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.

V drugem letu kraljevanja Nebukadnezarja je Nebukadnezar sanjal sanje, s čimer je bil njegov duh vznemirjen in njegovo spanje se je ločilo od njega.

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.

Potem je kralj zapovedal, da pokličejo čarovnike, astrologe, čarodeje in Kaldejce, da kralju razodenejo njegove sanje. Tako so prišli in stali pred kraljem.

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.

Kralj jim je rekel: »Sanjal sem sanje in moj duh je bil vznemirjen, da bi razumel sanje.«

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.

Potem so Kaldejci spregovorili kralju po sirsko: »Oh kralj, živi na veke. Povej svojim služabnikom sanje, mi pa bomo pokazali pomen.«

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.

Kralj je odgovoril in Kaldejcem rekel: »Ta stvar je odšla od mene. Če mi ne boste razložili sanj, z njihovo razlago, boste razrezani na koščke, vaše hiše pa bodo narejene za gnojišče.

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.

Toda če mi boste pokazali sanje in njihov pomen, boste od mene prejeli darila in nagrade in veliko čast. Zatorej mi razodenite sanje in njihov pomen.«

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.

Ponovno so odgovorili in rekli: »Naj kralj pove svojim služabnikom sanje, mi pa bomo pokazali njihov pomen.«

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;

Kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Zagotovo vem, da hočete pridobiti čas, ker ste videli, da je stvar odšla od mene.

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.

Toda če mi ne boste pokazali sanj, je za vas samo en odlok, kajti pripravili ste lažnive in izprijene besede, da jih govorite pred menoj, dokler čas ne bo spremenjen. Zato mi povejte sanje in vedel bom, da mi lahko pokažete njihovo razlago.«

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.

Kaldejci so pred kraljem odgovorili in rekli: »Na zemlji ni človeka, ki lahko pokaže kraljevo zadevo. Zato tam ni kralja, gospodarja niti vladarja, ki bi zahteval takšne besede pri kateremkoli čarovniku ali astrologu ali Kaldejcu.

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.

To je redka stvar, ki jo kralj zahteva in nikogar drugega ni, ki lahko to razodene pred kraljem, razen bogov, katerih prebivališče ni z mesom.«

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.

Zaradi tega razloga je bil kralj jezen in zelo besen in ukazal, da uničijo vse modre babilonske može.

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.

Odlok je odšel naprej, da bodo modri možje umorjeni, in iskali so Daniela in njegove tovariše, da bi bili umorjeni.

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;

Potem je Daniel z nasvetom in preudarnostjo odgovoril Arjóhu, poveljniku kraljeve straže, ki je odšel, da umori modre babilonske može.

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.

Odgovoril je in kraljevemu poveljniku Arjóhu rekel: »Zakaj je kraljevi odlok tako nagel?« Potem je Arjóh stvar razložil Danielu.

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.

Potem je Daniel vstopil in želel od kralja, da naj mu da čas in da bo on kralju pokazal razlago.

17 And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:

Potem je Daniel odšel k svoji hiši in dal stvar spoznati Hananjáju, Mišaélu in Azarjáju, svojim družabnikom,

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.

da bi glede te skrivnosti želeli milosti od Boga nebes; da se Daniel in njegovi tovariši ne bi pogubili z ostalimi modrimi babilonskimi možmi.

19 Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.

Potem je bila Danielu skrivnost razodeta v nočnem videnju. Potem je Daniel blagoslovil Boga nebes.

20 And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:

Daniel je odgovoril in rekel: »Blagoslovljeno bodi ime Boga na veke vekov, kajti modrost in moč sta njegovi

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:

in on spreminja čase ter obdobja. Odstranja kralje in postavlja kralje. Daje modrost modrim in spoznanje tistim, ki poznajo razumevanje.

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.

Razodeva globoke in skrite stvari. Ve kaj je v temi in razsvetljenje prebiva z njim.

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.

Zahvaljujem se ti in te hvalim, oh ti Bog mojih očetov, ki si mi dal modrost in moč in si mi sedaj razodel, kar smo želeli od tebe, kajti sedaj si nam pokazal kraljevo zadevo.«

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.

Zato je Daniel vstopil k Arjóhu, ki mu je kralj odredil, da uniči modre babilonske može. Odšel je in mu takole rekel: »Ne uniči modrih babilonskih mož, privedi me pred kralja in kralju bom pokazal razlago.«

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.

Potem je Arjóh Daniela v naglici privedel pred kralja in mu takole rekel: »Našel sem moža izmed Judovih ujetnikov, ki bo kralju dal spoznati razlago.«

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?

