Daniel 3
1 King Nebuchadnezzar ordered his men to make a gold statue. It was (90 feet/27 meters) high and (9 feet/2.7 meters) wide. They set it up in the Dura plain in Babylon province.
| ثُمَّ صَنَعَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ تِمْثَالاً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، ارْتِفَاعُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً)، وَعَرْضُهُ سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَنَصَبَهُ فِي سَهْلِ دُورَا فِي وِلايَةِ بَابِلَ. | ١ |
2 Then he sent messages to all the provincial governors, the district governors, the chief advisors, the counselors, the various judges, and all the other officials in the province. He told them to come to the dedication of the statue that he had set up.
| وَاسْتَدْعَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ أَقْطَابِ الدَّوْلَةِ وَوُلاتِهَا وَحُكَّامِهَا وَقُضَاتِهَا وَأُمَنَاءِ خَزَائِنِهَا وَمُسْتَشَارِيهَا، وَسَائِرَ كِبَارِ مُوَظَّفِي الأَقَالِيمِ، لِيَأْتُوا لِلاشْتِرَاكِ فِي تَدْشِينِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ. | ٢ |
3 When they all arrived, they all stood in front of that statue.
| فَاجْتَمَعَ الأَقْطَابُ وَالْحُكَّامُ وَالْقُضَاةُ وَأُمَنَاءُ الْخَزَائِنِ وَالْمُسْتَشَارُونَ وَسَائِرُ عُظَمَاءِ الأَقَالِيمِ لِتَدْشِينِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَمَثَلُوا أَمَامَهُ. | ٣ |
4 Then an announcer shouted, “You people who come from many countries and many people-groups and [who speak many] languages, listen to what the king has commanded!
| وَصَاحَ مُنَادٍ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «أَيُّهَا الشُّعُوبُ وَالأُمَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ لُغَةٍ وَلِسَانٍ، قَدْ صَدَرَ لَكُمْ أَمْرٌ | ٤ |
5 When you hear the sounds made by the trumpets, the flutes, the guitars, the harps, the wind instruments, and all the other musical instruments, bow down to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue.
| أَنَّكُمْ حِينَ تَسْمَعُونَ أَصْوَاتَ بُوقِ الْقَرْنِ وَالنَّايِ وَالْعُودِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالْقِيثَارَةِ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ وَالْمِزْمَارِ وَكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ الْمُوسِيقَى، تَنْحَنُونَ وَتَسْجُدُونَ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الْمَلِكُ. | ٥ |
6 Anyone who refuses to do that will be thrown into a blazing furnace!”
| وَكُلُّ مَنْ لَا يَنْحَنِي وَيَسْجُدُ، يُلْقَى فَوْراً فِي وَسَطِ أَتُونِ نَارٍ مُتَّقِدَةٍ». | ٦ |
7 So when all those people who had gathered heard the sounds made by the musical instruments, they all bowed down to worship the statue.
| لِهَذَا حَالَمَا سَمِعَتِ الشُّعُوبُ الْحَاضِرَةُ أَصْوَاتَ تِلْكَ الالاتِ الْمُوسِيقِيَّةِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ، انْحَنَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الْمَنْصُوبِ. | ٧ |
8 But some of the men who studied the stars went to the king.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ بَعْضاً مِنْ رِجَالِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ وَاشْتَكَوْا عَلَى الْيَهُودِ | ٨ |
9 They reported to him, “We hope that you, O king, will live a long time!
| قَائِلِينَ: «لِتَعِشْ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. | ٩ |
10 You decreed that all the officials [whom you had gathered] should bow down and worship the gold statue when they heard the sounds made by the musical instruments.
| لَقَدْ أَصْدَرْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَمْراً أَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ بُوقِ الْقَرْنِ وَالنَّايِ وَالْعُودِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالْقِيثَارَةِ الْمُثَلَّثَةِ وَالْمِزْمَارِ، وَكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ الْمُوسِيقَى، يَنْحَنِي وَيَسْجُدُ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ. | ١٠ |
11 You also decreed that those who refused to do that would be thrown into a blazing furnace.
| وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَأْبَى يُلْقَى فِي وَسَطِ أَتُونِ نَارٍ مُتَّقِدَةٍ. | ١١ |
12 Sir, there are some men from Judah whom you have appointed to be officials in Babylon province who have not obeyed your decree. Their names are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They have refused to worship your god and the gold statue that you have set up.”
