Daniel 8 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Anno tertio regni Baltassar regis, visio apparuit mihi. Ego Daniel, post id quod videram in principio,
1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
2 vidi in visione mea, cum essem in Susis castro, quod est in Ælam regione: vidi autem in visione esse me super portam Ulai.
2 I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
3 Et levavi oculus meos, et vidi: et ecce aries unus stabat ante paludem, habens cornua excelsa, et unum excelsius altero atque succrescens. Postea
3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 vidi arietem cornibus ventilantem contra occidentem, et contra aquilonem, et contra meridiem, et omnes bestiæ non poterant resistere ei, neque liberari de manu ejus: fecitque secundum voluntatem suam, et magnificatus est.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t any who could deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
5 Et ego intelligebam: ecce autem hircus caprarum veniebat ab occidente super faciem totius terræ, et non tangebat terram: porro hircus habebat cornu insigne inter oculos suos.
5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 Et venit usque ad arietem illum cornutum, quem videram stantem ante portam, et cucurrit ad eum in impetu fortitudinis suæ.
6 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
7 Cumque appropinquasset prope arietem, efferatus est in eum, et percussit arietem: et comminuit duo cornua ejus, et non poterat aries resistere ei: cumque eum misisset in terram, conculcavit, et nemo quibat liberare arietem de manu ejus.
7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Hircus autem caprarum magnus factus est nimis: cumque crevisset, fractum est cornu magnum, et orta sunt quatuor cornua subter illud per quatuor ventos cæli.
8 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
9 De uno autem ex eis egressum est cornu unum modicum: et factum est grande contra meridiem, et contra orientem, et contra fortitudinem.
9 Out of one of them came out a little horn which grew exceedingly great—toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
10 Et magnificatum est usque ad fortitudinem cæli: et dejecit de fortitudine, et de stellis, et conculcavit eas.
10 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground and trampled on them.
11 Et usque ad principem fortitudinis magnificatum est: et ab eo tulit juge sacrificium, et dejecit locum sanctificationis ejus.
11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 Robur autem datum est ei contra juge sacrificium propter peccata: et prosternetur veritas in terra, et faciet, et prosperabitur.
12 The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
13 Et audivi unum de sanctis loquentem: et dixit unus sanctus alteri nescio cui loquenti: Usquequo visio, et juge sacrificium, et peccatum desolationis quæ facta est: et sanctuarium, et fortitudo conculcabitur?
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
14 Et dixit ei: Usque ad vesperam et mane, dies duo millia trecenti: et mundabitur sanctuarium.
14 He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
15 Factum est autem cum viderem ego Daniel visionem, et quærerem intelligentiam: ecce stetit in conspectu meo quasi species viri.
15 When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me someone with the appearance of a man.
16 Et audivi vocem viri inter Ulai: et clamavit, et ait: Gabriel, fac intelligere istam visionem.
16 I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
17 Et venit, et stetit juxta ubi ego stabam: cumque venisset, pavens corrui in faciem meam: et ait ad me: Intellige, fili hominis, quoniam in tempore finis complebitur visio.
17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”
18 Cumque loqueretur ad me, collapsus sum pronus in terram: et tetigit me, et statuit me in gradu meo,
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.
19 dixitque mihi: Ego ostendam tibi quæ futura sunt in novissimo maledictionis: quoniam habet tempus finem suum.
19 He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
20 Aries, quem vidisti habere cornua, rex Medorum est atque Persarum.
20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 Porro hircus caprarum, rex Græcorum est; et cornu grande, quod erat inter oculos ejus, ipse est rex primus.
21 The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Quod autem fracto illo surrexerunt quatuor pro eo: quatuor reges de gente ejus consurgent, sed non in fortitudine ejus.
22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
23 Et post regnum eorum, cum creverint iniquitates, consurget rex impudens facie, et intelligens propositiones;
23 “In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up.
