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Daniel 8
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Daniel 8
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Drömmen om baggen och bocken
8 Under kung Belsassars tredje regeringsår hade jag en annan dröm som liknade den första.
2 Den här gången såg jag mig själv i Susan, huvudstaden i provinsen Elam, och jag stod bredvid floden Ulai.
3 När jag såg mig omkring, upptäckte jag en bagge med två långa horn stående vid flodstranden. Medan jag betraktade honom började ett av hornen att växa, så att det blev längre än det andra.
4 Baggen stångade allt som kom i dess väg, och ingen kunde stå emot den eller hjälpa dess offer. Den gjorde precis vad den ville och blev mycket mäktig.
5 Medan jag funderade över vad detta kunde betyda dök plötsligt en bock upp från väster. Den for fram över jorden utan att vidröra marken, och den hade ett stort horn i pannan.
6 I raseri attackerade den baggen.
7 Den rusade på baggen och dess båda horn bröts av. Nu var baggen alldeles hjälplös, bocken stångade omkull den och trampade den under sina klövar, och det fanns inget som kunde rädda baggen.
8 Segraren blev oerhört mäktig, men när han stod på höjden av sin makt bröts plötsligt hans horn sönder, och i stället växte det fram fyra horn som pekade åt de fyra väderstrecken.
9 Från ett av dem kom ytterligare ett horn. Det växte ganska sakta till att börja med men blev snart mycket starkt och anföll södern och östern och började strida mot Israels land.
10 Han stred mot Guds folk och besegrade en del av dess ledare.
11 Han utmanade till och med befälhavaren över himlens armé genom att avskaffa de dagliga offren och vanhelga templet.
12 Men de himmelska arméerna hölls tillbaka från att slå ner honom för denna överträdelse, och resultatet blev att sanningen och rättfärdigheten gick under, medan ondskan segrade och hade framgång.
13 Sedan hörde jag två av de heliga änglarna tala med varandra. En av dem sa: Hur länge kommer det att dröja innan det dagliga offret införs igen? Hur länge dröjer det innan templets förstörelse hämnats och Guds folk får segra?
14 Den andre svarade: Det kommer att dröja 2.300 dagar.
15 Medan jag försökte förstå meningen med synen stod plötsligt en man framför mig - det såg åtminstone ut som en man -
16 och jag hörde en mansstämma ropa tvärs över floden: Gabriel, berätta för Daniel vad drömmen betyder.
17 Gabriel kom fram till mig, men när han närmade sig blev jag så rädd att jag föll till marken med ansiktet mot jorden. Du människobarn, sa han, du måste förstå att händelserna du har sett i din syn inte kommer att äga rum förrän vid tidens avslutning.
18 Medan Gabriel talade var jag i djup sömn, alldeles utslagen. Sedan vidrörde han mig och hjälpte mig upp på fötter.
19 Han sa: Jag har kommit hit för att tala om för dig vad som kommer att hända under de sista dagarna, under vredens tid vid tidsålderns slut.
20 De två hornen du såg på baggen representerar Mediens och Persiens kungar.
21 Den långhåriga bocken är den grekiska nationen, och dess långa horn representerar den förste store kungen i det landet.
22 Att hornet bröts sönder och fyra mindre horn kom fram i dess ställe betyder att det grekiska väldet ska delas i fyra mindre riken med fyra kungar, varav ingen är så stor och mäktig som den förste.
23 Mot slutet av deras regering, när de har blivit moraliskt fördärvade, ska en ond kung, en intrigernas mästare, komma till makten.
24 Hans makt ska vara mycket stor, men den kommer inte från honom själv. Vart han än vänder sig kommer han med framgång att krossa alla motståndare, hur mäktiga arméer de än har, och han kommer att besegra Guds folk.
25 Han kommer att vara en mästare i bedrägeri och lura många genom att överrumpla dem sedan de invaggats i falsk trygghet. Utan varning ska han utplåna dem. Han kommer att tro sig själv om så mycket att han till och med kommer att vända sig mot Furstarnas furste. Men genom att göra det ska han dra en dom över sig själv. Han kommer att bli slagen av Guds hand och inte av mänsklig makt.
26 Sedan hörde du i din syn om att 2.300 dagar måste gå innan rätten att fira gudstjänst kan införas på nytt. Detta antal är bokstavligt och betyder precis vad som sagts, men det gäller ändens tid.
27 Jag blev så matt och svag att jag låg sjuk i flera dagar. Sedan steg jag upp och utförde alla mina plikter mot kungen, men jag var mycket oroad av drömmen och kunde inte förstå den.
Daniel 8
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Daniel 8
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
8 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that appeared to me at the first.
2 And I saw in the vision and it seemed that I was at Shushan the palace or fortress [in Susa, the capital of Persia], which is in the province of Elam, and I saw in the vision and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a [single] ram which had two horns [representing two kings of Medo-Persia: Darius the Mede, then Cyrus]; and the two horns were high, but one [Persia] was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.
4 I looked and saw the ram [Medo-Persia] pushing and charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, neither could anyone rescue from his power, but he did according to his [own] will and pleasure and magnified himself.(A)
5 As I was considering, behold, a he-goat [the king of Greece] came from the west across the face of the whole earth without touching the ground, and the goat had a conspicuous and remarkable horn between his eyes [symbolizing Alexander the Great].(B)
6 And he came to the ram that had the two horns which I had seen standing on the bank of the river and ran at him in the heat of his power.
