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ego autem ab anno primo Darii Medi stabam ut confortaretur et roboraretur
And from the first year of Darius, the Mede, I stood up, that he might be strengthened, and confirmed.
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et nunc veritatem adnuntiabo tibi ecce adhuc tres reges stabunt in Perside et quartus ditabitur opibus nimiis super omnes et cum invaluerit divitiis suis concitabit omnes adversum regnum Graeciae
And now I will shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly above them all: and when he shall be grown mighty by his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
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surget vero rex fortis et dominabitur potestate multa et faciet quod placuerit ei
But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth.
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et cum steterit conteretur regnum eius et dividetur in quattuor ventos caeli sed non in posteros eius neque secundum potentiam illius qua dominatus est lacerabitur enim regnum eius etiam in externos exceptis his
And when he shall come to his height, his kingdom shall be broken, and it shall be divided towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his posterity, nor according to his pwoer with wheich he ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in peices, even for strangers, besides these.
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et confortabitur rex austri et de principibus eius praevalebit super eum et dominabitur dicione multa enim dominatio eius
And the king of the south shall be strengthened, and one of his princes shall prevail over him, and he shall rule with great power: for his dominions shall be great.
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et post finem annorum foederabuntur filiaque regis austri veniet ad regem aquilonis facere amicitiam et non obtinebit fortitudinem brachii nec stabit semen eius et tradetur ipsa et qui adduxerunt eam adulescentes eius et qui confortabant eam in temporibus
And after the end of years they shall be in league together: and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make friendship, but she shall not obtain the strength of the arm, neither shall her seed stand: and she shall be given up, and her young men that brought her, and they that strengthened her in these times.
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et stabit de germine radicum eius plantatio et veniet cum exercitu et ingredietur provinciam regis aquilonis et abutetur eis et obtinebit
And a plant of the bud of her roots shall stand up: and he shall come with an army, and shall enter into the province of the king of the north: and he shall abuse them, and shall prevail.
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insuper et deos eorum et sculptilia vasa quoque pretiosa argenti et auri captiva ducet in Aegyptum ipse praevalebit adversum regem aquilonis
And he shall also carry away captive into Egypt their gods, and their graven things, and their precious vessels of gold and silver: he shall prevail aginst the king of the north.
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et intrabit in regnum rex austri et revertetur ad terram suam
And the king of the south shall enter into the kingdom, and shall return to his own land.
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filii autem eius provocabuntur et congregabunt multitudinem exercituum plurimorum et veniet properans et inundans et revertetur et concitabitur et congredietur cum robore eius
And his sons shall be provoked, and they shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and he shall come with haste like a flood: and he shall return, and be stirred up, and he shall join battle with his force.
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et provocatus rex austri egredietur et pugnabit adversum regem aquilonis et praeparabit multitudinem nimiam et dabitur multitudo in manu eius
And the king of the south being provoked, shall go forth, and shall fight against the king of the north, and shall prepare an exceeding great multitude, and a multitude shall be given into his hands.
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et capiet multitudinem et exaltabitur cor eius et deiciet multa milia sed non praevalebit
And he shall take a multitude, and his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many thousands: but he shall not prevail.
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convertetur enim rex aquilonis et praeparabit multitudinem multo maiorem quam prius et in fine temporum annorumque veniet properans cum exercitu magno et opibus nimiis
For the king of the north shall return, and shall prepare a multitude much greater than before: and in the end of times, and years, he shall come in haste with a great army, and much riches.
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et in temporibus illis multi consurgent adversum regem austri filii quoque praevaricatorum populi tui extollentur ut impleant visionem et corruent
And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south, and the children of prevaricators of thy people shall lift up themselves to fulfil the vision, and they shall fall.
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et veniet rex aquilonis et conportabit aggerem et capiet urbes munitissimas et brachia austri non sustinebunt et consurgent electi eius ad resistendum et non erit fortitudo
And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best fenced citits: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they shall not have strength.
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et faciet veniens super eum iuxta placitum suum et non erit qui stet contra faciem eius et stabit in terra inclita et consumetur in manu eius
And he shall come upon him, and do according to his pleasure, and there shall be none to stand against his face: and he shall stand in the glorious land, and it shall be consumed by his hand.
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et ponet faciem suam ut veniat ad tenendum universum regnum eius et recta faciet cum eo et filiam feminarum dabit ei ut evertat illud et non stabit nec illius erit
And he shall set his face to come to possess all his kingdom, and he shall make upright conditions with him: and he shall give him a daughter of women, to overthrow it: and she shall not stand, neither shall she be for him.
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et convertet faciem suam ad insulas et capiet multas et cessare faciet principem obprobrii sui et obprobrium eius convertetur in eum
And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: and he shall cause the prince of his reproach to cease, and his reproach shall be turned upon him.
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et convertet faciem suam ad imperium terrae suae et inpinget et corruet et non invenietur
And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, ans shall not be found.
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et stabit in loco eius vilissimus et indignus decore regio et in paucis diebus conteretur non in furore nec in proelio
And there shall stand up in his place one most vile, and unworthy of kingly honour: and in a few days he shall be destroyed, not in rage nor in battle.
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et stabit in loco eius despectus et non tribuetur ei honor regius et veniet clam et obtinebit regnum in fraudulentia
And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.
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et brachia pugnantis expugnabuntur a facie eius et conterentur insuper et dux foederis
And the arms of the fighter shall be overcome before his face, and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.
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et post amicitias cum eo faciet dolum et ascendet et superabit in modico populo
And after friendships, he will deal deceitfully with him: and he shall go up, and shall overcome with a small people.
