Daniel 11
1 “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing [is] for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;
der staar som Hjælp og Støtte for mig. Dog vil jeg nu kundgøre dig, hvad der staar skrevet i Sandhedens Bog;
2 and now, I declare to you truth: Behold, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth becomes far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirs up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.
ja, nu vil jeg kundgøre dig, hvad sandt er. Se, endnu skal der fremstaa tre Konger i Persien, og den fjerde skal komme til større Rigdom end nogen af de andre; og naar han er blevet mægtig ved sin Rigdom, skal han opbyde alt imod det græske Rige.
3 And a mighty king has stood, and he has ruled a great dominion, and has done according to his will;
Men da fremstaar en Heltekonge, og han skal raade med Vælde og gøre, hvad han vil.
4 and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up—and for others apart from these.
Men bedst som han staar, skal hans Rige sprænges og deles efter de fire Verdenshjørner, og det skal ikke tilfalde hans Efterkommere eller blive saa mægtigt, som da han raadede, men hans Rige skal ødelægges og gaa over til andre end Efterkommerne.
5 And a king of the south—even of his princes—becomes strong, and prevails against him, and has ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.
Siden bliver Sydens Konge mægtig, men en af hans Fyrster bliver stærkere end han og faar Magten; og hans Magt skal blive stor.
6 And at the end of years they join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south comes to the king of the north to do upright things; and she does not retain the power of the arm; and he does not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in [these] times.
Men nogle Aar senere slutter de Forbund, og Sydens Konges Datter drager ind til Nordens Konge for at tilvejebringe Fred; men Armens Kraft holder ikke Stand, hans Arm holder ikke ud, men hun gives i Døden tillige med sit Følge, sin Søn og sin Ægtemand.
7 And [one] has stood up from a branch of her roots, [in] his station, and he comes to the bulwark, indeed, he comes into a stronghold of the king of the north, and has worked against them, and has done mightily;
I de Tider skyder der i hans Sted et Skud frem af hendes Rødder; og han drager mod Nordens Konges Hær og trænger ind i hans Fæstning, fuldbyrder sin Vilje paa dem og bliver mægtig,
8 and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, he brings in captivity [to] Egypt; and he stands more years than the king of the north.
endog deres Guder med deres støbte Billeder og deres kostbare Kar, Sølv og Guld, fører han med som Bytte til Ægypten; siden skal han en Tid lang lade Nordens Konge i Ro.
9 And the king of the south has come into the kingdom, and turned back to his own land;
Men denne falder ind i Sydens Konges Rige; dog maa han vende hjem til sit Land.
10 and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he has certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turns back, and they stir themselves up to his stronghold.
Men hans Søn ruster sig og samler store Hære i Mængde, drager frem imod ham og oversvømmer og overskyller Landet. Og han kommer igen og trænger frem til hans Fæstning.
11 And the king of the south becomes embittered, and has gone forth and fought with him, with the king of the north, and has caused a great multitude to stand, and the multitude has been given into his hand,
Men Sydens Konge bliver rasende og rykker ud til Kamp imod Nordens Konge; han stiller en stor Hær paa Benene, men den gives i Sydens Konges Haand.
12 and he has carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he has caused myriads to fall, and he does not become strong.
Naar Hæren er oprevet, bliver hans Hjerte stolt; han strækker Titusinder til Jorden, men hævder ikke sin Magt.
13 And the king of the north has turned back, and has caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he certainly comes in with a great force, and with much substance;
Nordens Konge stiller paa ny en Hær paa Benene, større end den forrige, og nogle Aar senere drager han imod ham med en stor Hær og et vældigt Tros.
14 and in those times many stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of your people lift themselves up to establish the vision—and they have stumbled.
Og i de Tider er der mange, som gør Oprør imod Sydens Konge, og Voldsmændene i dit Folk rejser sig, for at Aabenbaringen kan gaa i Opfyldelse, men selv falder de.
15 And the king of the north comes in, and pours out a mound, and has captured fortified cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, indeed, there is no power to stand.
Nordens Konge rykker frem, opkaster Volde og indtager en Fæstning; og Sydens Arme skal ikke holde ud; hans Hær flygter og har ikke Modstandskraft.
16 And he who is coming to him does according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he stands in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.
Den, som rykker imod ham, gør, hvad han vil, og ingen staar sig imod ham; han sætter sig fast i det herlige Land og bringer Ødelæggelse med sig.
17 And he sets his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he has worked, and the daughter of women he gives to him, to corrupt her; and she does not stand, nor is for him.
Han oplægger Raad om at komme med hele sit Riges Styrke, men slutter Fred med ham og giver ham sin Datter til Ægte til Landets Ulykke; men det bliver ikke til noget og lykkes ikke for ham.
18 And he turns back his face to the islands, and has captured many; and a prince has caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turns [it] back to him.
Saa vender han sig mod Kystlandene og indtager mange, men en Hærfører gør Ende paa hans Haan; syv Fold gengælder han ham hans Haan.
19 And he turns back his face to the strongholds of his land, and has stumbled and fallen, and is not found.
Derpaa vender han sig mod sit eget Lands Fæstninger, men han snubler, falder og forsvinder.
20 And stood up on his station has [one] causing an exactor to pass over the honor of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.
I hans Sted træder en, som sender en Skatteopkræver gennem Rigets Herlighed, men paa nogle Dage knuses han, dog uden Harm, ej heller i Strid.
21 And a despicable one has stood up on his station, and they have not given to him the splendor of the kingdom, and he has come in quietly, and has strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.
I hans Sted træder en Usling. Kongedømmets Herlighed overdrages ham ikke, men han kommer, før nogen aner Uraad, og tilriver sig Kongedømmet ved Rænker.
