We will now consider the history that took place in the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s sudden death, which represents the year 538 unto the time of the end in 1798.

Nous allons maintenant considérer l’histoire qui se déroula au lendemain de la mort soudaine d’Alexandre le Grand, laquelle représente l’année 538 jusqu’au temps de la fin en 1798.

And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. Daniel 11:4–9.

আর তিনি যখন দাঁড়াইবেন, তখন তাঁহার রাজ্য ভঙ্গ হইবে, এবং আকাশের চারি বায়ুর দিকে বিভক্ত হইয়া যাইবে; কিন্তু তাহা তাঁহার বংশধরদের জন্য হইবে না, কিংবা তিনি যে আধিপত্যে শাসন করিয়াছিলেন, সেইরূপও হইবে না; কারণ তাঁহার রাজ্য উৎপাটিত হইবে, এমনকি তাহাদের ছাড়াও অন্যদের জন্য। আর দক্ষিণের রাজা প্রবল হইবে, এবং তাঁহার অধ্যক্ষদের মধ্যে একজনও; এবং সে তাহার অপেক্ষা অধিক প্রবল হইবে, এবং আধিপত্য করিবে; তাহার আধিপত্য এক মহান আধিপত্য হইবে। আর কয়েক বৎসরের শেষে তাহারা পরস্পর সংযুক্ত হইবে; কারণ দক্ষিণের রাজার কন্যা এক সন্ধি স্থাপন করিবার জন্য উত্তরের রাজার নিকটে আসিবে; কিন্তু সে বাহুর শক্তি রক্ষা করিতে পারিবে না; এবং সেও স্থির থাকিবে না, তাহার বাহুও নহে; বরং সে সমর্পিত হইবে, এবং যাহারা তাহাকে আনিয়াছিল, এবং যে তাহাকে জন্ম দিয়াছিল, এবং যে সেই সময়গুলিতে তাহাকে শক্তি দিয়াছিল। কিন্তু তাহার মূলের এক শাখা হইতে একজন তাহার স্থানে উত্থিত হইবে, যে সৈন্যবাহিনীসহ আগমন করিবে, এবং উত্তরের রাজার দুর্গে প্রবেশ করিবে, এবং তাহাদের বিরুদ্ধে কার্য করিবে, ও প্রাবল্য লাভ করিবে; এবং তাহাদের দেবতাদেরও, তাহাদের অধ্যক্ষদেরসহ, এবং রৌপ্য ও স্বর্ণের তাহাদের মূল্যবান পাত্রসমূহসহ বন্দী করিয়া মিশরে লইয়া যাইবে; এবং সে উত্তরের রাজার অপেক্ষা অধিক বৎসর স্থায়ী হইবে। এইরূপে দক্ষিণের রাজা নিজ রাজ্যে আসিবে, এবং আপন দেশে ফিরিয়া যাইবে। দানিয়েল ১১:৪–৯।

Eventually, after Alexander the Great’s kingdom was broken, those who struggled for control of the former kingdom devolved into two primary kingdoms. The one kingdom controlling the south of Alexander’s former empire and the other controlling the north. From that point on in the prophetic narrative they are identified simply as the king of the south and the king of the north. Once the struggle for world dominance has reached the point where it is only portrayed between the king of the north and the south, the symbols of those two kingdoms continue through the entire chapter.

Baada ya muda, baada ya ufalme wa Aleksanda Mkuu kuvunjwa, wale waliohangaikia kuutawala ule ufalme wa zamani waligeuka na kuwa falme kuu mbili. Ufalme mmoja ukitawala kusini mwa himaya ya zamani ya Aleksanda, na mwingine ukitawala kaskazini. Tangu wakati huo katika simulizi ya unabii wanatajwa tu kama mfalme wa kusini na mfalme wa kaskazini. Mara tu pambano la kutawala ulimwengu linapofikia hatua ambapo linaonyeshwa tu kati ya mfalme wa kaskazini na wa kusini, alama za falme hizo mbili zinaendelea katika sura nzima.

In verse five, the king of the south is established, and he is strong, but the king of the north is also strong and his kingdom is larger. Then in verse six, the king of the south proposes an alliance with the northern kingdom. The peace treaty is secured by the king of the south giving his daughter to the king of the north, so the king of the north could marry her and ratify their alliance with a family bond. The king of the north agreed, and set aside his wife, and married the princess from the south, and the alliance was initiated.

ในข้อห้า กษัตริย์แห่งทิศใต้ได้รับการสถาปนาขึ้น และท่านมีกำลังเข้มแข็ง แต่กษัตริย์แห่งทิศเหนือก็เข้มแข็งเช่นกัน และอาณาจักรของท่านก็ใหญ่โตกว่า แล้วในข้อหก กษัตริย์แห่งทิศใต้ทรงเสนอพันธมิตรกับอาณาจักรฝ่ายเหนือ สนธิสัญญาสันติภาพนั้นได้รับการรับรองโดยกษัตริย์แห่งทิศใต้ทรงยกพระธิดาของพระองค์ให้แก่กษัตริย์แห่งทิศเหนือ เพื่อกษัตริย์แห่งทิศเหนือจะได้อภิเษกสมรสกับพระนาง และให้สัตยาบันแก่พันธมิตรของทั้งสองด้วยสายสัมพันธ์ทางครอบครัว กษัตริย์แห่งทิศเหนือทรงเห็นชอบ จึงทรงละพระมเหสีของพระองค์ไว้ และอภิเษกสมรสกับเจ้าหญิงจากทิศใต้ และพันธมิตรนั้นก็ได้เริ่มต้นขึ้น

Eventually the southern princess bears a male-child, but ultimately the northern king grew tired of his new wife, and set her aside, as he had done with his first wife, and takes his first wife back, but as soon as the original wife is restored, and has opportunity, she kills the king of the north, his southern bride, her child, and her entire Egyptian entourage. The act of the original wife murdering the southern princess and her child enrages the southern princesses family, and one of her brothers raises up an army and attacks the northern kingdom.