Kralj je odgovoril in rekel Danielu, čigar ime je bilo Beltšacár: »Ali si mi zmožen pokazati sanje, ki sem jih videl in njihovo razlago?«

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;

Daniel je v prisotnosti kralja odgovoril in rekel: »Skrivnosti, ki jo je kralj zahteval, modri možje, astrologi, čarovniki [in] napovedovalci usode kralju ne morejo pokazati,

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:

toda Bog je v nebesih, ki razodeva skrivnosti in daje spoznati kralju Nebukadnezarju, kaj bo v zadnjih dneh. Tvoje sanje in videnja tvoje glave na tvoji postelji so ta.

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.

Kar se tebe tiče, oh kralj, tvoje misli so prišle v tvoj um na tvoji postelji, kaj se bo odslej zgodilo in on, ki razodeva skrivnosti, ti daje spoznati, kaj se bo zgodilo.

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.

Toda kar se mene tiče, mi ta skrivnost ni bila razodeta zaradi kakršnekoli modrosti, ki bi jo imel več kakor katerikoli živeči, temveč zaradi tistih, ki bodo dali spoznati razlago kralju in da boš lahko poznal misli svojega srca.

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.

Ti, oh kralj, si videl in ogledoval veliko podobo. Ta velika podoba, katere sijaj je bil odličen, je stala pred teboj in njena oblika je bila strašna.

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,

Glava te podobe je bila iz čistega zlata, njene prsi in njeni lakti iz srebra, njen trebuh in njena stegna iz brona,

33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.

njene noge iz železa, njena stopala deloma iz železa, deloma pa iz ila.

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.

Gledal si, dokler ni bil brez rok izklesan kamen, ki je zadel podobo v njena stopala, ki so bila iz železa in ila in jih zlomil na koščke.

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.

Potem so bili železo, il, bron, srebro in zlato skupaj zlomljeni na koščke in postali kakor pleve na poletnem mlatišču, in veter jih je odnesel, da zanje ni bilo najti nobenega prostora. Kamen, ki je zadel podobo, pa je postal velika gora in napolnil celotno zemljo.

36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.

To so sanje in njihovo razlago bomo povedali pred kraljem.

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,

Ti, oh kralj, si kralj kraljev, kajti Bog nebes ti je dal kraljestvo, oblast, moč in slavo.

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.

Kjerkoli prebivajo človeški otroci, je v tvojo roko dal živali polja in perjad neba in te naredil vladarja nad njimi vsemi. Ti si ta glava iz zlata.

39 And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.

Za teboj pa bo vstalo drugo kraljestvo, slabše od tvojega in še eno, tretje kraljestvo iz brona, ki bo vladalo nad celotno zemljo.

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.

Četrto kraljestvo bo čvrsto kakor železo. Kakor železo zlomi na koščke in podjarmi vse stvari, in kakor železo, ki zlomi vse te, [tako] bo to razbilo na koščke in poškodovalo.

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.

Kakor si videl stopala in prste, delno iz lončarjevega ila in delno iz železa, bo kraljestvo razdeljeno, toda v njem bo moč železa, ker si videl železo pomešano z blatnim ilom.

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.

In kakor so bili prsti stopal deloma iz železa in deloma iz ila, tako bo kraljestvo delno močno in delno zlomljeno.

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.

Kakor si videl železo, pomešano z blatnim ilom, tako se bodo mešali med seboj s človeškim semenom, toda ne bodo se držali drug drugega, celó kakor železo ni pomešano z ilom.

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.

V dneh teh kraljev bo Bog nebes vzpostavil kraljestvo, ki ne bo nikoli uničeno. In kraljestvo ne bo ostalo drugemu ljudstvu, temveč bo zlomilo na koščke in požrlo vsa ta kraljestva, sámo pa bo obstalo na veke.

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.

Ker si videl, da je bil kamen brez rok izklesan iz gore in da je ta zlomil na koščke železo, bron, ilo, srebro in zlato; véliki Bog je dal spoznati kralju, kaj se bo odslej zgodilo. Sanje so zanesljive in njihova razlaga nedvoumna.«

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;

Potem je kralj Nebukadnezar padel na svoj obraz, oboževal Daniela in zapovedal, da mu morajo darovati daritev in prijetne dišave.

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.

Kralj je Danielu odgovoril in rekel: »Resnično je to, da je vaš Bog Bog bogov in gospod kraljev in [ta], ki razodeva skrivnosti, glede na to, da si lahko razodel to skrivnost.«

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.

Potem je kralj Daniela naredil za velikega moža in mu dal mnoga sijajna darila in ga naredil vladarja nad celotno provinco Babilon in glavnega izmed voditeljev nad vsemi modrimi možmi Babilona.

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.

Potem je Daniel prosil kralja in ta je postavil Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója nad zadeve babilonske province, toda Daniel je sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.