Daniel 4
1 [Several years after] Nebuchadnezzar [started to rule, he sent this message] to [the people of] every nation and people-group and all language groups in his empire. [He wrote, ] “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you!
| نِبوکَدنِصَّر پادشاه، این پیام را برای تمام قومهای دنیا که از نژادها و زبانهای گوناگون بودند، فرستاد: با درود فراوان! |
2 I want you to know about [all] the wonderful miracles [DOU] that the Supreme God has performed for me.
| می‌خواهم کارهای عجیبی را که خدای متعال در حق من کرده است برای شما بیان کنم. |
3 He performs great miracles, and does wonderful things. His kingdom will last forever; his rule [over people] will never end.
| کارهای او چقدر بزرگ و شگفت‌انگیز است. پادشاهی او جاودانی است و سلطنتش بی‌زوال! |
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace. I was living luxuriantly, and everything was going very well for me.
| من نِبوکَدنِصَّر در ناز و نعمت در قصر خود زندگی می‌کردم. |
5 But one night I had a dream that caused me to be very afraid. I saw visions that terrified me as I lay on my bed.
| یک شب خوابی دیدم که مرا سخت به وحشت انداخت. |
6 So I summoned all the wise men in Babylon, in order that they would come and tell me what it meant.
| دستور دادم تمام حکیمان بابِل را احضار کنند تا خوابم را تعبیر نمایند. |
7 All the men who worked magic, the fortune-tellers, the men who worked sorcery, and men who studied the stars came to me. I told them what I had dreamed, but they could not tell me what it meant.
| وقتی همهٔ منجمان، جادوگران، فالگیران و طالع‌بینان آمدند، من خوابم را برای ایشان تعریف کردم، اما آنها نتوانستند آن را تعبیر کنند. |
8 Finally, Daniel came to me, and I [decided to] tell him what I had dreamed. One of my officials had given him a new name, Belteshazzar, to honor my own god. I knew that the spirit of the holy gods was in him.
| سرانجام دانیال مردی که نام خدای من بلطشصر بر او گذاشته شده و روح خدایان مقدّس در اوست، به حضور من آمد و من خوابی را که دیده بودم برای او بازگو کرده، گفتم: |
9 So, [using the name that had been given to him], I said, ‘Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all my fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and that you can reveal all mysteries. There is none that is too difficult for you. So, tell me what my dream means.
| «ای بلطشصر، رئیس حکیمان، می‌دانم که روح خدایان مقدّس در توست و دانستن هیچ رازی برای تو مشکل نیست. به من بگو معنی این خوابی که دیده‌ام چیست: |
10 This is what I dreamed while I was lying on my bed: I saw a large tree [growing] in the middle of the land.
| «درخت بسیار بلندی دیدم که در وسط زمین روییده بود. این درخت آنقدر بزرگ شد که سرش به آسمان رسید به طوری که همهٔ مردم دنیا می‌توانستند آن را ببینند. |
11 The tree was very strong and had grown very tall; [it seemed that] its top reached up to the sky, with the result that everyone in the world [HYP] could see it.
12 It had beautiful leaves, and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches. All the living creatures everywhere in the world got food from that tree.
| برگهایش تر و تازه و شاخه‌هایش پر بار بود و میوهٔ کافی برای همهٔ مردم داشت. جانوران صحرایی زیر سایه‌اش آرمیده و پرندگان در میان شاخه‌هایش پناه گرفته بودند و تمام مردم دنیا از میوه‌اش می‌خوردند. |
13 While I was still lying on my bed, I saw another vision. In the vision I saw a holy angel coming down from heaven.
| «سپس، در خواب دیدم که فرشتهٔ مقدّسی از آسمان به زمین آمد |
14 The angel shouted, “Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Chase away the animals that are lying in the shade of the tree, and the birds that are in its branches.
| و با صدای بلند گفت: درخت را ببرید و شاخه‌هایش را قطع کنید، میوه و برگهایش را به زمین بریزید تا حیوانات از زیر آن و پرندگان از روی شاخه‌هایش بروند. |
15 But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump, and allow it to stay there with grass around it.”
| ولی کندهٔ درخت و ریشه‌های آن را در زمین باقی بگذارید و آن را با زنجیر آهنی و مفرغین ببندید و در میان سبزه‌های صحرا رها کنید. بگذارید شبنم آسمان او را تر کند و با حیوانات صحرا علف بخورد! |
16 [That tree seems to have represented a man, because the angel also said], “Cause that man to live [out in the fields] among the animals and plants. Cause the dew from the sky to make his body damp [each morning]. Do not allow him to [continue to] have a mind like humans; instead, cause him to have a mind like animals have, for seven years.
