Daniel 4

1 King Nabuchodonosor to all nations, tribes, and tongues, who dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you.

١ مِنْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأُمَمِ وَالأَقْوَامِ مِنْ كُلِّ لِسَانٍ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ: لِيَكْثُرْ سَلامُكُمْ.

2 It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,

٢ قَدْ طَابَ لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ بِالآيَاتِ وَالْعَجَائِبِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ،

3 how great and mighty [they are]: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations.

٣ فَمَا أَعْظَمَ آيَاتِهِ وَمَا أَقْوَى عَجَائِبَهُ. إِنَّ مَلَكُوتَهُ أَبَدِيٌّ وَسُلْطَانَهُ يَدُومُ عَلَى مَدَى الأَجْيَالِ.

4 I Nabuchodonosor was thriving in my house, and prospering.

٤ أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ كُنْتُ مُقِيماً مُطْمَئِنّاً فِي بَيْتِي، أَتَمَتَّعُ فِي الْبُحْبُوحَةِ فِي قَصْرِي،

5 I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

٥ فَرَأَيْتُ حُلْماً أَثَارَ فَزَعِي، وَأَقْلَقَتْنِي عَلَى مَضْجَعِي أَفْكَارِي وَرُؤَى رَأْسِي،

6 And I made a decree to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

٦ فَأَصْدَرْتُ أَمْراً بِاسْتِدْعَاءِ جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ أَمَامِي لِيُطْلِعُونِي عَلَى تَفْسِيرِ الْحُلْمِ.

7 So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, [and] Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof;

٧ فَحَضَرَ الْمَجُوسُ وَالسَّحَرَةُ وَالْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ وَالْمُنَجِّمُونَ، فَسَرَدْتُ الْحُلْمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعَجَزُوا عَنْ تَفْسِيرِهِ.

8 until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,

٨ أَخِيراً مَثَلَ فِي حَضْرَتِي دَانِيَالُ الْمَدْعُو بَلْطَشَاصَّرَ، كَاسْمِ إِلَهِي، الَّذِي فِيهِ رُوحُ الآلِهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُلْمَ.

9 O Baltasar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in you, and no mystery is too hard for you, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it.

٩ قُلْتُ: «يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ رَئِيسُ الْمَجُوسِ، إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ وَلا يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيْكَ سِرٌّ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِرُؤَى حُلْمِي الَّذِي شَهِدْتُهُ وَبِتَفْسِيرِهِ.

10 I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

١٠ وَهَذِهِ هِيَ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي شَهِدْتُهَا فِي مَنَامِي: رَأَيْتُ وَإذَا بِشَجَرَةٍ مُنْتَصِبَةٍ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ارْتِفَاعٍ عَظِيمٍ،

11 The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:

١١ وَقَدْ نَمَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ وَقَوِيَتْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ارْتِفَاعُهَا السَّمَاءَ، وَبَدَتْ لِلْعِيَانِ حَتَّى إِلَى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ.

12 its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.

١٢ وَكَانَتْ أَوْرَاقُهَا جَمِيلَةً وَأَثْمَارُهَا كَثِيرَةً، تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا غِذَاءٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ، وَتَحْتَهَا تَسْتَظِلُّ وُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَتَأْوِي إِلَى أَغْصَانِهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ، وَمِنْهَا يَقْتَاتُ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ.

13 I saw in the night vision upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven and cried aloud, and thus he said,

١٣ ثُمَّ شَاهَدْتُ فِي الرُّؤَى وَأَنَا فِي مَنَامِي، وَإذَا بِرَقِيبٍ قُدُّوسٍ قَدْ نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ،

14 Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.

١٤ وَهَتَفَ بِصَوْتٍ مُدَوٍّ وَقَالَ: اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ وَاقْضِبُوا أَغْصَانَهَا وَبَعْثِرُوا أَوْرَاقَهَا وَانْثُرُوا أَثْمَارَهَا، لِتَشْرُدَ الْوُحُوشُ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا، وَتَهْجُرَ الطُّيُورُ أَغْصَانَهَا.

15 Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and [bind it] with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion [shall be] with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.