Akhirnya sang putri selatan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki, tetapi pada akhirnya raja utara menjadi jemu terhadap istri barunya, lalu menceraikannya, sebagaimana telah dilakukannya terhadap istri pertamanya, dan mengambil kembali istri pertamanya; tetapi segera setelah istri yang semula itu dipulihkan dan memperoleh kesempatan, ia membunuh raja utara, mempelai perempuannya dari selatan, anaknya, dan seluruh rombongan Mesirnya. Tindakan istri yang semula itu membunuh sang putri selatan dan anaknya membangkitkan murka keluarga sang putri selatan, dan salah seorang saudara laki-lakinya mengerahkan sebuah pasukan lalu menyerang kerajaan utara.

The southern army prevails over the northern king, and the first wife that murdered the northern king, his southern bride and child is then executed. The original wife’s son, who had been installed as the ruling king of the north at the death of his father, is captured and carried back to Egypt by the southern king, along with some Egyptian artifacts and idols that had been taken from the southern kingdom by the northern kingdom in earlier battles. Once in Egypt the captured northern king falls from a horse and dies. Uriah Smith identifies the history as follows.

L’armée du sud l’emporte sur le roi du nord, et la première épouse qui avait fait mettre à mort le roi du nord, ainsi que son épouse du sud et l’enfant de celle-ci, est ensuite exécutée. Le fils de l’épouse originelle, qui avait été établi comme roi régnant du nord à la mort de son père, est capturé et emmené en Égypte par le roi du sud, avec certains objets et idoles égyptiens qui avaient été emportés du royaume du sud par le royaume du nord lors de batailles antérieures. Une fois en Égypte, le roi du nord captif tombe de cheval et meurt. Uriah Smith présente cette histoire de la manière suivante.

“‘VERSE 6. And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.’

“‘VERSI 6. Na katika mwisho wa miaka wataungana pamoja; kwa maana binti wa mfalme wa kusini atamjia mfalme wa kaskazini ili kufanya mapatano; lakini hatahifadhi nguvu ya mkono; wala yeye hatasimama, wala mkono wake; bali yeye atasalitiwa, na wale waliomleta, na yeye aliyemzaa, na yeye aliyemtia nguvu katika nyakati hizi.’”

“There were frequent wars between the kings of Egypt and Syria. Especially was this the case with Ptolemy Philadelphus, the second king of Egypt, and Antiochus Theos, third king of Syria. They at length agreed to make peace upon condition that Antiochus Theos should put away his former wife, Laodice, and her two sons, and should marry Berenice, the daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Ptolemy accordingly brought his daughter to Antiochus, bestowing with her an immense dowry.

«គេបានមានសង្គ្រាមជាញឹកញាប់រវាងស្តេចនៃអេហ្ស៊ីប និងស៊ីរី។ ជាពិសេស ករណីនេះបានកើតមានជាមួយនឹង Ptolemy Philadelphus ស្តេចទីពីរនៃអេហ្ស៊ីប និង Antiochus Theos ស្តេចទីបីនៃស៊ីរី។ នៅទីបំផុត ពួកគេបានព្រមព្រៀងធ្វើសន្តិភាព ដោយមានលក្ខខណ្ឌថា Antiochus Theos ត្រូវបោះបង់ភរិយាមុនរបស់ខ្លួន គឺ Laodice និងកូនប្រុសទាំងពីររបស់នាង ហើយត្រូវរៀបអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍ជាមួយ Berenice កូនស្រីរបស់ Ptolemy Philadelphus។ ដូច្នេះ Ptolemy បាននាំកូនស្រីរបស់ខ្លួនទៅឲ្យ Antiochus ដោយប្រគល់ទ្រព្យបណ្ណាការដ៏មហិមាមួយជាមួយនាង។»

“‘But she shall not retain the power of the arm;’ that is, her interest and power with Antiochus. And so it proved; for some time shortly after, in a fit of love, Antiochus brought back his former wife, Laodice, and her children, to court again. Then says the prophecy, ‘Neither shall he [Antiochus] stand, nor his arm,’ or seed. Laodice, being restored to favor and power, feared lest, in the fickleness of his temper, Antiochus should again disgrace her, and recall Berenice; and conceiving that nothing short of his death would be an effectual safeguard against such a contingency, she caused him to be poisoned shortly after. Neither did his seed by Berenice succeed him in the kingdom; for Laodice so managed affairs as to secure the throne for her eldest son, Seleucus Callinicus.

“‘Lakini hatadumisha nguvu ya mkono;’ yaani, maslahi yake na nguvu zake mbele ya Antioko. Ndivyo ilivyotokea; kwa maana muda mfupi baadaye, katika msukumo wa mapenzi, Antioko alimrudisha tena mke wake wa kwanza, Laodike, pamoja na watoto wake, ikulu. Kisha unabii unasema, ‘Wala yeye [Antioko] hatasimama, wala mkono wake,’ au uzao wake. Laodike, akiisha kurejeshwa katika kibali na mamlaka, aliogopa asije Antioko, kwa ubadilikaji wa tabia yake, akamwaibisha tena, na kumwita Berenike arudi; naye akiona kwamba hakuna kitu isipokuwa kifo chake kingekuwa ulinzi wenye kufaa dhidi ya tukio kama hilo, alisababisha apewe sumu muda mfupi baadaye. Wala uzao wake kwa Berenike haukumrithi katika ufalme; kwa maana Laodike alisimamia mambo kwa namna ya kuuhakikisha kiti cha enzi kwa mwanawe mzaliwa wa kwanza, Seleuko Kaliniko.”