| بگذارید برای هفت سال عقل انسانی او به عقل حیوانی تبدیل شود! |
17 The holy angels have decided what must happen. They want to inform everyone that the Supreme God rules over all the kingdoms in this world. He is the one who chooses who will rule these kingdoms. He [sometimes] allows very unimportant people to become rulers.”
| «این تصمیم به‌وسیلۀ فرشتگان مقدّس اعلام شده است تا مردم جهان بدانند که دنیا در تسلط خدای متعال است و او حکومت بر ممالک دنیا را به هر که اراده کند می‌بخشد، حتی به حقیرترین آدمیان! |
18 Belteshazzar, that is what I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw in my dream. Now tell me what the dream means. No one else can tell me. [I asked] all the very wise men in my kingdom [to tell me] what it means, [but they were unable to do that]. But you can [tell me], because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
| «ای بلطشصر، این بود خوابی که دیدم. حال به من بگو تعبیرش چیست. تمام حکیمان مملکت من از تعبیر این خواب عاجز مانده‌اند، ولی تو می‌توانی آن را تعبیر کنی زیرا روح خدایان مقدّس در توست.» |
19 I, whose [new] name was Belteshazzar, did not say anything for some time, [because] I was very worried/disturbed [about the meaning of the dream. Finally], the king said to me, “Belteshazzar, do not be afraid about the dream and about what it means.” I replied, “Sir, I wish that the events that were predicted in your dream would happen to your enemies, [and not to you].
| آنگاه دانیال که به بلطشصر نیز معروف بود در فکر فرو رفت و مدتی مات و مبهوت ماند. سرانجام پادشاه به دانیال گفت: «بلطشصر، نترس؛ تعبیرش را بگو.» او جواب داد: «ای پادشاه، کاش آنچه در این خواب دیده‌ای برای دشمنانت اتفاق بیفتد، نه برای تو! |
20 [In your dream/vision] you saw a very strong and very tall tree. It [seemed to] reach to the sky, [with the result that] everyone in the world could see it.
| آن درختی که دیدی بزرگ شد و سرش به آسمان رسید به طوری که تمام دنیا توانستند آن را ببینند، |
21 It had beautiful leaves and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches.
| و برگهای تر و تازه و شاخه‌های پر بار و میوهٔ کافی برای همهٔ مردم داشت، و حیوانات صحرا زیر سایه‌اش آرمیده و پرندگان در میان شاخه‌هایش پناه گرفته بودند، |
22 (Your majesty/O King), that tree [represents] you! You have become very powerful. [It is as though] your greatness reaches up to the sky, and you rule people all over the world.
| ای پادشاه، آن درخت تویی، زیرا تو بسیار قوی و بزرگ شده‌ای و عظمت تو تا به آسمان و حکومت تو تا دورترین نقاط جهان رسیده است. |
23 [Then] you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. That angel said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump and [allow it to stay there] with grass around it. [Each morning] cause the dew from the sky to make this man, [who was represented by the tree], damp. Cause him to live in the fields with the animals for seven years.’
| «سپس فرشتهٔ مقدّس را دیدی که از آسمان به زمین آمد و گفت:”درخت را ببرید و از بین ببرید، ولی کنده و ریشه‌های آن را در زمین باقی بگذارید و آن را با زنجیر آهنی و مفرغین ببندید و در میان سبزه‌های صحرا رها کنید. بگذارید با شبنم آسمان تر شود و هفت سال با حیوانات صحرا علف بخورد.“ |
24 (Your Majesty/O King), that is what your dream means. That is what the Supreme God has declared will happen to you.
| «ای پادشاه آنچه در این خواب دیده‌ای چیزی است که خدای متعال برای تو مقرر داشته است. تعبیر خواب چنین است: |
25 [Your advisors] will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do, and dew from the sky will cause your [body] to be damp/wet [every morning]. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is the Supreme God who rules over the kingdoms of the world, and he appoints the ones whom he chooses [to rule them].
| تو از میان انسانها رانده خواهی شد و با حیوانات صحرا به سر خواهی برد و مانند گاو علف خواهی خورد و از شبنم آسمان تر خواهی شد. هفت سال به این ترتیب خواهد گذشت تا بدانی دنیا در تسلط خدای متعال است و او حکومت بر ممالک دنیا را به هر که اراده کند می‌بخشد. |
26 But the stump of the tree and its roots were left [in the ground]. That means that you will rule your kingdom again when you learn that it is God [MTY] who is [really] the ruler.
