Daniel 6
1 Svidjelo se Dariju da postavi nad svojim kraljevstvom stotinu i dvadeset satrapa da budu nad svim kraljevstvom.
King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
2 Njima na čelo stavi tri pročelnika - Daniel bijaše jedan od njih - kojima će satrapi polagati račun da se ne bi dosađivalo kralju.
He also appointed me and two other men to be administrators, to supervise the governors and to be sure that they did the king’s work [properly], in order that the king would not have to worry about anything.
3 Daniel se toliko isticaše svojim izvanrednim duhom iznad pročelnika i satrapa te kralj mišljaše da ga postavi nad svim kraljevstvom.
I soon showed that I was (more capable/able to do the work better) than all the other administrators and the governors. Because of that, the king planned to appoint me to be in charge of the entire empire.
4 Tada pročelnici i satrapi stadoše tražiti povod, štogod oko državne uprave, zbog čega bi mogli optužiti Daniela; ali ne mogoše na njemu naći ništa takvo, ništa zbog čega bi ga prekorili, jer bijaše vjeran, na njemu ni nemara ni ogrešenja.
Then, the [other] administrators and the governors [became jealous. So they began to] try to find something that they could criticize about the way I was working for the king. But I always did my work faithfully and honestly, and was never lazy. So they could not find anything to criticize.
5 Ti ljudi rekoše tada: “Nećemo naći nikakva povoda protiv Daniela, osim da nađemo nešto protiv njega u zakonu njegova Boga.”
They concluded, “The only way we can find something for which we can criticize Daniel will be something concerning the laws that his god [his given him].”
6 Tada pročelnici i satrapi navališe na kralja te mu rekoše: “O kralju Darije, živ bio dovijeka!
So the administrators and governors went as one group to the king and said, “(Your Majesty/O king), we wish that you will live a long time!
7 Svi pročelnici kraljevstva, predstojnici i satrapi, savjetnici i namjesnici složiše se u tome da bi trebalo da kralj izda naredbu i zabranu: svaki onaj koji bi u roku od trideset dana upravio molbu bilo na kojega boga ili čovjeka, osim na tebe, o kralju, bit će bačen u lavsku jamu.
[We] administrators and governors and district governors and advisors and other officials have all agreed that you should make a law that everyone must obey. We want you to command that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you. If anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he must be thrown into [a pit of] lions.
8 O kralju, potvrdi tu zabranu i potpiši naredbu da bude neopoziva prema nepromjenljivom medijsko-perzijskom zakonu!”
And because laws made by [our governments of] Media and Persia cannot be changed, [we want] you, [the head of our government], to sign it.”
9 Nato kralj Darije potpisa pismo i zabranu.
So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
10 Saznavši Daniel da je spis potpisan, otiđe u svoju kuću. Prozori gornje sobe bijahu otvoreni prema Jeruzalemu. Tu je on tri puta na dan padao na koljena blagoslivljajući, moleći i hvaleći Boga, kako je uvijek činio.
But when I found out that [the king] had [written and] signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open [with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying]. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.
11 Oni ljudi nahrupiše i nađoše Daniela gdje moli i zaziva svoga Boga.
The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
12 Tada odoše i pred kraljem se pozvaše na kraljevsku zabranu: “Zar ti nisi potpisao zabranu prema kojoj će svaki onaj koji bi u vremenu od trideset dana upravio molbu na nekoga boga ili čovjeka, osim na tebe, o kralju, biti bačen u lavsku jamu?” Kralj odgovori: “Tako je odlučeno po nepromjenljivom medijsko-perzijskom zakonu.”
So they returned to the king and said to him, “[Do you remember] that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into [a pit of] lions?” The king replied, “[Yes, that is the law that I wrote]. It is a law of [our governments of] Media and Persia, which cannot be canceled.”
13 Tada rekoše kralju: “Daniel, onaj od izgnanika judejskih, ne mari za tebe, o kralju, ni za tvoju zabranu koju si potpisao: tri puta na dan obavlja svoju molitvu.”
Then they said to the king, “Well, that [man] Daniel, one of the men who were brought from Judah, is not paying any attention to you or the law that you [signed]. He prays [to his god] three times each day!”
14 Čuvši te riječi, kralj se vrlo ražalosti i odluči spasiti Daniela. Sve do sunčeva zalaza nastojaše da ga spasi.