“But such wickedness could not long remain unpunished, as the prophecy further predicts, and further history proves.

«Але така безбожність не могла довго залишатися непокараною, як далі провіщає пророцтво і як підтверджує подальша історія. »

“‘VERSE 7. But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: 8. And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. 9. So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.’

«Канде 7. Аммо аз шохае аз решаҳои вай касе дар мақоми ӯ бархезад, ки бо лашкар хоҳад омад, ва ба қалъаи подшоҳи шимол дохил хоҳад шуд, ва бар зидди онҳо амал хоҳад кард, ва ғолиб хоҳад омад: 8. Ва худоёни онҳоро низ, бо амиронашон ва бо зарфҳои гаронбаҳои нуқра ва тиллояшон, асирона ба Миср хоҳад бурд; ва ӯ аз подшоҳи шимол солҳои бештар пойдор хоҳад монд. 9. Пас подшоҳи ҷануб ба подшоҳии худ дохил хоҳад шуд, ва ба замини худ боз хоҳад гашт.»

“This branch out of the same root with Berenice was her brother, Ptolemy Euergetes. He had no sooner succeeded his father, Ptolemy Philadelphus, in the kingdom of Egypt, than, burning to avenge the death of his sister, Berenice, he raised an immense army, and invaded the territory of the king of the north, that is, of Seleucus Callinicus, who, with his mother, Laodice, reigned in Syria. And he prevailed against them, even to the conquering of Syria, Cilicia, the upper parts beyond the Euphrates, and almost all Asia. But hearing that a sedition was raised in Egypt requiring his return home, he plundered the kingdom of Seleucus, took forty thousand talents of silver and precious vessels, and two thousand five hundred images of the gods. Among these were the images which Cambyses had formerly taken from Egypt and carried into Persia. The Egyptians, being wholly given to idolatry, bestowed upon Ptolemy the title of Euergetes, or the Benefactor, as a compliment for his having thus, after many years, restored their captive gods.

“ይህ ከበርኒቄ ጋር ከአንድ ሥር የወጣ ቅርንጫፍ ወንድሟ ጶሎሜዎስ ኡዌርጌጤስ ነበር። በግብፅ መንግሥት ውስጥ አባቱን ጶሎሜዎስ ፊላዴልፉስን በመተካት ከነገሠ ወዲያው የእኅቱን የበርኒቄን ሞት ለመበቀል በቅንዓት እየነደደ እጅግ ታላቅ ሠራዊት አነሣ፥ የሰሜንም ንጉሥ ማለትም ሴሌውቆስ ካሊኒከስ ግዛት ወረረ፤ እርሱም ከእናቱ ከላኦዲቄ ጋር በሶርያ ይነግሥ ነበር። በእነርሱም ላይ ድል ነሣ፥ እስከ ሶርያንና ኪልቅያን እና ከኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ ማዶ ያሉትን የላይኛውን አገሮች እንዲሁም ከእስያ አብዛኛውን ክፍል ድረስ ድል አደረገ። ነገር ግን ወደ ቤቱ እንዲመለስ የሚያስገድድ ዓመፅ በግብፅ እንደ ተነሣ በሰማ ጊዜ፥ የሴሌውቆስን መንግሥት ዘረፈ፥ አርባ ሺህ ታላንት ብርና የከበሩ ዕቃዎች እንዲሁም ሁለት ሺህ አምስት መቶ የአማልክት ምስሎች ወሰደ። ከእነዚህም መካከል ካምቢሴስ ከዚህ በፊት ከግብፅ ወስዶ ወደ ፋርስ የወሰዳቸው ምስሎች ነበሩ። ግብፃውያንም ፈጽሞ ለጣዖት አምልኮ የተሰጡ ስለ ነበሩ፥ ከብዙ ዓመታት በኋላ ምርኮ የሆኑባቸውን አማልክቶቻቸውን እንዲህ በመመለሱ እንደ ክብር ምልክት ለጶሎሜዎስ ኡዌርጌጤስ፥ ወይም “ቸር አድራጊው” የሚል ማዕረግ ሰጡት።”

“This, according to Bishop Newton, is Jerome’s account, extracted from ancient historians, but there are authors still extant, he says, who confirm several of the same particulars. Appian informs us that Laodice having killed Antiochus, and after him both Berenice and her child, Ptolemy, the son of Philadelphus, to revenge those murders, invaded Syria, slew Laodice, and proceeded as far as Babylon. From Polybius we learn that Ptolemy, surnamed Euergetes, being greatly incensed at the cruel treatment of his sister, Berenice, marched with an army into Syria, and took the city of Seleucia, which was kept for some years afterward by garrisons of the kings of Egypt. Thus did he enter into the fortress of the king of the north. Polyaenus affirms that Ptolemy made himself master of all the country from Mount Taurus as far as to India, without war or battle; but he ascribes it by mistake to the father instead of the son. Justin asserts that if Ptolemy had not been recalled into Egypt by a domestic sedition, he would have possessed the whole kingdom of Seleucus. The king of the south thus came into the dominion of the king of the north, and returned to his own land, as the prophet had foretold. And he also continued more years than the king of the north; for Seleucus Callinicus died in exile, of a fall from his horse; and Ptolemy Euergetes survived him for four or five years.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 250–252.

