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# The Book of Daniel - Number One-Hundred and Seventy-Eight

Igitabo cya Daniyeli - Umubare ijana na mirongo irindwi n’umunani

Prophetic Parallels: The Unfolding of Daniel 11 in the Last Days

Imigereranyo y’Ubuhanuzi: Isohozwa rya Daniyeli 11 mu Minsi ya Nyuma

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Jeff Pippenger

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April 8, 2024

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Verses sixteen through nineteen of Daniel chapter eleven represents the history beginning at the soon coming Sunday law in the United States, until Michael stands up and human probation closes. It therefore also represents the history of verse forty-one through verse forty-five of the same chapter.

Imirongo ya cumi n’itandatu kugeza kuri cumi n’icyenda yo mu gice cya cumi na rimwe cya Daniyeli igereranya amateka atangira ku itegeko rya vuba ry’Umunsi w’Ikiruhuko rizashyirwaho muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, kugeza igihe Mikayeli azahagurukira maze igihe cy’igeragezwa cy’umuntu kigafungwa. Bityo rero, inagereranya amateka yo ku murongo wa mirongo ine na umwe kugeza ku murongo wa mirongo ine na gatanu w’icyo gice kimwe.

> But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. Daniel 11:16–19.

> Ariko uje kumurwanya azakora ibyo yishakiye, kandi nta uzahagarara imbere ye; kandi azahagarara mu gihugu cy’ikuzo, kizamarizwa mu kuboko kwe. Kandi azerekeza umutima we kuza n’imbaraga z’ubwami bwe bwose, ari kumwe n’abatunganye; ni ko azabigenza: kandi azamuha umukobwa w’abagore, kugira ngo amwonone; ariko ntazahagarara ku ruhande rwe, kandi ntazaba uwe. Hanyuma azerekeza umutima we ku birwa, kandi azafata byinshi; ariko umutware ku bw’inyungu ze bwite azahagarika igisuzuguriro cyakozwe na we; kandi atari igisuzuguriro cye bwite, azagisubiza kuri we. Hanyuma azerekeza umutima we ku gihome cy’igihugu cye bwite; ariko azasitara agwe, kandi ntazaboneka. Daniyeli 11:16–19.

When Sister White addressed the final fulfillment of Daniel chapter eleven, she stated “that much of the history that has been fulfilled in this prophecy will be repeated.” Verses forty-one through forty-five repeat the prophetic history of these verses. The verses were fulfilled when pagan Rome took control of the world by first conquering three geographical areas.

Igihe Mushiki wa White yavugaga ku isohozwa rya nyuma rya Daniyeli igice cya cumi na kimwe, yavuze ati: “ko amateka menshi yamaze gusohozwa muri ubu buhanuzi azasubirwamo.” Imirongo ya mirongo ine n’umwe kugeza kuri mirongo ine n’itanu isubiramo amateka y’ubuhanuzi ari muri iyo mirongo. Iyo mirongo yasohojwe igihe Roma ya gipagani yafataga ubutegetsi bw’isi, ibanje gutsinda uturere dutatu tw’akarere.

> “Although Egypt could not stand before Antiochus, the king of the north, Antiochus could not stand before the Romans, who now came against him. No kingdoms were longer able to resist this rising power. Syria was conquered, and added to the Roman empire, when Pompey, BC 65, deprived Antiochus Asiaticus of his possessions, and reduced Syria to a Roman province.

> “Nubwo Egiputa itashoboraga guhagarara imbere ya Antiyokusi, umwami w’ikasikazi, na Antiyokusi ntiyashoboraga guhagarara imbere y’Abaroma, bari bamaze kuza kumurwanya. Nta bwami bwari bukishoboye kurwanya ubu butegetsi bwazamukaga. Siriya yarigaruriwe, yongerwa ku bwami bw’Abaroma, igihe Pomupeyi, mu mwaka wa 65 mbere ya Kristo, yamburaga Antiyokusi Aziyatikusi ibyo yari atunze, maze ahindura Siriya intara y’Abaroma.”

> “The same power was also to stand in the Holy Land, and consume it. Rome became connected with the people of God, the Jews, by alliance, BC 162, from which date it holds a prominent place in the prophetic calendar. It did not, however, acquire jurisdiction over Judea by actual conquest till BC 63; and then in the following manner.

> “Ubwo butware nyine bwagombaga no guhagarara mu Gihugu Cyera, bukakimara. Roma yagiranye isano n’ubumwe n’ubwoko bw’Imana, Abayahudi, mu mwaka wa 162 mbere ya Kristo; kandi uhereye kuri iyo tariki ifata umwanya ukomeye mu ngengabihe y’ubuhanuzi. Ariko kandi, ntiyigeze ibona ububasha bwo gutegeka Yudaya binyuze ku kuyigarurira koko kugeza mu mwaka wa 63 mbere ya Kristo; kandi byagenze muri ubu buryo bukurikira.

> “On Pompey’s return from his expedition against Mithridates, king of Pontus, two competitors, Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, were struggling for the crown of Judea. Their cause came before Pompey, who soon perceived the injustice of the claims of Aristobulus, but wished to defer decision in the matter till after his long-desired expedition into Arabia, promising then to return, and settle their affairs as should seem just and proper. Aristobulus, fathoming Pompey’s real sentiments, hastened back to Judea, armed his subjects, and prepared for a vigorous defense, determined, at all hazards, to keep the crown, which he foresaw would be adjudicated to another. Pompey closely followed the fugitive. As he approached Jerusalem, Aristobulus, beginning to repent of his course, came out to meet him, and endeavored to accommodate matters by promising entire submission and large sums of money. Pompey, accepting this offer, sent Gabinius, at the head of a detachment of soldiers, to receive the money. But when that lieutenant-general arrived at Jerusalem, he found the gates shut against him, and was told from the top of the walls that the city would not stand to the agreement.

