دانيال 8

١ 1 وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِ بَيلْشَاصَّرَ الْمَلِكِ، ظَهَرَتْ لِي أَنَا دَانِيَالَ رُؤْيَا أُخْرَى بَعْدَ الرُّؤْيَا الأُولَى،

In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared unto me, [even] to me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.

٢ 2 وَكُنْتُ آنَئِذٍ فِي شُوشَانَ عَاصِمَةِ وِلايَةِ عِيلامَ بِجِوَارِ نَهْرِ أُولايَ،

And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

٣ 3 فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَإذَا بِي أَرَى كَبْشاً وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ النَّهْرِ، وَلَهُ قَرْنَانِ طَوِيلانِ. إِنَّمَا أَحَدُهُمَا أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الآخَرِ، مَعَ أَنَّ الأَطْوَلَ نَبَتَ بَعْدَ الأَوَّلِ.

And I lifted up mine eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns; and the two horns were high; and one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

٤ 4 وَرَأَيْتُ الْكَبْشَ يَنْطَحُ غَرْباً وَشِمَالاً وَجَنُوباً، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَجْرُؤَ أَيُّ حَيَوَانٍ عَلَى مُقَاوَمَتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ مُنْقِذٍ مِنْهُ، فَفَعَلَ كَمَا يَحْلُو لَهُ وَعَظُمَ شَأْنُهُ

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no beast could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.

٥ 5 وَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَأَمِّلاً، أَقْبَلَ تَيْسٌ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ عَبَرَ كُلَّ الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا. وَكَانَ لِلتَّيْسِ قَرْنٌ بَارِزٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ.

And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

٦ 6 وَانْدَفَعَ بِكُلِّ شِدَّةِ قُوَّتِهِ نَحْوَ الْكَبْشِ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ النَّهْرِ.

And he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power.

٧ 7 وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى هَجَمَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَهُ وَحَطَّمَ قَرْنَيْهِ، فَعَجَزَ الْكَبْشُ عَنْ صَدِّهِ. وَطَرَحَهُ التَّيْسُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَدَاسَهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْكَبْشِ مَنْ يُنْقِذُهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged with him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; and he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

٨ 8 فَعَظُمَ شَأْنُ التَّيْسِ. وَعِنْدَمَا اعْتَزَّ انْكَسَرَ الْقَرْنُ الْعَظِيمُ وَنَبَتَ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَةُ قُرُونٍ بَارِزَةٍ نَحْوَ جِهَاتِ الأَرْضِ الأَرْبَعِ.

And the he-goat became exceeding great; but when he was become strong, the great horn was broken; and in its stead came up four notable ones toward the four winds of the heavens.

٩ 9 وَنَمَا مِنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهَا قَرْنٌ صَغِيرٌ عَظُمَ أَمْرُهُ، وَامْتَدَّ جَنُوباً وَشَرْقاً وَنَحْوَ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauty [of the earth].

١٠ 10 وَبَلَغَ مِنْ عَظَمَتِهِ أَنَّهُ تَطَاوَلَ عَلَى مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ وَقَضَى عَلَى بَعْضِهِمْ وَدَاسَ عَلَيْهِمْ،

And it became great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down [some] of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.

١١ 11 وَتَحَدَّى حَتَّى رَئِيسِ الْجُنْدِ (أَيِ اللهِ)، وَتَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَلْغَى الْمُحْرَقَةَ الدَّائِمَةَ وَهَدَمَ الْهَيْكَلَ.

(And he magnified [himself] even to the prince of the host, and from him the continual [sacrifice] was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

١٢ 12 وَبِسَبَبِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ سُلِّطَ عَلَى جُنْدِ القِدِّيسِينَ وَعَلَى الْمُحْرَقَةِ الْيَوْمِيَّةِ. وَحَالَفَهُ التَّوْفِيقُ فِي كُلِّ مَا صَنَعَ فَطَرَحَ الْحَقَّ عَلى الأَرْضِ.

And a time of trial was appointed unto the continual [sacrifice] by reason of transgression.) And it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised and prospered.

١٣ 13 فَسَمِعْتُ قُدُّوساً يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ قُدُّوسٌ آخَرُ: «كَمْ يَطُولُ زَمَنُ الرُّؤْيَا بِشَأْنِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ الدَّائِمَةِ الْيَوْمِيَّةِ، وَمَعْصِيَةِ الْخَرَابِ، وَتَسْلِيمِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْجُنْدِ لِيَكُونُوا مَدُوسِينَ؟»

And I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that one who spoke, How long shall be the vision of the continual [sacrifice] and of the transgression that maketh desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden down under foot?

١٤ 14 فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِلَى أَلْفَيْنِ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةِ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ يَتَطَهَّرُ الْهَيْكَلُ».

And he said unto me, Until two thousand and three hundred evenings [and] mornings: then shall the sanctuary be vindicated.

