Daniel 2
1 In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.
E no segundo anno do reinado de Nabucodonozor sonhou Nabucodonosor sonhos; e o seu espirito se perturbou, e passou-se-lhe o seu somno.
2 Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and those who made use of evil powers, and the Chaldaeans, were to be sent for to make clear to the king his dreams. So they came and took their places before the king.
E o rei mandou chamar os magos, e os astrologos, e os encantadores, e os chaldeos, para que declarassem ao rei os seus sonhos: os quaes vieram e se apresentaram diante do rei.
3 And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me.
E o rei lhes disse: Tive um sonho; e para saber o sonho está perturbado o meu espirito.
4 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.
E os chaldeos disseram ao rei em syriaco: Ó rei, vive eternamente! dize o sonho a teus servos, e declararemos a interpretação.
5 The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.
Respondeu o rei, e disse aos chaldeos: A coisa me tem escapado; se me não fizerdes saber o sonho e a sua interpretação, sereis despedaçados, e as vossas casas serão feitas um monturo;
6 But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so make clear to me the dream and the sense of it.
Mas se vós me declarardes o sonho e a sua interpretação, recebereis de mim dons, e dadivas, e grande honra; portanto declarae-me o sonho e a sua interpretação.
7 A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense.
Responderam segunda vez, e disseram: Diga o rei o sonho a seus servos, e declararemos a sua interpretação.
8 The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed;
Respondeu o rei, e disse: Conheço eu certamente que vós quereis ganhar tempo; porque vêdes que a coisa me tem escapado.
9 That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear.
De maneira que, se me não fazeis saber o sonho, uma só sentença será a vossa; pois vós preparastes palavras mentirosas e perversas para as proferir na minha presença, até que se mude o tempo: portanto dizei-me o sonho, para que eu entenda que me podeis declarar a sua interpretação.
10 Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.
Responderam os chaldeos na presença do rei, e disseram: Não ha ninguem sobre a terra que possa declarar a palavra ao rei; pois nenhum rei ha, grande ou dominador, que requeresse coisa similhante d'algum mago, ou astrologo, ou chaldeo.
11 The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh.
Porque a coisa que o rei requer é difficil; nem ha outro que a possa declarar diante do rei, senão os deuses, cuja morada não é com a carne.
12 Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.
Por isso o rei muito se irou e enfureceu; e ordenou que matassem a todos os sabios de Babylonia.
13 So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
E saiu o mandado, e sairam a matar os sabios; e buscaram a Daniel e aos seus companheiros, para que fossem mortos.
14 Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;
Então Daniel fallou avisada e prudentemente a Arioch, capitão da guarda do rei, que tinha saido para matar os sabios de Babylonia.
15 He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.
Respondeu, e disse a Arioch, prefeito do rei: Porque se apressa tanto o mandado da parte do rei? Então Arioch fez saber a coisa a Daniel.
16 And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king.
E Daniel entrou; e pediu ao rei que lhe désse tempo, para declarar a interpretação ao rei.
17 And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:
Então Daniel foi para a sua casa, e fez saber a coisa a Hananias, Misael e Azarias, seus companheiros:
18 So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Para que pedissem misericordia ao Deus do céu, sobre este segredo, afim de que Daniel e seus companheiros não perecessem, juntamente com o resto dos sabios de Babylonia.
19 Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.
Então foi revelado o segredo a Daniel n'uma visão de noite: então Daniel louvou o Deus do céu.
20 And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
Fallou Daniel, e disse: Seja bemdito o nome de Deus desde o seculo até ao seculo, porque d'elle é a sabedoria e a força;
21 By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
E elle muda os tempos e as horas; elle remove os reis e estabelece os reis: elle dá sabedoria aos sabios e sciencia aos entendidos.
22 He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.
Elle revela o profundo e o escondido: conhece o que está em trevas, e com elle a luz mora.
23 I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.
Ó Deus de meus paes, te louvo e celebro eu, que me déste sabedoria e força; e agora me fizeste saber o que te pedimos, porque nos fizeste saber a coisa do rei.
24 For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream.
Por isso Daniel entrou a Arioch, ao qual o rei tinha constituido para matar os sabios de Babylonia: entrou, e disse-lhe assim: Não mates os sabios de Babylonia; introduze-me na presença do rei, e declararei ao rei a interpretação.
25 Then Arioch quickly took Daniel in before the king, and said to him, Here is a man from among the prisoners of Judah, who will make clear to the king the sense of the dream.
Então Arioch depressa introduziu a Daniel na presença do rei, e disse-lhe assim: Achei um d'entre os filhos dos captivos de Judah, o qual fará saber ao rei a interpretação.
26 The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to me the dream which I saw and its sense?
Respondeu o rei, e disse a Daniel (cujo nome era Belteshazzar): Podes tu fazer-me saber o sonho que vi e a sua interpretação?
