1 These|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834" happened during the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Darius|strong="H1867" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4427". Darius|strong="H1867" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" Mede by|strong="H5921" birth, but|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" appointed to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4427" of|strong="H1121" Babylon.
2 During|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3068" first|strong="H0259" year|strong="H8141" as|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4427", I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1961" studying the|strong="H0834" Scriptures and|strong="H3068" noticed in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0834" LORD’S|strong="H3068" message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" that|strong="H0834" 70 years|strong="H8141" would|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H1961" before|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" would|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" rebuilt.
3 Then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H5414" turned|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0430". I|strong="H5414" prayed|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0430" asked|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" help. I|strong="H5414" did not eat any|strong="H6440" food. I|strong="H5414" put|strong="H5414" ashes|strong="H0665" on|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" head|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0430" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" clothes that|strong="H5414" showed|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" was|strong="H0430" sad.
4 I|strong="H0559" prayed|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0157" about all|strong="H1419" my|strong="H8104" sins. I|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559",
5 “But|strong="H4687" we have sinned|strong="H2398". We have done|strong="H2398" wrong|strong="H2398". We have done|strong="H2398" evil|strong="H7561" things|strong="H4687". We turned|strong="H5493" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H2398". We turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" your|strong="H5493" commands|strong="H4687" and|strong="H4941" good decisions|strong="H4941".
6 The|strong="H3605" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650". They|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269", to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0776" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" common|strong="H0776" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776". But|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413".
7 “Lord|strong="H0136", you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" innocent|strong="H6666", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" shame|strong="H1322" belongs to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H6440", even|strong="H0776" now|strong="H3117". Shame|strong="H1322" belongs to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" from|strong="H0376" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" near|strong="H7138" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0834" scattered|strong="H5080" among|strong="H3427" many nations|strong="H0776". They|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" ashamed of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil things|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834".
8 “LORD|strong="H3068", we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" all be|strong="H3068" ashamed. All our|strong="H3068" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" leaders|strong="H8269" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ashamed. Our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" ashamed, because|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834".
9 “But|strong="H3588", Lord|strong="H0136" our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H0430" kind and|strong="H0430" forgiving, even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H4775" you|strong="H3588".
10 We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H0834" used|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5650", the|strong="H6440" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451", but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" obeyed|strong="H8085" his|strong="H5414" laws|strong="H8451".
11 All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" disobeyed|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3605" teachings|strong="H8451" and|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" you|strong="H0834". They|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H1115" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834". We|strong="H3588" sinned|strong="H2398", so|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" promised to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5493". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" curses|strong="H0423" and|strong="H3478" promises in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0430" Moses|strong="H4872", your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", happened|strong="H2398" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".
12 “God|strong="H3808" said|strong="H1696" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" would|strong="H0834" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" our|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8199", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H0853" happen|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1697" happen|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921". No|strong="H3808" other|strong="H3605" city suffered the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1697" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" suffered.
13 All|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" happened|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921". This|strong="H2063" happened|strong="H0935" just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H0430" Moses|strong="H4872", but|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" still|strong="H7725" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" asked the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H5921" help. We|strong="H0834" still|strong="H7725" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" stopped|strong="H0935" sinning. We|strong="H0834" still|strong="H7725" do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H7725" attention|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571", Lord|strong="H3068".
14 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" ready for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H5921"—he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" happen to|strong="H0935" us|strong="H5921". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" fair in|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" does|strong="H6213". But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" still have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5921".
15 “Lord|strong="H0136" our|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", you|strong="H0834" used|strong="H6213" your|strong="H0834" power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H0430" brought|strong="H3318" us|strong="H3117" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714". We|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971". You|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" famous|strong="H8034" because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0776" that|strong="H0834", even|strong="H0853" today|strong="H3117". We|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" and|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" terrible things|strong="H0834".
16 Lord|strong="H0136", we|strong="H3588" and|strong="H7725" our|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" sinned against|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H7725" your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" became|strong="H7725" a|strong="H3588" disgrace|strong="H2781" to|strong="H7725" everyone|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439" us|strong="H4994". You|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3605" so|strong="H7725" many good things|strong="H6944", so|strong="H7725" stop being angry|strong="H0639" at|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", your|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", your|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022".
17 “Now|strong="H6258", our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H0430", hear|strong="H8085" your|strong="H5921" servant’s|strong="H5650" prayer|strong="H8605". Listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="H8605" for|strong="H5921" mercy. For|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" own|strong="H6440" sake|strong="H4616", do|strong="H8085" good things for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H4720".
18 My|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"! Open|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H0430" see|strong="H7200" all the|strong="H6440" terrible things|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" happened to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921". See|strong="H7200" what|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0430" happened to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034". I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" saying we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H0834" good people|strong="H0834". That|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" why|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0430" asking|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H0430" asking|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" know you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" kind.
