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THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
And I, in the first year of Daryavesh the Maday, I stand to strengthen him and as his stronghold: 2 and now, I tell you the truth: behold, three sovereigns still stand in Persia; and the fourth enriches in greater riches than they all: and by his strength and through his riches he wakens all against the sovereigndom of Yavan: 3 and a mighty sovereign stands who reigns with great reign; and works according to his pleasure: 4 and he stands, and his sovereigndom breaks in half toward the four winds of the heavens: and neither to his posterity nor according to the reign he reigns: for his sovereigndom uproots, - and for others beside these. 5 And the sovereign of the south - even his governors strengthen; and he strengthens above him and reigns: he reigns a great reign. 6 And in the end of years they unite; and a daughter of the sovereign of the south comes to the sovereign of the north to work a straightness: and she retains not the force of the arm; and neither stands he nor his arm: and she is given - she, and they who bring her and he who birthed her, and he who strengthened her in these times. 7 And from a branch of her roots one who stands in his station comes with the valiant and enters into the stronghold of the sovereign of the north; and works against them and prevails: 8 and also carries captives into Misrayim - their elohim with their libations and with their instruments of desire of silver and of gold: and he stands more years than the sovereign of the north: 9 and the sovereign of the south comes into his sovereigndom, and returns to his own soil: 10 and his sons throttle themselves and gather a multitude of valiant: and in coming, they come and overflow and pass through: and he returns, and they throttle themselves to his stronghold. 11 And the sovereign of the south embitters and comes and fights him with the sovereign of the north: and he withstands a great multitude; and the multitude is given into his hand. 12 And he bears away the multitude, and his heart lifts; and he fells myriads: but he strengthens not. 13 For the sovereign of the north returns and withstands a multitude greater than the former; and in coming, comes at the end of times - even years with a great valiant and with much acquisitions. 14 And in those times many withstand the sovereign of the south: and the sons of tyrants of your people lift themselves to withstand the vision; and they falter. 15 And the sovereign of the north comes and pours a mound and captures the most fortified cities: and neither the arms of the south withstand, nor his chosen people, neither is there any force to withstand: 16 and he who comes against him works according to his own pleasure; and no one stands at his face: and he stands in the land of splendor, fully finished by his hand. 17 And he sets his face to enter with the power of his whole sovereigndom, and with his straight ones; thus he works: and he gives him the daughter of women to ruin her: and neither she stands, nor he. 18 After this he sets his face to the islands, and takes many: and a commander shabbathizes his reproach of himself and turns his own reproach on him: 19 and he turns his face toward the stronghold of his own land: and he falters and falls, and they find him not. 20 And in his station stands one who passes an exactor of taxes in the majesty of the sovereigndom: and within one day he is broken - neither in wrath nor in war. 21 And in his station stands one - despised to whom they give not the majesty of the sovereigndom: and he comes in serenity, and holds the sovereigndom by soothings. 22 And with the arms of an overflowing they overflow at his face, and break; yes, and also the eminent of the covenant. 23 And after joining him, he works deceitfully: for he ascends mightily with a small goyim. 24 He enters in serenity even on the fatness of the jurisdiction; and he works what neither his fathers worked, nor the fathers of his fathers; and he scatters the plunder and spoil and acquisitions among them: yes, and he fabricates his fabrications against the fortresses - even for a time: 25 and he wakens his force and his heart against the sovereign of the south with a great valiant; and the sovereign of the south throttles to war with a mighty great and mighty valiant; and he withstands not: for they fabricate fabrications against him: 26 yes, they who feed of his delicacies, break him; and his valiant overflow and many fall pierced. 27 And the hearts of both of these sovereign vilify; and at one table they word lies; and it prospers not: for yet the end is in season. 