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THE VISION OF DANI EL: OF THE RAM AND THE BUCK
In the third year of the sovereigndom of sovereign Bel Shats Tsar a vision was seen by me - Dani El, after the one that was seen by me at the beginning. 2 And I see in a vision; and so be it, I see, and I am at Shushan in the palace, in the jurisdiction of Elam: and I see in a vision, and I am by the river of Ulai: 3 and I lift my eyes and see, and behold, there at the face of the river stands one ram with horns: and the horns are high; but one is higher than the second and the higher ascends last: 4 I see the ram butting seaward and northward and southward; so that live beings neither stand at his face, nor are rescued from his hand; and he works as he pleases; and greatens. 5 And I discern, and behold, a buck of the doe goats comes from the dusk on the face of the whole earth, and touches not the earth: and the buck has a horn of vision between his eyes: 6 and he comes to the ram master of horns - whom I see standing at the face of the river; and runs to him in the fury of his force: 7 and I see him touch close beside the ram and he embitters against him; and smites the ram and breaks his two horns: and the ram has no force to stand at his face; and he casts him to the earth and tramples him: there is no one to rescue the ram from his hand. 8 And the buck of the doe goats greatens mightily: and when he is mighty, the great horn breaks; and a vision of four ascends toward the four winds of the heavens: 9 and from one of them, comes a little horn which greatens exceedingly, toward the south and toward the rising and toward the splendor: 10 and it greatens to the host of the heavens; and it fells some of the host and of the stars to the earth, and tramples them. 11 Yes, he greatens, even to the governor of the host; and he lifts the continual and casts down the place of the holies: 12 and he gives a host against the continual by reason of rebellion, and casts down the truth to the earth; and it works and prospers. 13 And I heard a holy one speaking, and a holy one says to such a one who speaks, How long ere the vision of the continual, and the rebellion of desolating, gives both the holies and the host a trampling? 14 And he says to me, Until two thousand and three hundred evening mornings; then the holies is justified. 15
A MIGHTY INTERPRETS THE VISION
And so be it, I - I Dani El see the vision and seek discernment, and behold, there stands in front of me as the visage of a mighty: 16 and I hear a human voice between Ulai, and he calls and says, Gabri El, this one discerns the vision. 17 So he comes beside where I stand: and he comes, and I frighten and fall on my face: and he says to me, Discern, O son of humanity: for the vision of the time of the end. 18 And as he words with me, I sleep soundly on my face toward the earth: and he touches me, and in standing, stands me: 19 and he says, Behold, I have you know what becomes in the last end of the rage at the season of the end. 20 The ram you see - the master of horns are the sovereigns of Maday and Persia: 21 and the buck buck, the sovereign of Yavan: and the great horn between his eyes, the first sovereign; 22 that, being broken, four stand in its stead - four sovereigndoms from the goyim stand - but not in his force. 23 And in the finality of their sovereigndom, the rebels are consummated, and a sovereign of strong face and discerning riddles stands: 24 and his force is mighty - and not by his own force: and he ruins marvelously and prospers and works; and ruins the mighty and the people of the holy one: 25 and through his comprehension deceit also prospers in his hand; and he greatens in his heart and by serenity ruins many: he also stands against the Governor of governors; and is broken by a final hand. 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning is said in truth: and you, you shut up the vision; for it is for many days. 27 And I Dani El, am sick for days, I rise and work the work of the sovereign - stunned at the vision; and no one discerns it.
THE VISION OF DANI EL: OF THE RAM AND THE BUCK
In the third year of the sovereigndom of sovereign Bel Shats Tsar a vision was seen by me - Dani El, after the one that was seen by me at the beginning. 2 And I see in a vision; and so be it, I see, and I am at Shushan in the palace, in the jurisdiction of Elam: and I see in a vision, and I am by the river of Ulai: 3 and I lift my eyes and see, and behold, there at the face of the river stands one ram with horns: and the horns are high; but one is higher than the second and the higher ascends last: 4 I see the ram butting seaward and northward and southward; so that live beings neither stand at his face, nor are rescued from his hand; and he works as he pleases; and greatens. 5 And I discern, and behold, a buck of the doe goats comes from the dusk on the face of the whole earth, and touches not the earth: and the buck has a horn of vision between his eyes: 6 and he comes to the ram master of horns - whom I see standing at the face of the river; and runs to him in the fury of his force: 7 and I see him touch close beside the ram and he embitters against him; and smites the ram and breaks his two horns: and the ram has no force to stand at his face; and he casts him to the earth and tramples him: there is no one to rescue the ram from his hand. 8 And the buck of the doe goats greatens mightily: and when he is mighty, the great horn breaks; and a vision of four ascends toward the four winds of the heavens: 9 and from one of them, comes a little horn which greatens exceedingly, toward the south and toward the rising and toward the splendor: 10 and it greatens to the host of the heavens; and it fells some of the host and of the stars to the earth, and tramples them. 11 Yes, he greatens, even to the governor of the host; and he lifts the continual and casts down the place of the holies: 12 and he gives a host against the continual by reason of rebellion, and casts down the truth to the earth; and it works and prospers. 13 And I heard a holy one speaking, and a holy one says to such a one who speaks, How long ere the vision of the continual, and the rebellion of desolating, gives both the holies and the host a trampling? 14 And he says to me, Until two thousand and three hundred evening mornings; then the holies is justified. 15
A MIGHTY INTERPRETS THE VISION
And so be it, I - I Dani El see the vision and seek discernment, and behold, there stands in front of me as the visage of a mighty: 16 and I hear a human voice between Ulai, and he calls and says, Gabri El, this one discerns the vision. 17 So he comes beside where I stand: and he comes, and I frighten and fall on my face: and he says to me, Discern, O son of humanity: for the vision of the time of the end. 18 And as he words with me, I sleep soundly on my face toward the earth: and he touches me, and in standing, stands me: 19 and he says, Behold, I have you know what becomes in the last end of the rage at the season of the end. 20 The ram you see - the master of horns are the sovereigns of Maday and Persia: 21 and the buck buck, the sovereign of Yavan: and the great horn between his eyes, the first sovereign; 22 that, being broken, four stand in its stead - four sovereigndoms from the goyim stand - but not in his force. 23 And in the finality of their sovereigndom, the rebels are consummated, and a sovereign of strong face and discerning riddles stands: 24 and his force is mighty - and not by his own force: and he ruins marvelously and prospers and works; and ruins the mighty and the people of the holy one: 25 and through his comprehension deceit also prospers in his hand; and he greatens in his heart and by serenity ruins many: he also stands against the Governor of governors; and is broken by a final hand. 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning is said in truth: and you, you shut up the vision; for it is for many days. 27 And I Dani El, am sick for days, I rise and work the work of the sovereign - stunned at the vision; and no one discerns it.