Daniel 8

1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. 2 I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t any who could deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.

5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power. 7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.

9 Out of one of them came out a little horn which grew exceedingly great—toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land. 10 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground and trampled on them. 11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12 The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, "How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?"

14 He said to me, "To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed."

15 When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me someone with the appearance of a man. 16 I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."

17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, for the vision belongs to the time of the end."

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.

19 He said, "Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end. 20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. 21 The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.

23 "In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up. 24 His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. 25 Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes, but he will be broken without human hands.

26 "The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come."

27 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.

Tā Raniera Kitenga i te Rama me te Koati

1 I te toru o ngā tau o te kīngitanga o Kīngi Perehatara ka puta mai he kite ki ahau, arā ki ahau, ki a Raniera, i muri i tērā i puta rā ki ahau i te tīmatanga. 2 I kite moemoeā ahau, nā, i tōku kitenga, i Huhana ahau, i te kāinga kīngi, i tērā i te kāwanatanga o Erama. Nā, ka kite moemoeā ahau, ā, i te taha ahau o te awa o Urai. 3 Nā, ko te marangatanga ake o ōku kanohi, ka kite ahau. Nā, ko tētahi hipi toa e tū ana i te ritenga o te awa, e rua ōna haona, roa noa atu ngā haona ki runga, kei runga atu ia tētahi i tētahi. Nā, ko tērā i pūrero rā, nō muri rawa i puta ai. 4 I kite anō ahau i te hipi toa e āki ana whaka te hauāuru, whaka te raki, whaka te tonga; ā, kore noa iho tētahi kararehe i tū ki tōna aroaro, kāhore hoki he tangata hei whakaora i roto i tōna ringa. Heoi, mahia ana e ia tāna i pai ai, ā, nui haere ana ia.

5 Nā, i ahau e whakaaroaro ana, nā, ko te putanga mai o tētahi koati toa i te hauāuru, i te mata o te whenua katoa, kīhai anō ia i pā ki te whenua. Ā, he haona tō te koati i waenganui i ōna kanohi, he mea e whakamaua e te titiro. 6 Nā, ka haere mai ia ki te hipi toa e rua nei ōna haona, i kitea atu rā e ahau e tū ana i te ritenga o te awa, rere atu ana ki a ia, me te weriweri katoa o tōna kaha. 7 I kite anō ahau i a ia e whakatata ana ki te hipi toa, riri tonu ki a ia, patua iho e ia te hipi toa, whatia ana e ia ōna haona e rua, kāhore hoki he kaha o te hipi toa ki te tū ki tōna aroaro. Kei te turaki ia i a ia ki te whenua, takatakahia ana ia e ia; kāhore hoki he kaiwhakaora mō te hipi toa i roto i tōna ringa. 8 Nā, kua nui noa atu te koati toa, kua kaha, nā, ka whati te haona nui, ā, e whā ngā mea e whakamaua atu e te titiro i puta ake i tōna tūranga, he mea e anga ana ki ngā hau e whā o te rangi.

9 Nā, kua puta ake i roto i tētahi o ērā tētahi haona iti; kua nui noa atu whaka te tonga, whaka te rāwhiti, whaka te whenua āhuareka. 10 I nui haere anō ā tae tonu ki te ope o te rangi, whakatakā ana e ia ki te whenua ētahi o te ope, o ngā whetū hoki, takatakahia ana e ia. 11 Āe rā, i tae anō tāna whakanui i a ia ki te rangatira o te ope, whakakorea iho e ia i a ia te patunga tapu, te mea tūturu, turakina iho tōna wāhi tapu. 12 I hōmai anō te ope ki a ia me te patunga tapu tūturu, nā te kino hoki, nā, turakina iho e ia te pono ki te whenua; ā, mahi ana, kake ana.

13 Kātahi ka rongo ahau i tētahi anahera tapu e kōrero ana, ā, ka mea tētahi atu anahera tapu ki tērā i kōrero rā, "Kia pēhea te roa o te kitenga mō te patunga tapu tūturu, mō te hē whakangaro e tukua ai te wāhi tapu me te ope kia takatakahia?"

14 Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Kia taka ngā ahiahi me ngā ata e rua mano e toru rau, ko reira te wāhi tapu purea ai."

Ka Whakamāramatia te Moemoeā e te Anahera Kapariera

15 Nā, ka kite ahau, a Raniera, i taua kite; ka rapua e ahau te tikanga, nā, me te mea he āhua tangata e tū ana i tōku aroaro. 16 I rongo anō ahau i te reo tangata i te takiwā o ngā tahatika o Urai e karanga ana, e mea ana, "E Kapariera, kia mōhio te tangata nei ki te tikanga o te kite."

17 Heoi, ka haere mai tērā ki te wāhi i tū ai ahau; ā, i tōna taenga mai ka wehi ahau, tāpapa ana ahau. Nā, ka mea ia ki ahau, "Kia mōhio koe, e te tama a te tangata. Mō ngā wā hoki o te mutunga te kite rā."

18 Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana ki ahau, ka riro ahau i te moe, he moe reka me tōku mata e anga ana ki te whenua. Otiia, i pā ia ki ahau, ā, whakatūria ana ahau ki runga.

19 Nā, ka mea ia, "Nanā, ka meinga e ahau kia mōhio koe ki ngā mea e puta mai i te mutunga o te riri. Nō te wā hoki tērā i whakaritea o te mutunga. 20 Ko te hipi toa i kitea rā e koe i ngā haona e rua, ko ngā kīngi ērā o Meria, o Pahia. 21 Ko te koati toa pūhuruhuru, ko te kīngi tērā o Kariki; ā, ko te haona nui i waenganui i ōna kanohi, ko te kīngi tuatahi tērā. 22 Nā, mō te mea i whati rā, i puta ake rā e whā ki tōna tūranga, tērā e ara ake e whā ngā kīngitanga i roto i te iwi, e kore ia e rite te kaha ki tōna.

23 "Nā, i te mutunga o tō rātou kīngitanga, i te mea ka tae tā ngā poka kē ki te tutukitanga, ka ara ake he kīngi he kanohi hīnana tōna, e mātau ana ki ngā kupu ngaro. 24 Ā tērā e nui tōna kaha, otiia ehara i te mea nā tōna kaha ake. He hanga whakamīharo tāna whakangaro; ka kake anō ia, ka mahi i tāna e pai ai, ka whakangaro i ngā tāngata nunui rātou ko te iwi tapu. 25 Mā tāna ngārahu mōhio anō ka meinga ai e ia te tinihanga o tōna ringa kia kake; ka whakanui anō ia i a ia i roto i tōna ngākau, he tokomaha hoki e ngaro i a ia i runga i tō rātou noho warea; ka whakatika anō ia ki te rangatira o ngā rangatira. Otiia, ka wāwāhia ia, ehara anō i te mea nā te ringa.

26 "Nā, ko te kite o ngā ahiahi, o ngā ata, ko tērā i kōrerotia rā, pono tonu. Engari, kopia atu e koe te kite; he mea hoki ia mō ngā rā maha kei te haere mai."

27 Nā, kua iwikore noa iho ahau, a Raniera, he maha ngā rā ōku e mate ana; muri iho ka maranga ahau, ā, mahia ana e ahau te mahi a te kīngi. Mīharo tonu anō ki taua kite, kīhai ia i mātauria e tētahi.