13. Wanem nao grow kamaot from wanfala long fofala horn, and wanem nao hem duim?

¹³ Nextfala part bilong vision story abaotem samting wea happen insaed winim 2,200 year, and hem fulfill kam kasem distaem. Daniel raet olsem: “Narafala horn hem kamaot from wanfala long olketa [fofala horn], wanfala smol wan, and hem start for kamap big tumas long south and long ples wea sun kamap and long Decoration. And hem kamap moa big go kasem army bilong heven, mekem samfala long army hia and samfala star foldaon long earth, and hem purubutim olketa. And hem show-off tumas long Prince bilong army, and aotem from hem datfala samting wea happen evritaem, and torowem daon datfala barava position bilong holy ples bilong hem. And isisi wanfala army hem lus, and tu datfala samting wea happen evritaem, bikos long sin; and hem go ahed for torowem truth long earth, and hem duim samting and win.”—Daniel 8:9-12.

14. Wanem nao angel Gabriel talem abaotem olketa samting wea tokpiksa smol horn duim, and wanem nao bae happen long datfala horn?

¹⁴ Bifor iumi fit for savve long mining bilong olketa toktok antap, iumi mas lisin long angel bilong God. Bihaen hem showimaot wei wea fofala kingdom from rul bilong Alexander kasem paoa, angel Gabriel hem sei: “Long lastfala part bilong kingdom bilong olketa, taem olketa wea sin finisim waka bilong olketa, wanfala king bae standap wea feis bilong hem luk raf and wea minim olketa toktok wea no klia. And paoa bilong hem mas kamap maeti, bat no from paoa bilong hemseleva. And long bigfala wei hem bae spoelem samting, and hem bae barava win and duim evribit. And hem bae spoelem olketa wea strong, and tu pipol wea olketa holy wan. And from savve bilong hem bae hem barava mekem giaman fasin for win long hand bilong hem. And long heart bilong hem bae hem show-off tumas, and long taem wea olketa no wari bae hem spoelem planti. And bae hem standap againstim Prince bilong olketa prince, bat wei wea hem bae brek hem no from wanfala hand.”—Daniel 8:23-25.

SMOL HORN KAMAP MAETI LONG PAOA

16. (a) Wanem tokpiksa horn nao datfala smol horn kamaot from? (b) Hao nao Rome kamap mek-six world paoa long profesi bilong Bible, bat why nao hem no datfala tokpiksa smol horn?

¹⁶ Olsem history talem, datfala smol horn kamaot from wanfala long fofala tokpiksa horn—datwan wea stap long west saed. Hem nao Greek kingdom bilong General Cassander wea rul ovarem Macedonia and Greece. Bihaen, kingdom bilong General Lysimachus, king bilong Thrace and Asia Minor, hem tekem datfala kingdom. Long mek-tu century bifor Common Era bilong iumi, Rome hem tekova long olketa ples hia long west saed wea Greece hem rulim. And kasem year 30 B.C.E., Rome hem tekova long evri Greek kingdom, and mekem hemseleva kamap mek-six world paoa long profesi bilong Bible. Bat Rul Bilong Rome hem no smol horn long vision bilong Daniel, bikos datfala rul hem no go ahed kasem “taem bilong end.”—Daniel 8:19.

17. (a) Hao nao Britain join witim Rul Bilong Rome? (b) Hao nao Rul Bilong Britain join witim Greek kingdom bilong Macedonia and Greece?

¹⁷ So, history showimaot hu nao datfala ‘king wea feis bilong hem luk raf’? Britain hem kamaot from northwest saed long Rul Bilong Rome. Kasem start bilong mek-faev century C.E., olketa province bilong Rome nao stap long kantri wea hem Britain distaem. Gogo, Rul Bilong Rome brekdaon, bat living bilong Greece and Rome affectim Britain and narafala part bilong Europe tu wea stap anda long rul bilong Rome bifor. “Taem Rul Bilong Rome hem foldaon,” man wea winim Nobel Prize and raetem poetry and olketa buk, Octavio Paz raet olsem, “Church nao tekova.” Hem sei moa: “Olketa father bilong Church, and savveman, joinim olketa Greek idea insaed long Christian teaching.” And savveman bilong mek-20 century, Bertrand Russell hem sei: “Living bilong olketa Western kantri, wea kamaot from Greece, hem garem faondeson long olketa kastom bilong man and science wea start long Miletus [wanfala Greek taon long Asia Minor] tu thousand faev handred year bifor.” So, fitim for iumi sei Rul Bilong Britain garem start long Greek kingdom bilong Macedonia and Greece.

18. Wanem nao datfala smol horn wea kamap ‘wanfala king wea feis bilong hem luk raf’ long “taem bilong end”? Minim diswan.

¹⁸ Kasem 1763, Britain hem winim tufala strong enemy bilong hem, Spain and France. Start long datfala taem Rul Bilong Britain showimaot hem nao boss bilong sea and mek-seven world paoa long Bible profesi. Nomata bihaen 13-fala territory bilong hem long America separate from Britain long 1776 for startim United States of America, datfala Rul Bilong Britain grow for kavarem bigfala haf long evri land long earth and rulim wanfala long evri fofala man. Mek-seven world paoa kamap moa strong taem United States of America waka tugeta witim Britain for startim world paoa bilong England-America. Long saed bilong selen and army, disfala paoa hem barava kamap ‘wanfala king wea feis bilong hem luk raf.’ So, smol horn wea kamap wanfala raf paoa long saed bilong politik long “taem bilong end,” hem nao World Paoa Bilong England-America.

19. Wanem nao “Decoration” wea vision hem story abaotem?

¹⁹ Daniel lukim datfala smol horn “start for kamap big tumas” long “Decoration.” (Daniel 8:9) Promis Land wea Jehovah givim long pipol wea hem chusim, hem luk naes tumas dastawe olketa kolem “decoration long evri land,” hem nao, bilong full earth. (Ezekiel 20:6, 15) Hem tru, Britain kasholem Jerusalem long December 9, 1917, and long year 1920, League of Nations hem appointim Great Britain for lukaftarem Palestine go kasem May 14, 1948. Bat datfala vision hem wanfala profesi, wea piksarem planti samting. And “Decoration” wea vision hem story abaotem hem no piksarem Jerusalem, bat living bilong pipol wea God ting long olketa olsem holy long taem bilong mek-seven world paoa. Iumi bae lukim wei wea World Paoa Bilong England-America trae for spoelem olketa holy wan.