Daniel 8

bishnat shalosh lemalkhut beleshatsar hammelekh khazon nirah elay ani daniyyel akhare hannirah elay battekhillah

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.

va'ereh bekhazon vayehi biroti va'ani beshushan habbirah asher be'elam hammedinah va'ereh bekhazon va'ani hayiti al-uval ulay

I saw in the vision—at the time I saw it I was in the fortress of Shushan, in the province of Elam—I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai River.

va'essa enay va'ereh vehinneh ayil ekhad omed lifne ha'uval velo qeranayim vehaqqeranayim gevohot veha'akhat gevohah min-hashenit vehaggevohah olah ba'akharonah

I looked and saw a ram standing between me and the river; he had two horns; the horns were high, with one higher than the other, and the higher sprouting last.

ra'iti et-ha'ayil menaggeakh yammah vetsafonah vanegbah vekhol-khayyot lo-ya'amdu lefanayw ve'en matsil miyyado ve'asah khirtsono vehigdil

I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward. No beast could withstand him, and there was none to deliver from his power. He did as he pleased and grew great.

va'ani hayiti mevin vehinneh tsefir-ha'izzim ba min-hamma'arav al-pene khol-ha'arets ve'en nogea ba'arets vehatsafir qeren khazut ben enayw

As I looked on, a he-goat came from the west, passing over the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a conspicuous horn on its forehead.

vayyavo ad-ha'ayil ba'al haqqeranayim asher ra'iti omed lifne ha'uval vayyarots elayw bakhamat kokho

He came up to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing between me and the river and charged at him with furious force.

ure'itiv maggia etsel ha'ayil vayyitmarmar elayw vayyakh et-ha'ayil vayeshabber et-shete qeranayw velo-hayah khoakh ba'ayil la'amod lefanayw vayyashlikhehu artsah vayyirmesehu velo-hayah matsil la'ayil miyyado

I saw him reach the ram and rage at him; he struck the ram and broke its two horns, and the ram was powerless to withstand him. He threw him to the ground and trampled him, and there was none to deliver the ram from his power.

utsefir ha'izzim higdil ad-me'od ukhe'otsmo nishberah haqqeren haggedolah vatta'alenah khazut arba takhteha le'arba rukhot hashamayim

Then the he-goat grew very great, but at the peak of his power his big horn was broken. In its place, four conspicuous horns sprouted toward the four winds of heaven.

umin-ha'akhat mehem yatsa qeren-akhat mitse'irah vattigdal-yeter el-hannegev ve'el-hammizrakh ve'el-hatsevi

From one of them emerged a small horn, which extended itself greatly toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.

vattigdal ad-tseva hashamayim vattappel artsah min-hatsava umin-hakkokhavim vattirmesem

It grew as high as the host of heaven and it hurled some stars of the [heavenly] host to the ground and trampled them.

ve'ad sar-hatsava higdil umimmennu (hrym) [huram] hattamid vehushlakh mekhon miqdasho

It vaunted itself against the very chief of the host; on its account the regular offering was suspended, and God’s holy place was abandoned.

vetsava tinnaten al-hattamid befasha vetashlekh emet artsah ve'asetah vehitslikhah

An army was arrayed iniquitously against the regular offering; it hurled truth to the ground and prospered in what it did.

va'eshme'ah ekhad-qadosh medabber vayyomer ekhad qadosh lappalmoni hamedabber ad-matay hekhazon hattamid vehappesha shomem tet veqodesh vetsava mirmas

Then I heard a holy being speaking, and another holy being said to whoever it was who was speaking, “How long will [what was seen in] the vision last—the regular offering be forsaken because of transgression; the sanctuary be surrendered and the [heavenly] host be trampled?”

vayyomer elay ad erev boqer alpayim ushelosh me'ot venitsdaq qodesh

Came the reply, “For twenty-three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”

vayehi biroti ani daniyyel et-hekhazon va'avaqshah vinah vehinneh omed lenegdi kemareh-gaver

While I, Daniel, was seeing the vision, and trying to understand it, there appeared before me one who looked like a man.

va'eshma qol-adam ben ulay vayyiqra vayyomar gavri'el haven lehallaz et-hammareh

I heard a human voice from the middle of Ulai calling out, “Gabriel, make that man understand the vision.”

vayyavo etsel omdi uvevo'o nivatti va'eppelah al-panay vayyomer elay haven ben-adam ki le'et-qets hekhazon

He came near to where I was standing, and as he came I was terrified, and fell prostrate. He said to me, “Understand, O mortal, that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

uvedabbero immi nirdamti al-panay aretsah vayyigga-bi vayya'amideni al-omdi

When he spoke with me, I was overcome by a deep sleep as I lay prostrate on the ground. Then he touched me and made me stand up,

vayyomer hinni modi'akha et asher-yihyeh be'akharit hazza'am ki lemo'ed qets

and said, “I am going to inform you of what will happen when wrath is at an end, for [it refers] to the time appointed for the end.

ha'ayil asher-ra'ita ba'al haqqeranayim malkhe maday ufaras

“The two-horned ram that you saw [signifies] the kings of Media and Persia;

vehatsafir hassa'ir melekh yavan vehaqqeren haggedolah asher ben-enayw hu hammelekh harishon

and the buck, the he-goat—the king of Greece; and the large horn on his forehead, that is the first king.

vehannishberet vatta'amodenah arba takhteha arba malkhuyot miggoy ya'amodenah velo vekhokho

One was broken and four came in its stead—that [means]: four kingdoms will arise out of a nation, but without its power.

uve'akharit malkhutam kehatem happoshe'im ya'amod melekh az-panim umevin khidot

When their kingdoms are at an end, when the measure of transgression has been filled, then a king will arise, impudent and versed in intrigue.

ve'atsam kokho velo vekhokho venifla'ot yashkhit vehitsliakh ve'asah vehishkhit atsumim ve'am-qedoshim

He will have great strength, but not through his own strength. He will be extraordinarily destructive; he will prosper in what he does, and destroy the mighty and the people of holy ones.

ve'al-sikhlo vehitsliakh mirmah beyado uvilvavo yagdil uveshalvah yashkhit rabbim ve'al sar-sarim ya'amod uve'efes yad yishaver

By his cunning, he will use deceit successfully. He will make great plans, will destroy many, taking them unawares, and will rise up against the chief of chiefs, but will be broken, not by [human] hands.

umareh ha'erev vehabboqer asher ne'emar emet hu ve'attah setom hekhazon ki leyamim rabbim

What was said in the vision about evenings and mornings is true. Now you keep the vision a secret, for it pertains to far-off days.”

va'ani daniyyel nihyeti venekheleti yamim va'aqum va'e'eseh et-melekhet hammelekh va'eshtomem al-hammareh ve'en mevin

So I, Daniel, was stricken, and languished many days. Then I arose and attended to the king’s business, but I was dismayed by the vision and no one could explain it.