1 Prve godine Valtasara, cara vavilonskog, usni Danilo san i vide utvaru glave svoje na postelji; tada napisa san i pripovedi ukratko. 2 Danilo progovori i reče: Videh u utvari svojoj noću, a to četiri vetra nebeska udariše se na velikom moru. 3 I četiri velike zveri iziđoše iz mora, svaka drugačija. 4 Prva beše kao lav, i imaše krila orlova; gledah dokle joj se krila poskuboše i podiže se sa zemlje i stade na noge kao čovek, i srce ljudsko dade joj se. 5 Potom, gle, druga zver beše kao medved, i stade s jedne strane, i imaše tri rebra u ustima među zubima svojim, i govoraše joj se: Ustani, jedi mnogo mesa. 6 Potom videh, i gle, druga, kao ris, imaše na leđima četiri krila kao ptica, i četiri glave imaše zver, i dade joj se vlast. 7 Potom videh u utvarama noćnim, i gle, četvrta zver, koje se trebaše bojati, strašna i vrlo jaka, i imaše velike zube gvozdene, jeđaše i satiraše, i gažaše nogama ostatak, i razlikovaše se od svih zveri pređašnjih, i imaše deset rogova. 8 Gledah rogove, i gle, drugi mali rog izraste među onima, a tri prva roga iščupaše se pred njim; i gle, oči kao oči čovečije behu na tom rogu, i usta koja govorahu velike stvari. 9 Gledah dokle se postaviše prestoli, i starac sede, na kome beše odelo belo kao sneg, i kosa na glavi kao čista vuna, presto Mu beše kao plamen ognjeni, točkovi Mu kao oganj razgoreo. 10 Reka ognjena izlažaše i tečaše ispred Njega, hiljada hiljada služaše Mu, i deset hiljada po deset hiljada stajahu pred Njim; sud sede, i knjige se otvoriše. 11 Tada gledah radi glasa velikih reči koje govoraše onaj rog; i gledah dokle ne bi ubijena zver i telo joj se raščini i dade se da izgori ognjem. 12 I ostalim zverima uze se vlast, jer dužina životu beše im određena do vremena i do roka. 13 Videh u utvarama noćnim, i gle, kao Sin čovečiji iđaše sa oblacima nebeskim, i dođe do starca i stade pred Njim. 14 I dade Mu se vlast i slava i carstvo da Mu služe svi narodi i plemena i jezici; vlast je Njegova vlast večna, koja neće proći, i carstvo se Njegovo neće rasuti. 15 Meni Danilu prenemože duh moj u telu mom, i utvare glave moje uznemiriše me. 16 Pristupih k jednom od onih koji stajahu onde, i zamolih ga za istinu od svega toga. I progovori mi i kaza mi šta to znači: 17 Ove četiri velike zveri jesu četiri cara, koji će nastati na zemlji. 18 Ali će sveci Višnjeg preuzeti carstvo, i držaće carstvo na vek i doveka. 19 Tada zaželeh znati istinu o četvrtoj zveri, koja se razlikovaše od svih i beše vrlo strašna, i imaše zube gvozdene i nokte bronzane, i jeđaše i satiraše, a ostatak nogama gažaše, 20 i o deset rogova šta joj behu na glavi, i o drugom koji izraste i tri otpadoše pred njim, o rogu koji imaše oči i usta koja govorahu velike stvari i beše po viđenju veći od drugih. 21 Gledah, i taj rog vojevaše sa svecima i nadvlađivaše ih, 22 dokle dođe starac, i dade se sud svecima Višnjeg, i prispe vreme da sveci preuzmu carstvo. 23 Ovako reče: Četvrta zver biće četvrto carstvo na zemlji, koje će se razlikovati od svih carstava, i izješće svu zemlju i pogaziti i satrti. 24 I deset rogova jesu deset careva, koji će nastati iz tog carstva, a posle njih nastaće drugi, i on će se razlikovati od pređašnjih, i pokoriće tri cara. 25 I govoriće reči na Višnjeg, i potiraće svece Višnjeg, i pomišljaće da promeni vremena i zakone; i daće mu se u ruke za vreme i za vremena i za po vremena. 26 Potom će sesti sud, i uzeće mu se vlast, te će se istrebiti i zatrti sasvim. 27 A carstvo i vlast i veličanstvo carsko pod svim nebom daće se narodu svetaca Višnjeg; Njegovo će carstvo biti večno carstvo, i sve će vlasti Njemu služiti i slušati Ga. 28 Ovde je kraj ovoj reči. A mene, Danila vrlo uznemiriše misli moje, i lice mi se sve promeni; ali reč sačuvah u srcu svom.
Daniel · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)