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.
El segundo año de su reinado, Nabucodonosor tuvo un sueño. Su espíritu se perturbó de tal modo que no pudo dormir.
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.
El rey llamó a los magos, astrólogos, hechiceros y caldeos, para que interpretaran el sueño del rey. Fueron y se presentaron ante el rey.
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.
Él les dijo: Tuve un sueño, y mi espíritu desespera por entenderlo.
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.
Entonces los caldeos respondieron al rey en lengua aramea: ¡Vive para siempre, oh rey! Dí el sueño a tus esclavos, y te diremos la interpretación.
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.
El rey respondió a los caldeos: Olvidé el asunto, pero si no me dicen el sueño y su interpretación, serán despedazados y sus casas serán convertidas en muladares.
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.
Sin embargo, si me declaran el sueño y su interpretación, recibirán regalos, recompensas y grandes honores de mi parte. Solo declárenme el sueño y su interpretación.
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.
Respondieron por segunda vez: Diga el rey el sueño a sus esclavos, y le diremos la interpretación.
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;
El rey respondió: En verdad veo que ponen dilaciones, porque saben que el asunto se me fue.
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.
Si no me muestran el sueño, su sentencia será una sola. Ciertamente preparan respuesta mentirosa y perversa para presentármela, mientras pasa el tiempo. ¡Declárenme de una vez el sueño, y sabré que pueden interpretármelo!
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.
Los caldeos respondieron al rey: No hay hombre en la tierra que pueda declarar lo que pide el rey. Ningún rey, aunque fuera poderoso, pidió cosa semejante a algún mago, astrólogo o caldeo.
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 el asunto que el rey demanda es cosa ardua, y no hay quien lo pueda declarar al rey, excepto los ʼelohim cuya morada no está entre los hombres.
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 esto el rey, airado y con gran enojo, ordenó que todos los sabios de Babilonia fueran exterminados.
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.
Se publicó el edicto según el cual los sabios fueran ejecutados. También buscaron a Daniel y a sus compañeros para ejecutarlos.
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;
Entonces Daniel habló sabia y prudentemente a Arioc, capitán de la guardia del rey, encargado de matar a los sabios de Babilonia.
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.
Le preguntó a Arioc, capitán del rey: ¿Por cual razón el edicto del rey es tan urgente? Entonces Arioc informó a Daniel con respecto al asunto.
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.
Daniel entró y pidió al rey que le diera tiempo para declarar la interpretación al rey.
17 And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news:
Luego Daniel fue a su casa e informó el asunto a sus compañeros Ananías, Misael y Azarías,
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 pidieran compasión del ʼEloha del cielo con respecto a este misterio, a fin de que Daniel y sus compañeros no perecieran con el resto de los sabios de Babilonia.
19 Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.
Entonces, en una visión nocturna, el misterio le fue revelado a Daniel, por lo cual Daniel bendijo al ʼEloha del cielo.
20 And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
Daniel habló: Bendito sea el Nombre de ʼEloha Por los siglos de los siglos, Porque la sabiduría y el poder pertenecen a Él.
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:
Él cambia los tiempos y las épocas. Él remueve reyes y establece los reyes. Él da sabiduría a los sabios Y conocimiento a los de entendimiento.
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.
Revela las cosas profundas y ocultas. Conoce lo que está en la oscuridad. La luz mora con Él.
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.
¡A ti, oh ʼEloha de mis antepasados, Doy gracias y alabo! Pues me diste sabiduría y fortaleza, Y me revelaste lo que te pedimos: ¡Nos diste a conocer el asunto del rey!
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.
Después de esto Daniel fue a Arioc, a quien el rey designó para matar a los sabios de Babilonia, y le dijo: No mates a los sabios de Babilonia. Llévame ante el rey, y yo le mostraré la interpretación del sueño.
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.
Arioc llevó prontamente a Daniel ante el rey y le dijo: Hallé a un varón de los deportados de Judá que puede dar la interpretación al rey.
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?
El rey preguntó a Daniel, a quien llamaban Beltsasar: ¿Puedes tú declararme el sueño que vi y su interpretación?