«Ceci, selon l’évêque Newton, est le récit de Jérôme, tiré des historiens anciens; mais il existe encore, dit-il, des auteurs qui confirment plusieurs de ces mêmes détails. Appien nous informe qu’après que Laodice eut fait tuer Antiochus, puis Bérénice et son enfant, Ptolémée, fils de Philadelphe, pour venger ces meurtres, envahit la Syrie, tua Laodice, et poussa jusqu’à Babylone. De Polybe, nous apprenons que Ptolémée, surnommé Évergète, profondément irrité par le traitement cruel infligé à sa sœur Bérénice, marcha avec une armée contre la Syrie, et prit la ville de Séleucie, qui fut ensuite gardée pendant quelques années par des garnisons des rois d’Égypte. Ainsi entra-t-il dans la forteresse du roi du nord. Polyen affirme que Ptolémée se rendit maître de tout le pays depuis le mont Taurus jusqu’à l’Inde, sans guerre ni bataille; mais il l’attribue par erreur au père au lieu du fils. Justin déclare que si Ptolémée n’avait pas été rappelé en Égypte par une sédition intérieure, il aurait possédé tout le royaume de Séleucus. Le roi du midi entra ainsi dans la domination du roi du nord, puis retourna dans son propre pays, comme le prophète l’avait annoncé. Et il vécut aussi plus longtemps que le roi du nord; car Séleucus Callinicus mourut en exil, à la suite d’une chute de cheval; et Ptolémée Évergète lui survécut de quatre ou cinq ans.» Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 250–252.

A prophetic characteristic of Rome, and therefore the king of the north, is that in order to be established upon the throne, three geographical obstacles must be conquered. The first king of the north in the aftermath of Alexander’s broken kingdom was established by Seleucus Nicator who had served as a general to Ptolemy (the king of the south) for a little while between 316 and 312 BC. Verse five addresses this fact when it states, “And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him.” Ptolemy was the king of the south, and he had a general (one of his princes), that was destined to become stronger than Ptolemy, and the final phrase of verse five says, “and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.” Ptolemy’s general Seleucus was to become the first king of the north. But for Seleucus to become the king of the north, he would need to separate from the southern king, and thereafter conquer three geographical areas.

Sifa ya kinabii ya Roma, na kwa hiyo ya mfalme wa kaskazini, ni kwamba ili athibitishwe juu ya kiti cha enzi, ni lazima vizuizi vitatu vya kijiografia vishindwe. Mfalme wa kwanza wa kaskazini katika kipindi kilichofuata ufalme wa Aleksanda uliovunjika alithibitishwa na Seleuko Niketa, ambaye alikuwa ametumikia kwa muda mfupi kama jemadari wa Ptolemaio (mfalme wa kusini) kati ya mwaka 316 na 312 K.K. Aya ya tano inashughulikia ukweli huu inaposema, “Na mfalme wa kusini atakuwa hodari, na mmoja wa wakuu wake; naye atakuwa hodari kuliko yeye.” Ptolemaio alikuwa mfalme wa kusini, naye alikuwa na jemadari (mmoja wa wakuu wake), ambaye alikuwa amekusudiwa kuwa mwenye nguvu kuliko Ptolemaio, na kirai cha mwisho cha aya ya tano kinasema, “na atatawala; mamlaka yake yatakuwa mamlaka makuu.” Jemadari wa Ptolemaio, Seleuko, alikuwa afanyike mfalme wa kwanza wa kaskazini. Lakini ili Seleuko awe mfalme wa kaskazini, ingempasa ajitenge na mfalme wa kusini, na baada ya hayo ashinde maeneo matatu ya kijiografia.

The first area conquered by Seleucus was the East in 301 BC. He then conquered the West (that had been held by Cassander’s successor) in 286 BC, and he then took his third territory in the North when he conquered Lysimachus in 281 BC. The king of the north was established on the throne in 281 BC.

Ƙasar farko da Seleucus ya ci shi ne Gabas a shekara ta 301 K.H. Sa’an nan ya ci Yamma (wanda magajin Cassander ya riƙe) a shekara ta 286 K.H., sannan ya karɓi yankinsa na uku a Arewa sa’ad da ya ci Lysimachus a shekara ta 281 K.H. An kafa sarkin arewa a kan kursiyin mulki a shekara ta 281 K.H.

The peace treaty that was later formed with the southern king occurred in 252 BC. Six years later in 246 BC, Berenice (the southern princess), her son, and all her entourage were put to death. The southern king thereafter captured Laodice’s son, Seleucus Callinicus and took him back with him to Egypt, where he died falling from a horse. The reign of the first king of the north was from 281 BC until 246 BC, which equates to thirty-five years.

Le traité de paix qui fut conclu par la suite avec le roi du sud eut lieu en 252 av. J.-C. Six ans plus tard, en 246 av. J.-C., Bérénice (la princesse du sud), son fils, et toute sa suite furent mis à mort. Par la suite, le roi du sud captura le fils de Laodicé, Séleucus Callinicus, et l’emmena avec lui en Égypte, où il mourut à la suite d’une chute de cheval. Le règne du premier roi du nord s’étendit de 281 av. J.-C. à 246 av. J.-C., ce qui équivaut à trente-cinq ans.

