¹“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

¹ Medanca Dariyus jiiri sintina ra, ay tun ka kay zama ay m'a sinji se, ay m'a gaabandi mo.

²Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

² Sohõ binde ay ga cimi bangandi ni se. A go, a cindi bonkooni hinza Persiya ra kaŋ ga tun ka kay, itaacanta mo ga bisa i kulu duure. Saaya kaŋ a dawsa nga duura do mo, a ga naŋ borey kulu ma murte Gares mayra gaa.

³A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

³ Bonkooni hinkoy fo mo ga tun kaŋ ga mayray da koytaray beeri te, a ma te mate kaŋ ga kaan nga se.

⁴When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.

⁴ D'a du beeray mo, a mayra ga ceeri ka fay beene haw taaca do haray, i s'a fay a banda se bo. Mayra si goro mo nda hina danga waato kaŋ a go a kambe ra cine, zama i g'a mayra dagu, i m'a fay boro fooyaŋ se kaŋ manti a banda.

⁵The king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

⁵ Dandi kambe haray bonkoono mo ga te gaabi, amma a bonkooney ra afo ga bis'a gaabi. A g'a koytara ŋwa, a mayra mo ga ciya mayray beeri.

⁶At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.

⁶ Jiiri fooyaŋ banda mo i ga ye ka margu. Dandi kambe bonkoono ize way mo ga kaa azawa bonkoono do zama ngey ma saba, amma a si du ka nga kambe gaabo gaay. Albora si kay, a gaabo mo si kay. Waybora mo, i g'a nooyandi, nga nda borey kaŋ yaŋ kand'a, da bora kaŋ n'a hay, da bora kaŋ n'a gaabandi jirbi woodin yaŋ ra.

⁷But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.

⁷ Amma waybora kaajey gaa, kambe fo ga fun ka kay a nango ra, nga mo ga kande wongu marga ka furo azawa kambe bonkoono wongu fuwo ra, a ga wongu nd'ey, a ga hin ey mo.

⁸Also their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.

⁸ A g'i toorey sambu mo ka kond'ey Misira laabu, ngey nd'i sooguyaŋ himandey d'i taasey, nzarfu nda wura hanno waney yaŋ. Woodin banda a ga te jiiri fooyaŋ a ga fay da azawa kambe bonkoono wongo.

⁹He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

⁹ Azawa kambe bonkoono mo ga kaa dandi kambe bonkoono mayra hirro me, amma a ga ye nga kwaara.

¹⁰His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.

¹⁰ A izey mo ga wongu soola ka wongu kunda margu. Ngey mo ga jina ŋwa ka sarre ka gana, i ga ye ka kaa ka margu kala dandi kambe bonkoono wongu fuwo ra.

¹¹The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.

¹¹ Dandi kambe bonkoono mo ga tun da futay, a ga fatta ka kaa ka wongu nda azawa kambe bonkoono. Nga mo ga kunda bambata margu, amma i g'a kunda nooyandi dandi kambe bonkoono se.

¹²The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

¹² I ga kunda din di mo. Dandi kambe bonkoono ga te boŋbeeri, a ga boro zambar boobo zeeri, amma a si te zaama.

¹³The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with much substance.

¹³ Azawa kambe bonkoono ga ye ka kaa, a ga kunda margu kaŋ ga beeri nda ijina. Daahir a ga kaa jiiri fooyaŋ banda nda wongu marga bambata nda wongu jinay boobo.

¹⁴In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

¹⁴ Jirbey din ra mo boro boobo ga tun ka gaaba nda dandi kambe bonkoono. Ni borey ra komko fooyaŋ ga tun ka kay i ma bangando tabbatandi se, amma i ga kati ka kaŋ.

¹⁵So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.

¹⁵ Azawa kambe bonkoono binde ga laabu gusam margu, a ga kwaara kaŋ gonda cinari beero ŋwa. Dandi kambe wongu marga mo si hin ka kay, baa a wongaari suubanantey mo, kayyaŋ gaabi fo mana cindi i se baa kayna.

