1 Trečiaisiais karaliaus Belšacaro karaliavimo metais aš, Danielius, mačiau antrą regėjimą.

2 Kai mačiau regėjimą, aš buvau Sūzų rūmuose, Elamo krašte, ir mačiau regėjimą, kaip aš stovėjau prie Ulajo upės.

3 Pakėlęs akis, pamačiau aviną, stovintį ant upės kranto. Jis turėjo du ragus. Abu ragai buvo aukšti, bet vienas iš jų aukštesnis už kitą, ir aukštesnysis išaugo vėliau.

4 Aš mačiau tą aviną, badantį ragais į vakarus, šiaurę ir pietus. Joks žvėris negalėjo atsilaikyti prieš jį ir nė vienas negalėjo išsigelbėti iš jo. Jis darė, kas jam patiko, ir tapo galingas.

5 Man bežiūrint, ožys atėjo iš vakarų, neliesdamas žemės paviršiaus. Tas ožys turėjo didelį ragą tarpuakyje.

6 Priėjęs prie dviragio avino, kurį mačiau stovintį prie upės, puolė jį, apimtas didelio įtūžio.

7 Aš mačiau, kaip jis užpuolė aviną, labai įtūžęs, smogė jam ir nulaužė jam abu ragus. Avinas neturėjo jėgų atsilaikyti prieš jį. Parbloškęs aviną ant žemės, sutrypė jį, ir nebuvo nė vieno, kuris išgelbėtų aviną iš jo.

8 Ožys tapo labai galingas. Jam sustiprėjus, nulūžo didysis ragas ir jo vietoje išaugo keturi ragai keturiomis dangaus vėjų kryptimis.

9 Iš vieno iš jų išdygo mažas ragas ir išaugo labai didelis, nukreiptas pietų, rytų ir gražiosios žemės link.

10 Jis pasiekė dangaus kareiviją, numetė žemėn kai kuriuos iš jų, net dalį žvaigždžių, ir juos sumindžiojo.

11 Jis aukštinosi iki kareivijų Kunigaikščio, pašalino kasdienę auką ir išniekino Jo šventyklą.

12 Už nusikaltimus jam buvo perduota kareivijos ir kasdieninė auka. Jis numetė žemėn tiesą ir jam sekėsi, ką jis darė.

13 Aš girdėjau vieną šventąjį sakant kitam, kuris klausė: "Ar ilgai tęsis šitas regėjimas apie kasdieninę auką, pasibaisėtinus nusikaltimus, šventyklos ir kareivijų mindžiojimą?"

14 Jis man sakė: "Du tūkstančius tris šimtus vakarų ir rytų. Po to šventykla vėl bus apvalyta".

15 Kai aš, Danielius, mačiau tą regėjimą ir stengiausi jį suprasti, štai čia, prie manęs, stovėjo tarsi vyras.

16 Aš išgirdau nuo Ulajo upės žmogaus balsą: "Gabrieliau, išaiškink jam regėjimą".

17 Jam atėjus prie manęs, aš išsigandau ir parpuoliau veidu žemėn. O jis tarė: "Žmogaus sūnau, suprask, kad tas regėjimas apie laikų pabaigą".

18 Jam bekalbant, aš gulėjau be jausmų ant žemės. Jis palietė mane, pastatė ant kojų

19 ir tarė: "Aš tau atskleisiu, kas atsitiks rūstybės dienų pabaigoje, nes galas ateis skirtu metu.

20 Dviragis avinas, kurį matei, yra medų ir persų karaliai.

21 Gauruotasis ožys yra Graikijos karalius. Didysis ragas jo tarpuakyje­tai pirmasis karalius.

22 Jam nulūžus, išaugo keturi ragai, tai reiškia keturias karalystes, kilusias iš jo tautos, bet nepasiekusias jo galybės.

23 Jų karaliavimui baigiantis, kai piktadariai bus pripildę savo saiką, iškils akiplėša ir klastingas karalius.

24 Jis bus galingas, bet ne savo jėga, ir įvykdys baisių nusikaltimų. Ką darys, jam seksis, jis sunaikins galinguosius ir šventųjų tautą.

25 Jo planai bus klastingi ir jam seksis. Jis didžiuosis savo širdyje ir taikos metu daugelį sunaikins. Jis pakils prieš kunigaikščių Kunigaikštį, bet bus sunaikintas be žmogaus rankos.

26 Regėjimas, kuriame kalbama apie vakarus ir rytus, yra tikras. Tu paslėpk tą regėjimą, nes jis išsipildys tolimoje ateityje".

27 Aš, Danielius, labai nusilpau ir kelias dienas sirgau. Po to sustiprėjęs tvarkiau karaliaus reikalus. Buvau sunerimęs dėl regėjimo, bet niekas jo nesuprato.

1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.

2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.

3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.

4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.

5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.

6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.

7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.

8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.

9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.

10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.

11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.

12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.

13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?

14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.

15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.

16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.

17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.

18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.

19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.

20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.

22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.

23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.

24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.

25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.

26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.

27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.