١٥ 15 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ شَاهَدْتُ أَنَا دَانِيَالَ الرُّؤْيَا وَطَلَبْتُ تَفْسِيراً لَهَا، إِذَا بِشِبْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَاقِفٍ أَمَامِي.

And it came to pass, when I Daniel had seen the vision, I sought for the understanding of it, and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

١٦ 16 وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانٍ صَادِراً مِنْ بَيْنِ ضَفَّتَيْ نَهْرِ أُولايَ قَائِلاً: «يَا جِبْرَائِيلُ، فَسِّرْ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ الرُّؤْيَا».

And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai; and he called and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to understand the vision.

١٧ 17 فَجَاءَ إِلَيَّ حَيْثُ وَقَفْتُ، فَتَوَلَّانِي الْخَوْفُ وَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي، فَقَالَ لِي: «افْهَمْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ. إِنَّ الرُّؤْيَا تَخْتَصُّ بِوَقْتِ الْمُنْتَهَى».

And he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was afraid, and fell on my face; and he said unto me, Understand, son of man; for the vision is for the time of the end.

١٨ 18 وَفِيمَا كَانَ يُخَاطِبُنِي وَأَنَا مُكِبٌّ بِوَجْهِي إِلَى الأَرْضِ غَشِيَنِي سُبَاتٌ عَمِيقٌ، فَلَمَسَنِي وَأَنْهَضَنِي عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ،

Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood.

١٩ 19 وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أُطْلِعُكَ عَلَى مَا سَيَحْدُثُ فِي آخِرِ حِقْبَةِ الْغَضَبِ، لأَنَّ الرُّوْيَا تَرْتَبِطُ بِمِيعَادِ الانْتِهَاءِ.

And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be at the end of the indignation: for at the set time the end shall be.

٢٠ 20 إِنَّ الْكَبْشَ ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ هُوَ مُلُوكُ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ.

The ram that thou sawest having the two horns: they are the kings of Media and Persia.

٢١ 21 وَالتَّيْسَ الأَشْعَرَ هُوَ مَلِكُ الْيُونَانِ، وَالْقَرْنَ الْعَظِيمَ النَّابِتَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الأَوَّلُ.

And the rough goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between his eyes is the first king.

٢٢ 22 وَمَا إِنِ انْكَسَرَ حَتَّى خَلَفَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ، تَقَاسَمُوا مَمْلَكَتَهُ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُمَاثِلُوهُ فِي قُوَّتِهِ.

Now that being broken, whereas four stood up in its stead, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.

٢٣ 23 وَفِي أَوَاخِرِ مُلْكِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا تَبْلُغُ الْمَعَاصِي أَقْصَى مَدَاهَا، يَقُومُ مَلِكٌ فَظٌّ حَاذِقٌ دَاهِيَةٌ،

And at the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors shall have come to the full, a king of bold countenance, and understanding riddles, shall stand up.

٢٤ 24 فَيَعْظُمُ شَأْنُهُ، إِنَّمَا لَيْسَ بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِهِ. وَيُسَبِّبُ دَمَاراً رَهِيباً وَيُفْلِحُ فِي الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى الأَقْوِيَاءِ، وَيَقْهَرُ شَعْبَ اللهِ.

And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy marvellously, and shall prosper, and shall practise, and shall destroy the mighty ones, and the people of the saints.

٢٥ 25 وَبِدَهَائِهِ وَمَكْرِهِ يُحَقِّقُ مَآرِبَهُ، وَيَتَكَبَّرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَيُهْلِكُ الْكَثِيرِينَ وَهُمْ فِي طُمَأْنِينَةٍ، وَيَتَمَرَّدُ عَلَى رَئِيسِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ لَكِنَّهُ يَتَحَطَّمُ بِغَيْرِ يَدِ الإِنْسَانِ.

And through his cunning shall he cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he will magnify [himself] in his heart, and by prosperity will corrupt many; and he will stand up against the Prince of princes: but he shall be broken without hand.

٢٦ 26 وَرُؤْيَا الأَلْفَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِ مِئَةِ يَوْمٍ الَّتِي تَجَلَّتْ لَكَ هِيَ رُؤْيَا حَقٍّ، وَلَكِنِ اكْتُمِ الرُّؤْيَا لأَنَّهَا لَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ إِلا بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ».

And the vision of the evening and the morning which hath been told is true; but close thou up the vision, for it is for many days [to come].

٢٧ 27 فَضَعُفْتُ أَنَا دَانِيَالَ وَنَحَلْتُ أَيَّاماً، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ وَعُدْتُ أُبَاشِرُ أَعْمَالَ الْمَلِكِ. وَرَوَّعَتْنِي الرُّؤْيَا، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَفْهَمُهَا.

And I Daniel fainted, and was sick [certain] days: then I rose up, and did the king's business. And I was astonished at the vision, but none understood [it].