A familiar vision (Dan 7: 13-14)
The Latin:
Aspiciébam ergo in visióne noctis, et ecce cum núbibus cæli quasi fílius hóminis veniébat, et usque ad antíquum diérum pervénit : et in conspéctu eíus obtulérunt eum. Et dedit ei potestátem, et honórem, et regnum : et omnes pópuli, tribus, et linguæ ipsi sérvient : potéstas eíus, potéstas ætérna, quæ non auferétur : et regnum eíus, quod non corrumpétur.
The English:
I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him. And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.
[Why, who could this one be, like the son of man? These visions of the prophets, St. John included, are nightmarish indeed.]
