The Book of Daniel unfolds a remarkable prophetic narrative, weaving a principle of repeat and enlarge which threads through its visions, from the metallic statue of chapter 2 to the intricate kingly conflicts of chapter 11. Within this framework, a compelling case emerges: the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, culminating in Egypt’s fall in 30 BC, stands as a pivotal fulfillment of Daniel 11:25, 26, marking the dawn of pagan Rome’s 360-year supremacy.

Danielpa qillqasqan libroqa musuqmanta sut’inchay willakuyta kicharin, chaypi kutichispa astawan hatunyarichiy nisqa kamachikuyta awaspa, rikch’ayninkunapi phaskarin, iskay kaq capitulopi metalmanta rurusqa estatwamanta qallarispataq chunka hukniyuq kaq capitulopi sapaq reykunapa sasachakuq ch’axwaykuna kama. Kay marco ukhupiqa, kallpayoq huk argumento rikurimun: Actiumpa maqanakuy, 31 a.C. watapi, Egiptopa urmayninwan tukukuq 30 a.C. watapi, Daniel 11:25, 26 nisqapa huk hatun hunt’akuyninmi sayarin, pagan Romaq 360 watayuq kamachiy aswan hatun kayninpa paqariyninta señalaspa.

Daniel 11 begins with the rise and fall of empires following Alexander the Great’s death in 323 BC. Yet, by verse 14, a shift occurs. Around 200 BC, as Antiochus III (Magnus) prepared for the Battle of Panium against the child-king Ptolemy V, Rome intervened, not as a mere bystander but as the “robbers of thy people.” Concerned about securing Egypt’s wheat supply amid Hellenistic turmoil, Rome flexed its influence during the Second Macedonian War (200–197 BC), setting the stage for its prophetic role.

Daniel 11 qallarin hatariyninpas qallarichkan Alejandro Hatunpa wañusqan qhipa, 323 a.C. watamanta qhapaq suyukunapa hatariyninwan urmayninkuwan. Ichaqa, 14 kaq versículopi huk tikraymi rikurin. Qaylla 200 a.C. watapi, Antioquio III (Magnus) wawa-kamachiq Ptolomeo Vpa contran Panium maqanakuypaq wakichikushaptin, Roma haykun, mana huk qhawaqlla hinachu, aswanpas “llaqtaykipa suwa runakuna” hina. Egiptopa trigo mikhuyninta taqyaspa waqaychananpaq yuyaspa, helenístico ch’aqwaykunapa chawpinpi, Roma atiyninta rikuchirqa iskay kaq Macedonia maqanakuypi (200–197 a.C.), chaywanmi profético llamk’ayninpaq qhawanata wakichirqa.

Rome’s Dominance Over the Jews

Roma llaqtamanta judíokunapa patapi kamachiy atiyniyuq kayninqa

Fast forward to 63 BC, and verse 16 finds fulfillment when Pompey storms Jerusalem, entering the Holy of Holies and asserting Roman dominion over the “glorious land.” From here, verses 17 through 22 trace a succession of Roman figures: Pompey’s eastern campaigns, Julius Caesar’s conquests and assassination in 44 BC, Augustus Caesar’s tax-raising reign (noted in Luke 2:1) ending in 14 AD, and Tiberius overseeing Christ’s crucifixion in the year 31 AD, when the “prince of the covenant” was broken. The prophetic line from Pompey in Jerusalem to Titus in Jerusalem in 70 AD, sets forth the line of Rome’s dominance over God’s people.

63 a. C. watakama p’unchawkama ñawpaqman risaq, chaypi 16 kaq versículopi hunt’akun Pompeyo Jerusalénman atipaq yaykusqanwan, Santísimo Lugarman haykuspa, “allin sumaq hallp’a” patapi Romaq kamachikuyninta sut’inchaspa. Kaymantaqa, 17 kaqmanta 22 kaq versículokama, Romanokunaq qatiqnin kamachiq runakunam rikuchisqa kachkan: Pompeyoq inti lloqsimu suyu kampañankuna, Julio Césarpa atipayninkuna hinaspa wañuchisqa kaynin 44 a. C. watapi, Augusto Césarpa impuesto huñuy kamachikuynin (Lucas 2:1 nisqapi rimarisqa) 14 d. C. watapi tukukuq, hinaspa Tiberioq Cristo crucificasqa kanan watapi, 31 d. C. watapi, qhawayninpi kasqan, chay pachapi “pactoq príncipe” p’akisqa karqan. Pompeyomanta Jerusalénpi qallarispa Tito kama Jerusalénpi 70 d. C. watapi chayasqa profetapa siq’inqa, Diospa llaqtan patapi Romaq sinchi kamachikuynin siq’inta rikuchin.

