Daniel 5
1 Belshazzar the king has made a great feast to one thousand of his great men, and before the one thousand he is drinking wine;
| בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב לְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי אֲלַף וְלׇקֳבֵל אַלְפָּא חַמְרָא שָׁתֵֽה׃ |
2 Belshazzar has said—while tasting the wine—to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that the king may drink with them, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.
| בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר אֲמַר ׀ בִּטְעֵם חַמְרָא לְהַיְתָיָה לְמָאנֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא דִּי הַנְפֵּק נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אֲבוּהִי מִן־הֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֶם וְיִשְׁתּוֹן בְּהוֹן מַלְכָּא וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי שֵׁגְלָתֵהּ וּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃ |
3 Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines, have drunk with them;
| בֵּאדַיִן הַיְתִיו מָאנֵי דַהֲבָא דִּי הַנְפִּקוּ מִן־הֵיכְלָא דִּֽי־בֵית אֱלָהָא דִּי בִירֽוּשְׁלֶם וְאִשְׁתִּיו בְּהוֹן מַלְכָּא וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי שֵׁגְלָתֵהּ וּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃ |
4 they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
| אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְשַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָֽא׃ |
5 In that hour fingers of a man’s hand have come forth, and they are writing in front of the lampstand, on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;
| בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָה (נפקו) [נְפַקָה] אֶצְבְּעָן דִּי יַד־אֱנָשׁ וְכָֽתְבָן לׇקֳבֵל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא עַל־גִּירָא דִּֽי־כְתַל הֵיכְלָא דִּי מַלְכָּא וּמַלְכָּא חָזֵה פַּס יְדָא דִּי כָתְבָֽה׃ |
6 then the king’s countenance has changed, and his thoughts trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are striking against one another.
| אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא זִיוֺהִי שְׁנוֹהִי וְרַעְיֹנֹהִי יְבַהֲלוּנֵּהּ וְקִטְרֵי חַרְצֵהּ מִשְׁתָּרַיִן וְאַרְכֻבָּתֵהּ דָּא לְדָא נָֽקְשָֽׁן׃ |
7 The king calls mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king has answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, “Any man who reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, he puts on purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and he rules third in the kingdom.”
| קָרֵא מַלְכָּא בְּחַיִל לְהֶֽעָלָה לְאָשְׁפַיָּא (כשדיא) [כַּשְׂדָּאֵי] וְגָזְרַיָּא עָנֵה מַלְכָּא וְאָמַר ׀ לְחַכִּימֵי בָבֶל דִּי כׇל־אֱנָשׁ דִּֽי־יִקְרֵה כְּתָבָה דְנָה וּפִשְׁרֵהּ יְחַוִּנַּנִי אַרְגְּוָנָא יִלְבַּשׁ (והמנוכא) [וְהַֽמְנִיכָא] דִֽי־דַהֲבָא עַֽל־צַוְּארֵהּ וְתַלְתִּי בְמַלְכוּתָא יִשְׁלַֽט׃ |
8 Then all the wise men of the king are coming up, and they are not able to read the writing, and to make known the interpretation to the king;
| אֱדַיִן (עללין) [עָֽלִּין] כֹּל חַכִּימֵי מַלְכָּא וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִין כְּתָבָא לְמִקְרֵא (ופשרא) [וּפִשְׁרֵהּ] לְהוֹדָעָה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ |
9 then King Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.
| אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא בֵלְשַׁאצַּר שַׂגִּיא מִתְבָּהַל וְזִיוֺהִי שָׁנַיִן עֲלוֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃ |
10 The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, has come up to the banquet-house. The queen has answered and said, “O king, live for all ages; do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor your countenance be changed:
| מַלְכְּתָא לׇקֳבֵל מִלֵּי מַלְכָּא וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי לְבֵית מִשְׁתְּיָא (עללת) [עַלַּת] עֲנָת מַלְכְּתָא וַאֲמֶרֶת מַלְכָּא לְעָלְמִין חֱיִי אַֽל־יְבַהֲלוּךְ רַעְיוֹנָךְ (וזיויך) [וְזִוָיךְ] אַל־יִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ׃ |
11 there is a man in your kingdom in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and in the days of your father, light, and understanding, and wisdom—as the wisdom of the gods—was found in him; and your father King Nebuchadnezzar, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him—your father, O king—
| אִיתַי גְּבַר בְּמַלְכוּתָךְ דִּי רוּחַ אֱלָהִין קַדִּישִׁין בֵּהּ וּבְיוֹמֵי אֲבוּךְ נַהִירוּ וְשׇׂכְלְתָנוּ וְחׇכְמָה כְּחׇכְמַת־אֱלָהִין הִשְׁתְּכַחַת בֵּהּ וּמַלְכָּא נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר אֲבוּךְ רַב חַרְטֻמִּין אָֽשְׁפִין כַּשְׂדָּאִין גָּזְרִין הֲקִימֵהּ אֲבוּךְ מַלְכָּֽא׃ |
12 because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he shows.”