¹⁶But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.

¹⁶ Amma nga kaŋ kande wongo a gaa ga te haŋ kaŋ nga ga ba. Boro si no mo kaŋ ga hin ka kay a se. Nga mo ga kay laabu darzakoyo din boŋ, a kamba ra mo gonda halaciyaŋ.

¹⁷He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

¹⁷ A ga te anniya ka kaa da nga mayra gaabi kulu ka amaana hanno sasabandi nda dandi kambe bonkoono. A g'a tabbatandi mo. A ga nga ize wayo hiijandi zama i ma mayra halaci se, amma a dabaro si kay, a sinda nafa a se mo.

¹⁸After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.

¹⁸ Woodin banda a ga nga moyduma bare teeko me laabey do haray, a g'iboobo ŋwa, amma wongaari fo ga naŋ wowo kaŋ a ne nga ga candi ka kande a boŋ ma ye ka kaŋ a boŋ.

¹⁹Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

¹⁹ Alwaato din a ga nga moyduma bare ka ye nga laabo wongu fuwey do haray, amma a ga kati ka kaŋ ka daray.

²⁰Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

²⁰ Gaa no boro fo ga tun ka kaa a kayyaŋ nango ra, nga mo ga jangal taako fo donton koytaray darzanta ra, amma hala jirbi kayna fooyaŋ nga mo ga halaci, manti futay ra, manti mo wongu ra.

²¹In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

²¹ A nango ra mo afo ga tun, boro kaŋ i ga dond'a no, kaŋ i s'a no koytaray bo, amma a ga kaa baani waate ra, a ga du koytaray me-kaanay ra.

²²The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.

²² Wongu kundey ga say-say a jine ka ceeri-ceeri danga mate kaŋ hari-yaa ga kwaara ŋwa, ngey nda sappe jine bora mo.

²³After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.

²³ Waato kaŋ i na amaana te d'a mo, woodin banda a ga hiila te, zama a ga kaaru ka te gaabi no, da jama kayna gaakasinay.

²⁴In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

²⁴ Laakal kanay ra mo a ga kaŋ kwaara fooyaŋ boŋ kaŋ ga bisa cindey albarka laabo ra. A ga goy te kaŋ a kaayey mana te, baa a kaay-kaayey, a ga arzaka nda wongu albarka da nooru say-say i game ra. Oho, jirbi kaynayaŋ se a ga zamba miila ka gaaba nda wongu fuwey.

²⁵He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.

²⁵ A ga nga hina nda nga bine-gaabi tunandi ka wongu da dandi kambe bonkoono ka kond'a gaa wongu kunda bambata. Dandi kambe bonkoono mo ga daaga sinji ka wongu ka kande kunda kaŋ ga beeri gumo nda cimi, kaŋ gonda hina mo. Amma a si kay bo, zama i ga zamba hirrimi te a se no.

²⁶Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.

²⁶ Haciika borey kaŋ yaŋ n'a ŋwaaro ŋwa, ngey no g'a halaci. A wongu marga mo ga say, boro boobo ga kaŋ ka bu.

²⁷As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

²⁷ Bonkooni hinka din se binde, i biney ga zamba miila, i ga soobay ka tangari ci taabal folloŋ boŋ, amma a si te nafa fo, zama kulu nda yaadin bananta ga sintin alwaati jisanta ra.

²⁸Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and return to his own land.

²⁸ A ga ye nga laabu nda arzaka boobo, a bina mo ga gaaba nda sappa hananta, a ga te mate kaŋ ga kaan nga se, a ga ye nga laabu mo.

²⁹At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.

²⁹ Alwaati kaŋ i waadu ra a ga ye ka kaa dandi kambe haray, amma kokor banda si te danga ijina cine bo.

³⁰For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure: he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.

³⁰ Zama Cittim hiyey no ga kande a gaa wongu. Woodin se no a ga te bine saray ka ye banda. Kaŋ a ye, a ga dukur da sappa hananta. A ga te mate kaŋ ga kaan nga se hal a ma ye ka laakal da boro fooyaŋ kaŋ yaŋ bare ka fay da sappa hananta ganayaŋ.

