Daniel 11
1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.
El año primero de Darío el medo, estuve yo allí para ayudarle y fortalecerle.
2 And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion against all the kingdoms of Greece.
Y ahora voy a anunciarte la verdad: He aquí que habrá todavía tres reyes en Persia, y el cuarto será mucho más rico que todos los (otros), y cuando se haya hecho fuerte por medio de sus riquezas, incitará a todos contra el reino de Grecia.
3 And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.
Pero se levantará un rey poderoso, que reinará con gran poder y hará cuanto quiera.
4 And when he has become strong, his kingdom will be broken and parted to the four winds of heaven; but not to his offspring, for it will be uprooted; and his kingdom will be for the others and not for these: but not with the same authority as his.
Mas apenas establecido, será deshecho su reino y repartido hacia los cuatro vientos del cielo, pero no entre sus descendientes, y no con el poder que él había tenido; porque quedará hecho trozos su reino, que pasará a otros y no a aquellos.
5 And the king of the south will be strong, but one of his captains will be stronger than he and will be ruler; and his rule will be a great rule.
El rey del mediodía vendrá a ser fuerte, y también uno de sus príncipes, el cual se hará más fuerte que él y dominará, y su dominio será dominio grande.
6 And at the end of years they will be joined together; and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she will not keep the strength of her arm; and his offspring will not keep their place; but she will be uprooted, with those who were the cause of her coming, and her son, and he who took her in those times.
Al cabo de años se concertará una alianza, y la hija del rey del mediodía vendrá al rey del norte para establecer la paz, pero ella no podrá conservar la fuerza del brazo, porque ya no existirá su estirpe; pues será entregada ella, y los que la trajeron, y el padre, y el que en otros tiempos había sido su sostén.
7 But out of a branch from her roots one will come up to take his place, who will come against the army, forcing his way into the strong place of the king of the north, and he will take them in hand and overcome them:
En su lugar se levantará uno de los renuevos de sus raíces, el cual vendrá con un ejército y entrará en la fortaleza del rey del norte; luchará contra ellos y vencerá.
8 And their gods and their metal images and their fair vessels of silver and gold he will take away into the south; and for some years he will keep away from the king of the north.
Los dioses de ellos, sus imágenes de fundición, y sus objetos preciosos de plata y de oro, los llevará al cautiverio, a Egipto, y prevalecerá algunos años sobre el rey del norte.
9 And he will come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he will go back to his land.
Pero (este) entrará en el reino del rey del mediodía, y (después) volverá a su tierra.
10 And his son will make war, and will get together an army of great forces, and he will make an attack on him, overflowing and going past: and he will again take the war even to his strong place.
Tras lo cual sus hijos prepararán la guerra y juntarán una gran multitud de tropas; y (uno de ellos) vendrá como una inundación y pasará adelante; luego vendrá de nuevo, y llevará la guerra hasta la fortaleza.
11 And the king of the south will be moved with wrath, and will come out and make war on him, on this same king of the north: and he will get together a great army, but the army will be given into his hand.
El rey del mediodía se enfurecerá y saldrá y peleará contra él, contra el rey del norte; movilizará una gran multitud y las tropas del (rey del norte) serán entregadas en sus manos.
12 And the army will be taken away, and his heart will be uplifted: he will be the cause of the downfall of tens of thousands, but he will not be strong.
Se llevará gran número (de prisioneros), con lo cual se ensoberbecerá su corazón, hará perecer a millares pero no prevalecerá.
13 And again the king of the north will get together an army greater than the first; and he will make an attack on him at the end of years, with a great army and much wealth.
Pues el rey del norte volverá a levantar un ejército mayor que el primero; y al fin de algunos años vendrá con grandes fuerzas y muchos pertrechos.
14 In those times, a number will take up arms against the king of the south: and the children of the violent among your people will be lifting themselves up to make the vision come true; but it will be their downfall.
En aquellos tiempos muchos se levantarán contra el rey del mediodía; se alzarán también hombres violentos de tu pueblo para cumplir la visión y caerán.
15 So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.
El rey del norte vendrá, y levantará terraplenes, tomará la ciudad fuerte y no podrán resistir las fuerzas del mediodía, ni sus tropas escogidas; pues no tendrán fuerza para nacerle frente.
16 And he who comes against him will do his pleasure, and no one will be able to keep his place before him: he will take up his position in the beautiful land and in his hand there will be destruction.
Por lo cual el invasor hará contra él lo que quiera, pues no habrá quien pueda oponérsele, y se establecerá en la tierra hermosa, llevando en su mano la destrucción.
17 And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about.
Se propondrá marchar (contra el otro) con el poderío de todo su reino, pero hará con él un convenio y le dará una hija para arruinarlo, mas esto no se cumplirá, ni tendrá éxito.
18 After this, his face will be turned to the islands, and he will take a number of them: but a chief, by his destruction, will put an end to the shame offered by him; and more than this, he will make his shame come back on him.
Entonces volverá su rostro hacia las islas, y se apoderará de muchas; pero un caudillo pondrá fin a su afrenta y hará recaer sobre él su oprobio.
19 Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he will not be seen again.
Luego se dirigirá hacia las fortalezas de su propio país; pero tropezará y caerá, y no será más hallado.
20 Then his place will be taken by one who will send out a man with the glory of a king to get wealth together; but after a short time destruction will overtake him, but not in wrath or in the fight.
El que le sucederá enviará un exactor a la (tierra) más magnífica del reino; pero al cabo de pocos días será quebrantado, no en contienda ni en batalla.
21 And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.
Surgirá en su lugar un hombre despreciable sin que se le haya dado la dignidad real. Vendrá secretamente y se apoderará del reino por medio de intrigas.
22 And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.
Delante de él quedarán sumergidos ejércitos (tan numerosos como) una inundación, y serán deshechos, así como también el príncipe de la Alianza.
23 And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with a small force,
No obstante el pacto hecho con él, obrará con dolo; subirá y vencerá con poca gente.
24 Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.
En plena paz invadirá la provincia más pingüe y hará lo que no hicieron sus padres, ni los padres de sus padres. Distribuirá entre los (suyos) botín, despojos y riquezas, y trazará sus planes contra las fortalezas, pero (solo) por algún tiempo.
25 And he will put in motion his power and his strength against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will go to war with a very great and strong army: but he will be forced to give way, because of their designs against him;
Luego dirigirá su poder y su corazón contra el rey del mediodía, al frente de un gran ejército. El rey del mediodía se empeñará en la guerra con un ejército sumamente grande y fuerte; pero no podrá resistir, pues tramarán contra él intrigas.
26 And his fears will overcome him and be the cause of his downfall, and his army will come to complete destruction, and a great number will be put to the sword.
Los que comen de sus manjares delicados le quebrantarán, su ejército se dispersará, cayendo muchos traspasados.
27 And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
Estos dos reyes pensarán en su corazón cómo hacerse daño. Sentados en la misma mesa se dirán mutuamente mentiras, sin lograr éxito; porque todavía no habrá llegado el tiempo determinado.
28 And he will go back to his land with great wealth; and his heart will be against the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure and go back to his land.
Volverá a su tierra con grandes riquezas; pero su corazón (maquinará) contra la Alianza santa. Obrará y volverá a su país.
29 At the time fixed he will come back and come into the south; but in the later time it will not be as it was before.
Al tiempo determinado se dirigirá de nuevo contra el mediodía, pero esta última vez no pasará lo que en la primera.
30 For those who go out from the west will come against him, and he will be in fear and will go back, full of wrath against the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure: and he will go back and be united with those who have given up the holy agreement.
Pues vendrán contra él las naves de Kitim; y descorazonado regresará; se irritará contra la Alianza santa; obrará y volverá, y se entenderá con los que abandonaron la Alianza santa.
31 And armies sent by him will take up their position and they will make unclean the holy place, even the strong place, and take away the regular burned offering and put in its place an unclean thing causing fear.
Sus tropas vendrán y profanarán el Santuario de la Fortaleza; harán cesar el sacrificio perpetuo y pondrán allí la abominación del devastador.
32 And those who do evil against the agreement will be turned to sin by his fair words: but the people who have knowledge of their God will be strong and do well.
Por medio de halagos inducirá a la apostasía a los violadores de la Alianza, pero el pueblo que conoce a su Dios se mantendrá firme y activo.
33 And those who are wise among the people will be the teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners and undergoing loss for a long time.
Los sabios del pueblo instruirán a muchos; pero caerán por un tiempo, víctimas de la espada, de las llamas, del cautiverio y del saqueo.
34 Now at the time of their downfall they will have a little help, but numbers will be joined to them in the town, and in their separate heritages.
Al ser abatidos tendrán un pequeño socorro, y muchos se unirán a ellos hipócritamente.
35 And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
Por eso algunos de los sabios tropezarán, para que sean probados y purificados y blanqueados hasta el tiempo del fin; pues no habrá llegado aún el tiempo determinado.
36 And the king will do his pleasure; he will put himself on high, lifting himself over every god, and saying things to be wondered at against the God of gods; and all will be well for him till the wrath is complete; for what has been purposed will be done.
Aquel rey hará lo que quiera, se ensoberbecerá, y se engrandecerá sobre todo dios. Hablará cosas espantosas contra el Dios de los dioses, y prosperará hasta que se cumpla la ira; porque lo decretado ha de cumplirse.
37 He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.
No respetará a los dioses de sus padres, ni tampoco a la (divinidad) predilecta de las mujeres. No hará caso de ningún dios; pues sobre todos ellos se ensalzará.
38 But in place of this he will give honour to the god of armed places, and to a god of whom his fathers had no knowledge he will give honour with gold and silver and jewels and things to be desired.
Venerará, en su lugar, al dios de las fortalezas, dios que no conocieron sus padres. Lo honrará con oro y plata, con piedras preciosas y con joyas.
39 And he will make use of the people of a strange god to keep his strongest places; to those whom he takes note of he will give high honour: and he will make them rulers over the mass of the people, and will make division of the land for a price.
Con ese dios extraño atacará los baluartes de las fortalezas. A quienes le reconozcan los colmará de honores, les dará autoridad sobre muchos y les distribuirá tierras en recompensa.
40 And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like overflowing waters.
Al tiempo final chocará con él el rey del mediodía, pero el rey del norte caerá sobre él como una tempestad, con carros y gente de a caballo y muchas naves; invadirá las tierras y pasará como una inundación.
41 And he will come into the beautiful land, and tens of thousands will be overcome: but these will be kept from falling into his hands: Edom and Moab and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Invadirá también la tierra hermosa; y muchos caerán; pero escaparán de su mano Edom y Moab y la parte principal de los hijos de Ammón.
42 And his hand will be stretched out on the countries: and the land of the south will not be safe from him.
Y extenderá su mano contra (otros) países, y no se salvará la tierra de Egipto.
43 But he will have power over the stores of gold and silver, and over all the valued things of the south: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians will be at his steps.
Se hará dueño de los tesoros de oro y plata, y de todas las cosas preciosas de Egipto; y los libios y los etíopes le seguirán.
44 But he will be troubled by news from the east and from the north; and he will go out in great wrath, to send destruction on, and put an end to, great numbers.
Pero le turbarán rumores desde el oriente y el norte; y saldrá con gran furor para destruir y exterminar a muchos.
45 He will put the tents of his great house between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain: but he will come to his end with no helper.
Y plantará los pabellones reales entre los mares contra el glorioso y santo monte. Luego llegará a su fin; y no habrá quien le preste socorro.
