Daniel 2

1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Pea ʻi hono ua taʻu ʻoe pule ʻa Nepukanesa, naʻe misi ʻa Nepukanesa ʻae ngaahi misi: ʻaia naʻe mamahi ai ʻa hono loto, pea naʻe mahuʻi ʻene mohe meiate ia.

2 So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

Ko ia naʻe fekau ai ʻe he tuʻi ke ui ʻae kau fiemana, mo e kau ʻasitolōnoma, mo e kau tuki, mo e kau Kalitia, koeʻuhi ke nau fakahā ki he tuʻi ʻa ʻene ngaahi misi. Ko ia naʻa nau haʻu ʻo tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi.

3 he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate kinautolu, Kuo u misi ha misi, pea naʻe mamahi hoku loto ke u ʻiloʻi ʻae misi.

4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Pea naʻe lea ʻae kau Kalitia ki he tuʻi, ʻi he lea fakaSilia, “ʻE tuʻi ke ke moʻui ʻo taʻengata: tala ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ʻae misi, pea te mau fakahā hono ʻuhinga.”

5 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

Pea naʻe lea ʻae tuʻi ʻo pehē, ki he kau Kalitia; “Kuo mole ʻae meʻa meiate au: kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakahā kiate au ʻae misi, mo hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia, ʻe tuʻutuʻu fakaikiiki ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻe ngaohi homou ngaahi fale ko e tuʻunga ʻotoʻota.

6 But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

Pea kapau te mou fakahā ʻae misi, pea mo hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia, te mou maʻu meiate au ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki, mo e ngaahi totongi, mo e fakaʻapaʻapa lahi: ko ia te mou fakahā mai ʻae misi, mo hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia kiate au.”

7 They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

Pea naʻe toe lea ʻakinautolu ʻo pehē, “Ke fakamatala ʻe he tuʻi ʻae misi ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, pea te mau fakahā hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia.”

8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.

Pea lea ʻae tuʻi ʻo pehēange, “ʻOku ou ʻilo pau ʻoku mou loto ke fakatuai; koeʻuhi ʻoku mou ʻilo kuo mole ʻae meʻa meiate au.

9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

Pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou fakahā kiate au ʻae misi, ʻoku ai ʻae fono pe taha kiate kimoutolu: he kuo mou teuteu ʻae ngaahi lea kākā mo kovi ke lea ʻaki ʻi hoku ʻao, ke ʻoua ke ai ha kuonga kehe; ko ia, fakahā mai ʻae misi, pea te u ʻilo ai ʻoku mou mafai ke fakahā hono ʻuhinga.”

10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Pea naʻe lea ʻae kau Kalitia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai ha tangata ʻi māmani ʻe mafai ke fakahā ʻae meʻa ni ʻae tuʻi; ko ia ʻoku teʻeki ai ha tuʻi, pe ha ʻeiki, pe ha pule, kuo fehuʻi ki ha taha fai mana, pe ki ha ʻasitolōnoma, pe ko e Kalitia, ki ha ngaahi meʻa pehē.

11 What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

Pea ko e meʻa ʻoku tokanga ki ai ʻae tuʻi, ko e meʻa lahi: pea ʻoku ʻikai ha niʻihi kehe ʻe fakahā ia ki he tuʻi, ka ko e ngaahi ʻotua ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai nofo mo e kakano.”

12 This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Pea koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni naʻe houhau ʻae tuʻi, pea mātuʻaki lili, pea ne fekau ke fakaʻauha ʻae kau tangata poto kotoa pē ʻi Papilone.

13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.

Pea naʻe fanongonongo ʻae fono ke tāmateʻi ʻae kau tangata poto; pea naʻa nau kumi ʻa Taniela, mo ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa ke tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu.

14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.

Pea naʻe tali fakakaukau poto ʻe Taniela, kia ʻAlioke, ko e ʻeiki ʻoe kau leʻo ʻae tuʻi, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu atu ke tāmateʻi ʻae kau tangata poto ʻo Papilone;

15 “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

Naʻe lea ia ʻo pehē kia ʻAlioke, ko e ʻeikitau ʻae tuʻi, ko e hā ʻoku vave pehē ai ʻae fono mei he tuʻi? Pea naʻe toki fakahā ʻe ʻAlioke ʻae meʻa kia Taniela.

16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

Pea toki ʻalu atu ai ʻa Taniela ki he tuʻi ʻo ne kole ke ne fakatotoka muʻa, pea te ne fakahā ki he tuʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga.

17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Taniela ki hono fale, pea ne fakahā ʻae meʻa kia Hanania, mo Misaeli, mo ʻAsalia, ʻa ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa

18 urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Koeʻuhi ke nau kole ʻae ngaahi ʻaloʻofa mei he ʻOtua ʻoe langi, koeʻuhi ko e meʻa fufū ni: pea ke ʻoua naʻa ʻauha ʻa Taniela, mo ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa, fakataha mo e kau tangata poto kehe ʻo Papilone.

