¹In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

¹Paabeli kuninga Belsassari esimesel aastal nägi Taaniel voodis olles und ja nägemusi oma peas. Siis ta kirjutas unenäo üles, tegi selle sisust kokkuvõtte.

²Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

²Taaniel hakkas rääkima ja ütles: 'Ma nägin oma nägemuses öösel, vaata, neli taeva tuult panid voogama suure mere.

³And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

³Ja neli suurt metsalist tõusid merest, üksteisest erinevad.

⁴The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

⁴Esimene oli nagu lõvi, aga tal olid kotka tiivad; minu nähes katkuti talt tiivad ja ta tõsteti maast üles ning pandi jalgadele püsti nagu inimene, ja temale anti inimese süda.

⁵And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

⁵Ja vaata, tema järel tuli teine metsaline, karu sarnane; aga see pandi püsti ühe külje peale ja tal oli kolm küljeluud suus hammaste vahel; ja temale öeldi nõnda: 'Tõuse, söö palju liha!'

⁶After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

⁶Pärast seda ma nägin, vaata, oli üks teine, otsekui panter, ja tal oli seljas neli linnutiiba; sel metsalisel oli neli pead ja temale anti valitsus.

⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

⁷Pärast seda ma nägin öistes nägemustes, vaata, seal oli neljas metsaline, kole ja kohutav ja väga tugev; tal olid suured raudhambad, ta sõi ja näris ning tallas ülejäägi jalgade alla. Ja see oli erinev kõigist endistest metsalistest, ja tal oli kümme sarve.

⁸I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

⁸Ma vaatasin neid sarvi, ja vaata, veel üks pisike sarv tõusis nende vahelt ja kolm endistest sarvedest kisti selle eest välja; ja vaata, sellel sarvel olid silmad nagu inimese silmad, ja suu, mis suurustas.

⁹I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

⁹Kui ma seda vaatasin, asetati aujärjed ja Elatanu võttis istet. Tema kuub oli valge nagu lumi ja ta juuksed nagu puhas vill. Tema aujärjeks olid tuleleegid, selle rattaiks oli põlev tuli.

¹⁰A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

¹⁰Tulejõgi voolas ja läks välja ta juurest. Tuhat korda tuhat teenisid teda, kümme tuhat korda kümme tuhat seisid tema ees. Kohus võttis istet ja raamatud avati.

¹¹I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

¹¹Ma vaatasin siis nende suurte sõnade kõla pärast, mis sarv rääkis. Kui ma vaatasin, siis tapeti metsaline ja ta keha hävitati ning heideti tulle põlema.

¹²As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

¹²Ka teistelt metsalistelt võeti valitsus ära ja määrati kindlaks nende eluea aeg ja kestus.

¹³I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

¹³Ja ma nägin öistes nägemustes, vaata, taeva pilvedega tuli keegi, kes oli Inimesepoja sarnane. Ja ta saabus Elatanu juurde ning viidi tema ette.

¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

¹⁴Ja temale anti valitsus ja au ning kuningriik; ja kõik rahvad, suguvõsad ja keeled teenisid teda. Tema valitsus on igavene valitsus, mis ei lakka, ja tema kuningriik ei hukku.

¹⁵I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

¹⁵Mina, Taaniel, olin selle tõttu ärevil ja nägemused mu peas kohutasid mind.

¹⁶I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

¹⁶Ma astusin ühe juurde seal seisjaist ja palusin temalt seletust kõigi nende asjade kohta; ja ta vastas mulle ning tegi nende asjade tähenduse mulle teatavaks:

¹⁷These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

¹⁷'Need suured metsalised, keda on neli, on neli kuningat, kes tõusevad maa peal.

¹⁸But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

¹⁸Aga Kõigekõrgema pühad saavad kuningriigi ja kuningriik jääb neile igaveseks - igavesest ajast igavesti.'

¹⁹Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

¹⁹Siis ma tahtsin seletust neljanda metsalise kohta, kes oli teistsugune kui kõik muud, kes oli väga kohutav, kellel olid raudhambad ja vaskküüned, kes sõi, näris ja tallas ülejäägi jalgade alla,

²⁰And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

²⁰ja kümne sarve kohta ta peas ja selle sarve kohta, mis tõusis, mille eest kolm maha langes; selle sarve kohta, millel olid silmad ja suurustav suu ja mis näis olevat suurem kui teised.

²¹I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

²¹Kui ma vaatasin, siis seesama sarv sõdis pühadega ja võitis nad,

²²Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

²²kuni tuli Elatanu ja kohus anti Kõigekõrgema pühade kätte ja jõudis aeg, mil pühad said kuningriigi endile.

²³Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

²³Ta ütles nõnda: 'Neljas metsaline on neljas kuningriik maa peal, kõigist kuningriikidest erinev, see sööb kogu maa ja tallab ning purustab selle.

²⁴And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

²⁴Ja need kümme sarve: sellest kuningriigist tõuseb kümme kuningat, ja veel üks tõuseb pärast neid; aga tema on teistsugune kui eelmised ja ta alandab kolm kuningat.

²⁵And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

²⁵Ja ta kõneleb sõnu Kõigekõrgema vastu ning piinab Kõigekõrgema pühasid. Ja ta püüab muuta aegu ja seadust, ja need antakse tema kätte ajaks, aegadeks ja pooleks ajaks.

²⁶But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

²⁶Siis võtab kohus istet ja temalt võetakse ära valitsus ja ta hävitatakse ning hukatakse lõplikult.

²⁷And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

²⁷Ja kuningriik ning valitsus ja võim kuningriikide üle kogu taeva all antakse Kõigekõrgema pühale rahvale. Tema kuningriik on igavene kuningriik ja kõik valitsused peavad teda teenima ning temale alistuma.'

²⁸Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

²⁸Siin lõpeb jutustus. Mind, Taanieli, kohutasid mu mõtted väga ja mu näojume kahvatas, aga selle asja ma pidasin meeles.