14. He answered him, “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be set right.”
15. While I, Daniel, sought the meaning of the vision I had seen, one who looked like a man stood before me,
16. and on the Ulai I heard a human voice that cried out, “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
17. When he came near where I was standing, I fell prostrate in terror. But he said to me, “Understand, O son of man, that the vision refers to the end time.”
18. As he spoke to me, I fell forward unconscious; he touched me and made me stand up.
19. “I will show you,” he said, “what is to happen in the last days of wrath; for it is for the appointed time of the end.
20. “The two-horned ram you saw represents the kings of the Medes and Persians.
21. The he-goat is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn on its forehead is the first king.
22. The four that rose in its place when it was shattered are four kingdoms that will issue from his nation, but without his strength.
23. “At the end of their reign,when sinners have reached their measure,There shall arise a king,impudent, and skilled in intrigue.
24. He shall be strong and powerful,bring about fearful ruin,and succeed in his undertaking.He shall destroy powerful peoples;
25. his cunning shall be against the holy ones,his treacherous conduct shall succeed.He shall be proud of heartand destroy many by stealth.But when he rises against the Prince of princes,he shall be broken without a hand being raised.
26. As for the vision of the evenings and the mornings,what was spoken is true.But you, keep this vision secret:it is for the distant future.”
27. I, Daniel, was weak and ill for some days; then I arose and took care of the king’s affairs. But the vision left me desolate, without understanding.