< Daniel 5 >

1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ صَنَعَ وَلِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً لِعُظَمَائِهِ ٱلْأَلْفِ، وَشَرِبَ خَمْرًا قُدَّامَ ٱلْأَلْفِ.١
2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, might drink therein.
وَإِذْ كَانَ بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ يَذُوقُ ٱلْخَمْرَ، أَمَرَ بِإِحْضَارِ آنِيَةِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلَّتِي أَخْرَجَهَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ أَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِيَشْرَبَ بِهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ وَزَوْجَاتُهُ وَسَرَارِيهِ.٢
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his lords, his consorts and his concubines, drank in them.
حِينَئِذٍ أَحْضَرُوا آنِيَةَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي أُخْرِجَتْ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَشَرِبَ بِهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَعُظَمَاؤُهُ وَزَوْجَاتُهُ وَسَرَارِيهِ.٣
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
كَانُوا يَشْرَبُونَ ٱلْخَمْرَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَ آلِهَةَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلنُّحَاسِ وَٱلْحَدِيدِ وَٱلْخَشَبِ وَٱلْحَجَرِ.٤
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.
فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ ظَهَرَتْ أَصَابِعُ يَدِ إِنْسَانٍ، وَكَتَبَتْ بِإِزَاءِ ٱلنِّبْرَاسِ عَلَى مُكَلَّسِ حَائِطِ قَصْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَٱلْمَلِكُ يَنْظُرُ طَرَفَ ٱلْيَدِ ٱلْكَاتِبَةِ.٥
6 Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
حِينَئِذٍ تَغَيَّرَتْ هَيْئَةُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَفْزَعَتْهُ أَفْكَارُهُ، وَٱنْحَلَّتْ خَرَزُ حَقْوَيْهِ، وَٱصْطَكَّتْ رُكْبَتَاهُ.٦
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon: 'Whosoever shall read this writing, and declare unto me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall rule as one of three in the kingdom.'
فَصَرَخَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِشِدَّةٍ لِإِدْخَالِ ٱلسَّحَرَةِ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْمُنَجِّمِينَ، فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِحُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ: «أَيُّ رَجُلٍ يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُبَيِّنُ لِي تَفْسِيرَهَا فَإِنَّهُ يُلَبَّسُ ٱلْأُرْجُوَانَ وَقِلَادَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ، وَيَتَسَلَّطُ ثَالِثًا فِي ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ».٧
8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
ثُمَّ دَخَلَ كُلُّ حُكَمَاءِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَقْرَأُوا ٱلْكِتَابَةَ، وَلَا أَنْ يُعَرِّفُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ بِتَفْسِيرِهَا.٨
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
فَفَزَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ جِدًّا وَتَغَيَّرَتْ فِيهِ هَيْئَتُهُ، وَٱضْطَرَبَ عُظَمَاؤُهُ.٩
10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house; the queen spoke and said: 'O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts affright thee, nor let thy countenance be changed;
أَمَّا ٱلْمَلِكَةُ فَلِسَبَبِ كَلَامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعُظَمَائِهِ دَخَلَتْ بَيْتَ ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ، فَأَجَابَتِ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، عِشْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ! لَا تُفَزِّعْكَ أَفْكَارُكَ وَلَا تَتَغَيَّرُ هَيْئَتُكَ.١٠
11 there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers;
يُوجَدُ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ رُوحُ ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلْقُدُّوسِينَ، وَفِي أَيَّامِ أَبِيكَ وُجِدَتْ فِيهِ نَيِّرَةٌ وَفِطْنَةٌ وَحِكْمَةٌ كَحِكْمَةِ ٱلْآلِهَةِ، وَٱلْمَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ أَبُوكَ جَعَلَهُ كَبِيرَ ٱلْمَجُوسِ وَٱلسَّحَرَةِ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْمُنَجِّمِينَ. أَبُوكَ ٱلْمَلِكُ.١١
12 forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.'
مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ رُوحًا فَاضِلَةً وَمَعْرِفَةً وَفِطْنَةً وَتَعْبِيرَ ٱلْأَحْلَامِ وَتَبْيِينَ أَلْغَازٍ وَحَلَّ عُقَدٍ وُجِدَتْ فِي دَانِيآلَ هَذَا، ٱلَّذِي سَمَّاهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ بَلْطَشَاصَّرَ. فَلْيُدْعَ ٱلْآنَ دَانِيآلُ فَيُبَيِّنَ ٱلتَّفْسِيرَ».١٢
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said unto Daniel: 'Art thou Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?
