Daniel 8

1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me previously.

١ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِ بَيْلْشَاصَّرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، ظَهَرَتْ لِي أَنَا دَانِيآلَ رُؤْيَا بَعْدَ ٱلَّتِي ظَهَرَتْ لِي فِي ٱلِٱبْتِدَاءِ.

2 And I saw in the vision, and when I looked, I was in the citadel of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

٢ فَرَأَيْتُ فِي ٱلرُّؤْيَا، وَكَانَ فِي رُؤْيَايَ وَأَنا فِي شُوشَانَ ٱلْقَصْرِ ٱلَّذِي فِي وِلَايَةِ عِيلَامَ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِي الرُؤيَا وَأَنَا عِنْدَ نَهْرِ أُولَايَ.

3 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. And the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

٣ فَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَرَأَيْتُ وَإِذَا بِكَبْشٍ وَاقِفٍ عِنْدَ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَلَهُ قَرْنَانِ وَٱلقَرْنَانِ عَالِيَانِ، وَٱلْوَاحِدُ أَعْلَى مِنَ ٱلْآخَرِ، وَٱلْأَعْلَى طَالِعٌ أَخِيرًا.

4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand. But he did according to his will, and became great.

٤ رَأَيْتُ ٱلْكَبْشَ يَنْطَحُ غَرْبًا وَشِمَالًا وَجَنُوبًا فَلَمْ يَقِفْ حَيَوَانٌ قُدَّامَهُ وَلَا مُنْقِذٌ مِنْ يَدِهِ، وَفَعَلَ كَمَرْضَاتِهِ وَعَظُمَ.

5 As I was considering, look, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and did not touch the ground. And the goat had a prominent horn between his eyes.

٥ وَبَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَأَمِّلًا إِذَا بِتَيْسٍ مِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ جَاءَ مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ عَلَى وَجْهِ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَمَسَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ، وَلِلتَّيْسِ قَرْنٌ مُعْتَبَرٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ.

6 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and rushed at him in the fury of his power.

٦ وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْكَبْشِ صَاحِبِ ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ وَاقِفًا عِنْدَ ٱلنَّهْرِ وَرَكَضَ إِلَيْهِ بِشِدَّةِ قُوَّتِهِ.

7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. And there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he threw him down to the ground and trampled on him, and there was no one who could deliver the ram from his power.

٧ وَرَأَيْتُهُ قَدْ وَصَلَ إِلَى جَانِبِ ٱلْكَبْشِ، فَٱسْتَشَاطَ عَلَيْهِ وَضَرَبَ ٱلْكَبْشَ وَكَسَرَ قَرْنَيْهِ، فَلَمْ تَكُنْ لِلْكَبْشِ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى ٱلْوُقُوفِ أَمَامَهُ، وَطَرَحَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَدَاسَهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْكَبْشِ مُنْقِذٌ مِنْ يَدِهِ.

8 The male goat became very strong. But when he was strong, the large horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four prominent horns toward the four winds of heaven.

٨ فتَعَظَّمَ تَيْسُ ٱلمَعْزِ جِدًّا. وَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَّ ٱنْكَسَرَ ٱلْقَرْنُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ، وَطَلَعَ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَةُ قُرُونٍ مُعْتَبَرَةٍ نَحْوَ رِيَاحِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ.

9 Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.

٩ وَمِنْ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهَا خَرَجَ قَرْنٌ صَغِيرٌ، وَعَظُمَ جِدًّا نَحْوَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَنَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ وَنَحْوَ فَخْرِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي.

10 It grew so great that it reached to the host of heaven, and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.

١٠ وَتَعَظَّمَ حَتَّى إِلَى جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، وَطَرَحَ بَعْضًا مِنَ ٱلْجُنْدِ وَٱلنُّجُومِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَدَاسَهُمْ.

11 And it magnified itself, even against the Prince of the host; and it took away from him the daily sacrifice, and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.

١١ وَحَتَّى إِلَى رَئِيسِ ٱلْجُنْدِ تَعَظَّمَ، وَبِهِ أُبْطِلَتِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةُ ٱلدَّائِمَةُ، وَهُدِمَ مَسْكَنُ مَقْدِسِهِ.

12 The host was given over to it together with the daily sacrifice because of transgression. And it cast down truth to the ground, and kept prospering.

١٢ وَجُعِلَ جُنْدٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ ٱلدَّائِمَةِ بِٱلْمَعْصِيَةِ، فَطَرَحَ ٱلْحَقَّ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَفَعَلَ وَنَجَحَ.

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?"

