CHAPTER 12

¹And in that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands over the sons of your people, and it shall be a time of distress the like of which has not been since the nation came to be until that time. And in that time your people shall escape, all who are found in the book. ²And many of the sleepers in the deep dust shall awake—some for everlasting life and some for disgrace and everlasting shame. ³And the discerning shall shine like the splendor of the sky, and those who guide the many to be righteous, like the stars, forever and ever. ⁴As for you, Daniel, conceal the words and seal the book till the end-time. Many shall roam about and knowledge shall abound. ⁵And I, Daniel, saw, and, look, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and one on that bank of the river. ⁶And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was over the water of the river, “Until when is the wondrous end?” ⁷And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he raised his right hand, and his left hand was toward the heavens, and he swore by the One who lives forever that at the appointed time of times and a half and at the end of the shattering of the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. ⁸And I heard and did not understand, and I said, “My lord, what is the aftermath of these things?” ⁹And he said, “Go, Daniel, for the words are concealed and sealed till the end-time. ¹⁰Many shall be sifted and purified and purged, and the wicked shall act wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the discerning shall understand. ¹¹And from the time the daily offering was taken away and the desolating abomination was set up is a thousand two hundred and ninety days. ¹²Happy who waits and reaches a thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. ¹³As for you, go to the end and you shall rest, and stand up for your destiny at the end of days.”