Daniel 7
La Palabra (España)
II.— LIBRO DE LAS VISIONES (7—12)
Visión de las bestias
7 El año primero de Baltasar, rey de Babilonia, Daniel tuvo un sueño y visiones mientras dormía. Al despertar, puso por escrito el sueño que había tenido: 2 En mi visión nocturna contemplé cómo los cuatro vientos del cielo agitaban el inmenso mar, 3 y cómo salían de él cuatro bestias enormes, diferentes entre sí. 4 La primera parecía un león con alas de águila. Mientras la estaba contemplando, le arrancaron las alas, la levantaron en vilo, la pusieron derecha sobre sus patas, como si fuera un ser humano, y le concedieron entendimiento humano. 5 Apareció después la segunda bestia, parecida a un oso; estaba erguida sobre un costado y llevaba tres costillas en las fauces, entre los dientes. Le decían: “Vete y atibórrate de carne”. 6 Después vi otra bestia, parecida a un leopardo, con cuatro alas de ave en la espalda y cuatro cabezas. Le dieron el poder. 7 Después de esta, mientras contemplaba la visión nocturna, pude ver una cuarta bestia. Era terrible, espantosa y fortísima. Tenía unos enormes dientes de hierro, con los que devoraba y trituraba; después pisoteaba las sobras con sus patas. Era distinta a las anteriores. Tenía diez cuernos. 8 Estaba yo mirándolos, cuando de pronto vi que, entre los diez cuernos, aparecía otro más pequeño. Para hacerle sitio, tuvieron que arrancar tres de los anteriores. Aquel nuevo cuerno tenía ojos humanos y una boca que hablaba con insolencia.
Visión del anciano y del hijo de hombre
9 Mientras seguía mirando, pude ver cómo colocaban unos tronos y cómo se sentaba un anciano. Su ropa era blanca como la nieve, y sus cabellos parecían lana purísima. Su trono eran llamas, y las ruedas que lo sostenían, fuego ardiente. 10 Por delante de él manaba un río de fuego. Le servían miles y miles; sus asistentes se contaban por millones. El tribunal se sentó y fueron abiertos unos libros.
11 Yo seguía mirando, asustado por las palabras insolentes que profería el cuerno. Entonces vi que mataban a la bestia, troceaban su cuerpo y lo arrojaban al fuego. 12 Las otras bestias fueron privadas de poder, pero se les permitió seguir con vida hasta un tiempo y momento determinados. 13 Después, mientras contemplaba la visión nocturna, vi venir sobre las nubes del cielo a alguien que parecía un ser humano. Cuando llegó junto al anciano, lo presentaron ante él 14 y le fueron concedidos poder, honor y reino. Le rindieron homenaje gentes de todos los pueblos, naciones y lenguas. Su poder es eterno, nunca sucumbirá; su reino no será destruido.
Interpretación de la visión
15 Yo, Daniel, quedé profundamente impresionado, alarmado por las visiones de mi imaginación. 16 Así que me acerqué a uno de los presentes y le rogué que me explicara el significado de todo aquello. Él me respondió con la siguiente interpretación: 17 “Esas cuatro bestias enormes representan a cuatro reyes que aparecerán en la tierra. 18 Después de ellos, los santos del Altísimo recibirán el reino y lo poseerán para siempre, por los siglos de los siglos”.
19 Quise entonces conocer el significado de la cuarta bestia, pues era distinta a las anteriores, terrible en extremo: tenía dientes de hierro y uñas de bronce, con los que devoraba y trituraba, para después pisotear las sobras con sus patas. 20 Quise también conocer el significado de los diez cuernos de la cabeza de la bestia, así como el del cuerno que le salió a continuación y que desplazó a otros tres, que tenía ojos humanos y una boca que hablaba con insolencia, y que parecía más grande que los otros. 21 Yo había sido testigo de cómo aquel cuerno luchaba contra los santos y los vencía, 22 hasta que hizo su aparición el anciano para hacer justicia a los santos del Altísimo y llegaba el momento en que los santos tomaban posesión del reino. 23 Me dijo:
— La cuarta bestia representa a un cuarto reino que aparecerá sobre la tierra, diferente de todos los demás. Devorará la tierra entera, la pisoteará y la hará añicos. 24 Los diez cuernos representan a diez reyes que aparecerán en ese reino. Después aparecerá otro, distinto de ellos, que destronará a tres. 25 Blasfemará contra el Altísimo, perseguirá a los santos del Altísimo y tratará de cambiar las fiestas y la ley. Los santos le estarán sometidos durante un tiempo, dos tiempos y medio tiempo. 26 Finalmente el tribunal lo juzgará y le quitará el poder, hasta destruirlo y aniquilarlo totalmente. 27 Y el pueblo de los santos del Altísimo recibirá la soberanía, el poder y la gloria de todos los reinos que existen bajo el cielo. Su reino será eterno y todos los poderes le obedecerán y estarán a su servicio.
