Daniel · Chapter 11

[ edit] Forſoþe fro þe firſt ȝeer of Darius of Mede Y ſtode, þat he ſhulde be coumfortid, and ſtrengþid. And now Y ſhal telle to þee trewþe. And loo! þree kyngus ſhuln ſtonde in Perſis, and þe fourþe ſhal be maad riche wiþ ful manye richeſſis ouer alle men. And whanne he ſhal be ſtronge in his richeſſis, he ſhal ſtire to gydre alle men aȝeinus þe rewme of Grece. Forſoþe a ſtronge kyng ſhal rijſe, and ſhal lordſhipe wiþ myche power, and þat, þat ſhal pleſe to hym, ſhal do.

And whanne he ſhal ſtonde, his rewme ſhal be broken, and ſhal be departid in to foure wyndis of heuen, bot not in to his folewers of bloode, neþer after his power, in whiche he lordſhipide; þe rewme of hym ſhal be departid, and in to alyens, out taken þeſe. And þe kyng of ſouþe ſhal be coumfortide; and of þe princis of hym þer ſhal be ſtrengþe ouer hym, and ſhal be lord in lordſhip; forſoþe his lordſhipyng myche. And after þe eende of ȝeeris þei ſhuln be knyt in pees; and þe douȝter of kyng of ſouþ ſhal cume to þe kyng of þe norþ, for to make frenſhip.

And ſhe ſhal not haue ſtrengþe of arm, neþer hir ſeed ſhal ſtonde; and ſhe ſhal be bitaken, and hir ȝunge men þat ledden hir to, and þei þat coumfortiden hir in tymes. And a plauntyng ſhal ſtonde of þe buriownyng of hir rootis; and he ſhal cum wiþ an ooſt, and ſhal entre þe prouynce of þe kyng of þe norþ, and he ſhal myſuſe hem, and ſhal weelde þe goddis of hem, and grauen þingus. And he ſhal lede þe precious veſſels of gold and ſyluer caitif, or taken in bataile, in to Egipt. He ſhal haue victorie aȝeinus þe kyng of þe norþ; and þe kyng of þe ſouþ ſhal entre in to þe kyngdam, and ſhal turne aȝein in to his lond.

Forſoþe þe ſonys of hym ſhuln be ſtirid to wraþ, and þei ſhuln gadre þe multitude of ful manye ooſtis. And he ſhal cum hiȝinge and flowynge, and he ſhal turne aȝein, and ſhal be ſtirid, and go to gydre wiþ ſtrengþe of hym. And þe kyng of þe ſouþ terrid to wraþ, ſhal go out, and fiȝte aȝeinus þe kyng of þe norþ, and ſhal make redy a ful grete multitude; and multitude ſhal be ȝouen in þe hond of hym. And he ſhal take multitude, and þe horn of hym ſhal be enhaunſid; and he ſhal caſt doun many þouſandis, bot he ſhal not haue victorie.

Þe kyng of þe norþ ſhal be conuertid, and ſhal make redy a multitude, miche more þan byfore; and in þe eende of tymes and ȝeeris he ſhal cum hiȝinge wiþ þe moſt ooſt, and ful many richeſſis. And in þo tymes many ſhuln ryſe to gydre aȝeinus þe kyng of ſouþ; and ſones of treſpaſſours of þi peple ſhuln be enhaunſid, þat þei fulfille þe viſioun, and ſhuln falle to gydre. And þe kyng of þe norþ ſhal cum, and ſhal bere to gydre hepis of erþe, and ſhal take ſtrengiſt cytees; and þe armys of þe ſouþ ſhuln not ſuſteyne. And þe choſen of hym ſhuln ryſe to gydre, for to wiþſtonde, and ſtrengþe ſhal not be.

And he cummynge vp on hym, ſhal do vp his likyng; and þer ſhal not be, whiche ſhal ſtonde aȝeinus his face. And he ſhal ſtonde in þe noble lond, and it ſhal be waaſtid in hond of hym. And he ſhal putte his face, þat he cum for to holde al þe rewme of hym, and he ſhal do riȝt þingus wiþ hym. And he ſhal ȝeue to hym þe douȝtre of wymmen, þat ſhe turne hym vpſadoun; and it ſhal not ſtonde, neþer ſhal be his. And he ſhal turne his face to ylis, and ſhal take manye. And he ſhal make prince for to ceſe, and þe ſhendſhip of hym ſhal be turned in to hym. And he ſhal turne his face to þe empire of his lond, and he ſhal hurtle, and ſhal falle, and ſhal not be founden.

