1 Ἐν ἔτει τρίτῳ Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν λόγος ἀπεκαλύφθη τῷ Δανιὴλ, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ἐπεκλήθη Βαλτάσαρ· καὶ ἀληθινὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ δύναμις μεγάλη καὶ σύνεσις ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ. 2 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ ἤμην πενθῶν τρεῖς ἑβδομάδας ἡμερῶν, 3 ἄρτον ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐκ ἔφαγον, καὶ κρέας καὶ οἶνος οὐκ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἄλειμμα οὐκ ἠλειψάμην, ἕως πληρώσεως τριῶν ἑβδομάδων ἡμερῶν. 4 Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εἰκοστῇ τετάρτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐχόμενα τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, αὐτός ἐστι Τίγρις Ἐδδεκέλ. 5 Καὶ ᾖρα τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ εἷς ἐνδεδυμένος βαδδὶν, καὶ ἡ ὀσφὺς αὐτοῦ περιεζωσμένη ἐν χρυσίῳ Ὠφὰζ, 6 καὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ Θαρσὶς, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἡ ὅρασις ἀστραπῆς, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ λαμπάδες πυρὸς, καὶ οἱ βραχίονες αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ σκέλη ὡς ὅρασις χαλκοῦ στίλβοντος, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὄχλου. 7 Καὶ ἴδον ἐγὼ Δανιὴλ μόνος τὴν ὀπτασίαν, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἴδον τὴν ὀπτασίαν, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἔκστασις μεγάλη ἐπέπεσεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐν φόβῳ. 8 Καὶ ἐγὼ ὑπελείφθην μόνος, καὶ ἴδον τὴν ὀπτασίαν τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἐμοὶ ἰσχὺς, καὶ ἡ δόξα μου μετεστράφη εἰς διαφθοράν· καὶ οὐκ ἐκράτησα ἰσχύος. 9 Καὶ ἤκουσα τὴν φωνὴν τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαί με αὐτοῦ, ἤμην κατανενυγμένος, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. 10 Καὶ ἰδοὺ χεὶρ ἁπτομένη μου, καὶ ἤγειρέ με ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατά μου. 11 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, Δανιὴλ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, σύνες ἐν τοῖς λόγοις οἷς ἐγὼ λαλῶ πρὸς σὲ, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τῇ στάσει σου, ὅτι νῦν ἀπεστάλην πρὸς σέ· καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς μὲ τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, ἀνέστην ἔντρομος. 12 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, μὴ φοβοῦ Δανιὴλ, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἧς ἔδωκας τὴν καρδίαν σου τοῦ συνεῖναι, καὶ κακωθῆναι ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ἠκούσθησαν οἱ λόγοι σου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἦλθον ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου. 13 Καὶ ὁ ἄρχων βασιλείας Περσῶν εἱστήκει ἐξεναντίας μου εἴκοσι καὶ μίαν ἡμέραν· καὶ ἰδοὺ Μιχαὴλ εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων ἦλθε βοηθῆσαί μοι, καὶ αὐτὸν κατέλιπον ἐκεῖ μετὰ τοῦ ἄρχοντος βασιλείας Περσῶν, 14 καὶ ἦλθον συνετίσαι σε ὅσα ἀπαντήσεται τῷ λαῷ σου ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὅτι ἔτι ἡ ὅρασις εἰς ἡμέρας. 15 Καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν μετʼ ἐμοῦ κατὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους, ἔδωκα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατενύγην. 16 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ὡς ὁμοίωσις υἱοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἥψατο τῶν χειλέων μου· καὶ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἐλάλησα, καὶ εἶπα πρὸς τὸν ἑστῶτα ἐναντίον μου, κύριε, ἐν τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ σου ἐστράφη τὰ ἐντός μου ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσχον ἰσχύν. 17 Καὶ πῶς δυνήσεται ὁ παῖς σου κύριε λαλῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου τούτου; καὶ ἐγὼ, ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν οὐ στήσεται ἐν ἐμοὶ ἰσχὺς, καὶ πνεῦμα οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν ἐμοί. 18 Καὶ προσέθετο, καὶ ἥψατό μου ὡς ὅρασις ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ἐνίσχυσέ με, 19 καὶ εἶπέ μοι, μὴ φοβοῦ ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν, εἰρήνη σοι· ἀνδρίζου καὶ ἴσχυε· καὶ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἴσχυσα, καὶ εἶπα λαλείτω ὁ κύριός μου, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσάς με. 20 Καὶ εἶπεν, εἰ οἶδας, ἱνατί ἦλθον πρὸς σέ; καὶ νῦν ἐπιστρέψω τοῦ πολεμῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ ἄρχοντος Περσῶν· καὶ ἐγὼ εἰσεπορευόμην, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἤρχετο. 21 Ἀλλʼ ἢ ἀναγγελῶ σοι τὸ ἐντεταγμένον ἐν γραφῇ ἀληθείας, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἷς ἀντεχόμενος μετʼ ἐμοῦ περὶ τούτων, ἀλλʼ ἢ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἄρχων ὑμῶν.
