Daniel 11

1 "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

2 "Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3 A mighty king will stand up, who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.

5 "The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him, and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion. 6 At the end of years they will join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.

7 "But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place, who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail. 8 He will also carry their gods with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north. 9 He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land. 10 His sons will wage war, and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will come on, and overflow, and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.

11 "The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand. 12 The multitude will be carried off, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail. 13 The king of the north will return, and will send out a multitude greater than the former. He will come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with abundant supplies.

14 "In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision, but they will fall. 15 So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his select troops, neither will there be any strength to stand. 16 But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand. 17 He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand, and won’t be for him. 18 After this he will turn his face to the islands, and will take many, but a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yes, moreover, he will cause his reproach to turn on him. 19 Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found.

20 "Then one who will cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory will stand up in his place; but within few days he shall be destroyed, not in anger, and not in battle.

21 "In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant. 23 After the treaty made with him he will work deceitfully; for he will come up and will become strong with few people. 24 In time of security he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and wealth. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.

25 "He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he won’t stand; for they will devise plans against him. 26 Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain. 27 As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time. 28 Then he will return into his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will take action, and return to his own land.

29 "He will return at the appointed time and come into the south; but it won’t be in the latter time as it was in the former. 30 For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.

31 "Forces from him will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate. 32 He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.

33 "Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days. 34 Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries. 35 Some of those who are wise will fall—to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.

36 "The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for that which is determined will be done. 37 He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all. 38 But in their place, he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things. 39 He will deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. He will increase with glory whoever acknowledges him. He will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for a price.

40 "At the time of the end the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through. 41 He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He will also stretch out his hand on the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape. 43 But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow his steps. 44 But news out of the east and out of the north will trouble him; and he will go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many. 45 He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

1 "Ko ahau, i tū ake ahau i te tau tuatahi o Tariuha Meri, ki te whakaū, ki te whakakaha i a ia.

2 "Nā, ka whakaatu ahau ināianei ki a koe i te pono. Nanā, tērā e ara ake anō ētahi atu kīngi e toru i Pahia; ā, ko te tuawhā, ka nui noa atu ngā taonga i ō te katoa. Nā, kia kaha ia i ōna taonga, ka whakaohokia e ia te katoa ki te whawhai ki te kīngitanga o Kariki. 3 Nā tērā e tū ake tētahi kīngi mārohirohi, he nui tōna kīngitanga e kīngi ai ia, ā, ka mahia e ia tāna e pai ai. 4 Ā, ina tū ake ia, ka pakaru tōna kīngitanga, ka wehewehea atu ki ngā hau e whā o te rangi. Kāhore ia ki ō muri i a ia, e kore anō e rite ki tōna kīngitanga i kīngi ai ia; nō te mea ka hūtia atu tōna kīngitanga, mō ētahi atu anō ia ehara nei i ēnei.

5 "Nā, ka kaha te kīngi o te tonga, me tētahi o āna rangatira; ka neke ake anō tōna kaha ki runga ake i tō tērā, ā, ka kīngi; hei kīngitanga nui tōna kīngitanga. 6 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau ka honoa rāua, ka haere mai hoki te tamāhine a te kīngi o te tonga, ki te kīngi o te raki ki te whakarite tikanga. Otiia, e kore e mau i taua wahine te kaha o tōna ringa; e kore anō e tū te tāne me tōna ringa. Heoi, ka tukua atu te wahine, me te hunga nāna ia i kawe mai, me te matua tāne nāna nei ia, me tōna kaiwhakakaha i aua wā.

7 "Otiia tērā e tū ake tētahi i tōna wāhi, he manga nō ngā pakiaka o te wahine, ā, ka haere mai ki te taua, ka tomo ki te pā o te kīngi o te raki, ā, ka mahi i roto i a rātou, ka kaha anō. 8 Ka whakaraua anō e ia ō rātou atua, ā rātou whakapakoko whakarewa, ā rātou oko anō hoki e matenuitia ana, ngā mea hiriwa, ngā mea kōura, ka kawea ki Īhipa; ā, ka mutu tāna whawhai ki te kīngi o te raki mō ētahi tau. 9 Ā, ka haere ia ki te kīngitanga o te kīngi o te tonga, engari ka hoki anō ia ki tōna ake whenua.

