In the third year of Belshazzar’s reign, a vision that I, Daniel, saw after I had seen the first one.
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Daniel (Old Greek) 8
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εἶδον ἐν τῷ ὁράματι τοῦ ἐνυπνίου μου ἐμοῦ ὄντος ἐν Σούσοις τῇ πόλει ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐν Ἐλυμαΐδι χώρᾳ ἔτι ὄντος μου πρὸς τῇ πύλῃ Αιλαμ
I saw in the vision of my dream, while I was in Susa the city, which is in the land of Elam, while I was still at the gate of Ailam.
εἶδον κριὸν ἕνα μέγαν ἑστῶτα ἀπέναντι τῆς πύλης καὶ εἶχε κέρατα καὶ τὸ ἓν ὑψηλότερον τοῦ ἑτέρου καὶ τὸ ὑψηλότερον ἀνέβαινε
I saw one great ram standing before the gateway, and it had horns, and one was higher than the other, and the higher one was ascending.
δὲ ταῦτα εἶδον τὸν κριὸν κερατίζοντα πρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ πρὸς βορρᾶν καὶ πρὸς δυσμὰς καὶ μεσημβρίαν καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία οὐκ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ῥυόμενος ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίει ὡς ἤθελε καὶ ὑψώθη
And I saw these things: the ram goring toward the east, and toward the north, and toward the west, and the south; and all the beasts did not stand before him, and there was no one delivering from his hands; and he did as he wished, and he was exalted.
ἐγὼ διενοούμην καὶ ἰδοὺ τράγος αἰγῶν ἤρχετο ἀπὸ δυσμῶν ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς καὶ οὐχ ἥπτετο τῆς γῆς καὶ ἦν τοῦ τράγου κέρας ἓν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ
I was considering, and behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the face of the whole earth, and it was not touching the ground; and the goat had one horn between its eyes.
ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν κριὸν τὸν τὰ κέρατα ἔχοντα ὃν εἶδον ἑστῶτα πρὸς τῇ πύλῃ καὶ ἔδραμε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν θυμῷ ὀργῆς
He came against the ram that had the horns, which I saw standing beside the gate, and he ran toward it in the fury of his anger.
εἶδον αὐτὸν προσάγοντα πρὸς τὸν κριόν καὶ ἐθυμώθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπάταξε καὶ συνέτριψε τὰ δύο κέρατα αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκέτι ἦν ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ κριῷ στῆναι κατέναντι τοῦ τράγου καὶ ἐσπάραξεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτόν καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ ῥυόμενος τὸν κριὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ τράγου
I saw it approaching the ram, and it was enraged against it, and it struck and shattered its two horns; and there was no strength in the ram to stand before the he-goat, and it tore it to the ground and shattered it, and there was no one delivering the ram from the he-goat.
ὁ τράγος τῶν αἰγῶν κατίσχυσε σφόδρα καὶ ὅτε κατίσχυσε συνετρίβη αὐτοῦ τὸ κέρας τὸ μέγα καὶ ἀνέβη ἕτερα τέσσαρα κέρατα κατόπισθεν αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀνέμους τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
The he-goat of the goats grew exceedingly strong, and when he grew strong, his great horn was broken, and four other horns rose up behind it toward the four winds of heaven.
ἐξ ἑνὸς αὐτῶν ἀνεφύη κέρας ἰσχυρὸν ἓν καὶ κατίσχυσε καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐπὶ μεσημβρίαν καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἀνατολὰς καὶ ἐπὶ βορρᾶν
From one of them a strong horn sprang up, one, and it prevailed and struck toward the south and toward the east and toward the north.
It was exalted up to the stars of heaven, and it was shattered upon the earth from the stars, and from them it was trampled.
ὁ ἀρχιστράτηγος ῥύσεται τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ δι᾿ αὐτὸν τὰ ὄρη τὰ ἀπ᾿ αἰῶνος ἐρράχθη καὶ ἐξήρθη ὁ τόπος αὐτῶν καὶ θυσία καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν ἕως χαμαὶ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ εὐωδώθη καὶ ἐγενήθη καὶ τὸ ἅγιον ἐρημωθήσεται
The chief commander will release the captivity, and because of him the mountains from eternity were shattered, and their place was removed, and sacrifice; and he set it down upon the ground, as far as the earth, and it was fragrant, and it came to be, and the holy place will be desolated.
Sins were made against the sacrifice, and righteousness was thrown down to the ground; and it acted and prospered.