Beginning with a Roman General desecrating the temple on to the ending when a Roman General destroyed the temple provides the signature of Alpha and Omega. Beginning with desecrating and ending with destruction the historical line also contains the desecration and the destruction of the One who said of Himself, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” Truth is made up of the first, thirteenth and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and the line beginning with Pompey and ending with Titus includes a middle temple destruction that is represented by the middle of three crosses, that were erected at the very middle of the week Christ came to confirm the covenant. Verses sixteen through twenty-two represent a prophetic line that bears the signature of truth. There are a handful of important prophetic lines within the history represented by the verses, but the primary theme of the line is Rome’s dominance over the Jews.

Qallarinan huk romano hiniralpaq Templota qhellichasqanmantapacha, huk romano hiniralpaq Templota thuñichisqan tukukuyninkama, Alpha y Omegaq sellonta rikuchin. Qhellichaywan qallarispa, thuñichaywan tukuspa, chay historiapa siqinpas uqllanmi qhellichayta hinaspa thuñichayta paypa, pim sayk’usqa kikinmanta: “Kay Templota thuñichiychik, kimsa p’unchaypiñataq oqarichisaq.” Cheqaq kayqa Hebrew simipa alfabitunpa ñawpaq, chunka kimsayuq, hinaspa qhepa qillqankunamanta rurasqanmi, hinaspa Pompeywan qallariq, Tituswan tukukuq siq’iqa chawpinpi huk Templo thuñichasqanta uqllan, mayqinchus rikuchisqa kachkan kimsa cruzkunapa chawpin cruzninwan, chaykuna hatarichisqa kasqankutaq semanapa cheqaq chawpinpi, Cristo hamuspa rimanakuyta takyachinanpaq. Chunka suqtayuqmanta iskay chunka iskayniyuqkamata versículokunaqa huk willakuq siq’ita rikuchin, mayqinchus cheqaq kaypa sellonta apamun. Chay versículokunapi rikuchisqa historiapa ukunpi achka mana achka, ichaqa ancha allin yachayniyuq willakuq siq’ikuna kan; ichaqa chay siq’ipa aswan hatun tematintaq Roma llaqtapa judíokunapa hawanpi kamachikuyninmi.

Leagues and Treaties

Hatun Tantanakuykuna hinaspa Rimaykuykuna

Verse 23 “repeats and enlarges” by looping back to 161–158 BC, when the Jews under Judas Maccabeus forged a league with Rome (1 Maccabees 8). This highlights Rome’s unique empire-building strategy—conquest through treaties and alliances, a method distinct from its predecessors. Verse 24 concludes this phase, noting Rome would “forecast its devices from the strongholds, even for a time.”

Verso 23qa “kutichisqa hinaspa astawan hatunyachisqa” nispa, 161–158 a.C. watakunaman kutirin, chay pacha judiokuna Judas Macabeo umalliqninwan Roma llaqtawan huk alianza rurasqanku (1 Macabeos 8). Kayqa Romaq sapaq imperiota hatunyachiy yachayninta reqsichin—tratadokunawan hinaspa alianzakunawan atipay, ñawpaqnin imperiokunamanta hukniray kaq ñan. Verso 24qa kay mit’ata tukuchin, nispa Romaqa “sinchi pukllaykunamanta astawan ñawpaqman yuyaychasqankunata willakunqa, huk tiempokama.”

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Daniel 11:23, 24.

Paywan rurasqan qhepamanqa llullakuspam rurayman churakunqa; aswanpas wicharimuspa, pisilla llaqtawan kallpachasqa kanqa. Hawkallamanta haykunqa suyupa aswan wira chiqninmanpas; hinaspataq ruwanqa imatapas mana rurasqankuta taytanikunaqa, nitaj taytankup taytankunapas; payqa paqarisqa qichusqakunata, saqueosqakunata, qhapaq kaykunatapas paykunapuram rakinqa. Ari, sinchi pukllay wasikunapa contranpi yuyayninkunata wakichinqa, huk pisi pachakamallataq. Daniel 11:23, 24.

For a Time

Huk Pachaqpaq

The word translated “against” can be understood as the word “from”. Rome forecasts its devices “from”. The word “from” in the verse points to the city of Rome, the empire’s political and military heart, as the base of its strategies. The “time” is prophetically 360 years, beginning when Egypt falls in 30 BC after Actium, and ending in the year 330 when Constantine abandons Rome for Constantinople.

