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Daniel 9

Daniel's prayer and the seventy weeks

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Dn 9:1In annō prīmō Dārīī fīliī Assuērī dē sēmine Mēdōrum, quī imperāvit super regnum Chaldaeōrum, annō ūnō regnī ejus, ego Daniēl intellēxī in librīs numerum annōrum, dē quō factus est sermō Dominī ad Jeremīam prophētam, ut complērentur dēsōlātiōnis Jerūsalem septuāgintā annī.In the first year of Darius, son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who ruled over the kingdom of the Chaldeans, in year one of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the books the number of the years about which the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that seventy years of the desolation of Jerusalem would be completed. Dn 9:3Et posuī faciem meam ad Dominum Deum meum rogāre et dēprecārī in jējūniīs, saccō, et cinere.And I set my face towards the Lord my God, to ask and to entreat with fasts, sackcloth, and ashes. Dn 9:4Et ōrāvī Dominum Deum meum, et cōnfessus sum, et dīxī: Obsecrō, Domine Deus magne et terribilis, custōdiēns pactum, et misericordiam dīligentibus tē, et custōdientibus mandāta tua: peccāvimus, inīquitātem fēcimus, impiē ēgimus, et recessimus: et dēclīnāvimus ā mandātīs tuīs ac jūdiciīs.And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I confessed, and said: "I beseech you, Lord God, great and terrible, keeping the covenant, and mercy to those who love you, and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done iniquity, we have acted impiously, and we have gone away: and we have turned aside from your commandments and judgements.

Dn 9:6Nōn obēdīvimus servīs tuīs prophētīs, quī locūtī sunt in nōmine tuō rēgibus nostrīs, prīncipibus nostrīs, patribus nostrīs, omnīque populō terrae.We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land. Dn 9:7Tibi, Domine, jūstitia: nōbīs autem cōnfūsiō faciēī, sīcut est hodiē virō Jūda, et habitātōribus Jerūsalem, et omnī Isrāël, hīs quī prope sunt, et hīs quī procul in ūniversīs terrīs, ad quās ējēcistī eōs propter inīquitātēs eōrum, in quibus peccāvērunt in tē.To you, Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as it is today for the man of Judah, and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and for all Israel, for those who are near, and for those who are far off in all the lands to which you have driven them on account of their iniquities, by which they have sinned against you. Dn 9:8Domine, nōbīs cōnfūsiō faciēī, rēgibus nostrīs, prīncipibus nostrīs, et patribus nostrīs, quī peccāvērunt.Lord, to us confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, who have sinned.

Dn 9:9Tibi autem Dominō Deō nostrō misericordia et propitiātiō, quia recessimus ā tē, et nōn audīvimus vōcem Dominī Deī nostrī ut ambulārēmus in lēge ejus, quam posuit nōbīs per servōs suōs prophētās.But to you, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, because we have gone away from you, and have not heard the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set for us through his servants the prophets. Dn 9:11Et omnis Isrāël praevāricātī sunt lēgem tuam, et dēclīnāvērunt nē audīrent vōcem tuam: et stillāvit super nōs maledictiō et dētestātiō quae scrīpta est in librō Mōysī servī Deī, quia peccāvimus eī.And all Israel have transgressed your law, and have turned aside so as not to hear your voice: and there has dripped upon us the curse and the execration which is written in the book of Moses, the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. Dn 9:12Et statuit sermōnēs suōs, quōs locūtus est super nōs et super prīncipēs nostrōs, quī jūdicāvērunt nōs, ut superindūceret in nōs magnum malum, quāle numquam fuit sub omnī caelō, secundum quod factum est in Jerūsalem.And he has established his words, which he spoke against us and against our princes who judged us, to bring upon us a great evil, such as never was under all heaven, according as it has been done in Jerusalem.