7 [In my vision] I saw him come close to the ram [Medo-Persia], and he was moved with anger against him and he [Alexander the Great] struck the ram and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but the goat threw him to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power.
8 And the he-goat [Alexander the Great] magnified himself exceedingly, and when he was [young and] strong, the [a]great horn [he] was [suddenly] broken; and instead of [him] there came up four notable horns [to whom the kingdom was divided, one] toward [each of] the four winds of the heavens.
9 Out of littleness and small beginnings one of them came forth [Antiochus Epiphanes], a [b]horn whose [impious presumption and pride] grew exceedingly great toward the south and toward the east and toward the ornament [the precious, blessed land of Israel].(C)
10 And [in my vision this horn] grew great, even against the host of heaven [God’s true people, the saints], and some of the host and of the stars [priests] it cast down to the ground and trampled on them,
11 Yes, [this horn] magnified itself, even [matching itself] against the Prince of the host [of heaven]; and from Him the continual [burnt offering] was taken away and the place of [God’s] sanctuary was cast down and profaned.
12 And the host [the chosen people] was given [to the wicked horn] together with the continual burnt offering because of the transgression [of God’s people—their abounding irreverence, ungodliness, and lack of piety]. And righteousness and truth were cast down to the ground, and it [the wicked horn] accomplished this [by divine permission] and prospered.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one that spoke, For how long is the vision concerning the continual offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of both the sanctuary and the host [of the people] to be trampled underfoot?(D)
14 And he said to him and to me, For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed and restored.
15 When I, even I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; then behold, there stood before me one [Gabriel] with the appearance of a man.
16 And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the [river] Ulai which called and said, Gabriel, make this man [Daniel] understand the vision.(E)
17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, Understand, O son of man, for the [fulfillment of the] vision belongs to [events that shall occur in] the time of the end.
18 Now as he [Gabriel] was speaking with me, I fell stunned and in deep unconsciousness with my face to the ground; but he touched me and set me upright [where I had stood].
19 And he said, Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation [of God upon the ungodly], for it has to do with the time of the end.
20 The ram you saw having two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the shaggy and rough he-goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is the first king [who consolidated the whole realm, Alexander the Great].
22 And as for the horn which was shattered, in whose place four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise out of his nation but not having his [Alexander’s] power.
23 And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors [the apostate Jews] have reached the fullness [of their wickedness, taxing the limits of God’s mercy], a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall corrupt and destroy astonishingly and shall prosper and do his own pleasure, and he shall corrupt and destroy the mighty men and the holy people (the people of the saints).(F)
25 And through his policy he shall cause trickery to prosper in his hand; he shall magnify himself in his heart and mind, and in their security he will corrupt and destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, but he shall be broken and that by no [human] hand.(G)
26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been told you is true. But seal up the vision, for it has to do with and belongs to the [now] distant future.
27 And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick [for several] days. Afterward I rose up and did the king’s business; and I wondered at the vision, but there was no one who understood it or could make it understood.
Footnotes
- Daniel 8:8 Alexander the Great suddenly died at the height of his power, and his empire was divided into four parts—east, west, north, and south—ruled over by his four generals.
- Daniel 8:9 This horn of Dan. 8:9-12 is not to be confused with the “little horn” of Dan. 7:8. This one is a prophetic forecast of Antiochus Epiphanes, who came out of Syria, one of the four dynasties into which Alexander’s empire was divided, and became a great conqueror. Hating God, he profaned the temple and persecuted the Jews terribly. However, he serves as a type of the “little horn” of Dan. 7:8, the even more ruthless beast of the last days (Rev. 13:4-9).
Daniel 8
New International Version
Daniel 8
New International Version
Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and a Goat
8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s(A) reign, I, Daniel, had a vision,(B) after the one that had already appeared to me. 2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa(C) in the province of Elam;(D) in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. 3 I looked up,(E) and there before me was a ram(F) with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. 4 I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power.(G) It did as it pleased(H) and became great.
5 As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. 6 It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. 7 I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it,(I) and none could rescue the ram from its power.(J) 8 The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,(K) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.(L)
9 Out of one of them came another horn, which started small(M) but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.(N) 10 It grew until it reached(O) the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth(P) and trampled(Q) on them. 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander(R) of the army of the Lord;(S) it took away the daily sacrifice(T) from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down.(U) 12 Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people[a] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.(V)
13 Then I heard a holy one(W) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled(X)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot(Y) of the Lord’s people?”
14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”(Z)
The Interpretation of the Vision
15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision(AA) and trying to understand it, there before me stood one who looked like a man.(AB) 16 And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai(AC) calling, “Gabriel,(AD) tell this man the meaning of the vision.”(AE)
17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.(AF) “Son of man,”[b] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”(AG)
18 While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.(AH) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.(AI)
19 He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,(AJ) because the vision concerns the appointed time(AK) of the end.[c](AL) 20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.(AM) 21 The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,(AN) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.(AO) 22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.
23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24 He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people.(AP) 25 He will cause deceit(AQ) to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes.(AR) Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.(AS)
26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings that has been given you is true,(AT) but seal(AU) up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”(AV)
27 I, Daniel, was worn out. I lay exhausted(AW) for several days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business.(AX) I was appalled(AY) by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
Footnotes
- Daniel 8:12 Or rebellion, the armies
- Daniel 8:17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.
- Daniel 8:19 Or because the end will be at the appointed time
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