Daniel 6
1 King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
| حَسُنَ عِنْدَ دَارِيُّوسَ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ عَلَى ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ مَرْزُبَانًا يَكُونُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ كُلِّهَا. | ١ |
2 He also appointed me and two other men to be administrators, to supervise the governors and to be sure that they did the king’s work [properly], in order that the king would not have to worry about anything.
| وَعَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ ثَلَاثَةَ وُزَرَاءَ أَحَدُهُمْ دَانِيآلُ، لِتُؤَدِّيَ ٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ إِلَيْهِمِ ٱلْحِسَابَ فَلَا تُصِيبَ ٱلْمَلِكَ خَسَارَةٌ. | ٢ |
3 I soon showed that I was (more capable/able to do the work better) than all the other administrators and the governors. Because of that, the king planned to appoint me to be in charge of the entire empire.
| فَفَاقَ دَانِيآلُ هَذَا عَلَى ٱلْوُزَرَاءِ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةِ، لِأَنَّ فِيهِ رُوحًا فَاضِلَةً. وَفَكَّرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي أَنْ يُوَلِّيَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ كُلِّهَا. | ٣ |
4 Then, the [other] administrators and the governors [became jealous. So they began to] try to find something that they could criticize about the way I was working for the king. But I always did my work faithfully and honestly, and was never lazy. So they could not find anything to criticize.
| ثُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْوُزَرَاءَ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةَ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ عِلَّةً يَجِدُونَهَا عَلَى دَانِيآلَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ، فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَجِدُوا عِلَّةً وَلَا ذَنْبًا، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَمِينًا وَلَمْ يُوجَدْ فِيهِ خَطَأٌ وَلَا ذَنْبٌ. | ٤ |
5 They concluded, “The only way we can find something for which we can criticize Daniel will be something concerning the laws that his god [his given him].”
| فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ: «لَا نَجِدُ عَلَى دَانِيآلَ هَذَا عِلَّةً إِلَّا أَنْ نَجِدَهَا مِنْ جِهَةِ شَرِيعَةِ إِلَهِهِ». | ٥ |
6 So the administrators and governors went as one group to the king and said, “(Your Majesty/O king), we wish that you will live a long time!
| حِينَئِذٍ ٱجْتَمَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْوُزَرَاءُ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَقَالُوا لَهُ هَكَذَا: «أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ دَارِيُوسُ، عِشْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ! | ٦ |
7 [We] administrators and governors and district governors and advisors and other officials have all agreed that you should make a law that everyone must obey. We want you to command that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you. If anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he must be thrown into [a pit of] lions.
| إِنَّ جَمِيعَ وُزَرَاءِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ وَٱلشِّحَنِ وَٱلْمَرَازِبَةِ وَٱلْمُشِيرِينَ وَٱلْوُلَاةِ قَدْ تَشَاوَرُوا عَلَى أَنْ يَضَعُوا أَمْرًا مَلَكِيًّا وَيُشَدِّدُوا نَهْيًا، بِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَطْلُبُ طِلْبَةً حَتَّى ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا مِنْ إِلَهٍ أَوْ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَّا مِنْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، يُطْرَحُ فِي جُبِّ ٱلْأُسُودِ. | ٧ |
8 And because laws made by [our governments of] Media and Persia cannot be changed, [we want] you, [the head of our government], to sign it.”
| فَثَبِّتِ ٱلْآنَ ٱلنَّهْيَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَأَمْضِ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ لِكَيْ لَا تَتَغَيَّرَ كَشَرِيعَةِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ ٱلَّتِي لَا تُنْسَخُ». | ٨ |
9 So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
| لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَمْضَى ٱلْمَلِكُ دَارِيُوسُ ٱلْكِتَابَةَ وَٱلنَّهْيَ. | ٩ |
10 But when I found out that [the king] had [written and] signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open [with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying]. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God.
| فَلَمَّا عَلِمَ دَانِيآلُ بِإِمْضَاءِ ٱلْكِتَابَةِ ذَهَبَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَكُواهُ مَفْتُوحَةٌ فِي عُلِّيَّتِهِ نَحْوَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَجَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ، وَصَلَّى وَحَمَدَ قُدَّامَ إِلَهِهِ كَمَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ. | ١٠ |
11 The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ حِينَئِذٍ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ فَوَجَدُوا دَانِيآلَ يَطْلُبُ وَيَتَضَرَّعُ قُدَّامَ إِلَهِهِ. | ١١ |
12 So they returned to the king and said to him, “[Do you remember] that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into [a pit of] lions?” The king replied, “[Yes, that is the law that I wrote]. It is a law of [our governments of] Media and Persia, which cannot be canceled.”
