دانيال 8
| وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ مُدَّةِ حُكْمِ بَيلْشَاصَّرَ الْمَلِكِ، ظَهَرَتْ لِي أَنَا دَانِيَالَ رُؤْيَا أُخْرَى بَعْدَ الرُّؤْيَا الأُولَى، | ١ 1 |
During the third year that Belshazzar was the King [of Babylonia], I had another vision.
| وَكُنْتُ آنَئِذٍ فِي شُوشَانَ عَاصِمَةِ وِلايَةِ عِيلامَ بِجِوَارِ نَهْرِ أُولايَ، | ٢ 2 |
In that vision I was in Susa, the capital city of Elam Province. I was [standing] alongside the Ulai Canal.
| فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَإذَا بِي أَرَى كَبْشاً وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ النَّهْرِ، وَلَهُ قَرْنَانِ طَوِيلانِ. إِنَّمَا أَحَدُهُمَا أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الآخَرِ، مَعَ أَنَّ الأَطْوَلَ نَبَتَ بَعْدَ الأَوَّلِ. | ٣ 3 |
I looked up and saw a ram that was standing alongside the canal. It had two [long] horns, but the newest one was longer than the other one.
| 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 | ٤ 4 |
The ram butted/knocked away [with its horns] everything that was west and everything that was north and everything that was south of it. There were no [other] animals that were able to oppose it, and none that could rescue/save [other animals] from its power. The ram did whatever it wanted to do and became very powerful.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَأَمِّلاً، أَقْبَلَ تَيْسٌ مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ عَبَرَ كُلَّ الأَرْضِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا. وَكَانَ لِلتَّيْسِ قَرْنٌ بَارِزٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ. | ٥ 5 |
While I was thinking [about what I had seen, in the vision] I saw a goat come from the west. It ran across the land so quickly, that [it seemed like] its feet did not touch the ground. This goat had one very large horn between its eyes.
| وَانْدَفَعَ بِكُلِّ شِدَّةِ قُوَّتِهِ نَحْوَ الْكَبْشِ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ النَّهْرِ. | ٦ 6 |
It was very angry, and it ran [straight] toward the ram that I had seen [previously, the ram] that was standing alongside the canal.
| 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. | ٧ 7 |
The goat struck the ram furiously and broke off its two horns, with the result that the ram was unable [to defend itself]. [So] the goat knocked the ram down and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power.
| فَعَظُمَ شَأْنُ التَّيْسِ. وَعِنْدَمَا اعْتَزَّ انْكَسَرَ الْقَرْنُ الْعَظِيمُ وَنَبَتَ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَةُ قُرُونٍ بَارِزَةٍ نَحْوَ جِهَاتِ الأَرْضِ الأَرْبَعِ. | ٨ 8 |
The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its horn was broken off. But four [other] large horns took its place. They each pointed in a different direction.
| وَنَمَا مِنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهَا قَرْنٌ صَغِيرٌ عَظُمَ أَمْرُهُ، وَامْتَدَّ جَنُوباً وَشَرْقاً وَنَحْوَ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٩ 9 |
[Then] from one of those [large horns] appeared a little horn, which became very big, [and pointed] toward the south and [then] toward the east and [then] toward the beautiful land [of Israel].
| وَبَلَغَ مِنْ عَظَمَتِهِ أَنَّهُ تَطَاوَلَ عَلَى مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ وَقَضَى عَلَى بَعْضِهِمْ وَدَاسَ عَلَيْهِمْ، | ١٠ 10 |
[The man who was represented by] that horn became very strong, with the result that he attacked some of the [soldiers of the] army of heaven, and (OR, meaning) the stars in the sky [which represented God’s people]. He threw some of them to the ground and trampled on them.
| وَتَحَدَّى حَتَّى رَئِيسِ الْجُنْدِ (أَيِ اللهِ)، وَتَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَلْغَى الْمُحْرَقَةَ الدَّائِمَةَ وَهَدَمَ الْهَيْكَلَ. | ١١ 11 |
He (defied/considered himself to be greater than) the leader of the army [of heaven], and prevented [priests from] offering sacrifices to him. He also (defiled the temple/caused the temple to become unholy).
| وَبِسَبَبِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ سُلِّطَ عَلَى جُنْدِ القِدِّيسِينَ وَعَلَى الْمُحْرَقَةِ الْيَوْمِيَّةِ. وَحَالَفَهُ التَّوْفِيقُ فِي كُلِّ مَا صَنَعَ فَطَرَحَ الْحَقَّ عَلى الأَرْضِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Then God’s people allowed the [man who was represented by] that horn to control/rule them, with the result that they sinned by offering sacrifices to him. And he threw to the ground the [laws that contained the] true religion. Everything that he did was successful.
| فَسَمِعْتُ قُدُّوساً يَتَكَلَّمُ، فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ قُدُّوسٌ آخَرُ: «كَمْ يَطُولُ زَمَنُ الرُّؤْيَا بِشَأْنِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ الدَّائِمَةِ الْيَوْمِيَّةِ، وَمَعْصِيَةِ الْخَرَابِ، وَتَسْلِيمِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَالْجُنْدِ لِيَكُونُوا مَدُوسِينَ؟» | ١٣ 13 |
Then I heard two angels who were talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the things/events that were in this vision continue? How long will the man who rebels against God and causes [the temple] to be defiled be able to prevent [priests from] offering sacrifices? How long will he trample on the temple and on the armies of heaven?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِلَى أَلْفَيْنِ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةِ يَوْمٍ ثُمَّ يَتَطَهَّرُ الْهَيْكَلُ». | ١٤ 14 |
The other angel replied, “[It will continue] for 1,150 days. During all of that time, [people will not be permitted to offer sacrifices] in the morning or in the evening. After that, the temple will be purified.”
| وَبَعْدَ أَنْ شَاهَدْتُ أَنَا دَانِيَالَ الرُّؤْيَا وَطَلَبْتُ تَفْسِيراً لَهَا، إِذَا بِشِبْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَاقِفٍ أَمَامِي. | ١٥ 15 |
While I, Daniel, was trying to understand what the vision meant, suddenly [an angel] who resembled a man stood/appeared in front of me.
| وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانٍ صَادِراً مِنْ بَيْنِ ضَفَّتَيْ نَهْرِ أُولايَ قَائِلاً: «يَا جِبْرَائِيلُ، فَسِّرْ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ الرُّؤْيَا». | ١٦ 16 |
And I heard a man call out from [the other side of] the Ulai Canal, saying, “Gabriel, explain to him the meaning of the vision [that he saw]!”
| فَجَاءَ إِلَيَّ حَيْثُ وَقَفْتُ، فَتَوَلَّانِي الْخَوْفُ وَانْطَرَحْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي، فَقَالَ لِي: «افْهَمْ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ. إِنَّ الرُّؤْيَا تَخْتَصُّ بِوَقْتِ الْمُنْتَهَى». | ١٧ 17 |
So Gabriel came and stood beside me. I was very terrified, with the result that I fell onto the ground. But he said to me, “You human, it is necessary for you to understand that [the events that you saw in] the vision will occur [near] the time that [the world] will end.”
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ يُخَاطِبُنِي وَأَنَا مُكِبٌّ بِوَجْهِي إِلَى الأَرْضِ غَشِيَنِي سُبَاتٌ عَمِيقٌ، فَلَمَسَنِي وَأَنْهَضَنِي عَلَى قَدَمَيَّ، | ١٨ 18 |
While he was speaking, I fainted. I lay there, unconscious, with my face still on the ground. But Gabriel put his hand on me and lifted me up in order that I could stand again.
| وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أُطْلِعُكَ عَلَى مَا سَيَحْدُثُ فِي آخِرِ حِقْبَةِ الْغَضَبِ، لأَنَّ الرُّوْيَا تَرْتَبِطُ بِمِيعَادِ الانْتِهَاءِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Then he said, “I [have come here to] tell you what will happen because of [God] being angry. These things will happen near the time when [the world] will end.
| إِنَّ الْكَبْشَ ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ هُوَ مُلُوكُ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
As for the ram with two horns that you saw, those horns [represent] the kingdoms of Media and Persia.
| وَالتَّيْسَ الأَشْعَرَ هُوَ مَلِكُ الْيُونَانِ، وَالْقَرْنَ الْعَظِيمَ النَّابِتَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الأَوَّلُ. | ٢١ 21 |
The goat [that you saw represents] the kingdom of Greece, and the horn that appeared between its eyes [represents] its first king.
| وَمَا إِنِ انْكَسَرَ حَتَّى خَلَفَهُ أَرْبَعَةٌ عِوَضاً عَنْهُ، تَقَاسَمُوا مَمْلَكَتَهُ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُمَاثِلُوهُ فِي قُوَّتِهِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
As for the four horns that grew after the first horn was broken off, they [represent] four kingdoms into which that first kingdom will be divided [after the first king dies]. Those four kingdoms will not be as strong/powerful as the first kingdom was.
| وَفِي أَوَاخِرِ مُلْكِهِمْ عِنْدَمَا تَبْلُغُ الْمَعَاصِي أَقْصَى مَدَاهَا، يَقُومُ مَلِكٌ فَظٌّ حَاذِقٌ دَاهِيَةٌ، | ٢٣ 23 |
The people [in those kingdoms] will become very wicked, with the result that it will be necessary for them to be punished. But near the time when those kingdoms will end, one of those kingdoms will have a king who will be very proud/defiant [IDM]. He will [also] be very fierce and very deceitful.
| فَيَعْظُمُ شَأْنُهُ، إِنَّمَا لَيْسَ بِفَضْلِ قُوَّتِهِ. وَيُسَبِّبُ دَمَاراً رَهِيباً وَيُفْلِحُ فِي الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى الأَقْوِيَاءِ، وَيَقْهَرُ شَعْبَ اللهِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
He will become very powerful, but it will not be because of what he himself does. He will terribly destroy things in many places, and he will succeed in doing everything that he wants to. He will get rid of [many] powerful men, and [also] some of God’s people.
| وَبِدَهَائِهِ وَمَكْرِهِ يُحَقِّقُ مَآرِبَهُ، وَيَتَكَبَّرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ وَيُهْلِكُ الْكَثِيرِينَ وَهُمْ فِي طُمَأْنِينَةٍ، وَيَتَمَرَّدُ عَلَى رَئِيسِ الرُّؤَسَاءِ لَكِنَّهُ يَتَحَطَّمُ بِغَيْرِ يَدِ الإِنْسَانِ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Because he is very cunning/clever, he will succeed by doing things that deceive many people. He will be proud of himself. He will destroy many people when they think that they are safe. He will also rebel against [God] [EUP], who is the greatest king. But [God] will destroy him, without the help [MTY] of any human being.
| وَرُؤْيَا الأَلْفَيْنِ وَالثَّلاثِ مِئَةِ يَوْمٍ الَّتِي تَجَلَّتْ لَكَ هِيَ رُؤْيَا حَقٍّ، وَلَكِنِ اكْتُمِ الرُّؤْيَا لأَنَّهَا لَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ إِلا بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ». | ٢٦ 26 |
What you saw in the vision about [priests being prevented from making] sacrifices in the morning and in the evening, which [I] explained [to you], will surely happen. But [for the present time], do not reveal the vision [to others], because it will be many years before those things happen.”
| فَضَعُفْتُ أَنَا دَانِيَالَ وَنَحَلْتُ أَيَّاماً، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ وَعُدْتُ أُبَاشِرُ أَعْمَالَ الْمَلِكِ. وَرَوَّعَتْنِي الرُّؤْيَا، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَفْهَمُهَا. | ٢٧ 27 |
Then I, Daniel, became weak, and I was sick for several days. Then I arose and [returned to] doing the work that the king [had given to me], but I was perplexed/confused about the vision, and I could not understand it.
