15. But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man.
16. And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, "Gabriel, make this one understand the vision."
17. And he came and stood next to where I was standing, and when he approached, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me, "Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled."
18. And when he spoke to me, I fell forward onto the ground, and so he touched me and stood me upright.
19. And he said to me, "I will reveal to you what the future things are in the earlier tribulation, for the time has its end.
20. The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21. Furthermore, the he-goat among she-goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn, which was between his eyes, is the same one, the first king.
22. And since, having been shattered, there grew four in its place, four kings will rise up from his people, but not in his strength.
23. And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.
24. And his advantage will be strengthened, but not by his kind of force, and other than what he will be able to trust, everything will be eradicated, and he will prosper, and he will act. And he will execute the successful and the people of the saints,
25. according to his will, and treachery will be guided by his hand. And his heart will be inflated, and by the abundance of everything he will kill many, and he will rise up against the Lord of lords, and he will be knocked down without a hand.
26. And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true. Therefore, you must seal the vision, because, after many days, it will occur."