> “Pompeyo amaze kugaruka avuye mu rugendo rwe rwo kurwanya Mitridate, umwami wa Ponto, abahanganye babiri, Hirikano na Aristobulo, barwaniraga ikamba rya Yudaya. Ikibazo cyabo cyagejejwe imbere ya Pompeyo, maze bidatinze abona akarengane kari mu byo Aristobulo yasabaga, ariko yifuza gusubika umwanzuro kuri icyo kibazo kugeza nyuma y’urugendo rwe yari amaze igihe kirekire yifuza kujya mo muri Arabiya, asezeranya ko azagaruka hanyuma agatunganya ibibazo byabo nk’uko byari kugaragara ko ari ibyo gukiranuka kandi bikwiriye. Aristobulo, amaze gutahura neza ibyiyumvo nyakuri bya Pompeyo, yihutira gusubira i Yudaya, aha intwaro abo yayoboraga, kandi yitegura kwirwanaho akomeje imbaraga, yiyemeje, uko byagenda kose, kugumana ikamba, yabonaga mbere ko rizahabwa undi. Pompeyo akurikira uwo wahungaga adacogora. Ubwo yegerezaga i Yerusalemu, Aristobulo, atangiye kwicuza inzira yari yafashe, arasohoka ajya kumusanganira, kandi agerageza gukemura icyo kibazo asezeranya kumwumvira rwose no gutanga amafaranga menshi. Pompeyo, amaze kwemera icyo cyifuzo, yohereza Gabiniyo ayoboye umutwe w’abasirikare kugira ngo ajye kwakira ayo mafaranga. Ariko uwo muyobozi mukuru w’ingabo ageze i Yerusalemu, asanga amarembo amufungiye, maze bamubwira bari hejuru y’inkuta ko uwo murwa utazubahiriza iyo masezerano.”

> “Pompey, not to be deceived in this way with impunity, put Aristobulus, whom he had retained with him, in irons, and immediately marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. The partisans of Aristobulus were for defending the place; those of Hyrcanus, for opening the gates. The latter being in the majority, and prevailing, Pompey was given free entrance into the city. Whereupon the adherents of Aristobulus retired to the mountain of the temple, as fully determined to defend that place as Pompey was to reduce it. At the end of three months a breach was made in the wall sufficient for an assault, and the place was carried at the point of the sword. In the terrible slaughter that ensued, twelve thousand persons were slain. It was an affecting sight, observes the historian, to see the priests, engaged at the time in divine service, with calm hand and steady purpose pursue their accustomed work, apparently unconscious of the wild tumult, though all around them their friends were given to the slaughter, and though often their own blood mingled with that of their sacrifices.

> “Pompey, kugira ngo atabeshywa muri ubwo buryo adahanwe, yashyize Aristobulus, uwo yari yaragumanye iruhande rwe, mu minyururu, maze ako kanya ajya gutera Yerusalemu n’ingabo ze zose. Abari ku ruhande rwa Aristobulus bashakaga kurwanira uwo murwa; naho abari ku ruhande rwa Hyrcanus bashakaga gukingura amarembo. Abo ba nyuma, kuko ari bo bari benshi kandi bakagira ijambo rirusha iry’abandi imbaraga, baha Pompey uburenganzira bwo kwinjira mu murwa nta nkomyi. Nuko abayoboke ba Aristobulus basubira ku musozi w’urusengero, biyemeje rwose kururwanirira nk’uko na Pompey yari yiyemeje kurutsinda. Nyuma y’amezi atatu, hacukuwe icyuho mu rukuta gihagije kugira ngo haterwe igitero, maze aho hantu hafatwa ku nkota. Mu bwicanyi buteye ubwoba bwakurikiyeho, hapfuye abantu ibihumbi cumi na bibiri. Umunyamateka aravuga ati: byari ibintu bibabaje kubona abatambyi, bari muri icyo gihe bahugiye mu murimo w’Imana, bakomeza umurimo wabo basanzwe bakora bafite ikiganza gituje n’umugambi udahungabana, basa n’abatazi rwose urwo rujijo rw’akavuyo kari kabakikije, nubwo impande zose zabo incuti zabo zicwaga, kandi nubwo kenshi amaraso yabo bwite yavanganaga n’ay’ibitambo byabo.”

> “Having put an end to the war, Pompey demolished the walls of Jerusalem, transferred several cities from the jurisdiction of Judea to that of Syria, and imposed tribute on the Jews. Thus for the first time was Jerusalem placed by conquest in the hands of that power which was to hold the ‘glorious land’ in its iron grasp till it had utterly consumed it.

> “Pompey amaze kurangiza intambara, yasenye inkuta za Yerusalemu, yimurira imidugudu myinshi iva munsi y’ubutware bwa Yudaya ayishyira munsi y’ubwa Siriya, kandi asoza Abayahudi ikoro. Bityo, ni bwo bwa mbere Yerusalemu yashyizwe, binyuze mu kuneshwa, mu maboko y’ubwo butegetsi bwagombaga gukomeza gufata ‘igihugu cy’ikuzo’ mu rwara rwabwo rw’icyuma kugeza igihe bwari kuba bukimazeho burundu.

> “‘VERSE 17. He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.’

> “‘UMURONGO WA 17. Azashyira kandi umutima we kuza afite imbaraga z’ubwami bwe bwose, n’abakiranutsi bari kumwe na we; kandi ni ko azabigenza: kandi azamuha umukobwa w’abagore, amwonona; ariko ntazahagarara ku ruhande rwe, kandi ntazaba uwe.’”

> “Bishop Newton furnishes another reading for this verse, which seems more clearly to express the sense, as follows: ‘He shall also set his face to enter by force the whole kingdom.’ Verse 16 brought us down to the conquest of Syria and Judea by the Romans. Rome had previously conquered Macedon and Thrace. Egypt was now all that remained of the ‘whole kingdom’ of Alexander, not brought into subjection to the Roman power, which power now set its face to enter by force into that country.