19 During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven

Pea naʻe toki fakahā ʻae meʻa fufū kia Taniela ʻi he meʻa hā mai ʻi he pō. Pea naʻe fakafetaʻi ʻa Taniela ki he ʻOtua ʻoe langi.

20 and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.

Naʻe lea ʻa Taniela ʻo pehē, “ʻOku monūʻia ʻae huafa ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻo taʻengata pea taʻengata; he ʻoku ʻoʻona ʻae poto mo e mālohi:

21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Pea ʻoku ne liliu ʻae ngaahi kuonga, mo e ngaahi faʻahitaʻu: ʻoku ne ʻave ʻae ngaahi tuʻi, pea ʻoku ne fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi tuʻi: ʻoku ne foaki ʻae poto ki he kau poto, mo e ʻilo kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻilo loto.

22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

‌ʻOku ne fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa loloto mo fufū: ʻoku ne ʻafioʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻi he poʻuli, pea ʻoku nofo ʻiate ia ʻae maama.

23 To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”

‌ʻOku ou fakafetaʻi mo fakamālō kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻeku ngaahi tamai, ʻa koe kuo ke foaki mai kiate au ʻae poto, mo e mālohi, pea kuo ke toki fakahā mai kiate au, ʻaia naʻa mau kole ʻiate koe; he kuo ke fakahā mai kiate kimautolu ʻae meʻa ʻae tuʻi.”

24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ʻa Taniela kia ʻAlioke, ʻaia naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he tuʻi ke fakaʻauha ʻae kau tangata poto ʻo Papilone: pea naʻa ne pehē kiate ia; “ʻOua naʻa ke fakaʻauha ʻae kau tangata poto ʻo Papilone: ka ke ʻave au ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, pea te u fakahā ki he tuʻi hono ʻuhinga.”

25 Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”

Pea naʻe ʻomi fakatoʻotoʻo ʻe ʻAlioke ʻa Taniela, ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Kuo u ʻilo ʻae tangata ʻi he kau pōpula ʻo Siuta, ʻaia te ne fakahā ki he tuʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga.”

26 The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”

Naʻe folofola ange ʻae tuʻi ʻo pehē kia Taniela, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Pelitisasa, “ʻOku ke faʻa fai ke fakahā kiate au ʻae misi, ʻaia naʻaku mamata ai mo hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia?”

27 Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.

Pea lea ʻa Taniela ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, ʻo pehē, “Ko e meʻa fufū ʻaia kuo ʻeke ʻe he tuʻi, ʻe ʻikai lavaʻi ʻe he kau tangata poto, pe ʻe he kau ʻasitolōnoma, pe ʻe he kau fai mana, pe ʻe he kau kikite, ke fakahā ki he tuʻi.

28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

Ka ʻoku ai ha ʻOtua ʻi he langi, ʻaia ʻoku fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū, pea ʻoku ne fakahā ki he tuʻi ko Nepukanesa, ʻaia ʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui. Ko ʻeni ia ʻa hoʻo misi, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa hā mai ki ho ʻulu ʻi ho mohenga:

29 As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

Koeʻuhi ko koe ʻe tuʻi, naʻe tupu hake ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi fakakaukau ʻi ho mohenga ki he meʻa e hoko ʻamui: pea ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū, ʻoku ne fakahā kiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa e hoko.

30 And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

Ka koeʻuhi ko au, ʻoku ʻikai ke fakahā ʻae meʻa fufū ni kiate au, koeʻuhi ko haʻaku poto ʻoku lahi hake ʻi he kakai moʻui kotoa pē, ka koeʻuhi ko kinautolu ʻe fakahā hono ʻuhinga ki he tuʻi, pea koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo pe ʻe koe, ʻae ngaahi mahalo ʻo ho loto.

31 As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

“Ko koe, ʻe tuʻi, naʻa ke mamata, pea vakai, ko e fuʻu meʻa fakatātā. Ko e fuʻu meʻa fakatātā ni ʻaia naʻe lelei ʻaupito ʻene ngingila, naʻe tuʻu ʻi ho ʻao, pea naʻe fakamanavahē hono anga.

32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,

ko e ʻulu ʻoe meʻa fakatātā ni ko e koula lelei ia, ko hono fatafata mo hono nima, ko e siliva, ko hono kete mo hono tenga, ko e palasa,

33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.

Ko hono loto tenga ʻo fai ki hono vaʻe, ko e ukamea, ko hono vaʻe, ko e konga ʻoe ukamea mo e konga ʻoe ʻumea.

34 As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Naʻa ke mamata ai pe mo ʻene tā mai ha maka naʻe ʻikai kau ai ha nima, pea ne taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae vaʻe ʻoe meʻa fakatātā, ʻaia naʻe fefiofi ai ʻae ukamea mo ʻumea, pea naʻe lailai ia ke momo.

35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

“Pea naʻe toki maumauʻi fakataha ʻae ukamea, mo e ʻumea, ʻae palasa, mo e siliva pea mo e koula, pea naʻe hoko ʻo hangē ko e kafukafu ʻi he ngaahi hahaʻanga ʻi he faʻahitaʻu mafana; pea naʻe vilingia ʻi he matangi, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ha potu ki ai, pea ko e maka naʻe tā ʻaki ʻae meʻa fakatātā naʻe hoko ia ko e fuʻu moʻunga ʻo ne fakafonu ʻa māmani kotoa pē.

36 This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

“Ko eni ʻae misi; pea te mau fakahā ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia.

37 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

Ko koe, ʻe tuʻi, ko e tuʻi koe ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi, he kuo foaki kiate koe ʻe he ʻOtua ʻoe langi ha puleʻanga mo e pule, mo e mālohi mo e nāunau.

38 Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

Pea ʻi he ngaahi potu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ai ʻae fānau ʻae tangata, kuo ne tuku ki ho nima ʻae fanga manu kotoa pē ʻoe vao, mo e fanga manupuna kotoa pē ʻoe ʻatā, pea kuo ne fokotuʻu koe ko e pule kiate kinautolu kotoa pē; ko koe ko e ʻulu ni ʻoe koula.

39 But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.

Pea ʻe tupu ki mui ʻiate koe ha puleʻanga kehe, ʻo siʻi hifo ʻiate koe, mo ha puleʻanga kehe, ko hono tolu, ʻoe palasa, ʻaia ʻe fai ʻae pule ʻi māmani kotoa pē.

40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.

Pea ko hono fā ʻoe puleʻanga ʻe mālohi ia ʻo hangē ko e ukamea; he koeʻuhi ʻoku maumau mo ikuʻi ʻe he ukamea ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē: pea hangē ʻoku maumau ʻe he ukamea ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, te ne laiki mo fakavolu.

41 And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.

Pea koeʻuhi ʻi hoʻo mamata ki he vaʻe mo e ngaahi louhiʻi vaʻe, ko e konga ʻoe ʻumea, mo e konga ʻoe ukamea, ʻe vahevahe ʻae puleʻanga; ka ʻe ʻi ai ʻae mālohi ʻoe ukamea; he koeʻuhi naʻa ke mamata ki he ukamea naʻe fefiofi mo e ʻumea pelepela.

42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

Pea hangē ko e ngaahi louhiʻi vaʻe, naʻe ukamea ha konga pea ʻumea ha konga, ʻe pehē ʻae puleʻanga, ʻe mālohi ha konga pea pelepelengesi ha konga.

43 As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another, but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.

Pea hangē naʻa ke mamata ki he ukamea naʻe fefiofi mo e ʻumea pelepela, te nau fefiofi ʻakinautolu mo e hako ʻoe tangata, ka ʻe ʻikai te nau fepikitaki, ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻikai ke fefiofi ʻae ukamea mo e ʻumea

44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

Pea ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ni ʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻoe langi, ha puleʻanga, ʻaia ʻe ʻikai ʻauha ʻo lauikuonga: pea ʻe ʻikai tuku ʻae puleʻanga ki ha kakai kehe, ka te ne laiki mo fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga ni kotoa pē, pea ʻe tuʻumaʻu ia ʻo taʻengata.

45 And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

Pea koeʻuhi naʻa ke mamata, naʻe tā ʻae maka mei he moʻunga taʻekau ai ha nima, pea naʻa ne maumauʻi ʻae ukamea, ʻae palasa, ʻae ʻumea, ʻae siliva, pea mo e koula; kuo fakahā ʻe he ʻOtua lahi ki he tuʻi, ʻaia ʻe hoko ʻamui: pea ʻoku moʻoni ʻae misi, pea ko hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia ʻoku maʻu.”

46 At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.

Pea naʻe tō hifo ʻae tuʻi ko Nepukanesa ki hono fofonga, pea ne hū kia Taniela, pea ne fekau ke nau ʻatu ha feilaulau mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala kiate ia.

47 The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

Naʻe lea ʻae tuʻi kia Taniela, pea ne pehē, “Ko e moʻoni ko homou ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua, pea mo e ʻEiki ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi, pea ko ia ʻoku fakahā ʻae ngaahi meʻa fufū, koeʻuhi naʻa ke mafai ke fakahā ʻae meʻa fufū ni.”

48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻa Taniela ʻe he tuʻi, ko e tangata lahi, pea ne foaki kiate ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi kehekehe, pea ne fokotuʻu ia ko e pule ki he potu kotoa pē ʻo Papilone, pea ko e ʻuluaki ia ʻi he kau pule ki he kau tangata poto kotoa pē ʻo Papilone.

49 And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

Pea naʻe kole ʻe Taniela ki he tuʻi pea ne fokotuʻu ʻa Seteleki, mo Mesake, mo ʻApeteniko ke pule ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe potu ʻo Papilone: ka naʻe nofo ʻa Taniela ʻi he matapā ʻoe tuʻi.