١٥ وَلَكِنِ اتْرُكُوا سَاقَ أَصْلِهَا فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَوْثِقُوهُ بَقَيْدٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَنُحَاسٍ فِي وَسَطِ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ، لِيَبْتَلَّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، وَلْيَكُنْ طَعَامُهُ مِنْ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ مَعَ الْبَهَائِمِ.

16 His heart shall be changed from that of man, and the heart of a wild beast shall be given to him; and seven times shall pass over him.

١٦ وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَقْلُهُ مِنْ عَقْلِ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَى عَقْلِ حَيَوَانٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ.

17 The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is most high [over] the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whoever he shall please, and will set up over it that which is set at nothing of men.

١٧ قَدْ صَدَرَ هَذَا الْقَضَاءُ عَنْ أَمْرِ الرُّقَبَاءِ السَّاهِرِينَ، وَقَرَارُ الْحُكْمِ بِكَلِمَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ، لِكَيْ يُدْرِكَ الأَحْيَاءُ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ، يَهَبُهَا لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيُوَلِّي عَلَيْهَا أَحْقَرَهُمْ.

18 This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do you, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to show me the interpretation of it: but you, Daniel, are able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in you.

١٨ هَذَا هُوَ الْحُلْمُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكُ، وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَهُ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ حُكَمَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِي قَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ إِطْلاعِي عَلَى تَفْسِيرِهِ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ».

19 Then Daniel, whose name is Baltasar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Baltasar answered and said, [My] lord, let the dream be to them that hate you, and the interpretation of it to your enemies.

١٩ حِينَئِذٍ انْتَابَتِ الْحَيْرَةُ دَانِيَالَ الْمَدْعُو بَلْطَشَاصَّرَ طَوَالَ سَاعَةٍ وَرَوَّعَتْهُ أَفْكَارُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «لا يُفْزِعُكَ الْحُلْمُ وَلا تَفْسِيرُهُ يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ». فَأَجَابَ: «لِيَرْتَدَّ الْحُلْمُ عَلَى مُبْغِضِيكَ وَتَفْسِيرُهُ عَلَى أَعَادِيكَ.

20 The tree which you saw, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;

٢٠ الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتِي شَاهَدْتَهَا وَالَّتِي نَمَتْ وَاشْتَدَّتْ وَبَلَغَ ارْتِفَاعُهَا السَّمَاءَ فَبَدَتْ لِلْعِيَانِ حَتَّى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ،

21 and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches: )

٢١ وَكَانَتْ أَوْرَاقُهَا جَمِيلَةً وَأَثْمَارُهَا كَثِيرَةً، تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا غِذَاءٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ، وَتَحْتَهَا تَسْتَظِلُّ وُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَتَأْوِي إِلَى أَغْصَانِهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ،

22 is yourself, O king; for you are grown great and powerful, and your greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

٢٢ هِيَ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي نَمَوْتَ وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُكَ وَازْدَادَتْ عَظَمَتُكَ، حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَسُلْطَانُكَ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ.

23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and [bind it] with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;

٢٣ أَمَّا مَا شَاهَدْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَّ رَقِيباً قُدُّوساً قَدْ نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ: اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ وَأَفْنُوهَا، وَلَكِنِ اتْرُكُوا سَاقَ أَصْلِهَا فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَوْثِقُوهُ بِقَيْدٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَنُحَاسٍ فِي وَسَطِ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ، لِيَبْتَلَّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، وَلْيَكُنْ طَعَامُهُ مِنْ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ مَعَ الْبَهَائِمِ،

24 this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king.

٢٤ فَهَذَا هُوَ تَفْسِيرُهُ، وَهَذَا هُوَ قَضَاءُ الْعَلِيِّ الَّذِي يَحُلُّ بِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ:

25 And they shall drive you forth from men, and your dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed you with grass as an ox, and you shall have your lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you known that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please.

٢٥ سَيَطْرُدُونَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَتَأْوِي مَعَ حَيَوَانِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، يُطْعِمُونَكَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ، وَتَبْتَلُّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْكَ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ، حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ يَهَبُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ.