| فَتَقَدَّمُوا وَتَكَلَّمُوا قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي نَهْيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «أَلَمْ تُمْضِ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ نَهْيًا بِأَنَّ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ يَطْلُبُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ أَوْ إِنْسَانٍ حَتَّى ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا إِلَّا مِنْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ يُطْرَحُ فِي جُبِّ ٱلْأُسُودِ؟» فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ: «ٱلْأَمْرُ صَحِيحٌ كَشَرِيعَةِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ ٱلَّتِي لَا تُنْسَخُ». | ١٢ |
13 Then they said to the king, “Well, that [man] Daniel, one of the men who were brought from Judah, is not paying any attention to you or the law that you [signed]. He prays [to his god] three times each day!”
| حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «إِنَّ دَانِيآلَ ٱلَّذِي مِنْ بَنِي سَبْيِ يَهُوذَا لَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱعْتِبَارًا وَلَا لِلنَّهْيِ ٱلَّذِي أَمْضَيْتَهُ، بَلْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ يَطْلُبُ طِلْبَتَهُ». | ١٣ |
14 When the king heard that, he was very distressed. He tried to find a way to save me. All the rest of that day he tried to think of a way to rescue me.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامَ ٱغْتَاظَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ جِدًّا، وَجَعَلَ قَلْبَهُ عَلَى دَانِيآلَ لِيُنَجِّيَهُ، وَٱجْتَهَدَ إِلَى غُرُوبِ ٱلشَّمْسِ لِيُنْقِذَهُ. | ١٤ |
15 [In the evening, many of] [HYP] the officials went together to the king and said, “(Your Majesty/O king), you know that [our governments of] Media and Persia have declared that no law that the king signs can be canceled/changed. [So Daniel must be thrown to the lions!]”
| فَٱجْتَمَعَ أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَقَالُوا لِلْمَلِكِ: «ٱعْلَمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَنَّ شَرِيعَةَ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ هِيَ أَنَّ كُلَّ نَهْيٍ أَوْ أَمْرٍ يَضَعُهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ». | ١٥ |
16 So the king gave the order, and his servants brought me and threw me into a pit where the lions [were]. [Before they threw me in], the king said to me, “I hope/wish that your God, whom you worship regularly, will rescue you!”
| حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فَأَحْضَرُوا دَانِيآلَ وَطَرَحُوهُ فِي جُبِّ ٱلْأُسُودِ. أَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِدَانِيآلَ: «إِنَّ إِلَهَكَ ٱلَّذِي تَعْبُدُهُ دَائِمًا هُوَ يُنَجِّيكَ». | ١٦ |
17 They rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the pit. Then the king [fastened a string across the entrance and put wax at each end, and stamped the wax with] the seal from his [ring] and the seals [of the rings] of his officials, in order that no one could [secretly] rescue me.
| وَأُتِيَ بِحَجَرٍ وَوُضِعَ عَلَى فَمِ ٱلْجُبِّ وَخَتَمَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِخَاتِمِهِ وَخَاتِمِ عُظَمَائِهِ، لِئَلَّا يَتَغَيَّرَ ٱلْقَصْدُ فِي دَانِيآلَ. | ١٧ |
18 Then the king returned to his palace. That night he refused to eat any food. He would not allow anyone to entertain him [because he did not want to be happy, with the result that he would forget about me. And that night] he was unable to sleep [because he was worried about me].
| حِينَئِذٍ مَضَى ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى قَصْرِهِ وَبَاتَ صَائِمًا، وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ قُدَّامَهُ بِسَرَارِيهِ وَطَارَ عَنْهُ نَوْمُهُ. | ١٨ |
19 At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
| ثُمَّ قَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بَاكِرًا عِنْدَ ٱلْفَجْرِ وَذَهَبَ مُسْرِعًا إِلَى جُبِّ ٱلْأُسُودِ. | ١٩ |
20 When he came near it, he was very worried. He called out, “Daniel, you who serve the all-powerful God! Was your God, whom you worship regularly, able to save you from the lions?”
