דניאל 11
| ואני בשנת אחת לדריוש המדי--עמדי למחזיק ולמעוז לו | 1 |
“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
| ועתה אמת אגיד לך הנה עוד שלשה מלכים עמדים לפרס והרביעי יעשיר עשר גדול מכל וכחזקתו בעשרו יעיר הכל את מלכות יון | 2 |
“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece.
| ועמד מלך גבור ומשל ממשל רב ועשה כרצונו | 3 |
A mighty king will stand up, who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
| וכעמדו תשבר מלכותו ותחץ לארבע רוחות השמים ולא לאחריתו ולא כמשלו אשר משל--כי תנתש מלכותו ולאחרים מלבד אלה | 4 |
When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.
| ויחזק מלך הנגב ומן שריו ויחזק עליו ומשל ממשל רב ממשלתו | 5 |
“The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him, and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion.
| ולקץ שנים יתחברו ובת מלך הנגב תבוא אל מלך הצפון לעשות מישרים ולא תעצר כוח הזרוע ולא יעמד וזרעו ותנתן היא ומביאיה והילדה ומחזקה בעתים | 6 |
At the end of years they will join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
| ועמד מנצר שרשיה כנו ויבא אל החיל ויבא במעוז מלך הצפון ועשה בהם והחזיק | 7 |
“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place, who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail.
| וגם אלהיהם עם נסכיהם עם כלי חמדתם כסף וזהב בשבי--יבא מצרים והוא שנים יעמד ממלך הצפון | 8 |
He will also carry their gods with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
| ובא במלכות מלך הנגב ושב אל אדמתו | 9 |
He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.
| ובנו יתגרו ואספו המון חילים רבים ובא בוא ושטף ועבר וישב ויתגרו (ויתגרה) עד מעזה | 10 |
His sons will wage war, and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will come on, and overflow, and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.
| ויתמרמר מלך הנגב ויצא ונלחם עמו עם מלך הצפון והעמיד המון רב ונתן ההמון בידו | 11 |
“The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand.
| ונשא ההמון ירום (ורם) לבבו והפיל רבאות ולא יעוז | 12 |
The multitude will be carried off, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail.
| ושב מלך הצפון והעמיד המון רב מן הראשון ולקץ העתים שנים יבוא בוא בחיל גדול וברכוש רב | 13 |
The king of the north will return, and will send out a multitude greater than the former. He will come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with abundant supplies.
| ובעתים ההם רבים יעמדו על מלך הנגב ובני פריצי עמך ינשאו להעמיד חזון--ונכשלו | 14 |
“In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision, but they will fall.
| ויבא מלך הצפון וישפך סוללה ולכד עיר מבצרות וזרעות הנגב לא יעמדו ועם מבחריו ואין כח לעמד | 15 |
So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his select troops, neither will there be any strength to stand.
| ויעש הבא אליו כרצונו ואין עומד לפניו ויעמד בארץ הצבי וכלה בידו | 16 |
But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand.
| וישם פניו לבוא בתקף כל מלכותו וישרים עמו--ועשה ובת הנשים יתן לו להשחיתה ולא תעמד ולא לו תהיה | 17 |
He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand, and won’t be for him.
| וישב (וישם) פניו לאיים ולכד רבים והשבית קצין חרפתו לו בלתי חרפתו ישיב לו | 18 |
After this he will turn his face to the islands, and will take many, but a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yes, moreover, he will cause his reproach to turn on him.
| וישב פניו למעוזי ארצו ונכשל ונפל ולא ימצא | 19 |
Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found.
| ועמד על כנו מעביר נוגש הדר מלכות ובימים אחדים ישבר ולא באפים ולא במלחמה | 20 |
“Then one who will cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory will stand up in his place; but within few days he shall be destroyed, not in anger, and not in battle.
| ועמד על כנו נבזה ולא נתנו עליו הוד מלכות ובא בשלוה והחזיק מלכות בחלקלקות | 21 |
“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
| וזרעות השטף ישטפו מלפניו וישברו וגם נגיד ברית | 22 |
The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant.
| ומן התחברות אליו יעשה מרמה ועלה ועצם במעט גוי | 23 |
After the treaty made with him he will work deceitfully; for he will come up and will become strong with few people.
| בשלוה ובמשמני מדינה יבוא ועשה אשר לא עשו אבתיו ואבות אבתיו בזה ושלל ורכוש להם יבזור ועל מבצרים יחשב מחשבתיו ועד עת | 24 |
In time of security he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and wealth. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
| ויער כחו ולבבו על מלך הנגב בחיל גדול ומלך הנגב יתגרה למלחמה בחיל גדול ועצום עד מאד ולא יעמד כי יחשבו עליו מחשבות | 25 |
“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he won’t stand; for they will devise plans against him.
| ואכלי פת בגו ישברוהו וחילו ישטוף ונפלו חללים רבים | 26 |
Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain.
| ושניהם המלכים לבבם למרע ועל שלחן אחד כזב ידברו ולא תצלח כי עוד קץ למועד | 27 |
As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.
| וישב ארצו ברכוש גדול ולבבו על ברית קדש ועשה ושב לארצו | 28 |
Then he will return into his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will take action, and return to his own land.
| למועד ישוב ובא בנגב ולא תהיה כראשנה וכאחרונה | 29 |
“He will return at the appointed time and come into the south; but it won’t be in the latter time as it was in the former.
| ובאו בו ציים כתים ונכאה ושב וזעם על ברית קודש ועשה ושב ויבן על עזבי ברית קדש | 30 |
For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
| וזרעים ממנו יעמדו וחללו המקדש המעוז והסירו התמיד ונתנו השקוץ משמם | 31 |
“Forces from him will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate.
| ומרשיעי ברית יחניף בחלקות ועם ידעי אלהיו יחזקו ועשו | 32 |
He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.
| ומשכילי עם יבינו לרבים ונכשלו בחרב ובלהבה בשבי ובבזה--ימים | 33 |
“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
| ובהכשלם יעזרו עזר מעט ונלוו עליהם רבים בחלקלקות | 34 |
Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.
| ומן המשכילים יכשלו לצרוף בהם ולברר וללבן--עד עת קץ כי עוד למועד | 35 |
Some of those who are wise will fall—to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.
| ועשה כרצנו המלך ויתרומם ויתגדל על כל אל ועל אל אלים ידבר נפלאות והצליח עד כלה זעם כי נחרצה נעשתה | 36 |
“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for that which is determined will be done.
| ועל אלהי אבתיו לא יבין ועל חמדת נשים ועל כל אלוה לא יבין כי על כל יתגדל | 37 |
He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all.
| ולאלה מעזים על כנו יכבד ולאלוה אשר לא ידעהו אבתיו יכבד בזהב ובכסף ובאבן יקרה--ובחמדות | 38 |
But in their place, he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.
| ועשה למבצרי מעזים עם אלוה נכר אשר הכיר (יכיר) ירבה כבוד והמשילם ברבים ואדמה יחלק במחיר | 39 |
He will deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. He will increase with glory whoever acknowledges him. He will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for a price.
| ובעת קץ יתנגח עמו מלך הנגב וישתער עליו מלך הצפון ברכב ובפרשים ובאניות רבות ובא בארצות ושטף ועבר | 40 |
“At the time of the end the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through.
| ובא בארץ הצבי ורבות יכשלו ואלה ימלטו מידו--אדום ומואב וראשית בני עמון | 41 |
He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
| וישלח ידו בארצות וארץ מצרים לא תהיה לפליטה | 42 |
He will also stretch out his hand on the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape.
| ומשל במכמני הזהב והכסף ובכל חמדות מצרים--ולבים וכשים במצעדיו | 43 |
But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow his steps.
| ושמעות יבהלהו ממזרח ומצפון ויצא בחמא גדלה להשמיד ולהחרים רבים | 44 |
But news out of the east and out of the north will trouble him; and he will go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
| ויטע אהלי אפדנו בין ימים להר צבי קדש ובא עד קצו ואין עוזר לו | 45 |
He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
