Daniel 2

1 Druge godine Nabukodonozorova kraljevanja usni Nabukodonozor sanje: njegov se duh zbog toga uznemiri, a san ga ostavi.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar saw a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream fled from him.

2 Kralj naredi da se pozovu čarobnici i gataoci, zaklinjači i zvjezdari da protumače kralju njegove sanje.

Yet the king commanded that the seers, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be gathered together to reveal to the king his dreams. When they arrived, they stood in front of the king.

3 Dođoše dakle te stadoše pred kralja. Kralj im reče: “Usnih jednu sanju i moj se duh uznemiri od želje da razumijem sanju.”

And the king said to them, “I saw a dream, and, being confused in mind, I do not know what I saw.”

4 Kaldejci odgovoriše kralju (aramejski): “O kralju, živ bio dovijeka! Pripovjedi svoju sanju slugama svojim, a mi ćemo ti otkriti njezino značenje.”

And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac, “O king, live forever. Tell the dream to your servants, and we will reveal its interpretation.”

5 Kralj odgovori i reče zvjezdarima: “Moja je odluka neopoziva: ako mi ne kažete što sam snio i što san znači, bit ćete rastrgani u komade, a vaše će kuće postati smetišta.

And in answer, the king said to the Chaldeans, “The memory of it has slipped away from me. Unless you reveal the dream to me, and its meaning, you will be put to death, and your houses will be confiscated.

6 No ako mi otkrijete moju sanju i njezino značenje, dobit ćete od mene darove i poklone i velike časti. Otkrijte mi dakle što sam snio i što san znači.”

But if you explain the dream and its meaning, you will receive from me rewards, and gifts, and great honor. Therefore, reveal to me the dream and its interpretation.”

7 Oni opet odgovoriše: “Neka kralj rekne svoju sanju slugama svojim, a mi ćemo mu otkriti njezino značenje.”

They answered again and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will reveal its interpretation.”

8 A kralj: “Dobro ja znam da želite dobiti na vremenu jer znate da je moja odluka neopoziva.

The king answered and said, “I am certain that you are stalling for time because you know that the memory of it has slipped away from me.

9 Ako mi ne kažete što sam snio, znači da me namjeravate obmanjivati varavim riječima i izmišljotinama dok nekako ne prođe vrijeme. Stoga, recite mi moj san, pa ću znati da li mi možete kazati i njegovo značenje!”

Therefore, if you do not reveal to me the dream, there is only one conclusion to be reached about you, that the interpretation is likewise false, and packed full of deception, so as to speak before me until the time passes away. And so, tell me the dream, so that I will also know that the interpretation that you tell me is likewise true.”

10 Zvjezdari odgovoriše pred kraljem: “Nema na svijetu čovjeka koji bi takvo što mogao otkriti kralju. I stoga nijedan kralj, ma kako velik i moćan, takvo što ne traži od čarobnika, gataoca ili zvjezdara.

Then the Chaldeans answered before the king, and they said, “There is no man on earth who can accomplish your word, O king. For neither has any king, however great and mighty, asked for an answer of this kind from every seer, and astrologer, and Chaldean.

11 Što tražiš, kralju, teško je, i nema ga tko bi to mogao otkriti kralju osim bogova, koji ne borave među smrtnicima.”

For the answer that you seek, O king, is very difficult. Neither can anyone be found who can reveal it in the sight of the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men.”

12 Tada se kralj silno razgnjevi i razbjesni te naredi da se pogube svi mudraci babilonski.

When he heard this, the king commanded, in fury and in great wrath, that all the wise men of Babylon should be destroyed.

13 Pošto je objavljena naredba da se ubiju mudraci, potražiše i Daniela i njegove drugove da ih pogube.

And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed.

14 No Daniel se mudrim i umnim riječima obrati na Arjoka, zapovjednika kraljevskih straža, koji bijaše izišao da pogubi mudrace babilonske.

Then Daniel inquired, about the law and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the king’s army, who had gone forth to execute the wise men of Babylon.

15 On reče Arjoku, zapovjedniku kraljevu: “Zašto je kralj izdao tako strogu naredbu?” Arjok pripovjedi Danielu,

And he asked him, who had received the orders of the king, for what reason such a cruel sentence had gone forth from the face of the king. And so, when Arioch had revealed the matter to Daniel,

16 a Daniel otiđe kralju i zamoli da mu dade vremena te će kralju otkriti što san znači.

Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would grant him time to reveal the solution to the king.

17 Daniel uđe u svoju kuću te sve kaza Hananiji, Mišaelu i Azarji, svojim drugovima,

And he went into his house and explained the task to Hananiah, and Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

18 da mole milosrđe u Boga Nebeskoga radi te tajne, da Daniel i njegovi drugovi ne poginu s drugim mudracima babilonskim.

so that they would seek mercy before the face of the God of heaven, about this mystery, and so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the other wise men of Babylon.

19 I objavi se tajna Danielu u noćnom viđenju. A Daniel blagoslovi Boga Nebeskoga.

Then the secret was revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night. And Daniel blessed the God of heaven,

20 Daniel prihvati riječ i reče: “Bilo ime Božje blagoslovljeno odvijeka dovijeka, njegova je mudrost i sila.

and speaking aloud, he said, “May the name of the Lord be blessed by the present generation and forever; for wisdom and fortitude are his.

21 On mijenja doba i vremena, ruši i postavlja kraljeve, daje mudrost mudrima a znanje pronicavima.

And he alters the times and the ages. He takes away kingdoms and he establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and teaching skills to those who understand.

22 On otkriva dubine i tajne, zna što je u tminama i svjetlost prebiva u njega.

He reveals deep and hidden things, and he knows what has been established in darkness. And the light is with him.

23 Tebe, o Bože otaca mojih, slavim i hvalim što si mi dao mudrost i jakost! Evo, objavio si mi ono što smo te molili, objavio si nam što kralj traži.”

To you, God of our fathers, I confess, and you, I praise. For you have given wisdom and fortitude to me, and now you have revealed to me what we asked of you, for you have uncovered for us the king’s thoughts.”

24 Daniel ode k Arjoku, kome bijaše kralj naredio da smakne mudrace babilonske. Uđe i reče mu: “Ne ubijaj mudraca babilonskih! Odvedi me kralju, pa ću mu otkriti što san znači.”

After this, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke to him in this way, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will explain the solution to the king.”

25 Arjok žurno odvede Daniela kralju i reče: “Našao sam među izgnanicima judejskim čovjeka koji će kralju kazati što san znači.”

Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel to the king, and he said to him, “I have found a man of the sons of the transmigration of Judah, who would announce the solution to the king.”

26 Kralj reče Danielu (koji se zvaše Baltazar): “Jesi li kadar kazati mi san koji sam usnio i što znači?”

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Do you really think that you can reveal to me the dream that I saw and its interpretation?”

27 Daniel odgovori pred kraljem: “Tajnu koju istražuje kralj ne mogahu kralju otkriti mudraci, čarobnici, gataoci i zaklinjači;

And Daniel, facing the king, answered and said, “The secret that the king seeks, the wise men, the seers, and the soothsayers are unable to reveal to the king.

28 ali ima na nebu Bog koji objavljuje tajne i on je saopćio kralju Nabukodonozoru ono što će biti na svršetku dana. Evo tvoje sanje i onoga što ti se prividjelo na postelji:

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, who has revealed to you, king Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the latter times. Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed, are such as these.

29 O kralju, na tvojoj ti postelji dođoše misli o tome što će se dogoditi kasnije, a Otkrivatelj tajna saopćio ti je ono što će biti.

You, O king, began to think, while in your blanket, about what will be hereafter. And he who reveals secrets showed you what will happen.

30 Iako nemam mudrosti više nego ostali smrtnici, ta mi je tajna objavljena samo zato da njezino značenje saopćim kralju i da upoznaš misli svoga srca.

To me, likewise, this mystery is revealed, not according to the wisdom that is in me more than in other living things, but so that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and so that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

31 Ti si, o kralju, imao viđenje: gle, kip, golem kip, vrlo blistav, stajaše pred tobom, strašan za oči.

You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.

32 Tome kipu glava bijaše od čistog zlata, prsa i ruke od srebra, trbuh i bedra od mjedi,

The head of this statue was of the finest gold, but the breast and the arms were of silver, and further on, the belly and the thighs were of brass;

33 gnjati od željeza, a stopala dijelom od željeza, dijelom od gline.

but the shins were of iron, a certain part of the feet were of iron and another part were of clay.

