दानीएल 7
1 १ बाबेलाचा राजा बेलशस्सर याच्या राज्याच्या पहिल्या वर्षी दानीएल आपल्या पलंगावर पडलेला असता त्यास स्वप्न पडले आणि दृष्टांत त्याच्या मनात फिरू लागले मग त्याने ते स्वप्न आणि त्यातील महत्वाच्या घटना लिहून काढत्या.
[Previously, ] during the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, I had a dream and a vision one night as I lay on my bed. [The next morning] I wrote down what I had dreamed. This is what I wrote:
2 २ दानीएलाने म्हटले, “रात्रीच्या माझ्या दृष्टांतात मी पाहीले स्वर्गातील चार वारे महासागरावर घोळत होते.
I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up [the water in] the ocean.
Then [I saw] four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different.
4 ४ पहिले सिंहासारखे असून त्यास गरुडाचे पंख होते. असा मी पाहत असता त्याचे पंख उपटून त्यास जमिनीवर मानवाप्रमाणे दोन पायावर उभे केले. त्यास मानवाचे हृदय देण्यात आले होते.
The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have.
5 ५ नंतर दुसरे श्वापद अस्वलासारखे होते त्याच्या दातामध्ये तिन फासोळया धरल्या होत्या. त्यास सांगण्यात आले ‘उठ, पुढे पुष्कळ मांस खा.’
The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs [from another animal that it had killed and eaten]. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat [as you want]!”
6 ६ त्यानंतर मी पुन्हा पाहीले तो आणखी एक श्वापद चित्त्याप्रमाणे होते त्याच्या पाठीवर पक्षासारखे चार पंख होते. आणि त्यास चार शिरे होती. त्यास राज्य करण्यासाठी आधिकार दिला होता.
Then I saw in front of me the third of those beasts. It resembled a leopard, but it had four wings protruding from its back. The wings were like a bird’s wings. It had four heads. It was given the power/authority to rule [people].
7 ७ त्यानंतर मी रात्री माझ्या स्वप्नात चौथे श्वापद पाहीले, विक्राळ, भयानक आणि अतिशय मजबूत असे ते होते. त्यास मोठे लोखंडी दात होते, ते सर्व काही चावून त्याचा चुरा करी. आणि उरलेले पायाखाली तुडवी ते इतरांपेक्षा वेगळे होते. आणि त्यास दहा शिंगे होती.
In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled [on the ground]. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns [on its head].
8 ८ मी ती शिंगे पाहत असतांना, मग त्यांच्यातून आणखी लहान शिंगे निघाले आणि आधिच्या शिंगातून तीन मुळासह उपटली गेली मी पाहिले त्या शिंगास मानवासारखे डोळे होते आणि मोठ्या फुशारक्या मारणारे तोंड होते.
While I was looking at those horns, I saw a little horn appear [on the head of that beast]. It tore out three of the other horns. This little horn had eyes like humans have, and it had a mouth [with which it spoke] very boastfully.
9 ९ मी पाहत होतो तेव्हा, आसने मांडण्यात आली; आणि एक पुराणपुरूष आसनावर बसला. त्याची वस्त्रे हिमाप्रमाणे शुभ्र होती आणि त्याचे केस लोकरीसारखे स्वच्छ होते. त्याचे आसन आग्नीज्वाला होते. आणि त्याची चाके जळणारा अग्नी होते.
[Then] while I watched, thrones were put in the places [where they belonged], and [God], the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was [also] blazing.
10 १० त्याच्या समोर अग्नीची नदी वाहत होती, हजारो लोक त्याची सेवा करीत होते, लाखो लोक समोर उभे होते, न्यायसभा चालू होती आणि पुस्तके उघडी होती.
A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands [of people] (OR, [angels]) [were there] serving him, and millions [of other people] (OR, [angels]) were standing in front of him. They started (the court session/judging people), and they opened the books [in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done].
11 ११ मी सतत त्याकडे पाहत होतो कारण ते लहान शिंग फुशारकी मारत होते. मी पाहत असता त्या श्वापदाचा वध करण्यात आला त्याच्या शरीराचे तूकडे करून ते जाळण्यास देण्यात आले.
While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I [continued to] watch, the [fourth] beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned.
The power/authority of the other [three] beasts was taken away from them, but they were allowed to continue to live for a while.
13 १३ त्या रात्रीच्या माझ्या दृष्टांतात मी पाहिले, आकाशातील मेघावर स्वार होऊन कोणी मानवपूत्रासारखा येताना मी पाहिला तो पुराणपुरूषाकडे आला व त्यास त्याने जवळ केले.
While I [continued to] see the vision that night, I saw someone who resembled a human being. He was coming [closer to me], surrounded by clouds. Then he was taken to [God], the one who had been living forever.
14 १४ आणि त्यास प्रभुत्व व वैभव व राज्य दिले, ते असे की, सर्व लोक, राष्ट्रे व भाषा यांनी त्याची सेवा करावी; त्याचे प्रभुत्व सनातन प्रभुत्व आहे, ते टळून जायचे नाही, आणि जे नष्ट व्हायचे नाही असे त्याचे राज्य आहे.
He was honored and given great authority to rule over all the nations in the world, in order that people from every people-group and every nation, people from all language groups, would worship/serve him. He will rule forever; he will never stop ruling. The kingdom that he rules will never be destroyed.
As for me, Daniel, I was very terrified by what I had seen in that vision, and I did not know what to think about it.
16 १६ सिंहासनाच्या जवळ उभे असणाऱ्यांपैकी एकाकडे मी गेलो व या सर्व गोष्टींचा अर्थ त्यास विचारला. तेव्हा त्याने मला सर्व गोष्टीचा अर्थ समजावून सांगितला.
I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. So he told me the meaning of it.
[He said], “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.
But the Supreme God will give power/authority to his people [to rule], and they shall rule forever.”
19 १९ नंतर मला त्या चौथ्या श्वापदा विषयी बोलण्याची इच्छा झाली, जे इतरांपेक्षा वेगळे होते. त्याचे दात लोखंडाचे भयंकर असे होते आणि त्याची नखे पितळेची होती, ते चावून चुरा करी. आणि उरलेले जे होते त्याचे पायाखाली तूकडे करी.
Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified—[the beast] that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed [those that it attacked] with its bronze claws, and [then] ate [their flesh] with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies [that it did not eat].
20 २० मला त्याची दहा शिंगे आणि त्याचे गुढ जाणायचे होते जी त्याच्या डोक्यावर होती. एक शिंग त्यामध्ये आणखी निघाले त्यामुळे तीन शिंगे तूटून पडली त्या शिंगाला डोळे असून तोंड होते त्यातून ते मोठमोठ्या गोष्टी बोलत होते. त्या शिंगाची जाडी इतरांपेक्षा जास्त होती. या सगळ्यांचा अर्थ काय म्हणून मी इच्छा दर्शविली.
[I also wanted to know about] the ten horns on its head, and about the horn that appeared later, which got rid of three of the other horns. [I wanted to know what it meant that] it had eyes and a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. [The beast that was represented by] that horn was more terrifying than the other beasts.
While I was having the vision, I saw that this horn attacked God’s people and was defeating them.
22 २२ आणि पुराणपुरूष येईपर्यंत ते त्यांच्यावर प्रबळ होत गेले. मग परात्पर देवाच्या पवित्र जनांस न्याय दिला, राज्य आपल्या मालकीचे करून घेतले, असा समय आला.
But then the Supreme God, the one who had been living forever, came and judged in favor of the people who belonged to him. And [I knew that] it was time for God’s people to receive authority [to rule].
23 २३ त्याने सांगितले चौथे श्वापद हे पृथ्वीवर चौथे राज्य होईल; हे इतर राज्यांपेक्षा वेगळे राहील ते सर्व पृथ्वीला ग्रासून टाकील, आणि तिचे पायाखाली तूकडे करीन.
[Then] the man who was standing there said [to me], “The fourth beast represents an empire that will exist on the earth; that [empire] will be different from all [other] empires. [The army of] that empire will crush/kill [people all over] the world and trample [on their bodies].
24 २४ आता दहा शिंगाविषयी या राज्यातून दहा राजांचा उदय होईल; आणि त्यातून आणखी एक राजा निघेल. तो राजा वेगळा असेल आणि तो तीन राजांना पादाक्रांत करील.
As for its ten horns, they represent ten kings who will rule that empire, [one after the other]. Then another [king] will appear. He will be different from the previous kings. He will defeat the three kings [that were represented by the three horns that were pulled out].
25 २५ तो सर्वोच्च देवाच्या विरोधात बोलेल, आणि देवाच्या पवित्र जनांचा छळ करील नेमलेले सण आणि नियम बदलण्याचा तो प्रयत्न करील. या सर्व गोष्टी त्याच्या हातात तिन वर्षे आणि सहा महिण्यासाठी दिल्या जातील.
He will revile the Supreme God, and he will oppress God’s people. He will try to change the [sacred] festivals and their [religious] laws/regulations. He will control them for three and a half years.
26 २६ पण तिथे न्यायसभा होईल, आणि त्याचे राजकीय सामर्थ्य परत घेण्यात येतील. त्याचा नाश होऊन कायमचा नष्ट करण्यात येईल.
But there will be a session/meeting of the court/judges in heaven, and that king’s authority/power will be taken away, and he will be completely destroyed.
27 २७ राज्य, प्रभूत्व आणि अखिल पृथ्वीवरचे वैभव सर्वोच्च देवाच्या पवित्र जनांना देण्यात येईल. त्याचे राज्य अनंतकालचे आहे; आणि इतर त्याची सेवा करून त्याचे आज्ञापालन करतील.”
Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).”
28 २८ या गोष्टींचा उलगडा इथे संपतो. मी दानीएल या विचारांनी व्याकूळ झालो. माझे तोंड उतरले; पण मी या सर्व गोष्टी मनात ठेवल्या.
That is [what I saw in] my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision [that I had seen].
