Daniel 8

1 In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning,

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

2 Saw in my vision when I was in the castle of Susa, which is in the province of Elam: and I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.

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

3 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold a ram stood before the water, having two high horns, and one higher than the other, and growing up. Afterward

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

4 I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great.

٤ 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

5 And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

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

6 And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.

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

7 And when he was come near the ram, he was enraged against him, and struck the ram: and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him: and when he had cast him down on the ground, he stamped upon him, and none could deliver the ram out of his hand.

٧ 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.

8 And the he goat became exceeding great: and when he was grown, the great horn was broken, and there came up four horns under it towards the four winds of heaven.

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

9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.

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

10 And it was magnified even unto the strength of heaven: and it threw down of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them.

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

11 And it was magnified even to the prince of the strength: and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.

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

12 And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be cast down on the ground, and he shall do and shall prosper.

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

13 And I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another, I know not to whom that was speaking: How long shall be the vision, concerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation that is made: and the sanctuary, and the strength be trodden under foot?

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

14 And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.

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

15 And it came to pass when I Daniel saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.

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

16 And I heard the voice of a man between Ulai: and he called, and said: Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

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

17 And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.

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

18 And when he spoke to me I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright,

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

19 And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.

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

20 The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.

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

21 And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.

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

22 But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it: four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength.

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

23 And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.

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

24 And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints,

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

25 According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.

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

26 And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou therefore seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.

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

27 And I Daniel languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king’s business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.

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