Daniel 11

1 “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

1 «وَأَنَا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْأُولَى لِدَارِيُّوسَ ٱلْمَادِيِّ وَقَفْتُ لِأُشَدِّدَهُ وَأُقَوِّيَهُ.

2 Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

2 وَٱلْآنَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ. هُوَذَا ثَلَاثَةُ مُلُوكٍ أَيْضًا يَقُومُونَ فِي فَارِسَ، وَٱلرَّابِعُ يَسْتَغْنِي بِغِنًى أَوْفَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِهِمْ، وَحَسَبَ قُوَّتِهِ بِغِنَاهُ يُهَيِّجُ ٱلْجَمِيعَ عَلَى مَمْلَكَةِ ٱلْيُونَانِ.

3 Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

3 وَيَقُومُ مَلِكٌ جَبَّارٌ وَيَتَسَلَّطُ تَسَلُّطًا عَظِيمًا وَيَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ إِرَادَتِهِ.

4 But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

4 وَكَقِيَامِهِ تَنْكَسِرُ مَمْلَكَتُهُ وَتَنْقَسِمُ إِلَى رِيَاحِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ، وَلَا لِعَقِبِهِ وَلَا حَسَبَ سُلْطَانِهِ ٱلَّذِي تَسَلَّطَ بِهِ، لِأَنَّ مَمْلَكَتَهُ تَنْقَرِضُ وَتَكُونُ لِآخَرِينَ غَيْرِ أُولَئِكَ.

5 The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

5 وَيَتَقَوَّى مَلِكُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ. وَمِنْ رُؤَسَائِهِ مَنْ يَقْوَى عَلَيْهِ وَيَتَسَلَّطُ. تَسَلُّطٌ عَظِيمٌ تَسَلُّطُهُ.

6 After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

6 وَبَعْدَ سِنِينَ يَتَعَاهَدَانِ، وَبِنْتُ مَلِكِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ تَأْتِي إِلَى مَلِكِ ٱلشِّمَالِ لِإِجْرَاءِ ٱلِٱتِّفَاقِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَضْبِطُ ٱلذِّرَاعُ قُوَّةً، وَلَا يَقُومُ هُوَ وَلَا ذِرَاعُهُ. وَتُسَلَّمُ هِيَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَتَوْا بِهَا وَٱلَّذِي وَلَدَهَا وَمَنْ قَوَّاهَا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَوْقَاتِ.

7 But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

7 وَيَقُومُ مِنْ فَرْعِ أُصُولِهَا قَائِمٌ مَكَانَهُ، وَيَأْتِي إِلَى ٱلْجَيْشِ وَيَدْخُلُ حِصْنَ مَلِكِ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَيَعْمَلُ بِهِمْ وَيَقْوَى.

8 He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

8 وَيَسْبِي إِلَى مِصْرَ آلِهَتَهُمْ أَيْضًا مَعَ مَسْبُوكَاتِهِمْ وَآنِيَتِهِمِ ٱلثَّمِينَةِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ، وَيَقْتَصِرُ سِنِينَ عَنْ مَلِكِ ٱلشِّمَالِ.

9 who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

9 فَيَدْخُلُ مَلِكُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ إِلَى مَمْلَكَتِهِ وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ.

10 But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

10 «وَبَنُوهُ يَتَهَيَّجُونَ فَيَجْمَعُونَ جُمْهُورَ جُيُوشٍ عَظِيمَةٍ، وَيَأْتِي آتٍ وَيَغْمُرُ وَيَطْمُو وَيَرْجِعُ وَيُحَارِبُ حَتَّى إِلَى حِصْنِهِ.

11 In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

11 وَيَغْتَاظُ مَلِكُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَيَخْرُجُ وَيُحَارِبُهُ أَيْ مَلِكَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، وَيُقِيمُ جُمْهُورًا عَظِيمًا فَيُسَلَّمُ ٱلْجُمْهُورُ فِي يَدِهِ.

12 When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.

12 فَإِذَا رُفِعَ ٱلْجُمْهُورُ يَرِتْفِعُ قَلْبُهُ وَيَطْرَحُ رَبَوَاتٍ وَلَا يَعْتَزُّ.

13 For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

13 فَيَرْجِعُ مَلِكُ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَيُقِيمُ جُمْهُورًا أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِ، وَيَأْتِي بَعْدَ حِينٍ، بَعْدَ سِنِينَ بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَثَرْوَةٍ جَزِيلَةٍ.

14 In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.

14 وَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَوْقَاتِ يَقُومُ كَثِيرُونَ عَلَى مَلِكِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، وَبَنُو ٱلْعُتَاةِ مِنْ شَعْبِكَ يَقُومُونَ لِإِثْبَاتِ ٱلرُّؤْيَا وَيَعْثُرُونَ.

15 Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

15 فَيَأْتِي مَلِكُ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَيُقِيمُ مِتْرَسَةً وَيَأْخُذُ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلْحَصِينَةَ، فَلَا تَقُومُ أَمَامَهُ ذِرَاعَا ٱلْجَنُوبِ وَلَا قَوْمُهُ ٱلْمُنْتَخَبُ، وَلَا تَكُونُ لَهُ قُوَّةٌ لِلْمُقَاوَمَةِ.

16 The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

16 وَٱلْآتِي عَلَيْهِ يَفْعَلُ كَإِرَادَتِهِ وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَقِفُ أَمَامَهُ، وَيَقُومُ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْبَهِيَّةِ وَهِيَ بِٱلتَّمَامِ بِيَدِهِ.

17 He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.

17 وَيَجْعَلُ وَجْهَهُ لِيَدْخُلَ بِسُلْطَانِ كُلِّ مَمْلَكَتِهِ، وَيَجْعَلُ مَعَهُ صُلْحًا، وَيُعْطِيهِ بِنْتَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ لِيُفْسِدَهَا، فَلَا تَثْبُتَ وَلَا تَكُونَ لَهُ.

18 Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

18 وَيُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى ٱلْجَزَائِرِ وَيَأْخُذُ كَثِيرًا مِنْهَا، وَيُزِيلُ رَئِيسٌ تَعْيِيرَهُ فَضْلًا عَنْ رَدِّ تَعْيِيرِهِ عَلَيْهِ.

19 After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

19 وَيُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى حُصُونِ أَرْضِهِ وَيَعْثُرُ وَيَسْقُطُ وَلَا يُوجَدُ.

20 In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

20 «فَيَقُومُ مَكَانَهُ مَنْ يُعَبِّرُ جَابِيَ ٱلْجِزْيَةِ فِي فَخْرِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ، وَفِي أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ يَنْكَسِرُ لَا بِغَضَبٍ وَلَا بِحَرْبٍ.

21 In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

21 فَيَقُومُ مَكَانَهُ مُحْتَقَرٌ لَمْ يَجْعَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَخْرَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ، وَيَأْتِي بَغْتَةً وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ بِٱلتَّمَلُّقَاتِ.

22 Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

22 وَأَذْرُعُ ٱلْجَارِفِ تُجْرَفُ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِ وَتَنْكَسِرُ، وَكَذَلِكَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْعَهْدِ.

23 After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

23 وَمِنَ ٱلْمُعَاهَدَةِ مَعَهُ يَعْمَلُ بِٱلْمَكْرِ وَيَصْعَدُ وَيَعْظُمُ بِقَوْمٍ قَلِيلٍ.

24 In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

24 يَدْخُلُ بَغْتَةً عَلَى أَسْمَنِ ٱلْبِلَادِ وَيَفْعَلُ مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ آبَاؤُهُ وَلَا آبَاءُ آبَائِهِ. يَبْذُرُ بَيْنَهُمْ نَهْبًا وَغَنِيمَةً وَغِنًى، وَيُفَكِّرُ أَفْكَارَهُ عَلَى ٱلْحُصُونِ، وَذَلِكَ إِلَى حِينٍ.

25 And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

25 وَيُنْهِضُ قُوَّتَهُ وَقَلْبَهُ عَلَى مَلِكِ ٱلْجَنُوبِ بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَمَلِكُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ يَتَهَيَّجُ إِلَى ٱلْحَرْبِ بِجَيْشٍ عَظِيمٍ وَقَوِيٍّ جِدًّا، وَلَكِنَّهُ لَا يَثْبُتُ لِأَنَّهُمْ يُدَبِّرُونَ عَلَيْهِ تَدَابِيرَ.

26 Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

26 وَٱلْآكِلُونَ أَطَايِبَهُ يَكْسِرُونَهُ، وَجَيْشُهُ يَطْمُو، وَيَسْقُطُ كَثِيرُونَ قَتْلَى.

27 And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

27 وَهَذَانِ ٱلْمَلِكَانِ قَلْبُهُمَا لِفِعْلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَيَتَكَلَّمَانِ بِٱلْكَذِبِ عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَلَا يَنْجَحُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلِٱنْتِهَاءَ بَعْدُ إِلَى مِيعَادٍ.

28 The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.

28 فَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ بِغِنًى جَزِيلٍ وَقَلْبُهُ عَلَى ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ، فَيَعْمَلُ وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَرْضِهِ.

29 At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

29 «وَفِي ٱلْمِيعَادِ يَعُودُ وَيَدْخُلُ ٱلْجَنُوبَ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَكُونُ ٱلْآخِرُ كَٱلْأَوَّلِ.

30 Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

30 فَتَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ سُفُنٌ مِنْ كِتِّيمَ فَيَيْئَسُ وَيَرْجِعُ وَيَغْتَاظُ عَلَى ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ، وَيَعْمَلُ وَيَرْجِعُ وَيَصْغَى إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ تَرَكُوا ٱلْعَهْدَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ.

31 His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

31 وَتَقُومُ مِنْهُ أَذْرُعٌ وَتُنَجِّسُ ٱلْمَقْدِسَ ٱلْحَصِينَ، وَتَنْزِعُ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ ٱلدَّائِمَةَ، وَتَجْعَلُ ٱلرِّجْسَ ٱلْمُخَرِّبَ.

32 With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

32 وَٱلْمُتَعَدُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْعَهْدِ يُغْوِيهِمْ بِٱلتَّمَلُّقَاتِ. أَمَّا ٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَ إِلَهَهُمْ فَيَقْوَوْنَ وَيَعْمَلُونَ.

33 Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

33 وَٱلْفَاهِمُونَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ يُعَلِّمُونَ كَثِيرِينَ. وَيَعْثُرُونَ بِٱلسَّيْفِ وَبِاللَّهِيبِ وَبِالسَّبْيِ وَبِالنَّهْبِ أَيَّامًا.

34 Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.

34 فَإِذَا عَثَرُوا يُعَانُونَ عَوْنًا قَلِيلًا، وَيَتَّصِلُ بِهِمْ كَثِيرُونَ بِٱلتَّمَلُّقَاتِ.

35 Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

35 وَبَعْضُ ٱلْفَاهِمِينَ يَعْثُرُونَ ٱمْتِحَانًا لَهُمْ لِلتَّطْهِيرِ وَلِلتَّبْيِيضِ إِلَى وَقْتِ ٱلنِّهَايَةِ. لِأَنَّهُ بَعْدُ إِلَى ٱلْمِيعَادِ.

36 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

36 «وَيَفْعَلُ ٱلْمَلِكُ كَإِرَادَتِهِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ وَيَتَعَظَّمُ عَلَى كُلِّ إِلَهٍ، وَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِأُمُورٍ عَجِيبَةٍ عَلَى إِلَهِ ٱلْآلِهَةِ، وَيَنْجَحُ إِلَى إِتْمَامِ ٱلْغَضَبِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَقْضِيَّ بِهِ يُجْرَى.

37 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

37 وَلَا يُبَالِي بِآلِهَةِ آبَائِهِ وَلَا بِشَهْوَةِ ٱلنِّسَاءِ، وَبِكُلِّ إِلَهٍ لَا يُبَالِي لِأَنَّهُ يَتَعَظَّمُ عَلَى ٱلْكُلِّ.

38 And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

38 وَيُكْرِمُ إِلَهَ ٱلْحُصُونِ فِي مَكَانِهِ، وَإِلَهًا لَمْ تَعْرِفْهُ آبَاؤُهُ، يُكْرِمُهُ بِٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَبِالْحِجَارَةِ ٱلْكَرِيمَةِ وَٱلنَّفَائِسِ.

39 He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

39 وَيَفْعَلُ فِي ٱلْحُصُونِ ٱلْحَصِينَةِ بِإِلَهٍ غَرِيبٍ. مَنْ يَعْرِفُهُ يَزِيدُهُ مَجْدًا، وَيُسَلِّطُهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرِينَ، وَيَقْسِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أُجْرَةً.

40 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

40 «فَفِي وَقْتِ ٱلنِّهَايَةِ يُحَارِبُهُ مَلِكُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ، فَيَثُورُ عَلَيْهِ مَلِكُ ٱلشِّمَالِ بِمَرْكَبَاتٍ وَبِفُرْسَانٍ وَبِسُفُنٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، وَيَدْخُلُ ٱلْأَرَاضِيَ وَيَجْرُفُ وَيَطْمُو.

41 He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.

41 وَيَدْخُلُ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْبَهِيَّةِ فَيُعْثَرُ كَثِيرُونَ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ يُفْلِتُونَ مِنْ يَدِهِ: أَدُومُ وَمُوآبُ وَرُؤَسَاءُ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

42 He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

42 وَيَمُدُّ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَاضِي، وَأَرْضُ مِصْرَ لَا تَنْجُو.

43 He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.

43 وَيَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى كُنُوزِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَعَلَى كُلِّ نَفَائِسِ مِصْرَ. وَٱللُّوبِيُّونَ وَٱلْكُوشِيُّونَ عِنْدَ خُطُوَاتِهِ.

44 But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.

44 وَتُفْزِعُهُ أَخْبَارٌ مِنَ ٱلشَّرْقِ وَمِنَ ٱلشِّمَالِ، فَيَخْرُجُ بِغَضَبٍ عَظِيمٍ لِيُخْرِبَ وَلِيُحَرِّمَ كَثِيرِينَ.

45 He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

45 وَيَنْصُبُ فُسْطَاطَهُ بَيْنَ ٱلْبُحُورِ وَجَبَلِ بَهَاءِ ٱلْقُدْسِ، وَيَبْلُغُ نِهَايَتَهُ وَلَا مُعِينَ لَهُ.