Gabriel Gives Angelic Help and Interprets the Vision

¹⁵ And then^[a] when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and I was seeking understanding, there was one standing before me with the appearance of a man. ¹⁶ And I heard the voice of a human at the Ulai, and he called and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” ¹⁷ And he came beside where I was standing,^[b] and when he came^[c] I became terrified and I fell prostrate on my face. And he said to me, “Understand, son of man,^[d] that the vision is for the time of the end.”

¹⁸ And when he spoke^[e] with me I fell into a trance with my face to the ground, and he touched me and made me stand on by feet. ¹⁹ And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what will happen in the period of wrath,^[f] for it refers to the appointed time of the end.

²⁰ “The ram that you saw who had two horns^[g] represents the kings of Media and Persia.

²¹ “And the hairy he-goat is the kingdom^[h] of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes—he is the first king. ²² And the horn that was broken, and then there arose four horns in place of it—these are four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, but not with his power. ²³ And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles. ²⁴ And his power will grow, but not by his own power, and he will cause fearful destruction, and he will succeed and he will act,^[i] and he will destroy the mighty and the people of the holy ones.^{[j] 25} And by his planning^[k] he will make a success of deceit by^[l] his hand, and in his mind^[m] he will boast,^[n] and in their ease he will destroy many, and even against the prince of princes he will rise up, and he will be broken, but not by human hands. ²⁶ And the vision of the evening and the morning that has been described,^[o] it is true; and you, seal up the vision, for it refers to many days to come.”^[p]

²⁷ And I, Daniel, was overcome, and I became ill for some days, and I performed^[q] the business of the king, and I was dismayed over the vision and I did not understand it.^[r]