ἤκουον ἑτέρου ἁγίου λαλοῦντος καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἕτερος τῷ φελμουνι τῷ λαλοῦντι ἕως τίνος τὸ ὅραμα στήσεται καὶ ἡ θυσία ἡ ἀρθεῖσα καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐρημώσεως ἡ δοθεῖσα καὶ τὰ ἅγια ἐρημωθήσεται εἰς καταπάτημα
I heard another holy one speaking, and the other said to the one speaking, “Until when will the vision stand, and the sacrifice that was taken away, and the sin of desolation that was given, and the holy things be made desolate for trampling?”
He said to him, “Until evening and morning, two thousand three hundred days, and the holy place shall be cleansed.”
ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ θεωρεῖν με ἐγὼ Δανιηλ τὸ ὅραμα ἐζήτουν διανοηθῆναι καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔστη κατεναντίον μου ὡς ὅρασις ἀνθρώπου
And it came to pass, as I, Daniel, was observing the vision, that I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me what appeared as a man.
ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ Ουλαι καὶ ἐκάλεσε καὶ εἶπεν Γαβριηλ συνέτισον ἐκεῖνον τὴν ὅρασιν καὶ ἀναβοήσας εἶπεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσταγμα ἐκεῖνο ἡ ὅρασις
I heard a man’s voice between the Ulai, and he called and said, Gabriel, make that one understand the vision. And crying out, the man said, “At that command, the vision.”
ἦλθε καὶ ἔστη ἐχόμενός μου τῆς στάσεως καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔρχεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐθορυβήθην καὶ ἔπεσα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου καὶ εἶπέν μοι διανοήθητι υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου ἔτι γὰρ εἰς ὥραν καιροῦ τοῦτο τὸ ὅραμα
He came and stood beside where I was standing, and as he came I was terrified and fell upon my face; and he said to me, Understand, son of man, for this vision is still for the time of the end.
While he was speaking with me, I fell asleep with my face on the ground, and he touched me and raised me up in my place.
εἶπέ μοι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀπαγγέλλω σοι ἃ ἔσται ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτου τῆς ὀργῆς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἔτι γὰρ εἰς ὥρας καιροῦ συντελείας μενεῖ
He said to me, “Behold, I am declaring to you what shall be at the end of the wrath against the sons of your people, for it will remain until the time of the completion.
The ram that you saw, the one having the horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
ὁ τράγος τῶν αἰγῶν βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐστί καὶ τὸ κέρας τὸ μέγα τὸ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ πρῶτος
The he-goat is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that is between his eyes is itself the first king.
τὰ συντριβέντα καὶ ἀναβάντα ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ τέσσαρα κέρατα τέσσαρες βασιλεῖς τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσονται οὐ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ
And the broken ones, and four horns that rose up behind it, four kings of its nation shall arise, but not according to its strength.
ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτου τῆς βασιλείας αὐτῶν πληρουμένων τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσεται βασιλεὺς ἀναιδὴς προσώπῳ διανοούμενος αἰνίγματα
At the end of their kingdom, when their sins are being completed, a king will arise, shameless in face, devising riddles.
στερεωθήσεται ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτοῦ καὶ θαυμαστῶς φθερεῖ καὶ εὐοδωθήσεται καὶ ποιήσει καὶ φθερεῖ δυνάστας καὶ δῆμον ἁγίων
His power shall be strengthened, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wondrously, and prosper, and act, and destroy mighty men and the people of the holy ones.
ἐπὶ τοὺς ἁγίους τὸ διανόημα αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐοδωθήσεται τὸ ψεῦδος ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ὑψωθήσεται καὶ δόλῳ ἀφανιεῖ πολλοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ ἀπωλείας ἀνδρῶν στήσεται καὶ ποιήσει συναγωγὴν χειρὸς καὶ ἀποδώσεται
His purpose will be against the holy ones, and falsehood will prosper in his hands; his heart will be exalted, and by deceit he will destroy many, and he will stand for the destruction of men, and he will make a gathering of a hand and repay.
ὅραμα τὸ ἑσπέρας καὶ πρωὶ ηὑρέθη ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείας καὶ νῦν πεφραγμένον τὸ ὅραμα ἔτι γὰρ εἰς ἡμέρας πολλάς
The vision of the evening and morning was found to be true; and now seal up the vision, for it is still for many days.
Δανιηλ ἀσθενήσας ἡμέρας πολλὰς καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐπραγματευόμην πάλιν βασιλικά καὶ ἐξελυόμην ἐπὶ τῷ ὁράματι καὶ οὐδεὶς ἦν ὁ διανοούμενος
Daniel, having become weak for many days, and having risen, I was again engaged in royal affairs, and I was wasting away because of the vision, and there was no one who understood it.