1:1 In the third year of the rule of Jehoiakim, king of Judah,

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, shutting it

in with his forces.

1:2 And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah,

with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them

away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he

put the vessels into the store-house of his god.

1:3 And the king gave orders to Ashpenaz, the captain of his

unsexed servants, to take in some of the children of Israel,

certain of the king's family, and those of high birth;

1:4 Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and

trained in all wisdom, having a good education and much

knowledge, and able to take positions in the king's house; and

to have them trained in the writing and language of the

Chaldaeans.

1:5 And a regular amount of food and wine every day from the

king's table was ordered for them by the king; and they were to

be cared for for three years so that at the end of that time

they might take their places before the king.

1:6 And among these there were, of the children of Judah,

Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

1:7 And the captain of the unsexed servants gave them names; to

Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar, to Hananiah the name

of Shadrach, to Mishael the name of Meshach, and to Azariah the

name of Abed-nego.

1:8 And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make

himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a

request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might

not make himself unclean.

1:9 And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed

servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel.

1:10 And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I

am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your

food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy

than the other young men of your generation? then you would

have put my head in danger from the king.

1:11 Then Daniel said to the keeper in whose care the captain of

the unsexed servants had put Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and

Azariah:

1:12 Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give

us grain for our food and water for our drink.

1:13 Then take a look at our faces and the faces of the young

men who have food from the king's table; and, having seen them,

do to your servants as it seems right to you.

1:14 So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the

test for ten days.

1:15 And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and

they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their

food from the king's table.

1:16 So the keeper regularly took away their meat and the wine

which was to have been their drink, and gave them grain.

1:17 Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge

and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and

Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.

1:18 Now at the end of the time fixed by the king for them to go

in, the captain of the unsexed servants took them in to

Nebuchadnezzar.

1:19 And the king had talk with them; and among them all there

was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they

were given places before the king.

1:20 And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about

which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten

times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret

arts in all his kingdom.

1:21 And Daniel went on till the first year of King Cyrus.

2:1 In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar,

Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his

sleep went from him.

2:2 Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the

users of secret arts, and those who made use of evil powers,

and the Chaldaeans, were to be sent for to make clear to the

king his dreams. So they came and took their places before the

king.

2:3 And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit

is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.

2:4 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean

language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an

account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense

of it.

2:5 The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my

decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the

sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made

waste.

2:6 But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you

will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so

make clear to me the dream and the sense of it.

2:7 A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his

servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the

sense.

2:8 The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are

attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision

is fixed;

2:9 That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only

one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words

to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an

account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able

to make the sense of it clear.

2:10 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is

not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for

no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request

to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.

2:11 The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no

other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods,

whose living-place is not with flesh.

2:12 Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and

gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

2:13 So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to

death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put

them to death.

2:14 Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to

Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out

to put to death the wise men of Babylon;

2:15 He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king,

why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an

account of the business.

2:16 And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give

him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the

king.

2:17 And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah,

Mishael, and Azariah the news:

2:18 So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God

of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and

his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the

wise men of Babylon.

2:19 Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the

night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.

2:20 And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised

for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:

2:21 By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken

away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and

knowledge to those whose minds are awake:

2:22 He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has

knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its

living-place with him.

2:23 I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who

have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to

me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us

knowledge of the king's business.

2:24 For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had

given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon,

and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon:

take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the

sense of the dream.

2:25 Then Arioch quickly took Daniel in before the king, and

said to him, Here is a man from among the prisoners of Judah,

who will make clear to the king the sense of the dream.

2:26 The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was

Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to me the dream which

I saw and its sense?

2:27 Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or

users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs,

are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching

for;

2:28 But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and

he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take

place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your

head on your bed are these:

2:29 As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your

bed were of what will come about after this: and the unveiler

of secrets has made clear to you what is to come.

2:30 As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of

any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order

that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and

that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.

2:31 You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there.

This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very

bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the

heart.

2:32 As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its

breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides

were of brass,

2:33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part

of potter's earth.

2:34 While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not

by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were

of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.

2:35 Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and

the gold, were smashed together, and became like the dust on

the floors where grain is crushed in summer; and the wind took

them away so that no sign of them was to be seen: and the stone

which gave the image a blow became a great mountain, covering

all the earth.

2:36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the

sense of it.

2:37 You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has

given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,

2:38 Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands

he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven,

and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.

