1 ¶ And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to encourage and to strengthen him.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ مُلكِ دارِيُوسَ المادِيِّ، وَقَفْتُ أمامَهُ لِأُشَجِّعَهُ وَأُقَوِّيهِ.

2 A nd now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet be three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall obtain far greater riches than they all; and by his strengthening himself with his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.

«وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُكَ بِالحَقِيقَةِ. سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ ثَلاثَةُ مُلُوكٍ آخَرِينَ لِفارِسَ، ثُمَّ سَيَأتِي مَلِكٌ رابِعٌ سَيَجمَعُ ثَروَةً عَظِيمَةً وَسَيَكُونُ أغنَى مِنَ الجَمِيعِ. وَسَتَجلِبُ لَهُ ثَروَتُهُ قُوَّةً أكثَرَ حَتَّى يُثِيرَ الكُلَّ ضِدَّ مَملَكَةِ اليُونانِ.

3 A nd a valiant king shall stand up, that shall rule over a great dominion and do according to his will.

ثُمَّ سَيَقُومُ مَلِكٌ يَحكُمُ امبَرَطُورِيَّةً قَوِيَّةً جِدّاً وَيَعمَلُ ما يُرِيدُ.

4 B ut when he is reigning, his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided by the four winds of heaven, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion by which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

وَفِي قِمَّةِ قُوَّتِهِ، سَتَنكَسِرُ مَملَكَتُهُ وَتُقسَّمُ إلَى جِهاتِ الرِّيحِ الأربَعِ، لَكِنَّها لَنْ تَكُونَ لِنَسلِهِ. وَلَنْ تُحكَمَ بِالطَّرِيقَةِ الَّتِي حُكِمَتْ بِها أثناءَ مُلْكِهِ، لأنَّ مَملَكَتَهُ سَتَتَمَزَّقُ وَتَنتَقِلُ إلَى آخَرِينَ.

5 ¶ And the king of the south, and of his principalities, shall make himself strong; and he shall exceed him and make himself powerful; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

«وَسَيَزدادُ مَلِكُ مَملَكَةِ الجَنُوبِ قُوَّةً، وَلَكِنَّ أحَدَ قادَتِهِ سَيَكُونُ أقوَى وَسَيَحكُمُ عَلَى إمبَراطُورِيَّةٍ أعظَمَ.

6 B ut at the end of some years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; for she shall be given up and those that brought her and he that begat her, and those that were for her in this time.

«وَبَعدَ عِدَّةِ سَنَواتٍ سَيَتَحالَفُ الاثْنانِ. وَتَتَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةُ مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ مِنْ مَلِكَ الشَّمالِ. لَكِنَّها لَنْ تَملِكَ القُوَّةَ، وَلَنْ يَدُومَ نَسلُها، بَلْ سَتُقتَلُ هِيَ وَابنُها وَالَّذِينَ جاءُوا مَعَها.

7 B ut of the new shoot from her roots shall one stand up upon his throne and shall come unto the army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north and do in them according to his will and shall prevail:

«ثُمَّ سَيَقُومُ واحِدٌ مِنْ عائِلَتِها فَيَستَولِي عَلَى السُّلطَةِ وَيَأخُذُ مَكانَ مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ. سَيُهاجِمُ حِصنَ مَلِكِ الشَّمالِ وَيَأخُذُهُ.

8 a nd even their gods, with their princes, with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall be taken captive in Egypt; and for some years he shall maintain himself against the king of the north.

وَسَيَسْبِي الآلِهَةَ وَالأصنامَ وَالأوعِيَةَ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ وَالفِضِّيَّةَ الثَّمِينَةَ الَّتِي فِي الحِصنِ إلَى مِصْرَ، ثُمَّ سَيَترُكُ مَلِكَ الشَّمالِ وَشَأنَهُ لِبِضعِ سَنَواتٍ.

9 T hus shall the king of the south enter into the kingdom and return to his own land.

ثُمَّ سَيُهاجِمُ ذَلِكَ المَلِكُ مَلِكَ الجَنُوبِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَرجِعُ إلَى أرْضِهِ.

10 B ut the sons of that one shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great armies and shall come in great haste, and overflow and pass through and turn and come with wrath unto his fortress.

«وَسَيُثِيرُ أبناءُ مَلِكِ الشَّمالِ حَرباً، وَسَيَجمَعُونَ جَيشاً ضَخماً. سَيَأتِي ذَلِكَ الجَيشُ وَيَجتاحُ كَطُوفانٍ، فَيَصِلُ حَتَّى حِصنِ مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ.

11 T herefore the king of the south shall become furious and shall come forth and fight with him even with the king of the north; and he shall put a great multitude into the field, but all that multitude shall be given into his hand.

وَسَيَغضَبُ مَلِكُ الجَنُوبِ وَيَخرُجُ لِيُحارِبَ مَلِكَ الشَّمالِ فَيُوقِفَ ذَلِكَ الجَيشَ العَظِيمَ الَّذِي سَيَستَسلِمُ لَهُ.

12 T herefore the multitude shall be filled with pride, his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many thousands, but he shall not prevail.

وَحِينَ يُهزَمُ الجَيشُ العَظِيمُ، يَتَكَبَّرُ مَلِكُ الجَنُوبِ، وَيَمُوتُ مِئاتُ الآلافِ مِنَ النّاسِ، لَكِنَّ انتِصارَهُ لَنْ يَدُومْ.

13 A nd the king of the north shall put another multitude greater than the former in the field and at the end of a time of some years shall come in great haste with a great army and with much riches.

بَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَيَرجِعُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ بِجَيشٍ أضخَمَ. وَبَعدَ عِدَّةِ سِنِينٍ سَيَتَقَدَّمُ بِجَيشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَعِتادٍ كَثِيرٍ.

14 B ut in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south, and sons of robbers of thy people shall raise themselves up to establish the vision, but they shall fall.

«فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، سَيُقاوِمُ كَثِيرُونَ مَلِكَ الجَنُوبِ. حَتَّى بَعضٌ مِنْ رِجالِ شَعبِكَ الأشِدّاءِ سَيَتَجَرَّأونَ عَلَى مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ. سَيَكُونُ هَذا إتماماً للرُّؤيا، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَنجَحُوا.

15 S o the king of the north shall come and cast up a mount and shall take the strong cities, and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any fortress that can withstand.

وَسَيَتَقَدَّمُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ، وَيَضَعُ حَواجِزَ تُرابِيَّةً لِلحِصارِ، وَيَفتَحُ مَدِينَةً مُحَصَّنَةً. لَنْ تَصمُدَ أمامَهُ قُوّاتُ الجَنُوبِ. وَلا حَتَّى أفضَلُ الجُّنُودِ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ أنْ يُقاوِمُوهُ.

16 A nd he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and there shall be no one that can stand before him, and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

«وَسَيَفعَلُ المُهاجِمُ كَما يُرِيدُ، فَلَنْ يَستَطِيعَ أحَدٌ أنْ يَقِفَ أمامَهُ. وَسَيَقِفُ فِي الأرْضِ الجَمِيلَةِ وَسَيَكُونُ لَهُ سُلطانٌ عَلَيها لِيُدَمِّرَها.

17 H e shall then set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom and shall do upright things with him, and he shall give him a daughter of his women to persuade her, but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

وَسَيُقَرِّرُ أنْ يَجعَلَ مَملَكَتَهُ قُوِيَّةً جِدّاً، وَلِذا سَيَقطَعُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ عَهْداً مَعَ مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ، ثُمَّ سَيُحاوِلُ تَثبِيتَ ذَلِكَ العَهْدَ بِأنْ يُزَوِّجَهُ إحدَى بَناتِهِ، بِهَدَفِ سَحْقِ المَملَكَةِ الجَنُوبِيَّةِ. وَلَكِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَنْ يَنجَحَ، وَلَنْ يَكُونَ فِي مَصلَحَتِهِ.

18 A fter this he shall turn his face unto the isles and shall take many, but a prince shall cause him to cease his affront and shall even turn his reproach upon him.

«بَعدَ ذَلِكَ سَيُرَكِّزُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ اهتِمامَهُ عَلَى جُزُرِ البَحرِ المُتَوَسِّطِ وَسَواحِلِهِ، وَسَيَأخُذُ الكَثِيرَ مِنها. وَلِكِنَّ قائِداً سُيُوقِفُهُ وَيَضَعُ حَدّاً لِتَكَبُّرِهِ، وَسَيَرُدُّ تَكَبُّرَهُ عَلَى رَأسِهِ.

19 T hen he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall and not appear again.

وَلِذا سَيَرجِعُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ إلَى حُصُونِ أرْضِهِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَتَعَثَّرُ وَيَسقُطُ وَلا يَعُودُ يُرَى ثانِيَةً.

20 T hen shall succeed in his throne a taker of taxes who shall be the glory of the kingdom, but within few days he shall be broken, neither in anger, nor in battle.

«وَسَيَأتِي مَكانَهُ مَلِكٌ يُرسِلُ رَسُولاً لِتَحصِيلِ جِبايَةٍ لأجلِ مَجدِ المَملَكَةِ، لَكِنَّ قُوَّتَهُ سَتَنكَسِرُ سَرِيعاً، لَكِنْ لَيسَ بِثَورَةٍ وَلا بِمَعرَكَةٍ.

21 ¶ And a vile person shall succeed in his place, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: nevertheless he shall come in with peace and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

وَسَيَأتِي مَكانَهُ رَجُلٌ مُحتَقَرٌ لَنْ يُمنَحَ بَهاءً مَلَكِيّاً. وَهُوَ سَيَأتِي فِي وَقتِ سَلامٍ وَيَأخُذُ العَرْشَ بِالحِيلَةِ.

22 A nd with the arms they shall be overflown of a flood before him and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

وَسَيُهاجِمُ جُيُوشاً عَظِيمَةً وَيَهزِمُها، بِمَن فِيهِمْ رَئِيسُ العَهدِ.

23 A nd after the union made with him he shall work deceit and shall rise and shall overcome with few people.

وَبَعدَ أنْ يَضُمَّ أُناساً أكثَرَ إلَى جَماعَتِهِ سَيَظهَرُ مَكرُهُ. وَسَيَزدادُ قُوَّةً بِالرَّغمِ مِنْ قِلَّةِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

24 W ith the province in peace and in abundance, he shall enter and do that which his fathers have never done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall distribute prey and spoil and riches to his soldiers; and against the fortresses he shall forecast his devices, even for a time.

«وَسَيَأتِي فِي وَقتِ سَلامٍ وَأمانٍ إلَى أغنَى البِلادِ وَيَسلِبُ وَيَسرِقُ وَيَأخُذَ غَنِيمَةً، وَهُوَ ما لَمْ يَفعَلْهُ أحَدٌ مِنْ آبائِهِ قَطُّ. وَسَيُخَطِّطُ أنْ يُحاصِرَ مُدُنَهُمُ المُحَصَّنَةَ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذا سَيَحْدُثُ حَتَّى الوَقتِ المُعَيَّنِ فَقَطْ.

25 A nd he shall stir up his forces and his heart against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall move to the war with a great and mighty army, but he shall not prevail, for they shall betray him.

«ثُمَّ سَيُثِيرُ كُلَّ رَغبَتِهِ وَكُلَّ قُوَّتِهِ وَجَيْشِهِ عَلَى مَلِكِ الجَنُوبِ. وَلِذا سَيَجمَعُ مَلِكُ الجَنُوبِ جَيشاً عَظِيماً وَقَوِيّاً جِدّاً، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيُخدَعُ وَيَخسَرُ.

26 E ven those that ate his bread shall break him, and his army shall be destroyed; and many shall fall down slain.

فَحُلَفاؤُهُ الَّذِينَ أطعَمَهُمْ عَلَى مائِدَتِهِ سَيَهزِمُونَهُ، وَسَيُهزَمُ جَيشُهُ، وَسَيَسقُطُ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الجُنُودِ قَتلَى.

27 A nd the heart of both these kings shall be to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.

وَسَيَكُونُ لِهَذَينِ المَلِكَينِ خُطَطٌ شِرِّيرَةٌ. سَيَكذِبُ أحَدُهُما عَلَى الآخَرِ وَهُما جالِسانِ إلَى مائِدَةٍ. وَلَكِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَنْ يَنجَحَ، لأنَّ هُناكَ وَقتاً مُعَيَّناً للنِّهايَةِ.

28 T hen he shall return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits and return to his own land.

وَسَيَرجِعُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ إلَى أرْضِهِ بِثَروَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. وَفِي طَرِيقِهِ لِلعَودَةِ يُفَكِّرُ بِالإساءَةِ إلَى العَهدِ المُقَدَّسِ. وَسَيَعمَلُ عَمَلَهُ ثُمَّ يَرجِعُ إلَى أرْضِهِ.

29 A t the time appointed he shall turn toward the south, but the latter coming shall not be as the former.

«وَفِي الوَقتِ المُعَيَّنِ سَيَجتاحُ الجَنُوبَ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذِهِ المَرَّةَ لَنْ تَكُونَ كَالمَرَّةِ الأُولَى.

30 F or the ships of Chittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved and return and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return and have an understanding with those that have forsaken the holy covenant.

سَتَأتِي سُفُنٌ مِنْ كتِّيمَ لِتُحارِبَهُ، فَيَخافَ وَيَنسَحِبَ. لَكِنَّ غَضَبَهُ سَيَثُورُ ضِدَّ العَهدِ المُقَدَّسِ. سَيَرجِعُ إلَى أرْضِهِ، وَيُسانِدُ الَّذِينَ تَمَرَّدُوا عَلَى العَهْدَ المُقَدَّسَ.

31 A nd arms shall be placed on his behalf, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate.

وَسَتُنَجِّسُ بَعضُ قُوّاتِهِ الهَيكَلَ وَالحِصْنَ، وَسَيُوقِفُونَ الذَّبائِحَ اليَومِيَّةَ، وَيُقِيمُونَ النَّجِسَ المُخَرِّبَ.

32 A nd with flatteries he shall cause to sin those that violate the covenant, but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

«وَسَيَخدَعُ بِاللُّطفِ الكاذِبِ الَّذِينَ تَعَدُّوا عَلَى العَهدِ، أمّا الَّذِينَ يَعرِفُونَ إلَهَهُمْ فَسَيَكُونُونَ ثابِتِينَ وَيُطِيعُونَهُ.

33 A nd the wise among the people shall give wisdom to many, yet they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, by captivity, and by spoil, for some days.

وَسَيُساعِدُ عُقَلاءُ الشَّعْبِ كَثِيرِينَ لِيَفهَمُوا، مَعَ أنَّهُمْ قَد يَتَعَرَّضُونَ لِلقَتلِ بِالسَّيفِ أوِ النّارِ، أوْ قَد يَتِمُّ أسرُهُمْ لِبَعضِ الوَقتِ.

34 A nd in their fall, they shall be helped with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

وَحِينَ يَسقُطُ المُصابُونَ، سَتُقّدَّمُ لَهُمْ بَعضُ المُساعَدَةِ، وَسَيَشتَرِكُ فِي مُساعَدَتِهِمْ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ المُرائِينَ.

35 A nd some of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white, even to the time of the end because even for this there is time appointed.

وَحَتَّى بَعضُ العُقَلاءِ سَيَتَعَثَّرُونَ. وَفِي ضِيقِهِمْ تَتِمُّ تَنقِيَتُهُمْ وَتَطهِيرُهُمْ وَتَبيِيضُهُمْ بانتِظارِ النِّهايَةِ. فسَيكُونُ هُناكَ وَقتٌ بَعدُ حَتَّى المَوعِدِ المُحَدَّدِ لِلنِّهايَةِ. المَلِكُ الَّذِي يَرفَعُ نَفسَه

36 A nd the king shall do according to his will, and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak marvels against the God of gods and shall prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for the determination has been made.

«وَسَيَفعَلُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ ما يَشاءُ، فَسَيَرفَعُ نَفسَهُ وَيُعَظِّمُها أكثَرَ مِنْ أيِّ إلَهٍ. سَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِأُمُورٍ مُرِيعَةٍ ضِدَّ إلَهِ الآلِهَةِ. وَسَيَنجَحُ حَتَّى تَتِمَّ جَمِيعُ الشُّرُورِ. ثُمَّ سَيَتِمُّ ما قَضَى بِهِ اللهُ.

37 N either shall he care for the God of his fathers, nor the love of women, nor care for any god, for he shall magnify himself above all.

لَنْ يَعتَرِفَ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ حَتَّى بِآلِهَةِ آبائِهِ، وَلا بِالآلِهَةِ الَّتِي تَشتَهِيها النِّساءُ. لأنَّهُ لَنْ يَعتَرِفَ بِأيِّ إلَهٍ، بَلْ سَيُعَظِّمُ نَفسَهُ عَلَيها جَمِيعاً.

38 B ut in his place shall he honour the god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he shall honour it with gold and silver and precious stones and with things of great price.

لَكِنَّهُ سَيُكرِمُ إلَهَ الحُصُونِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَهتَمَّ بِهِ آباؤُهُ. وَسَيُنفِقُ عَلَيهِ الكَثِيرَ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالحِجارَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ وَغِيرِها مِنَ النَّفائِسِ.

39 A nd with the people of the strange god that he shall know, he shall make strong fortresses, increase their glory; and cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

«وَسَيُعينُهُ إلَهُهُ الغَرِيبُ لِيَقتَحِمَ أقوَى الحُصُونِ. وَسَيُكرِمُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعتَرِفُ بِهِ مِنَ الحُكَّامِ، وَيَضَعُ كَثِيرينَ تَحتَ سُلطَتِهِمْ، وَيُقَسِّمُ لَهُمُ الأرضَ مُقابِلَ ضَرائِبَ يَدفَعُونَها لَهُ.

40 B ut at the end of the time the king of the south shall lock horns with him, and the king of the north shall raise up a storm against him with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships, and he shall enter into the lands and shall overflow and pass over.

«وَفِي نِهايَةِ الزَّمَنِ سَيُناطِحُهُ مَلِكُ الجَنُوبِ، وَلَكِنَّ مَلِكَ الشَّمالِ سَيَكتَسِحُ أرْضَهُ بِالمَركَباتِ وَالفُرسانِ وَالسُّفُنِ. فَسَيَجتاحُ مَلِكُ الشَّمالِ الأرْضَ كَطُوفانٍ غامِرٍ.

41 H e shall come to the glorious land, and many provinces shall fall, but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom and Moab and the first of the sons of Ammon.

ثُمَّ سَيَجتاحُ الأرْضَ الجَمِيلَةَ وَسَيَسقُطُ كَثِيرُونَ. وَهَؤلاءِ هُمْ مَنْ سَيَنجُونَ مِنْ قُوَّتِهِ: أدُومُ وَمُوآبُ وَرُؤَساءُ العَمُّونِيِّينَ

42 H e shall stretch forth his hand to the lands, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

وَسَيَمُدُّ يَدَهُ طَمَعاً بِبِلادٍ أُخرَى، وَحَتَّى مِصْرُ لَنْ تَنجُو.

43 A nd he shall take over the treasures of gold and of silver and of all the precious things of Egypt, of Libya, and Ethiopia where he passes.

سَيُسَيطِرُ عَلَى كُنُوزِ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالنَّفائِسِ الأُخرَى الَّتِي تَمتَلِكُها مِصْرُ، وَسَيَخضَعُ لَهُ الِلِّوبِيِّونَ وَالكُوشِيِّونَ.

44 B ut tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and to kill many.

«وَلَكِنَّ أخباراً مِنَ الشَّمالِ الشَّرقِيِّ سَتُزعِجُهُ. وَسَيَخرُجُ بِغَضَبٍ شَدِيدٍ لِيُخَرِّبَ وَيَقتُلَ أُناساً كَثِيرِينَ.

45 A nd he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas, in the desirable mountain of the sanctuary; and he shall come to his end, and shall have no one to help him.

سَيَنصِبُ خَيمَتَهُ المَلَكِيَّةَ بَينَ البَحرِ وَالجَبَلِ المُقَدَّسِ الجَمِيلِ. ثُمَّ تَأتِي نِهايَتُهُ، وَلا يَجِدُ مَنْ يُساعِدُهُ.