Daniel 7
1 V prvem letu babilonskega kralja Belšacárja je imel Daniel sanje in videnja svoje glave na svoji postelji. Potem je sanje zapisal in povedal povzetek stvari.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions in his mind on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the summary of it.
2 Daniel je spregovoril in rekel: »Videl sem v svojem videnju ponoči in glej, štirje vetrovi neba so se borili nad velikim morjem.
Daniel spoke and said, "I saw in my vision by night, and, look, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
3 Štirje veliki zverniki so prišli iz morja, različni drug od drugega.
Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 Prvi je bil podoben levu in imel je orlove peruti. Gledal sem, dokler niso bile njegove peruti izpuljene in dvignjen je bil z zemlje in primoran stati na stopalih kakor človek, in temu je bilo dano človeško srce.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's mind was given to it.
5 Glej še en zvernik, drug, podoben medvedu in ta se je dvignil na eno stran in v ustih, med svojimi zobmi, je imel tri rebra. Rekli so mu takole: ›Vzdigni se, požri veliko mesa.‹
And look, another animal, a second one, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. And they said this to it, 'Arise, devour much flesh.'
6 Potem sem zagledal in glej drug, podoben leopardu, ki je imel na svojem hrbtu štiri krila perjadi. Zvernik je imel tudi štiri glave in dano mu je bilo gospostvo.
After this I saw, and look, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 Potem sem v nočnih videnjih zagledal in glej četrtega zvernika, groznega, strašnega in silno močnega. Ta je imel velike železne zobe. Požiral je in lomil na koščke in preostanek poteptal s svojimi stopali. Ta je bil različen od vseh zvernikov, ki so bili pred njim, in ta je imel deset rogov.
After this I saw in the night visions, and look, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and extremely strong. And it had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet. And it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 Opazoval sem rogove in glej, tam se je med njimi vzdignil drug, majhen rog, pred katerim so bili trije izmed prvih rogov izruvani s koreninami. Glej na tem rogu so bile oči, podobne očem človeka in usta, ki so govorila velike stvari.
I considered the horns, and look, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And look, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
9 Gledal sem, dokler niso bili prestoli zrušeni in se je Starodavni usedel, katerega obleka je bila bela kakor sneg in lasje njegove glave podobni čisti volni. Njegov prestol je bil podoben ognjenemu plamenu in njegova kolesa kakor goreč ogenj.
I saw until thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
10 Goreč tok je izviral in prihajal izpred njega. Tisoči tisočev so mu služili in desettisočkrat deset tisoči so stali pred njim. Sodba je bila odrejena in knjige so bile odprte.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.
11 Takrat sem gledal zaradi glasu velikih besed, ki jih je rog spregovoril. Gledal sem, dokler ni bil zvernik pokončan, njegovo telo uničeno in izročeno gorečemu plamenu.
I saw at that time because of the voice of the arrogant words which the horn spoke. I was watching until the animal was killed and its body destroyed and was given to be burned with fire.
12 Glede ostalih zvernikov, njihovo gospostvo jim je bilo odvzeto. Vendar so bila njihova življenja podaljšana za obdobje in čas.
As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 Videl sem v nočnih videnjih in glej, nekdo, podoben Sinu človekovemu, je prišel z oblaki neba in prišel k Starodavnemu in privedli so ga blizu predenj.
I saw in the night visions, and look, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.
14 Dano mu je bilo gospostvo, slava in kraljestvo, da bi mu služila vsa ljudstva, narodi in jeziki. Njegovo gospostvo je večno gospostvo, ki ne bo preminilo in njegovo kraljestvo tisto, ki ne bo uničeno.
There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
15 Jaz, Daniel, sem bil užaloščen v svojem duhu v sredi svojega telesa in videnja moje glave so me vznemirila.
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my mind troubled me.
16 Približal sem se k tistemu izmed njih, ki je stal poleg in ga vprašal resnico o vsem tem. Tako mi je povedal in mi dal spoznati razlago o stvareh.
I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the true meaning concerning all this. So he told me, and revealed to me the interpretation of these things.
17 Ti veliki zverniki, ki so štirje, so štirje kralji, ki se bodo vzdignili iz zemlje.
These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.
18 Toda Sveti Najvišjega bodo prejeli kraljestvo in kraljestvo bodo obdržali v lasti na veke, celo na veke vekov.
But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.
19 Potem sem želel vedeti resnico o četrtem zverniku, ki je bil različen od vseh ostalih, silno grozen, katerega zobje so bili iz železa in njegovi kremplji iz brona, ki je žrl, lomil na koščke in preostanek poteptal s svojimi stopali
Then I desired to know the true meaning concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its claws of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.
20 in o desetih rogovih, ki so bili na njegovi glavi in o drugem, ki se je dvignil in pred katerim so trije padli. Celo o tistem rogu, ki je imel oči in usta, ki so govorila zelo velike stvari, katerega pogled je bil arogantnejši kakor od njegovih tovarišev.
And concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke arrogant things, whose look was larger than the others.
21 Pogledal sem in isti rog je začel vojno s svetimi in prevladal zoper njih,
I saw, and the same horn made war with the holy ones, and prevailed against them,
22 dokler ni prišel Starodavni in je bila sodba dana svetim Najvišjega in je prišel čas, da so sveti vzeli v last kraljestvo.
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the holy ones of the Most High, and the time came that the holy ones possessed the kingdom.
23 Tako je rekel: ›Četrti zvernik bo četrto kraljestvo na zemlji, ki bo različno od vseh kraljestev in požrlo bo celotno zemljo in jo pomendralo ter jo zlomilo na koščke.
This he said, 'The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 Deset rogov iz tega kraljestva je deset kraljev, ki bodo vstali in drug bo vstal za njimi. Ta bo različen od prvega in podvrgel bo tri kralje.
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise, and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.
25 Govoril bo velike besede zoper Najvišjega in izmučil bo svete Najvišjega in mislil, da spremeni čase in postave, oni pa bodo dani v njegovo roko do časa in [dveh] časov in polovice časa.
He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall oppress the holy ones of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given over to him until a time and times and half a time.
26 F Toda sodba se bo usedla in odvzeli bodo njegovo gospostvo, da použije in da ga uniči do konca.
And the court shall sit in judgment, and they shall take away his dominion, consumed and completely destroyed forever.
27 Kraljestvo, gospostvo in veličina kraljestva pod celotnim nebom bo dano ljudstvu svetih Najvišjega, katerega kraljestvo je večno kraljestvo in vsa njegova gospostva mu bodo služila in ga ubogala.‹
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.'
28 Do zdaj je konec zadeve. Kar se tiče mene, Daniela, me je moje poglobljeno razmišljanje zelo vznemirilo in moje obličje na meni je bilo spremenjeno, toda zadevo sem obdržal v svojem srcu.‹«
Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. I kept the matter to myself."
