1 In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me. After that which I had seen in the beginning, I, Daniel,
2 saw in my vision, that I was in the capital city of Susa, which is in the region of Elam, yet I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.
3 And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a single ram stood before the marsh, having two high horns, and one was higher than the other and growing higher still.
4 After this, I saw the ram brandishing his horns against the West, and against the North, and against the Meridian, and all the beasts could not withstand him, nor be freed from his hand, and he did according to his own will, and he became great.
5 And I understood, and behold, a he-goat among she-goats came from the West above the face of the entire earth, and he did not touch the ground. Furthermore, the he-goat had a preeminent horn between his eyes.
6 And he went all the way to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.
7 And when he approached near to the ram, he was enraged against him, and he struck the ram, and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him, and when he had cast him down on the ground, he trampled him, and no one was able to free the ram from his hand.
8 But the he-goat among she-goats became exceedingly great, and when he had prospered, the great horn was shattered, and four horns were rising up beneath it by means of the four winds of heaven.
9 But from one of them came forth one little horn, and it became great against the Meridian, and against the East, and against the strength.
10 And it was magnified even towards the strength of heaven, and it threw down those of the strength and of the stars, and it trampled them.
11 And it was magnified, even to the leader of the strength, and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.
12 And the advantage was given to him against the continual sacrifice, because of the sins, and truth will be struck down to the ground, and he will act, and he will prosper.
13 And I heard one of the holy ones speaking, and one saint said to another, (I know not to whom he was speaking,) “What is the extent of the vision, and the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation, which has happened, and of the sanctuary and the strength, which will be trampled?”
14 And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
15 But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man.
16 And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, make this one understand the vision.”
17 And he came and stood next to where I was standing, and when he approached, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled.”
18 And when he spoke to me, I fell forward onto the ground, and so he touched me and stood me upright.
19 And he said to me, “I will reveal to you what the future things are in the earlier tribulation, for the time has its end.
20 The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21 Furthermore, the he-goat among she-goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn, which was between his eyes, is the same one, the first king.
22 And since, having been shattered, there grew four in its place, four kings will rise up from his people, but not in his strength.
23 And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.
24 And his advantage will be strengthened, but not by his kind of force, and other than what he will be able to trust, everything will be eradicated, and he will prosper, and he will act. And he will execute the successful and the people of the saints,
25 according to his will, and treachery will be guided by his hand. And his heart will be inflated, and by the abundance of everything he will kill many, and he will rise up against the Lord of lords, and he will be knocked down without a hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true. Therefore, you must seal the vision, because, after many days, it will occur.”
27 And I, Daniel, languished and was sick for some days, and when I had lifted myself up, I performed the king’s works, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none who could interpret it.
Versículos relacionados com Daniel, 8:
Daniel 8 is a Bible chapter that reports a vision Daniel had about a ram and a goat that fought with each other. This view was a representation of the struggle between the fear-Persian empire and the Greek empire. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Daniel 8:
Daniel 7:6: "After that, I kept looking, and here is another, similar to a leopard, and had four bird wings on his back; he also had this animal four heads, and was given dominion." This verse talks about an animal that resembles the goat with horns mentioned in Daniel 8:5, which represents the Greek Empire.
Isaiah 14:13-14: "And you said in your heart, I will climb to heaven, above the stars of God I will exalt my throne, and on the mount of the congregation I will sit on the sides of the north. I climbed over the heights of clouds, and I will be similar to the Most High. " This verse refers to the arrogance of the king of Babylon, which is mentioned in Daniel 8:10-11.
Revelation 12:7-9: "And there was battle in heaven; Michael and his angels struggled against the dragon, and battled the dragon and his angels; but they did not prevail; no more his place found himself in heaven. The Great Dragon, the ancient serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was hasty on earth, and his angels were thrown with him. " This verse refers to the struggle between the ram and the goat in Daniel 8:7-8, which symbolize the struggle between good and evil.
Isaiah 44:28-45:1: "Thus says Cyrus, King of Persia: All the nations of the world gave me the Lord God of hosts, and he gave me order to build a house in Jerusalem, who is in Judah. Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, Cyrus, to whom I take the right hand, to slaughter the nations before his face, and unfold the loins of the kings, and to open before him the doors, which will not close. " This verse relates to Daniel 8:20-22, which mentions the rise of the Persian Empire and his great king.
Matthew 24:15-16: "When, therefore, you come that the abomination of desolation, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, is in the holy place; This verse relates to Daniel 8:13-14, which speaks about the desecration of the temple and the need for its purification. Jesus refers to this prophecy of Daniel and warns about the need to escape when the abomination of desolation is placed in the holy place. This verse also points to the importance of understanding biblical prophecy and their application in the daily lives of Christians.
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