And þe fouliſt and vnworþi to kyngis fairneſſe ſhal ſtonde in place of hym, and in fewe days he ſhal be broken to gydre, not in wodeneſſe, neþer in batel. And a diſpiſid man ſhal ſtonde in his place, and kyngus honour ſhal not be ȝouen to hym; and he ſhal cum priuely, and ſhal weelde þe rewme in fraude doynge. And armys of þe fiȝtynge ſhuln be ouercummen of his face, and ſhuln be broken to gydre, more ouer and þe duyke of pees. And aftir frendſhip wiþ hym, he ſhal do gyle. And he ſhal ſtiȝe vp, and ouercume litil peple; and he ſhal entre plenteuous and grete citees, and ſhal do whiche þingis þe fadris of hym diden not, and fadris of fadris of hym.

He ſhal ſcatere raueyns, and prayes, and riccheſſis of hem, and he ſhal bygynne, or go yn, counſeile aȝeinus ſaddiſt þouȝtis, and þis þing vn to tyme. And þe ſtrengþe of hym ſhal be ſtirid, and þe herte of hym, aȝeinus þe kyng of ſouþ in grete ooſt. And þe kyng of ſouþ ſhal be terrid to bateil wiþ manye helpis, and ſtronge ful myche; and þei ſhuln not ſtonde, for þei ſhuln go in to counſeilis aȝeinus hym. And þei etynge breede wiþ hym ſhuln breke hym to gydre; and his ooſt ſhal be oppreſſid, and his ſlayn men ful manye ſhuln falle. And þe herte of two kyngus ſhal be, þat þei do yuel, and at oo bord þei ſhuln ſpeke leſyng, and þei ſhul not profite; for ȝit þe eende in to oþer tyme.

And he ſhal turne aȝein to his lond wiþ manye riccheſſis, and his herte aȝeinus þe holy teſtament, and he ſhal do, and ſhal turne aȝein in to his lond. In tyme ordeynyd he ſhal cum aȝein, and ſhal cum to þe ſouþ, and þe laſt ſhal not be lijc to þe former. And grete ſhippis, and Romayns, ſhal cum vpon hym, and he ſhal be ſmyten. And he ſhal turne aȝein, and be wroþe aȝeinus þe teſtament of þe ſayntuarie, and ſhal do. And he ſhal turne aȝein, and ſhal þinke aȝeinus hem þat forſoken þe teſtament of ſayntuarye. And þe armes of hym ſhuln ſtonde, and ſhuln defoule þe ſayntuarie of ſtrengþe, and ſhuln take awey þe contynuel ſacrifice, and ſhuln ȝeue abominacioun in to deſolacioun.

And vnpitous men ſhuln feyne gylfuly a teſtament; forſoþe þe peple witynge her God ſhal weelde, and do. And tauȝt men in peple ſhuln teche ful manye, and ſhuln falle in ſwerd, and in flawme, and in caitiftee, and in to rauyn of days. And whanne þei ſhuln falle to gidre, þei ſhuln be reyſid vp wiþ litil help; and ful many ſhuln be applied, or putt to, to hem gylfully. And of lerned men ſhuln falle, þat þei be wellyd to gydre, and be choſen, and be maad whijt unto þe tyme determynyd; for ȝit an oþer tyme ſhal be.

And þe kyng ſhal do after his wille, and ſhal be reyſid vp, and magnyfied aȝeinus eche god, and aȝeines God of goddis he ſhal ſpeke great þingus; and he ſhal be dreſſid, til wraþ be fulfillid. Forſoþe diffinicioun, or dome, is fully don. And he ſhal not rette þe God of his fadris, and he ſhal be in coueityngis of wymmen, neþer he ſhal recke eny of goddis, for aȝeinus alle þingus he ſhal ryſe to gydre. Forſoþe he ſhal wirſhipe god of Maoſym in his place, and he ſhal honoure god, whom his fadris knewen not, in gold, and ſyluer, and precious ſtoon, and precious þingus. And he ſhal do þat he make ſtronge Maoſym, wiþ an alien god whom he knewe not.

And he ſhal multiplie glorie, and ſhal ȝeue to hem power in many þingus, and he ſhal departe erþ at his wille. And in tyme ſett þe kyng of ſouþ ſhal fiȝt aȝeinus hym, and þe kyng of þe norþ as a tempeſt ſhal cum aȝeinus hym, in chaaris, and horſmen, and grete nauee. And he ſhal entre londis, and ſhal breke to gydre; and ſhal paſſe by, and ſhal entre in to glorious lond, and many ſhuln falle. Forſoþe þeſe aloone ſhuln be ſaued fro þe hond of hym, Edom, and Moab, and of þe princis of þe ſonys of Amon. And he ſhal ſende his hond in to londis, and þe lond of Egypt ſhal not ſcape.

And he ſhal be lord of treſours of gold, and ſyluer, and in alle precious þingis of Egypt; and he ſhal paſſe by Libie and Eþiopie. And fame ſhal truble hym fro eeſt and norþ; and he ſhal cum in grete multitude, for to breke to gydre, and ſlea ful manye. And he ſhal ſette his tabernacle fro Feduo, bitwixe ſeeſe, vpon a noble hille and holy; and he ſhal cum vnto þe heeȝ þerof, and no man ſhal help hym.