Daniel (Greek) · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Daniel (Greek) 10 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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Michael
One of the chief princes who came to help the messenger withstand the prince of Persia, and the great prince who stands watch over Daniel's people.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 12:1
Cross references (21)
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- 1 Daniel 8:26; Daniel 6:28; Daniel 1:21; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 1:17
- 2 Nehemiah 1:4; Daniel 9:24–27; Ezra 9:4–5; Revelation 11:5; Psalm 43:2
- 3 Matthew 6:17; Daniel 11:8; Amos 5:11; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Daniel 6:18
- 4 Genesis 2:14; Daniel 8:2; Ezekiel 1:3
- 5 Daniel 12:6–7; Ezekiel 9:2; Revelation 1:13–15; Jeremiah 10:9; Revelation 15:6–7
- 6 Revelation 19:12; Revelation 1:13–17; Matthew 17:2; Revelation 10:3–4; Ezekiel 10:9
- 7 Acts 9:7; Acts 22:9; Genesis 3:10; Hebrews 12:21; Isaiah 2:10
- 8 Daniel 7:28; Habakkuk 3:16; Daniel 8:27; Revelation 1:17; Matthew 17:6
- 9 Daniel 8:18; Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13; Luke 22:45; Song of Songs 5:2
- 10 Revelation 1:17; Jeremiah 1:9; Daniel 8:18; Daniel 10:18; Daniel 10:16
- 11 Acts 26:16; Ezekiel 2:1; Daniel 8:16–17; Mark 16:8; Psalm 45:11
- 12 Acts 10:30–31; Daniel 10:19; Daniel 9:20–23; Isaiah 58:9; Acts 18:9–10
- 13 Jude 9; Daniel 12:1; Daniel 10:20–21; Revelation 12:7; Ezra 4:4–6
- 14 Daniel 8:26; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 12:4; Habakkuk 2:3; Daniel 12:9
- 15 Luke 1:20; Ezekiel 24:27; Daniel 8:18; Daniel 10:9; Ezekiel 33:22
- 16 Daniel 8:15; Isaiah 6:7; Jeremiah 1:9; Daniel 8:27; Daniel 7:28
- 17 Isaiah 6:1–5; Exodus 24:10–11; Matthew 22:43–44; Mark 12:36; Judges 6:22
- 18 Daniel 10:16; Daniel 8:18; Luke 22:43; Isaiah 35:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:15
- 19 Isaiah 35:4; Joshua 1:9; Judges 6:23; Daniel 10:11–12; Daniel 9:23
- 20 Daniel 8:21; Daniel 11:2–4; Daniel 8:5–8; Acts 12:23; Isaiah 37:36
- 21 Daniel 10:13; Revelation 12:7; Daniel 12:1; Jude 9; Acts 15:15
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Gabriel appeared, and Daniel fell down: and of what nature or in what guise was he that appeared? His countenance was like lightning; not like the sun: and his eyes as lamps of fire, not as a furnace of fire: and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude, not as the voice of twelve legions …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And what will they say about Daniel? Did he not spend three weeks without food?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
And the Angel cometh unto him, saying, Fear not, Daniel, stand upright: be of good courage, thy words are heard.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)