| وَهَا هُنَا رِجَالٌ يَهُودٌ مِمَّنْ وَلَّيْتَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ إِقْلِيمِ بَابِلَ، هُمْ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو لَمْ يَأْبَهُوا لَكَ، وَلَمْ يَعْبُدُوا آلِهَتَكَ، وَلَمْ يَسْجُدُوا لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبْتَهُ». | ١٢ |
13 Nebuchadnezzar became very angry. He commanded [his soldiers] to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. When they were brought to him,
| حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ بِاحْتِدَامِ غَضَبٍ وَغَيْظٍ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِشَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو فَأَحْضَرُوهُمْ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ. | ١٣ |
14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true that you three men have refused to worship my gods or the gold statue that I have set up?
| وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ: «أَحَقّاً يَا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو أَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَتِي وَلا تَسْجُدُونَ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبْتُهُ؟ | ١٤ |
15 [If that is true, ] I will give you one more chance. If you bow down to worship the statue that I have set up when you hear the sounds of the musical instruments, fine. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. Then (what god will be able to rescue you from my power?/no god will be able to rescue you from my power!)” [RHQ]
| وَالآنَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُسْتَعِدِّينَ لَدَى سَمَاعِكُمْ صَوْتَ الالاتِ الْمُوسِيقِيَّةِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ أَنْ تَنْحَنُوا وَتَسْجُدُوا لِلتِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي صَنَعْتُهُ، أَعْفُو عَنْكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ إِنْ أَبَيْتُمُ السُّجُودَ، تُطْرَحُونَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ فِي وَسَطِ أَتُونِ النَّارِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ. وَأَيُّ إِلَهٍ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُنْقِذَكُمْ عِنْدَئِذٍ مِنْ يَدَيَّ؟» | ١٥ |
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend our [actions] to you in this matter.
| فَأَجَابَهُ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو: «لا دَاعِيَ لأَنْ نُجِيبَكَ عَنْ هَذَا الشَّأْنِ | ١٦ |
17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we worship is able to rescue us. Sir, he will rescue us from your power.
| لأَنَّ إِلَهَنَا الَّذِي نَعْبُدُهُ قَادِرٌ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَنَا مِنْ أَتُونِ النَّارِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ، وَأَنْ يُنْقِذَنَا مِنْ يَدِكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ. | ١٧ |
18 But [even] if he does not [rescue us], you need to know that we will never worship your gods or the gold statue that you have set up.”
| وَحَتَّى إِنْ لَمْ يُنْقِذْنَا، فَاعْلَمْ يَقِيناً أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ أَنَّنَا لَا نَعْبُدُ آلِهَتَكَ، وَلا نَسْجُدُ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبْتَهُ». | ١٨ |
19 Nebuchadnezzar was extremely angry. [His being very angry even] showed on his face. He commanded that the furnace should be made seven times as hot as usual.
| فَاسْتَشَاطَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ حَنَقاً وَاكْفَهَرَّ وَجْهُهُ غَضَباً عَلَى شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يُضْرِمُوا الأَتُونَ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ عَمَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْعَادَةُ. | ١٩ |
20 [After that was done, ] he commanded some of the [very] strong men of his army to tie Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and [then] to throw them into the blazing furnace.
| وَطَلَبَ مِنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِ جَيْشِهِ الشُّجْعَانِ أَنْ يُوْثِقُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو وَيَطْرَحُوهُمْ فِي أَتُونِ النَّارِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ. | ٢٠ |
21 So [the soldiers] tied them up and threw them into the furnace, while they were wearing their clothes.
| حِينَئِذٍ أُوْثِقَ الرِّجَالُ بِمَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ ثِيَابٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ وَأَقْمِصَةٍ وَأَرْدِيَةٍ، وَطُرِحُوا فِي وَسَطِ أَتُونِ النَّارِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ. | ٢١ |
22 Because the fire had been made very hot because the king had very strongly ordered them to do that, the flames [leaped out and] killed the soldiers as they were throwing the men into the fire!