“Contra” nisqa simita tikrasqaqa “manta” nisqa simi hina entiendesqa kanman. Romaqa aparatonkunata “manta” willakapun. Versopi “manta” nisqa simiqa Roma llaqtaman rikuchin, imperiopa políticawan militar sonqonman, estratejiankunapa sayaynin kasqanman. “Pacha” nisqaqa proféticamente 360 wata kachkan, qallarispa Egipto urmasqanmantapacha 30 a. C. watapi Actium qhepata, tukukuspa 330 watapi Constantine Roma llaqtata saqespa Constantinopla-man ripusqanpi.

Verses 25 and 26 zero in on Actium itself.

Versículos 25 y 26 nisqakunaqa Actium kikinmanmi qhawarinku.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. Daniel 11:25, 26.

Hinaspan kallpanta, sonqonta hatarinqa uray llaqtapa reywan contra, jatun ejercitowan; hinaspan uray llaqtapa reyqa maqanakuyman hatarinqa ancha jatun, atiyniyoq ejercitowan; ichaqa mana sayanqachu, paypa contranpi yuyaychasqa qillqaykunata ruwasqankurayku. Ari, mikhuyninmanta rakisqa mikhuyta mikhukuqkuna payta chinkachinqaku, ejercitonpas mayu hina lluqsimunqa; askha runakuna wañusqa urmamunqaku. Daniel 11:25, 26.

In 31 BC, Octavian, representing Rome as the “king of the north,” marshaled his forces against Cleopatra’s Egypt, the “king of the south,” in a monumental naval clash. Antony and Cleopatra’s “very great and mighty army” faltered, undone by strategic “devices” (Agrippa’s tactics) and betrayals—defections from Antony’s allies and Cleopatra’s mid-battle retreat. By 30 BC, Egypt was a Roman province, launching pagan Rome’s unchallenged rule. This 360-year span, from 30 BC to 330, aligns with Rome’s supremacy centered in its original stronghold, until Constantine’s shift “cast down” the stronghold, as Daniel 8:11 foretells.

31 a.C. watapi, Octavianoqa, Roma llaqtata “hanaq ch’inchaypa rey” hina rappresentaspa, kallpankunata huñurqan Cleopatra-pa Egiptowan, “uray ch’inchaypa rey” nisqawan, jatun ancha reqsichisqa lamar maqanakuypi. Antonioq Cleopatraqpas “ancha jatun kallpasapa ejercitonku” pisi kallpayaq tukurqan, estrategiapi “maqllaykuna”rayku atisqa (Agrippaq taktikankuna) hinallataq traicionkuna-rayku chinkachisqa—Antonioq yanapaqninkumanta wakinkuna karunchakusqankurayku, Cleopatraqpas chawpi maqanakuypi kutirikusqanrayku. 30 a.C. watakama, Egiptoqa Romaq provinciannña karqan, chaymanta paganismo Romanop atipaynin mana pipas hark’asqa qallarirqan. Kay 360 watakuna, 30 a.C.manta 330 watakama, tupanku Romaq qhapaq kayninwan, ñawpaq kallpachakuyninpi chawpichasqa, Constantinoq tikraynin “urmachirqa” chay kallpachakuyta, imaynachus Daniel 8:11 nisqan willakun.

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. Daniel 8:11.

Arí, payqa hatuncharikurqa asta chay ejercitopa Príncipen kama; paywanmi sapa p’unchaw sacrificio qechusqa karqa, hinaspa Santuarionpa maynin urmachisqa karqa. Daniel 8:11.

When Constantine cast down the city of Rome for the city of Constantinople, he left a power vacuum in the city of Rome open for the papal church to take the seat of authority represented by the city of Rome. The act fulfilled verse two of Revelation thirteen.

Konstantino llaqtayta Roma llaqtamanta Constantinopla llaqtapaq urmachispan, Roma llaqtapi huk kamachiy pisiyniyoq waskhaqta saqirqan, chaypi papal iglesia Roma llaqtawan rikuchisqa kamachiy tiyanata jap’inanpaq. Chay rurayqa Apocalipsis chunka kimsayuqta qillqasqamanta iskay ñiqin versiculota hunt’arqan.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Revelation 13:2.

Uywan yachaqmi rikurqani, huk otorongo hina karqan; chakinpas ukhumariq chakin hina karqan, siminpas huk leonpa simin hina karqan. Dragonmi payman qosqan atiynta, tiyananta, hatun kamachikuynintapas. Apocalipsis 13:2.