27 Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for;
Respondeu Daniel na presença do rei, e disse: O segredo que o rei requer, nem sabios, nem astrologos, nem magos, nem adivinhos o podem declarar ao rei;
28 But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:
Mas ha um Deus nos céus, o qual revela os segredos; elle pois fez saber ao rei Nabucodonozor o que ha de ser no fim dos dias; o teu sonho e as visões da tua cabeça na tua cama são estas:
29 As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your bed were of what will come about after this: and the unveiler of secrets has made clear to you what is to come.
Estando tu, ó rei, na tua cama, subiram os teus pensamentos, ácerca do que ha de ser depois d'isto. Aquelle pois que revela os segredos te fez saber o que ha de ser.
30 As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.
E a mim, não pela sabedoria que em mim haja, mais do que em todos os viventes, me foi revelado este segredo, mas para que a interpretação se fizesse saber ao rei, e para que entendesse os pensamentos do teu coração.
31 You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.
Tu, ó rei, estavas vendo, e eis aqui uma grande estatua: esta estatua era grande, e o seu esplendor era excellente, e estava em pé diante de ti; e a sua vista era terrivel.
32 As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
A cabeça d'aquella estatua era de oiro fino; o seu peito e os seus braços de prata; o seu ventre e as suas coxas de cobre;
33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
As pernas de ferro; os seus pés em parte de ferro e em parte de barro.
34 While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.
Estavas vendo, até que uma pedra foi cortada, sem mão, a qual feriu a estatua nos pés de ferro e de barro, e os esmiuçou.
35 Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and the gold, were smashed together, and became like the dust on the floors where grain is crushed in summer; and the wind took them away so that no sign of them was to be seen: and the stone which gave the image a blow became a great mountain, covering all the earth.
Então foi juntamente esmiuçado o ferro, o barro, o cobre, a prata e o oiro, e se fizeram como pragana das eiras do estio, e o vento os levou, e não se achou logar algum para elles; mas a pedra, que feriu a estatua, se fez um grande monte, e encheu toda a terra.
36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
Este é o sonho; tambem a interpretação d'elle diremos na presença do rei
37 You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,
Tu, ó rei, és rei de reis: pois o Deus do céu te tem dado o reino, a potencia, e a força, e a magestade.
38 Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.
E onde quer que habitem filhos de homens, bestas do campo, e aves do céu, t'os entregou na tua mão, e fez que dominasses sobre todos elles; tu és a cabeça de oiro.
39 And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.
E depois de ti se levantará outro reino, inferior ao teu; e outro terceiro reino, de metal, o qual dominará sobre toda a terra.
40 And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.
E o quarto reino será forte como ferro; da maneira que o ferro esmiuça e enfraquece tudo, como o ferro, que quebranta todas estas coisas, assim esmiuçará e quebrantará.
41 And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and part of iron, there will be a division in the kingdom; but there will be some of the strength of iron in it, because you saw the iron mixed with the potter's earth.
E, quanto ao que viste dos pés e dos dedos, em parte de barro de oleiro, e em parte de ferro, isso será um reino dividido; comtudo haverá n'elle alguma coisa da firmeza do ferro, porquanto viste o ferro misturado com barro de lodo.
42 And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will readily be broken.
E os dedos dos pés, em parte de ferro e em parte de barro, querem dizer: por uma parte o reino será forte, e por outra será fragil.
43 And as you saw the iron mixed with earth, they will give their daughters to one another as wives: but they will not be united one with another, even as iron is not mixed with earth.
Quanto ao que viste do ferro misturado com barro de lodo, misturar-se-hão com semente humana, mas não se apegarão um ao outro, assim como o ferro se não mistura com o barro.
44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
Mas, nos dias d'estes reis, o Deus do céu levantará um reino que não será jámais destruido; e este reino não será deixado a outro povo: esmiuçará e consumirá todos estes reinos, mas elle mesmo estará estabelecido para sempre.
45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that by it the iron and the brass and the earth and the silver and the gold were broken to bits, a great God has given the king knowledge of what is to take place in the future: the dream is fixed, and its sense is certain.
Da maneira que viste que do monte foi cortada uma pedra, sem mãos, e ella esmiuçou o ferro, o cobre, o barro, a prata e o oiro, o Deus grande fez saber ao rei o que ha de ser depois d'isto; e certo é o sonho, e fiel a sua interpretação.
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an offering and spices to be given to him;
Então o rei Nabucodonozor caiu sobre o seu rosto, e adorou a Daniel, e ordenou que lhe sacrificassem offerta de manjares e perfumes suaves.
47 And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.
Respondeu o rei a Daniel, e disse: Certo é que o vosso Deus é Deus de deuses, e o Senhor dos reis, e o revelador dos segredos, pois podeste revelar este segredo.
48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon.
Então o rei engrandeceu a Daniel, e lhe deu muitos e grandes dons, e o poz por governador de toda a provincia de Babylonia, como tambem por principe dos prefeitos sobre todos os sabios de Babylonia.
49 And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.
E pediu Daniel ao rei, e constituiu elle sobre os negocios da provincia de Babylonia a Sadrach, Mesach e Abed-nego; porém Daniel estava á porta do rei.