³¹Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual burnt offering , and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.

³¹ A wongu kunda mo ga tun ka nangu hananta kazaamandi, kaŋ ga ti wongu fuwo, i ma sargay kaŋ i ga ton kaŋ si fappe din gaay, i ga fanta hari laala sinji kaŋ ga kazaamandi.

³²Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and do exploits .

³² Boro woodin yaŋ kaŋ ga goy laalo te ka gaaba nda sappa, a g'i halaci me kaanay do. Amma borey kaŋ ga ngey Irikoyo bay, i ga goy da bine-gaabi.

³³Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days.

³³ Ngey mo kaŋ gonda fahamay borey ra, i ga boro boobo dondonandi. Kulu nda yaadin, i ga kaŋ takuba nda danji balaaw, da tamtaray da wongu ra hala jirbi boobo.

³⁴Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.

³⁴ Saaya kaŋ i kaŋ mo, i ga du gaakasinay kayniyo, amma boro boobo no ga boŋ margu nd'ey da munaficitaray.

³⁵Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.

³⁵ Fahamantey ra mo, afooyaŋ ga kaŋ zama i m'i hanse k'i hanandi, i ma ciya ikwaarayyaŋ hala jirbey bananta, amma alwaati jisanta mana to jina.

³⁶The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

³⁶ Bonkoono din ga goy nga miila boŋ, a ga nga boŋ sifa, a ga nga boŋ beerandi mo irikoytaray kulu boŋ, a ga ruubu kaŋ ga dambarandi ci ka gaaba nda de-koyey Irikoyo. A ga te zaama mo hala waati kaŋ Irikoy futa ga to, zama haya kaŋ a waadu ga te.

³⁷Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.

³⁷ A baa si nda nga baabo de-koyey wala wayboro beeja, a baa si mo nda Irikoy wala de-koy kulu, zama a ga nga boŋ beerandi no ikulu boŋ.

³⁸But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn’t know shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

³⁸ Amma a koytara ra a ga nangu hanantey kaŋ gonda gaabi de-koyo beerandi, hal a ma de-koy fo beerandi koyne kaŋ a kaayey mana bay. A g'a beerandi nda wura nda nzarfu nda tondi caadanteyaŋ da hari kaano yaŋ.

³⁹He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.

³⁹ Yaadin no a ga te wongu fuwey kaŋ gonda gaabi ka bisa ra, de-koy yawo din gaakasina do. Boro kaŋ n'a gana mo ga beeray tonton a se, a ga naŋ i ma boro boobo may, a ga laabo fay riiba se.

⁴⁰At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.

⁴⁰ Jirbey bananta ra mo dandi kambe bonkoono ga gurjay d'a. Azawa kambe bonkoono mo ga tun a se da gaabi danga alma haw, da wongu torkoyaŋ a banda nda bari-kariyaŋ da hi boobo. A ga furo laabey ra ka gana ka bisa ka bambari.

⁴¹He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

⁴¹ A ga furo mo laabu darzakoyo din ra. Boro boobo mo ga halaci, amma woone yaŋ ga faaba a kambe ra: Edom da Mowab da Amon izey gaabikooney do haray.

⁴²He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

⁴² A ga nga kambe salle mo laabey boŋ, Misira laabo mo si yana.

⁴³But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

⁴³ Amma a ga du hina wura jinay da nzarfu wane boŋ, da Misira laabu jinay caadantey kulu. Libiyaŋcey da Etiyopiyancey mo g'a banda gana.

⁴⁴But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.

⁴⁴ Amma wayna funay da azawa kambe haray baaru g'a laakal tunandi. A ga fatta mo da futay bambata zama nga ma boro boobo halaci, a m'i kar ka say-say.

⁴⁵He shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

⁴⁵ A ga nga faada tanda sinji teeko nda tondi hanante darzakoyo game ra. Kulu nda yaadin a ga ban, boro kulu s'a gaa mo.