In Daniel 8, two different Hebrew words, both translated as “sanctuary” distinguish the story of the sanctuary in the book of Daniel. The book of Daniel represents a warfare between Christ and Satan as illustrated in the earthly representatives of Christ and Satan. Babylon, Satan’s earthly representative conquers Jerusalem in the opening of Daniel, and Jerusalem conquers Babylon in verse forty-five of chapter eleven. The kingdoms represented by the city of Jerusalem and the city of Babylon are “sanctuaries of strength.” The cities of Babylon and Jerusalem are both sanctuaries of strength, and they both have their own temples within the city. The Pantheon temple is in the city of Rome, and the temple in Jerusalem is the counterpart in the prophetic narrative. Babylon and the city of Rome are counterfeits of Jerusalem.

Daniel 8pi iskay sapa hebreo simikuna kan, iskayninpas “santuario” nisqaman tikrasqa, chaykunam Daniel qillqapi santuarioq willakuyninta t’aqanku. Daniel qillqa rikuchin Cristowan Satanáswan maqanakuyta, kay pachapi Cristoq hinallataq Satanáspaq kay pachapi rantinchasqankunawan rikuchisqa. Babilonia, Satanáspaq kay pachapi rantinchan, Daniel qillqaq qallariyninpi Jerusalénta atipan; Jerusaléntaq chunka hukniyuq kapituluq tawa chunka pichqayoq versiculunpi Babiloniata atipan. Jerusalén llaqtawan Babilonia llaqtawan sutichasqa reino-kunaqa “kallpayoq santuariokuna” kanku. Babilonia llaqtawan Jerusalén llaqtawan iskayninku kallpayoq santuariokuna kanku, hinaspataq sapankanku llaqtankupi templonkuta kan. Panteón temploqa Roma llaqtapi kashan, Jerusalénpi temploqa profético willakuypi chaypaq tupaqninmi. Babiloniawan Roma llaqtaqa Jerusalénpa llullachiq rikch’ayninkunam.

In Daniel 8, the two Hebrew words are “miqdash” in verse 11, where the little horn (pagan Rome) casts down the “place of his sanctuary” (the city of Rome), when Constantine relocates in 330. The other word is “qodesh” in verses 13, 14, where God’s sanctuary awaits cleansing after 2300 days. Though both words are translated as sanctuary, “miqdash” can represent either God’s fortress or a pagan fortress, whereas “qodesh” is only used in the Bible to represent God’s sanctuary.

Daniel 8 nisqapi, iskay hebreo simikunaqa kaykuna kanku: versículo 11-pi “miqdash”, chaypi uchuy waqra (Roma pagana) “santuarionpa kasqan cheqanta” (Roma llaqtata) urmachin, Constantinoqa watapi 330-pi wakman astakusqanrayku. Huk simitaqmi “qodesh” versículos 13, 14-pi, maypichus Diospa santuarionnin 2300 p’unchaykunamanta qhepaman pichasqa kananpaq suyan. Iskay simipas “santuario” nispa tikrasqa kaptinpas, “miqdash”qa Diospa sinchi pukarananta otaq pagano pukaranata qhawachiyta atin, ichaqa “qodesh”qa Bibliapiqa Diospa santuarionninta qhawachinanpaqlla llamk’achisqa kashan.

In Daniel 11:31, the “sanctuary of strength” (the city of Rome) is polluted as the Barbarians and Vandals bring warfare to the city of Rome. The “arms” in the verse started with Clovis in 496 and continued until papal Rome, was fully ascendant by 538, when the Ostrogoths are expelled from the city.

Daniel 11:31 nisqapi, “kallpayoq santuario” nisqa (Roma llaqta) qhellichasqa kachkan, bárbaro runakuna, vandalokunawan kuska, Roma llaqtaman maqanakuyta apamusqankurayku. Chay versículopi “brazokuna” nisqa, Cloviswan 496 watapi qallarisqa, hinaspataq papal Roma llapanman wichariyta hunt’asqa 538 watakama purirqan, chaypi ostrogotokuna llaqtamanta qarqosqa kaptin.

The prophetic line from Actium extends beyond 330. Verse 30’s “ships of Chittim” identify the Vandals under Genseric, who sacked Rome in 455, signaling Western Rome’s collapse. Papal Rome then rises, ruling from 538 until 1798; for 1260 years until Napoleon’s General Berthier delivered the “deadly wound” by capturing Pius VI. The 360 years of pagan Rome, from 30 BC to 330, mirrors the 1260 years of papal Rome, each beginning when a third obstacle (Egypt, Ostrogoths) falls.

