Daniel 10

¹Pers Kralı Koreş'in üçüncü yılında, kendisine Baltasar adı verilen Daniel'e bir söz vahyedildi; bu söz doğruydu ve görümde kendisine büyük bir güç ile kavrayış verildi.

²O günlerde ben Daniel, tam üç hafta boyunca yas tutmaktaydım.

³Nefsin arzuladığı hiçbir lezzetli ekmeği yemedim, ağzıma et ve şarap girmedi ve bu üç haftalık süre tamamlanıncaya dek üzerime hiç yağ sürmedim.

⁴Birinci ayın yirmi dördüncü günü, büyük nehrin, yani Dicle'nin (Eddekel'in) kıyısındaydım.

⁵Gözlerimi kaldırıp baktığımda keten giysiler kuşanmış ve beline Ofaz altını sarılmış bir adam gördüm.

⁶Bedeni Tarşiş taşı gibi parıldıyordu, yüzü şimşek çakması gibiydi, gözleri alevli meşalelere benziyordu; kolları ve bacakları cilalanmış tunç görünümündeydi, sözlerinin sesi ise büyük bir kalabalığın uğultusu gibiydi.

⁷Bu görümü yalnızca ben, Daniel gördüm; yanımdaki adamlar ise görümü görmediler, fakat üzerlerine büyük bir kendinden geçme hali çöktü ve korku içinde kaçıp gizlendiler.

⁸Böylece tek başıma geride kaldım ve bu büyük görümü izledim; bende hiç derman kalmadı, ihtişamım tamamen yıkıma döndü ve gücümü koruyamadım.

⁹Onun sözlerinin sesini işittim; sesini işittiğim anda derin bir sarsıntıyla uyuşup kaldım ve yüzüstü yere kapandım.

¹⁰Derken, bir el bana dokundu ve beni dizlerimin üzerine doğrulttu.

¹¹Bana şöyle dedi: "Ey Daniel, çok sevilen adam! Sana söyleyeceğim sözleri kavra ve durduğun yerde ayağa kalk; çünkü şimdi sana gönderildim." O bana bu sözü söyleyince, titreyerek ayağa kalktım.

¹²Bana, "Korkma Daniel" dedi, "Çünkü anlamak ve Tanrın Rab'bin önünde nefsini terbiye etmek için yüreğini verdiğin ilk günden beri sözlerin işitildi; ben de senin sözlerin yüzünden geldim."

¹³"Fakat Pers krallığının önderi yirmi bir gün boyunca bana karşı durdu. Derken en önemli önderlerden biri olan Mikail bana yardıma geldi; ben de onu orada, Pers krallığının önderinin yanında bıraktım."

¹⁴"Son günlerde halkının başına neler geleceğini sana anlatmaya geldim; çünkü bu görüm henüz gerçekleşmemiş uzak günlerle ilgilidir."

¹⁵O benimle bu sözlere göre konuşurken yüzümü yere çevirdim ve dilim tutuldu.

¹⁶Derken, insanoğluna benzer biri dudaklarıma dokundu; ben de ağzımı açıp konuştum ve karşımda durana şöyle dedim: "Efendim, bu görüm yüzünden içim bende ters döndü, bende hiç derman kalmadı."

¹⁷"Ben kulun, efendim, bu efendimle nasıl konuşabilirim? Çünkü şu andan itibaren bende hiç güç kalmadı ve içimde soluk kalmadı."

¹⁸İnsan görünümünde olan o kişi bana tekrar dokundu ve beni güçlendirdi.

¹⁹Ve bana şöyle dedi: "Korkma, ey çok sevilen adam! Esenlik olsun sana; cesur ol ve güçlü kal!" O benimle konuşunca güçlendim ve, "Efendim konuşsun, çünkü beni güçlendirdin" dedim.

²⁰Şöyle dedi: "Sana neden geldiğimi biliyor musun? Şimdi Pers önderiyle savaşmak için geri döneceğim; ben gittiğimde, Helenlerin önderi gelecek."

²¹"Ancak gerçeğin kitabında yazılı olanı sana bildireceğim. Bu konularda bana destek olan, önderiniz Mikail'den başka hiç kimse yoktur."

¹ΕΝ ἔτει τρίτῳ Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν λόγος ἀπεκαλύφθη τῷ Δανιήλ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ἐπεκλήθη Βαλτάσαρ, καὶ ἀληθινὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ δύναμις μεγάλη καὶ σύνεσις ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ.

²ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ ἤμην πενθῶν τρεῖς ἑβδομάδας ἡμερῶν·

³ἄρτον ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐκ ἔφαγον, καὶ κρέας καὶ οἶνος οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἄλειμμα οὐκ ἠλειψάμην ἕως πληρώσεως τριῶν ἑβδομάδων ἡμερῶν.

⁴ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εἰκοστῇ τετάρτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐχόμενα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, αὐτός ἐστι Τίγρις, ᾿Εδδεκέλ,

⁵καὶ ᾖρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ εἷς ἐνδεδυμένος βαδδίν, καὶ ἡ ὀσφὺς αὐτοῦ περιεζωσμένη ἐν χρυσίῳ ᾿Ωφάζ,

⁶καὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ θαρσίς, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ὅρασις ἀστραπῆς, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ λαμπάδες πυρός, καὶ οἱ βραχίονες αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σκέλη ὡς ὅρασις χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὄχλου.

