Daniel 7
1 In the first year of Belshazzar the king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and the visions of his head while on his couch: afterward he wrote down the dream, relating the principal things.
NELL'anno primo di Belsasar, re di Babilonia, Daniele vide un sogno, e delle visioni del suo capo, sopra il suo letto. Allora egli scrisse il sogno, [e] dichiarò la somma delle cose.
2 Daniel commenced and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of heaven blew fiercely on the great sea.
Daniele [adunque] prese a dire: Io riguardava nella mia visione, di notte, ed ecco, i quattro venti del cielo salivano impetuosamente in sul mar grande.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, differing one from another.
E quattro gran bestie salivano fuor del mare, differenti l'una dall'altra.
4 the first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I looked till its wings were plucked out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and was placed upon its feet as a man, and a human heart was given to it.
La prima [era] simile ad un leone, ed avea delle ale d'aquila; io stava riguardando, finchè le furono divelte le ale, e fu fatta levar da terra, e che si rizzò in piè, a guisa d'uomo; e le fu dato cuor d'uomo.
5 And behold there was another, a second beast, like a bear, and on one side was it placed, with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and thus they said unto it, Arise, eat much flesh.
Poi, ecco un'altra seconda bestia, simigliante ad un orso, la quale si levò da un lato, ed avea tre costole in bocca, fra i suoi denti. E le fu detto così: Levati, mangia molta carne.
6 After this I looked, and lo there was another, like a leopard; and it had four wings of a bird on its back: the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given unto it.
Poi io riguardava, ed eccone un'altra, simigliante ad un pardo, la quale avea quattro ale d'uccello in sul dosso; e quella bestia avea quattro teste, e le fu data la signoria.
7 After this I looked in the night visions, and behold there was a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and ground up, and what was left it stamped with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Appresso, io riguardava nelle visioni di notte, ed ecco una quarta bestia, spaventevole, terribile, e molto forte, la quale avea di gran denti di ferro; ella mangiava, e tritava e calpestava il rimanente co' piedi; ed era differente da tutte le bestie, ch'[erano state] davanti a lei, ed avea dieci corna.
8 I looked carefully at the horns, and, behold, another little horn came up between them, and three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots before the same; and, behold, there were eyes like the eyes of man in this horn, with a mouth speaking presumptuous things.
Io poneva mente a queste corna, ed ecco un altro corno piccolo saliva fra quelle, e tre delle prime corna furono divelte d'innanzi a quello; ed ecco, quel corno avea degli occhi simiglianti agli occhi d'un uomo, ed una bocca che proferiva cose grandi.
9 I was looking until chairs were set down, and an Ancient of days seated himself, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of whose head was like clean wool; his chair was like flames of fire, and his wheels like fire that burnt;
Io stava riguardando, finchè i troni furono posti, e che l'Antico de' giorni si pose a sedere; il suo vestimento [era] candido come neve, e i capelli del suo capo [erano] simili a lana netta, [e] il suo trono [era a guisa] di scintille di fuoco, [e] le ruote d'esso [simili a] fuoco ardente.
10 A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand times thousands ministered unto him, and myriad times myriads stood before him: they sat down to hold judgment, and the books were opened.
Un fiume di fuoco traeva, ed usciva dalla sua presenza; mille migliaia gli ministravano, e diecimila decine di migliaia stavano davanti a lui; il giudicio si tenne, e i libri furono aperti.
11 I looked then, because of the sound of the presumptuous words which the horn had spoken, —I looked till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and given over to the burning fire.
Allora io riguardai, per la voce delle grandi parole, che quel corno proferiva; e riguardai, finchè la bestia fu uccisa, e il suo corpo fu distrutto, e fu dato ad essere arso col fuoco.
12 But concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet a longer duration of life was given unto them until the time and period.
La signoria fu eziandio tolta alle altre bestie, e fu loro dato prolungamento di vita, fino ad un tempo, e termine costituito.
13 I looked in the nightly visions, and, behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man, and he attained as far as the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Io riguardava nelle visioni notturne, ed ecco, con le nuvole del cielo, veniva [uno], simile ad un figliuol d'uomo; ed egli pervenne fino all'Antico de' giorni, e fu fatto accostar davanti a lui.
14 And there were given him dominion, and dignity, and government, and all people, nations, and languages had to serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom is one which shall never be destroyed.
