwazvo; naizvozvo funga shoko iri, unzwisise zvawakaratidzwa.

²³At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

²⁴Vhiki dzinamakumi manomwe dzakatemerwa vanhu vako neguta rako dzvene, kupedzisa kudarika nokugumisa zvivi, nokuyananisira zvakaipa, nokuuyisa kururama kusingaperi, nokusimbisa zvakaratidzwa nouporofita, nokuzodza nzvimbo tsvene-tsvene.

²⁴Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

²⁵Naizvozvo chiziva unzwisise, kuti kubva pakubuda komurayiro wokuvandudza nokuvaka Jerusaremu kusvikira kune wakazodzwa, iye muchinda, zvichaita vhiki nomwe; uye vhiki dzina makumi matanhatu nembiri dzichavapo dzokuvakwa kwaro, rine misika nemigwagwa, asi zvichaitwa nenguva yokutambudzika.

²⁵Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, “Anointed One” can also be translated “Messiah” (same as “Christ”). the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times.

²⁶Zvino kana vhiki idzo dzina makumi matanhatu nembiri dzapera, akazodzwa achabviswa, akasara asina chinhu; vanhu vomuchinda, anozouya, vachaparadza guta nenzvimbo tsvene; asi kuguma kwazvo kuchauya nokukukurwa, kurwa kuchavapo nokuparadzwa kwakatemwa, kusvikira pakuguma.

²⁶After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One “Anointed One” can also be translated “Messiah” (same as “Christ”). shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.

²⁷Zvino iye achaita sungano yakasimba navazhinji vhiki imwe; pakati pevhiki achagumisa chibayiro nechipo, zvino muparadzi achasvika nebapiro rezvinosemesa; kusvikira pakuguma kwazvo kwakagara kwakatarwa, kutsamwa kuchadururirwa pamusoro pezvakaparadzwa.

²⁷He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out on the desolate.