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Daniel 8 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
27 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1"In King Belshazzar's third year as king, another vision came to me, Daniel. This was now the second vision.
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1During the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me.
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2"In the vision, I saw myself in Susa, the capital city of the province Elam, standing at the Ulai Canal.
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2In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.
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3Looking around, I was surprised to see a ram also standing at the gate. The ram had two huge horns, one bigger than the other, but the bigger horn was the last to appear.
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3As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river. One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one.
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4I watched as the ram charged: first west, then north, then south. No beast could stand up to him. He did just as he pleased, strutting as if he were king of the beasts.
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4The ram butted everything out of his way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against him or help his victims. He did as he pleased and became very great.
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5"While I was watching this, wondering what it all meant, I saw a billy goat with an immense horn in the middle of its forehead come up out of the west and fly across the whole country, not once touching the ground.
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5While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn’t even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes,
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6The billy goat approached the double-horned ram that I had earlier seen standing at the gate and, enraged, charged it viciously.
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6headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage.
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7I watched as, mad with rage, it charged the ram and hit it so hard that it broke off its two horns. The ram didn't stand a chance against it. The billy goat knocked the ram to the ground and stomped all over it. Nothing could have saved the ram from the goat.
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7The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power.
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8"Then the billy goat swelled to an enormous size. At the height of its power its immense horn broke off and four other big horns sprouted in its place, pointing to the four points of the compass.
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8The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.
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9And then from one of these big horns another horn sprouted. It started small, but then grew to an enormous size, facing south and east—toward lovely Palestine.
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9Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel.
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10The horn grew tall, reaching to the stars, the heavenly army, and threw some of the stars to the earth and stomped on them.
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10Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them.
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11It even dared to challenge the power of God, Prince of the Celestial Army! And then it threw out daily worship and desecrated the Sanctuary.
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11It even challenged the Commander of heaven’s army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple.
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12As judgment against their sin, the holy people of God got the same treatment as the daily worship. The horn cast God's Truth aside. High-handed, it took over everything and everyone.
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12The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. The horn succeeded in everything it did.
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13"Then I overheard two holy angels talking. One asked, 'How long is what we see here going to last—the abolishing of daily worship, this devastating judgment against sin, the kicking around of God's holy people and the Sanctuary?'
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13Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?”
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14"The other answered, 'Over the course of 2,300 sacrifices, evening and morning. Then the Sanctuary will be set right again.'
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14The other replied, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again.”
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15"While I, Daniel, was trying to make sense of what I was seeing, suddenly there was a humanlike figure standing before me.
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15As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me.
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16"Then I heard a man's voice from over by the Ulai Canal calling out, 'Gabriel, tell this man what is going on. Explain the vision to him.'
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16And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.”
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17He came up to me, but when he got close I became terrified and fell facedown on the ground."He said, 'Understand that this vision has to do with the time of the end.'
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17As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”
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18As soon as he spoke, I fainted, my face in the dirt. But he picked me up and put me on my feet.
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18While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.
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19"And then he continued, 'I want to tell you what is going to happen as the judgment days of wrath wind down, for there is going to be an end to all this.
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19Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.
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20" 'The double-horned ram you saw stands for the two kings of the Medes and Persians.
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20The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.
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21The billy goat stands for the kingdom of the Greeks. The huge horn on its forehead is the first Greek king.
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21The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
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22The four horns that sprouted after it was broken off are the four kings that come after him, but without his power.
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22The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.
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23" 'As their kingdoms cool downand rebellions heat up,A king will show up,hard-faced, a master trickster.
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23“At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power.
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24His power will swell enormously.He'll talk big, high-handedly,Doing whatever he pleases,knocking off heroes and holy ones left and right.
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24He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people.
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25He'll plot and scheme to make crime flourish—and oh, how it will flourish!He'll think he's invincibleand get rid of anyone who gets in his way.But when he takes on the Prince of all princes,he'll be smashed to bits—but not by human hands.
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25He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power.
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26This vision of the 2,300 sacrifices, evening and morning,is accurate but confidential.Keep it to yourself.It refers to the far future.'
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26“This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret.”
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27"I, Daniel, walked around in a daze, unwell for days. Then I got a grip on myself and went back to work taking care of the king's affairs. But I continued to be upset by the vision. I couldn't make sense of it.
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27Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.