28 And he returns to his land with great acquisitions and with his heart against the holy covenant; and he works and returns to his own land: 29 he returns in season and comes toward the south; and not as in the former or as in the latter: 30 for the ships of Kittim come against him: so he is dejected and returns; and rages against the holy covenant: thus he works; and returns; and discerns with them concerning them who forsake the holy covenant. 31 And arms stand up for him and profane the holies of the stronghold and turn aside the continual; and they give the abomination that desolates. 32 And they who declare wicked the covenant he profanes by soothings: and the people who know their Elohim strengthen and work: 33 and of the people who comprehend, many discern: yet they falter by the sword and by the flame by captivity and by plunder - days: 34 and in their faltering, are helped with a little help: and many join them with soothings. 35 And they who comprehend, falter in order to refine them and to purge and to whiten them to the time of the end: because it is yet for a season. 36 And the sovereign works according to his pleasure; and exalts himself and greatens himself above every el and words marvels against the El of elohim, and prospers until the rage concludes: until that appointed is worked. 37 He neither discerns the Elohim of his fathers nor the desire of women; nor discerns any elohah: for he greatens himself above all. 38 And in his station he honors the elohah of strongholds - an elohah whom his fathers knew not he honors with gold and silver and with esteemed stones and desires: 39 thus he works in the fortresses of strongholds with a strange elohah - whom he recognizes and abounds with honor: and he has them reign over many and allots the soil for a price. 40 And at the time of the end the sovereign of the south butts him: and the sovereign of the north comes and whirls him away with chariots and with cavalry and with many ships; and he comes into the lands and overflows and passes over: 41 and he enters into the land of splendor and many falter: and these escape from his hand: Edom and Moab and the first of the sons of Ammon: 42 and he spreads his hand on the lands: and the land of Misrayim escapes not: 43 and he reigns over the hidden treasures of gold and of silver and over all the desires of Misrayim: with the Lubiym and the Kushiym at his paces. 44 And the reports from the rising and from the north terrify him: and he goes with great fury to desolate and to devote many: 45 and he plants the tents of his pavilion between the seas in the holy mountain of splendor; and he comes to his end and no one helps him.
THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
And I, in the first year of Daryavesh the Maday, I stand to strengthen him and as his stronghold: 2 and now, I tell you the truth: behold, three sovereigns still stand in Persia; and the fourth enriches in greater riches than they all: and by his strength and through his riches he wakens all against the sovereigndom of Yavan: 3 and a mighty sovereign stands who reigns with great reign; and works according to his pleasure: 4 and he stands, and his sovereigndom breaks in half toward the four winds of the heavens: and neither to his posterity nor according to the reign he reigns: for his sovereigndom uproots, - and for others beside these. 5 And the sovereign of the south - even his governors strengthen; and he strengthens above him and reigns: he reigns a great reign. 6 And in the end of years they unite; and a daughter of the sovereign of the south comes to the sovereign of the north to work a straightness: and she retains not the force of the arm; and neither stands he nor his arm: and she is given - she, and they who bring her and he who birthed her, and he who strengthened her in these times. 7 And from a branch of her roots one who stands in his station comes with the valiant and enters into the stronghold of the sovereign of the north; and works against them and prevails: 8 and also carries captives into Misrayim - their elohim with their libations and with their instruments of desire of silver and of gold: and he stands more years than the sovereign of the north: 9 and the sovereign of the south comes into his sovereigndom, and returns to his own soil: 10 and his sons throttle themselves and gather a multitude of valiant: and in coming, they come and overflow and pass through: and he returns, and they throttle themselves to his stronghold. 11 And the sovereign of the south embitters and comes and fights him with the sovereign of the north: and he withstands a great multitude; and the multitude is given into his hand. 12 And he bears away the multitude, and his heart lifts; and he fells myriads: but he strengthens not. 13 For the sovereign of the north returns and withstands a multitude greater than the former; and in coming, comes at the end of times - even years with a great valiant and with much acquisitions. 14 And in those times many withstand the sovereign of the south: and the sons of tyrants of your people lift themselves to withstand the vision; and they falter. 15 And the sovereign of the north comes and pours a mound and captures the most fortified cities: and neither the arms of the south withstand, nor his chosen people, neither is there any force to withstand: 16 and he who comes against him works according to his own pleasure; and no one stands at his face: and he stands in the land of splendor, fully finished by his hand. 17 And he sets his face to enter with the power of his whole sovereigndom, and with his straight ones; thus he works: and he gives him the daughter of women to ruin her: and neither she stands, nor he. 18 After this he sets his face to the islands, and takes many: and a commander shabbathizes his reproach of himself and turns his own reproach on him: 19 and he turns his face toward the stronghold of his own land: and he falters and falls, and they find him not. 20 And in his station stands one who passes an exactor of taxes in the majesty of the sovereigndom: and within one day he is broken - neither in wrath nor in war. 21 And in his station stands one - despised to whom they give not the majesty of the sovereigndom: and he comes in serenity, and holds the sovereigndom by soothings. 22 And with the arms of an overflowing they overflow at his face, and break; yes, and also the eminent of the covenant. 23 And after joining him, he works deceitfully: for he ascends mightily with a small goyim. 24 He enters in serenity even on the fatness of the jurisdiction; and he works what neither his fathers worked, nor the fathers of his fathers; and he scatters the plunder and spoil and acquisitions among them: yes, and he fabricates his fabrications against the fortresses - even for a time: 25 and he wakens his force and his heart against the sovereign of the south with a great valiant; and the sovereign of the south throttles to war with a mighty great and mighty valiant; and he withstands not: for they fabricate fabrications against him: 26 yes, they who feed of his delicacies, break him; and his valiant overflow and many fall pierced. 27 And the hearts of both of these sovereign vilify; and at one table they word lies; and it prospers not: for yet the end is in season. 28 And he returns to his land with great acquisitions and with his heart against the holy covenant; and he works and returns to his own land: 29 he returns in season and comes toward the south; and not as in the former or as in the latter: 30 for the ships of Kittim come against him: so he is dejected and returns; and rages against the holy covenant: thus he works; and returns; and discerns with them concerning them who forsake the holy covenant. 31 And arms stand up for him and profane the holies of the stronghold and turn aside the continual; and they give the abomination that desolates. 32 And they who declare wicked the covenant he profanes by soothings: and the people who know their Elohim strengthen and work: 33 and of the people who comprehend, many discern: yet they falter by the sword and by the flame by captivity and by plunder - days: 34 and in their faltering, are helped with a little help: and many join them with soothings. 35 And they who comprehend, falter in order to refine them and to purge and to whiten them to the time of the end: because it is yet for a season. 36 And the sovereign works according to his pleasure; and exalts himself and greatens himself above every el and words marvels against the El of elohim, and prospers until the rage concludes: until that appointed is worked. 37 He neither discerns the Elohim of his fathers nor the desire of women; nor discerns any elohah: for he greatens himself above all. 38 And in his station he honors the elohah of strongholds - an elohah whom his fathers knew not he honors with gold and silver and with esteemed stones and desires: 39 thus he works in the fortresses of strongholds with a strange elohah - whom he recognizes and abounds with honor: and he has them reign over many and allots the soil for a price. 40 And at the time of the end the sovereign of the south butts him: and the sovereign of the north comes and whirls him away with chariots and with cavalry and with many ships; and he comes into the lands and overflows and passes over: 41 and he enters into the land of splendor and many falter: and these escape from his hand: Edom and Moab and the first of the sons of Ammon: 42 and he spreads his hand on the lands: and the land of Misrayim escapes not: 43 and he reigns over the hidden treasures of gold and of silver and over all the desires of Misrayim: with the Lubiym and the Kushiym at his paces. 44 And the reports from the rising and from the north terrify him: and he goes with great fury to desolate and to devote many: 45 and he plants the tents of his pavilion between the seas in the holy mountain of splendor; and he comes to his end and no one helps him.