| وَإِذْ كَانَ أَمْرُ الْمَلِكِ صَارِماً وَالأَتُونُ قَدْ أُضْرِمَ أَشَدَّ إِضْرَامٍ، فَإِنَّ لَهِيبَ النَّارِ أَحْرَقَ الرِّجَالَ الَّذِينَ حَمَلُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، وَطَرَحُوهُمْ فِي النَّارِ. | ٢٢ |
23 So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the roaring flames.
| فَسَقَطَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجَالُ الثَّلاثَةُ مُوْثَقِينَ وَسَطَ أَتُونِ النَّارِ الْمُتَّقِدَةِ. | ٢٣ |
24 But as Nebuchadnezzar was watching, he was amazed. He suddenly jumped up and shouted to his advisors, “Did we tie up three men and throw them into the flames, or not?” They replied, “Yes, O king, [we did].”
| وَمَا لَبِثَتِ الْحَيْرَةُ أَنِ اعْتَرَتْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، فَهَبَّ مُسْرِعاً وَقَالَ لِمُشِيرِيهِ: «أَلَمْ نَطْرَحْ ثَلاثَةَ رِجَالٍ مُوْثَقِينَ فِي وَسَطِ النَّارِ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «صَحِيحٌ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ». | ٢٤ |
25 Nebuchadnezzar shouted, “[Look]! I see four men in the fire! They have no ropes on them, they are walking around, and [the flames] are not hurting them! And the fourth man looks like a divine being!”
| فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرَى أَرْبَعَةَ رِجَالٍ طَلِيقِينَ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ فِي وَسَطِ النَّارِ، لَمْ يَنَلْهُمْ أَذىً، وَمَنْظَرُ الرَّابِعِ شَبِيهٌ بِابْنِ الآلِهَةِ». | ٢٥ |
26 Nebuchadnezzar came closer to the opening of the flaming furnace, and he shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you who worship the Supreme God, come out of there! Come here!” So they stepped out of the fire.
| ثُمَّ دَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ مِنْ بَابِ الأَتُونِ الْمُتَّقِدِ بِالنَّارِ وَهَتَفَ: «يَا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو يَا عَبِيدَ اللهِ الْعَلِيِّ، اخْرُجُوا وَتَعَالَوْا». فَخَرَجَ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو مِنْ وَسَطِ النَّارِ. | ٢٦ |
27 Then all the king’s officials crowded around them. They saw that the flames had not harmed them. The flames had not [even] singed any of the hair on their heads or scorched any of their clothes! There was not [even] any smell of smoke on them!
| فَأَحَاطَ الأَقْطَابُ وَالْوُلاةُ وَالْحُكَّامُ وَعُظَمَاءُ الدَّوْلَةِ بِهِمْ، فَوَجَدُوا أَنَّ النَّارَ لَمْ تُؤْذِ أَجْسَامَهُمْ، وَلَمْ تَحْتَرِقْ شَعْرَةٌ مِنْ رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَلَمْ تَشِطْ ثِيَابُهُمْ، وَلَمْ تَعْلَقْ بِهِمْ رَائِحَةُ النَّارِ. | ٢٧ |
28 [Then] Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise the God whom Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego [worship]! He sent one of his angels to rescue these [three] men who worship him and trust in him. They ignored my command; they insisted that they would worship only their God, and were willing to die instead of worshiping any other god.
| فَقَالَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ: «تَبَارَكَ إِلَهُ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ مَلاكَهُ وَأَنْقَذَ عَبِيدَهُ الَّذِينَ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَخَالَفُوا أَمْرَ الْمَلِكِ وَبَذَلُوا أَجْسَادَهُمْ كَيْ لا يَعْبُدُوا أَوْ يَسْجُدُوا لإِلَهٍ غَيْرِ إِلَهِهِمْ. | ٢٨ |
29 Therefore, I am [now] making this decree: ‘If any people, from any country or people-group or any language group, criticize the God whom Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship, they will be cut in pieces and their houses [will be torn down and] made into a pile of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue people like this!’”
| لِهَذَا قَدْ صَدَرَ مِنِّي أَمْرٌ أَنَّ أَيَّ شَعْبٍ أَوْ أُمَّةٍ أَوْ قَوْمٍ مِنْ أَيِّ لِسَانٍ يَذُمُّونَ إِلَهَ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، يُمَزَّقُونَ إِرْباً إِرْباً، وَتُصْبِحُ بُيُوتُهُمْ أَنْقَاضاً، إِذْ لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ إِلَهٌ آخَرُ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَ مِثْلَهُ». | ٢٩ |
30 Then the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego more important positions in Babylon province than they had before.
| ثُمَّ رَفَعَ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ شَأْنِ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُو فِي وِلايَةِ بَابِلَ. | ٣٠ |