١٣ فَسَمِعْتُ قُدُّوسًا وَاحِدًا يَتَكَلَّمُ. فَقَالَ قُدُّوسٌ وَاحِدٌ لِفُلَانٍ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّمِ: «إِلَى مَتَى ٱلرُّؤْيَا مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ ٱلدَّائِمَةِ وَمَعْصِيَةِ ٱلْخَرَابِ، لِبَذْلِ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَٱلْجُنْدِ مَدُوسَيْنِ؟»

14 He said to me, "To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be restored to its rightful state."

١٤ فَقَالَ لِي: «إِلَى أَلْفَيْنِ وَثَلَاثِ مِئَةِ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، فَيَتَبَرَّأُ ٱلْقُدْسُ».

15 It came about when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it. And look, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.

١٥ وَكَانَ لَمَّا رَأَيْتُ أَنَا دَانِيآلَ ٱلرُّؤْيَا وَطَلَبْتُ ٱلْمَعْنَى، إِذَا بِشِبْهِ إِنْسَانٍ وَاقِفٍ قُبَالَتِي.

16 I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and called out and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."

١٦ وَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانٍ بَيْنَ أُولَايَ، فَنَادَى وَقَالَ: «يَا جِبْرَائِيلُ، فَهِّمْ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلَ ٱلرُّؤْيَا».

17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was frightened, and fell prostrate. But he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision belongs to the time of the end."

١٧ فَجَاءَ إِلَى حَيْثُ وَقَفْتُ، وَلَمَّا جَاءَ خِفْتُ وَخَرَرْتُ عَلَى وَجْهِي. فَقَالَ لِي: «ٱفْهَمْ يَا ٱبْنَ آدَمَ. إِنَّ ٱلرُّؤْيَا لِوَقْتِ ٱلْمُنْتَهَى».

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.

١٨ وَإِذْ كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ مَعِي كُنْتُ مُسَبَّخًا عَلَى وَجْهِي إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَلَمَسَنِي وَأَوْقَفَنِي عَلَى مَقَامِي.

19 He said, "Look, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of wrath, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.

١٩ وَقَالَ: «هَأَنَذَا أُعَرِّفُكَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ ٱلسُّخَطِ. لِأَنَّ لِمِيعَادِ ٱلِٱنْتِهَاءَ.

20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

٢٠ أَمَّا ٱلْكَبْشُ ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ ذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ مُلُوكُ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ.

21 The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

٢١ وَٱلتَّيْسُ ٱلْعَافِي مَلِكُ ٱلْيُونَانِ، وَٱلْقَرْنُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلَّذِي بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْأَوَّلُ.

22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall arise out of his nation, but not with his power.

٢٢ وَإِذِ ٱنْكَسَرَ وَقَامَ أَرْبَعَةٌ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ، فَسَتَقُومُ أَرْبَعُ مَمَالِكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُمَّةِ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ فِي قُوَّتِهِ.

23 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressions have reached their full measure, a rash and deceitful king shall arise.

٢٣ وَفِي آخِرِ مَمْلَكَتِهِمْ عِنْدَ تَمَامِ ٱلْمَعَاصِي يَقُومُ مَلِكٌ جَافِي ٱلْوَجْهِ وَفَاهِمُ ٱلْحِيَلِ.

24 His power shall be great, but not by his own strength; and he shall cause terrible destruction, and shall succeed in whatever he does. And he shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

٢٤ وَتَعْظُمُ قُوَّتُهُ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ بِقُوَّتِهِ. يُهْلِكُ عَجَبًا وَيَنْجَحُ وَيَفْعَلُ وَيُبِيدُ ٱلْعُظَمَاءَ وَشَعْبَ ٱلْقِدِّيسِينَ.

25 Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper by his influence, and he shall be great in his own mind, and without warning he shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be shattered, but not by human hands.

٢٥ وَبِحَذَاقَتِهِ يَنْجَحُ أَيْضًا ٱلْمَكْرُ فِي يَدِهِ، وَيَتَعَظَّمُ بِقَلْبِهِ. وَفِي ٱلِٱطْمِئْنَانِ يُهْلِكُ كَثِيرِينَ، وَيَقُومُ عَلَى رَئِيسِ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، وَبِلَا يَدٍ يَنْكَسِرُ.

26 The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision because it refers to many days from now."

٢٦ فَرُؤْيَا ٱلْمَسَاءِ وَٱلصَّبَاحِ ٱلَّتِي قِيلَتْ هِيَ حَقٌّ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَٱكْتُمِ ٱلرُّؤْيَا لِأَنَّهَا إِلَى أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ».

27 I, Daniel, was overcome, and was ill for days. Then I rose up, and carried out the king's business. And I was astonished by the vision, but there was no one to explain it.

٢٧ وَأَنَا دَانِيآلَ ضَعُفْتُ وَنَحَلْتُ أَيَّامًا، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ وَبَاشَرْتُ أَعْمَالَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَكُنْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا مِنَ ٱلرُّؤْيَا وَلَا فَاهِمَ.