Actiummanta willakuyqa 330 watamanta aswan karumanmi mast’arikun. 30 kaq ch’iqninpa “Chittim lamar qhatun barkokuna” nisqanqa Gensericpa kamachiyninpi Vándalos runakunatam reqsichin, paykunaqa 455 watapi Romatam saquearon, chaywanmi inti lloq’e Roma urmayninta rikuchin. Chaymanta Papal Roma hatarimun, 538 watamanta 1798 watakama kamachispa; 1260 watakunata, Napoleonpa Generalnin Berthier Pío VI-ta hap’ispa “wañuy qollqe ch’aki” nisqa maqakuyta qusqankama. Pagano Romaq 360 watankuna, 30 a. C. watamanta 330 watakama, Papal Romaq 1260 watankunawanmi rikch’akun, sapaqninpas kinsa kaq hark’ay urmasqanpim qallarin (Egipto, Ostrogodos).

The modern “king of the north” emerges in verse 40. In 1989, the papacy, allied secretly with Reagan’s USA (symbolized as chariots, ships, and horsemen), topples the USSR, the “king of the south” (atheism/Communism). Verse 41 identifies the papacy conquering the “glorious land”—turning the Protestant USA into the Catholic USA—while verses 42, 43 identify the United Nations represented by Egypt yielding to a threefold union consisting of the United Nations (the dragon) the Vatican (the beast) and the United States (the false prophet), steering the world to Armageddon. Verse 45 predicts this power’s end, “with none to help,” its wound healed in verse forty-one, but its fate sealed by verse forty-five.

Kunan pacha “hanan llaqtapq qhapaqninqa” rikurin chusku chunka versículopi. 1989 watapi, papadoqa, pakasqa alianzasqawan Reaganpa EE. UU.ninwan (carretakunawan, buquekunawan, caballopi puriqkunawan unanchasqa), urmachin URSS-ta, “urin llaqtap qhapaqninta” (mana Diospi iñiy/Comunismo). Chusku chunka hukniyuq versículoqa sut’inchan papadoq “sumaq allpa” atipasqanta—protestante EE. UU.ta católico EE. UU.man tikraspa—chaymanta chusku chunka iskayniyuq, kimsa niyuq versículokuna sut’inchanku Naciones Unidas, Egiptowan unanchasqa, kasukusqanta kimsa kuska huñunaman, chayqa Naciones Unidas (dragón), Vaticano (bestia), hinaspa Estados Unidos (profeta llulla) kasqanwan, kay pachata Armagedónman pusaspa. Chusku chunka pichqaniyuq versículoqa willakun kay atiyniyoqpa tukukuyninta, “mana pipas yanapaqninyuq,” chay kirinqa chusku chunka hukniyuq versículopi hampisqa, ichaqa paypa kawsayninpa tukukuyninqa chusku chunka pichqaniyuq versículopi sellasqa.

Actium in 31 BC is the focus of verses 25, 26, launching Rome’s 360-year reign from its sanctuary-stronghold. With verse fourteen as a caveat, the story of pagan Rome from verse sixteen unto the transition to papal Rome in verse thirty-one is the complete line of pagan Rome. That line is divided into three parts. Verse sixteen to twenty-two is the line of Rome’s dominance over ancient Israel. Verse twenty-three and twenty-four identifies that work of empire building which Rome employed when conquering through leagues and treaties in conjunction with military might. Verse twenty-four through to the last expression in verse thirty-one is a two-part line representing a period when Rome exalted itself, followed by a fall.

Actiumpi 31 a. C. watapim 25, 26 ch’askikunaq chawpinmi kachkan, Romapa 360 watayuq kamachikuyninta kallarichispa paypa santuario-fortaleza-mantam. Chunka tawayuq ch’askita huk amonestación hina hap’ispa, ch’usaq Romaq willakuynin chhunkasuqtaqta qallarimuspa huknin kinsa chunka hukniyuq ch’askikama, papal Romaman tikrakuykama, ch’usaq Romaq hunt’asqa siq’inmi kachkan. Chay siq’i kimsa rak’iykunaman rakisqam. Chunka suqta ch’askimanta iskay chunka iskayniyuqkama, Romaq ñawpaq Israelmanta apu kayninpa siq’inmi. Iskay chunka kimsayuq, iskay chunka tawayuq ch’askikunanmi reqsisichin chay imperio hatarichiy llamk’ayta, mayqentachus Roma llamk’achirqan atiywan atipanakuyta ruwaspa ligakunawan, tratadokunawan, hinallataq soldadokunaq kallpanwan kuska. Iskay chunka tawa ch’askimanta qallarispan huknin qhipa rimariy kama, kimsa chunka hukniyuq ch’askipi, iskay rak’iyuq siq’inmi kachkan, mayqen pacha Roma pay kikinta hoqarirqan, chaymanta qhipaman urmaypas hamurqan.

The “time appointed” is the conclusion of the 360 years in the year 330. Verses twenty-seven unto the last phrase of verse thirty-one, which identifies when the papal power, represented as the abomination that maketh desolate was placed on the throne in 538 is the history of pagan Rome in the context of the period of three hundred and sixty years of supreme rule, which is then followed by two hundred and eight years of a progressive fall.

“Pachasqa p’unchayqa” kaymi tukukuy 360 watakunapa, wata 330-pi. Versículo iskay chunka qanchisniyuqmanta, versículo kimsa chunka hukniyuqpa qhipa rimayninkama, maypichus reqsichin imayna papa kamachiy atiy, ch’inyayta ruraq millay ajllakusqa hina sutichasqa, tronopi churakusqa karqa 538 watapi, chayqa pagano Romaq historiannintam riman, chay kimsa pachak sojta chunka watakunapa contexto-ninpi, maypichus hatun aswan kamachiyta charirqan; chaymanta qatiqtaq iskay pachak pusaq watakuna kan, pisiyachkaq urmaypa.

Therefore the “time” of verse twenty-four begins in 31 BC with an addition of the king of the south to the domain of the king of the north, and it ends in 330 with a division of the king of the north into east and west. From 330 unto 538 pagan Rome progressively falls apart. The various prophetic identifications associated with the various steps of demise of pagan Rome are the prophetic anchors that allow the student of prophecy to recognize God’s prophetic Word. In fulfillment of verse fourteen of Daniel eleven, Rome establishes the vision, and one of the ways that it does that very thing is through its fall. The verse states, “also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.”

Chayrayku, iskay chunka tawaq versiculopi “tiempon” qallarin 31 a.C. watapi, uray llaqtap reyta yapanakusqanwan hanaq llaqtap reypa suyuman, tukukuntaq 330 watapi, hanaq llaqtap reyta inti lluqsiymanwan inti yaykuy manaña iskayman rakikusqanpi. 330 watamanta 538 watakama, pagano Roma aswan-aswan thuñikapun. Imanallamanta pagano Romapa wañuypa puriyninpa sapa pasokunawan tinkisqa imaymana profético reqsichiykunaqa, chaymi profeciamanta yachaqta yanapanku Diospa profético Siminta reqsinanpaq. Daniel chunka hukniyoqpi chunka tawaq versiculon hunt’akuyninpi, Romaqa ricuyta sayarichin, hinaspataq chayta ruwananpa huk ñanmi urmayninwan. Versiculopi nin: “qampa llaqtaykipa suwa runakunapas hatarinqaku ricuyta sayarichinankupaq; ichaqa urmanqaku.”

When Rome is attacked by the ships of Chittim, and thereafter attacks the south, it was not as the either the former or the latter, for from here onward the fall of the Roman power is being portrayed. The first four trumpets of the seven trumpets of Revelation found in chapter eight specifically describe the four major powers that ultimately brought Western Rome to a conclusion by 476. The vision is established when the robbers of thy people exalt themselves and fall. The prophetic vision is illustrated upon the framework of Rome’s fall. Western pagan Rome fell from 330 unto 538. Papal Rome fell in 1798. In the history of the fifth and sixth trumpet Eastern Rome fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Those three falls are part of the vision that is established by the robbers of thy people.

Roma llaqtata Chittimpa büquinkuna atacasqan pacha, chaymanta qhipaman uray suyuta atacaptinpas, manam ñawpaq kaqhinachu, nitaq qhipa kaqhinachu karqa; kaymanta ñawpaqmanqa Romanopa atiynin urmayninmi ricuchisqa kashan. Apocalipsis qelqepa qanchis trompetankunamanta ñawpaq tawa trompetakuna, pusaq ñiqi capítulo pi tarisqakuna, sut’inchanmi chay tawa hatun atiyniyuq kamachiykunata, mayqenkunachus tukukuyninpi Roma Occidentalta 476 watakama tukuchirqaku. Rikch’ayninqa sayarichisqa kashan llaqtaykikunaq suwa runankuna hatunchakuspa urmaqtin. Profeciapa rikch’ayninqa Roma urmayninpa marconninpi rikuchisqa kashan. Roma Occidental paganaqa 330 watamanta 538 watakama urmarqa. Roma Papalqa 1798 watapi urmarqa. Pichqa kaq, suqta kaq trompetakunapa historiankupi Roma Orientalqa 1453 watapi Otomano Turcokunaman urmarqa. Chay kimsa urmaykunaqa llaqtaykikunaq suwa runankunawan sayarichisqa rikch’aypa partenmi kanku.

