Daniel 11

¹Ve ben, Kyros'un birinci yılında güç ve kuvvet bulmak üzere durdum.

²Ve şimdi sana gerçeği bildireceğim: İşte, Pers ülkesinde daha üç kral ortaya çıkacak ve dördüncüsü hepsinden çok daha büyük bir zenginliğe sahip olacak; zenginliğiyle güç kazandığında, Greklerin tüm krallıklarına karşı ayaklanacak.

³Sonra güçlü bir kral ortaya çıkacak, büyük bir egemenlik sürecek ve kendi dilediği gibi yapacak.

⁴Ancak o yükseldiğinde, krallığı parçalanacak ve göğün dört rüzgarına bölünecek; ama onun ardıllarına kalmayacak, ne de onun sürdüğü egemenlik gibi olacak; çünkü onun krallığı kökünden sökülecek ve bunların dışındaki başkalarına verilecek.

⁵Güney kralı güçlenecek; ama onun önderlerinden biri ona karşı güçlenecek ve onun kendi yetkisi üzerinde büyük bir egemenliğe sahip olacak.

⁶Yıllar sonra müttefik olacaklar; güney kralının kızı, bir antlaşma yapmak üzere kuzey kralının yanına gelecek; fakat kız kolunun gücünü koruyamayacak, onun soyu da ayakta kalamayacak; kız, onu getirenler, genç kadın ve o dönemlerde ona güç verenle birlikte ele verilecek.

⁷Ancak kızın kökünün çiçeğinden, onun makamından biri ortaya çıkacak, orduya karşı yürüyecek, kuzey kralının kalelerine girecek, onlara karşı harekete geçip üstün gelecek.

⁸Onların ilahlarını, dökme putlarıyla birlikte, altın ve gümüşten yapılmış bütün değerli eşyalarını tutsaklarla birlikte Mısır'a taşıyacak; kendisi de kuzey kralının üzerinde duracak.

⁹Ve güney kralının krallığına girecek, sonra kendi topraklarına dönecek.

¹⁰Onun oğulları ise büyük ordulardan oluşan bir kalabalık toplayacaklar; bu ordu sel gibi gelip geçecek, yerleşecek ve onun kalesine kadar çarpışacak.

¹¹Güney kralı öfkeyle dolacak, dışarı çıkıp kuzey kralıyla savaşacak; kuzey kralı büyük bir kalabalık toplayacak, ama bu kalabalık güney kralının eline teslim edilecek.

¹²Kalabalığı ele geçirince güney kralının yüreği gururlanacak, on binlerce kişiyi yere serecek ama yine de üstün gelemeyecek.

¹³Çünkü kuzey kralı geri dönecek ve öncekinden daha büyük bir kalabalık toplayacak; yılların ve dönemlerin sonunda, büyük bir güç ve çok sayıda mülkle saldıracak.

¹⁴O dönemlerde birçok kişi güney kralına karşı ayaklanacak; senin halkının arasındaki vebalıların çocukları da görümü gerçekleştirmek için kendilerini yükseltecekler ama zayıf düşecekler.

¹⁵Kuzey kralı gelecek, kuşatma rampası yığacak ve müstahkem kentleri ele geçirecek; güney kralının kolları karşı koyamayacak, onun seçkinleri ayağa kalkacak ama direnecek güçleri olmayacak.

¹⁶Ona karşı gelen, kendi dilediği gibi yapacak ve onun önünde durabilen kimse olmayacak; o, Sabei toprağında duracak ve orası onun eliyle yok edilecek.

¹⁷Bütün krallığının gücüyle gelmeye karar verecek ve her şeyi onunla düzene sokacak; onu mahvetmek için ona kadınların kızını verecek, ama kız ayakta kalamayacak ve ondan yana olmayacak.

¹⁸Sonra yüzünü adalara çevirecek, birçoğunu ele geçirecek; ancak bir önder onların hakaretlerine son verecek, hatta onun hakareti kendi üzerine dönecek.

¹⁹Bunun üzerine yüzünü kendi toprağının kalesine çevirecek; ama tökezleyip düşecek ve bir daha bulunamayacak.

²⁰Onun yerine, krallığın görkemini tahsil etmek için krallığın bir fidanını onun yerine geçiren biri ortaya çıkacak; ancak o günlerde, ne şahsen ne de savaşla yok edilecek.