Dn 9:13Sīcut scrīptum est in lēge Mōysī, omne malum hoc vēnit super nōs: et nōn rogāvimus faciem tuam, Domine Deus noster, ut reverterēmur ab inīquitātibus nostrīs, et cōgitārēmus vēritātem tuam.As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us: and we have not entreated your face, Lord our God, that we might turn back from our iniquities, and consider your truth. Dn 9:14Et vigilāvit Dominus super malitiam, et addūxit eam super nōs.And the Lord has watched over the evil, and has brought it upon us. Dn 9:14Jūstus Dominus Deus noster in omnibus operibus suīs, quae fēcit: nōn enim audīvimus vōcem ejus.Just is the Lord our God in all his works which he has done: for we have not heard his voice. Dn 9:15Et nunc Domine Deus noster, quī ēdūxistī populum tuum dē terrā Aegyptī in manū fortī, et fēcistī tibi nōmen secundum diem hanc: peccāvimus, inīquitātem fēcimus.And now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and made for yourself a name as at this day: we have sinned, we have done iniquity. Dn 9:16Domine, in omnem jūstitiam tuam āvertātur, obsecrō, īra tua et furor tuus ā cīvitāte tuā Jerūsalem, et monte sānctō tuō.Lord, according to all your justice, let your anger and your fury be turned away, I beseech you, from your city Jerusalem, and your holy mountain.

Dn 9:16Propter peccāta enim nostra, et inīquitātēs patrum nostrōrum, Jerūsalem et populus tuus in opprobrium sunt omnibus per circuitum nostrum.For on account of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are a reproach to all around us. Dn 9:17Nunc ergō exaudī, Deus noster, ōrātiōnem servī tuī, et precēs ejus: et ostende faciem tuam super sānctuārium tuum, quod dēsertum est propter tēmetipsum.Now therefore hear, our God, the prayer of your servant, and his entreaties: and show your face upon your sanctuary, which is deserted, for your own sake. Dn 9:18Inclīnā, Deus meus, aurem tuam, et audī: aperī oculōs tuōs, et vidē dēsōlātiōnem nostram, et cīvitātem super quam invocātum est nōmen tuum: neque enim in jūstificātiōnibus nostrīs prōsternimus precēs ante faciem tuam, sed in miserātiōnibus tuīs multīs.Incline, my God, your ear, and hear: open your eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which your name has been called: for not in our righteous deeds do we cast down our entreaties before your face, but in your many mercies. Dn 9:19Exaudī, Domine;Hear, Lord; Dn 9:19Plācāre Domine: attende et fac: nē morēris propter tēmetipsum, Deus meus, quia nōmen tuum invocātum est super cīvitātem et super populum tuum.be appeased, Lord: attend and act: do not delay, for your own sake, my God, because your name has been called upon your city and upon your people."

Dn 9:20Cumque adhūc loquerer, et ōrārem, et cōnfitērer peccāta mea, et peccāta populī meī Isrāël, et prōsternerem precēs meās in cōnspectū Deī meī, prō monte sānctō Deī meī: adhūc mē loquente in ōrātiōne, ecce vir Gabriēl, quem vīderam in vīsiōne ā prīncipiō, citō volāns tetigit mē in tempore sacrificiī vespertīnī.And while I was still speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people Israel, and casting down my entreaties in the sight of my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God: while I was still speaking in prayer, behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice. Dn 9:22Et docuit mē, et locūtus est mihi, dīxitque: Daniēl, nunc ēgressus sum ut docērem tē, et intelligerēs.And he taught me, and spoke to me, and said: "Daniel, now I have come out to teach you, and that you might understand. Dn 9:23Ab exōrdiō precum tuārum ēgressus est sermō: ego autem vēnī ut indicārem tibi, quia vir dēsīderiōrum es: tū ergō animadverte sermōnem, et Intellige vīsiōnem.From the beginning of your entreaties the word went out: and I have come to make it known to you, because you are a man of desires: you therefore attend to the word, and understand the vision.

Dn 9:24Septuāgintā hebdomadēs abbreviātae sunt super populum tuum et super urbem sānctam tuam, ut cōnsummētur praevāricātiō, et fīnem accipiat peccātum, et dēleātur inīquitās, et addūcātur jūstitia sempiterna, et impleātur vīsiō et prophētīa, et ungātur Sānctus sānctōrum.Seventy weeks have been shortened upon your people and upon your holy city, so that transgression may be completed, and sin may receive an end, and iniquity may be wiped out, and everlasting justice may be brought in, and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled, and the Holy of holies may be anointed. Dn 9:25Scītō ergō, et animadverte: ab exitū sermōnis, ut iterum aedificētur Jerūsalem, ūsque ad chrīstum ducem, hebdomadēs septem, et hebdomadēs sexāgintā duae erunt: et rūrsum aedificābitur platēa, et mūrī in angustiā temporum.Know therefore, and attend: from the going out of the word that Jerusalem should be built again, right up to Christ the leader, there will be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and again the street will be built, and the walls, in the straitness of times. Dn 9:26Et post hebdomadēs sexāgintā duās occīdētur chrīstus: et nōn erit ejus populus quī eum negātūrus est.And after sixty-two weeks Christ will be slain: and the people who are going to deny him will not be his.