26 And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; your kingdom abides [sure] to you from the time that you shall know the power of the heavens.

٢٦ أَمَّا الأَمْرُ الصَّادِرُ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى سَاقِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَّ مَمْلَكَتَكَ تَبْقَى لَكَ حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ أَنَّ السِّيَادَةَ هِيَ لِلسَّمَاءِ.

27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel please you, and atone for your sins by alms, and [your] iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be longsuffering to your trespasses.

٢٧ لِذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، تَقَبَّلْ مَشُورَتِي وَتَخَلَّ عَنْ خَطَايَاكَ بِالْبِرِّ وَآثَامِكَ بِمُمَارَسَةِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ الْبَائِسِينَ، عَسَى أَنْ يَطُولَ فَلاحُكَ».

28 All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.

٢٨ وَقَدْ أَصَابَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنْبَأَ بِهِ دَانِيَالُ.

29 After a twelvemonth, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,

٢٩ فَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْراً عَلَى هَذَا الْحُلْمِ، وَفِيمَا كَانَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ قَصْرِ بَابِلَ الْمَلَكِيِّ،

30 the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory?

٣٠ قَالَ: «أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ بَابِلُ الْعَظِيمَةُ الَّتِي بَنَيْتُهَا بِقُوَّةِ اقْتِدَارِي لِتَكُونَ عَاصِمَةً لِلْمَمْلَكَةِ، وَلِجَلالِ مَجْدِي؟»

31 While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, [saying], To you, king Nabuchodonosor, they say, The kingdom has departed from you.

٣١ وَفِيمَا كَانَتْ كَلِمَاتُهُ بَعْدُ تَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَى شَفَتَيْهِ تَجَاوَبَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ قَائِلاً: «يَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الْمَلِكُ، لَكَ يَقُولُونَ الآنَ قَدْ زَالَ عَنْكَ الْمُلْكُ.

32 And they [shall] drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed you with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whoever he shall please.

٣٢ ثُمَّ يَطْرُدُونَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَتَأْوِي مَعَ حَيَوَانِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَيُطْعِمُونَكَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْكَ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ، حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ يَهَبُهَا لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ».

33 In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions' [hairs], and his nails as birds' [claws].

٣٣ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ تَمَّ حُكْمُ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، فَطُرِدَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ وَأَكَلَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ، وَابْتَلَّ جِسْمُهُ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى اسْتَرْخَى شَعْرُهُ مِثْلَ النُّسُورِ، وَطَالَتْ أَظْفَارُهُ مِثْلَ بَرَاثِنِ الطُّيُورِ.

34 And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave [him] glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [lasts] to all generations:

٣٤ وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّبْعَةِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، الْتَفَتُّ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَيَّ عَقْلِي، وَبَارَكْتُ الْعَلِيَّ وَسَبَّحْتُ وَحَمَدْتُ الْحَيَّ الأَبَدِيَّ ذَا السُّلْطَانِ السَّرْمَدِيِّ، الَّذِي مُلْكُهُ عَلَى مَدَى الأَجْيَالِ.

35 and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has you done?

٣٥ وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ لَا يُحْسَبُونَ شَيْئاً، وَأَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ فِي جُنْدِ السَّمَاءِ وَسُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَكُفُّ يَدَهُ أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟

36 At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my [natural] form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.

٣٦ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ ثَابَ إِلَيَّ عَقْلِي، وعَادَ إِلَيَّ جَلالُ مَمْلَكَتِي وَمَجْدِي وَبَهَائِي، وَطَلَبَنِي مُشِيرِيَّ وَنُبَلاءُ دَوْلَتِي، وَتَثَبَّتُّ عَلَى عَرْشِ مَمْلَكَتِي وَازْدَادَتْ عَظَمَتِي جِدّاً.

37 Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase.

٣٧ فَالآنَ، أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، أُسَبِّحُ وَأُمَجِّدُ وَأَحْمَدُ مَلِكَ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي جَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِهِ حَقٌّ، وَطُرُقُهُ عَادِلَةٌ وَقَادِرٌ عَلَى إذْلالِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْلُكُ بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ.