Daniel 11
1 Yo también, en el primer año de Darío de Mede estaba de su lado para asegurar su posición y hacerlo fuerte.
“As for me, during the first year that Darius was king, I helped and encouraged Michael.”
2 Y ahora te declararé lo que es verdad. Todavía hay tres reyes por venir en Persia, y el cuarto tendrá una riqueza mucho mayor que todos ellos; y cuando se haya fortalecido a través de su riqueza, pondrá sus fuerzas en movimiento contra todos los reinos de Grecia.
[The angel also said], “And what I am going to reveal to you now will truly [happen]. There will be three more kings to rule Persia, [one after the other]. Then there will be a fourth king, who will be much richer than the others. As a result of [his giving] a lot of money [to people, they will enable him to] become very powerful. Then he will incite/persuade many nations [HYP] [to fight] against the kingdom of Greece.
3 Y un rey fuerte llegará al poder, gobernando con gran autoridad y haciendo lo que le plazca.
Then a very powerful king will appear [in Greece]. He will rule over a very large empire, and he will do whatever he wants to do.
4 Y cuando se haya fortalecido, su reino será quebrantado y separado a los cuatro vientos del cielo; pero no a su descendencia, porque será desarraigada; ni según él señorío que él ejerció y su reino será para los demás y no para estos.
But when he has become very powerful, [he will die]. Then his kingdom will be divided into four parts. Kings who are not his descendants will rule, but they will not be as powerful as he was.
5 Y el rey del sur será fuerte, pero uno de sus capitanes será más fuerte que él y será gobernante; y su dominio será una gran dominio.
Then the King of Egypt [MTY] will become very powerful. But one of his army generals will become more powerful than he is, and he will rule a bigger area.
6 Y al final de los años se unirán; y la hija del rey del sur vendrá al rey del norte para llegar a un acuerdo, pero no mantendrá la fuerza de su brazo; y su descendencia no mantendrá su lugar; pero ella será desarraigada, con aquellos que fueron la causa de su venida, y quién la engendró, y el que la fortaleció en esos tiempos.
Several years later, the King of Egypt and the King of Syria will make an (alliance/agreement to help each other) [MTY]. The King of Syria will give his daughter to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But she will not be able to influence him [MTY] very long, and that woman, her husband, her child, and her servants will all be killed/assassinated.
7 Pero de una rama de sus raíces se levantará para tomar su lugar, quién vendrá contra el ejército, forzando su camino hacia el lugar fuerte del rey del norte, y luchará contra ellos y prevalecerá:
Soon after that, one of her relatives [MET] will become King [of Egypt]. His army will attack the army of Syria. They will enter the fortress of the soldiers of Syria and defeat them.
8 Y llevará a sus dioses y sus imágenes de metal y sus bellas vasijas de plata y oro a Egipto; y por algunos años se mantendrá alejado del rey del norte.
They will return to Egypt, taking the statues of the gods [of the people of Syria] and many items made of silver and gold that had been dedicated to those gods. Then for several years his army will not attack [the army of] the King of Syria.
9 Y vendrá al reino del rey del sur, pero volverá a su tierra.
Then the army of the King of Syria will invade Egypt, but they will soon return to Syria.
10 Y sus hijos harán la guerra, y reunieron un ejército de grandes fuerzas, y lo atacará, inundando y pasará adelante; y volverá a llevar la guerra incluso a su fortaleza.
However, the sons of the King of Syria will prepare to start a war, and they will gather a large army. That army will march [south] and spread all over [Israel] like a huge flood. They will attack a strong fortress [in the south of Israel].
11 Y el rey del sur se moverá con ira, y saldrá y hará guerra contra él, en este mismo rey del norte; y él reunirá un gran ejército, pero el ejército será entregado a su mano.
Then the King of Egypt, having become very angry, will march [with his army north] from Egypt and fight against the army of Syria. The King [of Syria] will gather together a very large army, but [the army of the King of Egypt] will defeat them.
12 Y el ejército será quitado, y su corazón se llenará de orgullo; él será la causa de la caída de miles, pero no prevalecerá.
The King of Egypt will become very proud because of [his army] having killed a very large number of soldiers [from Syria], but his army will not continue to win battles.
13 Y nuevamente el rey del norte reunirá un ejército mayor que el primero; y lo atacará al final de los años, con un gran ejército y mucha riqueza.
The King of Syria will again gather together an army that will be bigger than the one that he had before. After a few years, he will again march [south on their way to Egypt] with a large army and a lot of equipment [for fighting battles].
14 En aquellos tiempos, un número tomará las armas contra el rey del sur; y los hijos de los violentos entre tu pueblo se levantarán para hacer realidad la visión; pero será su caída.
At that time, many people in Egypt will rebel against their king. In order to fulfill a vision that [one of their leaders had seen], some violent/lawless people from your country [of Israel] will also rebel [in order to not be controlled by Egypt any more], but they will be defeated.
15 Entonces vendrá el rey del norte, construirá una rampa y tomará una ciudad de las más fortificadas; y las fuerzas del rey del sur harán un intento por mantener su posición, incluso lo mejor de su ejército, pero no tendrán fuerzas para resistir.
Then the King of Syria will come [south with his army] and pile up dirt against the walls of a city that is well protected, and they will [break through those walls and] they will capture the city. The soldiers from Egypt [who have come to defend that city], even the best troops, will not be strong enough to continue to fight.
16 Y el que viene contra él hará lo que le plazca, y nadie podrá mantener su lugar delante de él; tomará su posición en la Tierra hermosa, y en su poder será consumida.
So the King of Syria will do whatever he wants to, and no one will be able to oppose him. [His army] will occupy the glorious land [of Israel] and completely control/subdue it.
17 Y puso su rostro delante para venir con la fuerza de todo su reino, hará cosas rectas con él; y él le dará a la hija de una mujer para destruirle; pero no lo respaldará ni estará de su lado.
Then he will decide to march [south] with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King [of Egypt] and in order that his own daughter will [help him to] destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail.
18 Después de esto, su rostro se volverá hacia las islas, y tomará varias de ellas: pero un gobernante, pondrá fin a su oprobio; y más que esto, hará que su vergüenza vuelva sobre él.
After that, the [army of] the King of Syria will attack the regions that are close to the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his [army] will conquer many of them. But [the army of] a leader from another country will defeat the army of Syria and will stop their king from continuing to be proud. He will do to the King of Syria what he deserved for being very insolent.
19 Entonces su rostro se volverá hacia los lugares fuertes de su tierra; pero su camino se detendrá, causando su caída, y no volverá a ser visto.
Then the King of Syria will return to the fortresses in his own land. But he will be defeated, and he will (die/be assassinated) [EUP] there.
20 Entonces su lugar será ocupado por alguien que enviará a un hombre con la gloria de un rey para juntar riquezas; pero después de un corto tiempo la destrucción lo alcanzará, pero no en ira o en la lucha.
Then another man will (succeed him/become king). That king will send one of his officers to oppress the people [in Jerusalem] by forcing them to pay big taxes, in order to get more money for his kingdom. But after a few years [HYP] that king will die, but he will not die as a result of people being angry with him or in a battle.
21 Y su lugar será ocupado por una persona despreciable, a quien no se le había dado el honor del reino; pero vendrá en tiempo de paz y obtendrá el reino con palabras lisonjeras.
The next King of Syria will be an evil man who, [because he will not be the son of the previous king, ] will not have the right to become king. But he will come when people do not expect it, and he will become king by tricking the people.
22 Y sus fuerzas serán quitadas completamente de delante de él y quebrantadas; e incluso el gobernante del pacto tendrá el mismo destino.
When his army advances, they will attack any armies that oppose him and destroy those armies. They will also kill God’s Supreme Priest.
23 Y desde el momento en que lleguen a un acuerdo con él, actuará con engaño; porque tomará las armas de repente con una poca gente y vencerá,
By making treaties/alliances with [the rulers of] other nations, he will deceive them, and he will become very powerful, even though he rules a nation that does not have a lot of people.