19 Lord|strong="H0136", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"! Forgive|strong="H5545" us|strong="H5921"! Lord|strong="H0136", pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181", and|strong="H0430" then|strong="H4616" do|strong="H6213" something! Don’t|strong="H0408" wait|strong="H0309"! Do|strong="H6213" something now|strong="H3588"! Do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" own good! My|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430", do|strong="H6213" something now|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0430" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0430" are|strong="H0430" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034".”
20 I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" praying|strong="H6419" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" about|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H6944" mountain|strong="H2022" and|strong="H3068" telling|strong="H1696" about|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478".
21 That|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153" sacrifices|strong="H4503". While|strong="H5750" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" praying|strong="H1696", Gabriel|strong="H1403", the|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H7200" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H8462" vision|strong="H2377", flew quickly to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0376" touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H5060" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" evening|strong="H6153" sacrifice|strong="H4503".
22 Gabriel helped me|strong="H0995" understand|strong="H0995" the|strong="H0559" things|strong="H5973" I|strong="H6258" wanted to|strong="H0559" know. He|strong="H1696" said|strong="H0559", “Daniel|strong="H1840", I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H0995" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" give|strong="H0995" you|strong="H5973" wisdom and|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" help you|strong="H5973" understand|strong="H0995".
23 When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" first|strong="H8462" started|strong="H3318" praying, the|strong="H3588" command|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" given to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" speak|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859". God loves you|strong="H0859" very much|strong="H1697"! You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1697" understand|strong="H0995" this|strong="H3588" command|strong="H1697", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1697" understand|strong="H0995" the|strong="H3588" vision|strong="H4758".
24 “God has|strong="H5030" allowed 70 weeks|strong="H7620" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H5921" holy|strong="H6944" city|strong="H5892", Daniel. The|strong="H5921" 70 weeks|strong="H7620" are|strong="H5030" ordered for|strong="H5921" these|strong="H5971" reasons: to|strong="H0935" stop|strong="H3607" doing bad things|strong="H6944", to|strong="H0935" stop|strong="H3607" sinning|strong="H2403", to|strong="H0935" make people|strong="H5971" pure, to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" goodness that|strong="H0935" continues forever|strong="H5769", to|strong="H0935" put|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" seal|strong="H2856" on|strong="H5921" visions|strong="H2377" and|strong="H0935" prophets|strong="H5030", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" dedicate a|strong="H0935" very holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944".
25 “Learn|strong="H3045" and|strong="H7725" understand|strong="H3045" these things|strong="H1697", Daniel. From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3045" the|strong="H4480" message|strong="H1697" went|strong="H7725" out|strong="H4480" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" rebuild|strong="H1129" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" time|strong="H6256" for|strong="H6256" the|strong="H4480" chosen|strong="H3045" king to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" seven|strong="H7651" weeks|strong="H7620". Then|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" rebuilt|strong="H1129". There|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3389" again|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1697" places|strong="H4161" for|strong="H6256" people|strong="H3045" to|strong="H5704" meet together in|strong="H1697" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1129" ditch around|strong="H7725" the|strong="H4480" city to|strong="H5704" protect it|strong="H7725". Jerusalem|strong="H3389" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" built|strong="H1129" for|strong="H6256" 62 weeks|strong="H7620", but|strong="H7725" there|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3389" be|strong="H1697" many troubles during that|strong="H3045" time|strong="H6256".
26 After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0935" 62 weeks|strong="H7620", the|strong="H0935" chosen|strong="H4899" one|strong="H0369" will|strong="H0369" be|strong="H0369" killed. He|strong="H0310" will|strong="H0369" be|strong="H0369" gone|strong="H0935". Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7093" the|strong="H0935" future leader|strong="H5057" will|strong="H0369" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944". That|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" will|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" like|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3772" flood|strong="H7858". War|strong="H4421" will|strong="H0369" continue until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0935" end|strong="H7093". God|strong="H0369" has|strong="H0369" ordered that|strong="H5704" place|strong="H6944" to|strong="H0935" be|strong="H0369" completely|strong="H3772" destroyed|strong="H7843".
27 “Then|strong="H1396" the|strong="H5921" future ruler will|strong="H5704" make|strong="H8074" an|strong="H5921" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" many|strong="H7227" people. That|strong="H5704" agreement|strong="H1285" will|strong="H5704" continue for|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" week|strong="H7620". The|strong="H5921" offerings|strong="H4503" and|strong="H1285" sacrifices|strong="H2077" will|strong="H5704" stop for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H2077" a|strong="H5921" week|strong="H7620". And|strong="H1285" a|strong="H5921" destroyer will|strong="H5704" come. He|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" do terrible, destructive things|strong="H8251", but|strong="H5921" God has|strong="H0259" ordered that|strong="H5704" destroyer to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H0259" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed.”