< Daniel 3 >
1 King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold, of sixty cubits high, and six cubits broad, and he set it up in the plain of Dura of the province of Babylon.
Kralj Nebukadnezar je naredil podobo iz zlata, katere višina je bila šestdeset komolcev, njena širina pa šest komolcev. Postavil jo je na ravnini Dura v provinci Babilon.
2 Then Nabuchodonosor the king sent to call together the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, the rulers, and governors, and all the chief men of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Potem je kralj Nebukadnezar poslal, da zbere skupaj prince, voditelje in poveljnike, sodnike, zakladnike, svetovalce, šerife in vse vladarje provinc, da pridejo k posvetitvi podobe, ki jo je postavil kralj Nebukadnezar.
3 Then the nobles, the magistrates, and the judges, the captains, and rulers, and the great men that were placed in authority, and all the princes of the provinces, were gathered together to come to the dedication of the statue, which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. And they stood before the statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Potem so bili princi, voditelji in poveljniki, sodniki, zakladniki, svetovalci, šerifi in vsi vladarji provinc zbrani skupaj k posvetitvi podobe, ki jo je postavil kralj Nebukadnezar in stali so pred podobo, ki jo je postavil Nebukadnezar.
4 Then a herald cried with a strong voice: To you it is commanded, O nations, tribes, and languages:
Potem je glasnik naglas zavpil: »Vam je to zapovedano, oh ljudstvo, narodi in jeziki,
5 That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up.
da kadar zaslišite zvok kornéta, flavte, harfe, pozavne, plunke, citer in vseh vrst glasbe, padite dol in obožujte zlato podobo, ki jo je postavil kralj Nebukadnezar.
6 But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
Kdorkoli ne pade dol in ne obožuje, bo isto uro vržen v sredo goreče ognjene talilne peči.«
7 Upon this therefore, at the time when all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music: all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
Zatorej ob tistem času, ko je vse ljudstvo zaslišalo zvok kornéta, flavte, harfe, pozavne, plunke in vseh vrst glasbe, so vsa ljudstva, narodi in jeziki padli dol in oboževali zlato podobo, ki jo je postavil kralj Nebukadnezar.
8 And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,
Zaradi česar so se ob tistem času približali neki Kaldejci in obtožili Jude.
9 And said to king Nabuchodonosor: O king, live for ever:
Spregovorili so in rekli kralju Nebukadnezarju: »Oh kralj, živi na veke.
10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man that shall bear the sound of the trumpet, the flute, and the harp, of the sackbut, and the psaltery, of the symphony, and of all kind of music, shall prostrate himself, and adore the golden statue:
Ti, oh kralj, si izdal odlok, da naj vsak človek, ki bo zaslišal glas kornéta, flavte, harfe, pozavne, plunke in citer in vseh vrst glasbe, pade dol in obožuje zlato podobo.
11 And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
Kdorkoli pa ne pade dol in je ne obožuje, ta bo vržen v sredo goreče ognjene talilne peči.
12 Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men, O king, have slighted thy decree: they worship not thy gods, nor do they adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
Tam so nekateri Judje, ki si jih postavil nad zadeve babilonske province: Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negó. Ti možje, oh kralj, te niso upoštevali. Ne služijo tvojim bogovom niti ne obožujejo zlate podobe, ki si jo ti postavil.«
13 Then Nabuchodonosor in fury, and in wrath, commanded that Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago should be brought: who immediately were brought before the king.
Potem je Nebukadnezar v svoji besnosti in razjarjenosti zapovedal, da privedejo Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója. Potem so te može privedli pred kralja.
14 And Nabuchodonosor the king spoke to them, and said: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the golden statue that I have set up?
Nebukadnezar je spregovoril in jim rekel: » Je to res, oh Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negój, [da] ne služite mojim bogovom niti ne obožujete zlate podobe, ki sem jo postavil?
15 Now therefore if you be ready at what hour soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and symphony, and of all kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made: but if you do not adore, you shall be cast the same hour into the furnace of burning fire: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Torej če ste pripravljeni, da kadar zaslišite zvok kornéta, flavte, harfe, pozavne, plunke in citer in vse vrste glasbe, padete dol in obožujete podobo, ki sem jo naredil; dobro. Toda če je ne obožujete, boste isto uro vrženi v sredo goreče ognjene talilne peči, in kdo je tisti Bog, ki vas bo osvobodil iz mojih rok?«
16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago answered and said to king Nabuchodonosor: We have no occasion to answer thee concerning this matter.
Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negó so odgovorili in kralju rekli: »Oh Nebukadnezar, mi nismo zaskrbljeni, da ti odgovorimo v tej zadevi.
17 For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire, and to deliver us out of thy hands, O king.
Če bo temu tako, naš Bog, ki mu služimo, nas je zmožen osvoboditi pred gorečo ognjeno talilno pečjo in on nas bo osvobodil iz tvoje roke, oh kralj.
18 But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
Toda če ne, bodi to znano tebi, oh kralj, da ne bomo služili tvojim bogovom niti oboževali zlate podobe, ki si jo postavil.«
19 Then was Nabuchodonosor filled with fury: and the countenance of his face was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated.
Potem je bil Nebukadnezar poln razjarjenosti in videz njegovega obličja je bil spremenjen napram Šadráhu, Mešáhu in Abéd Negóju. Zatorej je spregovoril in zapovedal, da naj talilno peč sedemkrat bolj segrejejo, kot je bila običajno segreta.
20 And he commanded the strongest men that were in his army, to bind the feet of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
Zapovedal je najmočnejšim možem, ki so bili v njegovi vojski, da zvežejo Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója in da jih vržejo v gorečo ognjeno talilno peč.
21 And immediately these men were bound and were cast into the furnace of burning fire, with their coats, and their caps, and their shoes, and their garments.
Potem so bili ti možje zvezani v njihovih plaščih, njihovih hlačah in njihovih klobukih in drugih njihovih oblačilih in vrženi so bili v sredo goreče ognjene talilne peči.
22 For the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace was heated exceedingly. And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.
Torej, ker je bila kraljeva zapoved nujna in talilna peč izjemno vroča, je plamen ognja usmrtil tiste može, ki so vzdignili Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója.
23 But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell down bound in the midst of the furnace of burning fire.
Ti trije možje, Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negó so zvezani padli dol v sredo goreče ognjene talilne peči.
24 Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.
Potem je bil kralj Nebukadnezar osupel, v naglici vstal in spregovoril ter svojim svetovalcem rekel: »Mar nismo v sredo ognja vrgli treh zvezanih mož?« Odgovorili so in rekli kralju: »Resnica, oh kralj.«
25 He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Ta je odgovoril in rekel: »Glejte, vidim štiri razvezane može, ki hodijo v sredi ognja in nimajo nobene poškodbe, oblika četrtega pa je podobna Božjemu Sinu.«
26 Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.
Potem se je Nebukadnezar približal odprtini goreče ognjene talilne peči in spregovoril ter rekel: »Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negó, vi služabniki najvišjega Boga, pojdite ven in pridite sem.« Potem so Šadráh, Mešáh in Abéd Negó prišli naprej iz srede ognja.
27 And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.
Princi, voditelji, poveljniki in kraljevi svetovalci, ki so bili zbrani skupaj, so videli te može, nad čigar telesi ogenj ni imel nobene oblasti, niti las njihove glave ni bil osmojen, niti njihovi plašči niso bili spremenjeni, niti nanje ni prešel vonj ognja.
28 Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king’s word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.
Potem je Nebukadnezar spregovoril in rekel: »Blagoslovljen bodi Bog Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója, ki je poslal svojega angela in rešil svoje služabnike, ki so zaupali vanj in spremenili kraljevo besedo in predali svoja telesa, da ne bi služili niti oboževali kateregakoli boga, razen svojega lastnega Boga.
29 By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner.
Zato izdajam odlok: ›Da bo vsako ljudstvo, narod in jezik, ki spregovori karkoli neprimernega zoper Boga Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója, razrezano na koščke in njihove hiše bodo narejene za gnojišče, zato ker ni drugega Boga, ki lahko reši na ta način.‹«
30 Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon.
Potem je kralj povišal Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója v provinci Babilon.