Chapter 8
Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat
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In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me,… Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤔 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤕 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤋𐤀𐤔𐤑𐤓 𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤍𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤍𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤁𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤄
שָׁל֔וֹשׁ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֣ר חָז֞וֹן נִרְאָ֤ה אֵלַי֙ אֲנִ֣י דָנִיֵּ֔אל אַחֲרֵ֛י הַנִּרְאָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י בַּתְּחִלָּֽה׃ šā·lō·wōš biš·naṯ lə·mal·ḵūṯ ham·me·leḵ bê·lə·šaṣ·ṣar ḥā·zō·wn nir·’āh ’ê·lay ’ă·nî ḏā·nî·yêl ’a·ḥă·rê han·nir·’āh ’ê·lay bat·tə·ḥil·lāh — WLC · 1
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And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
𐤁𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤁𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤔𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤁𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤅𐤁𐤋
בֶּחָזוֹן֒ וָֽאֶרְאֶה֮ וַיְהִי֙ בִּרְאֹתִ֔י וַאֲנִי֙ הַבִּירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַמְּדִינָ֑ה בְּעֵילָ֣ם וָאֶרְאֶה֙ בֶּֽחָז֔וֹן וַאֲנִ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי עַל־ אוּלָֽי׃ אוּבַ֥ל be·ḥā·zō·wn wā·’er·’eh way·hî bir·’ō·ṯî wa·’ă·nî hab·bî·rāh ’ă·šer bə·šū·šan ham·mə·ḏî·nāh bə·‘ê·lām wā·’er·’eh be·ḥā·zō·wn wa·’ă·nî hā·yî·ṯî ‘al- ’ū·lāy ’ū·ḇal — WLC · 2
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Then I lifted up my eyes and saw - a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤀 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤋𐤅 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤂𐤁𐤄𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤂𐤁𐤄𐤄 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤂𐤁𐤄𐤄 𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤍𐤄
וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ וָאֶרְאֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ אֶחָ֗ד אַ֣יִל וְל֣וֹ קְרָנָ֑יִם עֹמֵ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֻבָ֖ל וְהַקְּרָנַ֣יִם גְּבֹה֗וֹת וְהָאַחַת֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה מִן־ הַשֵּׁנִ֔ית וְהַ֨גְּבֹהָ֔ה עֹלָ֖ה בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃ wā·’eś·śā ‘ê·nay wā·’er·’eh wə·hin·nêh ’e·ḥāḏ ’a·yil wə·lōw qə·rā·nā·yim ‘ō·mêḏ lip̄·nê hā·’u·ḇāl wə·haq·qə·rā·na·yim gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ wə·hā·’a·ḥaṯ gə·ḇō·hāh min- haš·šê·nîṯ wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hāh ‘ō·lāh bā·’a·ḥă·rō·nāh — WLC · 3
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I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No… animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤌𐤍𐤂𐤇 𐤉𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤍𐤂𐤁𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤀 𐤇𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤋 𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤓𐤑𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋
רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־ הָאַ֡יִל מְנַגֵּחַ֩ יָ֨מָּה וְצָפ֜וֹנָה וָנֶ֗גְבָּה וְכָל־ לֹֽא־ חַיּוֹת֙ יַֽעַמְד֣וּ לְפָנָ֔יו וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל מִיָּד֑וֹ וְעָשָׂ֥ה כִרְצֹנ֖וֹ וְהִגְדִּֽיל׃ rā·’î·ṯî ’eṯ- hā·’a·yil mə·nag·gê·aḥ yām·māh wə·ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh wā·neḡ·bāh wə·ḵāl lō- ḥay·yō·wṯ ya·‘am·ḏū lə·p̄ā·nāw wə·’ên maṣ·ṣîl mî·yā·ḏōw wə·‘ā·śāh ḵir·ṣō·nōw wə·hiḡ·dîl — WLC · 4
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As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes… came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤑𐤐𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤐𐤉𐤓 𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤕 𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤏𐤆𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤍𐤅𐤂𐤏 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑
וַאֲנִ֣י׀ הָיִ֣יתִי מֵבִ֗ין וְהִנֵּ֤ה צְפִיר־ וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔יר חָז֖וּת קֶ֥רֶן בֵּ֥ין עֵינָֽיו׃ הָֽעִזִּים֙ בָּ֤א מִן־ הַֽמַּעֲרָב֙ עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י כָל־ הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין נוֹגֵ֖עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ wa·’ă·nî hā·yî·ṯî mê·ḇîn wə·hin·nêh ṣə·p̄îr- wə·haṣ·ṣā·p̄îr ḥā·zūṯ qe·ren bên ‘ê·nāw hā·‘iz·zîm bā min- ham·ma·‘ă·rāḇ ‘al- pə·nê ḵāl hā·’ā·reṣ wə·’ên nō·w·ḡê·a‘ bā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 5
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He came toward the two-horned ram… I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤇𐤌𐤕 𐤊𐤇𐤅
וַיָּבֹ֗א עַד־ הַקְּרָנַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָאַ֙יִל֙ בַּ֣עַל רָאִ֔יתִי עֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י הָאֻבָ֑ל וַיָּ֥רָץ אֵלָ֖יו בַּחֲמַ֥ת כֹּחֽוֹ׃ way·yā·ḇō ‘aḏ- haq·qə·rā·na·yim ’ă·šer hā·’a·yil ba·‘al rā·’î·ṯî ‘ō·mêḏ lip̄·nê hā·’u·ḇāl way·yā·rāṣ ’ê·lāw ba·ḥă·maṯ kō·ḥōw — WLC · 6
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I saw him approach… the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was vvv powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, [and] no one could deliver the ram from his power.
𐤅𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤅 𐤌𐤂𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤑𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤇 𐤋𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤄𐤅 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤎𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤅
וּרְאִיתִ֞יו מַגִּ֣יעַ׀ אֵ֣צֶל הָאַ֗יִל וַיִּתְמַרְמַ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־ הָאַ֔יִל וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ אֶת־ שְׁתֵּ֣י קְרָנָ֔יו בָּאַ֖יִל הָ֥יָה וְלֹא־ כֹ֛חַ לַעֲמֹ֣ד לְפָנָ֑יו וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤הוּ אַ֙רְצָה֙ וַֽיִּרְמְסֵ֔הוּ הָיָ֥ה וְלֹא־ מַצִּ֛יל לָאַ֖יִל מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ ū·rə·’î·ṯîw mag·gî·a‘ ’ê·ṣel hā·’a·yil way·yiṯ·mar·mar ’ê·lāw way·yaḵ ’eṯ- hā·’a·yil way·šab·bêr ’eṯ- šə·tê qə·rā·nāw bā·’a·yil hā·yāh wə·lō- ḵō·aḥ la·‘ă·mōḏ lə·p̄ā·nāw way·yaš·lî·ḵê·hū ’ar·ṣāh way·yir·mə·sê·hū hā·yāh wə·lō- maṣ·ṣîl lā·’a·yil mî·yā·ḏōw — WLC · 7
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Thus the goat… became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
𐤅𐤑𐤐𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤏𐤆𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤊𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤅 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤋𐤍𐤄 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤓𐤅𐤇𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌
וּצְפִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים עַד־ מְאֹ֑ד הִגְדִּ֣יל וּכְעָצְמ֗וֹ הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה הַקֶּ֣רֶן נִשְׁבְּרָה֙ אַרְבַּע֙ חָז֤וּת וַֽתַּעֲלֶ֜נָה תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ ū·ṣə·p̄îr hā·‘iz·zîm ‘aḏ- mə·’ōḏ hiḡ·dîl ū·ḵə·‘ā·ṣə·mōw hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh haq·qe·ren niš·bə·rāh ’ar·ba‘ ḥā·zūṯ wat·ta·‘ă·le·nāh taḥ·te·hā lə·’ar·ba‘ rū·ḥō·wṯ haš·šā·mā·yim — WLC · 8
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From one of [these horns] a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east… and toward the Beautiful Land.
𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤏𐤉𐤓𐤄 𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤕𐤂𐤃𐤋 𐤉𐤕𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤍𐤂𐤁 𐤄𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤑𐤁𐤉
וּמִן־ הָאַחַ֣ת מֵהֶ֔ם אַחַ֖ת מִצְּעִירָ֑ה קֶֽרֶן־ יָצָ֥א וַתִּגְדַּל־ יֶ֛תֶר אֶל־ הַנֶּ֥גֶב הַמִּזְרָ֖ח וְאֶל־ וְאֶל־ הַצֶּֽבִי׃ ū·min- hā·’a·ḥaṯ mê·hem ’a·ḥaṯ miṣ·ṣə·‘î·rāh qe·ren- yā·ṣā wat·tiḡ·dal- ye·ṯer ’el- han·ne·ḡeḇ ham·miz·rāḥ wə·’el- wə·’el- haṣ·ṣe·ḇî — WLC · 9
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It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and [some] of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
𐤅𐤕𐤂𐤃𐤋 𐤏𐤃 𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤐𐤋 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤊𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤓𐤌𐤎𐤌
וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל עַד־ צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַתַּפֵּ֥ל מִן־ הַצָּבָ֥א וּמִן־ הַכּוֹכָבִ֖ים אַ֛רְצָה וַֽתִּרְמְסֵֽם׃ wat·tiḡ·dal ‘aḏ- ṣə·ḇā haš·šā·mā·yim wat·tap·pêl min- haṣ·ṣā·ḇā ū·min- hak·kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm ’ar·ṣāh wat·tir·mə·sêm — WLC · 10
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It magnified itself,… even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤔𐤓 𐤄𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤊𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤅
הִגְדִּ֑יל וּמִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ וְעַ֥ד שַֽׂר־ הַצָּבָ֖א הֵרִים הַתָּמִ֔יד וְהֻשְׁלַ֖ךְ מְכ֥וֹן מִקְדָּשֽׁוֹ׃ hiḡ·dîl ū·mim·men·nū wə·‘aḏ śar- haṣ·ṣā·ḇā hē·rīm hat·tā·mîḏ wə·huš·laḵ mə·ḵō·wn miq·dā·šōw — WLC · 11
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And in the rebellion, the host [and] the daily sacrifice were given over [to the horn], and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
𐤁𐤐𐤔𐤏 𐤅𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤕𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤉𐤇𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤄
בְּפָ֑שַׁע וְצָבָ֛א עַל־ הַתָּמִ֖יד תִּנָּתֵ֥ן וְתַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ אֱמֶת֙ אַ֔רְצָה וְהִצְלִֽיחָה׃ וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה bə·p̄ā·ša‘ wə·ṣā·ḇā ‘al- hat·tā·mîḏ tin·nā·ṯên wə·ṯaš·lêḵ ’ĕ·meṯ ’ar·ṣāh wə·hiṣ·lî·ḥāh wə·‘ā·śə·ṯāh — WLC · 12
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Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy… one said to [him], “How long [until the fulfillment of] the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤔 𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤇𐤃 𐤒𐤃𐤅𐤔 𐤋𐤐𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤕𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤄𐤐𐤔𐤏 𐤔𐤌𐤌 𐤕𐤕 𐤅𐤒𐤃𐤔 𐤅𐤑𐤁𐤀 𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤎
וָאֶשְׁמְעָ֥ה אֶֽחָד־ קָד֖וֹשׁ מְדַבֵּ֑ר אֶחָ֨ד קָד֜וֹשׁ לַפַּֽלְמוֹנִ֣י וַיֹּאמֶר֩ הַֽמְדַבֵּ֗ר עַד־ מָתַ֞י הֶחָז֤וֹן הַתָּמִיד֙ וְהַפֶּ֣שַׁע שֹׁמֵ֔ם תֵּ֛ת וְקֹ֥דֶשׁ וְצָבָ֖א מִרְמָֽס׃ wā·’eš·mə·‘āh ’e·ḥāḏ- qā·ḏō·wōš mə·ḏab·bêr ’e·ḥāḏ qā·ḏō·wōš lap·pal·mō·w·nî way·yō·mer ham·ḏab·bêr ‘aḏ- mā·ṯay he·ḥā·zō·wn hat·tā·mîḏ wə·hap·pe·ša‘ šō·mêm têṯ wə·qō·ḏeš wə·ṣā·ḇā mir·mās — WLC · 13
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He said to me, “It will take 2,300… evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤒𐤃𐤔 𐤅𐤍𐤑𐤃𐤒
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י עַ֚ד אַלְפַּ֖יִם וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֑וֹת עֶ֣רֶב בֹּ֔קֶר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ וְנִצְדַּ֖ק way·yō·mer ’ê·lay ‘aḏ ’al·pa·yim ū·šə·lōš mê·’ō·wṯ ‘e·reḇ bō·qer qō·ḏeš wə·niṣ·daq — WLC · 14
Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision
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While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤒𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤋𐤍𐤂𐤃𐤉 𐤊𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤂𐤁𐤓