| اما چون گفته شد کنده و ریشه‌ها در زمین باقی بماند، پس وقتی پی ببری که خدا بر زمین حکومت می‌کند، آنگاه دوباره بر تخت سلطنت خواهی نشست. |
27 (Your Majesty/O King), please do what I am telling you to do. Stop sinning, and do what is right. Turn away from your evil behavior. Act mercifully to poor people. If you do that, perhaps you will continue to be sucessful.”
| پس، ای پادشاه، به نصیحت من گوش کن. از گناه کردن دست بردار و هر چه راست و درست است انجام بده و به رنجدیدگان احسان کن تا شاید در امان بمانی.» |
28 But [the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is] what happened to him.
| تمام این بلاها بر سر نِبوکَدنِصَّر پادشاه آمد. |
29 Twelve months later, [one day] he was walking [on the flat roof] of his palace in Babylon.
| دوازده ماه بعد از این خواب، یک روز هنگامی که بر پشت بام قصر خود در بابِل قدم می‌زد، |
30 As he [looked out over/across the city], he said [to those around him], “I have built this great [city of] Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order [to show people] my glory, to show them that I am very great!”
| و در وصف بابِل گفت: «چه شهر بزرگ و زیبایی! من با قدرت خود این شهر را برای مقر سلطنتم بنا کردم تا شکوه و عظمت خود را به دنیا نشان دهم.» |
31 While he was still saying this, God [MTY] spoke from heaven and said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, this is what I am saying to you: You are no longer the ruler of this kingdom!
| سخنان او هنوز تمام نشده بود که صدایی از آسمان گفت: «ای نِبوکَدنِصَّر پادشاه، این پیام برای توست: قدرت سلطنت از تو گرفته می‌شود. |
32 [Your advisors] will force you to live away from [other] people. You will live in the fields with wild animals, and you will eat grass like cows do. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that [it is] I, the Supreme God, who rules over the kingdoms of this world, and I appoint the ones whom I have chosen to rule them.”
| از میان انسانها رانده می‌شوی و با حیوانات صحرا به سر می‌بری و مانند گاو علف می‌خوری. هفت سال به این ترتیب می‌گذرد تا بدانی دنیا در تسلط خدای متعال است و او حکومت بر ممالک دنیا را به هر که اراده کند می‌بخشد.» |
33 Immediately what [God] predicted happened. Nebuchadnezzar [became insane, so his advisors] forced him to live away from other people. He ate grass like cows [do], and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet [every morning. He lived like that] until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers, and his fingernails became like birds’ claws.
| در همان ساعت این پیشگویی بر نبوکدنصر انجام شد. او از میان انسانها رانده شده، مانند گاو علف می‌خورد و بدنش با شبنم آسمان تر می‌شد. موهایش مثل پرهای عقاب دراز شد و ناخنهایش همچون چنگال پرندگان گردید. |
34 “After those [seven] years ended, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, [and I acknowledged that what God said was true]. Then I could think correctly again. I praised and worshiped the Supreme God, and I honored him, the one who lives forever. He rules forever; his kingdom will never end.
| در پایان هفت سال، من که نِبوکَدنِصَّر هستم وقتی سرم را بلند کردم و به آسمان چشم دوختم عقلم به من بازگشت. آنگاه خدای متعال را پرستش کردم و آن وجود ابدی را که سلطنت می‌کند و سلطنتش جاودانی است، ستایش نمودم. |
35 All the people in the world are very insignificant; we are not like him. He has the power to do whatever he wants to do, among the angels in heaven and among us people who live on the earth. [So] no one can stop him [SYN], and no one can [challenge him], saying to him, ‘Why [are you doing these things]?’
| تمام مردم دنیا در برابر او هیچ شمرده می‌شوند. او در میان قدرتهای آسمانی و در بین آدمیان خاکی آنچه می‌خواهد می‌کند. هیچ‌کس نمی‌تواند مانع او شود و یا او را مورد بازخواست قرار دهد. |
36 When I was able to think correctly again, I was honored again, and I [was able to] rule my glorious/great kingdom again. My advisors came to me again [to talk about what should be done], and I became greater and more powerful than I was before.
| وقتی عقلم به سرم بازگشت، شکوه و عظمت سلطنت خود را باز یافتم. مشاوران و امیرانم نزد من بازگشتند و من بر تخت سلطنت نشستم و عظمتم بیشتر از پیش شد. |
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor [DOU] [God], the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, [like I was].”
| اکنون من، نِبوکَدنِصَّر، فرمانروای آسمانها را که تمام اعمالش درست و بر حق است حمد و سپاس می‌گویم و نام او را به بزرگی یاد می‌کنم. او قادر است آنانی را که متکبرند، پست و خوار سازد. |