| כׇּל־קֳבֵל דִּי רוּחַ ׀ יַתִּירָה וּמַנְדַּע וְשׇׂכְלְתָנוּ מְפַשַּׁר חֶלְמִין וְֽאַֽחֲוָיַת אֲחִידָן וּמְשָׁרֵא קִטְרִין הִשְׁתְּכַחַת בֵּהּ בְּדָנִיֵּאל דִּֽי־מַלְכָּא שָׂם־שְׁמֵהּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר כְּעַן דָּנִיֵּאל יִתְקְרֵי וּפִשְׁרָה יְהַֽחֲוֵֽה׃ |
13 Then Daniel has been caused to come up before the king; the king has answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel who [is] of the sons of the expulsion of Judah, whom my father the king brought in out of Judah?
| בֵּאדַיִן דָּֽנִיֵּאל הֻעַל קֳדָם מַלְכָּא עָנֵה מַלְכָּא וְאָמַר לְדָנִיֵּאל (אנתה) [אַנְתְּ־]הוּא דָנִיֵּאל דִּֽי־מִן־בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא דִּי יְהוּד דִּי הַיְתִי מַלְכָּא אַבִי מִן־יְהֽוּד׃ |
14 And I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods [is] in you, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in you.
| וְשִׁמְעֵת (עליך) [עֲלָךְ] דִּי רוּחַ אֱלָהִין בָּךְ וְנַהִירוּ וְשׇׂכְלְתָנוּ וְחׇכְמָה יַתִּירָה הִשְׁתְּכַחַת בָּֽךְ׃ |
15 And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that they may read this writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to show the interpretation of the thing:
| וּכְעַן הֻעַלּוּ קׇֽדָמַי חַכִּֽימַיָּא אָֽשְׁפַיָּא דִּֽי־כְתָבָה דְנָה יִקְרוֹן וּפִשְׁרֵהּ לְהוֹדָעֻתַנִי וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִין פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָא לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃ |
16 and I have heard of you, that you are able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, behold—you are able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know—purple you put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on your neck, and you rule third in the kingdom.”
| וַאֲנָה שִׁמְעֵת (עליך) [עֲלָךְ] דִּֽי־[תִכּוּל] (תוכל) פִּשְׁרִין לְמִפְשַׁר וְקִטְרִין לְמִשְׁרֵא כְּעַן הֵן (תוכל) [תִּכּוּל] כְּתָבָא לְמִקְרֵא וּפִשְׁרֵהּ לְהוֹדָעוּתַנִי אַרְגְּוָנָא תִלְבַּשׁ (והמונכא) [וְהַֽמְנִיכָא] דִֽי־דַהֲבָא עַֽל־צַוְּארָךְ וְתַלְתָּא בְמַלְכוּתָא תִּשְׁלַֽט׃ |
17 Then Daniel has answered and said before the king, “Your gifts be to yourself, and give your fee to another; nevertheless, the writing I read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;
| בֵּאדַיִן עָנֵה דָנִיֵּאל וְאָמַר קֳדָם מַלְכָּא מַתְּנָתָךְ לָךְ לֶֽהֶוְיָן וּנְבָזְבְּיָתָךְ לְאׇחֳרָן הַב בְּרַם כְּתָבָא אֶקְרֵא לְמַלְכָּא וּפִשְׁרָא אֲהוֹדְעִנֵּֽהּ׃ |
18 you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar:
| (אנתה) [אַנְתְּ] מַלְכָּא אֱלָהָא (עליא) [עִלָּאָה] מַלְכוּתָא וּרְבוּתָא וִיקָרָא וְהַדְרָא יְהַב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּר אֲבֽוּךְ׃ |
19 and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;
| וּמִן־רְבוּתָא דִּי יְהַב־לֵהּ כֹּל עַֽמְמַיָּא אֻמַּיָּא וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא הֲווֹ (זאעין) [זָיְעִין] וְדָחֲלִין מִן־קֳדָמוֹהִי דִּֽי־הֲוָא צָבֵא הֲוָה קָטֵל וְדִֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָה מַחֵא וְדִֽי־הֲוָה צָבֵא הֲוָה מָרִים וְדִֽי־הֲוָא צָבֵא הֲוָא מַשְׁפִּֽל׃ |
20 and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he has been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,
| וּכְדִי רִם לִבְבֵהּ וְרוּחֵהּ תִּֽקְפַת לַהֲזָדָה הׇנְחַת מִן־כׇּרְסֵא מַלְכוּתֵהּ וִֽיקָרָה הֶעְדִּיו מִנֵּֽהּ׃ |
21 and he is driven from the sons of men, and his heart has been like with the beasts, and with the wild donkeys [is] his dwelling; they cause him to eat the herb like oxen, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, until he has known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He wills He raises up over it.
