Daniel 2
1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar saw a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream fled from 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 Yet the king commanded that the seers, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be gathered together to reveal to the king his dreams. When they arrived, they stood in front of 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 And the king said to them, “I saw a dream, and, being confused in mind, I do not know what I saw.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate kinautolu, Kuo u misi ha misi, pea naʻe mamahi hoku loto ke u ʻiloʻi ʻae misi.
4 And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac, “O king, live forever. Tell the dream to your servants, and we will reveal its 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 And in answer, the king said to the Chaldeans, “The memory of it has slipped away from me. Unless you reveal the dream to me, and its meaning, you will be put to death, and your houses will be confiscated.
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 explain the dream and its meaning, you will receive from me rewards, and gifts, and great honor. Therefore, reveal to 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 again and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will reveal its 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 answered and said, “I am certain that you are stalling for time because you know that the memory of it has slipped away from me.
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 Therefore, if you do not reveal to me the dream, there is only one conclusion to be reached about you, that the interpretation is likewise false, and packed full of deception, so as to speak before me until the time passes away. And so, tell me the dream, so that I will also know that the interpretation that you tell me is likewise true.”
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 Then the Chaldeans answered before the king, and they said, “There is no man on earth who can accomplish your word, O king. For neither has any king, however great and mighty, asked for an answer of this kind from every seer, and astrologer, and Chaldean.
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 For the answer that you seek, O king, is very difficult. Neither can anyone be found who can reveal it in the sight of the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.”
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 When he heard this, the king commanded, in fury and in great wrath, that all the wise men of Babylon should be destroyed.
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 And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed.
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 Then Daniel inquired, about the law and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the king’s army, who had gone forth to execute the wise men of Babylon.
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 And he asked him, who had received the orders of the king, for what reason such a cruel sentence had gone forth from the face of the king. And so, when Arioch had revealed the matter 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 Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would grant him time to reveal the solution to the king.
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 And he went into his house and explained the task to Hananiah, and Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Taniela ki hono fale, pea ne fakahā ʻae meʻa kia Hanania, mo Misaeli, mo ʻAsalia, ʻa ʻene ngaahi kaumeʻa
18 so that they would seek mercy before the face of the God of heaven, about this mystery, and so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the other 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 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night. And Daniel 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 speaking aloud, he said, “May the name of the Lord be blessed by the present generation and forever; for wisdom and fortitude are his.
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 And he alters the times and the ages. He takes away kingdoms and he establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and teaching skills to those who 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 and hidden things, and he knows what has been established in darkness. And the light is 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, God of our fathers, I confess, and you, I praise. For you have given wisdom and fortitude to me, and now you have revealed to me what we asked of you, for you have uncovered for us the king’s thoughts.”
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 After this, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke to him in this way, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will explain the solution to the king.”
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 Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel to the king, and he said to him, “I have found a man of the sons of the transmigration of Judah, who would announce the solution to the king.”
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 answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Do you really think that you can reveal to me the dream that I saw and 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 And Daniel, facing the king, answered and said, “The secret that the king seeks, the wise men, the seers, and the soothsayers are unable to reveal to the king.
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, who has revealed to you, king Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the latter times. Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed, are such as 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 You, O king, began to think, while in your blanket, about what will be hereafter. And he who reveals secrets showed 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 To me, likewise, this mystery is revealed, not according to the wisdom that is in me more than in other living things, but so that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and so that you may know 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 You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.
“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 this statue was of the finest gold, but the breast and the arms were of silver, and further on, the belly and the thighs were of brass;
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 but the shins were of iron, a certain part of the feet were of iron and another part were of 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 And so you looked until a stone was broken off without hands from a mountain, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were of iron and clay, and it shattered 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, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for them; 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 is the dream; we will also tell its interpretation before you, O king.
“Ko eni ʻae misi; pea te mau fakahā ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi ʻa hono ʻuhinga ʻo ia.
37 You are a king among kings, and the God of heaven has given to you a kingdom, and fortitude, and power, 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 and all the places wherein the sons of men and the beasts of the field dwell. He has likewise given the flying creatures of the air into your hand, and he has placed all things under your realm. Therefore, 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 And after you, another kingdom will rise up, inferior to you, of silver, and another third kingdom of brass, which will 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 And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these.
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 Furthermore, because you saw the feet and the toes to be part of potter’s clay and part of iron, the kingdom will be divided, but still, from the slip of iron it will take its origin, since you saw the iron mingled with the earthenware from 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 of iron and partly of clay, part of the kingdom will be strong and part will be crushed.
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 Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.
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 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.
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 accordance with what you saw, because the stone was torn away from the mountain without hands, and it crushed the earthenware, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God has shown the king what will happen after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is faithful.”
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 on his face and adored Daniel, and he commanded that they should offer in sacrifice to him victims and incense.
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 And so the king spoke with Daniel and said, “Truly, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and also a revealer of secrets, since you could uncover 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 raised Daniel to a high rank and gave him many great gifts, and he appointed him as leader over all the provinces of Babylon and as chief of the magistrates over all the other 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 However, Daniel required of the king that he appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the works of the province of Babylon. But Daniel himself was at the king’s door.
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.