حِينَئِذٍ أُدْخِلَ دَانِيآلُ إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِدَانِيآلَ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ دَانِيآلُ مِنْ بَنِي سَبْيِ يَهُوذَا، ٱلَّذِي جَلَبَهُ أَبِي ٱلْمَلِكُ مِنْ يَهُوذَا؟١٣
14 I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.
قَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ أَنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ ٱلْآلِهَةِ، وَأَنَّ فِيكَ نَيِّرَةٌ وَفِطْنَةٌ وَحِكْمَةٌ فَاضِلَةٌ.١٤
15 And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.
وَٱلْآنَ أُدْخِلَ قُدَّامِي ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ وَٱلسَّحَرَةُ لِيَقْرَأُوا هَذِهِ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَيُعَرِّفُونِي بِتَفْسِيرِهَا، فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يُبَيِّنُوا تَفْسِيرَ ٱلْكَلَامِ.١٥
16 But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.'
وَأَنَا قَدْ سَمِعْتُ عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَ تَفْسِيرًا وَتَحُلَّ عُقَدًا. فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ ٱلْآنَ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَتُعَرِّفَنِي بِتَفْسِيرِهَا فَتُلَبَّسُ ٱلْأُرْجُوَانَ وَقِلَادَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي عُنُقِكَ وَتَتَسَلَّطُ ثَالِثًا فِي ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ».١٦
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king: 'Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
فَأَجَابَ دَانِيآلُ وَقَالَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «لِتَكُنْ عَطَايَاكَ لِنَفْسِكَ وَهَبْ هِبَاتِكَ لِغَيْرِي. لَكِنِّي أَقْرَأُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ وَأُعَرِّفُهُ بِٱلتَّفْسِيرِ.١٧
18 O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، فَٱللهُ ٱلْعَلِيُّ أَعْطَى أَبَاكَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَلَكُوتًا وَعَظَمَةً وَجَلَالًا وَبَهَاءً.١٨
19 and because of the greatness that He gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.
وَلِلْعَظَمَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا كَانَتْ تَرْتَعِدُ وَتَفْزَعُ قُدَّامَهُ جَمِيعُ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَٱلْأُمَمِ وَٱلْأَلْسِنَةِ. فَأَيًّا شَاءَ قَتَلَ، وَأَيًّا شَاءَ ٱسْتَحْيَا، وَأَيًّا شَاءَ رَفَعَ، وَأَيًّا شَاءَ وَضَعَ.١٩
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;
فَلَمَّا ٱرْتَفَعَ قَلْبُهُ وَقَسَتْ رُوحُهُ تَجَبُّرًا، ٱنْحَطَّ عَنْ كُرْسِيِّ مُلْكِهِ، وَنَزَعُوا عَنْهُ جَلَالَهُ،٢٠
21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that God Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that He setteth up over it whomsoever He will.
وَطُرِدَ مِنْ بَيْنِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَتَسَاوَى قَلْبُهُ بِٱلْحَيَوَانِ، وَكَانَتْ سُكْنَاهُ مَعَ ٱلْحَمِيرِ ٱلْوَحْشِيَّةِ، فَأَطْعَمُوهُ ٱلْعُشْبَ كَٱلثِّيرَانِ، وَٱبْتَلَّ جِسْمُهُ بِنَدَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ، حَتَّى عَلِمَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ ٱلْعَلِيَّ سُلْطَانٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَأَنَّهُ يُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ.٢١
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;
وَأَنْتَ يَا بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ ٱبْنَهُ لَمْ تَضَعْ قَلْبَكَ، مَعَ أَنَّكَ عَرَفْتَ كُلَّ هَذَا،٢٢
23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy consorts and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified;
بَلْ تَعَظَّمْتَ عَلَى رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَأَحْضَرُوا قُدَّامَكَ آنِيَةَ بَيْتِهِ، وَأَنْتَ وَعُظَمَاؤُكَ وَزَوْجَاتُكَ وَسَرَارِيكَ شَرِبْتُمْ بِهَا ٱلْخَمْرَ، وَسَبَّحْتَ آلِهَةَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلنِّحَاسِ وَٱلْحَدِيدِ وَٱلْخَشَبِ وَٱلْحَجَرِ ٱلَّتِي لَا تُبْصِرُ وَلَا تَسْمَعُ وَلَا تَعْرِفُ. أَمَّا ٱللهُ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ نَسَمَتُكَ، وَلَهُ كُلُّ طُرُقِكَ فَلَمْ تُمَجِّدْهُ.٢٣
24 then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed.
حِينَئِذٍ أُرْسِلَ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ طَرَفُ ٱلْيَدِ، فَكُتِبَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْكِتَابَةُ.٢٤
25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.
وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْكِتَابَةُ ٱلَّتِي سُطِّرَتْ: مَنَا مَنَا تَقَيْلُ وَفَرْسِينُ.٢٥
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.
وَهَذَا تَفْسِيرُ ٱلْكَلَامِ: مَنَا، أَحْصَى ٱللهُ مَلَكُوتَكَ وَأَنْهَاهُ.٢٦
27 TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
تَقَيْلُ، وُزِنْتَ بِٱلْمَوَازِينِ فَوُجِدْتَ نَاقِصًا.٢٧
28 PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.'
فَرْسِ، قُسِمَتْ مَمْلَكَتُكَ وَأُعْطِيَتْ لِمَادِي وَفَارِسَ».٢٨
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as one of three in the kingdom.
حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ أَنْ يُلْبِسُوا دَانِيآلَ ٱلْأَرْجُوانَ وَقِلَادَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِي عُنُقِهِ، وَيُنَادُوا عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ مُتَسَلِّطًا ثَالِثًا فِي ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ.٢٩
30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ قُتِلَ بَيْلْشَاصَّرُ مَلِكُ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ،٣٠
31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
فَأَخَذَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ دَارِيُّوسُ ٱلْمَادِيُّ وَهُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً.٣١

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