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Daniel 7

1Inthefirstyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8140ofBelshazzarלְבֵלְאשַׁצַּר֙le.ve.le.sha.TzarH1113kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4430ofBabylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH895,Danielדָּנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841sawH2370adreamחֵ֣לֶםChe.lemH2493andvisionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376ofhisheadH7217uponhisbedמִשְׁכְּבֵ֑הּmish.ke.VehH4903:thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116hewrotethedreamחֶלְמָ֣אchel.Ma'H2493;hetoldH560thesumofthematters.

2Danielדָנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841spokeandsaidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560, Isawחָזֵ֥הcha.ZehH2370inmyvisionבְּחֶזְוִ֖יbe.chez.ViH2376bynightלֵֽילְיָ֑אleil.Ya'H3916,andbehold,thefourאַרְבַּע֙'ar.Ba'H703windsoftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065broke forth uponthegreatH7229seaלְיַמָּ֥אle.ya.Ma'H3221.

3Andfourוְאַרְבַּ֤עve.'ar.Ba'H703greatרַבְרְבָ֔ןrav.re.VanH7260beastsחֵיוָן֙chei.VanH2423cameupfromtheseaיַמָּ֑אya.Ma'H3221,differentשָׁנְיָ֖ןsha.ne.YanH8133oneH1668fromanother.

4ThefirstwaslikealionH744,andhadeagle'swingsוְגַפִּ֥יןve.ga.PinH1611:Ibeheld tillitswingsגַפַּ֜יהּga.PaihH1611wereplucked;anditwasliftedוּנְטִ֣ילַתu.ne.Ti.latH5191upfromtheearthאַרְעָ֗א'ar.'A'H772,andmadetostandH6966upon twofeetasamanH606,andaman'sheartוּלְבַ֥בu.le.VavH3825wasgiventoit.

5Andbehold,anotherbeastחֵיוָה֩chei.VahH2423,asecond,likeuntoabear,anditraisedup itself ononeחַד֙chadH2298side;and[ithad]threeוּתְלָ֥תu.te.LatH8532ribsinitsmouthבְּפֻמַּ֖הּbe.fu.MahH6433betweenitsteeth;andtheysaidאָמְרִ֣ין'a.me.RinH560thusuntoit:AriseH6966,devourאֲכֻ֖לִי'a.Khu.liH399muchflesh.

6AfterthisIsawחָזֵ֣הcha.ZehH2370,andbehold,another,likealeopard,andithadfourאַרְבַּ֛ע'ar.Ba'H703wingsגַּפִּ֥יןga.PinH1611ofabirdע֖וֹףofH5776upon itsback;andthebeastלְחֵ֣יוְתָ֔אle.Chei.ve.Ta'H2423hadfourוְאַרְבְּעָ֤הve.'ar.be.'AhH703headsרֵאשִׁין֙re.ShinH7217;anddominionוְשָׁלְטָ֖ןve.shal.TanH7985wasgiventoit.

7AfterthisIsawחָזֵ֨הcha.ZehH2370inthenightלֵֽילְיָ֗אleil.Ya'H3916visionsבְּחֶזְוֵ֣יbe.chez.VeiH2376,andbehold,afourthרְֽבִיעָאָ֡הre.vi.'a.yahH7244beastחֵיוָ֣הchei.VahH2423,dreadfulandterrible,andexceedingstrongוְתַקִּיפָ֜אve.ta.ki.Fa'H8624;andithadgreatרַבְרְבָ֔ןrav.re.VanH7260ironפַרְזֶ֥לfar.ZelH6523teeth: itdevouredאָֽכְלָ֣ה'a.khe.LahH399andbrokeinpieces,andstampedtherestוּשְׁאָרָ֖אu.she.'a.Ra'H7606withitsfeet;anditwasdifferentמְשַׁנְּיָ֗הme.sha.ne.YahH8133fromallthebeastsחֵֽיוָתָא֙chei.va.Ta'H2423thatwerebeforeit;andithadtenעֲשַׂ֖ר'a.SarH6236hornsוְקַרְנַ֥יִןve.kar.Na.yinH7162.

8Iconsideredthehornsבְּקַרְנַיָּ֗אbe.kar.nai.Ya'H7162,andbehold, there cameupamongthemanother,alittlehornקֶ֣רֶןKe.renH7162,beforewhichthreeוּתְלָ֗תu.te.LatH8532ofthefirsthornsקַרְנַיָּא֙kar.nai.Ya'H7162werepluckedupbytheroots;andbehold, inthishornבְּקַרְנָא־be.kar.na-'H7162wereeyesעַיְנִ֜ין'ay.NinH5870liketheeyesכְּעַיְנֵ֤יke.'ay.NeiH5870ofamanH606,andamouthוּפֻ֖םu.FumH6433speakingמְמַלִּ֥לme.ma.LilH4449greatרַבְרְבָֽן׃rav.re.VanH7260things.

