11. “I kept on looking because the little horn was bragging. I kept watching until finally the fourth animal was killed. Its body was destroyed, and it was thrown into the burning fire.
12. (The power and rule of the other animals had been taken from them. But they were permitted to live for a certain period of time.)
13. “In my vision at night I looked. There in front of me was someone who looked like a human being. He was coming with clouds in the sky. He came near God, who has been alive forever. And he was led to God.
14. The one who looked like a human being was given the power to rule. He was also given glory and royal power. All peoples, nations and men who spoke every language will serve him. His rule will last forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed.
15. “I, Daniel, was worried. The visions that went through my mind frightened me.
16. I came near one of those standing there. I asked him what all this meant.“So he told me. He explained to me what these things meant.
17. He said, ‘The four great animals are four kingdoms. Those four kingdoms will come from the earth.
18. But the people who belong to the Most High God will receive the power to rule. And they will have the power to rule forever. They will have it from now on.’