> “Musenyeri Newton atanga ubundi busomyi bw’uyu murongo, busa n’ubugaragaza neza kurushaho igisobanuro cyawo, muri aya magambo akurikira: ‘Kandi azerekeza amaso ye ku kwinjira ku ngufu mu bwami bwose.’ Umurongo wa 16 watugejeje ku ntsinzi y’Abaroma kuri Siriya n’u Buyuda. Mbere yaho Roma yari yarigaruriye Makedoniya na Terekiya. Misiri ni yo yari isigaye yonyine muri ‘ubwo bwami bwose’ bwa Alegizanderi, itarashyirwa munsi y’ubutware bw’Abaroma; kandi ubwo butware ni bwo noneho bwerekeje amaso yabwo ku kwinjira muri icyo gihugu ku ngufu.

> “Ptolemy Auletes died BC 51. He left the crown and kingdom of Egypt to his eldest son and daughter, Ptolemy and Cleopatra. It was provided in his will that they should marry together, and reign jointly; and because they were young, they were placed under the guardianship of the Romans. The Roman people accepted the charge, and appointed Pompey as guardian of the young heirs of Egypt.

> “Ptolémée Auletes yapfuye mu mwaka wa 51 M.K. Yasize ikamba n’ubwami bw’Egiputa ku muhungu we w’imfura n’umukobwa we, Ptolémée na Cléopâtre. Mu irage rye byari biteganyijwe ko bagombaga gushyingiranwa, kandi bagategekana; kandi kubera ko bari bakiri bato, bashyizwe munsi y’uburinzi bw’Abaroma. Abaturage b’Abaroma bemeye uwo murimo, maze bashyiraho Pompey ngo abe umurinzi w’abo bazungura bato b’Egiputa.”

> “A quarrel having not long after broken out between Pompey and Caesar, the famous battle of Pharsalia was fought between the two generals. Pompey, being defeated, fled into Egypt. Caesar immediately followed him thither; but before his arrival, Pompey was basely murdered by Ptolemy, whose guardian he had been appointed. Caesar therefore assumed the appointment which had been given to Pompey, as guardian of Ptolemy and Cleopatra. He found Egypt in commotion from internal disturbances, Ptolemy and Cleopatra having become hostile to each other, and she being deprived of her share in the government. Notwithstanding this, he did not hesitate to land at Alexandria with his small force, 800 horse and 3200 foot, take cognizance of the quarrel, and undertake its settlement. The troubles daily increasing, Caesar found his small force insufficient to maintain his position, and being unable to leave Egypt on account of the north wind which blew at that season, he sent into Asia, ordering all the troops he had in that quarter to come to his assistance as soon as possible.

> Nyuma y’igihe gito hadutse amakimbirane hagati ya Pompey na Caesar, maze intambara yamamaye ya Pharsalia irarwanwa hagati y’abo bagaba b’ingabo bombi. Pompey amaze kuneshwa, yahungiye muri Egiputa. Caesar ahita amukurikirayo; ariko mbere y’uko ahagera, Pompey yicwa mu buryo bw’ubugambanyi bukabije na Ptolemy, uwo yari yarashyiriweho kuba umurinzi. Ni cyo cyatumye Caesar afata uwo mwanya wari warahawe Pompey, wo kuba umurinzi wa Ptolemy na Cleopatra. Yasanze Egiputa iri mu mvururu zatewe n’imidugararo yo mu gihugu imbere, Ptolemy na Cleopatra barabaye abanzi hagati yabo, kandi we yarambuwe umugabane we mu butegetsi. Nubwo byari bimeze bityo, ntiyazuyaje kugwa i Alexandria ari kumwe n’ingabo ze nke, abasirikare 800 b’abarwanira ku mafarashi n’abasirikare 3200 b’abarwanira ku maguru, kugira ngo yumve iby’ayo makimbirane kandi afate inshingano zo kuyakemura. Uko imvururu zarushagaho kwiyongera uko bukeye n’uko bwije, Caesar yabonye ko izo ngabo ze nke zidahagije kugira ngo zigume zimushikamiye ku mwanya we; kandi kubera ko atashoboraga kuva muri Egiputa bitewe n’umuyaga w’amajyaruguru wahuhaga muri icyo gihe cy’umwaka, yohereza ubutumwa muri Aziya, ategeka ko ingabo zose yari afite muri ako karere ziza kumutabara vuba bishoboka.

> “In the most haughty manner he decreed that Ptolemy and Cleopatra should disband their armies, appear before him for a settlement of their differences, and abide by his decision. Egypt being an independent kingdom, this haughty decree was considered an affront to its royal dignity, at which the Egyptians, highly incensed, flew to arms. Caesar replied that he acted by virtue of the will of their father, Auletes, who had put his children under the guardianship of the senate and people of Rome, the whole authority of which was now vested in his person as consul; and that, as guardian, he had the right to arbitrate between them.

> Mu buryo bwuzuye ubwibone, yategetse ko Ptolémée na Cléopâtre basesa ingabo zabo, bakitaba imbere ye kugira ngo akemure amakimbirane yabo, kandi ko bagomba kugengwa n’icyemezo cye. Kubera ko Misiri yari ubwami bwigenga, iri tegeko ry’ubwibone ryafashwe nk’igisebo ku cyubahiro cy’ubwami bwayo, maze Abanyamisiri, barakaye cyane, bitabaza intwaro. César asubiza ko yakoraga ku bw’ugushaka kwa se wabo, Auletes, wari warashyize abana be mu burinzi bwa sena n’abaturage b’i Roma, ububasha bwose bwayo muri icyo gihe bukaba bwarari mu maboko ye nk’ukuriye konsula; kandi ko, nk’umurinzi, yari afite uburenganzira bwo kubacira urubanza hagati yabo.