The first king of the north in chapter eleven, conquered three geographical obstacles in order to be established upon the throne. Pagan Rome also conquered three geographical obstacles in order to be established upon the throne [See Daniel 8:9], and Papal Rome conquered three geographical obstacles in order to be established upon the throne [See Daniel 7:20]. Modern Rome also conquers three geographical obstacles in order to be established upon the throne [See Daniel 11:40–43].

В първия цар на север в единадесета глава бяха покорени три географски препятствия, за да се утвърди на престола. Езическият Рим също покори три географски препятствия, за да се утвърди на престола [вж. Даниил 8:9], а папският Рим покори три географски препятствия, за да се утвърди на престола [вж. Даниил 7:20]. Съвременният Рим също покорява три географски препятствия, за да се утвърди на престола [вж. Даниил 11:40–43].

Once established upon the throne, the first king of the north ruled for thirty-five years. Once established upon the throne, pagan Rome ruled for a “time” (three hundred and sixty years). Once established upon the throne, papal Rome ruled for “a time, times and dividing of time” (twelve hundred and sixty years.) Once established upon the throne, modern Rome will rule for a symbolic forty-two months (also noted as “an hour”).

Vừa khi được thiết lập trên ngôi, vị vua thứ nhất của phương bắc đã cai trị trong ba mươi lăm năm. Vừa khi được thiết lập trên ngôi, La Mã ngoại giáo đã cai trị trong “một kỳ” (ba trăm sáu mươi năm). Vừa khi được thiết lập trên ngôi, La Mã giáo hoàng đã cai trị trong “một kỳ, các kỳ và nửa kỳ” (một nghìn hai trăm sáu mươi năm). Vừa khi được thiết lập trên ngôi, La Mã hiện đại sẽ cai trị trong bốn mươi hai tháng mang tính biểu tượng (cũng được ghi là “một giờ”).

Sister White informs us that “much of the history recorded in Daniel chapter eleven is to be repeated.” She then quotes verses thirty-one through thirty-six, and says, “scenes similar to those described in these words will take place.” In those verses papal Rome (the abomination that maketh desolate), is “placed” upon the throne in 538, and then it persecutes God’s people for “many days” (twelve hundred and sixty years), until the first “indignation is accomplished” in 1798. The history of verses thirty-one to thirty-six is repeated in the last six verses of chapter eleven, but the history was also perfectly typified in verses five through nine.

सिस्टर व्हाइट हमें सूचित करती हैं कि “दानिय्येल अध्याय ग्यारह में अभिलिखित इतिहास का बहुत-सा भाग पुनः दोहराया जाएगा।” फिर वह पद इकतीस से छत्तीस तक उद्धृत करती हैं, और कहती हैं, “इन वचनों में वर्णित दृश्यों के समान दृश्य घटित होंगे।” उन पदों में पोपीय रोम (वह घृणित वस्तु जो उजाड़ करती है) को 538 में सिंहासन पर “स्थापित” किया जाता है, और फिर वह “बहुत दिनों” (एक हजार दो सौ साठ वर्षों) तक परमेश्वर की प्रजा पर अत्याचार करता है, जब तक कि पहली “क्रोधावस्था” 1798 में पूरी न हो जाए। पद इकतीस से छत्तीस का इतिहास अध्याय ग्यारह के अंतिम छह पदों में पुनः दोहराया गया है, परन्तु यही इतिहास पद पाँच से नौ में भी पूर्णतः प्रतिरूपित किया गया था।

The establishment of Seleucus as king of the north in 281 BC, aligns with the year 538. Both represent the enthronement of the king of the north at the conclusion of the conquering of three geographical obstacles. The period of papal rule is expressed in several ways; twelve hundred and sixty days, forty-two months, time, times and dividing of time, a space, and three and a half years. Seleucus’ rule was for thirty-five years, and a tenth, or a tithe, of thirty-five, is three and a half. A tenth of thirty-five years is also expressed as “three-point-five” (3.5) years. “Three and a half” is a symbol of the period of papal rule.

Ко време воспоставувањето на Селевк како цар на северот во 281 г. пр. Хр. се совпаѓа со годината 538. Обете го претставуваат возведувањето на царот на северот на престолот при завршувањето на покорувањето на три географски пречки. Периодот на папската власт е изразен на неколку начини: илјада двесте и шеесет дена, четириесет и два месеца, време, времиња и половина време, еден период и три и пол години. Владеењето на Селевк траело триесет и пет години, а една десетина, или десеток, од триесет и пет е три и пол. Една десетина од триесет и пет години, исто така, се изразува како „три точка пет“ (3.5) години. „Три и пол“ е симбол на периодот на папската власт.

The papacy received its deadly wound in 1798 when the king of the south, Napoleon Bonaparte (meaning the “fortunate son”), sent his general to take the pope captive. A year later in 1799 the pope died in exile, as did the first king of the north who had also been taken into captivity by the king of the south. Seleucus Callinicus died by falling off a horse while captive in Egypt. The pope is the one who rode upon the beast. The beast represented the political system that the pope employed to accomplish his satanic works. That beast was slain in 1798, and the pope who had ridden upon and reigned over the beast died a year later. Seleucus Callinicus died falling off a horse (the beast he rode upon.) The captivity of the papacy in 1798 and 1799, was perfectly typified by the captivity of the first king of the north.

ភាពសម្តេចប៉ាបបានទទួលរបួសដ៏សាហាវរបស់ខ្លួននៅឆ្នាំ 1798 នៅពេលដែលស្តេចខាងត្បូង គឺ Napoleon Bonaparte (មានន័យថា “កូនប្រុសអ្នកមានសំណាង”) បានបញ្ជូនមេបញ្ជាការរបស់ខ្លួនទៅចាប់សម្តេចប៉ាបជាអ្នកទោស។ មួយឆ្នាំបន្ទាប់មក នៅឆ្នាំ 1799 សម្តេចប៉ាបបានសោយទិវង្គតនៅក្នុងនិរទេស ដូចគ្នានឹងស្តេចខាងជើងទីមួយ ដែលក៏ត្រូវបាននាំទៅជាអ្នកទោសដោយស្តេចខាងត្បូងផងដែរ។ Seleucus Callinicus បានស្លាប់ដោយធ្លាក់ពីលើសេះ ខណៈពេលជាអ្នកទោសនៅអេស៊ីប។ សម្តេចប៉ាបគឺជាអ្នកដែលជិះនៅលើសត្វនោះ។ សត្វនោះតំណាងឲ្យប្រព័ន្ធនយោបាយ ដែលសម្តេចប៉ាបបានប្រើដើម្បីសម្រេចកិច្ចការសាតាំងរបស់ខ្លួន។ សត្វនោះត្រូវបានសម្លាប់នៅឆ្នាំ 1798 ហើយសម្តេចប៉ាបដែលបានជិះលើវា និងបានគ្រងរាជ្យលើវា បានសោយទិវង្គតមួយឆ្នាំក្រោយមក។ Seleucus Callinicus បានស្លាប់ដោយធ្លាក់ពីលើសេះ (សត្វដែលគាត់បានជិះលើវា។) ការចាប់ជាអ្នកទោសរបស់ភាពសម្តេចប៉ាបនៅឆ្នាំ 1798 និង 1799 ត្រូវបានបង្ហាញជាគំរូយ៉ាងពេញលេញដោយការចាប់ជាអ្នកទោសរបស់ស្តេចខាងជើងទីមួយ។

What brought the wrath of the king of the south upon the northern king was a broken peace treaty, represented by the setting aside of Berenice (the southern bride) and her subsequent death at the hands of Laodice. Napoleon had entered into a peace treaty between Revolutionary France and the papal states in 1797. The treaty was named after the town of Tolentino in Ancona, Italy, where the treaty had been signed. It officially ended in February, 1798 when France took the pope captive. The reason why the treaty was disannulled was France’s effort to spread its Revolution.

La colère du roi du midi contre le roi du nord fut provoquée par la rupture d’un traité de paix, représentée par la répudiation de Bérénice (l’épouse du midi) et par sa mort subséquente aux mains de Laodicé. Napoléon avait conclu en 1797 un traité de paix entre la France révolutionnaire et les États pontificaux. Ce traité fut nommé d’après la ville de Tolentino, en Ancône, en Italie, où il avait été signé. Il prit officiellement fin en février 1798, lorsque la France fit le pape captif. La raison pour laquelle le traité fut annulé était l’effort de la France pour répandre sa Révolution.

Napoleon’s General Duphot, was in Rome in 1797 as part of the French expeditionary force sent by the Directory, the ruling government of France at the time. The purpose of the French expedition to Italy, which included General Duphot’s presence in Rome, was to support the Roman Republic, a short-lived client state established by French revolutionary forces in the Italian Peninsula. The French were actively involved in supporting revolutionary movements and spreading revolutionary ideals across Europe during this period. In Italy, they sought to overthrow monarchies and establish republics modeled after the French Republic.

ژنرال دووفو، از فرماندهان ناپلئون، در سال ۱۷۹۷ در رم حضور داشت و بخشی از نیروی اعزامی فرانسه بود که از سوی دایرکتوار، یعنی حکومت حاکم فرانسه در آن زمان، فرستاده شده بود. هدف از لشکرکشی فرانسه به ایتالیا، که حضور ژنرال دووفو در رم نیز جزئی از آن بود، حمایت از جمهوری روم بود؛ دولتی دست‌نشانده و کوتاه‌عمر که به‌وسیله نیروهای انقلابی فرانسه در شبه‌جزیره ایتالیا برپا شده بود. فرانسویان در این دوره به‌طور فعال در پشتیبانی از جنبش‌های انقلابی و گسترش آرمان‌های انقلاب در سراسر اروپا مشارکت داشتند. آنان در ایتالیا می‌کوشیدند سلطنت‌ها را سرنگون سازند و جمهوری‌هایی بر الگوی جمهوری فرانسه برپا کنند.

Duphot’s presence and actions in Rome provoked opposition from conservative factions, including supporters of the Papal States and local aristocrats. In December, 1797, during a confrontation between French troops and supporters of the Papal States, General Duphot was assassinated, and thus the pretense for Napoleon to send General Berthier to take the pope captive the next year was established. A broken peace treaty between the kings of the south and north provided the motivation in both histories for the king of the north being taken captive by the king of the south.

વિશિષ્ટપંથી જૂથો, જેમાં પેપલ સ્ટેટ્સના સમર્થકો અને સ્થાનિક અરીસ્ટોક્રેટોનો સમાવેશ થતો હતો, તેમની તરફથી ડ્યુફોટની રોમમાં હાજરી અને પ્રવૃત્તિઓએ વિરોધ ઊભો કર્યો. ડિસેમ્બર, 1797માં, ફ્રેન્ચ સૈનિકો અને પેપલ સ્ટેટ્સના સમર્થકો વચ્ચે થયેલા અથડામણ દરમિયાન જનરલ ડ્યુફોટની હત્યા કરવામાં આવી, અને તેથી આગામી વર્ષે પોપને બંધક બનાવા માટે નેપોલિયને જનરલ બર્થીયરને મોકલવાનો બહાનો સ્થાપિત થયો. દક્ષિણ અને ઉત્તરનાં રાજાઓ વચ્ચે ભંગ થયેલી શાંતિસંધિએ બંને ઇતિહાસોમાં એ પ્રેરણા પૂરી પાડી કે દક્ષિણના રાજાએ ઉત્તરનાં રાજાને બંધક બનાવ્યો.