2:39 And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to

power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the

earth.

2:40 And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as

all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the

power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.

2:41 And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and

part of iron, there will be a division in the kingdom; but

there will be some of the strength of iron in it, because you

saw the iron mixed with the potter's earth.

2:42 And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in

part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part

of it will readily be broken.

2:43 And as you saw the iron mixed with earth, they will give

their daughters to one another as wives: but they will not be

united one with another, even as iron is not mixed with earth.

2:44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put

up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its

power will never be given into the hands of another people, and

all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it

will keep its place for ever.

2:45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain

without hands, and that by it the iron and the brass and the

earth and the silver and the gold were broken to bits, a great

God has given the king knowledge of what is to take place in

the future: the dream is fixed, and its sense is certain.

2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave

worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an offering and spices

to be given to him;

2:47 And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your

God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of

secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.

2:48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in

great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon,

and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.

2:49 And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach,

and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of

Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.

3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, sixty cubits

high and six cubits wide: he put it up in the valley of Dura,

in the land of Babylon.

3:2 And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to get together all the

captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the keepers of

public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the rulers of

the divisions of the country, to come to see the unveiling of

the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.

3:3 Then the captains, the chiefs, the rulers, the wise men, the

keepers of public money, the judges, the overseers, and all the

rulers of the divisions of the country, came together to see

the unveiling of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had

put up; and they took their places before the image which

Nebuchadnezzar had put up.

3:4 Then one of the king's criers said in a loud voice, To you

the order is given, O peoples, nations, and languages,

3:5 That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon,

psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to your

ears, you are to go down on your faces in worship before the

image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king has put up:

3:6 And anyone not falling down and worshipping will that same

hour be put into a burning and flaming fire.

3:7 So at that time, all the people, when the sound of the horn,

pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and all sorts of instruments,

came to their ears, went down on their faces in worship before

the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king had put up.

3:8 At that time certain Chaldaeans came near and made a

statement against the Jews.

3:9 They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O

King, have life for ever.

3:10 You, O King, have given an order that every man, when the

sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and

all sorts of instruments, comes to his ears, is to go down on

his face in worship before the image of gold:

3:11 And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put

into a burning and flaming fire.

3:12 There are certain Jews whom you have put over the business

of the land of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these

men have not given attention to you, O King: they are not

servants of your gods or worshippers of the gold image which

you have put up.

3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders

for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they

made these men come in before the king.

3:14 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said to them, Is it true, O

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you will not be servants

of my god or give worship to the image of gold which I have put

up?

3:15 Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn,

pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of

instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the

image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give

worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and

flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take

you out of my hands?

3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar

the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer

to this question.

3:17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe

from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King,

he will keep us safe.

3:18 But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the

servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold

which you have put up.

3:19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his

face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and

he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times

more than it was generally heated.

3:20 And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put

cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the

burning and flaming fire.

3:21 Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in

their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing,

and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire.

3:22 And because the king's order was not to be put on one side,

and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the

flame of the fire.

3:23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with

the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming

fire.

3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up

quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in

cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king,

True, O King.

3:25 He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose,

walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged;

and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

3:26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning and

flaming fire: he made answer and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come

here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the

fire.

3:27 And the captains, the chiefs, and the rulers, and the

king's wise men who had come together, saw these men, over

whose bodies the fire had no power, and not a hair of their

heads was burned, and their coats were not changed, and there

was no smell of fire about them.

3:28 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God

of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and

kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the

king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire,

so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other

god but their God.

3:29 And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language

saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and

Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste:

because there is no other god who is able to give salvation

such as this.

3:30 Then the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego even

greater authority in the land of Babylon.

4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and

languages living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.

4:2 It has seemed good to me to make clear the signs and wonders

which the Most High God has done with me.

4:3 How great are his signs! and how full of power are his

wonders! his kingdom is an eternal kingdom and his rule goes on

from generation to generation.

4:4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my place, and all things

were going well for me in my great house:

4:5 I saw a dream which was a cause of great fear to me; I was

troubled by the images of my mind on my bed, and by the visions

of my head.

4:6 And I gave orders for all the wise men of Babylon to come in

before me so that they might make clear to me the sense of my

dream.

4:7 Then the wonder-workers, the users of secret arts, the

Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs came in to me: and I put

the dream before them but they did not make clear the sense of

it to me.

4:8 But at last Daniel came in before me, he whose name was

Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the

spirit of the holy gods: and I put the dream before him,

saying,

4:9 O Belteshazzar, master of the wonder-workers, because I am

certain that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and you are

troubled by no secret; this is the dream which I saw: make

clear to me its sense.

4:10 On my bed I saw a vision: there was a tree in the middle of

the earth, and it was very high.

4:11 And the tree became tall and strong, stretching up to

heaven, and to be seen from the ends of the earth:

4:12 Its leaves were fair and it had much fruit, and in it was

food enough for all: the beasts of the field had shade under

it, and the birds of heaven were resting in its branches, and

it gave food to all living things.

4:13 In the visions of my head on my bed I saw a watcher, a holy

one, coming down from heaven,

4:14 Crying out with a loud voice; and this is what he said: Let

the tree be cut down and its branches broken off; let its

leaves be taken off and its fruit sent in every direction: let

the beasts get away from under it and the birds from its

branches:

4:15 But keep its broken end and its roots still in the earth,

even with a band of iron and brass; let him have the young

grass of the field for food, and let him be wet with the dew of

heaven, and let his part be with the beasts.

4:16 Let his heart be changed from that of a man, and the heart

of a beast be given to him; and let seven times go by him.

4:17 This order is fixed by the watchers, and the decision is by

the word of the holy ones: so that the living may be certain

that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and gives

it to any man at his pleasure, lifting up over it the lowest of

men.

4:18 This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw; and do you, O

Belteshazzar, make clear the sense of it, for all the wise men

of my kingdom are unable to make the sense of it clear to me;

but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

4:19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was at a loss for

a time, his thoughts troubling him. The king made answer and

said, Belteshazzar, do not be troubled by the dream or by the

sense of it. Belteshazzar, answering, said, My lord, may the

dream be about your haters, and its sense about those who are

against you.

4:20 The tree which you saw, which became tall and strong,

stretching up to heaven and seen from the ends of the earth;

4:21 Which had fair leaves and much fruit, and had in it food

for all; under which the beasts of the field were living, and

in the branches of which the birds of heaven had their

resting-places:

4:22 It is you, O King, who have become great and strong: for

your power is increased and stretching up to heaven, and your

rule to the end of the earth.

4:23 And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a

holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut

down and given to destruction;

4:24 This is the sense of it, O King, and it is the decision of

the Most High which has come on my lord the king:

4:25 That they will send you out from among men, to be with the

beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food

like the oxen, and you will be wet with the dew of heaven, and

seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most

High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at

his pleasure.

4:26 And as they gave orders to let the broken end and the roots

of the tree be, so your kingdom will be safe for you after it

is clear to you that the heavens are ruling.

4:27 For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to

you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your

evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your

well-being may be longer.

4:28 All this came to King Nebuchadnezzar.

4:29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of

his great house in Babylon.

4:30 The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon,

which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the

strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

4:31 While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came

down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is

said: The kingdom has gone from you:

4:32 And they will send you out from among men, to be with the

beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food

like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are

certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and

gives it to any man at his pleasure.

4:33 That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into

effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for

his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of

heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his

nails like those of birds.

4:34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up

my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most

High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever,

whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from

generation to generation.

4:35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his

pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the

earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him,

What are you doing?

4:36 At the same time my reason came back to me; and for the

glory of my kingdom, my honour and my great name came back to

me; and my wise men and my lords were turned to me again; and I

was made safe in my kingdom and had more power than before.

4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour

to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways

are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his

lords, drinking wine before the thousand.

5:2 Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for

them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which

Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in

Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his

other women, might take their drink from them.

5:3 Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been

in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king

and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from

them.

5:4 They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and

silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.

5:5 In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen,

writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of

the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which

was writing.

5:6 Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was

troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his

knees were shaking.

5:7 The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users

of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were

to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men

of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make

clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have

a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high

authority in the kingdom.

5:8 Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able

to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.

5:9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour

went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.

5:10 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords,

came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and

said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your

thoughts or let the colour go from your face:

5:11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the

holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason

like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King

Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the

wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the

Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;

5:12 Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and

the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and

answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in

Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent

for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.

5:13 Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made

answer and said to Daniel, So you are that Daniel, of the

prisoners of Judah, whom my father took out of Judah.

5:14 And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is

in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been

seen in you.

5:15 And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been

sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and

making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to

make clear the sense of the thing:

5:16 And I have had news of you, that you have the power of

making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if

you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of

it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round

your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.

5:17 Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your

offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but

I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the

sense of it.

5:18 As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to

Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and

glory and honour:

5:19 And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and

nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he

put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure,

lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.

5:20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard

with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they

took his glory from him:

5:21 And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his

heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the

asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen,

and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was

certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and

gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.

5:22 And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart

free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

5:23 But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of

heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you,

and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken

wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and

gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the

power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the

God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways,

you have not given glory;

5:24 Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and

this writing was recorded.

5:25 And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel,

peres.

5:26 This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been

numbered by God and ended.

5:27 Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under

weight.

5:28 Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes

and Persians.

5:29 Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on

Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement

was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the

kingdom.

5:30 That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was

put to death.

5:31 And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about

sixty-two years old.

6:1 Darius was pleased to put over the kingdom a hundred and

twenty captains, who were to be all through the kingdom;

6:2 And over them were three chief rulers, of whom Daniel was

one; and the captains were to be responsible to the chief

rulers, so that the king might undergo no loss.

6:3 Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers

and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him;

and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.

6:4 Then the chief rulers and the captains were looking for some

cause for putting Daniel in the wrong in connection with the

kingdom, but they were unable to put forward any wrongdoing or

error against him; because he was true, and no error or wrong

was to be seen in him.

6:5 Then these men said, We will only get a reason for attacking

Daniel in connection with the law of his God.

6:6 Then these chief rulers and the captains came to the king

and said to him, O King Darius, have life for ever.

6:7 All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the

captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common

decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and

to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any

god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into

the lions' hole.

6:8 Now, O King, put the order in force, signing the writing so

that it may not be changed, like the law of the Medes and

Persians which may not come to an end.

6:9 For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and

the order.

6:10 And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed,

went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the

roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a

day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his

God, as he had done before.

6:11 Then these men were watching and saw Daniel making prayers

and requesting grace before his God.

6:12 Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have

you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a

request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is

to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said,

The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which

may not come to an end.

6:13 Then they made answer and said before the king, Daniel, one

of the prisoners of Judah, has no respect for you, O King, or

for the order signed by you, but three times a day he makes his

prayer to God.

6:14 When this thing came to the king's ears, it was very evil

to him, and his heart was fixed on keeping Daniel safe, and

till the going down of the sun he was doing everything in his

power to get him free.

6:15 Then these men said to the king, Be certain, O King, that

by the law of the Medes and Persians no order or law which the

king has put into force may be changed.

6:16 Then the king gave the order, and they took Daniel and put

him into the lions' hole. The king made answer and said to

Daniel, Your God, whose servant you are at all times, will keep

you safe.

6:17 Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the

hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the

stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not

be changed.

6:18 Then the king went to his great house, and took no food

that night, and no ... were placed before him, and his sleep

went from him.

6:19 Then very early in the morning the king got up and went

quickly to the lions' hole.

6:20 And when he came near the hole where Daniel was, he gave a

loud cry of grief; the king made answer and said to Daniel, O

Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whose servant

you are at all times, able to keep you safe from the lions?

6:21 Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever.

6:22 My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut,

and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be

without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have

done no wrong.

6:23 Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to

take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of

the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith

in his God.

6:24 And at the king's order, they took those men who had said

evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with

their wives and their children; and they had not got to the

floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their

bones were broken.

6:25 Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations,

and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be

increased.

6:26 It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler,

men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for

he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is

one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on

to the end.

6:27 He gives salvation and makes men free from danger, and does

signs and wonders in heaven and earth, who has kept Daniel safe

from the power of the lions.

6:28 So this Daniel did well in the kingdom of Darius and in the

kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.

7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw

a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put

the dream in writing.

7:2 I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven

violently moving the great sea.

7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one

from another.

7:4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was

watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from

the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart

was given to it.

7:5 And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up

on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between

its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.

7:6 After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on

its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had

four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.

7:7 After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast,

a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very

strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing

some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it

was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten

horns.

7:8 I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming

up among them, a little one, before which three of the first

horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a

man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.

7:9 I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and

one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white

as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat

was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.

7:10 A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before

him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand

times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge

was seated and the books were open.

7:11 Then I saw--because of the voice of the great words which

the horn said--I saw till the beast was put to death, and its

body was given to destruction, and the beast was given to the

burning of fire.

7:12 As for the rest of the beasts, their authority was taken

away: but they let them go on living for a measure of time.

7:13 I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with

the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who

was very old, and they took him near before him.

7:14 And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and

all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his

authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an

end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.

7:15 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this,

and the visions of my head were troubling me.

7:16 I came near to one of those who were waiting there,

questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that

he would make clear to me the sense of these things.

7:17 These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from

the earth.

7:18 But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and

it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.

7:19 Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the

fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause

of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass;

who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on

the rest with his feet;

7:20 And about the ten horns on his head and the other which

came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes,

and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater

than the other horns.

7:21 And I saw how that horn made war on the saints and overcame

them,

7:22 Till he came, who was very old, and the decision was made

and the authority was given to the saints of the Most High; and

the time came when the saints took the kingdom.

7:23 This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom

which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and

it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing

it.

7:24 And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings

will come to power; and after them another will come up: he

will be different from the first ones and will put down three

kings.

7:25 And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to

put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the

idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given

into his hands for a time and times and half a time.

7:26 But the judge will be seated, and they will put an end to

his authority, to overcome it and send complete destruction on

it.

7:27 And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the

kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of

the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom,

and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.

7:28 Here is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, I was

greatly troubled by my thoughts, and the colour went from my

face: but I kept the thing in my heart.

8:1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a

vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.

8:2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the

strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in

the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.

8:3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a

male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one

was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.

8:4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to

the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before

him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he

did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.

8:5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat

coming from the west over the face of all the earth without

touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between

his eyes.

8:6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the

stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.

8:7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved

with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two

horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his

place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed

under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of

his power.

8:8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong,

the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other

horns turned to the four winds of heaven.

8:9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one,

which became very great, stretching to the south and to the

east and to the beautiful land.

8:10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven,

pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth

and crushing them under its feet.

8:11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the

army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and

the place overturned and the holy place made waste.

8:12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed

down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well

for it.

8:13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking;

and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking,

How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering

is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up,

and the holy place crushed under foot?

8:14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred

evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.

8:15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this

vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and

I saw one before me in the form of a man.

8:16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of

the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear

to this man.

8:17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he

came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said

to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has

to do with the time of the end.

8:18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep

with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my

feet where I had been.

8:19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come

in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed

time of the end.

8:20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings

of Media and Persia.

8:21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn

between his eyes is the first king.

8:22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four

came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not

with his power.

8:23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil

doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of

pride and expert in dark sayings.

8:24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing

strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his

pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.

8:25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people,

causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will

make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are

living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up

against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though

not by men's hands.

8:26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been

talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do

with the far-off future.

8:27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did

the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision,

but no one was able to give the sense of it.

9:1 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the

seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the

Chaldaeans;

9:2 In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from

the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to

the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem

was to be complete, that is, seventy years.

9:3 And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to

prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth

and dust.

9:4 And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins

before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be

feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have

love for you and do your orders;

9:5 We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone

against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

9:6 We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who

said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our

fathers and all the people of the land.

9:7 O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to

this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem,

and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far

off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of

the sin which they have done against you.

9:8 O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our

fathers, because of our sin against you.

9:9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we

have gone against him;

9:10 And have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God to

go in the way of his laws which he put before us by the mouth

of his servants the prophets.

9:11 And all Israel have been sinners against your law, turning

away so as not to give ear to your voice: and the curse has

been let loose on us, and the oath recorded in the law of

Moses, the servant of God, for we have done evil against him.

9:12 And he has given effect to his words which he said against

us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great

evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what

has been done to Jerusalem.

9:13 As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has

come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord

our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come

to true wisdom.

9:14 So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made

it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts

which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.

9:15 And now, O Lord our God, who took your people out of the

land of Egypt with a strong hand and made a great name for

yourself even to this day; we are sinners, we have done evil.

9:16 O Lord, because of your righteousness, let your wrath and

your passion be turned away from your town Jerusalem, your holy

mountain: because, through our sins and the evil-doing of our

fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a cause of shame

to all who are round about us.

9:17 And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant

and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on

your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants,

O Lord.

9:18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your

eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town

which is named by your name: for we are not offering our

prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of

your great mercies.

9:19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take

note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of

your name, O my God, because your town and your people are

named by your name.

9:20 And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and

putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the

Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy

mountain of my God;

9:21 Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I

had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great,

put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering.

9:22 And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have

come now to give you wisdom.

9:23 At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I

have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly

loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear

to you.

9:24 Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy

town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full

limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming

in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of

the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on

a most holy place.

9:25 Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of

the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of

a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven

weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with

square and earthwork.

9:26 And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two

weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off

and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made

waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an

overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war;

the making waste which has been fixed.

9:27 And a strong order will be sent out against the great

number for one week; and so for half of the week the offering

and the meal offering will come to an end; and in its place

will be an unclean thing causing fear; till the destruction

which has been fixed is let loose on him who has made waste.

10:1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a secret was

unfolded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar; and the thing

was true, even a hard work: and he had knowledge of it, and the

vision was clear to him.

10:2 In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three

full weeks.

10:3 I had no pleasing food, no meat or wine came into my mouth,

and I put no oil on my body till three full weeks were ended.

10:4 And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was by

the side of the great river;

10:5 And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a

linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best

gold:

10:6 And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look

of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and

his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the

sound of his voice was like the sound of an army.

10:7 And I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision, for the

men who were with me did not see it; but a great shaking came

on them and they went in flight to take cover.

10:8 So I was by myself, and I saw this great vision, and all my

strength went from me; and the colour went from my face.

10:9 But the sound of his words came to my ears, and on hearing

his voice I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth.

10:10 Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on

my knees and my hands.

10:11 And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in

the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet:

for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got

on to my feet, shaking with fear.

10:12 Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the

first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making

yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come

to his ears: and I have come because of your words.

10:13 But the angel of the kingdom of Persia put himself against

me for twenty-one days; but Michael, one of the chief angels,

came to my help; and when I came he was still there with the

angel of the kings of Persia.

10:14 Now I have come to give you knowledge of the fate of your

people in the later days; for there is still a vision for the

days.

10:15 And after he had said these words to me, I kept my face

turned to the earth and was unable to say anything.

10:16 Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his

finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was

before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come

on me, and I have no more strength.

10:17 For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my

lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me

and there was no breath in my body.

10:18 Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me

and gave me strength.

10:19 And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear:

peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up.

And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on,

for you have given me strength.

10:20 Then he said, It is clear to you why I have come to you.

And now I will give you an account of what is recorded in the

true writings:

10:21 But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia,

and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is

no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.

11:1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was

on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.

11:2 And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are

still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have

much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become

strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion

against all the kingdoms of Greece.

11:3 And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great

authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.

11:4 And when he has become strong, his kingdom will be broken

and parted to the four winds of heaven; but not to his

offspring, for it will be uprooted; and his kingdom will be for

the others and not for these: but not with the same authority

as his.

11:5 And the king of the south will be strong, but one of his

captains will be stronger than he and will be ruler; and his

rule will be a great rule.

11:6 And at the end of years they will be joined together; and

the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of

the north to make an agreement: but she will not keep the

strength of her arm; and his offspring will not keep their

place; but she will be uprooted, with those who were the cause

of her coming, and her son, and he who took her in those times.

11:7 But out of a branch from her roots one will come up to take

his place, who will come against the army, forcing his way into

the strong place of the king of the north, and he will take

them in hand and overcome them:

11:8 And their gods and their metal images and their fair

vessels of silver and gold he will take away into the south;

and for some years he will keep away from the king of the

north.

11:9 And he will come into the kingdom of the king of the south,

but he will go back to his land.

11:10 And his son will make war, and will get together an army

of great forces, and he will make an attack on him, overflowing

and going past: and he will again take the war even to his

strong place.

11:11 And the king of the south will be moved with wrath, and

will come out and make war on him, on this same king of the

north: and he will get together a great army, but the army will

be given into his hand.

11:12 And the army will be taken away, and his heart will be

uplifted: he will be the cause of the downfall of tens of

thousands, but he will not be strong.

11:13 And again the king of the north will get together an army

greater than the first; and he will make an attack on him at

the end of years, with a great army and much wealth.

11:14 In those times, a number will take up arms against the

king of the south: and the children of the violent among your

people will be lifting themselves up to make the vision come

true; but it will be their downfall.

11:15 So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks

and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the

south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the

best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.

11:16 And he who comes against him will do his pleasure, and no

one will be able to keep his place before him: he will take up

his position in the beautiful land and in his hand there will

be destruction.

11:17 And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of

all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement

with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send

destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about.

11:18 After this, his face will be turned to the islands, and he

will take a number of them: but a chief, by his destruction,

will put an end to the shame offered by him; and more than

this, he will make his shame come back on him.

11:19 Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his

land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he

will not be seen again.

11:20 Then his place will be taken by one who will send out a

man with the glory of a king to get wealth together; but after

a short time destruction will overtake him, but not in wrath or

in the fight.

11:21 And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the

honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in

time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.

11:22 And his forces will be completely taken away from before

him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have

the same fate.

11:23 And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he

will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with

a small force,

11:24 Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the

country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his

fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods

taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make

designs against the strong places for a time.

11:25 And he will put in motion his power and his strength

against the king of the south with a great army; and the king

of the south will go to war with a very great and strong army:

but he will be forced to give way, because of their designs

against him;

11:26 And his fears will overcome him and be the cause of his

downfall, and his army will come to complete destruction, and a

great number will be put to the sword.

11:27 And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on

doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it

will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.

11:28 And he will go back to his land with great wealth; and his

heart will be against the holy agreement; and he will do his

pleasure and go back to his land.

11:29 At the time fixed he will come back and come into the

south; but in the later time it will not be as it was before.

11:30 For those who go out from the west will come against him,

and he will be in fear and will go back, full of wrath against

the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure: and he will go

back and be united with those who have given up the holy

agreement.

11:31 And armies sent by him will take up their position and

they will make unclean the holy place, even the strong place,

and take away the regular burned offering and put in its place

an unclean thing causing fear.

11:32 And those who do evil against the agreement will be turned

to sin by his fair words: but the people who have knowledge of

their God will be strong and do well.

11:33 And those who are wise among the people will be the

teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their

downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners

and undergoing loss for a long time.

11:34 Now at the time of their downfall they will have a little

help, but numbers will be joined to them in the town, and in

their separate heritages.

11:35 And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing

themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the

end: for it is still for the fixed time.

11:36 And the king will do his pleasure; he will put himself on

high, lifting himself over every god, and saying things to be

wondered at against the God of gods; and all will be well for

him till the wrath is complete; for what has been purposed will

be done.

11:37 He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for

the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god:

for he will put himself on high over all.

11:38 But in place of this he will give honour to the god of

armed places, and to a god of whom his fathers had no knowledge

he will give honour with gold and silver and jewels and things

to be desired.

11:39 And he will make use of the people of a strange god to

keep his strongest places; to those whom he takes note of he

will give high honour: and he will make them rulers over the

mass of the people, and will make division of the land for a

price.

11:40 And at the time of the end, the king of the south will

make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come

against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen

and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like

overflowing waters.

11:41 And he will come into the beautiful land, and tens of

thousands will be overcome: but these will be kept from falling

into his hands: Edom and Moab and the chief of the children of

Ammon.

11:42 And his hand will be stretched out on the countries: and

the land of the south will not be safe from him.

11:43 But he will have power over the stores of gold and silver,

and over all the valued things of the south: and the Libyans

and the Ethiopians will be at his steps.

11:44 But he will be troubled by news from the east and from the

north; and he will go out in great wrath, to send destruction

on, and put an end to, great numbers.

11:45 He will put the tents of his great house between the sea

and the beautiful holy mountain: but he will come to his end

with no helper.

12:1 And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great

angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and

there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from

the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at

that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is

recorded in the book.

12:2 And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the

earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and

some to eternal shame.

12:3 And those who are wise will be shining like the light of

the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been

turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and

ever.

12:4 But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and

the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end:

numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be

increased.

12:5 Then I, Daniel, looking, saw two others, one at the edge of

the river on this side and one at the edge of the river on that

side.

12:6 And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the

waters of the river, How long will it be to the end of these

wonders?

12:7 Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over

the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to

heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it

would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the

crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things

will be ended.

12:8 And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was

not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of

these things?

12:9 And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are

secret and shut up till the time of the end;

12:10 Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and

the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will

have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are

wise.

12:11 And from the time when the regular burned offering is

taken away, and an unclean thing causing fear is put up, there

will be a thousand, two hundred and ninety days.

12:12 A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and

comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.

12:13 But you, go on your way and take your rest: for you will

be in your place at the end of the days.