> “The matter was finally brought before him, and advocates appointed to plead the cause of the respective parties. Cleopatra, aware of the foible of the great Roman conqueror, judged that the beauty of her presence would be more effectual in securing judgment in her favor than any advocate she could employ. To reach his presence undetected, she had recourse to the following stratagem: Laying herself at full length in a bundle of clothes, Apollodorus, her Sicilian servant, wrapped it up in a cloth, tied it with a thong, and raising it upon his Herculean shoulders, sought the apartments of Caesar. Claiming to have a present for the Roman general, he was admitted through the gate of the citadel, entered into the presence of Caesar, and deposited the burden at his feet. When Caesar had unbound this animated bundle, lo! the beautiful Cleopatra stood before him. He was far from being displeased with the stratagem, and being of a character described in 2 Peter 2:14, the first sight of so beautiful a person, says Rollin, had all the effect upon him she had desired.

> “Icyo kibazo amaherezo cyashyikirijwe imbere ye, maze hashyirwaho ababurizi bo kuburanira impamvu z’impande zombi. Kiliyopātra, azi intege nke z’uwo munyaroma mukuru w’umuneshyi, yatekereje ko ubwiza bwo kuboneka kwe ubwe bwari kugira imbaraga kurusha umuburizi uwo ari we wese yashoboraga gukoresha mu kumuhesha urubanza rumushyigikira. Kugira ngo agere aho ari atabonetse, yakoresheje aya mayeri akurikira: Yaryama arambuye uko muremure mu mupfunyiko w’imyambaro, maze Apolodōrusi, umugaragu we w’Umunyasikilīya, arawuzingira mu gitambaro, awuboha urushumi, hanyuma awikorera ku bitugu bye bikomeye nk’ibya Herakule, ajya gushaka aho Kayisari yari acumbitse. Avuze ko azaniye umugaba w’Abaroma impano, yemerewe kwinjira anyuze ku irembo ry’igihome, yinjira imbere ya Kayisari, maze ashyira uwo mutwaro imbere y’ibirenge bye. Kayisari amaze gupfundura uwo mupfunyiko ufite ubugingo, dore, Kiliyopātra mwiza cyane yari ahagaze imbere ye. Ntiyigeze na busa arakazwa n’ayo mayeri; kandi kuko yari umuntu ufite imico isobanurwa muri 2 Petero 2:14, nk’uko Rollin abivuga, kureba bwa mbere umuntu mwiza bene ako kageni byamugizeho ingaruka zose yari yifujwe na we.”

> “Caesar at length decreed that the brother and sister should occupy the throne jointly, according to the intent of the will. Pothinus, the chief minister of state, having been principally instrumental in expelling Cleopatra from the throne, feared the result of her restoration. He therefore began to excite jealousy and hostility against Caesar, by insinuating among the populace that he designed eventually to give Cleopatra the sole power. Open sedition soon followed. Achillas, at the head of 20,000 men, advanced to drive Caesar from Alexandria. Skillfully disposing his small body of men in the streets and alleys of the city, Caesar found no difficulty in repelling the attack. The Egyptians undertook to destroy his fleet. He retorted by burning theirs. Some of the burning vessels being driven near the quay, several of the buildings of the city took fire, and the famous Alexandrian library, containing nearly 400,000 volumes, was destroyed.

> Amaherezo, Kayisari yategetse ko uwo muvandimwe n’uwo mushiki we bagomba gutegeka ingoma bafatanyije, nk’uko ubushake bw’umurage bwabitegekaga. Pothinus, wari umutware mukuru w’inzego z’ubutegetsi, akaba ari na we wagize uruhare rukomeye cyane mu kwirukana Cleopatra ku ngoma, yatinyaga ingaruka zo kongera gusubizwaho kwe. Ni cyo cyatumye atangira gukangurira rubanda ishyari n’ubugome kuri Kayisari, abacengezamo ko amaherezo yashakaga guha Cleopatra ubutegetsi bwose wenyine. Bidatinze hakurikiyeho ubugumuke bweruye. Achillas, ayoboye abantu 20,000, atera ashaka kwirukana Kayisari i Alexandria. Kayisari, amaze gushyira neza agatsiko ke gato k’abasirikare mu mihanda no mu tuzitiro two mu murwa, ntiyagize ingorane zo gusubiza inyuma icyo gitero. Abanyegiputa bagerageje gutwika amato ye. Na we abasubiza inyuma atwika ayabo. Amwe muri ayo mato yaka aza gusunikirwa hafi y’icyambu, inyubako nyinshi zo muri uwo murwa zirashya, kandi isomero rikomeye rya Alexandria, ryari ririmo ibitabo hafi 400,000, rirarimbuka.

> “The war growing more threatening, Caesar sent into all the neighboring countries for help. A large fleet came from Asia Minor to his assistance. Mithridates set out for Egypt with an army raised in Syria and Cilicia. Antipater the Idumean joined him with 3,000 Jews. The Jews, who held the passes into Egypt, permitted the army to pass on without interruption. Without this co-operation on their part, the whole plan must have failed. The arrival of this army decided the contest. A decisive battle was fought near the Nile, resulting in a complete victory for Caesar. Ptolemy, attempting to escape, was drowned in the river. Alexandria and all Egypt then submitted to the victor. Rome had now entered into and absorbed the whole of the original kingdom of Alexander.

> “Intambara irushaho kuba mbi kandi iteye ubwoba, Sezari yohereza ubutabazi mu bihugu byose byari bihana imbibi na ho. Ingabo nyinshi z’amato zaturutse muri Aziya Nto zaje kumutabara. Mitiridate afata urugendo ajya muri Egiputa afite ingabo yakusanije muri Siriya no muri Kilikia. Antipateri w’Umunya-Idumeya yifatanya na we ari kumwe n’Abayahudi 3,000. Abayahudi, bari barinze inzira zambukiranya zijya muri Egiputa, bemerera iyo ngabo gukomeza urugendo nta nkomyi. Iyo ubwo bufatanye butabaho ku ruhande rwabo, umugambi wose wari kuba warapfubye. Ukuza kw’izo ngabo ni ko kwemeje iherezo ry’urugamba. Intambara ikomeye kandi isoza ibindi yarwaniwe hafi y’Uruzi rwa Nili, ivamo insinzi yuzuye ya Sezari. Putoleme, ashaka guhunga, arohama muri urwo ruzi. Hanyuma Alekisandiriya na Egiputa yose bayoboka uwari watsinze. Ubu Roma yari imaze kwinjira mu bwami bw’umwimerere bwa Alekisanderi bwose no kubwigarurira.”