24 et roborabitur fortitudo ejus, sed non in viribus suis: et supra quam credi potest, universa vastabit, et prosperabitur, et faciet. Et interficiet robustos, et populum sanctorum
24 His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
25 secundum voluntatem suam, et dirigetur dolus in manu ejus: et cor suum magnificabit, et in copia rerum omnium occidet plurimos: et contra principem principum consurget, et sine manu conteretur.
25 Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes, but he will be broken without human hands.
26 Et visio vespere et mane, quæ dicta est, vera est: tu ergo visionem signa, quia post multos dies erit.
26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”
27 Et ego Daniel langui, et ægrotavi per dies: cumque surrexissem, faciebam opera regis, et stupebam ad visionem, et non erat qui interpretaretur.
27 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
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Gabriel
The man-like heavenly figure who was told to make Daniel understand a vision and who came to him at the evening offering with insight. In Luke he announces the birth of John to…
Cited in the guide: Daniel 8:16; Daniel 9:21; Luke 1:19
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- 1 Daniel 11:4; Daniel 10:7; Daniel 7:1; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 7:15
- 2 Esther 1:2; Nehemiah 1:1; Jeremiah 25:25; Genesis 14:1; Ezekiel 32:24
- 3 Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:5; Zechariah 5:5; Jeremiah 51:11; Isaiah 44:28
- 4 Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 8:7; Isaiah 45:1–5; Micah 5:8
- 5 Daniel 8:21; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:3; Daniel 7:6; Daniel 2:39
- 7 Daniel 11:11; Daniel 7:7; Joshua 8:20; Leviticus 26:37
- 8 Daniel 7:2; Revelation 7:1; Daniel 5:20; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 8:5
- 9 Daniel 11:16; Psalm 48:2; Ezekiel 20:6; Daniel 7:8; Ezekiel 20:15
- 10 Isaiah 14:13; Revelation 12:4; Daniel 8:7; Daniel 7:7; Daniel 11:28
- 11 Daniel 12:11; Revelation 13:5–7; Daniel 8:25; Ezekiel 46:14; Daniel 11:31
- 12 Jeremiah 12:1; Isaiah 59:14; Daniel 11:28; Revelation 13:7; Daniel 11:31–36
- 13 Revelation 11:2; Revelation 6:10; Daniel 9:27; Luke 21:24; Daniel 4:13
- 14 Daniel 12:7; Daniel 7:25; Revelation 11:2–3; Daniel 12:11; Isaiah 45:25
- 15 Daniel 10:16; Daniel 10:18; Revelation 1:13; 1 Peter 1:10–11; Revelation 13:18
- 16 Luke 1:19; Luke 1:26; Daniel 8:2; Daniel 12:5–7; Revelation 22:16
- 17 Daniel 8:19; Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:13; Daniel 11:35–36; Habakkuk 2:3
- 18 Daniel 10:18; Luke 9:32; Ezekiel 2:2; Daniel 10:16; Daniel 10:8–10
- 19 Habakkuk 2:3; Daniel 11:27; Daniel 8:15–17; Revelation 17:17; Revelation 15:1
- 20 Daniel 8:3; Daniel 11:1–2
- 21 Daniel 11:3; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 8:5–8
- 22 Daniel 8:3; Daniel 8:8; Daniel 11:4
- 23 Revelation 13:11–14; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; Revelation 19:20; Daniel 8:9–12; 1 Timothy 4:1
- 24 Daniel 8:12; Revelation 17:17; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7; Daniel 11:31–36
- 25 Daniel 8:11; Daniel 11:32–33; Revelation 17:14; Job 34:20; Daniel 11:21–25
- 26 Daniel 10:1; Daniel 12:9; Daniel 12:4; Daniel 10:14; Ezekiel 12:27
- 27 Daniel 7:28; Habakkuk 3:16; Daniel 2:48–49; Daniel 6:2–3; Daniel 10:16
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To this purpose Daniel says again: "And he shall desolate the holy place; and sin has been given for a sacrifice, and righteousness been cast away in the earth, and he has been active (fecit), and gone on prosperously." And the angel Gabriel, when explaining his vision, states with regard to this person: "And towards the end of their kingdom …