Dn 9:26Et cīvitātem et sānctuārium dissipābit populus cum duce ventūrō: et fīnis ejus vāstitās, et post fīnem bellī statūta dēsōlātiō.And the city and the sanctuary a people with a leader who is to come will scatter: and its end will be devastation, and after the end of the war the appointed desolation. Dn 9:27Cōnfirmābit autem pactum multīs hebdomadā ūnā: et in dīmidiō hebdomadis dēficiet hostia et sacrificium: et erit in templō abōminātiō dēsōlātiōnis: et ūsque ad cōnsummātiōnem et fīnem persevērābit dēsōlātiō.And he will confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the half of the week victim and sacrifice will fail: and there will be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and right up to the consummation and the end the desolation will continue."

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (215 words)
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
annus, -ī, m.year
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
fīlius, -ī, m.son
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
sēmen, sēminis n.seed
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātuscommand, order, enjoin
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
regnum, -ī, n.royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctusperceive, understand
liber, librī m.book; record
numerus, -ī, m.number
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
sermō, -ōnis, m.conversation, talk, speech
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
prophēta, -ae m.prophet
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
compleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētusfill full, fill up
dēsōlātiō, -ōnis f.desolation, laying waste
septuāgintā (indecl.)seventy
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positusplace, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
faciēs, -ēī f.face; appearance
meus, -a, -ummy, mine
deus, -ī, m.god
rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusask
dēprecor, -ārī, -ātus sumbeg to be spared, plead
iēiūnium, -ī n.fasting, a fast
saccus, -ī, m.bag, sack
cinis, cineris m.ashes
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
cōnfiteor, -ērī, -fessus sumadmit, confess
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
obsecrō, -secrāre, -secrāvī, -secrātusbeseech, entreat
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
terribilis, -edreadful, terrible
custōdiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusguard
pactum, -ī n.agreement; quō pactō: in what way, how
misericordia, -ae, f;pity, compassion
dīligō, -ere, -lēxī, -lēctuslove, value highly
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
mandātum, -ī n.order, instruction, message
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
peccō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumdo wrong
inīquitās, -ātis f.unevenness; unfairness, difficulty
impiē (inp-) (adv.)impiously, wickedly
agō, agere, ēgī, āctusdrive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
recēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessumgo back, withdraw, retire
dēclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusturn aside, slip away; avoid
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
iūdicium, -ī n.trial, court; judgment
nōn, adv.not
oboediō, -īre, -īvī, -ītumobey (+ dat.)
servus, -ī, m.slave, servant
loquor, loquī, locūtusspeak
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
rēx, rēgis, m.king
noster, -tra, -trumour
prīnceps, -ipisfirst, chief; as noun: leader
pater, patris, m.father
omnis, -eall, every
que, enclitic conj.and
populus, -ī m.people, nation
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
iūstitia, -ae f.justice, fairness
nōsplur. of ego
autem, conj.moreover; but, however; now
cōnfūsiō, -ōnis f.confusion, disorder, uproar
sīcut (conj.)just as
hodiē (adv.)today
vir, virī, m.man
habitātor, -ōris m.inhabitant, dweller
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
prope (adv. and prep. + acc.)near, nearly
procul, adv.at or from a distance, far
ūniversus, -a, -umall together, whole, entire, all
ēiciō, -ere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow out; sē ēicere: rush out
propter, prep. with acc.on account of, because of
propitiātiō, -ōnis f.appeasement; atonement, forgiveness
quia (conj.)because
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītushear; listen or attend to
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
ambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumwalk
lēx, lēgis f.law
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
praevāricor, -ārī, -ātus sumturn aside from duty, fall away; transgress, break (a law or decree)
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
stillō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusdrip, fall in drops; let fall in drops, distil
maledictiō, -ōnis f.abuse, slander; curse
dētestātiō, -ōnis f.curse, execration
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptuswrite
statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtuscause to stand; decide, resolve
iūdicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumjudge, decide
superindūcō, -ere, -dūxī, -ductusbring upon, bring in addition
malum, -ī, n.evil, mischief
quālis, -eof what sort? what kind of?
numquam, adv.never
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
caelum, -ī, n.heaven, sky
secundum (prep. + acc.)after, besides; along
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventuscome
revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertīturn back, return
cōgitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusconsider, think over
vēritās, -ātis f.truth
vigilō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusstay awake, keep watch; be watchful
malitia, -ae f.wickedness, malice
addūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead to, bring, take; induce, influence
iūstus, -a, -umjust
opus, operis, n.work, task
enim, conj.for
nunc, adv.now
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead out, draw
manus, -ūs, f.hand
fortis, -ebrave
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.day
āvertō, -ere, āvertī, āversumturn away, turn aside
īra, -ae, f.anger, wrath
furor, -ōris, m.rage, fury, frenzy, madness
cīvitās, -tātis, f.state
mōns, montis, m.mountain
sānctus, -a, -umconsecrated, sacred
peccātum, -ī n.fault, sin
opprobrium, -ī n.reproach, disgrace
circuitus, -ūs m.way around, circuit
ergō (adv.)therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
exaudiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītumhear (from a distance)
ōrātiō, -ōnis, f.speech; ōrātiōnem habēre, to deliver an oration, speak
prex, precis f. (usu. pl.)prayer, entreaty
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusstretch out before, show, explain
sānctuārium, -ī n.sanctuary, holy place
dēserō, -serere, -seruī, -sertusdesert
inclīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbend, lean; incline, tend
auris, -is, f.ear
aperiō, -īre, -uī, -tusopen
oculus, -ī, m.eye
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
invocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall upon, invoke
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
iūstificātiō, -ōnis f.justification; (pl., Vulg.) ordinances, righteous deeds
prōsternō, -sternere, -strāvī, -strātusstrew or spread before, throw or knock down
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.before
sed, conj.but
miserātiō, -ōnis f.pity, compassion
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
plācō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscalm, appease
attendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusturn one's mind to, pay attention, notice
moror, -ārī, -ātusdelay, linger, stay
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
adhūc, adv.to this point, up to this time, yet, still
cōnspectus, -ūs, m.sight
prō, prep. with abl.before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
ecce (interj.)look! see! here is
vīsiō, -ōnis f.vision, sight; something seen, apparition
prīncipium, -ī n.beginning; prīncipiō, in the first place
citō (adv.; comp. citius)quickly, soon; citius: more quickly, without delay
volō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrusfly
tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctustouch
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
sacrificium, -ī, n.sacrifice
vespertīnus, -a, -umof the evening, in the evening
doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tusteach, explain
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressusgo out or forth, go ashore, disembark
exōrdium, -ī n.beginning, start
indicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuspoint out, reveal, give information; inform against
dēsīderium, -ī, n.desire, longing
animadvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versusturn the mind to, observe
hebdomas, -adis f.a week; a group of seven (Daniel's 'weeks' of years)
abbreviō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusshorten, cut short; determine, decree
urbs, urbis, f.city
cōnsummō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbring to completion, finish
praevāricātiō, -ōnis f.collusion (of a prosecutor with the defence); transgression, sin
fīnis, -is, m.end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
dēleō, -ēre, dēlēvī, dēlētumdestroy, wipe out
sempiternus, -a, -umeverlasting, eternal
impleō, -ēre, -plēvī, -plētumfill; fulfil, complete
prophētīa, -ae f.prophecy
ungō, ungere, ūnxī, ūnctussmear, anoint
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusknow
exitus, -ūs m.way out; outcome, end
iterum, adv.again, a second time
aedificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake a building, build
ūsque, adv.all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
dux, ducis, m. and f.leader, commander
septemseven
sexāgintā (indecl.)sixty
duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj.two
rūrsus, adv.again
platēa, -ae f.street, open square
mūrus, -ī, m.wall
angustia, -ae f.narrowness; (pl.) a narrow place, straits
post, adv.after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsuscut down, kill
negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātussay no or not, deny, refuse
dissipō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumscatter
cum, prep, with abl.with
vāstitās, -ātis f.desolation, devastation
bellum, -ī, n.war
cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātusstrengthen, establish; declare, assert
hebdomada, -ae f.a week; a period of seven
dīmidium, -ī n.half
dēficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectusfail
hostia, -ae f.sacrificial victim
templum, -ī, n.sanctuary, temple
abōminātiō, -ōnis f.abomination, a loathsome thing
cōnsummātiō, -ōnis f.completion, accomplishment; the end
persevērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumpersist
Vulgate, Daniel. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.