24 Contra los lugares fértiles, y hará que la basura sea parte del país; y él hará lo que sus padres no hicieron, o los padres de sus padres; distribuirá entre ellos bienes tomados en la guerra y por la fuerza; despojos, botines y riquezas; planeará sus ataques contra los lugares fuertes por un tiempo.
Suddenly his [army] will invade a province that is very wealthy, and they will do things that none of his ancestors did: they will capture in battles all kinds of possessions from the people whom they defeat. Then the king will divide those possessions among his friends. He will also plan [for his army] to attack fortresses [in Egypt], but only for a short time.
25 Y animado por su poder y su valor contra el rey del sur con un gran ejército; y el rey del sur irá a la guerra con un ejército muy grande y fuerte; pero se verá obligado a ceder, debido a que fue traicionado;
He will courageously/boldly conscript/gather a large and powerful army to attack [the army of] the king of Egypt. But the King of Egypt will prepare to fight against them with a huge and powerful army. However, someone will deceive him, with the result that his plan will not be successful.
26 Y los mismos que comían de su mesa lo destruirán, y su ejército vendrá a la destrucción completa, y muchos caerán muertos.
Even his most trusted advisors will plan to get rid of him. His army will be defeated and many of his soldiers will be killed.
27 Y en cuanto a estos dos reyes, sus corazones estarán fijos en hacer el mal él uno al otro y dirán mentiras él uno al otro en una mesa; pero no llegará a nada; porque el final será en el momento fijado.
Then the two [kings who both want to rule that area] will sit down at the same table and eat together, but they will both lie to each other. Neither of them will get what he wants, because it will not be the time [that God] has determined/set [for them to rule Egypt].
28 Y él volverá a su tierra con gran riqueza; y su corazón estará en contra del santo pacto; y él hará su placer y volverá a su tierra.
[The army of] the King [of Syria] will return to Syria, taking with them all the valuable things [that they had captured]. The king will be determined to get rid of the Supreme Priest of the Jewish people. He will do what he wants to [in Israel], and then return to his own country.
29 A la hora fijada regresará y entrará al sur; pero en el tiempo posterior ya no será como él primero.
When it is the time that God has decided, the King of Syria [and his army] will invade Egypt again. But this time he will not be successful like he was before.
30 Porque los barcos de Quitim vendrán contra él, y él se desanimará, volverá lleno de ira contra el pacto santo; y actuará contra él; y él regresará y se entenderá con aquellos que han renunciado al pacto santo.
The army of Rome will come in ships and oppose his army and cause him to be afraid. So he will be very angry, and [with his army] he will return [to Israel] and try to get rid of the Supreme Priest. The King of Syria will do what those who have abandoned the Jewish religion advise/want him to do for them.
31 Y los ejércitos enviados por él tomarán su posición y profanaran el lugar santo, incluso la fortaleza, y quitarán la ofrenda quemada regular y pondrán en su lugar una cosa inmunda que causa desolación.
Some of his soldiers will do things to (defile the temple/cause the temple to become unholy for them). They will prevent the priests from offering sacrifices each day, and they will put [in the temple] something that is disgusting/abominable.
32 Y aquellos que hacen el mal en contra del pacto, los hará apostar con sus palabras lisonjeras; pero las personas que tengan conocimiento de su Dios serán fuertes y actuarán.
By deceiving those who have abandoned the Jewish religion, he will persuade them to (become his supporters/help him to do what he wants to do). But those who are devoted to their God will firmly oppose them.
33 Y los que sean sabios entre la gente serán los maestros de muchos; pero caerán por la espada y por el fuego, siendo prisioneros y sufriendo despojo por mucho tiempo.
And wise [Israeli] leaders will teach others also. But for a while, some of those wise leaders will be killed in battles, and some will be burned to death, and some will be robbed, and some will be put in prison.
