Activation Error

I am trying to activate polylang on my wordpress site.. i can install it but when i go to activate it i get this error

Polylang has been deactivated because you upgraded from a too old version.

Please upgrade first to 0.9.8 before ugrading to 2.1.4.

Polylang has been deactivated because you upgraded from a too old version.

Please upgrade first to 0.9.8 before ugrading to 2.1.4.

I eventually found an older version and installed it and got the same message when activating it… please help!