9Ibeheld tillthronesH3764wereset,andtheAncientוְעַתִּ֥יקve.'a.TikH6268ofdaysיוֹמִ֖יןyo.MinH3118didsit:hisraimentwaswhiteassnow,andthehairוּשְׂעַ֤רu.se.'ArH8177ofhisheadרֵאשֵׁהּ֙re.ShehH7217likepurewool;histhroneH3764wasflamesoffireנ֔וּרNurH5135, [and] itswheelsburningfireנ֥וּרnurH5135.

10Astreamoffireנ֗וּרNurH5135issuedandcameforthfrombeforehim;thousandH506thousandsH506ministered untohim,andtenthousandH506times tenthousandH506stoodיְקוּמ֑וּןye.ku.MunH6966beforehim:thejudgmentwassetH6966,andthebooksוְסִפְרִ֥יןve.sif.RinH5609wereopenedפְּתִֽיחוּ׃pe.Ti.chuH6606.

11Ibeheldtherefore,becauseofthevoiceH7032ofthegreatH7260wordsמִלַּיָּ֣אmi.lai.Ya'H4406thatthehornקַרְנָ֖אkar.Na'H7162spokeמְמַלֱּלָ֑הme.ma.le.LahH4449;Ibeheld tillthebeastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423wasslain,anditsbodyגִּשְׁמַ֔הּgish.MahH1655destroyedH7,anditwasgivenuptobeburned withfire.

12Asfortherestוּשְׁאָר֙u.she.'ArH7606ofthebeastsחֵֽיוָתָ֔אchei.va.Ta'H2423, theirdominionשָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹןshal.ta.ne.HonH7985wastakenawayH5709; but theirliveswereprolongedוְאַרְכָ֧הve.'ar.KhahH754foraseasonandatimeוְעִדָּֽן׃ve.'i.DanH5732.

13Isawחָזֵ֤הcha.ZehH2370inthenightלֵֽילְיָ֔אleil.Ya'H3916visionsבְּחֶזְוֵ֣יbe.chez.VeiH2376,andbehold, therecameH858withthecloudsofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065[one] likeasonכְּבַ֥רke.VarH1247ofmanאֱנָ֖שׁ'e.NashH606,andhecameH858upeventotheAncientעַתִּ֤יק'a.TikH6268ofdaysH3118,andtheybroughtH858himnearbeforehim.

14Andtherewasgivenhimdominionשָׁלְטָן֙shal.TanH7985,andglory,andakingdomוּמַלְכ֔וּu.mal.KhuH4437,thatallpeoplesH5972,nationsאֻמַיָּ֛א'u.mai.Ya'H524,andlanguages shouldservehim:hisdominionשָׁלְטָנֵ֞הּshal.ta.NehH7985isaneverlastingdominionשָׁלְטָ֤ןshal.TanH7985,whichshallnotpassיֶעְדֵּ֔הye'.DehH5709awayH5709,andhiskingdomוּמַלְכוּתֵ֖הּu.mal.khu.TehH4437[that]whichshallnotbedestroyedתִתְחַבַּֽל׃ פtit.cha.BalH2255.

15As for meDanielדָנִיֵּ֖אלda.ni.YelH1841, myspiritרוּחִ֛יru.ChiH7308wasgrievedinthemidstבְּג֣וֹאbe.Go'H1459ofmy body,andthevisionsוְחֶזְוֵ֥יve.chez.VeiH2376ofmyheadרֵאשִׁ֖יre.ShiH7217troubledme.

16Icamenearuntooneחַד֙chadH2298ofthemthatstoodקָ֣אֲמַיָּ֔אka.'a.mai.Ya'H6966by,andaskedhimthecertaintyofallthis.AndhetoldH560me,andmadeH3046meknowH3046theinterpretationוּפְשַׁ֥רu.fe.SharH6591ofthethings:

17ThesegreatH7260beastsחֵיוָתָ֣אchei.va.Ta'H2423,whicharefourאַרְבַּ֑ע'ar.Ba'H703,arefourאַרְבְּעָ֥ה'ar.be.'AhH703kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430, [that] shallariseיְקוּמ֥וּןye.ku.MunH6966outoftheearthאַרְעָֽא׃'ar.'A'H772.

18Butthesaintsofthemost high [places] shallreceiveוִֽיקַבְּלוּן֙vi.ka.be.LunH6902thekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,andthey shallpossessthekingdomמַלְכוּתָא֙mal.khu.Ta'H4437foreverH5957, eventotheagesofages.

19Thenאֱדַ֗יִן'e.Da.yinH116Idesiredtoknowthecertaintyconcerningעַל־'al-H5922thefourthH7244beastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423,whichwasdifferentשָֽׁנְיָ֖הsha.ne.YahH8133fromthemall, exceedingdreadful,whoseteethwereofironפַרְזֶל֙far.ZelH6523,anditsnailsofbrass;whichdevouredאָֽכְלָ֣ה'a.khe.LahH399, brokeinpieces,andstampedtherestוּשְׁאָרָ֖אu.she.'a.Ra'H7606withitsfeet;

20andconcerningוְעַל־ve.'al-H5922thetenעֲשַׂר֙'a.SarH6236hornsקַרְנַיָּ֤אkar.nai.Ya'H7162thatwereinitsheadבְרֵאשַׁ֔הּve.re.ShahH7217,andtheotherthatcameup,andbeforewhichthreeתְּלָ֑תte.LatH8532fellH5308:eventhathornוְקַרְנָ֨אve.kar.Na'H7162thathadeyesוְעַיְנִ֣יןve.'ay.NinH5870,andamouthוְפֻם֙ve.FumH6433speakingמְמַלִּ֣לme.ma.LilH4449greatרַ֥בravH7229things,andwhoselookwasmoreH4481imposingthanitsfellows.

21I beheld,andthathornוְקַרְנָ֣אve.kar.Na'H7162madewarwiththesaints,andprevailed overthem;

22untiltheAncientעַתִּיק֙'a.TikH6268ofdaysH3118cameH858,andjudgmentwasgiventothesaintsofthemost high [places];andtheappointedH2166timeוְזִמְנָ֣אve.zim.Na'H2166arrived,andthesaintspossessedthekingdomוּמַלְכוּתָ֖אu.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

23HesaidH560thus:ThefourthH7244beastחֵֽיוְתָא֙chei.ve.Ta'H2423shallbeafourthH7244kingdomמַלְכ֤וּmal.KhuH4437upontheearthבְאַרְעָ֔אve.'ar.'A'H772,whichshallbedifferentתִשְׁנֵ֖אtish.Ne'H8133fromallthekingdomsמַלְכְוָתָ֑אmal.khe.va.Ta'H4437,andshalldevourוְתֵאכֻל֙ve.te.KhulH399thewholeearthאַרְעָ֔א'ar.'A'H772,andshalltreaditdown,andbreakitinpieces.

24Andastothetenעֲשַׂ֔ר'a.SarH6236hornsוְקַרְנַיָּ֣אve.kar.nai.Ya'H7162, outofthiskingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔הmal.khu.Tah'H4437shallariseיְקֻמ֑וּןye.ku.MunH6966tenעַשְׂרָ֥ה'as.RahH6236kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430;andanothershallariseיְק֣וּםye.KumH6966afterthem;andheshall bedifferentיִשְׁנֵא֙yish.Ne'H8133fromtheformer,andheshallsubduethreeוּתְלָתָ֥הu.te.la.TahH8532kingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430.

25Andhe shallspeakH4449wordsוּמִלִּ֗יןu.mi.LinH4406againsttheMostעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943HighH5943,andshallwearoutthesaintsofthemostH5943highH5943[places],andthinktochangeלְהַשְׁנָיָה֙le.hash.na.YahH8133seasonsandthelawוְדָ֔תve.DatH1882;andthey shall begiveninto hishandבִּידֵ֔הּbi.DehH3028untilatimeH5732andtimesH2166andahalftimeH5732.

26Andthejudgmentshallsit,andthey shall takeawayH5709hisdominionוְשָׁלְטָנֵ֣הּve.shal.ta.NehH7985,toconsumeandtodestroyוּלְהוֹבָדָ֖הu.le.hoa.DahH7it untotheendסוֹפָֽא׃so.Fa'H5491.

27Butthekingdomוּמַלְכוּתָ֨הu.mal.khu.Tah'H4437andthedominionH7985,andthegreatnessוּרְבוּתָ֗אu.re.vu.Ta'H7238ofthekingdomsמַלְכְוָת֙mal.khe.VatH4437underthewholeheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, shall begiventothepeopleלְעַ֖םle.'AmH5972ofthesaintsofthemost high [places].Hiskingdomמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙mal.khu.TehH4437isaneverlastingkingdomמַלְכ֣וּתmal.KhutH4437,andalldominionsH7985shallserveandobeyhim.

28Sofaristheendסוֹפָ֣אso.Fa'H5491ofthematterמִלְּתָ֑אmi.le.Ta'H4406.AsformeDanielדָֽנִיֵּ֜אלda.ni.YelH1841,mythoughtsרַעְיוֹנַ֣יra'.yo.NaiH7476muchtroubledme,andmycountenancewaschangedH8133inme;butIkeptthematterוּמִלְּתָ֖אu.mi.le.Ta'H4406inmyheart.

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