Daniel 6
1 It has been good before Darius, and he has established over the kingdom satraps—one hundred and twenty—that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
Svidjelo se Dariju da postavi nad svojim kraljevstvom stotinu i dvadeset satrapa da budu nad svim kraljevstvom.
2 and three presidents higher than they, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
Njima na čelo stavi tri pročelnika - Daniel bijaše jedan od njih - kojima će satrapi polagati račun da se ne bi dosađivalo kralju.
3 Then this Daniel has been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king has thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.
Daniel se toliko isticaše svojim izvanrednim duhom iznad pročelnika i satrapa te kralj mišljaše da ga postavi nad svim kraljevstvom.
4 Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
Tada pročelnici i satrapi stadoše tražiti povod, štogod oko državne uprave, zbog čega bi mogli optužiti Daniela; ali ne mogoše na njemu naći ništa takvo, ništa zbog čega bi ga prekorili, jer bijaše vjeran, na njemu ni nemara ni ogrešenja.
5 Then these men are saying, “We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the Law of his God.”
Ti ljudi rekoše tada: “Nećemo naći nikakva povoda protiv Daniela, osim da nađemo nešto protiv njega u zakonu njegova Boga.”
6 Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: “O King Darius, live for all ages!
Tada pročelnici i satrapi navališe na kralja te mu rekoše: “O kralju Darije, živ bio dovijeka!
7 Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counselors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeks a petition from any god and man until thirty days, except of you, O king, is cast into a den of lions.
Svi pročelnici kraljevstva, predstojnici i satrapi, savjetnici i namjesnici složiše se u tome da bi trebalo da kralj izda naredbu i zabranu: svaki onaj koji bi u roku od trideset dana upravio molbu bilo na kojega boga ili čovjeka, osim na tebe, o kralju, bit će bačen u lavsku jamu.
8 Now, O king, you establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that does not pass away.”
O kralju, potvrdi tu zabranu i potpiši naredbu da bude neopoziva prema nepromjenljivom medijsko-perzijskom zakonu!”
9 Therefore King Darius has signed the writing and interdict.
Nato kralj Darije potpisa pismo i zabranu.
10 And Daniel, when he has known that the writing is signed, has gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.
Saznavši Daniel da je spis potpisan, otiđe u svoju kuću. Prozori gornje sobe bijahu otvoreni prema Jeruzalemu. Tu je on tri puta na dan padao na koljena blagoslivljajući, moleći i hvaleći Boga, kako je uvijek činio.
11 Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and pleading grace before his God;
Oni ljudi nahrupiše i nađoše Daniela gdje moli i zaziva svoga Boga.
12 then they have come near, indeed, they are saying before the king concerning the king’s interdict: “Have you not signed an interdict, that any man who seeks from any god and man until thirty days, except of you, O king, is cast into a den of lions?” The king has answered and said, “The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that does not pass away.”
Tada odoše i pred kraljem se pozvaše na kraljevsku zabranu: “Zar ti nisi potpisao zabranu prema kojoj će svaki onaj koji bi u vremenu od trideset dana upravio molbu na nekoga boga ili čovjeka, osim na tebe, o kralju, biti bačen u lavsku jamu?” Kralj odgovori: “Tako je odlučeno po nepromjenljivom medijsko-perzijskom zakonu.”
13 Then they have answered, indeed, they are saying before the king, that, “Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the expulsion of Judah, has not placed on you, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that you have signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.”
Tada rekoše kralju: “Daniel, onaj od izgnanika judejskih, ne mari za tebe, o kralju, ni za tvoju zabranu koju si potpisao: tri puta na dan obavlja svoju molitvu.”
14 Then the king, when he has heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he has set the heart to deliver him, and until the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
Čuvši te riječi, kralj se vrlo ražalosti i odluči spasiti Daniela. Sve do sunčeva zalaza nastojaše da ga spasi.
15 Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, “Know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is] that any interdict and statute that the king establishes is not to be changed.”
Ali oni ljudi navališe na kralja govoreći: “Znaj, o kralju, da prema medijsko-perzijskom zakonu nijedna kraljevska zabrana ili odluka ne može biti opozvana!”
16 Then the king has spoken, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king has answered and said to Daniel, “Your God, whom you are serving continually, delivers you Himself.”
Tada kralj naredi da dovedu Daniela i da ga bace u lavsku jamu. Kralj reče Danielu: “Bog tvoj, kome tako postojano služiš, neka te izbavi.”
17 And a stone has been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king has sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose is not changed concerning Daniel.
Donesoše kamen i staviše ga jami na otvor. Kralj ga zapečati prstenom svojim i prstenom svojih velikaša, da se ništa ne mijenja za Daniela.
18 Then the king has gone to his palace, and he has passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep has fled [from] off him.
Kralj se vrati u svoj dvor i provede noć ne okusivši jela i ne dopustivši da mu dovedu suložnice. Nije mogao usnuti.
19 Then the king rises in the early morning, at the light, and he has gone in haste to the den of lions;
Kralj ustade u ranu zoru, kad se danilo, i pođe brzo k lavskoj jami.
20 and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he cries. The king has answered and said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you are serving continually, is He able to deliver you from the lions?”
Kad se primače blizu, viknu žalosnim glasom Danielu: “Daniele, slugo Boga živoga, je li te Bog, kome postojano služiš, mogao izbaviti od lavova?”
21 Then Daniel has spoken with the king: “O king, live for all ages:
Daniel odgovori: “O kralju, živ bio dovijeka!
22 my God has sent His messenger, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity has been found in me; and also before you, O king, injury I have not done.”
Moj je Bog poslao svog Anđela; zatvorio je ralje lavovima te mi ne naudiše, jer sam nedužan pred njim. Pa i pred tobom, o kralju, ja sam bez krivice.”
23 Then was the king very glad for him, and he has commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel has been taken up out of the den, and no injury has been found in him, because he has believed in his God.
Kralj se vrlo obradova i naredi da Daniela izvade iz jame. Izvadiše Daniela iz jame neozlijeđena, jer se bijaše uzdao u svoga Boga.
24 And the king has spoken, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den until the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
Kralj zapovjedi da dovedu one ljude koji bijahu optužili Daniela i da ih bace u lavsku jamu - njih, njihove žene i njihovu djecu: i prije nego dodirnuše tlo, lavovi ih zgrabiše i smrviše im kosti.
25 Then Darius the king has written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: “Your peace be great!
Nato kralj Darije napisa svim plemenima, narodima i jezicima što stanuju po svoj zemlji: “Obilovali mirom!
26 From before me a decree is made, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding for all ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] to the end.
Evo naredbe koju donosim: u svemu mojem kraljevstvu neka se ljudi boje i neka dršću pred Bogom Danielovim: On je Bog živi, on ostaje dovijeka! Njegovo kraljevstvo neće propasti, njegovoj vlasti nema kraja!
27 A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who has delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.”
On izbavlja i spasava, čini znake i čudesa na nebesima i na zemlji! On je spasio Daniela iz šapa lavljih!”
28 And this Daniel has prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel bijaše sretan za vladanja Darija i za vladanja Kira Perzijanca.
