Daniel 7
1 Sa unang tuig sa paghari ni Belshazar sa Babilonia, adunay damgo si Daniel ug mga panan-awon samtang naghigda siya sa iyang higdaanan. Unya gisulat niya kung unsa ang iyang nakita sa damgo. Gisulat niya ang labing mahinungdanong mga panghitabo:
[Previously, ] during the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, I had a dream and a vision one night as I lay on my bed. [The next morning] I wrote down what I had dreamed. This is what I wrote:
2 Gisaysay kini ni Daniel, “Sa akong panan-awon sa kagabhion nakita ko ang upat ka hangin sa langit nga mikusokuso sa lapad nga dagat.
I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up [the water in] the ocean.
3 Migula sa dagat ang upat ka nagkalainlaing dagkong mananap.
Then [I saw] four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different.
4 Ang unang mananap sama sa usa ka liyon apan adunay mga pako sa agila. Unya nakita ko, nga giputol ang mga pako niini ug gialsa kini gikan sa yuta ug gipabarog kini sa duha ka tiil, sama sa usa ka tawo. Gihatagan kini ug hunahuna sama sa tawo.
The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have.
5 Unya adunay ikaduhang mananap, nga sama sa uso, ug mitakubo kini; gitangag niini ang tulo ka gusok. Gisultihan kini, 'Tindog ug kaona ang daghang mga tawo.'
The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs [from another animal that it had killed and eaten]. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat [as you want]!”
6 Pagkahuman niini milantaw ako pag-usab. Adunay laing mananap, daw sama kini sa usa ka liyopardo. Sa likod niini adunay upat ka mga pako sama sa langgam, ug kini adunay upat ka mga ulo. Gihatagan kini ug katungod sa pagmando.
Then I saw in front of me the third of those beasts. It resembled a leopard, but it had four wings protruding from its back. The wings were like a bird’s wings. It had four heads. It was given the power/authority to rule [people].
7 Human niadto, sa pagkagabii nakita ko sa akong damgo ang ikaupat nga mananap, makalilisang, bangis, ug kusgan kaayo. Kini adunay ngipon nga puthaw; may giusap, unya mipinopino ug mitunobtunob kung unsa ang nahibilin. Lahi kini gikan sa ubang mga mananap, ug may napulo kini ka mga sungay.
In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled [on the ground]. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns [on its head].
8 Samtang gisud-ong ko ang mga sungay, gilantaw ko kini ug nakita ko ang laing sungay nga mitubo sa taliwala niini, usa ka gamay nga sungay. Ang unang tulo ka mga sungay nangaibot gikan sa giturokan niini. Nakita ko niini nga sungay ang mga mata nga sama sa mga mata sa tawo ug baba nga nagpasigarbo mahitungod sa dagko nga mga butang.
While I was looking at those horns, I saw a little horn appear [on the head of that beast]. It tore out three of the other horns. This little horn had eyes like humans have, and it had a mouth [with which it spoke] very boastfully.
9 Sa paglantaw nako, may gipahimotang nga mga trono, ug milingkod sa iyang lingkoranan ang Walay Kataposan. Ang iyang bisti sama ka puti sa niyebe, ug ang iyang buhok sama ka puti sa lonlon nga balahibo sa karnero. Ang iyang trono nagadilaab sa kalayo, ug ang ligid niini nagadilaab sa kalayo.
[Then] while I watched, thrones were put in the places [where they belonged], and [God], the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was [also] blazing.
10 Nagdagayday ang usa ka suba nga kalayo gikan sa iyang atubangan; minilyon ang mialagad kaniya, ug usa ka gatos ka milyon ang mibarog sa iyang atubangan. Andam na sa paghukom ang hukmanan, ug giablihan na ang mga basahon.
A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands [of people] (OR, [angels]) [were there] serving him, and millions [of other people] (OR, [angels]) were standing in front of him. They started (the court session/judging people), and they opened the books [in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done].
11 Nagpadayon ako sa pagsud-ong tungod sa mapasigarbohong mga pulong nga ginasulti sa sungay. Nagasud-ong ako samtang gipatay ang mananap, ug gilaglag ang lawas niini, ug gitugyan kini aron pagasunogon.
While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I [continued to] watch, the [fourth] beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned.
12 Alang niadtong upat ka nahibiling mga mananap, gikuhaan sila sa katungod sa pagmando, apan gilugwayan pa ang ilang kinabuhi sa gitakda nga panahon.
The power/authority of the other [three] beasts was taken away from them, but they were allowed to continue to live for a while.
13 Sa akong panan-awon nianang gabhiona, nakita ko nga miabot uban sa mga panganod sa kalangitan ang usa ka binuhat nga sama sa anak sa tawo; miduol siya sa Walay Kataposan ug nagpaila sa iyang atubangan.
While I [continued to] see the vision that night, I saw someone who resembled a human being. He was coming [closer to me], surrounded by clouds. Then he was taken to [God], the one who had been living forever.
14 Gihatag kaniya ang katungod sa pagmando, ang himaya, ug ang harianong kagahom aron alagaran siya sa tanang katawhan, mga nasod, ug ang mga pinulongan. Ang iyang katungod sa pagmando molungtad sa walay kataposan ug katungod nga dili mawagtang, ug ang iyang gingharian dili gayod mapukan.
