Daniel 8 In the third year of the kingdom of Belshazzar the king, a vision appears to me--to me, Daniel--after the one which appeared to me at the start."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In the third year of the kingdom of Belshazzar the king, a vision appears to me--to me, Daniel--after the one which appeared to me at the start." ² I am seeing in the vision-- it is coming in my seeing while I am in the castle of Shushan which is in the province of Elam; when I am seeing in the vision, I come to be on the Ulai canal." ³ Then I am lifting my eyes and I am seeing, and behold, one ram standing before the canal, and it has two horns. The horns are lofty, yet the one is loftier than the other, and the loftier one is coming up last." ⁴ I see the ram rushing forth seaward, northward and toward the southland. No animals at all are standing before him, and there is no rescuing from his hand. He does as is acceptable to himself and magnifies himself." ⁵ When I came to consider, behold, a he-goat of the goats is coming from the west over the surface of the entire earth, and there is no touching the earth. The he-goat has a conspicuous horn between his eyes, ⁶ and he is coming unto the ram, the possessor of the two horns (which I see standing before the canal). He is running at him in the fury of his vigor" ⁷ and I see him attaining to the side of the ram. He is bitterly embittered against him and is smiting the ram and breaking his two horns. No vigor remains in the ram to stand before him when he is flinging him to the earth. He is tramping on him and no one comes to rescue the ram from his hand. ⁸ Then the he-goat of the goats magnifies himself unto excess. And as he is staunch, broken is the great horn, and instead of it are coming up four other conspicuous horns to the four winds of the heavens." ⁹ Then from the one of these four fares forth one inferior horn, and he is growing redundantly great to the southland and to the sunrise and to the stately land:" ¹⁰ He is growing great unto the host of the heavens, and cast to the earth is one from the host, and one from the stars who is also tramping on them." ¹¹ Even unto the chief of the host he magnifies himself:Because of him the continuous ritual is disturbed, flung down is all that pertains to the site of His sanctuary, ¹² and the horn is given a host for trespassing against the continuous ritual; thus is he flinging the truth to the earth. And he does this and prospers. ¹³ Now I am hearing one saint speaking. And saying is one other saint to so-and-so, the speaking one, "Till when is the vision of the continuous ritual--the cessation of the sacrifice and the desolating transgression which gives over even the holy place and the host to tramping? ¹⁴ He is answering him, "Till two thousand and three hundred evenings-mornings. Then found just is the holy place." ¹⁵ And coming is it when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and am seeking for understanding, behold, standing in front of me is one having the appearance of a master." ¹⁶ I am hearing a human voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it is calling and saying, "Gabriel, make this one to understand the sight." ¹⁷ Then he is coming to stand beside me. At his coming I am frightened and falling on my face. And he is saying to me, "Understand, son of humanity, that for the era of the end is the vision." ¹⁸ At his speaking with me, I am stupefied, with my face to the earth. And he is touching me, and is setting me upright." ¹⁹ Then he is saying, "Behold me acquainting you with what is coming in the last of the menace to the sons of your people, seeing that it is for the appointed time of the end." ²⁰ The ram which you saw possessing the two horns, is the kingdom of Media and Persia." ²¹ The hairy he-goat is the kingdom of Greece. The great horn which is between its eyes, it is the first king." ²² When it is being broken, standing up are four in its stead:Four kingdoms from his nation are standing up, yet not with his vigor." ²³ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgression comes to an end, standing up is a king of strong presence and understanding problems." ²⁴ Staunch is his vigor, yet not by his own vigor. Marvelously shall he ruin and prosper and deal. Thus he ruins the staunch and the people of the saints." ²⁵ By his intelligence he causes deceit to prosper in his hand. In his heart he is magnifying himself, and with ease will he ruin many. Against the Chief of chiefs will he stand, yet at the limit of his hand he shall be broken." ²⁶ And the sight, the evening and the morning, of which this is said, truth is it. Yet you, stop up the vision, for it is for many days." ²⁷ When I, Daniel, come to, I am ailing for many days. Then I am rising and doing my work for the king. I am still desolated by the sight, and there is no one who understands."