1 Persian kuninkaan Kyyroksen kolmantena hallitusvuotena ilmoitettiin sanoma Danielille, jonka toinen nimi oli Beltesassar. Ja se sanoma on tosi, mutta sen ymmärtäminen vaatii suurta vaivaa. Tutki tarkasti, niin ymmärrät näyn.
2 Niinä päivinä minä, Daniel, vietin suruaikaa kolme viikkoa.
3 Kolmeen viikkoon en syönyt tuoretta leipää, en pannut suuhuni lihaa enkä viiniä enkä voidellut itseäni öljyllä.
4 Ensimmäisen kuun kahdentenakymmenentenäneljäntenä päivänä minä olin suuren virran, Tigriksen, rannalla.
5 Katsellessani ympärilleni minä äkkiä huomasin miehen, joka oli pellavavaatteissa, uumillaan vyö parasta kultaa.
6 Hänen ruumiinsa säihkyi kuin krysoliitti, hänen kasvonsa välkehtivät kuin salama, hänen silmänsä olivat kuin tulisoihdut, hänen käsivartensa ja jalkansa kuin kiiltävä pronssi, ja hänen äänensä oli kuin kansanjoukon pauhu.
7 Vain minä, Daniel, näin sen näyn. Miehet, jotka olivat kanssani, eivät sitä nähneet, mutta suuri kauhu valtasi heidät ja he pakenivat ja piiloutuivat.
8 Minä jäin yksin katsomaan tätä suurta näkyä, ja minun voimani katosi, kasvoni muuttuivat kalmankalpeiksi ja ruumiini kävi hervottomaksi.
9 Minä kuulin hänen sanojensa äänen, ja silloin minä vaivuin syvään uneen, kasvot maata vasten.
10 Mutta käsi koski minuun ja ravisteli minua, ja minä kohottauduin polvieni ja käsieni varaan.
13 Persian enkeliruhtinas on vastustanut minua kaksikymmentäyksi päivää, mutta Mikael, yksi suurimmista enkeliruhtinaista, tuli auttamaan minua. Tästä syystä minä olen viipynyt siellä, Persian kuninkaiden luona.
15 Kun hän puhui minulle tämän, minä katselin maahan enkä pystynyt sanomaan sanaakaan.
18 Ihmisen kaltainen kosketti minua uudelleen, antoi minulle voimaa
21 Mutta minä kerron sinulle, mitä on merkitty totuuden kirjaan. Ainoa, joka tukee minua heitä vastaan, on teidän enkeliruhtinaanne Mikael,
1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing is revealed to Daniel, whose name is called Belteshazzar, and the thing [is] true, and the warfare [is] great: and he hath understood the thing, and hath understanding about the appearance.
2 `In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;
3 desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.
4 `And in the twenty and fourth day of the first month, I have been by the side of the great river, that [is] Hiddekel:
5 and I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain one clothed in linen, and his loins girt with pure gold of Uphaz,
6 and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.
7 `And I have seen -- I, Daniel, by myself -- the appearance: and the men who have been with me have not seen the appearance, but a great trembling hath fallen on them, and they flee to be hidden;
8 and I have been left by myself, and I see this great appearance, and there hath been no power left in me, and my honour hath been turned in me to corruption, yea, I have not retained power.
9 `And I hear the voice of his words, and when I hear the voice of his words, then I have been in a trance on my face, and my face [is] to the earth;
10 and lo, a hand hath come against me, and shaketh me on my knees and the palms of my hands.
11 `And he saith unto me: Daniel, man greatly desired, attend to the words that I am speaking unto thee, and stand on thy station, for now I have been sent unto thee. `And when he speaketh with me this word, I have stood trembling.
12 And he saith unto me: Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that thou didst give thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words have been heard, and I have come because of thy words.
13 `And the head of the kingdom of Persia is standing over-against me twenty and one days, and lo, Michael, first of the chief heads, hath come in to help me, and I have remained there near the kings of Persia;
14 and I have come to cause thee to understand that which doth happen to thy people in the latter end of the days, for yet the vision [is] after days.
15 `And when he speaketh with me about these things, I have set my face toward the earth, and have been silent;
16 and lo, as the manner of the sons of men, he is striking against my lips, and I open my mouth, and I speak, and say unto him who is standing over-against me: My lord, by the appearance turned have been my pangs against me, and I have retained no power.
17 And how is the servant of this my lord able to speak with this my lord? as for me, henceforth there remaineth in me no power, yea, breath hath not been left in me.
18 `And he addeth, and striketh against me, as the appearance of a man, and strengtheneth me,
19 and he saith: Do not fear, O man greatly desired, peace to thee, be strong, yea, be strong; and when he speaketh with me, I have strengthened myself, and I say, Let my lord speak, for thou hast strengthened me.
20 And he saith, Hast thou known why I have come unto thee? and now I turn back to fight with the head of Persia; yea, I am going forth, and lo, the head of Javan hath come;
21 but I declare to thee that which is noted down in the Writing of Truth, and there is not one strengthening himself with me, concerning these, except Michael your head.