¹ Εν τω τριτω ετει του Κυρου, βασιλεως της Περσιας, απεκαλυφθη λογος εις τον Δανιηλ, του οποιου το ονομα εκληθη Βαλτασασαρ· και ο λογος ητο αληθινος και η δυναμις των λεγομενων μεγαλη· και κατελαβε τον λογον και εννοησε την οπτασιαν.

² Εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις εγω ο Δανιηλ ημην πενθων τρεις ολοκληρους εβδομαδας.

³ Αρτον επιθυμητον δεν εφαγον και κρεας και οινος δεν εισηλθεν εις το στομα μου ουδε ηλειψα εμαυτον παντελως, μεχρι συμπληρωσεως τριων ολοκληρων εβδομαδων.

⁴ Και την εικοστην τεταρτην ημεραν του πρωτου μηνος, ενω ημην παρα την οχθην του μεγαλου ποταμου, οστις ειναι ο Τιγρις,

⁵ εσηκωσα τους οφθαλμους μου και ειδον και ιδου, εις ανθρωπος ενδεδυμενος λινα και αι οσφυες αυτου ησαν περιεζωσμεναι με χρυσιον καθαρον του Ουφαζ,

⁶ το δε σωμα αυτου ητο ως βηρυλλιον, και το προσωπον αυτου ως θεα αστραπης, και οι οφθαλμοι αυτου ως λαμπαδες πυρος, και οι βραχιονες αυτου και οι ποδες αυτου ως οψις χαλκου στιλβοντος, και η φωνη των λογων αυτου ως φωνη οχλου.

⁷ Και μονος εγω ο Δανιηλ ειδον την ορασιν· οι δε ανδρες οι οντες μετ' εμου δεν ειδον την ορασιν· αλλα τρομος μεγας επεπεσεν επ' αυτους και εφυγον δια να κρυφθωσιν.

⁸ Εγω λοιπον εμεινα μονος και ειδον την ορασιν την μεγαλην ταυτην, και δεν απεμεινεν ισχυς εν εμοι· και η ακμη μου μετεστραφη εν εμοι εις μαρασμον και δεν εμεινεν ισχυς εν εμοι.

⁹ Ηκουσα ομως την φωνην των λογων αυτου· και ενω ηκουον την φωνην των λογων αυτου, εγω ημην βεβυθισμενος εις βαθυν υπνον επι προσωπον μου και το προσωπον μου επι την γην.

¹⁰ Και ιδου, χειρ με ηγγισε και με ηγειρεν επι τα γονατα μου και τας παλαμας των χειρων μου.

¹¹ Και ειπε προς εμε, Δανιηλ, ανηρ σφοδρα αγαπητε, εννοησον τους λογους, τους οποιους εγω λαλω προς σε, και στηθι ορθος· διοτι προς σε απεσταλην τωρα. Και οτε ελαλησε προς εμε τον λογον τουτον, εσηκωθην εντρομος.

¹² Και ειπε προς εμε, Μη φοβου, Δανιηλ· διοτι απο της πρωτης ημερας, καθ' ην εδωκας την καρδιαν σου εις το να εννοης και κακουχησαι ενωπιον του Θεου σου, εισηκουσθησαν οι λογοι σου και εγω ηλθον εις τους λογους σου.

¹³ Πλην ο αρχων της βασιλειας της Περσιας ανθιστατο εις εμε εικοσιμιαν ημεραν· αλλ' ιδου, ο Μιχαηλ, εις των πρωτων αρχοντων, ηλθε δια να μοι βοηθηση· και εγω εμεινα εκει πλησιον των βασιλεων της Περσιας.

¹⁴ Και ηλθον να σε καμω να καταλαβης τι θελει συμβη εις τον λαον σου εν ταις εσχαταις ημεραις· διοτι η ορασις ειναι ετι δια πολλας ημερας.

¹⁵ Και ενω ελαλει τοιουτους λογους προς εμε, εβαλον το προσωπον μου προς την γην και εγεινα αφωνος.

¹⁶ Και ιδου, ως θεα υιου ανθρωπου ηγγισε τα χειλη μου· τοτε ηνοιξα το στομα μου και ελαλησα και ειπον προς τον ισταμενον εμπροσθεν μου, Κυριε μου, εξ αιτιας της ορασεως συνεστραφησαν τα εντοσθια μου εν εμοι και δεν εμεινεν ισχυς εν εμοι.

¹⁷ Και πως δυναται ο δουλος τουτου του κυριου μου να λαληση μετα του κυριου μου τουτου; εν εμοι βεβαιως απο του νυν δεν υπαρχει ουδεμια ισχυς αλλ' ουδε πνοη εμεινεν εν εμοι.

¹⁸ Και με ηγγισε παλιν ως θεα ανθρωπου και με ενισχυσε,

¹⁹ και ειπε, Μη φοβου, ανηρ σφοδρα αγαπητε· ειρηνη εις σε· ανδριζου και ισχυε. Και ενω ελαλει προς εμε, ενισχυθην και ειπον, Ας λαληση ο κυριος μου· διοτι με ενισχυσας.

²⁰ Και ειπεν, Εξευρεις δια τι ηλθον προς σε; τωρα δε θελω επιστρεψει να πολεμησω μετα του αρχοντος της Περσιας· και οταν εξελθω, ιδου, ο αρχων της Ελλαδος θελει ελθει.

²¹ Πλην θελω σοι αναγγειλει το γεγραμμενον εν τη γραφη της αληθειας· και δεν ειναι ουδεις ο αγωνιζομενος μετ' εμου υπερ τουτων, ειμη Μιχαηλ ο αρχων υμων.

¹ The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

² Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of god, in the midst of the seas; yet you are man, and not god, though you did set your heart as the heart of god--

³ behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

⁴ by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;

⁵ by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--

⁶ therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,

⁷ therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.

⁸ They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.

⁹ Will you yet say before him who kills you, I am God? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.

¹⁰ You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹¹ Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹² Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

¹³ You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.

¹⁴ You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, [so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁵ You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶ By the abundance of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.

¹⁸ By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.

¹⁹ All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.

²⁰ The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²¹ Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,

²² and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

²³ For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword on her on every side; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

²⁴ There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that did despite to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

²⁵ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.

²⁶ They shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who do them despite all around them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh their God.