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;
El año primero de Darío el medo, estuve yo allí para ayudarle y fortalecerle.
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.
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 mighty king has stood, and he has ruled a great dominion, and has done according to his will;
Pero se levantará un rey poderoso, que reinará con gran poder y hará cuanto quiera.
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.
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 a king of the south—even of his princes—becomes strong, and prevails against him, and has ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.
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 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.
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 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;
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 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.
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 the king of the south has come into the kingdom, and turned back to his own land;
Pero (este) entrará en el reino del rey del mediodía, y (después) volverá a su tierra.
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.
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 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,
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 he has carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he has caused myriads to fall, and he does not become strong.
Se llevará gran número (de prisioneros), con lo cual se ensoberbecerá su corazón, hará perecer a millares pero no prevalecerá.
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;
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 And he turns back his face to the strongholds of his land, and has stumbled and fallen, and is not found.
Luego se dirigirá hacia las fortalezas de su propio país; pero tropezará y caerá, y no será más hallado.
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.
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 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.
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 the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.
Delante de él quedarán sumergidos ejércitos (tan numerosos como) una inundación, y serán deshechos, así como también el príncipe de la Alianza.
23 And after they join themselves to him, he works deceit, and has increased, and has been strong by a few of the nation.
No obstante el pacto hecho con él, obrará con dolo; subirá y vencerá con poca gente.
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.
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 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,
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 those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overflows, and many wounded have fallen.
Los que comen de sus manjares delicados le quebrantarán, su ejército se dispersará, cayendo muchos traspasados.
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.
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 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.
Volverá a su tierra con grandes riquezas; pero su corazón (maquinará) contra la Alianza santa. Obrará y volverá a su país.
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.
Al tiempo determinado se dirigirá de nuevo contra el mediodía, pero esta última vez no pasará lo que en la primera.
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.
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 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.
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 acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defiles by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have worked.
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 the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil—days.
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 And in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
Al ser abatidos tendrán un pequeño socorro, y muchos se unirán a ellos hipócritamente.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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, 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,
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 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.
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 he sends forth his hand on the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
Y extenderá su mano contra (otros) países, y no se salvará la tierra de Egipto.
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.
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 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;
Pero le turbarán rumores desde el oriente y el norte; y saldrá con gran furor para destruir y exterminar a muchos.
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.”
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.