> “By the ‘upright ones’ of the text are doubtless meant the Jews, who gave him the assistance already mentioned. With out this, he must have failed; with it, he completely subdued Egypt to his power, BC 47.

> “Abakiranutsi” bavugwa muri uyu mwandiko nta gushidikanya ko ari Abayuda, ari bo bamuhaye ubufasha bwamaze kuvugwa. Iyo atabugira, byanze bikunze aba yaratsinzwe; ariko abufite, yigaruriye Misiri yose rwose ayishyira munsi y’ubutegetsi bwe, mu wa 47 mbere ya Kristo.

> “‘The daughter of women, corrupting her.’ The passion which Caesar had conceived for Cleopatra, by whom he had one son is assigned by the historian as the sole reason of his undertaking so dangerous a campaign as the Egyptian war. This kept him much longer in Egypt than his affairs required, he spending whole nights in feasting and carousing with the dissolute queen. ‘But,’ said the prophet, ‘she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.’ Cleopatra afterward joined herself to Antony, the enemy of Augustus Caesar, and exerted her whole power against Rome.

> “‘Umukobwa w’abagore, amwonona.’ Irari Kayisari yari yarafitiye Kleyopatira, uwo yabyaranye na we umwana umwe w’umuhungu, ni ryo umwanditsi w’amateka avuga ko ari ryo ryonyine ryatumye yiyemeza urugamba rwari rufite akaga gakomeye nk’intambara ya Egiputa. Ibi byatumye agumya muri Egiputa igihe kirekire kurusha uko inyungu z’ibyo yakoraga zabimusabaga, amara amajoro yose mu birori no mu businzi hamwe n’umwamikazi w’umuco mubi. ‘Ariko,’ ni ko umuhanuzi yavuze, ‘ntazahagarara ku ruhande rwe, kandi ntazaba uwe.’ Nyuma Kleyopatira yifatanyije na Antoni, umwanzi wa Awugusito Kayisari, kandi akoresha imbaraga ze zose arwanya Roma.”

> “‘VERSE 18. After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.’

> “‘UMURONGO WA 18. Hanyuma y’ibyo azahindukira yerekeye ku birwa, kandi azafata byinshi; ariko umutware ku bwe ubwe azatuma igitutsi yatutse gihagarara; kandi atagize igitutsi cye bwite, azagisubiza kuri we.’”

> “War with Pharnaces, king of Cimmerian Bosphorus, at length drew him away from Egypt. ‘On his arrival where the enemy was,’ says Prideaux, ‘he, without giving any respite either to himself or them, immediately fell on, and gained an absolute victory over them; an account whereof he wrote to a friend of his in these three words: Veni, vidi, vici; I came, I saw, I conquered.’ The latter part of this verse is involved in some obscurity, and there is difference of opinion in regard to its application. Some apply it further back in Caesar’s life, and think they find a fulfilment in his quarrel with Pompey. But preceding and subsequent events clearly defined in the prophecy, compel us to look for the fulfilment of this part of the prediction between the victory over Pharnaces, and Caesar’s death at Rome, as brought to view in the following verse. A more full history of this period might bring to light events which would render the application of this passage unembarrassed.

> “Intambara yarwanye na Pharnaces, umwami wa Bosphorus y’Abanyakimeriya, amaherezo yamuteye kuva muri Egiputa. Prideaux aravuga ati: ‘Akimara kugera aho umwanzi yari ari, atihaye uburuhukiro na bucye kandi na bo atabubahaye, yahise abatera ako kanya, kandi abatsindisha rwose; inkuru y’ibyo ayandikira umwe mu ncuti ze muri aya magambo atatu: Veni, vidi, vici; naraje, nabonye, naranesheje.’ Igice cya nyuma cy’uyu murongo gikikijwe n’igicucu runaka, kandi hariho kutavuga rumwe ku byerekeye uko gikoreshwa. Bamwe bagihuza n’igihe cya kera kurushaho mu mibereho ya Sezari, kandi batekereza ko babona isohozwa ryacyo mu makimbirane ye na Pompey. Ariko ibyabaye mbere n’ibyakurikiyeho byasobanuwe neza mu buhanuzi, biduhatira gushakira isohozwa ry’iki gice cy’ubuhanuzi hagati y’intsinzi ya Pharnaces n’urupfu rwa Sezari i Roma, nk’uko byerekanwa mu murongo ukurikiraho. Amateka arambuye kurushaho y’iki gihe ashobora kuzana ahagaragara ibyabaye byatuma ikoreshwa ry’iki gice ridateza urujijo.”

> “‘VERSE 19. Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.’

> “‘UMURONGO WA 19. Hanyuma azahindukiriza mu maso he ku gihome cy’ihugu cye bwite; ariko azasitara agwe, kandi ntazaboneka.’”

> “After this conquest, Caesar defeated the last remaining fragments of Pompey’s party, Cato and Scipio in Africa and Labienus and Varus in Spain. Returning to Rome, the ‘fort of his own land,’ he was made perpetual dictator; and such other powers and honors were granted him as rendered him in fact absolute sovereign of the whole empire. But the prophet had said that he should stumble and fall. The language implies that his overthrow would be sudden and unexpected, like a person accidentally stumbling in his walk. And so this man, who fought and won five hundred battles, taken one thousand cities, and slain one million one hundred and ninety-two thousand men, fell, not in the din of battle and the hour of strife, but when he thought his pathway was smooth and strewn with flowers, and when danger was supposed to be far away; for, taking his seat in the senate chamber upon his throne of gold, to receive at the hands of that body the title of king, the dagger of treachery suddenly struck him to the heart. Cassius, Brutus, and other conspirators rushed upon him, and he fell, pierced with twenty-three wounds. Thus he suddenly stumbled and fell, and was not found, BC 44.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 258–264.

> “Nyuma y’uku gutsinda, Kayisari yatsinze ibisigazwa bya nyuma by’ishyaka rya Pompeyi, ari bo Katoni na Skipiyoni muri Afurika, ndetse na Labiyenusi na Varusi muri Esipanye. Agarutse i Roma, ari ho ‘igihome cy’igihugu cye,’ yagizwe umutegetsi w’ikirenga uhoraho; kandi ahabwa n’ubundi bubasha n’icyubahiro byatumye mu by’ukuri aba umwami w’ikirenga w’ingoma yose. Ariko umuhanuzi yari yaravuze ko azasitara akagwa. Imvugo ubwayo yerekana ko gutsindwa kwe kwari kuba gutunguranye kandi kutari kwitezwe, nk’umuntu usitara atabishaka mu rugendo rwe. Kandi ni ko byagenze kuri uyu muntu, warwanye intambara magana atanu akazitsinda, akigarurira imijyi igihumbi, kandi akica abantu miliyoni imwe n’ibihumbi ijana na mirongo cyenda na bibiri; ntiyaguye mu rusaku rw’intambara no mu gihe cy’imirwano, ahubwo yaguye igihe yatekerezaga ko inzira ye itunganye kandi isasiweho indabyo, ndetse n’igihe byakekwaga ko akaga kari kure cyane; kuko, amaze kwicara mu cyumba cy’inama nkuru y’abasenateri ku ntebe ye ya zahabu, kugira ngo yakire mu maboko y’uwo mutwe izina ry’umwami, icyuma cy’ubugambanyi cyamuteye gitunguranye mu mutima. Kasiyusi, Burutusi, n’abandi bagambanyi bamusatiriye, maze agwa acumiswe ibikomere makumyabiri na bitatu. Uko ni ko yasitaye akagwa gitunguranye, ntiyongera kuboneka, mu wa 44 mbere ya Kristo.” Uriah Smith, Daniel and the Revelation, 258–264.

The historical fulfillment of pagan Rome (the king of the north), being established upon the throne is a history that prefigures the history of modern Rome’s enthronement at the threefold union which takes place at the soon coming Sunday law. The history is also typified in verses thirty through thirty-six, which identified when the papacy was first placed upon the throne in 538. Verses sixteen through nineteen, and verses thirty-one through thirty-six both represent the final rise and fall of the whore of Tyre. That history was also represented in verses five through nine, when the first king of the north was established after conquering three geographical areas. Thereafter he entered into a treaty with the king of the south, but broke the treaty, and in response the king of the south delivered a deadly wound, and the king of the north died in the captivity of Egypt.

Isohozwa ry’amateka ya Roma ya gipagani (umwami w’ikasikazi), yo kwimikwa ku ntebe y’ubwami, ni amateka agaragaza mbere y’igihe amateka yo kwimikwa kwa Roma ya none mu ihuriro ry’incuro eshatu ribaho mu itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba. Ayo mateka kandi yashushanyijwe mu mirongo ya mirongo itatu kugeza kuri mirongo itatu n’itandatu, yagaragaje igihe ubupapa bwabanje kwimikwa ku ntebe y’ubwami mu mwaka wa 538. Imirongo ya cumi n’itandatu kugeza kuri cumi n’icyenda, hamwe n’imirongo ya mirongo itatu n’umwe kugeza kuri mirongo itatu n’itandatu, byombi bihagarariye ukuzamuka kwa nyuma no kugwa kwa nyuma k’indaya y’i Tiro. Ayo mateka kandi yahagarariwe mu mirongo ya gatanu kugeza ku ya cyenda, igihe umwami wa mbere w’ikasikazi yimikwaga amaze kunesha ibice bitatu by’uturere. Nyuma y’ibyo yaje kugirana isezerano n’umwami w’ikusi, ariko ararirengaho, maze mu gusubiza umwami w’ikusi amukomeretsa uruguma rwica, maze umwami w’ikasikazi apfira mu bunyage bwa Egiputa.

Verses five through nine, verses sixteen through nineteen, and verses thirty through thirty-six provide three prophetic lines that are fulfilled in verses forty through forty-five. When Sister White identified that “much of the history that has been fulfilled in this prophecy will be repeated,” it actually meant that the entire chapter illustrates verses forty through forty-five. Verses twenty through twenty-two identify the birth and the death of Christ, thus representing the time of the end in both 1798 and 1989 by His birth, and then His death on the cross represented October 22, 1844, and the Sunday law.

Umurongo wa gatanu kugeza ku wa cyenda, umurongo wa cumi na gatandatu kugeza ku wa cumi n’icyenda, n’umurongo wa mirongo itatu kugeza ku wa mirongo itatu n’itandatu bitanga imirongo itatu y’ubuhanuzi isohorezwa mu mirongo ya mirongo ine kugeza kuri mirongo ine n’itanu. Igihe Mushiki wa White yagaragazaga ko “igice kinini cy’amateka asohojwe muri ubu buhanuzi kizongera kubaho,” mu by’ukuri byasobanuraga ko igice cyose cy’iki gice kigaragaza imirongo ya mirongo ine kugeza kuri mirongo ine n’itanu. Imirongo ya makumyabiri kugeza kuri makumyabiri n’ibiri igaragaza ivuka n’urupfu bya Kristo, bityo ikagereranya igihe cy’imperuka haba mu 1798 no mu 1989 binyuze ku ivuka Kwe, hanyuma urupfu Rwe ku musaraba rugereranya itariki ya 22 Ukwakira 1844 n’itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru.

Verse twenty-three identifies the league between the Jews and Rome, during the history of the Maccabean revolt. The “league” in that history is represented by the dates of 161 BC and 158 BC. The Maccabean history represents an internal line that finds its beginning with a “league” between Rome and the Maccabean Jews that was initiated by the Jews, and ultimately ended with the Jews pronouncing that they have no king but Caesar. Verse twenty-three of course follows verses twenty-one and twenty-two, and verse twenty-one identifies the birth of Christ, which is a prophetic time of the end, and verse twenty-two identifies the cross, which represents the Sunday law.

Umurongo wa makumyabiri na gatatu ugaragaza isezerano ryari hagati y’Abayahudi n’i Roma, mu gihe cy’amateka y’imyivumbagatanyo y’Abamakabayo. “Iryo sezerano” muri ayo mateka rihagarariwe n’amatariki ya 161 Mbere ya Kristo na 158 Mbere ya Kristo. Amateka y’Abamakabayo ahagarariye umurongo w’imbere utangirana n’“isezerano” hagati y’i Roma n’Abayahudi b’Abamakabayo ryatangijwe n’Abayahudi, maze rikaza kurangira ubwo Abayahudi batangazaga ko badafite undi mwami keretse Kayisari. Birumvikana ko umurongo wa makumyabiri na gatatu ukurikira imirongo ya makumyabiri na rimwe n’uwa makumyabiri na kabiri, kandi umurongo wa makumyabiri na rimwe ugaragaza ivuka rya Kristo, ari ryo gihe cy’ubuhanuzi cy’iherezo, naho umurongo wa makumyabiri na kabiri ugaragaza umusaraba, uhagarariye itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru.

At the cross the Jews identified Caesar (Rome) as their king, and the “league” of verse twenty-three references the beginning of the Jews’ choice to serve Rome, right at the ending point of the Jews proclaiming their allegiance to Rome. The ending of the Jews, as represented at the cross, is followed by the beginning of the Jews’ association with Rome.

Ku musaraba Abayahudi bagaragaje Kayisari (Roma) ko ari we mwami wabo, kandi “ishyirahamwe” rivugwa mu murongo wa makumyabiri na gatatu risobanura itangiriro ry’uguhitamo kw’Abayahudi gukorera Roma, aho nyine impera y’uko Abayahudi batangazaga ko bayobotse Roma irangirira. Impera y’Abayahudi, nk’uko yashushanyijwe ku musaraba, ikurikirwa n’itangiriro ry’imikoranire y’Abayahudi na Roma.

Verses twenty-four through thirty describe the three hundred and sixty years that pagan Rome ruled supremely from the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, unto the transfer of the capital from Rome to Constantinople in the year 330. The period of three hundred and sixty years typifies the twelve hundred and sixty years papal Rome ruled supremely, and together they represent the period from verse forty-one, and the threefold union that occurs at the soon coming Sunday law, unto the close of probation.

Umurongo wa makumyabiri na kane kugeza ku wa mirongo itatu usobanura imyaka magana atatu na mirongo itandatu Roma ya gipagani yategekanye ubutware busesuye, uhereye ku Ntambara ya Actium mu mwaka wa 31 mbere ya Kristo, kugeza ku kwimurira umurwa mukuru uva i Roma ujyanwa i Constantinople mu mwaka wa 330. Igihe cy’iyo myaka magana atatu na mirongo itandatu gishushanya imyaka igihumbi na magana abiri na mirongo itandatu Roma ya papa yategekanye ubutware busesuye, kandi hamwe bihagarariye igihe kivugwa mu murongo wa mirongo ine n’umwe, n’ubumwe bw’inshuro eshatu bubaho ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru rigiye kuza vuba, kugeza ku irangira ry’igihe cy’imbabazi.

All the prophetic lines of history in chapter eleven, align with the last six verses of Daniel eleven, but it is the prophetic history from the time of the end in 1989, represented in verse forty through to the Sunday law in verse forty-one, that is “that portion of the prophecy of Daniel relating to the last days.” The history that is left blank in verse forty, is the Revelation of Jesus Christ that is unsealed when the time is at hand, just before probation closes.

Imirongo yose y’ubuhanuzi y’amateka iri mu gice cya cumi na kimwe ihura n’imirongo itandatu ya nyuma ya Daniyeli 11, ariko amateka y’ubuhanuzi ahera mu gihe cy’iherezo mu 1989, agereranywa mu murongo wa mirongo ine kugeza ku itegeko ryo ku Cyumweru ryo mu murongo wa mirongo ine n’umwe, ni yo “icyo gice cy’ubuhanuzi bwa Daniyeli kijyanye n’iminsi ya nyuma.” Amateka yasizwe atanditswe mu murongo wa mirongo ine ni Ihishurwa rya Yesu Kristo rikurwaho ikimenyetso igihe igihe cyegereje, mbere gato y’uko igihe cy’imbabazi kirangira.

We will continue this study in the next article.

Tuzakomeza iri somo mu nyandiko ikurikira.

> “We have the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, which is the spirit of prophecy. Priceless gems are to be found in the word of God. Those who search this word should keep the mind clear. Never should they indulge perverted appetite in eating or drinking.

> “Dufite amategeko y’Imana n’ubuhamya bwa Yesu Kristo, ari wo mwuka w’ubuhanuzi. Mu Ijambo ry’Imana habonekamo amabuye y’agaciro atagereranywa. Abashakashaka iri Jambo bakwiriye gukomeza ubwenge bwabo butunganye. Nta na rimwe bakwiriye kwirekura ngo bishimishe irari ryagoramye mu kurya cyangwa mu kunywa.”

> “If they do this, the brain will be confused; they will be unable to bear the strain of digging deep to find out the meaning of those things which relate to the closing scenes of this earth’s history.

> “Nibikora batyo, ubwonko buzajagarara; ntibazashobora kwihanganira uburemere bwo gucukumbura cyane kugira ngo bamenye insobanuro y’ibyo bintu bifitanye isano n’ibyabaye bisoza amateka y’iyi si.