28 Aquí termina el relato. Yo, Daniel, quedé preocupado con todas las ideas que me bullían y hasta se me mudó el color del semblante, al tiempo que guardaba en mi corazón todas aquellas cosas.
Daniel 7
Maori Bible
7 I te tuatahi o nga tau o Perehatara kingi o Papurona he moe ta Raniera, he kite na tona mahunga i runga i tona moenga; na tuhituhia ana e ia te moe, a korerotia ana nga upoko o nga korero.
2 I korero a Raniera, i mea, He putanga ki ahau i te po, ka kite ahau, na, ko nga hau e wha o te rangi e ngangare ana i runga i te moana nui.
3 Na ka puta ake e wha nga kararehe nunui i te moana, rere ke tonu tetahi i tetahi.
4 Ko te tuatahi i rite ki te raiona, he parirau ekara ona: titiro tonu atu ahau a hutia noatia atu ona parirau, a ka whakarewaina atu ia i te whenua, ka meinga kia tu i runga i nga waewae e rua, ano he tangata, a i homai hoki he manawa tangata ki a ia.
5 Na ko tetahi atu kararehe, ko te tuarua, kei te pea te rite, ara ana ia ko tetahi taha ona, e toru ano nga rara i tona mangai, i ona niho: a ka mea ake ratou ki a ia; Whakatika, kia nui te kikokiko e kainga e koe.
6 I muri i tenei ka titiro atu ahau, na, ko tetahi ano, kei te reparo te rite, e wha nga parirau manu i tona tuara; e wha nga pane o taua kararehe; kua tukua ano te rangatira tanga ki a ia.
7 I muri i tenei ka kite ahau i roto i nga moemoea o te po, na, ko te tuawha o nga kararehe, he hanga whakawehi, he mea whakamataku, he kaha noa atu; he niho rino ona, he mea nunui; kei te kai, kei te wawahi a mongamonga noa, ko te toenga takatakah ia ana e ona waewae; a he rere ke ia i era atu kararehe katoa i mua i a ia; a kotahi tekau ona haona.
8 I whakaaroa e ahau nga haona, na kua puta ake tetahi atu haona, he mea iti, i roto i era, na unuhia ake ana i tona aroaro, he mea unu ake i nga putake, e toru o nga haona tuatahi ra; na he kanohi i roto i taua haona nei, he mea rite ki nga kanohi tangata, me te mangai hoki e korero ana i nga mea nunui.
9 I titiro ahau a whakaritea mai ra ano nga torona, kua noho te Tuaiho Onamata: ko tona kakahu ma tonu me he hukarere, ko nga makawe o tona mahunga me te huruhuru hipi kua oti te whakama; ko tona torona he mura ahi, a ko ona wira he ahi e ka ana.
10 I pupu mai he awa ahi, i rere mai i tona aroaro: mano iho, mano iho ana kaimahi, tini, tini whaioio e tu ana i tona aroaro: kua noho te whakawa, kua tuwhera nga pukapuka.
11 I titiro ano ahau i reira, he reo hoki no nga kupu nunui i korerotia e te haona: titiro tonu ahau, a whakamatea noatia iho te kararehe, ko tona tinana whakangaromia iho, a tukua ana ia kia tahuna ki te ahi.
12 Ko era atu o nga kararehe, i whakakahoretia to ratou kawanatanga: otiia i whakaroaina atu to ratou ora mo tetahi wa, mo tetahi taima.
13 I kite ahau i roto i nga moemoea o te po, na, ko tetahi e rite ana ki te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana me nga kapua ano o te rangi, kua tae mai ki te Tuaiho Onamata, kua kawea ano ki tona aroaro.
14 I tukua ano ki a ia he kawanatanga, he kororia, he kingitanga, kia mahi ai nga tangata katoa, nga iwi, nga reo, ki a ia: ko tona kawanatanga he kawanatanga mau tonu, e kore e pahemo: e kore ano tona kingitanga e ngaro.
15 Na, ko ahau, ko Raniera, i pouri toku wairua i waenganui i toku tinana, raruraru ana ahau i nga mea i kitea e toku mahunga.
16 I whakatata ahau ki tetahi o te hunga e tu ana i reira, i ui ki a ia ki te tika o tenei katoa. Heoi ka korerotia e ia ki ahau, a ka meinga ahau kia mohio ki te tikanga o nga mea.
17 Ko enei kararehe nunui, ko nga mea e wha nei, he kingi, e wha, tera e puta ake i te whenua.
18 Otiia ka riro te kingitanga i te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa, ka mau ano hoki te kingitanga ki a ratou a ake ake.
19 Katahi ahau ka mea kia mohio ki te tika o te tuawha o nga kararehe i rere ke nei i era atu katoa, he nui rawa nei te wehi, ko ona niho he rino, ko ona maikuku he parahi, o tera i kai ra, i wawahi ra a mongamonga noa, a takatakahia ana te toenga ki ona waewae;
20 O nga haona kotahi tekau hoki i tona pane, o tera atu hoki i puta ake ra, a taka ana etahi e toru i tona aroaro, ara taua haona he kanohi nei ona, he mangai, he nui atu nei nga korero, ko tona ahua maia atu i to ona hoa.