⁷καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ μόνος τὴν ὀπτασίαν, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ ἐμοῦ οὐκ εἶδον τὴν ὀπτασίαν, ἀλλ’ ἢ ἔκστασις μεγάλη ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐν φόβῳ.

⁸καὶ ἐγὼ ὑπελείφθην μόνος, καὶ εἶδον τὴν ὀπτασίαν τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ἰσχύς, καὶ ἡ δόξα μου μετεστράφη εἰς διαφθοράν, καὶ οὐκ ἐκράτησα ἰσχύος.

⁹καὶ ἤκουσα τὴν φωνὴν τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαί με αὐτοῦ ἤμην κατανενυγμένος, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

¹⁰καὶ ἰδοὺ χεὶρ ἁπτομένη μου καὶ ἤγειρέ με ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατά μου.

¹¹καὶ εἶπε πρός με· Δανιὴλ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, σύνες ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, οἷς ἐγὼ λαλῶ πρός σε, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τῇ στάσει σου, ὅτι νῦν ἀπεστάλην πρός σε. καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν πρός με τὸν λόγον τοῦτον ἀνέστην ἔντρομος.

¹²καὶ εἶπε πρός με· μὴ φοβοῦ, Δανιήλ, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας, ἧς ἔδωκας τὴν καρδίαν σου τοῦ συνεῖναι καὶ κακωθῆναι ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ἠκούσθησαν οἱ λόγοι σου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἦλθον ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου.

¹³καὶ ὁ ἄρχων βασιλείας Περσῶν εἱστήκει ἐξ ἐναντίας μου εἴκοσι καὶ μίαν ἡμέραν, καὶ ἰδοὺ Μιχαὴλ εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πρώτων ἦλθε βοηθῆσαί μοι, καὶ αὐτὸν κατέλιπον ἐκεῖ μετὰ τοῦ ἄρχοντος βασιλείας Περσῶν,

¹⁴καὶ ἦλθον συνετίσαι σε ὅσα ἀπαντήσεται τῷ λαῷ σου ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὅτι ἔτι ἡ ὅρασις εἰς ἡμέρας. -

¹⁵Καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν μετ’ ἐμοῦ κατὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἔδωκα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ κατενύγην.

¹⁶καὶ ἰδοὺ ὡς ὁμοίωσις υἱοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἥψατο τῶν χειλέων μου· καὶ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου καὶ ἐλάλησα καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τὸν ἑστῶτα ἐναντίον μου· Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ σου ἐστράφη τὰ ἐντός μου ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ οὐκ ἔσχον ἰσχύν·

¹⁷καὶ πῶς δυνήσεται ὁ παῖς σου, Κύριε, λαλῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ Κυρίου μου τούτου; καὶ ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐ στήσεται ἐν ἐμοὶ ἰσχύς, καὶ πνεῦμα οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἐμοί.

¹⁸καὶ προσέθετο καὶ ἥψατό μου ὡς ὅρασις ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἐνίσχυσέ με

¹⁹καὶ εἶπέ μοι· μὴ φοβοῦ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, εἰρήνη σοι· ἀνδρίζου καὶ ἴσχυε. καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἴσχυσα καὶ εἶπα· λαλείτω ὁ Κύριός μου, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσάς με.

²⁰καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ οἶδας, ἱνατί ἦλθον πρός σε; καὶ νῦν ἐπιστρέψω τοῦ πολεμῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ ἄρχοντος Περσῶν· καὶ ἐγὼ ἐξεπορευόμην, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν ῾Ελλήνων ἤρχετο,

²¹ἀλλ’ ἢ ἀναγγελῶ σοι τὸ ἐντεταγμένον ἐν γραφῇ ἀληθείας, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἷς ἀντεχόμενος μετ’ ἐμοῦ περὶ τούτων, ἀλλ’ ἢ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἄρχων ὑμῶν.

¹In the third year of Cyrus king of the Persians a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Baltasar; and the thing was true, and great power and understanding in the vision was given to him.

²In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

³I ate no pleasant bread, and no flesh or wine entered into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself with oil, until three whole weeks were accomplished.

⁴On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was near the great river, which is Tigris Eddekel.

⁵And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girt with gold of Ophaz:

⁶and his body was as Tharsis, and his face was a the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs as the appearance of shining brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

⁷And I Daniel only saw the vision: and the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great amazement fell upon them, and they fled in fear.

⁸So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.

⁹Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked [in the heart], and [I fell with] my face to the earth.

¹⁰And, behold, a hand touched me, and it raised me on my knees.

¹¹And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak to thee, and stand upright: for I am now sent to thee. And when he had spoken to me this word, I stood trembling.

¹²And he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to afflict thyself before the Lord thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

¹³But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians withstood me twenty-one days: and behold, Michael, one of the princes, came to help me; and I left him there with the chief of the kingdom of the Persians:

¹⁴and I have come to inform thee of all that shall befall thy people in the last days: for the vision is yet for [many] days.

¹⁵And when he had spoken with me according to these words, I turned my face to the ground, and was pricked [in the heart].

¹⁶And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O [my] lord, at the sight of thee my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength.

¹⁷And how shall thy servant be able, O [my] lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.

¹⁸And there touched me again as it were the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

¹⁹and said to me, Fear not, man greatly beloved: peace be to thee, quit thyself like a man, and be strong. And when he had spoken with me, I received strength, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

²⁰And he said, Knowest thou, wherefore I am come to thee? and now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came.

²¹But I will tell thee that which is ordained in the scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince.