HOLY BIBLE: Daniel 12 (original) (raw)

5 καὶ εἶδον ἐγὼ Δανιηλ καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἕτεροι εἱστήκεισαν εἷς ἐντεῦθεν τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ εἷς ἐντεῦθεν τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ποταμοῦ 6 καὶ εἶπεν τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἐνδεδυμένῳ τὰ βαδδιν ὃς ἦν ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἕως πότε τὸ πέρας ὧν εἴρηκας τῶν θαυμασίων 7 καὶ ἤκουσα τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ ἐνδεδυμένου τὰ βαδδιν ὃς ἦν ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατος τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ὕψωσεν τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἀριστερὰν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ὤμοσεν ἐν τῷ ζῶντι τὸν αἰῶνα ὅτι εἰς καιρὸν καιρῶν καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ ἐν τῷ συντελεσθῆναι διασκορπισμὸν χειρὸς λαοῦ ἡγιασμένου γνώσονται πάντα ταῦτα 8 καὶ ἐγὼ ἤκουσα καὶ οὐ συνῆκα καὶ εἶπα κύριε τί τὰ ἔσχατα τούτων 9 καὶ εἶπεν δεῦρο Δανιηλ ὅτι ἐμπεφραγμένοι καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοι οἱ λόγοι ἕως καιροῦ πέρας 10 ἐκλεγῶσιν καὶ ἐκλευκανθῶσιν καὶ πυρωθῶσιν πολλοί καὶ ἀνομήσωσιν ἄνομοι καὶ οὐ συνήσουσιν πάντες ἄνομοι καὶ οἱ νοήμονες συνήσουσιν 11 καὶ ἀπὸ καιροῦ παραλλάξεως τοῦ ἐνδελεχισμοῦ καὶ τοῦ δοθῆναι βδέλυγμα ἐρημώσεως ἡμέραι χίλιαι διακόσιαι ἐνενήκοντα 12 μακάριος ὁ ὑπομένων καὶ φθάσας εἰς ἡμέρας χιλίας τριακοσίας τριάκοντα πέντε 13 καὶ σὺ δεῦρο καὶ ἀναπαύου ἔτι γὰρ ἡμέραι εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν συντελείας καὶ ἀναστήσῃ εἰς τὸν κλῆρόν σου εἰς συντέλειαν ἡμερῶν

5 Thus he spoke; and now, looking up, I saw two others that stood there, one on either bank of the stream. 6 But he, the man clad in linen, stood there yet over the river itself; and when I asked how long these wondrous doings should last, 7 it was from him I had my answer. Both hands raised to heaven, he swore by the God who lives for ever that there should be an end to it; it should last for a space of time, and for twice as long, and for half as long, no more. Strength of God’s holy people must be broken utterly; when that is over, all is over and done.[2] 8 So I had my answer, but still could not tell the meaning of it; Ay, my Lord, I said, but what shall be the end of it all? 9 Nay, Daniel, said he, no more of this; needs must that this revelation be shut away and sealed up, till the appointed hour comes; 10 and still there shall be chosen souls a many, that are purged by the fire’s assaying, and still there are sinners that will not leave their sinning. The riddle, for these others, a riddle must remain, but wise counsellors there be that will find the clue to it. 11 Of this be sure; after the time when the daily sacrifice is abrogated, and all becomes defilement and desolation, twelve hundred and ninety days must pass. 12 Blessed shall his lot be that waits patiently till thirteen hundred and thirty-five days are over.[3] 13 And for thyself, Daniel, go thy way … till the end; till the end of the days rest thou shalt, and rise to fulfil thy appointed destiny.[4]

5 Et vidi ego Daniel, et ecce quasi duo alii stabant: unus hinc super ripam fluminis, et alius inde ex altera ripa fluminis. 6 Et dixi viro qui erat indutus lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis: Usquequo finis horum mirabilium? 7 Et audivi virum qui indutus erat lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis, cum elevasset dexteram et sinistram suam in cælum, et jurasset per viventem in æternum, quia in tempus, et tempora, et dimidium temporis. Et cum completa fuerit dispersio manus populi sancti, complebuntur universa hæc. 8 Et ego audivi, et non intellexi. Et dixi: Domine mi, quid erit post hæc? 9 Et ait: Vade, Daniel, quia clausi sunt signatique sermones usque ad præfinitum tempus. 10 Eligentur, et dealbabuntur, et quasi ignis probabuntur multi: et impie agent impii, neque intelligent omnes impii: porro docti intelligent. 11 Et a tempore cum ablatum fuerit juge sacrificium, et posita fuerit abominatio in desolationem, dies mille ducenti nonaginta. 12 Beatus qui exspectat, et pervenit usque ad dies mille trecentos triginta quinque. 13 Tu autem vade ad præfinitum: et requiesces, et stabis in sorte tua in finem dierum.

[1] The last part of this verse cannot be rendered with any certainty.

[2] Here too the end of the verse is variously interpreted.

[3] The figures given in verses 11 and 12, like those given in 8.14, are mysteriously uncoordinated with the ‘time, times and half a time’ which is elsewhere given as the time-unit. Cf. Apoc. 12.6, 14 and 13.5, where the time-unit is consistent.

[4] This verse is very obscure, and perhaps corrupt. The latter part of it is usually interpreted as meaning that Daniel will die and rise again to happiness in a future life; but if so all the words in it are used in an unaccustomed sense.

Knox Translation Copyright © 2013 Westminster Diocese
Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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