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1 Una noche, durante el primer año del reinado de Belsasar sobre el imperio de Babilonia, Daniel tuvo un sueño que decidió poner por escrito. Esta es la descripción de lo que vio:
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2 «En mi sueño vi una gran tormenta sobre el océano, con fuertes vientos que soplaban de todas las direcciones.
2 Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.
3 Luego cuatro enormes bestias salían del agua, cada una distinta a la otra.
3 Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 La primera era como un león, ¡pero tenía alas de águila! Y mientras yo observaba, sus alas le fueron arrancadas, lo levantaron del suelo y lo pararon sobre sus patas traseras, como un hombre; y le fue dada la mente de un hombre.
4 “The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
5 La segunda bestia se parecía a un oso, tenía un costado más alzado que el otro. Tenía tres costillas entre sus dientes, y oí una voz que le decía: “¡Ponte en acción! ¡Devora mucha gente!”.
5 “Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
6 La tercera de estas bestias extrañas se parecía a un leopardo, pero en su espalda tenía cuatro alas como las de las aves, y tenía cuatro cabezas. Y se le entregó gran poder.
6 “After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 »Luego la cuarta bestia que vi en mis visiones nocturnas surgió del océano, demasiado terrible y espantosa, tanto que no la puedo describir, e increíblemente fuerte. Devoraba a todas sus víctimas desgarrándolas con sus enormes dientes de hierro, y aplastaba las sobras bajo sus patas. Era diferente de todas las otras bestias, y tenía diez cuernos.
7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome, powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.
8 Mientras estaba mirando los cuernos, de repente otro cuerno pequeño apareció entre los demás, y tres de los primeros cuernos fueron arrancados, con sus raíces, para darle lugar al pequeño. Este cuerno pequeño tenía ojos de hombre y una boca que hablaba con arrogancia.
8 “I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogantly.
9 »Estaba observando, cuando de pronto, fueron puestos tronos y un Anciano cargado de años se sentó para juzgar. Su vestidura era blanca como la nieve, su cabello como la más blanca lana. Se sentó sobre un trono envuelto en llamas con ruedas de fuego ardiente, y
9 “I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was Ancient of Days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
10 un río de fuego procedía de delante de él. Millones de ángeles estaban a su servicio y otros cientos de millones estaban parados delante de él. Luego la corte comenzó su sesión y los libros del juzgado divino fueron abiertos.
10 A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set. The books were opened.
11 »Yo seguí mirando mientras escuchaba las cosas tan arrogantes que el cuerno pequeño decía. Pude ver que mataron a la cuarta bestia y que su cuerpo fue consumido por el fuego.
11 “I watched at that time because of the voice of the arrogant words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
12 En cuanto a las otras tres bestias, vi que sus reinos les fueron quitados, pero se les permitió seguir viviendo por un poco de tiempo.
12 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 »Luego seguí viendo en mis visiones nocturnas. Vi la llegada de uno que parecía un hombre ordinario, ¡traído sobre nubes del cielo! Se acercó al Anciano cargado de años y lo llevaron ante él.
13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.
14 Le dieron la facultad de gobernar, reinar y ser tratado con gran respeto en todos los pueblos, culturas y naciones del mundo, para que siguieran sus disposiciones. Su poder es inmenso, nunca se acabará, su gobierno jamás será destruido.
14 Dominion was given him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.
15 »Yo estaba confundido y turbado por todo lo que había visto,
15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 así que me acerqué a uno de los que estaban parados al lado del trono y le pregunté el significado de todas estas cosas, y él me las explicó:
16 I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. “So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 “Estas cuatro bestias enormes, me dijo, representan cuatro reyes que algún día reinarán sobre el mundo.
17 ‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
18 Pero al final los santos del Dios Altísimo dominarán los gobiernos del mundo para siempre”.
18 But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19 »Entonces le pregunté acerca de la cuarta bestia que era tan diferente a todas las otras, con sus dientes de hierro y garras de bronce que devoraba a todas sus víctimas y pisoteaba las sobras.
19 “Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
20 También le pregunté sobre el significado de los diez cuernos, y el cuerno pequeño que surgió después y que destruyó a tres de los otros; el cuerno con los ojos y la boca que hablaba con tanta arrogancia, el cuerno que parecía más fuerte que los otros.
20 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
21 »Porque yo había visto este cuerno luchando contra los santos de Dios y venciéndolos,
21 I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,
22 hasta que vino el Anciano cargado de años e hizo justicia al pueblo del Dios Altísimo, pues se había cumplido el tiempo para que el pueblo de Dios tomara las riendas del reino.
22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 »“Esta cuarta bestia, me dijo, es el cuarto poder que reinará sobre el mundo. Será diferente a todos los otros, más violento y terrible; devorará al mundo entero, destruyendo todo a su paso.
23 “So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 Sus diez cuernos son diez reyes que reinarán en ese imperio. Luego otro rey surgirá, diferente a los otros diez, y derribará a tres de ellos.
