In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, ¹Daniel, after the one which appeared to me ²previously. 2 And I ^alooked in the vision. And it happened that while I was looking, I was in the citadel of ^bSusa, which is in the province of ^cElam; and I looked in the vision, and I myself was beside the Ulai ¹Canal. 3 Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ^aram which had two horns was standing in front of the ¹canal. Now the two horns were ²long, but one was ³longer than the other, with the ⁴longer one coming up last. 4 I saw the ram ^abutting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before it, nor was there anyone to deliver from its ¹power, but ^bit did as it pleased and magnified itself.

5 And while I was considering, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the ¹goat had a ^aconspicuous horn between its eyes. 6 Then it came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the ¹canal, and ran at it in his strong wrath. 7 And I saw it reach the side of the ram, and it was enraged at it; and it struck the ram and broke its two horns in pieces, and the ram had no strength to stand in ¹opposition to it. So it threw it down to the ground and trampled on it, and there was none to deliver the ram from its ²power. 8 Then the male goat magnified itself exceedingly. But as soon as ^ait was mighty, the ^blarge horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the ^cfour winds of ¹heaven.

9 And out of one of them came forth a rather ^asmall horn. And it grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the ^1bBeautiful Land. 10 Then it grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the ^astars to fall to the earth, and it ^btrampled them down. 11 And it even ^amagnified itself ¹to be equal with the ²Commander of the host; and it removed the ^bregular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. 12 And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will ^athrow truth down to the ground and do its will and succeed. 13 Then I heard a ^aholy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “^bHow long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, ¹while the transgression causes desolation, so as to allow both the holy place and the host ²to be ^ctrampled?” 14 He said to me, “For ^a2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be ¹made righteous.”

15 Now it happened when ^aI, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought ¹to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one ²who had the appearance of a ^bman. 16 And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “^aGabriel, give this man an understanding of what has appeared.” 17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was terrified and ^afell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the ^btime of the end.”

18 Now while he was talking with me, I ^asank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he ^btouched me and made me stand ¹upright. 19 Then he said, “Behold, I am going to ^alet you know what will happen at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. 20 The ^aram which you saw with the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia. 21 Now the shaggy ¹goat is the ²king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 And the ^abroken horn and the four horns that stood in its place are four kingdoms which will take their stand from his nation, although not with his power.

27 Then I, Daniel, was ^1aexhausted and sick for days. Then I rose up again and ^bdid the king’s work; but I was ²appalled at what had appeared, and there was none to make me understand it.

In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, ¹Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me ²previously. 2 I ^alooked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of ^bSusa, which is in the province of ^cElam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the Ulai ¹Canal. 3 Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ^aram which had two horns was standing in front of the ¹canal. Now the two horns were ²long, but one was ³longer than the other, with the ⁴longer one coming up last. 4 I saw the ram ^abutting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his ¹power, but ^bhe did as he pleased and magnified himself.

5 While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the ¹goat had a ^aconspicuous horn between his eyes. 6 He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the ¹canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath. 7 I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from his ¹power. 8 Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as ^ahe was mighty, the ^blarge horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the ^cfour winds of heaven.

9 Out of one of them came forth a rather ^asmall horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the ^1bBeautiful Land. 10 It grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the ^astars to fall to the earth, and it ^btrampled them down. 11 It even ^amagnified itself ¹to be equal with the ²Commander of the host; and it removed the ^bregular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. 12 And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will ^afling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper. 13 Then I heard a ^aholy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “^bHow long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, ¹while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host ²to be ^ctrampled?” 14 He said to me, “For ^a2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be ¹properly restored.”

15 When ^aI, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought ¹to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one ²who looked like a ^bman. 16 And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “^aGabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.” 17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and ^afell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the ^btime of the end.”

18 Now while he was talking with me, I ^asank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he ^btouched me and made me stand ¹upright. 19 He said, “Behold, I am going to ^alet you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

20 The ^aram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

21 The shaggy ¹goat represents the ²kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 The ^abroken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.

27 Then I, Daniel, was ^1aexhausted and sick for days. Then I got up again and ^bcarried on the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was none to ²explain it.