10 "Nā, ka whawhai āna tama, ā, ka huihuia e rātou he ope, he maha ngā taua. Nā, ka haere mai aua ope, kei te waipuke te rite, ā, puta rawa atu. Ā, ka hoki rātou, ka whawhai, ā tae tonu ki tō tērā pā. 11 Nā, ka riri te kīngi o te tonga, ā, ka puta mai, ka whawhai ki a ia, arā, ki te kīngi o te raki; ā, he nui te ope e ara i tēnei, ā, ka hoatu te ope ki tō tērā ringa. 12 Ā, ka whakaarahia te ope, ka kake tōna ngākau; ā, ka whakatakā e ia ngā mano tini, otiia e kore ia e whai kaha. 13 Nā, ka hoki mai te kīngi o te raki, maha atu hoki i ō mua te ope e ara i a ia; ā, ka tae mai ia i te mutunga o ētahi wā, arā o ngā tau, he nui tāna ope, he nui ngā taonga.

14 "I aua wā he tokomaha e whakatika ki te kīngi o te tonga. Ka whakakake anō ngā tama tutū o tōu iwi, kia tutuki ai te kite rā; otiia ka taka rātou. 15 Heoi, ka haere mai te kīngi o te raki; ka haupūria ake anō he pukepuke e ia, ā, ka riro i a ia te pā he nui rawa nei te taiepa. E kore anō ngā ringa o te tonga e ū, e kore anō tāna iwi i whiriwhiri ai, kāhore he kaha e ū ai. 16 Otiia, ko tēnei ka haere mai nei ki a ia, ka mahia e ia tāna e pai ai, e kore anō tētahi e tū ki tōna aroaro. Nā, ka tū ia ki te whenua ātaahua, ā, kei tōna ringa te whakangaromanga. 17 Ka anga anō tōna mata, ka mea kia haere mai ia i runga i te kaha o tōna kīngitanga katoa, me te hunga tika anō hei hoa mōna; nā, ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai. Ka hōmai anō e ia ki a ia te tamāhine a ngā wāhine, hei takakino māna. Otiia, e kore tērā e tū, e kore hoki e mahi mōna. 18 I muri i tēnei ka tahuri tōna mata ki ngā motu, ā, he maha e riro i a ia. Otiia, mā tētahi rangatira e mea kia mutu te ingoa kino e tāpaea ana e ia. Āe rā, ka meinga e ia tāna whakaingoa kino kia hoki ki a ia anō. 19 Kātahi tōna mata ka tahuri atu ki ngā pā o tōna whenua; otiia ka tūtuki ōna waewae, ā, ka hinga ia, kore ake e kitea.

20 "Kātahi ka tū ake i tōna wāhi tētahi māna e mea he kaitono takoha kia takahi i roto i te korōria o te kīngitanga. Otiia, kia torutoru ake ngā rā ka whakangaromia ai, kāhore he riri, kāhore hoki he whawhai. 21 Ka whakatika ake anō ki runga ki tōna wāhi tētahi tangata e whakahāweatia ana, ehara nei te korōria o te rangatiratanga i te mea hoatu ki a ia. Ka haere mai ia i te wā āta noho, ā, ka riro i a ia te kīngitanga, nā te patipati. 22 Ā, ka taupokina rātou e ngā ringa o te waipuke i tōna aroaro, mongamonga noa rātou; me te rangatira anō hoki o te kawenata. 23 I muri anō i tāna whakaaetanga kōrero ka mahi tinihanga ia. Ka haere mai hoki ia, ā, ka kaha, he torutoru anō hoki āna tāngata. 24 Hei te wā āta noho ka tae mai ia ki ngā wāhi mōmona rā anō o te kāwanatanga; ka mahia e ia ngā mea kīhai i mahia e ōna mātua, e ngā mātua o ōna mātua; ka tītaria anō e ia ngā mea parakete, ngā mea pāhua, ngā taonga, ki roto ki a rātou. Āe rā, ka whakaaroa anō e ia ōna whakaaro mō ngā pā, ā, kia taka rā anō tētahi tāima.