34 Ti si promatrao: iznenada se odvali kamen a da ga ne dodirnu ruka, pa udari u kip, u stopala od željeza i gline te ih razbi.

And so you looked until a stone was broken off without hands from a mountain, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were of iron and clay, and it shattered them.

35 Tada se smrvi najednom željezo i glina, mjed, srebro i zlato, i sve postade kao pljeva na gumnu ljeti i vjetar sve odnese bez traga. A kamen koji bijaše u kip udario postade veliko brdo te napuni svu zemlju.

Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for them; but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

36 To bijaše sanja; a njezino ćemo značenje reći pred kraljem.”

This is the dream; we will also tell its interpretation before you, O king.

37 “Ti, o kralju, kralju kraljeva, komu Bog Nebeski dade kraljevstvo, silu moć i slavu -

You are a king among kings, and the God of heaven has given to you a kingdom, and fortitude, and power, and glory,

38 i u čije je ruke stavio, gdje god se našli, sinove ljudske, životinje poljske, ptice nebeske i postavio te gospodarom nad svim time - ti si glava od zlata.

and all the places wherein the sons of men and the beasts of the field dwell. He has likewise given the flying creatures of the air into your hand, and he has placed all things under your realm. Therefore, you are the head of gold.

39 Poslije tebe ustat će drugo kraljevstvo, slabije od tvoga, pa treće, od mjedi, koje će gospodariti svom zemljom.

And after you, another kingdom will rise up, inferior to you, of silver, and another third kingdom of brass, which will rule over the whole world.

40 A četvrto kraljevstvo bit će tvrdo poput željeza, poput željeza koje sve satire i mrvi; kao željezo koje razbija, skršit će i razbit sva ona kraljevstva.

And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these.

41 Stopala koja si vidio, dijelom glina a dijelom željezo, jesu podijeljeno kraljevstvo; imat će nešto od čvrstoće željeza prema onome što si vidio željezo izmiješano s glinom.

Furthermore, because you saw the feet and the toes to be part of potter’s clay and part of iron, the kingdom will be divided, but still, from the slip of iron it will take its origin, since you saw the iron mingled with the earthenware from clay.

42 Prsti stopala, dijelom željezo a dijelom glina: kraljevstvo će biti dijelom čvrsto a dijelom krhko.

And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, part of the kingdom will be strong and part will be crushed.

43 A što si vidio željezo izmiješano s glinom: oni će se miješati ljudskim sjemenom, ali se neće držati zajedno, kao što se ni željezo ne da pomiješati s glinom.

Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.

44 U vrijeme ovih kraljeva Bog Nebeski podići će kraljevstvo koje neće nikada propasti i neće prijeći na neki drugi narod. Ono će razbiti i uništiti sva ona kraljevstva, a samo će stajati dovijeka -

But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.

45 kao što si vidio da se kamen s brijega odvalio a da ga ne dodirnu ruka te smrvio željezo, mjed, glinu, srebro i zlato. Veliki je Bog saopćio kralju što se ima dogoditi. Sanja je istinita, a tumačenje joj pouzdano.”

In accordance with what you saw, because the stone was torn away from the mountain without hands, and it crushed the earthenware, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God has shown the king what will happen after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is faithful.”

46 Nato kralj Nabukodonozor pade ničice i pokloni se pred Danielom. Naredi da mu prinesu dar i kad.

Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and adored Daniel, and he commanded that they should offer in sacrifice to him victims and incense.

47 I reče kralj Danielu: “Zaista, vaš je bog Bog nad bogovima i gospodar nad kraljevima, Otkrivatelj tajna, kad si mogao otkriti ovu tajnu.”

And so the king spoke with Daniel and said, “Truly, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and also a revealer of secrets, since you could uncover this mystery.”

48 Kralj uzvisi Daniela i dariva ga mnogim blistavim darovima. Postavi ga upraviteljem sve pokrajine babilonske i starješinom svih mudraca babilonskih.

Then the king raised Daniel to a high rank and gave him many great gifts, and he appointed him as leader over all the provinces of Babylon and as chief of the magistrates over all the other wise men of Babylon.

49 Daniel zamoli kralja da odredi za upravitelje pokrajine babilonske Šadraka, Mešaka i Abed Nega, a Daniel ostade na kraljevu dvoru.

However, Daniel required of the king that he appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the works of the province of Babylon. But Daniel himself was at the king’s door.