1 No terceiro ano do reinado do rei Belsazar apareceu-me uma visão, a mim Daniel, depois daquela que me apareceu no princípio.
2 Eu vi na visão (ora foi assim, que quando vi, eu estava no castelo de Susã, que é na província de Elão) vi na visão, e eu estava junto ao rio Ulai.
3 Então levantei os meus olhos e vi, e eis que estava em pé diante do rio um carneiro que tinha dois chifres: os dois chifres eram altos; mas um era mais alto do que o outro, e o mais alto subiu por último.
4 Vi que o carneiro dava marradas para o ocidente e para o norte e para o sul; nenhum animal podia parar diante dele, nem havia quem os pudesse livrar do poder dele; ele, porém, fazia segundo a sua vontade, e assim se engrandeceu.
5 Estando eu considerando, eis que um bode vinha do oriente sobre a face de toda a terra e não tocava na terra; este bode tinha um chifre insigne entre os olhos.
6 Viu ao carneiro que tinha os dois chifres, ao qual vi em pé diante do rio, e correu contra ele no furor do seu poder.
7 Eu o vi chegar perto do carneiro, e foi movido de cólera contra ele. Feriu ao carneiro e quebrou-lhe os dois chifres; não havia força no carneiro para lhe resistir; mas o bode o lançou por terra, e o pisou aos pés, e não havia quem pudesse livrar o carneiro do poder dele.
8 O bode se engrandeceu sobremaneira; e estando forte, quebrou-se-lhe o grande chifre, e em lugar dele quatro chifres insignes saíram para os quatro ventos do céu.
9 Dum dos chifres saiu um chifre pequeno, e tornou-se muito forte para o sul e para o oriente e para a terra gloriosa.
10 Tornou-se forte, até contra o exército do céu; lançou por terra alguns do exército e das estrelas, e pisou-os aos pés.
11 Sim se engrandeceu, até contra o príncipe do exército; tirou dele o holocausto perpétuo, e o lugar do seu santuário foi deitado abaixo.
12 Por causa da transgressão foi-lhe entregue o exército juntamente com o holocausto perpétuo; lançou por terra a verdade, fez o que era do seu agrado e prosperou.
13 Então ouvi a um santo falar, e outro santo disse àquele que falava: Até quando durará a visão relativamente ao holocausto perpétuo e à transgressão assoladora, visão na qual são entregues tanto o santuário como o exército para serem pisados aos pés?
14 Ele me disse: Até duas mil e trezentas tardes e manhãs; então o santuário será purificado.
15 Quando eu, sim eu Daniel, tinha visto a visão, procurei entendê-la; e eis que se me apresentou diante uma como aparência de homem.
16 Ouvi uma voz de homem entre as margens de Ulai, a qual gritou e disse: Gabriel, faze que este homem entenda a visão.
17 Veio, pois, perto do lugar em que eu estava; quando ele veio, fiquei amedrontado, e prostrei-me com o rosto em terra. Porém ele me disse: Entende, filho do homem, pois a visão pertence ao tempo do fim.
18 Ora enquanto ele falava comigo, caí num profundo sono, tendo o meu rosto virado para a terra; ele, porém, me tocou, pôs-me em pé,
19 e disse: Eis que te farei saber o que há de acontecer nos últimos dias da indignação, porque pertence ao tempo determinado do fim.
20 O carneiro que tu viste, que tinha dois chifres, estes são os reis da Média e da Pérsia.
21 O bode peludo é o rei da Grécia; e o chifre grande que ele tem entre os olhos é o primeiro rei.
22 Quanto ao chifre que se quebrou, e em cujo lugar se levantaram quatro, levantar-se-ão da nação quatro reinos, porém não com a força dele.
23 Nos últimos dias dos seus reinos, quando os transgressores tiverem chegado ao auge, levantar-se-á um rei, feroz de cara e entendedor de enigmas.
24 Grande será a sua força, porém não será de si mesmo; ele destruirá maravilhosamente, prosperará, fará o que quiser, e destruirá os poderosos e o povo santo.
25 Pela sua sutileza fará prosperar o engano na sua mão, e no seu coração se engrandecerá, e destruirá a muitos que vivem em segurança; levantar-se-á contra o príncipe dos príncipes; porém será quebrado sem intervir mão de homem.
26 A visão da tarde e da manhã, que foi dita, é verdadeira. Por isso encerra tu a visão, pois será para muitos dias.
27 Eu Daniel desmaiei, e fiquei doente por alguns dias; depois me levantei, e tratei dos negócios do rei. Eu estava espantado da visão, porém não havia quem a entendesse.
1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.
2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.
8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.
10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.
11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.
12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?
14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.
16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.
23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.