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OET (OET-LV) And_from_the_time when_it_was_abolished the_perpetual_offering and_the_setting_up the_abomination which_desolates will_be_days one_thousand two_hundred and_ninety.
OET (OET-RV) From the time that the regular burnt offerings are taken away and the revolting thing that causes people to be appalled is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
In this long final vision, Daniel was told of events leading up to the end of the age.
In this paragraph the angelic figure encouraged Daniel to persevere. He promised that at the end of time God will resurrect and reward those who persevere in righteousness.
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days: This clause gives the beginning point for a certain time period. The time period is equal to about three and a half years. The significance of the number of days is uncertain, and it is best to translate the number literally. For example:
One thousand two hundred and ninety days will go by after the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up.
If it is not natural in your language to express such a number exactly, you may need to say something like:
The days of three and a half years will pass after the daily sacrifice is ended and the horrible sacrilege is set up
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished
From the time when the daily sacrifice is abolished
From the time when they stop offering the regular/continual burnt offering
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as is abolished literally means “is removed, is turned away.” The daily sacrifice was to be removed or abolished in the sense that it was no longer offered. This is probably primarily a reference to the action of Antiochus IV in 167 B.C. See the notes on 8:11–13, where this same action is described using different verbs.
This is a passive clause and there are at least two ways to translate it:
using a passive verb. For example:
From the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away (NRSV)
From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed (NET)
using an active verb with a general subject. For example:
from when they abolish the daily sacrifice
the daily sacrifice: This refers to the practice of offering a daily sacrifice. It does not refer to one specific sacrifice. So in some languages it may be natural to say:
the daily sacrifices
The same phrase is used to refer to the same sacrifices in 8:11b. Translate it here in the same way as you did there. For example:
the regular burnt offering (NRSV)
the regular offering (REB)
the set/regular offerings
and the abomination of desolation set up,
and an abominable/disgusting object is set up, an object that causes destruction,
that is, from the time someone sets up in the Temple a pagan thing/idol that destroys everything,
and the abomination of desolation set up: Scholars agree that this is also a reference to the actions of Antiochus IV. He placed an altar to the pagan god Zeus in God’s Temple in Jerusalem, and pigs and other unclean animals were offered there. This is also a passive clause and there at least two ways to translate it:
using a passive verb. For example:
and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place (NET)
using an active verb. Try to use a general subject. For example:
they/men set up the abominable thing that causes desolation
Use the verb form that is most natural in your language in this context.
the abomination of desolation: See 9:27c, where the same phrase occurs in the plural form, and 11:31c. Translate this here as you did there. For example:
the abomination that makes desolate (ESV)
the disgusting thing that causes destruction (GW)
the desolating sacrilege (NRSVUE)
there will be 1,290 days.
there will be one thousand, two hundred and ninety days.
1,290 days will pass.
there will be 1,290 days: The BSB has supplied the words there will be, which are not in the Hebrew text. The meaning is that 1,290 days would pass. You should supply the verb that is natural in your language. For example:
there are 1,290 days (NET)
1,290 days will pass (GNT)
1,290 days: This number of days represents three and a half years. However, it is recommended that you translate it literally. In some languages it may be natural to write out this large figure in words:
a thousand two hundred and ninety days (NJB)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הוּסַ֣ר הַתָּמִ֔יד וְלָתֵ֖ת שִׁקּ֣וּץ שֹׁמֵ֑ם
abolished the_perpetual,[offering] and_[the],setting,up abomination desolation
The king of the north is the one who stops the temple sacrifices. Alternate translation: “the king of the North takes away the regular burnt offering and sets up the abomination that causes complete desolation”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
שִׁקּ֣וּץ שֹׁמֵ֑ם
abomination desolation
This refers to an idol that will make the temple desolate, that is, that will cause God to leave his temple. See how you translated this in [Daniel 11:31](../11/31.md). Alternate translation: “the disgusting idol that will cause God to abandon the temple” or “the disgusting thing that will make the temple unclean”
Note 3 topic: translate-numbers
יָמִ֕ים אֶ֖לֶף מָאתַ֥יִם וְתִשְׁעִֽים
days one_thousand two_hundreds and=ninety
Here days refers to a period of time. It is most commonly rendered as days, but can also imply years.
12:11-12 the sacrilegious object that causes desecration: See 8:13-14, 23-26; 11:29-35. See also study note on 9:27.
• God’s people must wait and remain faithful when the events of the end come.
• 1,290 days . . . 1,335 days: Some interpreters see these numbers as relating to specific events in the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Others see them as purely symbolic. The number 1,290 equals 43 lunar months of 30 days each, which is approximately 3½ years in the solar calendar. This might represent the final half of the final “set of seven” (9:27). The number 1,335 might represent simply an extra 45 days of waiting until the end. Those who endure the whole time, and then some, will see God act on behalf of his people.
OET (OET-LV) And_from_the_time when_it_was_abolished the_perpetual_offering and_the_setting_up the_abomination which_desolates will_be_days one_thousand two_hundred and_ninety.
OET (OET-RV) From the time that the regular burnt offerings are taken away and the revolting thing that causes people to be appalled is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.