The verse states, “also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.” From 31 BC to 330 pagan Rome “exalted themselves” in their supremacy over the world. From 330 to 538 pagan Rome fell away to prepare for the man of sin to be seated in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. From 538 unto 1798 the papal power “exalted themselves,” and in 1798 they fell. From 31 BC to 330 Western Rome “exalted” that it was the center of the Roman empire, and from 330 unto 476 it fell. In 330 Constantine exalted that Constantinople was the center of Eastern Rome and in 1453 Eastern Rome fell. The periods of the various representations of Rome, each possess a period where Rome exalts, followed by a period illustrating its fall, for “the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.”

Chay versículopi nin: “hinallataq llaqtaykikunapa suwakunaqa hatarinqaku rikch’ayta sayachinankupaq; ichaqa urmanqaku.” 31 a.C. watamanta 330 d.C. watakama Roma paganaqa “hatarirqaku” kay pachapi ancha kamachikuyninkupi. 330 watamanta 538 watakama Roma paganaqa urmarqan hucha runapa Diospa templonpi tiyaykuspa, kikinmanta Dios kasqanta willakuspa, churananpaq wakichinapaq. 538 watamanta 1798 watakama poder papalqa “hatarirqaku”, hinaspa 1798 watapi urmarqaku. 31 a.C. watamanta 330 watakama Roma Occidentalqa “hatarirqan” Romanopa imperionpa chawpin kasqanta; hinaspa 330 watamanta 476 watakama urmarqan. 330 watapi Constantinoqa hatarichirqan Constantinoplaqa Roma Orientalpa chawpin kasqanta, hinaspa 1453 watapi Roma Orientalqa urmarqan. Romaq imaymana rikch’ayninkunapa p’unchayninkunaqa, sapankama huk pacha Romapa hatarinanpaq, chaymanta qhipaman urmananta rikuchiq pacha kanku, imaraykuchus “llaqtaykikunapa suwakunaqa hatarinqaku rikch’ayta sayachinankupaq; ichaqa urmanqaku.”

The Hebrew word translated as “robbers” is better translated as “breakers” for it aligns more closely with the root’s primary sense—to break through or disrupt—rather than strictly “robbers” (which implies theft). The term suggests those who fracture boundaries, laws, or covenants, not just steal goods. Rome is the breaker in Bible prophecy, though it is translated as “robbers” in verse fourteen. In Daniel chapter two Rome is the iron kingdom, and then in chapter seven the fourth beast is also Rome.

Hebreo simipi “suwaqkuna” nispa tikrasqa simi, aswan allinmi “p’akikuna” nispa tikrayqa, saphinpa ñawpaq kaq yuyayninwan aswan sumaq tupasqanrayku—chayqa p’akiy, chinkachiy utaq ch’aqwayman churay ninanmi—mana chiqap “suwaqkuna”llachu (mayqinchus suwayta niq). Kay simiqa rikuchin linderokunata, kamachikuykunata, utaq rimanakuykunata p’akichiqkunata, manam aswakunallata suwaqkunatachu. Romaqa Biblia qhelqapi willakuykunapi p’akiqmi, ichaqa chunka tawaq kaq versiculopiqa “suwaqkuna” nispa tikrasqam. Daniel pa iskay kaq capitulopin Romaqa fierro suyumi, hinaspataq qanchis kaq capitulopin tawa kaq animalpas Romallataqmi.

After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. Daniel 7:7.

Kay qhipamanmi tuta rikuykunapi rikurqani, hinaspataq qhaway, tawa kaq uywa, manchay manchakuypaq, millay mancharikuypaq, ancha kallpasapa; hatun fierro kirunkunataq karqan: mikhurqan, ñut’urqan ch’iqichaspa, puchuqkunataq chakinkunawan sarurqan; ñawpaqninpi kaq llapa uywakunamantataq hukniraymi karqan; chunka waqrakunataq karqan. Daniel 7:7.

The fourth beast–which is Rome–has “iron” teeth, for it is the same fourth kingdom represented as iron in chapter two. In verse seven the fourth beast of Rome “breaks in pieces,” and when it breaks in pieces it “stamped the residue with the feet of it.” The beast of Rome is the iron kingdom and the characteristic of braking in pieces and stamping the residue represents the act of persecution. The persecution brought upon ancient Israel was a “sign.”

Tawa kaq ñiqin animalqa—Roma kasqanrayku—“hierro” kirunkunayuqmi, iskay kaq kapítulopi chayllataq tawa kaq qhapaq suyu hierro hina rikuchisqa kasqanrayku. Qanchis kaq versículopi Romaq tawa kaq animalninqa “ñut’uchin”, hinaspa ñut’uchispaqa “puchuqta chakinkunawan saruchirqan.” Romaq animalninqa hierro qhapaq suyum, hinaspa ñut’uchiywan puchuqta saruchiywan sut’inchasqa kayninqa qatikachay ruwasqanta rikuchin. Ñawpaq Israelman apamusuq qatikachayqa huk “señal” karqan.