21 I titiro ahau, na kua whawhai taua haona ki te hunga tapu, a taea ana ratou e ia;
22 A tae noa ki te taenga mai o te Tuaiho Onamata, ki te homaitanga hoki o te whakawa ki te hunga tapu a ta Runga Rawa; a ka tae mai te wa i riro ai te kingitanga i te hunga tapu.
23 Ko tana kupu tenei, Ko te tuawha o nga kararehe, he tuawha tera no nga kingitanga i runga i te whenua, ka rere ke i nga kingitanga katoa, ka pau i a ia te whenua katoa, ka takatakahia e ia, ka wawahia a mongamonga noa.
24 Na, ko nga haona kotahi tekau, tera e ara ake i tenei kingitanga kotahi tekau nga kingi; a ka ara ake ano tetahi i muri i a ratou, ka rere ke ano ia i o mua, a e toru nga kingi e taea e ia.
25 Tera e nui ana kupu mo te Runga Rawa, a ka tau i a ia te mauiui ki te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa: ka mea hoki ia kia whakariroia ketia nga wa me te ture: ka tukua ano enei ki tona ringa, kia taka ra ano he wa, me etahi wa, me te hawhe wa.
26 Otiia ka noho te whakawa, a ka whakakahoretia tona kingitanga, moti iho, ngaro iho a taea noatia te mutunga.
27 A ka hoatu te kingitanga me te kawanatanga me te nui o te kingitanga i raro i te rangi katoa ki nga tangata o te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa; ko tona kingitanga he kingitanga mutungakore, a ka mahi nga kawanatanga katoa, ka whakarongo ki a ia.
28 I konei te mutunga o te mea. Na, ko ahau, ko Raniera, nui atu toku raruraru i oku whakaaro, puta ke ana toku mata: heoi puritia iho e ahau taua mea i roto i toku ngakau.
Daniel 7
New King James Version
Vision of the Four Beasts
7 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, (A)Daniel [a]had a dream and (B)visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling [b]the main facts.
2 Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts (C)came up from the sea, each different from the other. 4 The first was (D)like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a (E)man’s heart was given to it.
5 (F)“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
6 “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had (G)four heads, and dominion was given to it.
7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, (H)a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, (I)and it had ten horns. 8 I was considering the horns, and (J)there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes (K)of a man, (L)and a mouth speaking [c]pompous words.
Vision of the Ancient of Days
9 “I(M) watched till thrones were [d]put in place,
And (N)the Ancient of Days was seated;
(O)His garment was white as snow,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame,
(P)Its wheels a burning fire;
10 (Q)A fiery stream issued
And came forth from before Him.
(R)A thousand thousands ministered to Him;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.
(S)The [e]court was seated,
And the books were opened.
11 “I watched then because of the sound of the [f]pompous words which the horn was speaking; (T)I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, (U)One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 (V)Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all (W)peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is (X)an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel’s Visions Interpreted
15 “I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit [g]within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: 17 ‘Those great beasts, which are four, are four [h]kings which arise out of the earth. 18 But (Y)the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19 “Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; 20 and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke [i]pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
21 “I was watching; (Z)and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came, (AA)and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.
23 “Thus he said:
‘The fourth beast shall be
(AB)A fourth kingdom on earth,
Which shall be different from all other kingdoms,
And shall devour the whole earth,
Trample it and break it in pieces.
24 (AC)The ten horns are ten kings
Who shall arise from this kingdom.
And another shall rise after them;
He shall be different from the first ones,
And shall subdue three kings.
25 (AD)He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall (AE)persecute[j] the saints of the Most High,
And shall (AF)intend to change times and law.
Then (AG)the saints shall be given into his hand
(AH)For a time and times and half a time.
26 ‘But(AI) the court shall be seated,
And they shall (AJ)take away his dominion,
To consume and destroy it forever.
27 Then the (AK)kingdom and dominion,
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.
(AL)His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
(AM)And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’
28 “This is the end of the [k]account. As for me, Daniel, (AN)my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I (AO)kept the matter in my heart.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 7:1 Lit. saw
- Daniel 7:1 Lit. the head or chief of the words
- Daniel 7:8 Lit. great things
- Daniel 7:9 Or set up
- Daniel 7:10 Or judgment
- Daniel 7:11 Lit. great
- Daniel 7:15 Lit. in the midst of its sheath
- Daniel 7:17 Representing their kingdoms, v. 23
- Daniel 7:20 Lit. great things
- Daniel 7:25 Lit. wear out
- Daniel 7:28 Lit. word
La Palabra, (versión española) © 2010 Texto y Edición, Sociedad Bíblica de España
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
