Dan 8 | ABEn | STEP | In [ 2 year 1 the third] of the kingdom of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, I Daniel, after the appearing to me the beginning.

Daniel 8

CHAPTER 8 Daniel's Vision of the Ram

1 In [²year ¹the third] of the kingdom of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, I Daniel, after the appearing to me the beginning. 2 And I was in Sushan in the palace, the one which is in the region of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was upon the Ulai. 3 And I lifted my eyes and looked. And behold, [²ram ¹one] standing before the Ubal; and there was to him horns, and the horns were high; and the one was higher than the other, and the high one ascended up last. 4 And I beheld the ram butting towards the west, and the north, and the south; and all the wild beasts shall not stand before him, and there was no one rescuing from out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and he was magnified.

The He-goat

5 And I was perceiving. And behold, a he-goat of the goats came from the southwest upon the face of all the earth, and was not touching the earth. And to the he-goat was a horn which may be viewed between his eyes. 6 And he came unto the ram, the one [²the ³horns ¹having], which I beheld standing before the Ubal, and it ran against him with the thrust of his strength. 7 And I beheld him anticipating unto the ram, and he was furiously enraged against him, and he hit the ram, and he broke both of his horns; and there was no strength to the ram to stand before him; and he tossed him upon the ground, and trampled upon him, and there was not one rescuing the ram from out of his hand. 8 And the he-goat of the goats was magnified even unto exceedingly. And in his being strong [⁴was broken ³horn ¹his ²great], and there ascended another [²horns ¹four] underneath him unto the four winds of the heaven. 9 And from out of the one of them came forth [³horn ¹one ²strong], and was magnified extremely towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the setting of the sun. 10 And it was magnified unto the force of the heaven; and it fell upon the earth from the force of the of heaven, and from the stars, and he trampled upon them. 11 And unto the commander-in-chief he was magnified, and through him the sacrifice was disturbed, and the holy place shall be made desolate. 12 And [²was given ³for ⁴the ⁵sacrifice ¹a sin offering], and [²was tossed ³onto the ground ¹righteousness]; and he performed and was prospered. 13 And I heard one holy one speaking. And [³said ¹one ²holy one] to the Phelmouni, to the one speaking, For how long shall the vision stand, [³the ⁴sacrifice ¹the ²taking away], and [³the ⁴sin ⁵of desolation ¹the ²granting], and the holy place and the force shall be trampled upon? 14 And he said to him, Unto evening and morning [³days ¹two thousand ²three hundred], and [³shall be cleansed ¹the ²holy place]. 15 And it came to pass in my beholding, I Daniel, the vision, and I sought understanding. And behold, there stood before me as an appearance of a man.

Gabriel Brings Understanding to Daniel

16 And I heard the voice of a man in the midst of the Ulai. And he called, and said, Gabriel, bring understanding [³for that one ¹the ²vision]! 17 And he came and stood next to my position. And in his coming I was distraught, and I fell upon my face. And he said to me, Take notice, O son of man! [⁴is still ¹for ⁵for ⁷time ⁶end ²the ³vision]. 18 And in his speaking with me, I fell upon my face unto the earth. And he touched me, and he stood me upon my feet. 19 And he said, Behold, I make known to you the things being at the last of the wrath, for it is yet for [²of time ¹end]. 20 The ram which you beheld, the one having the horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians. 21 And the he-goat of the goats is the king of the Greeks, and the [²horn ¹great], the one that was in between his eyes, he is the [²king ¹foremost]. 22 And of the one being broken, of which [³stood ¹four ²horns] underneath -- four kings from out of his nation shall rise up, and not in his strength. 23 And at the last of their kingdom, being full of the sins, shall rise up a king with an impudent face, and perceiving riddles. 24 And [²is fortified ¹his strength], and not by his strength. And wonderfully he shall corrupt, and shall prosper, and shall perform, and shall corrupt strong ones, and [²people ¹a holy]. 25 And the yoke of the collar shall prosper; treachery in his hand, and [²in ³his heart ¹he shall magnify himself], and by treachery he shall corrupt many, and for a destruction of many he shall establish himself; and as eggs in a hand he shall break. 26 And the vision of the evening and of the morning of the thing being spoken -- it is true. And you set a seal upon the vision, for it is for many days! 27 And I Daniel went to bed, and I was infirm for days. And I rose up and I did the works of the king; and I wondered at the vision, and there was no one perceiving.