Ed esso gli diede signoria, e gloria, e regno; e tutti i popoli, nazioni, e lingue, devono servirgli; la sua signoria [è] una signoria eterna, la qual non trapasserà [giammai]; e il suo regno [è un regno] che non sarà [giammai] distrutto.
15 My spirit was deeply shaken within me, Daniel, in the midst of its tenement, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Quant'è a me Daniele lo spirito mi venne meno in mezzo del corpo, e le visioni del mio capo mi conturbarono.
16 I came near unto one of those that stood by, and asked him something certain concerning all this: and he spoke to me, and made known unto me the interpretation of the things.
E mi accostai ad uno de' circostanti, e gli domandai la verità intorno a tutte queste cose; ed egli me [la] disse, e mi dichiarò l'interpretazione delle cose, [dicendo: ]
17 These great beasts, of which there are four, are four kings, who are to arise on the earth.
Queste quattro gran bestie[significano] quattro re, [che] sorgeranno dalla terra.
18 But the saints of the Most High will obtain the kingdom, and possess the kingdom to eternity, even to all eternity for ever.
E [poi] i santi dell'Altissimo riceveranno il regno, e lo possederanno in perpetuo, ed in sempiterno.
19 Then I desired what is certain concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all these others, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and whose nails of copper; which devoured, ground up, and stamped with its feet what was left;
Allora io desiderai di sapere la verità intorno alla quarta bestia, ch'era differente da tutte [le altre, ed era] molto terribile; i cui denti [erano] di ferro, e le unghie di rame; che mangiava, tritava, e calpestava il rimanente co' piedi;
20 And concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and concerning the other which came up, and before which three fell down, even concerning that horn which had eyes, and a mouth which spoke presumptuous things, and whose appearance was greater than that of its companions.
e intorno alle dieci corna ch'ella avea in capo, e intorno a quell'ultimo, che saliva, e d'innanzi al quale tre erano cadute; e intorno a ciò che quel corno avea degli occhi, e una bocca che proferiva cose grandi; e che l'aspetto di esso [era] maggiore [di quello] de' suoi compagni.
21 I had seen how the same horn had made war with the saints, and had prevailed against them:
Io avea riguardato, e quel corno faceva guerra co' santi, e li vinceva;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and procured justice unto the saints of the Most High; and the time came and the saints took possession of the kingdom.
finchè l'Antico de' giorni venne, e il giudicio fu dato a' santi dell'Altissimo; e venne il tempo che i santi doveano possedere il regno.
23 Thus said he, The fourth beast [signifieth that] a fourth kingdom will be upon earth, which is to be different from all kingdoms, and will devour all the earth, and will tread it down, and grind it up.
[E colui mi] disse così: La quarta bestia [significa] un quarto regno[che] sarà in terra, il qual sarà differente da tutti quegli [altri] regni, e divorerà tutta le terra, e la calpesterà, e la triterà.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom [signify] that ten kings will arise; and another will rise after them, and he will be different from the first, and three kings will he bring low.
E le dieci corna [significano] dieci re, [che] sorgeranno di quel regno; ed un altro sorgerà dopo loro, il qual sarà differente da' precedenti, ed abbatterà tre re.
25 And he will speak words against the Most High, and the saints of the Most High will he oppress, and think to change the festivals and the law: and they will be given up into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
E proferirà parole contro all'Altissimo, e distruggerà i santi dell'Altissimo; e penserà di mutare i tempi, e la Legge; e [i santi] gli saran dati nelle mani fino ad un tempo, più tempi, e la metà d'un tempo.
26 But they will sit down to hold judgment, and they will take away his dominion, to destroy and to annihilate it unto the end.
Poi si terrà il giudicio, e la sua signoria [gli] sarà tolta; [ed] egli sarà sterminato, e distrutto fino all'estremo.
27 And the kingdom and the dominion, and the power over the kingdoms under the whole heaven, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all governments are to worship and obey him.
E il regno, e la signoria, e la grandezza de' regni, [che sono] sotto tutti i cieli, sarà data al popolo de' santi dell'Altissimo; il regno d'esso [sarà] un regno eterno, e tutti gl'imperi gli serviranno, ed ubbidiranno.
28 Thus far is the end of the speech. As for me Daniel, my reflections troubled me greatly, and my color was changed on me; but I kept the speech in my heart.
Qui [è] la fine delle parole. Quant'è a me Daniele, i miei pensieri mi spaventarono forte, e il color del mio volto fu mutato in me; e conservai la cosa nel mio cuore.
