Daniel 10 דניאל י׳

In the third year of Koresh, king of Paras, a thing was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belshazzar. And the thing is true, and in a long time [(it will materialize)]. And to understand the thing [(the vision was revealed to me)], to understand it through the vision.

In those days, I, Daniel, was in mourning [(over the cessation of the rebuilding of the Temple, viz. Ezra 4:24)], twenty-one years.

Clean bread I did not eat, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and I did not anoint myself until the completion of twenty-three years.

And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was near the great river, Chidekel.

And I lifted my eyes and I saw, and, behold, a certain man dressed in linen, and his thighs were girded with [a belt of] fine gold.

And his body was as [vast as the sea of] Tarshish, and his face (was) like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like torches of fire, and his arms and feet like burnished brass, and the sound of his words like the sound of a [distant] multitude.

And I saw — I, Daniel, alone — the vision. And the men who were with me [(Chananiah, Mishael, and Azaryah)] did not see the vision; but a great fear fell upon them and they fled to hiding.

And I remained alone, and I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me, and my beauty turned to ruin, and I could not summon strength.

And I heard the sound of his words. And when I heard the sound of his words, I foundered on my face with my face to the ground.

And, behold, a hand touched me and roused me to my knees and the palms of my hands.

And he said to me: Daniel, man of purity, understand the things that I speak to you and stand in your place, for I have now been sent to you [by G-d]. And when he spoke this thing to me, I stood up trembling.

And he said to me: Do not fear, Daniel. For from the first day that you set your heart upon understanding and fasting before your G-d, your words have been heard [and accepted], and I have come [(on this embassy)] because of your words.

And the prince [(the tutelary angel)] of the kingdom of Paras stood against me for twenty-one days [(seeking to extend the reign of Paras over Israel)], and, behold, Michael, one of the foremost princes, came to my aid, and I remained there against the kings of Paras [(to silence the heavenly prince of Paras)].

And I have come to make you understand what will transpire with your people in the end of days, for there is yet a vision [(to tell you what you have not yet been told, and it will materialize)] within the [many] days [foretold for the appointed time].

And when he spoke such words to me, I turned my face to the ground and I was mute.

And, behold, a human likeness touching my lips. And I opened my mouth and spoke, and I said to the one [(the angel)] standing before me: My lord, in the vision, my limb-tips overturned upon me, and I could not summon up strength.

And how could [I,] the servant of this, my lord [i.e., you,] speak with this, my lord, when [even] now [(when you have assumed human form)] no strength remains in me and my soul is not left in me!

And he touched me again, while [yet] in human form, and he strengthened me.

And he said: Do not fear, man of purity — Peace unto you! Strengthen and strengthen yourself! And when he spoke with me, I strengthened myself, and I said: Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.

And he said: [Now] do you know why I have come to you? And now, I shall return to war against the prince of Paras [and I shall prevail], but I shall leave [(when the time for the reign of Antiochus arrives)], and, behold, the prince of Greece shall come [(and the subjugation of Israel by Greece will be far more severe than their subjugation by Paras had been)].

But I shall tell you what is written in the [irrevocable] writing of truth. And no one [(among all the heavenly princes)] strengthened himself with me against these except Michael, your prince.