²¹Onun yerine, kendisine krallık onuru verilmemiş, aşağılanmış bir adam ortaya çıkacak; refah içinde ansızın gelecek ve entrikalarla krallığı ele geçirecek.

²²Sel gibi taşanın kolları onun önünde sürüklenecek ve parçalanacak, antlaşmanın önderi de parçalanacak.

²³Kendisiyle yapılan ortaklıklardan sonra hile yapacak; az sayıda bir halkla yükselecek ve güçlenecek.

²⁴Refah içinde ülkenin en verimli yerlerine girecek; babalarının ve atalarının yapmadığı şeyleri yapacak; yağmayı, ganimeti ve malları onlara dağıtacak; bir süre için Mısır'a karşı tasarılar kuracak.

²⁵Büyük bir güçle güney kralına karşı gücünü ve yüreğini harekete geçirecek; güney kralı da çok büyük ve güçlü bir orduyla savaşa girecek, ama ayakta kalamayacaklar; çünkü ona karşı tasarılar kurulacak.

²⁶Onun yiyeceklerini yiyenler onu yıkıma uğratacak, ordusu sel gibi dağılacak ve birçok kişi yaralanarak düşecek.

²⁷Her iki kralın da yüreği kötülükte olacak, aynı masada yalan söyleyecekler; ama bu başarılı olmayacak, çünkü son henüz belirlenen zaman içindir.

²⁸Büyük bir servetle kendi ülkesine dönecek; yüreği kutsal antlaşmaya karşı olacak, dilediğini yapıp kendi ülkesine dönecek.

²⁹Belirlenen zamanda geri dönecek ve güneye yürüyecek; ama bu gidişi ne ilki gibi ne de sonuncusu gibi olacak.

³⁰Çünkü Kittim'den çıkanlar ona karşı gelecek ve o cesaretini yitirecek; geri dönecek, kutsal antlaşmaya öfkelenecek ve dilediğini yapacak; geri dönüp kutsal antlaşmayı bırakanlarla uzlaşacak.

³¹Ondan olan soylar ortaya çıkacak, gücün tapınağını kirletecekler, günlük sunuyu kaldıracaklar ve yok edenlerin iğrençliğini oraya koyacaklar.

³²Antlaşmaya karşı yasasızlık edenleri entrikalarla baştan çıkaracaklar; ama kendi Tanrısı'nı tanıyan halk güçlü olacak ve harekete geçecek.

³³Halkın içindeki bilgeler birçoklarına anlayış kazandıracak; ama kılıçla, ateşle, tutsaklıkla ve günlerce süren yağmayla zayıf düşecekler.

³⁴Zayıf düştüklerinde onlara küçük bir yardım yapılacak; ama birçok kişi onlara entrikalarla katılacak.

³⁵Bilgelerden bazıları, son gelene dek arınmaları, seçilmeleri ve açığa çıkarılmaları için zayıf düşecekler; çünkü son henüz belirlenen zaman içindir.

³⁶Kral kendi dilediği gibi yapacak; kendini her tanrıdan üstün tutup yüceltecek, kibirli sözler söyleyecek; öfke tamamlanıncaya dek başarılı olacak, çünkü son mutlaka gerçekleşmektedir.

³⁷Ne babalarının tanrılarına, ne kadınların arzusuna, ne de başka bir tanrıya değer verecek; çünkü kendini hepsinden üstün tutacak.

³⁸Onların yerine Maozim tanrısını kendi yerinde onurlandıracak; babalarının tanımadığı bir tanrıyı altınla, gümüşle, değerli taşlarla ve değerli eşyalarla onurlandıracak.

³⁹Yabancı bir tanrıyla birlikte sığınakların kalelerine karşı harekete geçecek; onu tanıyanların görkemini artıracak, onları birçoklarının üzerine egemen kılacak ve toprağı bir ödül olarak bölecek.

⁴⁰Zamanın sonunda güney kralı onunla tokuşacak; kuzey kralı da savaş arabalarıyla, atlılarla ve birçok gemiyle onun üzerine gelecek; ülkelere girecek, onları ezip geçecek.

⁴¹Sabei toprağına da girecek ve birçokları zayıf düşecek; ama Edom, Moav ve Ammon oğullarının önderleri onun elinden kurtulacak.

