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

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

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

²Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.

³Ja neli suurt metsalist tõusid merest, üksteisest erinevad.

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

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.

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

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!'

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

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.

⁶After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

⁹I beheld till thrones were set, and the Ancient of days did sit: his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, [and] its wheels burning fire.

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.

¹⁰A stream of fire 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.

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.

¹¹I beheld therefore, because of the voice of the great words that the horn spoke; I beheld till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given up to be burned with fire.

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

¹²As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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

¹³I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven [one] like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

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.

¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, 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.

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

¹⁸But the saints of the most high [places] shall receive the kingdom, and they shall possess the kingdom for ever, even to the ages of ages.

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,

¹⁹Then I desired to know the certainty concerning the fourth beast, which was different from them all, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with its feet;

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.

²⁰and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.

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

²¹I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them;

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

²²until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most high [places]; and the appointed time arrived, and the saints possessed the kingdom.

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

²³He said thus: The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

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.

²⁴And as to the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall arise ten kings; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be different from the former, and he shall subdue three kings.

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.

²⁵And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high [places], and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time.

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

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

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.'

²⁷But the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heavens, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high [places]. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

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

²⁸So far is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.