24 As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings.
25 Él desafiará al Dios Altísimo, e irá acabando con sus santos, y tratará de cambiar todas las leyes y las fiestas religiosas del pueblo de Dios. El pueblo de Dios estará bajo su poder por tres años y medio.
25 He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
26 Entonces los jueces se sentarán para juzgar, y al cuerno se le quitará el poder, dejándolo destruido para siempre.
26 “‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
27 Luego todas las naciones debajo del cielo, con todo su poder, serán entregadas al pueblo del Dios Altísimo. Ellos reinarán para siempre, y todos los gobernantes de la tierra le servirán y obedecerán”.
27 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
28 »Ese fue el fin de la visión. Y yo estaba muy turbado y mi rostro estaba pálido de miedo, pero no conté a nadie lo que había visto».
28 “Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.”
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 5:1; Jeremiah 23:28; Amos 3:7; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 1:17
- 2 Revelation 7:1; Revelation 17:15
- 3 Revelation 13:1; Daniel 7:17; Daniel 2:32–33; Daniel 7:4–8; Ezekiel 19:3–8
- 4 Jeremiah 4:7; Isaiah 14:13–17; Daniel 5:18–23; Ezekiel 17:3; Habakkuk 1:6–8
- 5 Daniel 2:39; Jeremiah 50:21–32; Hosea 13:8; 2 Kings 2:24; Isaiah 13:17–18
- 6 Revelation 13:2; Daniel 11:3–20; Daniel 8:20–22; Daniel 2:39; Hosea 13:7
- 7 Revelation 13:1; Revelation 12:3; Revelation 17:12; Daniel 7:23–24; Daniel 7:19–20
- 8 Revelation 13:5–6; Revelation 13:1; Psalm 12:3; Revelation 13:11–13; Revelation 9:7
- 9 Revelation 1:14; Mark 9:3; Daniel 7:13; Matthew 17:2; Daniel 7:22
- 10 Isaiah 30:27; Deuteronomy 33:2; Revelation 20:11–15; Psalm 50:3; Revelation 5:11
- 11 Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10; Daniel 7:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 18:8
- 12 Daniel 8:7
- 13 Matthew 26:64; Revelation 1:7; Luke 21:27; Revelation 14:14; Matthew 24:30
- 14 Revelation 11:15; Daniel 7:27; Daniel 2:44; John 3:35; 1 Corinthians 15:24–28
- 15 Daniel 7:28; Jeremiah 17:16; Romans 9:2–3; 2 Peter 1:14; Daniel 2:1
- 16 Revelation 7:13–14; Zechariah 2:3; Daniel 7:10; Revelation 5:5; Daniel 12:5–6
- 17 Revelation 13:11; Daniel 7:3–4; Psalm 17:14; John 18:36; Revelation 13:1
- 18 Daniel 7:27; Isaiah 60:12–14; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 2:26–27
- 19 Daniel 7:7; Daniel 2:40–43
- 20 Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:23; Daniel 7:11; Daniel 8:9–11; Daniel 11:36–37
- 21 Daniel 12:7; Revelation 17:14; Daniel 8:24; Revelation 13:5–18; Revelation 12:3–4
- 22 Daniel 7:18; Revelation 20:4; Revelation 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 14:8–20
- 23 Daniel 7:7; Daniel 2:40; Luke 2:1
- 24 Daniel 7:20; Daniel 11:36; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:3; Revelation 17:16–18
- 25 Daniel 12:7; Revelation 12:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:5–11; Revelation 12:6
- 26 Revelation 20:10–11; Revelation 11:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Daniel 7:10–11; Daniel 7:22
- 27 Psalm 72:11; Revelation 11:15; Luke 1:33; Daniel 7:14; Psalm 22:27
- 28 Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51; Daniel 4:19; Daniel 7:15; Daniel 12:9
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For the Scripture saith, "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood around Him, and thousands of thousands ministered unto Him, and cried, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord of Sabaoth; the whole creation is full of His glory." And let us therefore, conscientiously gathering together in harmony, cry to Him earnestly, as with one mouth, that we may be made partakers …
The Lord, strong and mighty." And how also He should come again out of heaven with glory, hear what was spoken in reference to this by the prophet Jeremiah. His words are: "Behold, as the Son of man He cometh in the clouds of heaven, and His angels with Him." Chapter LII — Certain fulfilment of prophecy Since, then, we …
And then, again, since there are many, yea, innumerable angels who surround the Creator, as all the prophets acknowledge,--[saying, for instance,] "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood beside Him, and many thousands of thousands ministered unto Him," --then, according to them, the angels of the Pleroma will have as images the angels of the Creator, and the entire creation remains …
… king, who is recognized as Antichrist, and after this the eternal kingdom of the Son of man, that is to say, of Christ, he says, "My spirit was terrified, I Daniel in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me," etc.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… learned them out of the divine Scriptures used in the Church, and chiefly from the prophecy of Daniel just now read; as Gabriel also the Archangel interpreted it, speaking thus: The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall surpass all kingdoms.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)