34 Ahora, en el momento de su caída, recibirán un poco de ayuda, pero se les unirán muchos con lisonjas.
While God’s people are being persecuted, some people will help them a little bit, although some of those who help them will not do it sincerely.
35 Y algunos de los sabios caerán para ser refinados, purificados y emblanquecidos hasta el tiempo del fin; porque todavía está por venir el tiempo fijo.
Some of those wise leaders will be killed [EUP], but as a result the others will be purified [DOU]. This suffering will continue until it is the time [that God] has appointed [for it to] end.
36 Y el rey hará lo que le plazca; se pondrá en alto, se alzará sobre cada dios y dirá cosas contra el Dios de los dioses; y hablará maravillas y prosperará hasta que se complete la ira; porque lo que se ha decretado se cumplira.
The King [of Syria] will do what he wants to. He will boast and say that he is greater than any god. He will even revile the Supreme God. He will be able to do what he wants until the time that [God] punishes [MTY] him. [God] will accomplish what he has planned.
37 No tendrá respeto por los dioses de sus padres ni por el dios favoritos por las mujeres; no tendrá respeto por ningún dios; porque se ensalzará a sí mismo por sobre todos.
The [King of Syria] will ignore the god that his ancestors worshiped and the god that many women love. He will ignore every god, because he will think that he is greater than all of them.
38 Pero en lugar de esto, honrará al dios de las fortalezas, y a un dios del que sus padres no tenían conocimiento, honrará con oro, plata, joyas y cosas de gran valor.
But he will honor the god who [people think] protects fortresses. That is a god whom his ancestors did not honor. And he will give gold, silver, (jewels/very valuable stones) and other expensive gifts to that god.
39 Y hará uso de la gente de un dios extraño para hacer fortalezas; Y aquellos de quienes que le reconozcan, dará un gran honor; y los convertirá en gobernantes sobre muchos, y hará que la tierra se divida por un precio.
He will ask that god (OR, people who worship a god) from another country to help him to defend his fortresses. He will greatly honor those who allow him [to be their ruler]. He will appoint [some of] them to important positions in the government; and to reward them, he will give them some land.
40 Y al tiempo del fin, el rey del sur lo atacará; y el rey del norte vendrá contra él como un viento de tormenta, con carruajes de guerra, jinetes y numerosos barcos; y atravesará muchas tierras, vencerá y pasará.
But when his time [to rule] is almost ended, [the army of] the King of Egypt will attack his [army]. The [army of the] King of Syria will fight against them furiously [SIM]. [His soldiers will be driving] chariots and [riding on] horses and [traveling in] many ships. His army will invade many countries and [spread all over those countries] like a flood [MET].
41 Y vendrá a la Tierra hermosa, y decenas de miles serán vencidos; pero se evitará que caigan en sus manos: Edom y Moab y el jefe de los hijos de Ammon.
They will invade the glorious land [of Israel] and kill [EUP] tens of thousands of people. But the people of the Edom people-group and the people of the Moab people-group and the people of the Ammon people-group who are still alive will escape.
42 Y su mano se extenderá sobre los países; y Egipto no estará a salvo de él.
When the army of Syria invades other countries, even the people of Egypt will be defeated.
43 Pero él tendrá poder sobre las reservas de oro y plata, y sobre todas las cosas valiosas del sur; y los libios y los etíopes estarán a sus pies.
The army of Syria will take away from Egypt gold, silver, and other valuable items. The people of Libya and Ethiopia will allow [the King of Syria] to rule over them.
44 Pero las noticias del este y del norte lo perturbarán; y él saldrá con gran ira, para enviar destrucción y acabar con muchos.
But he will become very frightened/alarmed when he hears reports about what is happening in the east and in the north. So he will become very angry, and send his army to fight furiously and kill many [of their enemies].
45 Pondrá las carpas de su gran tabernáculo entre el mar y la hermosa montaña sagrada; pero llegará a su fin, y no habrá quien le ayude.
The [King of Syria] will set up his royal tents in the area between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the hill [in Jerusalem] on which the temple (exists/was built). But he will be killed there, because there will be no one to help him.”
