ECB(i)
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THE DREAM OF DANI EL, OF FOUR LIVE BEINGS
In the first year of Bel Shats Tsar sovereign of Babel Dani El sees a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he inscribes the dream and says the sum of the utterances: 2 Dani El answers and says, I see in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens rush on the great sea: 3 and four great live beings ascend from the sea, changed one from another. 4 The first like a lion with wings of an eagle: I see until the wings are plucked; and it lifts from the earth and it raises on its feet as a man; and it is given the heart of a man. 5 And behold, another live being, a second, like a bear: and it raises itself on its side; with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they say thus to it, Rise, devour much flesh. 6 After this I see, and behold, another like a leopard: and on its back, four wings of a flyer; the live being also having four heads; and it is given dominion. 7 After this I see in the night visions, and behold, a fourth live being, terrifying and burly, and exceedingly mighty, with great iron teeth: it devours and pulverizes and tramples the survivors with its feet: and it is changed from all the live beings in front of it - with ten horns. 8 I am comprehending the horns, and behold, another little horn ascends between them; in front of whom three of the first horns uproot: and behold, in this horn, eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth uttering greatly. 9
DANI EL SEES THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
I see until the thrones are hurled: and the Ancient of days sits with robe as white snow, and the hair of his head as clean wool; his throne as a fiery flame and his wheels as flaming fire. 10 A fiery river flows and emerges from in front of him: a thousand thousands minister to him, and a myriad myriads rise in front of him: the judgment is set, and the scrolls are opened. 11 I see, then, because of the voice of the great utterances the horn utters: I see until the live being is severed and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame: 12 the survivors of the live beings, pass their dominion away: yet their lives are given until an appointment and time. 13
DANI EL SEES THE SON/BAR OF MAN
I see in the night visions, and behold, like the Son/Bar of man, comes with the clouds of the heavens, and comes to the Ancient of days, and they approach in front of him: 14 and he is given dominion and esteem and a sovereigndom - so that all people, nations and tongues serve him: his dominion is an eternal dominion which passes not away; and his sovereigndom despoils not. 15 I Dani El grieve in my spirit midst my sheath, and the visions of my head terrify me. 16
DANI EL INTERPRETS THE UTTERANCES
I approach one of them who rises, and request of him the certainty of all this: and he says to me and has me know the interpretation of the utterances. 17 These great live beings, four, are four sovereigns rising from the earth: 18 and the holy of Elyon take the sovereigndom, and hold the sovereigndom eternally - even eternally and eternally. 19 Then I will to know the certainty of the fourth live being, who is changed from all the others - exceeding terrifying, - teeth of iron and his nails of copper; who devours, pulverizes and tramples the survivors with his feet; 20 and of the ten horns in his head, and of the other which ascends, and in front of whom three fall; even of that horn with eyes and a mouth uttering very great; whose vision is greater than his companions. 21 I see, and the same horn makes war with the holy; and prevails against them; 22 the Ancient of days comes, and gives the pleading of the cause to the holy of Elyon; and the appointment so happens that the holy hold the sovereigndom. 23 Thus he says, The fourth live being becomes the fourth sovereigndom on earth which is changed from all kingdoms; and it devours the whole earth, and treads it down, and pulverizes it. 24 And the ten horns from this sovereigndom are ten sovereigns who rise: and another rises after them - changed from the first; and he abases three sovereigns: 25 and he utters utterances concerning the Elyon and wears out the holy of Elyon; and wills to change appointments and decrees: and they are given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 And the pleading is set, and they pass away his dominion, to desolate and to destroy it to the consummation: 27 and the sovereigndom and dominion, and the greatness of the sovereigndom under the whole heavens, is given to the people of the holy of Elyon, whose sovereigndom is an eternal sovereigndom; and all dominions serve and hearken to him. 28 So, thus is the conclusion of the utterance. I - Dani El, my intentions terrify me much and my cheerfulness changes in me: but I guarded the utterance in my heart.