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed forever. Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young. Deuteronomy 28:45–50.

Chaymantapas llapa kay ñakasqakuna qanman hamunqaku, qatiqasunki, tariqasunki ima, chinkachisqa kanaykikama; imaraykuchus mana uyarisqankichu Señor Diosniykipa siminta, paypa kamachikuyninkunata, estatutonkutapas waqaychanaykipaq, chaykunata qamman kamachisqanrayku. Hinaspa chaykuna qanpi kanqaku señalpah, admirakuypah ima, mirayniki patapipas wiñaypaq. Imaraykuchus mana servirqankichu Señor Diosniykita kusikuywan, sonqomanta kusisqa kaywanpas, llapa imakunapa achka kayninrayku; chayrayku enemigoykikunata servinqi, Señorpa qanmanta kachamusqankunata, yarqaypi, yakunaypi, q’ala karapi, llapa imakunapa pisiyninpi ima; hinaspa fierromanta yuguta kunkaykipi churapusunki, chinkachisqasqan kama. Señorqa karumanta suyu­ta qanpaq apamunqa, kay pachapa tukukuyninmantaraq, anka phawaq hina usqhaylla; huk suyu, rimayninta mana entiendenkichaq. Huk suyu sinchi uya­niyuq, machu runata mana yupaychaq, wayna runatapas mana khuyapayakuq. Deuteronomio 28:45–50.

The curses upon ancient Israel brought about by their rebellion are a “sign and a wonder, and upon thy seed forever.” The curse was to be brought upon them with “a nation of fierce countenance.” The beast with iron teeth that “breaks in pieces and stamps the residue” in chapter seven is also the fourth kingdom which proceeds from the division of Alexander’s kingdom, and just as with Moses in Deuteronomy, that kingdom is a nation whose tongue ancient Israel would not understand. The kingdom of Rome in Daniel chapter eight is a nation of fierce countenance and a nation who speaks a different language.

Ñawpa Israel llaqtapa contrankuta huch’ankurqanrayku urmaykuchisqa maldicionkunaqa “señalpas, musphaypas, mirayniykipi wiñaypaq” kanku. Chay maldicionqa paykunaman apamunan karqa “sinchi uyayuq nacionwan.” Qanchis kaj capitulopi fierroyuq kiruyuq animal, mayqinchus “llapa imata pakispa, puchuqta saruch’in,” chaypas tawa kaj qhapaq suyu kikinmi, Alejandro pa qhapaq suyun rakisqa kasqanmantapacha lloqsimuq; chayhinallataq, Moisés nisqawan Deuteronomio pi hina, chay qhapaq suyuqa huk nacionmi, maypa siminta ñawpa Israel mana entiendenmanchu. Roma qhapaq suyu, Daniel pa pusaq kaj capitulopin nisqa, sinchi uyayuq nacionmi, huk simita rimaj nacionpas.

Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. Daniel 8:22, 23.

Kunanmi chay p’akiskasqa kaptin, chaypa rantinpi tawa waq hawayarirqan, chay llaqtamanta tawa qhapaq suyukuna hatarinqa, ichaqa manam paypa kallpanwanchu. Hinaspa paykunaq qhapaq suyunqakuq qhipa p’unchayninkupi, huchallikuqkuna hunt’asqaña kaptinku, huk sinchi uyayuq rey, ch’usaq sasachakuy simikunata entiendeyuq, hatarinqa. Daniel 8:22, 23.

The “robbers (breakers) of thy people” establish the vision, they exalt themselves and they fall. The fourth iron kingdom was pagan Rome who ruled supremely when exalting themselves, but whose ultimate fall became a prophetic characteristic which establishes the vision. They are breakers for they trample down God’s people through persecution.

“Llaqtaykipa suwaqninakuna (paqariqkuna)” rikch’ayta sayarichinku, paykuna kikinkuta hatarichinku hinaspa urmaykunku. Tawa kaq fierro qhapaq suyuqa paganu Roma karqan, paymi aswan qhapaqta kamachirqan kikinta hatarichispa; ichaqa tukukuyninpi urmayninmi willakuypa huk qillqasqa unanchanman tukurqan, chaymi rikch’ayta sayarichin. Paykunaqa paqariqkuna kanku, Diospa llaqtanta ñit’ispa urmachinku qatiykachaywan.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Kay yachayta qatiqmi hamuq qillqapi.