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 respondió al rey: El misterio que el rey demanda no se lo pueden revelar ni sabios, ni astrólogos, ni magos ni adivinos.
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:
Pero ʼElah existe en los cielos, Quien revela los misterios, Quien informa al rey Nabucodonosor lo que acontecerá en los últimos días. Este fue tu sueño y las visiones que tuviste en tu cama:
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.
Cuando tú estabas en tu cama, oh rey, tus pensamientos se dirigieron hacia lo que ocurrirá en lo futuro. El que revela misterios te mostró lo que sucederá.
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.
A mí me fue revelado el misterio, no porque hay más sabiduría en mí que en cualquier otro humano, sino para que se declare la interpretación al rey y que entiendas tus pensamientos.
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.
Tú mirabas, oh rey, y ¡ahí estaba una estatua colosal! Esta estatua gigantesca, cuyo esplendor era muy sublime, estaba en pie ante ti. Su aspecto era asombroso.
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,
La cabeza de esta estatua era de oro fino, su pecho y sus brazos de plata, su vientre y sus muslos de bronce,
33 Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth.
sus piernas de hierro, sus pies, en parte de hierro y en parte de barro cocido.
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.
Estabas mirando hasta que fue lanzada una piedra no con manos. Golpeó a la estatua en sus pies de hierro y barro, y los desmenuzó.
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.
Entonces fueron desmenuzados juntamente el hierro, el barro cocido, el bronce, la plata y el oro. Fueron como conchas de grano trillado en las eras de verano que el viento arrebata sin que de ellas quede algún rastro. Pero la piedra que golpeó a la estatua se volvió una gran montaña que llenó toda la tierra.
36 This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it.
Éste es el sueño, y ahora diremos al rey su interpretación:
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,
Tú, oh rey, eres el rey de reyes, a quien el ʼElah del cielo te dio el reino y el poder, la fortaleza y el esplendor.
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.
Él entregó en tu mano las bestias del campo y las aves del espacio dondequiera que viven los hijos de hombres. Te dio el dominio sobre todo. ¡Tú eres la cabeza de oro!
39 And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.
Después de ti, se levantará otro reino inferior al tuyo, y luego un tercer reino de bronce, el cual dominará sobre toda la tierra.
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.
Como el hierro, el cuarto reino será fuerte. El hierro desmenuza y rompe todas las cosas. Así desmenuzará y quebrantará todo.
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.
Lo que viste de los pies y los dedos, en parte de barro cocido de alfarero y en parte de hierro, representan un reino dividido. Pero habrá en él algo de la solidez del hierro, según viste el hierro mezclado con el barro cocido.
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.
Por ser los dedos de los pies en parte de hierro y en parte de barro cocido, el reino será en parte fuerte y en parte débil.
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.
Según viste el hierro mezclado con el barro, se mezclarán por medio de alianzas humanas, pero no se unirán el uno con el otro, como el hierro no se mezcla con el 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.
En los días de estos reyes, el ʼElah del cielo establecerá un reino que jamás será destruido, ni será dejado a otro pueblo, sino que desmenuzará y consumirá a todos estos reinos. Pero él permanecerá para siempre,
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.
tal como viste que una piedra fue lanzada de la montaña no con mano, la cual desmenuzó el hierro, el bronce, el barro, la plata y el oro. El gran ʼElah mostró al rey lo que va a suceder en lo futuro. El sueño es verdadero, y su interpretación es fiel.
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;
Entonces el rey Nabucodonosor se postró, hizo reverencia a Daniel y mandó que le ofrecieran presentes e incienso.
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.
Y el rey habló a Daniel: ¡Ciertamente tu ʼElah es un ʼElah de ʼelahs, ʼAdón de reyes y revelador de misterios, pues pudiste revelar este misterio!
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.
Entonces el rey promovió a Daniel, le dio muchos presentes grandes y lo constituyó gobernador de toda la provincia de Babilonia y jefe de todos los sabios de Babilonia.
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.
Entonces Daniel solicitó del rey y obtuvo que designara a Sadrac, Mesac y Abed-nego como jefes de la administración de la provincia de Babilonia, pero Daniel permaneció en la corte del rey.