| וּמִן־בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא טְרִיד וְלִבְבֵהּ ׀ עִם־חֵיוְתָא (שוי) [שַׁוִּיו] וְעִם־עֲרָֽדַיָּא מְדֹרֵהּ עִשְׂבָּא כְתוֹרִין יְטַעֲמוּנֵּהּ וּמִטַּל שְׁמַיָּא גִּשְׁמֵהּ יִצְטַבַּע עַד דִּֽי־יְדַע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּיט אֱלָהָא (עליא) [עִלָּאָה] בְּמַלְכוּת אֲנָשָׁא וּלְמַן־דִּי יִצְבֵּא יְהָקֵים (עליה) [עֲלַֽהּ]׃ |
22 And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though all this you have known;
| (ואנתה) [וְאַנְתְּ] בְּרֵהּ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר לָא הַשְׁפֵּלְתְּ לִבְבָךְ כׇּל־קֳבֵל דִּי כׇל־דְּנָה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃ |
23 and against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted up yourself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before you, and you, and your great men, your wives, and your concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, you have praised: and the God in whose hand [is] your breath, and all your ways, Him you have not honored.
| וְעַל מָרֵֽא־שְׁמַיָּא ׀ הִתְרוֹמַמְתָּ וּלְמָֽאנַיָּא דִֽי־בַיְתֵהּ הַיְתִיו (קדמיך) [קׇֽדָמָךְ] (ואנתה) [וְאַנְתְּ] (ורברבניך) [וְרַבְרְבָנָךְ] שֵֽׁגְלָתָךְ וּלְחֵנָתָךְ חַמְרָא שָׁתַיִן בְּהוֹן וְלֵֽאלָהֵי כַסְפָּֽא־וְדַהֲבָא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָא דִּי לָֽא־חָזַיִן וְלָא־שָׁמְעִין וְלָא יָדְעִין שַׁבַּחְתָּ וְלֵֽאלָהָא דִּֽי־נִשְׁמְתָךְ בִּידֵהּ וְכׇל־אֹרְחָתָךְ לֵהּ לָא הַדַּֽרְתָּ׃ |
24 Then from before Him is the extremity of the hand sent, and the writing is noted down;
| בֵּאדַיִן מִן־קֳדָמוֹהִי שְׁלִיחַ פַּסָּא דִֽי־יְדָא וּכְתָבָא דְנָה רְשִֽׁים׃ |
25 and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.
| וּדְנָה כְתָבָא דִּי רְשִׁים מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִֽין׃ |
26 This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered—God has numbered your kingdom, and has finished it.
| דְּנָה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָא מְנֵא מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃ |
27 Weighed—You are weighed in the balances, and have been found lacking.
| תְּקֵל תְּקִילְתָּ בְמֹֽאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּֽיר׃ |
28 Divided—Your kingdom is divided, and it has been given to the Medes and Persians.”
| פְּרֵס פְּרִיסַת מַלְכוּתָךְ וִיהִיבַת לְמָדַי וּפָרָֽס׃ |
29 Then Belshazzar has spoken, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.
| בֵּאדַיִן ׀ אֲמַר בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר וְהַלְבִּשׁוּ לְדָֽנִיֵּאל אַרְגְּוָנָא (והמנוכא) [וְהַֽמְנִיכָא] דִֽי־דַהֲבָא עַֽל־צַוְּארֵהּ וְהַכְרִזֽוּ עֲלוֹהִי דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֵא שַׁלִּיט תַּלְתָּא בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃ |
30 In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
| בֵּהּ בְּלֵילְיָא קְטִיל בֵּלְאשַׁצַּר מַלְכָּא (כשדיא) [כַשְׂדָּאָֽה]׃ |
31 and Darius the Mede has received the kingdom when a son of sixty-two years.
| וְדָרְיָוֶשׁ (מדיא) [מָֽדָאָה] קַבֵּל מַלְכוּתָא כְּבַר שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃ |
