¹وانا في السنة الاولى لداريوس المادي وقفت لاشدّده واقويه.

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

²والآن اخبرك بالحق. هوذا ثلاثة ملوك ايضا يقومون في فارس والرابع يستغني بغنى اوفر من جميعهم وحسب قوّته بغناه يهيّج الجميع على مملكة اليونان.

²And now will I declare unto thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall enrich himself with great riches more than all; and when he hath become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

³ويقوم ملك جبار ويتسلط تسلطا عظيما ويفعل حسب ارادته.

³And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

⁴وكقيامه تنكسر مملكته وتنقسم الى رياح السماء الاربع ولا لعقبه ولا حسب سلطانه الذي تسلط به لان مملكته تنقرض وتكون لآخرين غير اولئك.

⁴And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the heavens; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside these.

⁵ويتقوى ملك الجنوب. ومن رؤسائه من يقوى عليه ويتسلط. تسلط عظيم تسلطه.

⁵And the king of the south, who is one of his princes, shall be strong; but [another] shall be stronger than he, and have dominion: his dominion shall be a great dominion.

⁶وبعد سنين يتعاهدان وبنت ملك الجنوب تأتي الى ملك الشمال لاجراء الاتفاق ولكن لا تضبط الذراع قوة ولا يقوم هو ولا ذراعه. وتسلّم هي والذين اتوا بها والذي ولدها ومن قوّاها في تلك الاوقات.

⁶And after the course of years they shall join affinity; and the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make equitable conditions: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; and she shall be given up, she and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in [those] times.

⁷ويقوم من فرع اصولها قائم مكانه ويأتي الى الجيش ويدخل حصن ملك الشمال ويعمل بهم ويقوى.

⁷But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shew himself mighty.

⁸ويسبي الى مصر آلهتهم ايضا مع مسبوكاتهم وآنيتهم الثمينة من فضة وذهب ويقتصر سنين عن ملك الشمال.

⁸He shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall subsist for more years than the king of the north;

⁹فيدخل ملك الجنوب الى مملكته ويرجع الى ارضه

⁹and [the same] shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but shall return into his own land.

¹⁰وبنوه يتهيجون فيجمعون جمهور جيوش عظيمة ويأتي آت ويغمر ويطمو ويرجع ويحارب حتى الى حصنه.

¹⁰And his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through; and he shall return and carry the war even to his fortress.

¹¹ويغتاظ ملك الجنوب ويخرج ويحاربه اي ملك الشمال ويقيم جمهورا عظيما فيسلّم الجمهور في يده.

¹¹And the king of the south shall be enraged, and shall come forth and fight with him, with the king of the north, who shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

¹²فاذا رفع الجمهور يرتفع قلبه ويطرح ربوات ولا يعتزّ.

¹²And when the multitude shall have been taken away, his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down myriads; but he shall not prevail.

¹³فيرجع ملك الشمال ويقيم جمهورا اكثر من الاول ويأتي بعد حين بعد سنين بجيش عظيم وثروة جزيلة.

¹³For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and shall certainly come at the end of the times of years with a great army and with much substance.

¹⁴وفي تلك الاوقات يقوم كثيرون على ملك الجنوب وبنو العتاة من شعبك يقومون لاثبات الرؤيا ويعثرون.

¹⁴And in those times shall many stand up against the king of the south; and the violent of thy people will exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

¹⁵فيأتي ملك الشمال ويقيم مترسة وياخذ المدينة الحصينة فلا تقوم امامه ذراعا الجنوب ولا قومه المنتخب ولا تكون له قوة للمقاومة.

¹⁵And the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take the well-fenced city; and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, for there shall be no strength to withstand.

¹⁶والآتي عليه يفعل كارادته وليس من يقف امامه ويقوم في الارض البهيّة وهي بالتمام بيده.

¹⁶And he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and destruction shall be in his hand.

¹⁷ويجعل وجهه ليدخل بسلطان كل مملكته ويجعل معه صلحا ويعطيه بنت النساء ليفسدها فلا تثبت ولا تكون له.

¹⁷And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he shall practise; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.

¹⁸ويحوّل وجهه الى الجزائر وياخذ كثيرا منها ويزيل رئيس تعييره فضلا عن رد تعييره عليه.

¹⁸And he shall turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease: he shall turn it upon him, without reproach for himself.

¹⁹ويحوّل وجهه الى حصون ارضه ويعثر ويسقط ولا يوجد

¹⁹And he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; and he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

²⁰فيقوم مكانه من يعبر جابي الجزية في فخر المملكة وفي ايام قليلة ينكسر لا بغضب ولا بحرب.

²⁰And in his place shall one stand up who shall cause the exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but in a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.

²¹فيقوم مكانه محتقر لم يجعلوا عليه فخر المملكة ويأتي بغتة ويمسك المملكة بالتملقات.

²¹And in his place shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom; but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

²²واذرع الجارف تجرف من قدامه وتنكسر وكذلك رئيس العهد.

²²And the overflowing forces shall be overflowed from before him, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.

²³ومن المعاهدة معه يعمل بالمكر ويصعد ويعظم بقوم قليل.

²³And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully, and he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

²⁴يدخل بغتة على اسمن البلاد ويفعله ما لم يفعل آباؤه ولا آباء آبائه. يبذر بينهم نهبا وغنيمة وغنى ويفكر افكاره على الحصون وذلك الى حين.

²⁴In time of peace shall he enter even into the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance, and he shall plan his devices against the fortified places, even for a time.

²⁵وينهض قوّته وقلبه على ملك الجنوب بجيش عظيم وملك الجنوب يتهيّج الى الحرب بجيش عظيم وقوي جدا ولكنه لا يثبت لانهم يدبرون عليه تدابير.

²⁵And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall engage in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall plan devices against him.

²⁶والآكلون اطايبه يكسرونه وجيشه يطمو ويسقط كثيرون قتلى.

²⁶And they that eat of his delicate food shall break him, and his army shall be dissolved; and many shall fall down slain.

²⁷وهذان الملكان قلبهما لفعل الشر ويتكلمان بالكذب على مائدة واحدة ولا ينجح لان الانتهاء بعد الى ميعاد.

²⁷And both these kings' hearts [shall meditate] mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

²⁸فيرجع الى ارضه بغنى جزيل وقلبه على العهد المقدس فيعمل ويرجع الى ارضه

²⁸And he shall return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall practise, and return to his own land.

²⁹وفي الميعاد يعود ويدخل الجنوب ولكن لا يكون الآخر كالاول.

²⁹At the set time he shall return, and come towards the south; but not as the former time shall be the latter;

³⁰فتأتي عليه سفن من كتّيم فييئس ويرجع ويغتاظ على العهد المقدس ويعمل ويرجع ويصغى الى الذين تركوا العهد المقدس.

³⁰for ships of Chittim shall come against him; and he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant; and will practise; and he shall return and direct his attention to those that forsake the holy covenant.

³¹وتقوم منه اذرع وتنجس المقدس الحصين وتنزع المحرقة الدائمة وتجعل الرجس المخرب.

³¹And forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and shall take away the continual [sacrifice], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

³²والمتعدون على العهد يغويهم بالتملقات اما الشعب الذين يعرفون الههم فيقوون ويعملون.

³²And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and shall act.

³³والفاهمون من الشعب يعلّمون كثيرين. ويعثرون بالسيف وباللهيب وبالسبي وبالنهب اياما.

³³And they that are wise among the people shall instruct the many; and they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.

³⁴فاذا عثروا يعانون عونا قليلا ويتصل بهم كثيرون بالتملقات.

³⁴And when they fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

³⁵وبعض الفاهمين يعثرون امتحانا لهم للتطهير وللتبييض الى وقت النهاية. لانه بعد الى الميعاد.

³⁵And [some] of the wise shall fall, to try them, and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end: for it shall yet be for the time appointed.

³⁶ويفعل الملك كارادته ويرتفع ويتعظم على كل اله ويتكلم بامور عجيبة على اله الآلهة وينجح الى اتمام الغضب لان المقضي به يجرى.

³⁶And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every ùgod, and speak monstrous things against the ùGod of ùgods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished: for that which is determined shall be done.

³⁷ولا يبالي بآلهة آبائه ولا بشهوة النساء وبكل اله لا يبالي لانه يتعظم على الكل.

³⁷And he will not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; nor regard any +god: for he will magnify himself above all.

³⁸ويكرم اله الحصون في مكانه والها لم تعرفه آباؤه يكرمه بالذهب والفضة وبالحجارة الكريمة والنفائس.

³⁸And in his place will he honour the +god of fortresses; and a +god whom his fathers knew not will he honour with gold and silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.

³⁹ويفعل في الحصون الحصينة باله غريب. من يعرفه يزيده مجدا ويسلطهم على كثيرين ويقسم الارض اجرة

³⁹And he will practise in the strongholds of fortresses with a strange +god: whoso acknowledgeth him will he increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over the many, and shall divide the land [to them] for a reward.

⁴⁰ففي وقت النهاية يحاربه ملك الجنوب فيثور عليه ملك الشمال بمركبات وبفرسان وبسفن كثيرة ويدخل الاراضي ويجرف ويطمو.

⁴⁰And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and overflow and pass through.

⁴¹ويدخل الى الارض البهيّة فيعثر كثيرون وهؤلاء يفلتون من يده ادوم وموآب ورؤساء بني عمون.

⁴¹And he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many [countries] shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

⁴²ويمد يده على الاراضي وارض مصر لا تنجو.

⁴²And he shall stretch forth his hand upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

⁴³ويتسلط على كنوز الذهب والفضة وعلى كل نفائس مصر. واللوبيون والكوشيون عند خطواته.

⁴³And he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

⁴⁴وتفزعه اخبار من الشرق ومن الشمال فيخرج بغضب عظيم ليخرب وليحرم كثيرين.

⁴⁴But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to exterminate, and utterly to destroy many.

⁴⁵وينصب فسطاطه بين البحور وجبل بهاء القدس ويبلغ نهايته ولا معين له

⁴⁵And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the mountain of holy beauty; and he shall come to his end, and there shall be none to help him.