Book of Daniel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 911
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
in depression for a period of three weeks. I ate no pleasant food —-and flesh, or wine, did not enter my mouth ; nor did I lubricate myself until the completion of the three weeks period. And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was on the banks of the Great River Hidakel, I raised my eyes, and looked, and saw a man clothed in trousers, and his waist belted with gold of Aufaz. His body was like a Tharshish·gem, and his face like the gleam of lightning, and his eyes like lamps of fire; and his arms and legs like the glitter of bright brass, and the sound of his speech like the sound of a crowd. And I, Daniel, alone saw the Appear- apce,--··for the persons who were with medid not see the Appearance,——but a great faintness fell upon. them, and they fied to hide themselves, and I was left alone. So I watched this great Appearance, although there was no strength left in me, and my energy was destroyed, and I retained no power. Yet I heard the sound of his words, but when I heard the sound of his words, I was laid on my face in a stupor with my face to the earth. But I perceived a. hand approach me, and I staggered on to my knees and the palms of my hands. Daniel, you
fully accepted man, attend to the words which I speak to you, and stand upon your feet, for I have now been sent to you. When he spoke th.is speech to me
I stood up trembling. And he said Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you gave your heart to examine and humble yourself before your Gob, your words were heard ;·—-so I have come to speak with yon. But the Prince of the 11—~6 Kingdom of Persia stood opposing me for twenty·one days, but Mika.! one of the First Princes, came and helped me, and I was relieved then from the restraint of the governors of Persia, and I have come to inform you of what will happen to your own People in future times ;—because the Vision is yet at a distance. And as he spoke these words to
me, I hung my face to the earth, and was silent. But I saw whilst silent a man touch my lips, when I opened my mouth and spoke, and said to Sir, by this Appearance, my anguish has re- turned upon me and my strength has failed! So how can your servant talk with you, sir, when I have now no strength to stand by myself, and I have no breath left in me? Then one with the appearance of a
man touched me again, and said, ‘ Fear not, you chosen man l Peace And when he spoke with me I was en- Let my lord speak, for I am reassured. dbz ilzltzlaiicrt uf the Sainte. I will teach you
what will come to you.-But now I must return to iight with the Prince of Persia ;··-and when I am gone, you will see the Prince of I'on come. However I will inform you of the record in the book of Truth—for there is no one who helps me about these things, except Mikal your Prince, and I stood up in the first year of Dariush, the Mede, to en- courage and strengthen him. ‘ But now I will inform you of the
fact. There will yet be three kings stand up in Persia, and a fourth,rich, far richer than all of them, and he will embolden himself in his wealth. The whole will excite the Kingdom of I’on. Then a powerful king will arise, and rule with great dominance, and do as he desires. But as he stands his Empire will be shattered, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, but not for his posterity, and not like the Dominion that he ruled, for his Empire will be up- rooted for others than his own. And the King of the South, who was one of his Generals, willbe strong, and bolder than he, and rule with a wide dominion made from his Empire. But at the conclusion of the years 9lI 16 18 20 21 11