| فَلَمَّا ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَى ٱلْجُبِّ نَادَى دَانِيآلَ بِصَوْتٍ أَسِيفٍ. أَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِدَانِيآلَ: «يَا دَانِيآلُ عَبْدَ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، هَلْ إِلَهُكَ ٱلَّذِي تَعْبُدُهُ دَائِمًا قَدِرَ عَلَى أَنْ يُنَجِّيَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُسُودِ؟» | ٢٠ |
21 I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
| فَتَكَلَّمَ دَانِيآلُ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، عِشْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ! | ٢١ |
22 [Yes], my God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths, in order that they would not harm me! [He did that] because [he knows that] I have done nothing that he thinks is wrong. And, (Your Majesty/O king), I never did anything wrong to you!”
| إِلَهِي أَرْسَلَ مَلَاكَهُ وَسَدَّ أَفْوَاهَ ٱلْأُسُودِ فَلَمْ تَضُرَّنِي، لِأَنِّي وُجِدْتُ بَرِيئًا قُدَّامَهُ، وَقُدَّامَكَ أَيْضًا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، لَمْ أَفْعَلْ ذَنْبًا». | ٢٢ |
23 The king was extremely happy, and he commanded [his servants] to lift me out of the pit. [When they did that, they] saw that the lions had not wounded me at all. [God had protected me] because I trusted in him.
| حِينَئِذٍ فَرِحَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهِ، وَأَمَرَ بِأَنْ يُصْعَدَ دَانِيآلُ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ. فَأُصْعِدَ دَانِيآلُ مِنَ ٱلْجُبِّ وَلَمْ يُوجَدْ فِيهِ ضَرَرٌ، لِأَنَّهُ آمَنَ بِإِلَهِهِ. | ٢٣ |
24 Then the king commanded that the men who had accused me should be seized and be thrown, along with their wives and children, into the pit where the lions were. [When they were thrown into the pit], the lions leaped on them and crushed their bones before they fell onto the bottom of the pit!
| فَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ فَأَحْضَرُوا أُولَئِكَ ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَكَوْا عَلَى دَانِيآلَ وَطَرَحُوهُمْ فِي جُبِّ ٱلْأُسُودِ هُمْ وَأَوْلَادَهُمْ وَنِسَاءَهُمْ. وَلَمْ يَصِلُوا إِلَى أَسْفَلِ ٱلْجُبِّ حَتَّى بَطَشَتْ بِهِمِ ٱلْأُسُودُ وَسَحَقَتْ كُلَّ عِظَامِهِمْ. | ٢٤ |
25 Then King Darius wrote [this message and sent it throughout his kingdom] to the people of every people-group and nation and from all language groups: “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you!
| ثُمَّ كَتَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَارِيُّوسُ إِلَى كُلِّ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَٱلْأُمَمِ وَٱلْأَلْسِنَةِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا: «لِيَكْثُرْ سَلَامُكُمْ. | ٢٥ |
26 I command that everyone in my kingdom should fear and revere the God that Daniel [worships]. He is the all-powerful God, and he will live forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed; he will rule forever.
| مِنْ قِبَلِي صَدَرَ أَمْرٌ بِأَنَّهُ فِي كُلِّ سُلْطَانِ مَمْلَكَتِي يَرْتَعِدُونَ وَيَخَافُونَ قُدَّامَ إِلَهِ دَانِيآلَ، لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلْحَيُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَمَلَكُوتُهُ لَنْ يَزُولَ وَسُلْطَانُهُ إِلَى ٱلْمُنْتَهَى. | ٢٦ |
27 He rescues and saves [his people]. He performs all kinds of miracles in heaven and on the earth. He rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”
| هُوَ يُنَجِّي وَيُنْقِذُ وَيَعْمَلُ ٱلْآيَاتِ وَٱلْعَجَائِبَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. هُوَ ٱلَّذِي نَجَّى دَانِيآلَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْأُسُودِ». | ٢٧ |
28 So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
| فَنَجَحَ دَانِيآلُ هَذَا فِي مُلْكِ دَارِيُّوسَ وَفِي مُلْكِ كُورَشَ ٱلْفَارِسِيِّ. | ٢٨ |