> “When the books of Daniel and Revelation are better understood, believers will have an entirely different religious experience. They will be given such glimpses of the open gates of heaven that heart and mind will be impressed with the character that all must develop in order to realize the blessedness which is to be the reward of the pure in heart.

> “Ibitabo bya Daniyeli n’Ibyahishuwe nibiramuka birushijeho gusobanuka neza, abizera bazagira ubunararibonye bw’idini butandukanye rwose. Bazahabwa amerekezo nk’ayo kubona amarembo y’ijuru akinguriwe, ku buryo umutima n’ubwenge bizacengerwamo n’imico bose bagomba kwitoza kugira ngo babone uwo mugisha uzaba ingororano y’abafite umutima uboneye.

> “The Lord will bless all who will seek humbly and meekly to understand that which is revealed in the Revelation. This book contains so much that is large with immortality and full of glory that all who read and search it earnestly receive the blessing to those ‘that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.’

> “Uwiteka azaha umugisha abazashaka bose, bicishije bugufi kandi bafite ubugwaneza, gusobanukirwa n’ibyahishuwe mu Byahishuwe. Iki gitabo gikubiyemo ibintu byinshi byuzuye ukudapfa kandi byuzuye ubwiza, ku buryo abakisoma bose kandi bakagishakashaka bashyizeho umwete bahabwa umugisha ugenewe ‘abumva amagambo y’ubu buhanuzi, kandi bakitondera ibyanditswemo.’”

> “One thing will certainly be understood from the study of Revelation—that the connection between God and His people is close and decided.

> “Ikintu kimwe rwose kizumvikana mu kwiga Ibyahishuwe—ko isano iri hagati y’Imana n’ubwoko Bwayo ari iya bugufi kandi ihamye.

> “A wonderful connection is seen between the universe of heaven and this world. The things revealed to Daniel were afterward complemented by the revelation made to John on the Isle of Patmos. These two books should be carefully studied. Twice Daniel inquired, How long shall it be to the end of time?

> “Hagaragara isano ritangaje hagati y’isanzure ryo mu ijuru n’iyi si. Ibyahishuriwe Daniyeli nyuma byuzurijwe n’ibyahishuwe Yohana ari ku Kirwa cya Patimo. Ibi bitabo byombi bikwiriye kwigwa bitonze. Inshuro ebyiri Daniyeli yarabajije ati, Bizageza ryari ngo iherezo ry’igihe rigere?”

> “‘And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And He said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.’

> “Nuko numva, ariko sinabisobanukirwa; ni bwo mvuga nti: Mwami wanjye, iherezo ry’ibyo bintu rizaba irihe? Aransubiza ati: Genda, Daniyeli; kuko ayo magambo afunze kandi ashinzwe ikimenyetso kugeza ku gihe cy’iherezo. Benshi bazezwa, bazatunganywa, kandi bageragezwe; ariko abanyabyaha bazakomeza gukora iby’ubugome; kandi nta n’umwe wo muri bo uzabisobanukirwa; ahubwo abanyabwenge ni bo bazabisobanukirwa. Kandi uhereye igihe igitambo gihoraho kizavanwaho, maze hagashyirwaho ikizira giteza ubutayu, hazabaho iminsi igihumbi na magana abiri na mirongo icyenda. Hahirwa uwihangana, akagera ku minsi igihumbi na magana atatu na mirongo itatu n’itanu. Ariko wowe, genda mu nzira yawe kugeza ku iherezo; kuko uzaruhuka, hanyuma uhagarare mu mugabane wawe ku iherezo ry’iminsi.”

> “It was the Lion of the tribe of Judah who unsealed the book and gave to John the revelation of what should be in these last days.

> “Ni Intare yo mu muryango wa Yuda yakuyeho ibimenyetso byari ku gitabo kandi iha Yohana guhishurirwa kw’ibizaba muri iyi minsi y’imperuka.

> “Daniel stood in his lot to bear his testimony which was sealed until the time of the end, when the first angel’s message should be proclaimed to our world. These matters are of infinite importance in these last days; but while ‘many shall be purified, and made white, and tried,’ ‘the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand.’ How true this is! Sin is the transgression of the law of God; and those who will not accept the light in regard to the law of God will not understand the proclamation of the first, second, and third angel’s messages. The book of Daniel is unsealed in the revelation to John, and carries us forward to the last scenes of this earth’s history.

> “Daniyeli yahagaze mu mugabane we kugira ngo atange ubuhamya bwe, bwari bwarashyizweho ikimenyetso kugeza igihe cy’imperuka, ubwo ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa mbere bwagombaga kwamamazwa mu isi yacu. Ibi bintu bifite akamaro katagira iherezo muri iyi minsi y’imperuka; ariko nubwo ‘benshi bazatunganywa, kandi bazezwa, kandi bazageragezwa,’ ‘inkozi z’ibibi zizakomeza gukora ibibi: kandi nta n’umwe mu nkozi z’ibibi uzasobanukirwa.’ Mbega ukuntu ibi ari ukuri! Icyaha ni ukurenga ku mategeko y’Imana; kandi abatazemera umucyo werekeye amategeko y’Imana ntibazasobanukirwa no kwamamaza ubutumwa bw’umumarayika wa mbere, uwa kabiri, n’uwa gatatu. Igitabo cya Daniyeli gikurwaho ikimenyetso mu byahishuriwe Yohana, kandi kidutwara kikatugeza ku bihe bya nyuma by’amateka y’iyi si.”

> “Will our brethren bear in mind that we are living amid the perils of the last days? Read Revelation in connection with Daniel. Teach these things.” Testimonies to Ministers, 114, 115.

> “Mbese bene Data bazirikana yuko turiho mu kaga ko mu minsi y’imperuka? Musome Ibyahishuwe mufatanije na Daniyeli. Mujye mwigisha ibi bintu.” Testimonies to Ministers, 114, 115.

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