Verse eight says, “shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold.” When Ptolemy returned to Egypt in fulfillment of this verse, the Egyptians gave him the title of “Euergetes” (the Benefactor), as a compliment for his work in returning their idols and artifacts that had previously taken from them by the king of the north. In 1798, the plundering of Rome by the French took place. On one day alone the historians record that five hundred horse-drawn vehicles, under a strong military guard, was seen leaving the city.

ཚིགས་བཅད་བརྒྱད་པར། “ཁོས་ཁོ་ཚོའི་ལྷ་རྣམས་དང་། དེ་ཚོའི་དཔོན་པོ་རྣམས་དང་། དངུལ་དང་གསེར་གྱི་སྣོད་ཆས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་རྣམས་དང་བཅས་པ་བཙན་འཛུལ་བྱས་ཏེ་ཨི་ཇིབྟུར་ཁྱེར་འགྲོ་ཞིང་།” ཞེས་གསུངས་ཡོད། ཚིགས་བཅད་འདིའི་བསྟན་དོན་ལྟར་པཏོ་ལེ་མིས་ཨི་ཇིབྟུར་ལོག་པའི་ཚེ། ལྷོ་ཕྱོགས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོས་སྔར་ཁོ་ཚོ་ལས་ཕྲོགས་པའི་སྐུ་འདྲ་དང་རྫས་ཆས་རྣམས་སླར་འདྲེན་པའི་བྱ་བ་བསྒྲུབས་པར་བསྟོད་པའི་ཆེད་དུ། ཨི་ཇིབྟུ་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་ཁོ་ལ་“Euergetes” (ཕན་འདོགས་པ་པོ) ཞེས་པའི་མཚན་གནང་བ་ཡིན། 1798 ལོར། ཕ་རན་སིས་རོམ་ལ་བཅོམ་འཕྲོག་བྱས་པ་བྱུང་། ཉིན་གཅིག་པུར་ཡང་། དམག་སྲུང་དྲག་པོའི་འོག་ཏུ། རྟས་འཁོར་ལྔ་བརྒྱ་ཙམ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ནས་ཕྱིར་འཐེན་ནས་འགྲོ་བ་མཐོང་ཡོད་པར་ལོ་རྒྱུས་པ་ཚོས་ཐོ་འགོད་བྱས་ཡོད།

The procession contained an immense number of antique sculptures and Renaissance paintings that France was appropriating in accordance with the broken peace treaty of Tolentino. Those artworks included the Laocoon group, the Belvedere Apollo, the Dying Gaul, Cupid and Psyche, Ariadne on Naxos, the Medici Venus, and the colossal figures of the Tiber and the Nile; tapestries and paintings by Raphael, including the Transfiguration, the Madonna di Foligno, the Madonna della Sedia, Titian’s Santa Conversazione; and many other works. It was not till several years after that, these stolen treasures were exhibited in the Musee Napoleonian in the Louvre, which was opened in 1807. As Ptolemy was celebrated for returning the Egyptians treasures, the treasures carried from Rome were placed in the portion of the museum named after Napoleon.

ਲੇ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਇਸ ਜਲੂਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਮੂਰਤੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੁਨਰਜਾਗਰਣ-ਕਾਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਚਿੱਤਰਕਲਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਅਤਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਸੰਖਿਆ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਸੀ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸ ਟੋਲੇਂਤੀਨੋ ਦੀ ਟੁੱਟ ਚੁੱਕੀ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ-ਸੰਧੀ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਕਲਾ-ਕਿਰਤੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ Laocoon group, the Belvedere Apollo, the Dying Gaul, Cupid and Psyche, Ariadne on Naxos, the Medici Venus, ਅਤੇ Tiber ਅਤੇ Nile ਦੀਆਂ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲਕਾਇ ਮੂਰਤੀਆਂ; ਰਾਫ਼ਾਏਲ ਦੇ ਟੇਪਸਟਰੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਚਿੱਤਰ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ the Transfiguration, the Madonna di Foligno, the Madonna della Sedia, Titian ਦੀ Santa Conversazione; ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਕ੍ਰਿਤੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਸਨ। ਕਈ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੀ ਇਹ ਚੋਰੀ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਏ ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨੇ ਲੂਵਰ ਦੇ ਉਸ Musee Napoleonian ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਿਤ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ, ਜੋ 1807 ਵਿੱਚ ਖੋਲ੍ਹਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਟੋਲੇਮੀ ਮਿਸਰੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨੇ ਵਾਪਸ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਰੋਮ ਤੋਂ ਲਿਆਂਦੇ ਗਏ ਖ਼ਜ਼ਾਨੇ ਅਜਾਇਬਘਰ ਦੇ ਉਸ ਭਾਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖੇ ਗਏ ਜੋ Napoleon ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਉੱਤੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ।

Verses five through nine, are a perfect parallel to the history beginning in the year 538 and ending in 1798 and 1799. They align with verses thirty-one to thirty-six, which is represented in the last six verses of the chapter, which describe the final empowerment of modern Rome as it conquers three obstacles, and ultimately comes to its end with none to help. Verse ten then addresses the history of 1989.

