Daniel 11
1 Y yo mismo, en el primer año de Darío el Medo, tomé mi posición para apoyarlo y defenderlo.
In the first year of Darius the Mede, I myself came to support and protect Michael.
2 Así que ahora déjame revelarte la verdad. Todavía hay tres reyes que llegarán al poder en Persia, y luego un cuarto que será mucho más rico que todos los demás. Cuando se haga fuerte por su riqueza, reunirá a todo el reino contra Grecia.
Now I will tell you the truth. Three kings will arise in Persia, and a fourth will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
3 Entonces llegará al poder un rey poderoso. Gobernará con gran autoridad y hará lo que quiera.
A mighty king will rise up who will rule a very great kingdom, and he will act according to his desires.
4 Pero a medida que extienda su poder, su reino se romperá, se dividirá hacia los cuatro vientos del cielo. No pasará a sus descendientes, y no será gobernada como él lo hizo. Será arrancado y entregado a otros.
When he has risen up, his kingdom will be broken and divided to the four winds of heaven, but not to his own descendants, and not with his power when he had been ruling. For his kingdom will be uprooted for others besides his descendants.
5 El rey del sur se hará fuerte, pero uno de sus oficiales se hará aún más fuerte y gobernará su reino con gran autoridad.
The king of the South will become strong, but one of his commanders will become even stronger than he and will rule his kingdom with great power.
6 Algunos años después formarán una alianza, y la hija del rey del sur se casará con el rey del norte para garantizar el tratado de paz. Sin embargo, ella no podrá mantener su poder, ni el poder de él continuar. Ella y sus asistentes serán traicionados, junto con su hijo y su marido. Sin embargo, más tarde,
After a few years, when the time is right, they will make an alliance. The daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to confirm the agreement. But she will not keep her arm's strength, nor will he stand, or his arm. She will be abandoned—she and those who brought her, and her father, and the one who supported her in those times.
7 un nuevo rey del sur de su familia tomará el relevo. Vendrá a atacar al ejército del rey del norte y entrará en su fortaleza. Luchará contra ellos y vencerá.
But a branch from her roots will rise up in her place. He will attack the army and enter the fortress of the king of the North. He will fight them, and he will conquer them.
8 Además, se llevará con él a Egipto los ídolos de sus dioses, junto con sus costosos objetos de plata y oro. Durante algunos años dejará solo al rey del norte.
He will carry off to Egypt their gods along with their cast metal figures and their precious vessels of silver and of gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North.
9 Entonces el rey del norte marchará hacia el reino del rey del sur, pero tendrá que retirarse a su propia tierra.
Then the king of the North will invade the realm of the king of the South, but he will withdraw to his own land.
10 Sin embargo, sus hijos se prepararán para la guerra, reuniendo un gran número de tropas. Uno de ellos encabezará una avanzada que se precipita como un río que se desborda, cruzando y avanzando para atacar la fortaleza enemiga.
His sons will get ready and assemble a great army. It will keep coming and will flood everything; it will pass through all the way to his fortress.
11 Esto enfurecerá al rey del sur, que saldrá a combatir contra el gran ejército reunido por el rey del norte y lo derrotará.
Then the king of the South will become very angry; he will go and fight against him, the king of the North. The king of the North will raise up a great army, but the army will be given into his hand.
12 Después de capturar un ejército tan grande, se sentirá muy orgulloso y matará a miles de personas. Pero este triunfo no durará mucho.
The army will be carried off, and the heart of the king of the South will be lifted up, and he will make tens of thousands to fall, but he will not be victorious.
13 Años más tarde, el rey del norte volverá a reunir un ejército aún más numeroso que el anterior, y lo invadirá con este enorme ejército, acompañado de abundantes provisiones.
Then the king of the North will raise up another army, greater than the first. After some years, the king of the North will surely come with a great army supplied with much equipment.
14 Al mismo tiempo, muchos se rebelarán contra el rey del sur. Hombres violentos de su propio pueblo se rebelarán para que se cumpla esta visión, pero fracasarán.
In those times many will rise against the king of the South. Sons of the violent among your people will set themselves in order to fulfill a vision, but they will stumble.
15 Entonces el rey del norte vendrá y construirá rampas de asedio y capturará una ciudad con fuertes defensas. Las fuerzas del sur no podrán impedirlo; ni siquiera sus mejores tropas podrán resistir el ataque.
