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1 El primer año de Belsasar, rey de Babilonia, Daniel tuvo un sueño y visiones de su cabeza mientras estaba en su cama. Entonces escribió el sueño y relató un resumen de él.
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 Daniel habló: Yo miraba en mi visión nocturna y vi que los cuatro puntos cardinales del cielo se desataban sobre el gran mar.
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 Cuatro grandes bestias, diferentes la una de la otra, subieron del mar.
3 Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 La primera era como un león, y tenía alas de águila. Yo miraba hasta que sus alas fueron arrancadas, y ella fue levantada de la tierra. La levantaron a estar sobre sus dos pies, a manera de hombre, y le fue dado corazón de 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 Miré una segunda bestia semejante a un oso. Estaba elevado de un lado. Tenía tres costillas entre los dientes de su boca, y se le dijo: ¡Levántate y devora mucha carne!
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 Después de eso yo miraba. Ahí estaba otra bestia, semejante a un leopardo que tenía cuatro alas de ave en sus espaldas. Esta bestia tenía cuatro cabezas, y se le dio dominio.
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 Después de eso miraba en las visiones de la noche. Ahí estaba la cuarta bestia, espantosa, terrible y muy fuerte, la cual tenía grandes dientes de hierro, con los cuales devoraba y desmenuzaba, y lo sobrante lo aplastaba con sus patas. Era muy diferente de todas las bestias que vi antes de ella, 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 Yo observaba los cuernos, y vi que otro cuerno pequeño salía entre ellos, ante el cual tres de los primeros cuernos fueron arrancados de raíz. Y vi que este cuerno tenía ojos como de hombre y una boca que hablaba grandes cosas.
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 Yo miraba hasta que tronos fueron puestos. Se sentó un Anciano de Días, cuya ropa era blanca como la nieve y el cabello de su cabeza como lana pura. Su trono era llamas de fuego, y las ruedas del trono, de fuego ardiente.
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 y corría. Millares de millares le servían, y millones de millones estaban en pie delante de Él. El Juez se sentó, y los rollos 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 Entonces yo miraba a causa del ruido de las palabras arrogantes que el cuerno hablaba. Yo miraba hasta que la bestia fue matada, su cuerpo destruido y echado al fuego ardiente.
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 bestias, se les quitó su dominio, pero la vida les fue prolongada por un tiempo determinado.
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 Yo observaba en las visiones nocturnas. Vi Uno como un Hijo de Hombre que venía con las nubes del cielo. Llegó hasta el Anciano de Días y se presentó 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 Se le concedió dominio, gloria y un reino para que todos los pueblos, naciones y lenguas le sirvan. Su dominio es eterno, que no pasará, y su reino no será jamás 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 En cuanto a mí, Daniel, se me turbó el espíritu a causa de esto, y las visiones de mi cabeza me alarmaban.
15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 Me acerqué a uno de los que estaban en pie, y le pregunté la verdad con respecto a todo esto. Él me habló y me informó la interpretación de las cosas:
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 grandes son cuatro reyes que se levantarán en la tierra.
17 ‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
18 Después los santos del Altísimo recibirán el reino, y lo poseerán por toda la eternidad, por todas las edades venideras.
18 But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19 Entonces quise saber la verdad con respecto a la cuarta bestia que era diferente de todas las otras, espantosa en gran manera. Devoraba y descuartizaba con sus dientes de hierro y uñas de bronce. Aplastaba con sus patas lo sobrante.
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 Tenía diez cuernos en su cabeza. Le salió otro cuerno delante del cual cayeron tres de ellos. Este cuerno tenía ojos y una boca que hablaba cosas grandes. Su aspecto era más imponente que el de sus compañeros.
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 Observaba que este cuerno hacía guerra contra los santos y los vencía
21 I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,
22 hasta que vino el Anciano de Días, y se dio el juicio a los santos del Altísimo. Cuando llegó el tiempo, los santos poseyeron el 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 Dijo: La cuarta bestia será un cuarto reino en la tierra, el cual será diferente de todos los otros reinos. Devorará, trillará y despedazará toda la tierra.
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 En cuanto a los diez cuernos: diez reyes se levantarán de ese reino, y otro tras ellos, el cual será diferente de los primeros, y a tres reyes derribará.
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 Hablará palabras contra el Altísimo y quebrantará a sus santos. Intentará cambiar los tiempos y la Ley. Serán entregados en su mano por un tiempo, tiempos y medio tiempo.
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 Pero el Juez se sentará y le quitará su dominio para que sea destruido y arruinado hasta el fin.
26 “‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
27 El reino, el dominio y la majestad de los reinos bajo todo el cielo será dado al pueblo de los santos del Altísimo, cuyo reino es eterno. Todos los dominios 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 En este punto terminó la revelación. En cuanto a mí, Daniel, mis pensamientos me alarmaron muchísimo y mi semblante palideció, pero guardé el asunto en mi corazón.
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)