Les versets cinq à neuf constituent un parallèle parfait avec l’histoire qui commence en l’an 538 et s’achève en 1798 et 1799. Ils correspondent aux versets trente et un à trente-six, ce qui est représenté dans les six derniers versets du chapitre, lesquels décrivent l’habilitation finale de la Rome moderne lorsqu’elle surmonte trois obstacles, et finit finalement par arriver à sa fin, sans que personne lui vienne en aide. Le verset dix traite ensuite de l’histoire de 1989.

But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. Daniel 11:10.

Mais ses fils s’irriteront, et rassembleront une multitude de grandes forces; et l’un d’eux viendra certainement, débordera et passera au travers; puis il reviendra, et s’irritera jusqu’à sa forteresse. Daniel 11:10.

The historical fulfillment of verse ten typifies 1989, when the papacy, in secret alliance with Ronald Reagan, “overflowed” and “passed through” the Soviet Union, leaving only its fortress (Russia), as the Soviet Union (USSR) dissolved in the wake of Perestroika.

L’accomplissement historique du verset dix préfigure 1989, lorsque la papauté, en alliance secrète avec Ronald Reagan, « déborda » et « passa à travers » l’Union soviétique, ne laissant que sa forteresse (la Russie), tandis que l’Union soviétique (URSS) se dissolvait dans le sillage de la Perestroïka.

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. Daniel 11:40.

Жана акыр замандын убагында түштүктүн падышасы ага каршы түртүп чыгат; ал эми түндүктүн падышасы майдан арабалары, атчандар жана көптөгөн кемелер менен ага каршы куюндай каптап келет; ал өлкөлөргө кирип, ташкындап өтүп кетет. Даниел 11:40.

The history of verse ten represents a retaliation against the conquering of the king of the north by the king of the south in 246 BC, and typifies a retaliation against the conquering of the king of the north by the king of the south in 1798. Verse forty began with the time of the end in 1798 when the king of the south (atheistic France) delivered the deadly wound to the king of the north (the papal power), and was fulfilled with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the time of the end in 1989. The time of the end in 1798 is represented in verse forty by the phrase, “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him.” The “colon” (:) that separates the last part of the verse, marks the next “time of the end” in 1989. “And the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”

L’histoire du verset dix représente une riposte à la conquête du roi du nord par le roi du sud en 246 av. J.-C., et elle préfigure une riposte à la conquête du roi du nord par le roi du sud en 1798. Le verset quarante commença avec le temps de la fin en 1798, lorsque le roi du sud (la France athée) infligea la blessure mortelle au roi du nord (la puissance papale), et il s’accomplit avec l’effondrement de l’Union soviétique au temps de la fin en 1989. Le temps de la fin en 1798 est représenté au verset quarante par l’expression : « Et au temps de la fin, le roi du sud se heurtera contre lui. » Les « deux-points » (:) qui séparent la dernière partie du verset marquent le « temps de la fin » suivant, en 1989. « Et le roi du nord fondra sur lui comme une tempête, avec des chars, des cavaliers et de nombreux navires ; il entrera dans les pays, se répandra comme un torrent et passera outre. »

We will continue this study in the next article.

I will need to know what language “ff” refers to in order to translate accurately.

“Every nation that has come upon the stage of action has been permitted to occupy its place on the earth, that it might be seen whether it would fulfill the purpose of ‘the Watcher and the Holy One.’ Prophecy has traced the rise and fall of the world’s great empires—Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. With each of these, as with nations of less power, history repeated itself. Each had its period of test, each failed, its glory faded, its power departed, and its place was occupied by another. . . .

هر امتی که بر صحنهٔ رویدادها پا نهاده است، اجازه یافته است جایگاه خود را بر زمین اشغال کند، تا دیده شود آیا مقصودِ «نگهبان و قدوس» را به انجام خواهد رسانید یا نه. نبوت، عروج و سقوطِ امپراتوری‌های بزرگ جهان—بابل، ماد و پارس، یونان، و روم—را ترسیم کرده است. در مورد هر یک از این‌ها، همان‌گونه که دربارهٔ ملت‌های کم‌قدرت‌تر نیز، تاریخ تکرار شده است. هر یک دورانِ آزمونِ خود را داشت، هر یک ناکام ماند، جلالش رنگ باخت، قدرتش زایل شد، و جایگاهش به دیگری واگذار گردید....

“From the rise and fall of nations as made plain in the pages of Holy Writ, they need to learn how worthless is mere outward and worldly glory. Babylon, with all its power and its magnificence, the like of which our world has never since beheld,—power and magnificence which to the people of that day seemed so stable and enduring,–how completely has it passed away! As ‘the flower of the grass’ it has perished. So perishes all that has not God for its foundation. Only that which is bound up with His purpose and expresses His character can endure. His principles are the only steadfast things our world knows.” Education, 177, 184.

«Depuis l’essor et la chute des nations, tels qu’ils sont clairement exposés dans les pages des Saintes Écritures, ils doivent apprendre combien est vaine la simple gloire extérieure et mondaine. Babylone, avec toute sa puissance et toute sa magnificence, dont notre monde n’a jamais depuis contemplé de pareilles, — puissance et magnificence qui, aux yeux des hommes de ce temps-là, semblaient si stables et si durables, — combien complètement a-t-elle disparu ! Comme « la fleur de l’herbe », elle a péri. Ainsi périt tout ce qui n’a pas Dieu pour fondement. Seul ce qui est lié à son dessein et exprime son caractère peut subsister. Ses principes sont les seules choses stables que notre monde connaisse. » Education, 177, 184.