When the king heard that, he was very distressed. He tried to find a way to save me. All the rest of that day he tried to think of a way to rescue me.
15 Ali oni ljudi navališe na kralja govoreći: “Znaj, o kralju, da prema medijsko-perzijskom zakonu nijedna kraljevska zabrana ili odluka ne može biti opozvana!”
[In the evening, many of] [HYP] the officials went together to the king and said, “(Your Majesty/O king), you know that [our governments of] Media and Persia have declared that no law that the king signs can be canceled/changed. [So Daniel must be thrown to the lions!]”
16 Tada kralj naredi da dovedu Daniela i da ga bace u lavsku jamu. Kralj reče Danielu: “Bog tvoj, kome tako postojano služiš, neka te izbavi.”
So the king gave the order, and his servants brought me and threw me into a pit where the lions [were]. [Before they threw me in], the king said to me, “I hope/wish that your God, whom you worship regularly, will rescue you!”
17 Donesoše kamen i staviše ga jami na otvor. Kralj ga zapečati prstenom svojim i prstenom svojih velikaša, da se ništa ne mijenja za Daniela.
They rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the pit. Then the king [fastened a string across the entrance and put wax at each end, and stamped the wax with] the seal from his [ring] and the seals [of the rings] of his officials, in order that no one could [secretly] rescue me.
18 Kralj se vrati u svoj dvor i provede noć ne okusivši jela i ne dopustivši da mu dovedu suložnice. Nije mogao usnuti.
Then the king returned to his palace. That night he refused to eat any food. He would not allow anyone to entertain him [because he did not want to be happy, with the result that he would forget about me. And that night] he was unable to sleep [because he was worried about me].
19 Kralj ustade u ranu zoru, kad se danilo, i pođe brzo k lavskoj jami.
At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
20 Kad se primače blizu, viknu žalosnim glasom Danielu: “Daniele, slugo Boga živoga, je li te Bog, kome postojano služiš, mogao izbaviti od lavova?”
When he came near it, he was very worried. He called out, “Daniel, you who serve the all-powerful God! Was your God, whom you worship regularly, able to save you from the lions?”
21 Daniel odgovori: “O kralju, živ bio dovijeka!
I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
22 Moj je Bog poslao svog Anđela; zatvorio je ralje lavovima te mi ne naudiše, jer sam nedužan pred njim. Pa i pred tobom, o kralju, ja sam bez krivice.”
[Yes], my God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths, in order that they would not harm me! [He did that] because [he knows that] I have done nothing that he thinks is wrong. And, (Your Majesty/O king), I never did anything wrong to you!”
23 Kralj se vrlo obradova i naredi da Daniela izvade iz jame. Izvadiše Daniela iz jame neozlijeđena, jer se bijaše uzdao u svoga Boga.
The king was extremely happy, and he commanded [his servants] to lift me out of the pit. [When they did that, they] saw that the lions had not wounded me at all. [God had protected me] because I trusted in him.
24 Kralj zapovjedi da dovedu one ljude koji bijahu optužili Daniela i da ih bace u lavsku jamu - njih, njihove žene i njihovu djecu: i prije nego dodirnuše tlo, lavovi ih zgrabiše i smrviše im kosti.
Then the king commanded that the men who had accused me should be seized and be thrown, along with their wives and children, into the pit where the lions were. [When they were thrown into the pit], the lions leaped on them and crushed their bones before they fell onto the bottom of the pit!
25 Nato kralj Darije napisa svim plemenima, narodima i jezicima što stanuju po svoj zemlji: “Obilovali mirom!
Then King Darius wrote [this message and sent it throughout his kingdom] to the people of every people-group and nation and from all language groups: “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you!
26 Evo naredbe koju donosim: u svemu mojem kraljevstvu neka se ljudi boje i neka dršću pred Bogom Danielovim: On je Bog živi, on ostaje dovijeka! Njegovo kraljevstvo neće propasti, njegovoj vlasti nema kraja!
I command that everyone in my kingdom should fear and revere the God that Daniel [worships]. He is the all-powerful God, and he will live forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed; he will rule forever.
27 On izbavlja i spasava, čini znake i čudesa na nebesima i na zemlji! On je spasio Daniela iz šapa lavljih!”
He rescues and saves [his people]. He performs all kinds of miracles in heaven and on the earth. He rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”
28 Daniel bijaše sretan za vladanja Darija i za vladanja Kira Perzijanca.
So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
