1 In the third year of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had originally appeared to me.
2 I gazed at the vision, and as I gazed I found myself in Susa, the citadel in the province of Elam; gazing at the vision, I found myself at the Ulai Gate.
3 I raised my eyes to look, and I saw a ram standing in front of the gate. It had two horns; both were tall, but one taller than the other, and the one that rose the higher was the second.
4 I saw the ram butting westwards, northwards and southwards. No animal could stand up to it, nothing could escape its power. It did as it pleased and became strong.
5 This is what I observed: a he-goat from the west, encroaching over the entire surface of the world though never touching the ground, and between its eyes the goat had one majestic horn.
6 It advanced on the two-horned ram, which I had seen standing in front of the gate, and charged at it in the full force of its fury.
7 I saw it reach the ram; it was enraged with the ram and struck it, breaking both its horns, so that the ram was not strong enough to hold its ground; it threw it to the ground and trampled it underfoot; no one was there to rescue the ram.
8 The he-goat then grew more powerful than ever; but at the height of its strength the great horn snapped, and in its place sprouted four majestic horns, pointing to the four winds of heaven.
9 From one of these, the small one, sprang a horn which grew to great size towards south and east and towards the Land of Splendour.
10 It grew right up to the armies of heaven and flung armies and stars to the ground, and trampled them underfoot.
11 It even challenged the power of the Prince of the army; it abolished the perpetual sacrifice and overthrew the foundation of his sanctuary,
12 and the army too; over the sacrifice it installed iniquity and flung truth to the ground; the horn was active and successful.
13 I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one say to the speaker, 'How long is this vision to be -- of perpetual sacrifice, of horrifying iniquity, of sanctuary and army trampled underfoot?'
14 The first replied, 'Until two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings have gone by: then the sanctuary will have its rights restored.'
15 As I, Daniel, gazed at the vision and tried to understand it, I saw someone standing in front of me who looked like a man.
16 I heard a human voice cry over the Ulai, 'Gabriel, tell him the meaning of the vision!'
17 He approached the place where I was standing; as he approached, I was seized with terror and fell prostrate on the ground. 'Son of man,' he said to me, 'understand this: the vision shows the time of the End.'
18 He was still speaking, when I fainted, face downwards on the ground. He touched me, however, and raised me to my feet.
19 'Come,' he said, 'I shall tell you what is going to happen when the Retribution is over, about the final times.
20 As for the ram which you saw, its two horns are the kings of Media and of Persia.
21 The hairy he-goat is the king of Greece, the large horn between its eyes is the first king.
22 The horn which snapped and the four horns which sprouted in its place are four kingdoms rising from his nation but not having his strength.
23 'And at the end of their reign, when the measure of their sins is full, a king will arise, a proud-faced, ingenious-minded man.
24 His power will grow greater and greater, though not through any power of his own; he will plot incredible schemes, he will succeed in whatever he undertakes, he will destroy powerful men and the holy ones, God's people.
25 Such will be his resourcefulness of mind that all his treacherous activities will succeed. He will grow arrogant of heart and destroy many people by taking them unawares. He will challenge the power of the Prince of princes but, without any human intervention, he will be broken.
26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been revealed is true, but you must keep the vision secret, for there are still many days to go.'
27 At this I, Daniel, lost consciousness; I was ill for several days. Then I got up to discharge my duties in the king's service, keeping the vision a secret and still not understanding what it meant.
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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