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abundantes et uberes urbes ingredietur et faciet quae non fecerunt patres eius et patres patrum eius rapinas et praedam et divitias eorum dissipabit et contra firmissimas cogitationes iniet et hoc usque ad tempus
And he shall enter into rich and plentiful cities: and he shall do that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall scatter their spoils, and their prey, and their riches, and shall forecast devices against the best fenced places: and this until a time.
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et concitabitur fortitudo eius et cor eius adversum regem austri in exercitu magno et rex austri provocabitur ad bellum multis auxiliis et fortibus nimis et non stabunt quia inibunt adversum eum consilia
And his strength, and his heart, shall be stirred up aginst the king of the south, with a great army: and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with many and very strong succours: and they shall not stand, for they shall form designs against him.
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et comedentes panem cum eo conterent illum exercitusque eius opprimetur et cadent interfecti plurimi
And they that eat bread with him, shall destroy him, and his army shall be overthrown: and many shall fall down slain.
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duorum quoque regum cor erit ut malefaciant et ad mensam unam mendacium loquentur et non proficient quia adhuc finis in aliud tempus
And the heart of the two kings shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at one table, and they shall not prosper: because as yet the end is unto another time.
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et revertetur in terram suam cum opibus multis et cor eius adversus testamentum sanctum et faciet et revertetur in terram suam
And he shall return into his land with much riches: and his heart shall be aginst the holy covenant, and he shall succeed, and shall return into his own land.
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statuto tempore revertetur et veniet ad austrum et non erit priori simile novissimum
At the time appointed he shall return, and he shall come to the south, but the latter time shall not be like the former.
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et venient super eum trieres et Romani et percutietur et revertetur et indignabitur contra testamentum sanctuarii et faciet reverteturque et cogitabit adversum eos qui dereliquerunt testamentum sanctuarii
And the galleys and the Romans shall come upon him, and he shall be struck, and shall return, and shall have indignation against thecovenant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed: and he shall returnm, and shall devise against them that haave forsaken the covenant of the sanctuary.
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et brachia ex eo stabunt et polluent sanctuarium fortitudinis et auferent iuge sacrificium et dabunt abominationem in desolationem
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall defile the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the continual sacrifice: and they shall place there the abomination unto desolation.
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et impii in testamentum simulabunt fraudulenter populus autem sciens Deum suum obtinebit et faciet
And such as deal wickedly against the covenant shall deceitfully dissemble: but the people that know their God shall prevail and succeed.
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et docti in populo docebunt plurimos et ruent in gladio et in flamma in captivitate et rapina dierum
And they that are learned among the people shall teach many: and they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, and by captivity, and by spoil for many days.
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cumque corruerint sublevabuntur auxilio parvulo et adplicabuntur eis plurimi fraudulenter
And when they shall have fallen, they shall be relieved with a small help: and many shall be joined to them deceitfully.
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et de eruditis ruent ut conflentur et eligantur et dealbentur usque ad tempus praefinitum quia adhuc aliud tempus erit
And some of thelearned shall fall, that they may be tried, and may be chosen, and made white, even to the appointed time: because yet there shall be another time.
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et faciet iuxta voluntatem suam rex et elevabitur et magnificabitur adversum omnem deum et adversum Deum deorum loquetur magnifica et diriget donec conpleatur iracundia perpetrata est quippe definitio
And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.
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et Deum patrum suorum non reputabit et erit in concupiscentiis feminarum nec quemquam deorum curabit quia adversum universa consurget
And he shall make no account of the God of his fathers: and he shall follow the lust of women, and he shall not regard any gods: for he shall rise up against all things.
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deum autem Maozim in loco suo venerabitur et deum quem ignoraverunt patres eius colet auro et argento et lapide pretioso rebusque pretiosis
But he shall worship the god Maozim, in his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not, he shall worship with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and things of great price.
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et faciet ut muniat Maozim cum deo alieno quem cognovit et multiplicabit gloriam et dabit eis potestatem in multis et terram dividet gratuito
And he shall do this to fortify Maozim with a strange god, whom he hath acknowledged, and he shall increase glory, and shall give them power over many, and shall divide the land gratis.
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et in tempore praefinito proeliabitur adversum eum rex austri et quasi tempestas veniet contra illum rex aquilonis in curribus et in equitibus et in classe magna et ingredietur terras et conteret et pertransiet
And at the time prefixed the king of the south shall fight against him, and the king of the north shall come against him like a tempest, with chariots, andwith horsemen, and with a great navy, and he shall enter into the countries, and shall destroy, and pass through.
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et introibit in terram gloriosam et multae corruent hae autem solae salvabuntur de manu eius Edom et Moab et principium filiorum Ammon
And he shal enter into the glorious land, ansd many shall fall: and these only shakll be saved out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the principality of the children of Ammon.
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et mittet manum suam in terras et terra Aegypti non effugiet
And he shall lay his hand upon the lands: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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et dominabitur thesaurorum auri et argenti et in omnibus pretiosis Aegypti per Lybias quoque et Aethiopias transibit
And he shall have power over the treasures of gold, and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt: and he shall pass through Lybia, and Ethiopia.
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et fama turbabit eum ab oriente et ab aquilone et veniet in multitudine magna ut conterat et interficiat plurimos
And tidings out of the east, and out of the north, shall trouble him: and he shall come with a great multitude to destroy and slay many.
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et figet tabernaculum suum Apedno inter maria super montem inclitum et sanctum et veniet usque ad summitatem eius et nemo auxiliabitur ei
And he shall fix his tabernacle, Apadno, between the seas, upon a glorious and holy mountain: and he shall come even to the top thereof, and none shall help him.
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