22 And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.
Hære bortskylles helt foran ham, ogsaa en Pagtsfyrste knuses.
23 And after they join themselves to him, he works deceit, and has increased, and has been strong by a few of the nation.
Saa snart man har sluttet Forbund med ham, øver han Svig; han drager frem og bliver stærk ved en Haandfuld Folk.
24 Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He comes, and he has done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers’ fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, he scatters to them, and against fortifications he devises his plans, even for a time.
Uventet falder han ind i de frugtbareste Egne og gør, hvad hans Fædre eller Fædres Fædre ikke gjorde; Ran, Bytte og Gods strør han ud til sine Folk, og mod Fæstninger oplægger han Raad, dog kun til en Tid.
25 And he stirs up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirs himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and does not stand, for they devise plans against him,
Han opbyder sin Kraft og sit Mod mod Sydens Konge og drager ud med en stor Hær; og Sydens Konge rykker ud til Strid med en overmaade stor og stærk Hær, men kan ikke staa sig, da der smedes Rænker imod ham;
26 and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overflows, and many wounded have fallen.
hans Bordfæller bryder hans Magt, hans Hær skylles bort, og mange dræbes og falder.
27 And both of the kings’ hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it does not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.
Begge Konger har ondt i Sinde og sidder til Bords sammen og lyver; men det lykkes ikke, thi Enden tøver endnu til den fastsatte Tid.
28 And he turns back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he has worked, and turned back to his land.
Da han er paa Hjemvejen til sit Land med store Forraad, oplægger hans Hjerte Raad mod den hellige Pagt, og han fuldfører det og vender hjem til sit Land.
29 At the appointed time he turns back, and has come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.
Til den fastsatte Tid drager han atter mod Syd, men det gaar ikke anden Gang som første;
30 And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he has been pained, and has turned back, and has been insolent toward the holy covenant, and has worked, and turned back, and he understands concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.
kittæiske Skibe drager imod ham, og han lader sig skræmme og vender om; hans Vrede blusser op mod den hellige Pagt, og han giver den frit Løb. Saa vender han hjem og mærker sig dem, som falder fra den hellige Pagt.
31 And strong ones stand up out of him, and have defiled the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.
Og hans Hære skal staa der og vanhellige Helligdommen, den faste Borg, afskaffe det daglige Offer og rejse Ødelæggelsens Vederstyggelighed.
32 And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defiles by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have worked.
Dem, der overtræder Pagten, lokker han ved Smiger til Frafald; men de Folk, som kender deres Gud, staar fast og viser det i Gerning.
33 And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil—days.
De kloge i Folket skal bringe mange til Indsigt, men en Tid lang bukker de under for Ild og Sværd, Fangenskab og Plyndring.
34 And in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
Medens de bukker under, faar de en ringe Hjælp, og mange slutter sig til dem paa Skrømt.
35 And some of the teachers stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white—until the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.
Af de kloge maa nogle bukke under, for at der kan renses ud iblandt dem, saa de sigtes og renses til Endens Tid; thi endnu tøver den til den bestemte Tid.
36 And the king has done according to his will, and exalts himself, and magnifies himself against every god, and he speaks wonderful things against the God of gods, and has prospered until the indignation has been completed, for that which is determined has been done.
Og Kongen gør, hvad han vil, ophøjer og hovmoder sig mod enhver Gud; mod Gudernes Gud taler han utrolige Ting, og han har Lykken med sig, indtil Vreden er omme; thi hvad der er besluttet, det sker.
37 And to the God of his fathers he does not attend, nor to the desire of women, indeed, he does not attend to any god, for he magnifies himself against all.
Sine Fædres Guder ænser han ikke; ej heller ænser han Kvindernes Yndlingsgud eller nogen anden Gud, men hovmoder sig mod dem alle.
38 And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he gives honor; indeed, to a god whom his fathers did not know he gives honor, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.
I Stedet ærer han Fæstningernes Gud; en Gud, hans Fædre ikke kendte, ærer han med Guld, Sølv, Ædelsten og Klenodier.
39 And he has dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he has acknowledged; he multiplies honor, and has caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportions at a price.
I de faste Borge lægger han den fremmede Guds Folk; dem, der vedkender sig ham, overøser han med Ære og giver dem Magt over mange, og han uddeler Land til Løn.
40 And at the time of the end, a king of the south pushes himself forward with him, and a king of the north storms against him, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he has come into the lands, and has overflowed, and passed over,
Men ved Endens Tid skal Sydens Konge prøve Kræfter med ham, og Nordens Konge stormer imod ham med Vogne, Ryttere og Skibe i Mængde og falder ind i Landene, oversvømmer og overskyller dem.
41 and has come into the desirable land, and many stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.
Han falder ind i det herlige Land, og Titusinder falder; men følgende skal reddes af hans Haand: Edom, Moab og en Levning Ammoniter.
42 And he sends forth his hand on the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
Han udrækker sin Haand mod Landene, og Ægypten undslipper ikke.
43 and he has ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim [are] at his steps.
Han bliver Herre over Guld— og Sølvskattene og alle Ægyptens Klenodier; der er Libyere og Ætiopere i hans Følge.
44 And reports trouble him out of the east and out of the north, and he has gone forth in great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction;
Men Rygter fra Øst og Nord forfærder ham, og han drager bort i stor Harme for at tilintetgøre mange og lægge Band paa dem.
45 and he plants the tents of his palace between the seas and the holy desirable mountain, and has come to his end, and there is no helper to him.”
Han opslaar sine Paladstelte mellem Havet og det hellige, herlige Bjerg. Men han gaar sin Bane i Møde, og ingen kommer ham til Hjælp.