25 "Ka whakaohokia anō e ia tōna kaha me tōna māia ki te whawhai ki te kīngi o te tonga, he nui te ope; ka oho anō hoki te kīngi o te tonga, ka whawhai, he ope nui atu, he kaha atu; otiia e kore ia e tū. Nō te mea ka whakaaroa e rātou he whakaaro kino mōna. 26 Inā, ka pakaru ia i te hunga i kai i tāna wāhi kai, ko te taua hoki a tērā kei te waipuke te rite. He tokomaha anō e hinga, mate rawa. 27 Nā, ko ēnei kīngi tokorua, ko ō rāua ngākau ka mea mō te kino, ā, ka kōrero teka rāua i te tēpu kotahi; otiia kāhore he painga; ka noho tonu mai hoki te mutunga, hei te wā i whakaritea. 28 Hei reira ia ka hoki ki tōna whenua me ngā taonga maha; ā, ko tōna ngākau ka mea ki te takahi i te kawenata tapu; ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai, ā, ka hoki atu ki tōna whenua.

29 "I te wā i whakaritea ka hoki ia, ā, ka haere mai ki te tonga; otiia e kore e rite tō muri nei ki tō mua rā. 30 Nō te mea ka rere mai ngā kaipuke o Kitimi ki te whawhai ki a ia. Nā, ka pōuri ia, ā, ka hoki, ka riri ki te kawenata tapu, ā, ka mahi ia i tāna e pai ai; ā, ka tino hoki ia, ka whai whakaaro ki te hunga i whakarērea ai te kawenata tapu.

31 "Ka ara anō ētahi ringa hei whakauru mōna, ā, ka whakapokea te wāhi tapu, arā te wāhi kaha, ka whakakāhoretia anō e rātou te patunga tapu, te mea tūturu, ka tū anō i a rātou te mea whakarihariha, te mea whakangaro. 32 Nā, ko te hunga e mahi kino ana ki te kawenata ka whakangaua kētia e ia, he mea whakapati nāna; ko te hunga ia e mōhio ana ki tō rātou Atua, ka kaha rātou, ka mahi i ngā mahi.

33 "Nā, ko te hunga whakaaro nui i roto i te iwi, he tokomaha a rātou e whakaako ai. Otiia, he maha ngā rā e hinga ai rātou i te hoari, i te mura, i te whakarau, i te pāhua. 34 Ā, ka hinga rātou, ka āwhinatia mai rātou, he iti ia te āwhina. He tokomaha ia e piri ki a rātou, he mea whakapati. 35 Ka hinga anō ētahi o te hunga mātau, he mea e tahia ai tō rātou para, e pokekore ai, e mā ai rātou, ā taea noatia te wā a te whakamutunga. Nō te mea ko taua mea mō te wā rā anō i whakaritea.

36 "Ka mahia anō e te kīngi tāna e pai ai; ka whakaneke ake anō i a ia, ka whakanui i a ia ki runga ake i ngā atua katoa, he whakamīharo anō āna whakapehapeha mō te Atua o ngā atua. Ka kake anō ia, taea noatia te whakapōtonga o te riri. Ka mahia hoki te mea i whakaritea. 37 E kore anō ia e whai whakaaro ki ngā atua o ōna mātua, e hiahia rānei ki te wahine, e kore anō e whai whakaaro ki tētahi atua. Nō te mea ko ia tāna e whakanui ai ki runga ake i te katoa. 38 Otiia, i tōna wāhi anō ka whakahōnoretia e ia te atua o ngā wāhi kaha; he atua kīhai i mōhiotia e ōna mātua tāna e whakahōnore ai ki te kōura, ki te hiriwa, ki te kōhatu utu nui, ki ngā mea e matenuitia ana. 39 Ko tāna tēnei e mea ai i ngā wāhi tino kaha, ā, ko tōna hoa ko tētahi atua kē. Ko te tangata e whakaae ana ki a ia ka whakanuia e ia ki te korōria. Ā, ka meinga rātou e ia hei kāwana mō ngā tāngata tokomaha ka wehewehea anō hoki e ia te whenua mō tētahi utu."