The king of the North will come, pour out earth for siege mounds, and capture a city with fortifications. The forces of the South will not be able to stand, not even their best soldiers. There will be no strength to stand.
16 El invasor hará lo que quiera; nadie podrá oponerse a él. Estará en la Tierra Hermosa con el poder de destruirlo.
Instead, the one who comes will act according to his desires against him; no one will stand in his way. He will stand in the land of beauty, and destruction will be in his hand.
17 Estará decidido a venir con todo el poder de su reino y hará un tratado de paz con el rey del sur. Para asegurarlo, le dará una hija de mujer para que se case con él con el fin de destruir el reino. Pero ella no tendrá éxito y no lo apoyará.
The king of the North will set his face to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and with him will be an agreement that he will make with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter of women in marriage to ruin the kingdom of the South. But the plan will not succeed or help him.
18 Entonces se volverá para atacar las costas y conquistará a muchos, pero un comandante pondrá fin a su comportamiento arrogante, pagándole por ello.
After this, the king of the North will pay attention to the coastlands and will capture many of them. But a commander will end his arrogance and will cause his arrogance to turn back upon him.
19 Volverá a las fortalezas de su tierra, pero tropezará y caerá, y desaparecerá.
Then he will pay attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall; he will not be found.
20 Su sucesor enviará a un recaudador de impuestos para mantener la riqueza real. Sin embargo, en poco tiempo morirá, pero no violentamente ni en batalla.
Then someone will rise up in his place who will make a tax collector pass through for the sake of the splendor of the kingdom. But in the next days he will be broken, but not in anger or in battle.
21 Le seguirá una persona despreciable a la que no se le dará la majestad real. Tomará el relevo pacíficamente y asumirá el control del reino mediante el engaño.
In his place will rise up a despised person to whom the people will not have given the honor of royal power; he will come unexpectedly and will take over the kingdom by trickery.
22 Grandes ejércitos serán barridos ante él. Serán quebrados, así como el príncipe del acuerdo.
An army will be swept away like a flood from before him. Both that army and the leader of the covenant will be destroyed.
23 Después de hacer una alianza con él, actuará de forma engañosa. Llegará al poder pacíficamente, haciéndose fuerte aunque sólo tenga unos pocos partidarios.
From the time an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; with only a small number of people he will become strong.
24 Invadirá las partes más ricas de la tierra y hará lo que sus padres y antepasados nunca hicieron: repartirá saqueos, despojos y posesiones. Hará planes para atacar fortalezas, pero sólo por un tiempo.
Without warning he will come into the richest part of the province, and he will do what neither his father nor his father's father did. He will spread among his followers the booty, the plunder, and the wealth. He will plan the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time.
25 Luego sacará su fuerza y valor para reunir un gran ejército contra el rey del sur. El rey del sur se preparará para la guerra. Combatirá con un ejército grande y poderoso, pero no tendrá éxito a causa de las conspiraciones hechas contra él.
He will wake up his power and his heart against the king of the South with a great army. The king of the South will wage war with a large, very powerful army, but he will not stand because others will make plots against him.
26 Los más cercanos a él lo destruirá. Su ejército será aniquilado; muchos caerán en la batalla.
Even those who eat his fine food will try to destroy him. His army will be swept away like a flood, and many of them will fall killed.
27 Los dos reyes, con malas intenciones, se dirán mentiras mientras se sientan juntos a la misma mesa. Pero sus maquinaciones son inútiles: el final llegará en el momento previsto.
Both these kings, with their hearts set on evil against each other, will sit at the same table and lie to each other, but it will be of no use. For the end will come at the time that has been fixed.
28 El rey del norte regresará a su país con toda la riqueza que ha saqueado. Estará decidido a atacar el pueblo del santo acuerdo, y hará todo lo posible para destruirlo antes de regresar a su propio país.
Then the king of the North will go back into his land with great riches, with his heart set against the holy covenant. He will act and then will return to his own land.
29 En el momento predicho volverá a invadir el sur, pero esta vez no será como antes.
At the appointed time he will return and come against the South again. But this time it will not be as before.
30 Los barcos de Chipre vendrán a atacarlo, asustándolo para que se retire. Pero esto lo hará enloquecer, y atacará a la gente del santo acuerdo, reconociendo a los que abandonan su compromiso con el santo acuerdo.
For ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will become afraid and will turn back. He will be furious against the holy covenant, and he will show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
31 Sus fuerzas ocuparán y profanarán la fortaleza del Templo. Pondrán fin al servicio continuo, y establecer una forma de idolatría que causa devastación.
His forces will rise up and profane the fortress sanctuary. They will take away the regular burnt offering, and they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.
32 El rey utilizará la adulación para corromper a quienes rompan el acuerdo solemne, pero el pueblo que conoce a su Dios se mantendrá firme en su resistencia.
As for those who acted wickedly against the covenant, he will deceive them and corrupt them. But the people who know their God will be strong and will take action.
33 Los líderes sabios del pueblo enseñarán a muchos, aunque durante un tiempo serán muertos a espada y fuego, o serán encarcelados y robados.
The wise among the people will make many understand. But they will stumble by the sword and by flame; they will stumble into captivity and into being robbed for days.
34 Durante este tiempo de persecución recibirán un poco de ayuda, y muchos de los que se unan a ellos no serán sinceros.
In their stumbling, they will be helped with a little help. In hypocrisy many will join themselves with them.
35 Algunos de los sabios serán asesinados, para que puedan ser refinados y purificados y limpiados hasta el tiempo del fin, porque el tiempo predicho aún está por venir.
Some of the wise will stumble so that refining will happen to them, and cleansing, and purifying, until the time of the end. For the appointed time is still to come.
36 El rey hará lo que quiera, alabándose a sí mismo y considerándose más grande que cualquier dios, incluso diciendo cosas escandalosas contra el Dios de los dioses. Tendrá éxito hasta que termine el tiempo de la ira, pues se cumplirá lo que se ha decidido.
The king will act according to his desires. He will lift himself up and make himself great above every god. Against the God of gods he will say astonishing things, for he will succeed until the wrath is completed. For what has been decreed will be done.
37 No tendrá tiempo para los dioses de sus antepasados, ni para el amado por las mujeres, ni para ningún otro dios, pues se considera más grande que cualquiera de ellos.
He will pay no attention to the gods of his ancestors or to the god desirable to women. Neither will he will pay attention to any other god. For all above every one he will make himself great.
38 En cambio, honrará al dios de las fortalezas -un dios desconocido para sus antepasados- dándole ofrendas de oro y plata y piedras preciosas y regalos costosos.
He will honor the god of fortresses instead of these. It is a god whom his fathers did not acknowledge that he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and valuable gifts.
39 Tratará con las fortalezas fuertes con la ayuda de este dios extranjero. Dará riquezas a los que lo reconozcan, haciéndolos gobernantes del pueblo, y repartiendo la tierra a precio de saldo.
He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. To anyone who acknowledges him, he will give much honor. He will make them rulers over many people, and he will divide up the land as a reward.
40 En el momento del fin, el rey del sur lo atacará. Pero el rey del norte tomará represalias con fuerza como una tormenta, con carros y jinetes y muchos barcos. Avanzará, barriendo muchas tierras.
At the time of the end the king of the South will attack. The king of the North will storm against him with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. He will go against lands, flood them, and pass through.
41 Invadirá la Tierra Hermosa y matará a mucha gente allí. Sin embargo, Moab, Edom y la mayoría de los amonitas escaparán a su poder.
He will go into the land of beauty, and tens of thousands of Israelites will fall. But these will escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the remainder of the people of Ammon.
42 Extenderá sus ataques contra diferentes países; ni siquiera la tierra de Egipto podrá escapar.
He will extend his hand into lands; the land of Egypt will not be rescued.
43 Adquirirá el oro y la plata y las riquezas de Egipto, gobernando sobre ellos y también sobre los libios y los etíopes.
He will have control over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the riches of Egypt; the Libyans and the Cushites will be in his footsteps.
44 Pero las noticias del este y del norte lo alarmarán, y con furia se dispondrá a destruir y exterminar a muchos pueblos.
But news from the east and the north will frighten him, and he will go out with great rage to completely destroy and to set many apart for destruction.
45 Establecerá su campamento real entre el mar y la hermosa montaña sagrada. Pero morirá sin que nadie le ayude.
He will set up the tent of his royal residence between the seas and the mountain of the beauty of holiness. He will come to his end, and there will be no helper for him.