He was honored and given great authority to rule over all the nations in the world, in order that people from every people-group and every nation, people from all language groups, would worship/serve him. He will rule forever; he will never stop ruling. The kingdom that he rules will never be destroyed.
15 Alang kanako, Ako si Daniel, nagsubo ang akong espiritu nga ania kanako, ug naghasol kanako ang mga panan-awon nga akong nakita sa akong hunahuna.
As for me, Daniel, I was very terrified by what I had seen in that vision, and I did not know what to think about it.
16 Miduol ako sa usa kanila nga nagbarog didto ug naghangyo kaniya nga ipakita kanako ang kahulogan niining mga butanga.
I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. So he told me the meaning of it.
17 'Kining dagkong mga mananap nga upat kabuok, mao kini ang upat ka mga hari nga motungha sa kalibotan.
[He said], “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.
18 Apan ang balaang katawhan sa Labing Halangdon ang manag-iya sa gingharian, ug panag-iyahon nila kini hangtod sa walay kataposan.'
But the Supreme God will give power/authority to his people [to rule], and they shall rule forever.”
19 Unya buot ako nga masayod pa gayod mahitungod sa ikaupat nga mananap—lahi kini kay sa uban ug hilabihan gayod kini ka makalilisang tungod sa puthaw nga mga ngipon ug sa mga kuko nga bronse niini; may giusap kini, ug mipinopino kini, ug mitunobtunob kung unsa ang nahibilin.
Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified—[the beast] that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed [those that it attacked] with its bronze claws, and [then] ate [their flesh] with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies [that it did not eat].
20 Buot ako nga masayod sa napulo ka mga sungay nga anaa sa mga ulo niini, ug mahitungod sa laing sungay nga mitubo, ug sa tulo ka sungay sa wala pa kini mangaibot. Buot ako nga masayod mahitungod sa sungay nga adunay mga mata ug mahitungod sa baba nga nagpasigarbo mahitungod sa dagkong mga butang ug daw mas labaw pa kay sa mga kauban niini.
[I also wanted to know about] the ten horns on its head, and about the horn that appeared later, which got rid of three of the other horns. [I wanted to know what it meant that] it had eyes and a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. [The beast that was represented by] that horn was more terrifying than the other beasts.
21 Sa akong paglantaw, nakita ko nga kini nga sungay nakiggubat batok sa balaang katawhan ug mipildi kini kanila
While I was having the vision, I saw that this horn attacked God’s people and was defeating them.
22 hangtod nga miabot ang Walay Kataposan, ug ang hustisya gihatag ngadto sa balaang katawhan sa Labing Halangdon. Unya miabot ang panahon nga naangkon sa balaang katawhan ang gingharian.
But then the Supreme God, the one who had been living forever, came and judged in favor of the people who belonged to him. And [I knew that] it was time for God’s people to receive authority [to rule].
23 Mao kini ang gisulti sa tawo, 'Alang sa ikaupat nga mananap, mao kini ang ikaupat nga gingharian nga lahi sa ubang mga gingharian. Pagalamyon niini ang tibuok kalibotan, ug tunobtunoban kini ug pinopinohon.
[Then] the man who was standing there said [to me], “The fourth beast represents an empire that will exist on the earth; that [empire] will be different from all [other] empires. [The army of] that empire will crush/kill [people all over] the world and trample [on their bodies].
24 Alang sa napulo ka mga sungay, gikan niini nga gingharian motungha ang napulo ka mga hari, ug ang laing hari motungha human kanila. Lahi siya kay sa mga nag-una kaniya, ug buntogon niya ang tulo ka mga hari.
As for its ten horns, they represent ten kings who will rule that empire, [one after the other]. Then another [king] will appear. He will be different from the previous kings. He will defeat the three kings [that were represented by the three horns that were pulled out].
25 Magasulti siya ug mga pulong batok sa Labing Halangdon ug pagalutoson ang katawhan sa Labing Halangdong Dios. Pagasulayan niya sa pag-usab ang mga kapistahan ug ang balaod. Kini nga mga butang itugyan ngadto sa iyang kamot sulod sa usa ka tuig, dugang ang duha ka tuig ug tunga.
He will revile the Supreme God, and he will oppress God’s people. He will try to change the [sacred] festivals and their [religious] laws/regulations. He will control them for three and a half years.
26 Apan andam sa paghukom ang hukmanan, ug pagakuhaon nila ang iyang harianong gahom aron pagawagtangon ug pagalaglagon sa kataposan.
But there will be a session/meeting of the court/judges in heaven, and that king’s authority/power will be taken away, and he will be completely destroyed.
27 Ang gingharian ug ang kagahom, ug ang kabantogan sa mga gingharian ilalom sa tibuok kalangitan, ihatag sa katawhan nga nahisakop sa balaang katawhan sa Labing Halangdon. Ang iyang gingharian mao ang walay kataposang gingharian, ug alagaron siya ug tumanon sa ubang gingharian.'
Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).”
28 Mao kini ang kataposan sa panan-awon. Alang kanako, ako si Daniel, nabalaka ako pag-ayo sa paghunahuna niining mga butanga ug nangluspad akong dagway. Apan gitipigan ko kining mga butanga sa akong kaugalingon.
That is [what I saw in] my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision [that I had seen].
