Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.
I det tridje styringsåret åt Belsassar såg eg, Daniel, ei syn, ei som kom etter den eg fyrr hadde set.
2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
Då eg no i denne syni skulde til å sjå, syntest det meg at eg var i Susanborgi i Elamfylket; og då eg såg meir til i syni, fann eg at eg var ved elvi Ulai.
3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
Og då eg såg upp, fekk eg sjå ein ver framved elvi, og han hadde tvo horn; og båe horni var høge; men det eine var høgre enn hitt, og det som var høgre, skaut sist upp.
4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
Eg såg veren stanga med horni vestetter og nordetter og sudetter, og inkje dyr kunde standa honom imot, og ingen kunde berga or hans vald; han for fram som han vilde, og tok seg store ting til.
5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.
Og då eg gav meir gaum, fekk eg sjå ein bukk koma vestantil og fara fram yver all jordi, men han kom ikkje nær marki; og bukken hadde eit drustelegt horn i skallen.
6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
Og han kom burt til veren med dei tvo horni, den som eg hadde set standa framved elvi, og for imot honom i veldug vreide.
7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.
Eg såg honom koma radt inn på veren og drusa til honom i illska, og han stanga til veren og braut sund båe horni hans, so at veren ingi magt hadde til å standa imot honom; og han kasta honom til jordi og trakka på honom, og det beid ingen som kunde berga veren or hans vald.
8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.
Og bukken briska seg storleg. Men då han stod i si beste magt, brotna det store hornet hans, og fire andre drustelege horn skaut upp i staden, ut mot dei fire himmelætterne.
9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.
Frå eitt av deim gjekk det ut eit nytt horn, lite i fyrstningi, og det voks oversleg sudetter og austetter og mot det herlege landet.
10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.
Og det voks ende upp til himmelheren og kasta nokre av denne heren, av stjernorne, ned til jordi og trakka på deim.
11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.
Ja, jamvel mot hovdingen yver heren briska det seg; han tok burt det daglege offeret, og hans heilagdoms bustad vart nedriven.
12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
Saman med det daglege offeret vart og ein herskare gjeven til pris for brot skuld. Og det slo sanningi ned til jordi, og det lukkast vel, alt det tok seg til.
13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?
Sidan høyrde eg ein heilag som tala, og ein annan heilag spurde honom som tala: «Kor lang tid sigtar ho på, syni um det daglege offeret og um brotet som valdar øyding, og um nedtrakkingi av både heilagdom og her?»
14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
Då svara han meg: «Tvo tusund og tri hundrad kveldar og morgnar; etter det skal heilagdomen koma til retten sin att.»
15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.
Då eg, Daniel, no hadde set denne syni og freista skyna henne, fekk eg sjå at det stod noko framfyre meg, som liktest ein mann.
16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
Og midt yver Ulai høyrde eg ei mannerøyst, som ropa og sagde: «Gabriel, tyd syni for denne mannen!»
17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
Då kom han innåt staden der eg stod; men eg vart rædd då han kom, og kasta meg å gruve. Og han sagde til meg: «Gjev gaum på dette, du menneskjeson; for syni sigtar på endetidi.»
18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
Medan han soleis tala med meg, seig eg i uvit med andlitet mot jordi; men han rørde ved meg og reiste meg upp att.
19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
So sagde han: «Sjå, eg vil kunngjera deg kva som skal henda når det lid til endes med vreiden; for på endetidi sigtar dette.
20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Den tvihyrnte veren som du såg, tyder kongarne i Media og Persia.
21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
Men den raggute bukken er Javan-kongen, og det store hornet i skallen hans er den fyrste kongen.
22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.
Men at det brotna, og at det kom fire andre att i staden, det tyder at folket hans skal verta fire rike, men ikkje med hans kraft.
23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
Og ved slutten på veldet deira, når illgjerdsmennerne hev fyllt sitt mål, skal det koma upp ein konge, ubljug og meinsløg.
24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
Veldet hans skal verta stort, men ikkje med hans kraft; og han skal gjera utruleg stor skade og hava heppa med seg i verket sitt; megtige skal han tyna, og eit folk av heilage.
25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
Med di han er so klok, skal han hava slik heppa med seg i svikarferdi si; han skal setja seg store ting fyre, og uventande skal han tyna mange. Ja, mot hovdingen yver hovdingarne skal han setja seg upp; men utan manns hand skal han då verta krasa.
26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
Og sanning er syni um kveldarne og morgnarne, som no er umtala. Men gøym du denne syni, for ho peikar langt fram i tidi.»
27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
Men eg, Daniel, vart reint utav det og låg sjuk ei tid. Sidan kom eg meg på føterne att og gjorde mi tenesta hjå kongen; og eg var forstøkt yver syni; men det var ingen som merka det.
