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¹³Let his heart be changed from being human, and let the heart of a wild animal be given to him, and let seven periods of time pass over him.

¹⁷The tree that you saw was lofty and strong; its height reached toward heaven, and it could be seen throughout the whole world.

²³But, since he commanded that the stump of its roots, that is, of the tree, should be left behind, your kingdom will be left for you, after you have realized that power is from divinity.

¹And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. ³And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” ⁴Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.

²And do not be willing to forget hospitality. For by it, certain persons, without realizing it, have received Angels as guests.

¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

¹And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, ²the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose. ³And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” ⁴Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown. ⁵Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times, ⁶repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

¹⁶For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work. ¹⁷But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness. ¹⁸And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace.

⁴³Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.

¹³And I heard one of the holy ones speaking, and one saint said to another, (I know not to whom he was speaking,) “What is the extent of the vision, and the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation, which has happened, and of the sanctuary and the strength, which will be trampled?” ¹⁴And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.” ¹⁵But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man. ¹⁶And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, make this one understand the vision.” ¹⁷And he came and stood next to where I was standing, and when he approached, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled.”

³⁷And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.

¹“But at that time Michael will rise up, the great leader, who stands up for the sons of your people. And a time will come, such as has not been from the time that nations began, even until that time. And, at that time, your people will be saved, all who will be found written in the book. ²And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see. ³But those who have taught will shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who instruct many towards justice, like the stars for unending eternity. ⁴But you, Daniel, close the message and seal the book, until the established time. Many will pass through, and knowledge will be increased.” ⁵And I, Daniel, looked, and behold, similarly two others stood up, one over here, on the bank of the river, and the other over there, on the other bank of the river. ⁶And I said to the man, who was clothed in linen, who stood over the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”

²O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God. ³For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head. ⁴They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones. ⁵They have said, “Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer.” ⁶For they plotted unanimously. Joined together against you, they ordained a covenant: ⁷the tabernacle of Edomites and Ishmaelites, and Moab and the Hagarites,

¹³But the leader of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me for twenty-one days, and behold, Michael, one of the primary leaders, came to help me, and I remained there next to the king of the Persians. ¹⁴But I have come to teach you what will happen to your people in the latter days, because the vision is for a long time from now.” ¹⁵And while he was speaking words to me in this way, I cast my face down to the ground and was silent. ¹⁶And behold, something in the likeness of a son of man touched my lips. Then, opening my mouth, I spoke and said to him who stood before me, “My lord, at the sight of you, my limbs became weak and no strength has remained in me. ¹⁷And so, how can the servant of my lord speak with my lord? For no strength remains in me; and even my breathing is hindered.” ¹⁸Therefore, he who looked like a man, touched me again and strengthened me.

¹In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who ruled over the kingdom of the Chaldeans, ²in year one of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the books the number of the years, concerning the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah, the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would be completed in seventy years. ³And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. ⁴And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments. ⁵We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we acted impiously and have withdrawn, and we have turned aside from your commandments as well as your judgments. ⁶We have not obeyed your servants, the prophets, who have spoken in your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

¹In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me. After that which I had seen in the beginning, I, Daniel, ²saw in my vision, that I was in the capital city of Susa, which is in the region of Elam, yet I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai. ³And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a single ram stood before the marsh, having two high horns, and one was higher than the other and growing higher still. ⁴After this, I saw the ram brandishing his horns against the West, and against the North, and against the Meridian, and all the beasts could not withstand him, nor be freed from his hand, and he did according to his own will, and he became great. ⁵And I understood, and behold, a he-goat among she-goats came from the West above the face of the entire earth, and he did not touch the ground. Furthermore, the he-goat had a preeminent horn between his eyes. ⁶And he went all the way to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.