וַיְהִ֗י אֲנִ֥י דָנִיֵּ֖אל אֶת־ בִּרְאֹתִ֛י הֶחָז֑וֹן וָאֲבַקְשָׁ֣ה בִינָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֛ה עֹמֵ֥ד לְנֶגְדִּ֖י כְּמַרְאֵה־ גָֽבֶר׃ way·hî ’ă·nî ḏā·nî·yêl ’eṯ- bir·’ō·ṯî he·ḥā·zō·wn wā·’ă·ḇaq·šāh ḇî·nāh wə·hin·nêh ‘ō·mêḏ lə·neḡ·dî kə·mar·’êh- ḡā·ḇer — WLC · 15
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And I heard the voice of a man calling… from between [the banks of] the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.” -
𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤆 𐤀𐤕
וָאֶשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹל־ אָדָ֖ם וַיִּקְרָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר בֵּ֣ין אוּלָ֑י גַּבְרִיאֵ֕ל הָבֵ֥ן הַמַּרְאֶֽה׃ לְהַלָּ֖ז אֶת־ wā·’eš·ma‘ qō·wl- ’ā·ḏām way·yiq·rā way·yō·mar bên ’ū·lāy gaḇ·rî·’êl hā·ḇên ham·mar·’eh lə·hal·lāz ’eṯ- — WLC · 16
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As he came near to where I stood I was terrified and fell facedown… “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”
𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤑𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤐𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤄𐤁𐤍 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤏𐤕 𐤒𐤑
וַיָּבֹא֙ אֵ֣צֶל עָמְדִ֔י וּבְבֹא֣וֹ נִבְעַ֔תִּי וָאֶפְּלָ֖ה עַל־ פָּנָ֑י בֶּן־ אָדָ֔ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ הָבֵ֣ן כִּ֖י הֶחָזֽוֹן׃ לְעֶת־ קֵ֥ץ way·yā·ḇō ’ê·ṣel ‘ā·mə·ḏî ū·ḇə·ḇō·’ōw niḇ·‘at·tî wā·’ep·pə·lāh ‘al- pā·nāy ben- ’ā·ḏām way·yō·mer ’ê·lay hā·ḇên kî he·ḥā·zō·wn lə·‘eṯ- qêṣ — WLC · 17
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While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet…,
𐤅𐤁𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤍𐤓𐤃𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤏 𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉
וּבְדַבְּר֣וֹ עִמִּ֔י נִרְדַּ֥מְתִּי עַל־ פָּנַ֖י אָ֑רְצָה וַיִּ֨גַּע־ בִּ֔י וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֖נִי עַל־ עָמְדִֽי׃ ū·ḇə·ḏab·bə·rōw ‘im·mî nir·dam·tî ‘al- pā·nay ’ā·rə·ṣāh way·yig·ga‘- bî way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏê·nî ‘al- ‘ā·mə·ḏî — WLC · 18
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and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤄𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤏𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤏𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤒𐤑
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הִנְנִ֣י מוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֔ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־ יִהְיֶ֖ה בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַזָּ֑עַם כִּ֖י לְמוֹעֵ֥ד קֵֽץ׃ way·yō·mer hin·nî mō·w·ḏî·‘ă·ḵā ’êṯ ’ă·šer- yih·yeh bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ haz·zā·‘am kî lə·mō·w·‘êḏ qêṣ — WLC · 19
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The two-horned ram that you saw… represents the kings of Media and Persia.
𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤉𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤓𐤀𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤃𐤉 𐤅𐤐𐤓𐤎
הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־ רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃ haq·qə·rā·nā·yim hā·’a·yil ’ă·šer- rā·’î·ṯā ba·‘al mal·ḵê mā·ḏay ū·p̄ā·rās — WLC · 20
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The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤐𐤉𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊
הַשָּׂעִ֖יר וְהַצָּפִ֥יר מֶ֣לֶךְ יָוָ֑ן הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר וְהַקֶּ֤רֶן בֵּין־ עֵינָ֔יו ה֖וּא הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ haś·śā·‘îr wə·haṣ·ṣā·p̄îr me·leḵ yā·wān hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh ’ă·šer wə·haq·qe·ren bên- ‘ê·nāw hū hā·ri·šō·wn ham·me·leḵ — WLC · 21
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The four [horns] that replaced the broken [one] represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation… but will not have the same power.
𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤕𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤔𐤁𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤍𐤄 𐤌𐤂𐤅𐤉 𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤊𐤇𐤅
אַרְבַּ֖ע תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ וְהַ֨נִּשְׁבֶּ֔רֶת אַרְבַּ֧ע מַלְכֻי֛וֹת וַתַּֽעֲמֹ֥דְנָה מִגּ֥וֹי יַעֲמֹ֖דְנָה וְלֹ֥א בְכֹחֽוֹ׃ ’ar·ba‘ taḥ·te·hā wə·han·niš·be·reṯ ’ar·ba‘ mal·ḵu·yō·wṯ wat·ta·‘ă·mō·ḏə·nāh mig·gō·w ya·‘ă·mō·ḏə·nāh wə·lō ḇə·ḵō·ḥōw — WLC · 22
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In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent… king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤐𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤄𐤕𐤌 𐤏𐤆 𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃
וּֽבְאַחֲרִית֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ם הַפֹּשְׁעִ֑ים כְּהָתֵ֖ם עַז־ פָּנִ֖ים מֶ֥לֶךְ וּמֵבִ֥ין חִידֽוֹת׃ יַעֲמֹ֛ד ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ mal·ḵū·ṯām hap·pō·šə·‘îm kə·hā·ṯêm ‘az- pā·nîm me·leḵ ū·mê·ḇîn ḥî·ḏō·wṯ ya·‘ă·mōḏ — WLC · 23
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His power will be great, but it… will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
𐤊𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤑𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤉𐤇 𐤅𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕 𐤏𐤑𐤅𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤌
כֹּחוֹ֙ וְעָצַ֤ם בְכֹח֔וֹ וְנִפְלָא֥וֹת וְלֹ֣א יַשְׁחִ֖ית וְהִצְלִ֣יחַ וְעָשָׂ֑ה וְהִשְׁחִ֥ית עֲצוּמִ֖ים קְדֹשִֽׁים׃ וְעַם־ kō·ḥōw wə·‘ā·ṣam ḇə·ḵō·ḥōw wə·nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ wə·lō yaš·ḥîṯ wə·hiṣ·lî·aḥ wə·‘ā·śāh wə·hiš·ḥîṯ ‘ă·ṣū·mîm qə·ḏō·šîm wə·‘am- — WLC · 24
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Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by [human] hands.
𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤊𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤉𐤇 𐤅𐤁𐤋𐤁𐤁𐤅 𐤉𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤏𐤌𐤃 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤐𐤎 𐤉𐤃
וְעַל־ שִׂכְל֗וֹ בְּיָד֔וֹ מִרְמָה֙ וְהִצְלִ֤יחַ וּבִלְבָב֣וֹ יַגְדִּ֔יל וּבְשַׁלְוָ֖ה יַשְׁחִ֣ית רַבִּ֑ים יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְעַ֤ל־ שַׂר־ שָׂרִים֙ יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ וּבְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד wə·‘al- śiḵ·lōw bə·yā·ḏōw mir·māh wə·hiṣ·lî·aḥ ū·ḇil·ḇā·ḇōw yaḡ·dîl ū·ḇə·šal·wāh yaš·ḥîṯ rab·bîm ya·‘ă·mōḏ wə·‘al- śar- śā·rîm yiš·šā·ḇêr ū·ḇə·’e·p̄es yāḏ — WLC · 25
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The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true… Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
𐤅𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌𐤕 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤎𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤅𐤍 𐤊𐤉 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌
וּמַרְאֵ֨ה הָעֶ֧רֶב וְהַבֹּ֛קֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נֶאֱמַ֖ר אֱמֶ֣ת ה֑וּא וְאַתָּה֙ סְתֹ֣ם הֶֽחָז֔וֹן כִּ֖י רַבִּֽים׃ לְיָמִ֥ים ū·mar·’êh hā·‘e·reḇ wə·hab·bō·qer ’ă·šer ne·’ĕ·mar ’ĕ·meṯ hū wə·’at·tāh sə·ṯōm he·ḥā·zō·wn kî rab·bîm lə·yā·mîm — WLC · 26
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I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤅𐤌𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤐
וַאֲנִ֣י דָנִיֵּ֗אל נִהְיֵ֤יתִי וְנֶֽחֱלֵ֙יתִי֙ יָמִ֔ים וָאָק֕וּם וָאֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מְלֶ֣אכֶת וָאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם עַל־ הַמַּרְאֶ֖ה וְאֵ֥ין מֵבִֽין׃פ wa·’ă·nî ḏā·nî·yêl nih·yê·ṯî wə·ne·ḥĕ·lê·ṯî yā·mîm wā·’ā·qūm wā·’e·‘ĕ·śeh ’eṯ- ham·me·leḵ mə·le·ḵeṯ wā·’eš·tō·w·mêm ‘al- ham·mar·’eh wə·’ên mê·ḇîn — WLC · 27