Daniel 2
1 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign the king had dreams that upset him so much that he found it difficult to sleep.
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 summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. They came in and stood before him.
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 “I've had a dream that has really upset me,” he told them. “I need to know what it means.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate kinautolu, Kuo u misi ha misi, pea naʻe mamahi hoku loto ke u ʻiloʻi ʻae misi.
4 The astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “May Your Majesty the king live forever! Tell us your dream and we your servants will interpret it for you.”
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 “I can't recall it,” the king told the astrologers. “If you can't reveal the dream to me, and its meaning, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be totally destroyed!
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 can tell me the dream and its meaning you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. So tell me the dream and what it means!”
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 Again they said the same thing: “If Your Majesty the king would tell us his servants the dream, we will explain what it means.”
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 “It's obvious to me that you're just trying to buy time!” said the king. “You can see that I can't remember the dream.
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 can't reveal the dream to me, you will all receive the same punishment! You have conspired against me, telling me lies, hoping things will change. So tell me what my dream was and then I'll know that you can explain what it means.”
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 could tell the king what he dreamed! Never before has a king, however great and powerful, demanded 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 Your Majesty is asking is impossible! No one can tell Your Majesty what you dreamed, except the gods, and they do not live among us 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 made the king extremely angry, and he ordered all the wise men of Babylon executed.
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 The decree was issued. The wise men were about to be executed, and the king's men went looking for Daniel and his friends.
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 Daniel approached Arioch, the commander of the imperial guard, whom the king had put in charge of the order to execute all the wise men of Babylon. Wisely and tactfully
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 Daniel asked him, “Why would the king issue such a harsh decree?” So Arioch explained to Daniel what had happened.
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 Daniel immediately went to see the king and asked for more time to explain the dream and its meaning to him.
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 went home and shared with Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what was going on.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Taniela ki hono fale, pea ne fakahā ʻae meʻa kia Hanania, mo Misaeli, mo ʻAsalia, ʻa ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa
18 He told them to pray to the God of heaven, asking for help regarding this mystery, so that he and his friends would not be killed along 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 That night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised 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 “Praise the wonderful nature of God forever and ever, for he is wise and powerful.
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 is in charge of time and history. He removes kings, and he sets kings in place. He gives wisdom to make people wise; he gives knowledge to people so they can understand.
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 deep, mysterious things. He knows what lies in darkness, and light lives in his presence.
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 I give thanks and praise to you, God of my fathers, for you have given me wisdom and power. Now you have revealed to me what we asked you; you have revealed to us the king's dream.”
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 So Daniel went to Arioch whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon and told him, “Don't execute the wise men of Babylon! Take me to see the king and I will explain to him his dream.”
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 immediately took Daniel to the king and told him, “I've found one of the captives from Judah who can tell Your Majesty what your dream means.”
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 asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you really able to tell me what my dream was, and what it means?”
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 “No wise men or enchanters or magicians or diviners can explain the mystery Your Majesty wants to know,” Daniel replied.
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 revealed to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the last days. Your dream and the visions that came to your mind as you were lying in 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 Your Majesty lay there, your thoughts turned to the future, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what would take place.
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 It's not because I have any more wisdom than anyone else that this mystery has been revealed to me, but to explain to Your Majesty what you were thinking about so you could understand.
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 Your Majesty, as you looked, there before you stood a great statue. The statue standing in front of you was huge, and blazingly bright. It looked terrifying!
“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 gold, the chest and arms were silver, its middle 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 iron and baked 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 While you were watching, a stone was quarried, but not by human hands. It struck the iron and clay feet of the statue and smashed them to pieces.
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 rest of the statue—the bronze, the silver, and the gold—broke into pieces like the iron and clay. The wind blew them all away like chaff from the summer threshing floor, so that no trace of them could be found. But the stone that 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, and now we will explain what it means to the king.
“Ko eni ʻae misi; pea te mau fakahā ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia.
37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, and 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 He gave you control over all peoples, as well as the wild animals and birds. He made you ruler of all of them. You are the 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 another kingdom will rise that is inferior to your kingdom and will replace yours. After that a third kingdom that is bronze will rise and rule over the whole world.
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 The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron and in the same way that iron crushes and smashes everything; it will crush and smash all 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 You saw the feet and toes made from iron and baked clay, and this indicates it will be a divided kingdom. It will have some of the strength of iron but 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 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, the 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 In the same way that you saw the iron mixed with ordinary clay, so the people will mix but they will not stick together just as iron and clay do not mix.
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 During the time of these kings the God of heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never be destroyed or taken over by others. It will crush all these kingdoms, bringing them to an end, and it will last 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 in the same way that you saw the stone quarried from the mountain, but not by human hands, crush the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God has revealed to Your Majesty what is to come. The dream is true, and the explanation 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 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell down before Daniel and worshiped him, and ordered offerings of grain and incense to be made 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, “Truly, your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, the revealer of mysteries, for you have been 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 to a high position and gave him many expensive gifts, making him governor over the whole province of Babylon and head of 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 At Daniel's request, the king placed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in charge of the province of Babylon, and Daniel remained at 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.