⁴²Elini ülkelere karşı uzatacak, Mısır toprağı bile kurtulamayacak.

⁴³Mısır'ın gizli altın ve gümüş hazinelerine, bütün değerli eşyalarına sahip olacak; Libyalılar ve Etiyopyalılar kendi kalelerinde olacaklar.

⁴⁴Ancak doğudan ve kuzeyden gelen haberler ve telaşlar onu rahatsız edecek; birçoklarını yok etmek ve lanetleyip ortadan kaldırmak için büyük bir öfkeyle yola çıkacak.

⁴⁵Çadırını Efadano'da denizlerin arasında, kutsal Sabei dağında kuracak; ama kendi sonuna gelecek ve onu kurtaran kimse olmayacak.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγὼ ἐν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου ἔστην εἰς κράτος καὶ ἰσχύν.

²καὶ νῦν ἀλήθειαν ἀναγγελῶ σοι· ἰδοὺ ἔτι τρεῖς βασιλεῖς ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ Περσίδι, καὶ ὁ τέταρτος πλουτήσει πλοῦτον μέγαν παρὰ πάντας· καὶ μετὰ τὸ κρατῆσαι αὐτὸν τοῦ πλούτου αὐτοῦ ἐπαναστήσεται πάσαις βασιλείαις ῾Ελλήνων.

³καὶ ἀναστήσεται βασιλεὺς δυνατὸς καὶ κυριεύσει κυριείας πολλῆς καὶ ποιήσει κατὰ τό θέλημα αὐτοῦ.

⁴καὶ ὡς ἂν στῇ, ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ συντριβήσεται, καὶ διαιρεθήσεται εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀνέμους τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν κυριείαν αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἐκυρίευσεν· ὅτι ἐκτιλήσεται ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ καὶ ἑτέροις ἐκτὸς τούτων.

⁵καὶ ἐνισχύσει ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ νότου· καὶ εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτοῦ ἐνισχύσει ἐπ’ αὐτὸν καὶ κυριεύσει κυριείαν πολλὴν ἐπ’ ἐξουσίας αὐτοῦ.

⁶καὶ μετὰ τὰ ἔτη αὐτοῦ συμμειγήσονται, καὶ θυγάτηρ βασιλέως τοῦ νότου εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς βασιλέα τοῦ βορρᾶ τοῦ ποιῆσαι συνθήκας μετ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐ κρατήσει ἰσχύος βραχίονος, καὶ οὐ στήσεται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ παραδοθήσεται αὐτὴ καὶ οἱ φέροντες αὐτὴν καὶ ἡ νεᾶνις καὶ ὁ κατισχύων αὐτὴν ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς.

⁷καὶ στήσεται ἐκ τοῦ ἄνθους τῆς ῥίζης αὐτῆς τῆς ἑτοιμασίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἥξει πρὸς τὴν δύναμιν καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὰ ὑποστηρίγματα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ βορρᾶ καὶ ποιήσει ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ κατισχύσει.

⁸καί γε τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν χωνευτῶν αὐτῶν, πᾶν σκεῦος ἐπιθυμητὸν αὐτῶν ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, μετὰ αἰχμαλωσίας οἴσει εἰς Αἴγυπτον· καὶ αὐτὸς στήσεται ὑπὲρ βασιλέα τοῦ βορρᾶ.

⁹καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ νότου, καὶ ἀναστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ.

¹⁰καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ συνάξουσιν ὄχλον δυνάμεων πολλῶν, καὶ ἐλεύσεται ἐρχόμενος καὶ κατακλύζων· καὶ παρελεύσεται καὶ καθίεται καὶ συμπροσπλακήσεται ἕως τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ ἀγριανθήσεται βασιλεὺς τοῦ νότου καὶ ἐξελεύσεται καὶ πολεμήσει μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ βορρᾶ· καὶ στήσει ὄχλον πολύν, καὶ παραδοθήσεται ὁ ὄχλος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ·

¹²καὶ λήψεται τὸν ὄχλον, καὶ ὑψωθήσεται ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταβαλεῖ μυριάδας καὶ οὐ κατισχύσει.

¹³καί ἐπιστρέψει ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ βορρᾶ καὶ ἄξει ὄχλον πολὺν ὑπὲρ τὸν πρότερον καὶ εἰς τὸ τέλος τῶν καιρῶν ἐνιαυτῶν ἐπελεύσεται εἰσόδια ἐν δυνάμει μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν ὑπάρξει πολλῇ.

¹⁴καὶ ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς ἐκείνοις πολλοὶ ἐπαναστήσονται ἐπὶ βασιλέα τοῦ νότου· καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν λοιμῶν τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἐπαρθήσονται τοῦ στῆσαι ὅρασιν καὶ ἀσθενήσουσι.

¹⁵καὶ εἰσελεύσεται βασιλεὺς τοῦ βορρᾶ καὶ ἐκχεεῖ πρόσχωμα καὶ συλλήψεται πόλεις ὀχυράς, καὶ οἱ βραχίονες τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ νότου οὐ στήσονται, καὶ ἀναστήσονται οἱ ἐκλεκτοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἰσχὺς τοῦ στῆναι.

¹⁶καὶ ποιήσει ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος πρὸς αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἑστὼς κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· καὶ στήσεται ἐν τῇ γῇ τοῦ Σαβεί, καὶ συντελεσθήσεται ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁷καὶ τάξει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰσελθεῖν ἐν ἰσχύϊ πάσης τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ εὐθεῖα πάντα μετ’ αὐτοῦ ποιήσει· καὶ θυγατέρα τῶν γυναικῶν δώσει αὐτῷ τοῦ διαφθεῖραι αὐτήν, καὶ οὐ μὴ παραμείνῃ καὶ οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται.

¹⁸καὶ ἐπιστρέψει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς νήσους καὶ συλλήψεται πολλὰς καὶ καταπαύσει ἄρχοντας ὀνειδισμοῦ αὐτῶν, πλὴν ὀνειδισμὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτῷ.

¹⁹καὶ ἐπιστρέψει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ καί ἀσθενήσει καὶ πεσεῖται καὶ οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται.

²⁰καὶ ἀναστήσεται ἐκ τῆς ρίζης αὐτοῦ φυτὸν τῆς βασιλείας ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν αὐτοῦ παραβιβάζων, πράσσων δόξαν βασιλείας καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις συντριβήσεται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ποσώποις οὐδὲ ἐν πολέμῳ.

²¹στήσεται ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν αὐτοῦ· ἐξουδενώθη, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκαν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν δόξαν βασιλείας· καὶ ἥξει ἐν εὐθηνίᾳ καὶ κατισχύσει βασιλείας ἐν ὀλισθήμασι.

²²καὶ βραχίονες τοῦ κατακλύζοντος κατακλυσθήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ καὶ συντριβήσονται, καὶ ἡγούμενος διαθήκης

²³καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν συναναμείξεων πρὸς αὐτὸν ποιήσει δόλον καὶ ἀναβήσεται καὶ ὑπερισχύσει αὐτοῦ ἐν ὀλίγῳ ἔθνει.

²⁴καὶ ἐν εὐθηνίᾳ καὶ ἐν πίοσι χώραις ἥξει καὶ ποιήσει ἃ οὐκ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ καὶ πατέρες τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ· προνομὴν καὶ σκῦλα καὶ ὕπαρξιν αὐτοῖς διασκορπιεῖ καὶ ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον λογιεῖται λογισμοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕως καιροῦ.

²⁵καὶ ἐξεγερθήσεται ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ βασιλέα τοῦ νότου ἐν δυνάμει μεγάλῃ, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ νότου συνάψει πόλεμον ἐν δυνάμει μεγάλῃ καὶ ἰσχυρᾷ σφόδρα· καὶ οὐ στήσονται, ὅτι λογιοῦνται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν λογισμούς·

²⁶καὶ φάγονται τὰ δέοντα αὐτοῦ καὶ συντρίψουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ δυνάμεις κατακλύσει, καὶ πεσοῦνται τραυματίαι πολλοί.

²⁷καὶ ἀμφότεροι οἱ βασιλεῖς, αἱ καρδίαι αὐτῶν εἰς πονηρίαν, καὶ ἐπὶ τραπέζῃ μιᾷ ψευδῆ λαλήσουσι, καὶ οὐ κατευθυνεῖ, ὅτι ἔτι πέρασις καιρῶν.

²⁸καὶ ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ ἐν ὑπάρξει πολλῇ, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ διαθήκην ἁγίαν, καὶ ποιήσει καὶ ἐπιστρέψει εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ.

²⁹εἰς τὸν καιρὸν ἐπιστρέψει καὶ ἥξει ἐν τῷ νότῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὡς ἡ πρώτη καὶ ὡς ἡ ἐσχάτη.

³⁰καὶ εἰσελεύσονται ἐν αὐτῷ οἱ ἐκπορευόμενοι Κίτιοι, καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται· καὶ ἐπιστρέψει καὶ θυμωθήσεται ἐπὶ διαθήκην ἁγίαν· καὶ ποιήσει καὶ ἐπιστρέψει καὶ συνήσει ἐπὶ τοὺς καταλιπόντας διαθήκην ἁγίαν.

³¹καὶ σπέρματα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσονται καὶ βεβηλώσουσι τὸ ἁγίασμα τῆς δυναστείας καὶ μεταστήσουσι τὸν ἐνδελεχισμὸν καὶ δώσουσι βδέλυγμα ἠφανισμένων.

³²καὶ οἱ ἀνομοῦντες διαθήκην ἐπάξουσιν ἐν ὀλισθήμασι, καὶ λαὸς γινώσκοντες Θεὸν αὐτοῦ κατισχύσουσι καὶ ποιήσουσι.

³³καὶ οἱ συνετοὶ τοῦ λαοῦ συνήσουσιν εἰς πολλά· καὶ ἀσθενήσουσιν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν φλογὶ καὶ ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ καὶ ἐν διαρπαγῇ ἡμερῶν.

³⁴καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀσθενῆσαι αὐτοὺς βοηθηθήσονται βοήθειαν μικράν, καὶ προστεθήσονται πρὸς αὐτοὺς πολλοὶ ἐν ὀλισθήμασι.

³⁵καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν συνιέντων ἀσθενήσουσι τοῦ πυρῶσαι αὐτοὺς καὶ τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι καὶ τοῦ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι ἕως καιροῦ πέρας, ὅτι ἔτι εἰς καιρόν.

³⁶καὶ ποιήσει κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑψωθήσεται καὶ μεγαλυνθήσεται ἐπὶ πάντα θεὸν καὶ λαλήσει ὑπέρογκα καὶ κατευθυνεῖ, μέχρις οὗ συντελεσθῇ ἡ ὀργή, εἰς γὰρ συντέλειαν γίνεται.

³⁷καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας θεοὺς τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ οὐ συνήσει καὶ ἐπὶ ἐπιθυμίαν γυναικῶν καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν θεὸν οὐ συνήσει, ὅτι ἐπὶ πάντας μεγαλυνθήσεται·

³⁸καὶ θεὸν μαωζεὶν ἐπὶ τόπου αὐτοῦ δοξάσει καὶ θεόν, ὃν οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ, δοξάσει ἐν χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ ἐν ἐπιθυμήμασι.

³⁹καὶ ποιήσει τοῖς ὀχυρώμασι τῶν καταφυγῶν μετὰ θεοῦ ἀλλοτρίου καὶ πληθυνεῖ δόξαν καὶ ὑποτάξει αὐτοῖς πολλοὺς καὶ γῆν διελεῖ ἐν δώροις.

⁴⁰καὶ ἐν καιροῦ πέρατι συγκερατισθήσεται μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ νότου, καὶ συναχθήσεται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς τοῦ βορρᾶ ἐν ἅρμασι καὶ ἐν ἱππεῦσι καὶ ἐν ναυσὶ πολλαῖς καὶ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ συντρίψει καὶ παρελεύσεται.

⁴¹καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ σαβεί, καὶ πολλοὶ ἀσθενήσουσι· καὶ οὗτοι διασωθήσονται ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ, ᾿Εδὼμ καὶ Μωάβ, καὶ ἀρχὴ υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών.

⁴²καὶ ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ γῆ Αἰγύπτου οὐκ ἔσται εἰς σωτηρίαν.

⁴³καὶ κυριεύσει ἐν τοῖς ἀποκρύφοις τοῦ χρυσοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀργύρου καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ἐπιθυμητοῖς Αἰγύπτου καὶ Λιβύων καὶ Αἰθιόπων ἐν τοῖς ὀχυρώμασιν αὐτῶν.

⁴⁴καὶ ἀκοαὶ καὶ σπουδαὶ ταράξουσιν αὐτὸν ἐξ ἀνατολῶν καὶ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ, καὶ ἥξει ἐν θυμῷ πολλῷ τοῦ ἀφανίσαι καὶ τοῦ ἀναθεματίσαι πολλοὺς

⁴⁵καὶ πήξει τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐφαδανῶ ἀναμέσον τῶν θαλασσῶν, εἰς ὄρος σαβεὶ ἅγιον· καὶ ἥξει ἕως μέρους αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ρυόμενος αὐτόν.

¹And I in the first year of Cyrus stood to strengthen and confirm [him].

²And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.

³An there shall rise up a mighty king, and he shall be lord of a great empire, and shall do according to his will.

⁴And when his kingdom shall stand up, it shall be broken, and shall be divided to the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled over: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, and [given] to others beside these.

⁵And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion.

⁶And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him: but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.

⁷[But] out of the flower of her root there shall arise [one] [on] his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.

⁸Yea, he shall carry with a body of captives into Egypt their gods with their molten [images, and] all their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall last longer than the king of the north.

⁹And he shall enter into the kingdom of the king of the south, and shall return to his own land.

¹⁰And his sons shall gather a multitude among many: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength.

¹¹And the king of the south shall be greatly enraged, and shall come forth, and shall war with the king of the north: and he shall raise a great multitude; but the multitude shall be delivered into his hand.

¹²And he shall take the multitude, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down many thousands; but he shall not prevail.

¹³For the king of the north shall return, and bring a multitude greater than the former, and at the end of the times of years an invading army shall come with a great force, and with much substance.

¹⁴And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.

¹⁵And the king of the north shall come in, and cast up a mound, and take strong cities: and the arms of the king of the south shall withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up, but there shall be no strength to stand.

¹⁶And he that comes in against him shall do according to his will, and there is no one to stand before him: and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and it shall be consumed by his hand.

¹⁷And he shall set his face to come in with the force of his whole kingdom, and shall cause everything to prosper with him: and he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt her: but she shall not continue, neither be on his side.

¹⁸And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him.

¹⁹Then he shall turn back his face to the strength of his own land: but he shall become weak, and fall, and not be found.

²⁰And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.

²¹[One] shall stand on his place, [who] has been set a nought, and they have not put upon him the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways.

²²And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and [so shall be] the head of the covenant.

²³And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation.

²⁴And he shall enter with prosperity, and [that] into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers’ fathers have not done; he shall scatter among them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time.

²⁵And his strength and his heart shall be stirred up against the king of the south with a great force; and the king of the south shall engage in war with a great and very strong force; but [his forces] shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him:

²⁶and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain.

²⁷And [as for] both the kings, their hearts [are set] upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a [fixed] time.

²⁸And he shall return to his land with much substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall perform [great deeds], and return to his own land.

²⁹At the [set] time he shall return, and shall come into the south, but the last [expedition] shall [not] be as the first.

³⁰For the Citians issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do [thus], and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant.

³¹And seeds shall spring up out of him, and they shall profane the sanctuary of strength, and they shall remove the perpetual [sacrifice], and make the abomination desolate.

³²And the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways: but a people knowing their God shall prevail, and do [valiantly].

³³And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of [many] days.

³⁴And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery.

³⁵And [some] of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test [them], and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter [is] yet for a [set] time.

³⁶And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end.

³⁷And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.

³⁸And he shall honour the god of forces on his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall honour with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and desirable things.

³⁹And he shall do [thus] in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.

⁴⁰And at the end of the time he shall conflict with the king of the south: and the king of the north shall come against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and they shall enter into the land: and he shall break in pieces, and pass on:

⁴¹and he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many shall fail: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

⁴²And he shall stretch forth [his] hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

⁴³And he shall have the mastery over the secret [treasures] of gold and silver, and over all the desirable [possessions] of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in their strongholds.

⁴⁴But rumors and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many.

⁴⁵And he shall pitch the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the holy mountain of beauty: [but] he shall come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.