Daniel 8
1 I det tridje styringsåret åt Belsassar såg eg, Daniel, ei syn, ei som kom etter den eg fyrr hadde set.
In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning,
2 Då eg no i denne syni skulde til å sjå, syntest det meg at eg var i Susanborgi i Elamfylket; og då eg såg meir til i syni, fann eg at eg var ved elvi Ulai.
Saw in my vision when I was in the castle of Susa, which is in the province of Elam: and I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.
3 Og då eg såg upp, fekk eg sjå ein ver framved elvi, og han hadde tvo horn; og båe horni var høge; men det eine var høgre enn hitt, og det som var høgre, skaut sist upp.
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold a ram stood before the water, having two high horns, and one higher than the other, and growing up. Afterward
4 Eg såg veren stanga med horni vestetter og nordetter og sudetter, og inkje dyr kunde standa honom imot, og ingen kunde berga or hans vald; han for fram som han vilde, og tok seg store ting til.
I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great.
5 Og då eg gav meir gaum, fekk eg sjå ein bukk koma vestantil og fara fram yver all jordi, men han kom ikkje nær marki; og bukken hadde eit drustelegt horn i skallen.
And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 Og han kom burt til veren med dei tvo horni, den som eg hadde set standa framved elvi, og for imot honom i veldug vreide.
And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.
7 Eg såg honom koma radt inn på veren og drusa til honom i illska, og han stanga til veren og braut sund båe horni hans, so at veren ingi magt hadde til å standa imot honom; og han kasta honom til jordi og trakka på honom, og det beid ingen som kunde berga veren or hans vald.
And when he was come near the ram, he was enraged against him, and struck the ram: and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him: and when he had cast him down on the ground, he stamped upon him, and none could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Og bukken briska seg storleg. Men då han stod i si beste magt, brotna det store hornet hans, og fire andre drustelege horn skaut upp i staden, ut mot dei fire himmelætterne.
And the he goat became exceeding great: and when he was grown, the great horn was broken, and there came up four horns under it towards the four winds of heaven.
9 Frå eitt av deim gjekk det ut eit nytt horn, lite i fyrstningi, og det voks oversleg sudetter og austetter og mot det herlege landet.
And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.
10 Og det voks ende upp til himmelheren og kasta nokre av denne heren, av stjernorne, ned til jordi og trakka på deim.
And it was magnified even unto the strength of heaven: and it threw down of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them.
11 Ja, jamvel mot hovdingen yver heren briska det seg; han tok burt det daglege offeret, og hans heilagdoms bustad vart nedriven.
And it was magnified even to the prince of the strength: and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.
12 Saman med det daglege offeret vart og ein herskare gjeven til pris for brot skuld. Og det slo sanningi ned til jordi, og det lukkast vel, alt det tok seg til.
And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be cast down on the ground, and he shall do and shall prosper.
13 Sidan høyrde eg ein heilag som tala, og ein annan heilag spurde honom som tala: «Kor lang tid sigtar ho på, syni um det daglege offeret og um brotet som valdar øyding, og um nedtrakkingi av både heilagdom og her?»
And I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another, I know not to whom that was speaking: How long shall be the vision, concerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation that is made: and the sanctuary, and the strength be trodden under foot?
14 Då svara han meg: «Tvo tusund og tri hundrad kveldar og morgnar; etter det skal heilagdomen koma til retten sin att.»
And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
15 Då eg, Daniel, no hadde set denne syni og freista skyna henne, fekk eg sjå at det stod noko framfyre meg, som liktest ein mann.
And it came to pass when I Daniel saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.
16 Og midt yver Ulai høyrde eg ei mannerøyst, som ropa og sagde: «Gabriel, tyd syni for denne mannen!»
And I heard the voice of a man between Ulai: and he called, and said: Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 Då kom han innåt staden der eg stod; men eg vart rædd då han kom, og kasta meg å gruve. Og han sagde til meg: «Gjev gaum på dette, du menneskjeson; for syni sigtar på endetidi.»
And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.
18 Medan han soleis tala med meg, seig eg i uvit med andlitet mot jordi; men han rørde ved meg og reiste meg upp att.
And when he spoke to me I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright,
19 So sagde han: «Sjå, eg vil kunngjera deg kva som skal henda når det lid til endes med vreiden; for på endetidi sigtar dette.
And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.
20 Den tvihyrnte veren som du såg, tyder kongarne i Media og Persia.
The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21 Men den raggute bukken er Javan-kongen, og det store hornet i skallen hans er den fyrste kongen.
And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
22 Men at det brotna, og at det kom fire andre att i staden, det tyder at folket hans skal verta fire rike, men ikkje med hans kraft.
But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it: four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength.
23 Og ved slutten på veldet deira, når illgjerdsmennerne hev fyllt sitt mål, skal det koma upp ein konge, ubljug og meinsløg.
And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.
24 Veldet hans skal verta stort, men ikkje med hans kraft; og han skal gjera utruleg stor skade og hava heppa med seg i verket sitt; megtige skal han tyna, og eit folk av heilage.
And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints,
25 Med di han er so klok, skal han hava slik heppa med seg i svikarferdi si; han skal setja seg store ting fyre, og uventande skal han tyna mange. Ja, mot hovdingen yver hovdingarne skal han setja seg upp; men utan manns hand skal han då verta krasa.
According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.
26 Og sanning er syni um kveldarne og morgnarne, som no er umtala. Men gøym du denne syni, for ho peikar langt fram i tidi.»
And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou therefore seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.
27 Men eg, Daniel, vart reint utav det og låg sjuk ei tid. Sidan kom eg meg på føterne att og gjorde mi tenesta hjå kongen; og eg var forstøkt yver syni; men det var ingen som merka det.
And I Daniel languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king’s business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.