THE DREAM OF DANI EL, OF FOUR LIVE BEINGS
In the first year of Bel Shats Tsar sovereign of Babel Dani El sees a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he inscribes the dream and says the sum of the utterances: 2 Dani El answers and says, I see in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens rush on the great sea: 3 and four great live beings ascend from the sea, changed one from another. 4 The first like a lion with wings of an eagle: I see until the wings are plucked; and it lifts from the earth and it raises on its feet as a man; and it is given the heart of a man. 5 And behold, another live being, a second, like a bear: and it raises itself on its side; with three ribs in its mouth between its teeth: and they say thus to it, Rise, devour much flesh. 6 After this I see, and behold, another like a leopard: and on its back, four wings of a flyer; the live being also having four heads; and it is given dominion. 7 After this I see in the night visions, and behold, a fourth live being, terrifying and burly, and exceedingly mighty, with great iron teeth: it devours and pulverizes and tramples the survivors with its feet: and it is changed from all the live beings in front of it - with ten horns. 8 I am comprehending the horns, and behold, another little horn ascends between them; in front of whom three of the first horns uproot: and behold, in this horn, eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth uttering greatly. 9
DANI EL SEES THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
I see until the thrones are hurled: and the Ancient of days sits with robe as white snow, and the hair of his head as clean wool; his throne as a fiery flame and his wheels as flaming fire. 10 A fiery river flows and emerges from in front of him: a thousand thousands minister to him, and a myriad myriads rise in front of him: the judgment is set, and the scrolls are opened. 11 I see, then, because of the voice of the great utterances the horn utters: I see until the live being is severed and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame: 12 the survivors of the live beings, pass their dominion away: yet their lives are given until an appointment and time. 13
DANI EL SEES THE SON/BAR OF MAN
I see in the night visions, and behold, like the Son/Bar of man, comes with the clouds of the heavens, and comes to the Ancient of days, and they approach in front of him: 14 and he is given dominion and esteem and a sovereigndom - so that all people, nations and tongues serve him: his dominion is an eternal dominion which passes not away; and his sovereigndom despoils not. 15 I Dani El grieve in my spirit midst my sheath, and the visions of my head terrify me. 16
DANI EL INTERPRETS THE UTTERANCES
I approach one of them who rises, and request of him the certainty of all this: and he says to me and has me know the interpretation of the utterances. 17 These great live beings, four, are four sovereigns rising from the earth: 18 and the holy of Elyon take the sovereigndom, and hold the sovereigndom eternally - even eternally and eternally. 19 Then I will to know the certainty of the fourth live being, who is changed from all the others - exceeding terrifying, - teeth of iron and his nails of copper; who devours, pulverizes and tramples the survivors with his feet; 20 and of the ten horns in his head, and of the other which ascends, and in front of whom three fall; even of that horn with eyes and a mouth uttering very great; whose vision is greater than his companions. 21 I see, and the same horn makes war with the holy; and prevails against them; 22 the Ancient of days comes, and gives the pleading of the cause to the holy of Elyon; and the appointment so happens that the holy hold the sovereigndom. 23 Thus he says, The fourth live being becomes the fourth sovereigndom on earth which is changed from all kingdoms; and it devours the whole earth, and treads it down, and pulverizes it. 24 And the ten horns from this sovereigndom are ten sovereigns who rise: and another rises after them - changed from the first; and he abases three sovereigns: 25 and he utters utterances concerning the Elyon and wears out the holy of Elyon; and wills to change appointments and decrees: and they are given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 And the pleading is set, and they pass away his dominion, to desolate and to destroy it to the consummation: 27 and the sovereigndom and dominion, and the greatness of the sovereigndom under the whole heavens, is given to the people of the holy of Elyon, whose sovereigndom is an eternal sovereigndom; and all dominions serve and hearken to him. 28 So, thus is the conclusion of the utterance. I - Dani El, my intentions terrify me much and my cheerfulness changes in me: but I guarded the utterance in my heart.