Daniel 6
1 King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
Lalu berkenanlah Darius mengangkat seratus dua puluh wakil-wakil raja atas kerajaannya; mereka akan ditempatkan di seluruh kerajaan;
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.
membawahi mereka diangkat pula tiga pejabat tinggi, dan Daniel adalah salah satu dari ketiga orang itu; kepada merekalah para wakil-wakil raja harus memberi pertanggungan jawab, supaya raja jangan dirugikan.
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.
Maka Daniel ini melebihi para pejabat tinggi dan para wakil raja itu, karena ia mempunyai roh yang luar biasa; dan raja bermaksud untuk menempatkannya atas seluruh kerajaannya.
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.
Kemudian para pejabat tinggi dan wakil raja itu mencari alasan dakwaan terhadap Daniel dalam hal pemerintahan, tetapi mereka tidak mendapat alasan apapun atau sesuatu kesalahan, sebab ia setia dan tidak ada didapati sesuatu kelalaian atau sesuatu kesalahan padanya.
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].”
Maka berkatalah orang-orang itu: "Kita tidak akan mendapat suatu alasan dakwaan terhadap Daniel ini, kecuali dalam hal ibadahnya kepada Allahnya!"
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!
Kemudian bergegas-gegaslah para pejabat tinggi dan wakil raja itu menghadap raja serta berkata kepadanya: "Ya raja Darius, kekallah hidup tuanku!
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.
Semua pejabat tinggi kerajaan ini, semua penguasa dan wakil raja, para menteri dan bupati telah mufakat, supaya dikeluarkan kiranya suatu penetapan raja dan ditetapkan suatu larangan, agar barangsiapa yang dalam tiga puluh hari menyampaikan permohonan kepada salah satu dewa atau manusia kecuali kepada tuanku, ya raja, maka ia akan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa.
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.”
Oleh sebab itu, ya raja, keluarkanlah larangan itu dan buatlah suatu surat perintah yang tidak dapat diubah, menurut undang-undang orang Media dan Persia, yang tidak dapat dicabut kembali."
9 So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
Sebab itu raja Darius membuat surat perintah dengan larangan itu.
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.
Demi didengar Daniel, bahwa surat perintah itu telah dibuat, pergilah ia ke rumahnya. Dalam kamar atasnya ada tingkap-tingkap yang terbuka ke arah Yerusalem; tiga kali sehari ia berlutut, berdoa serta memuji Allahnya, seperti yang biasa dilakukannya.
11 The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
Lalu orang-orang itu bergegas-gegas masuk dan mendapati Daniel sedang berdoa dan bermohon kepada Allahnya.
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.”
Kemudian mereka menghadap raja dan menanyakan kepadanya tentang larangan raja: "Bukankah tuanku mengeluarkan suatu larangan, supaya setiap orang yang dalam tiga puluh hari menyampaikan permohonan kepada salah satu dewa atau manusia kecuali kepada tuanku, ya raja, akan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa?" Jawab raja: "Perkara ini telah pasti menurut undang-undang orang Media dan Persia, yang tidak dapat dicabut kembali."
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!”
Lalu kata mereka kepada raja: "Daniel, salah seorang buangan dari Yehuda, tidak mengindahkan tuanku, ya raja, dan tidak mengindahkan larangan yang tuanku keluarkan, tetapi tiga kali sehari ia mengucapkan doanya."
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.
Setelah raja mendengar hal itu, maka sangat sedihlah ia, dan ia mencari jalan untuk melepaskan Daniel, bahkan sampai matahari masuk, ia masih berusaha untuk menolongnya.
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!]”
Lalu bergegas-gegaslah orang-orang itu menghadap raja serta berkata kepadanya: "Ketahuilah, ya raja, bahwa menurut undang-undang orang Media dan Persia tidak ada larangan atau penetapan yang dikeluarkan raja yang dapat diubah!"
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!”
Sesudah itu raja memberi perintah, lalu diambillah Daniel dan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa. Berbicaralah raja kepada Daniel: "Allahmu yang kausembah dengan tekun, Dialah kiranya yang melepaskan engkau!"
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.
Maka dibawalah sebuah batu dan diletakkan pada mulut gua itu, lalu raja mencap itu dengan cincin meterainya dan dengan cincin meterai para pembesarnya, supaya dalam hal Daniel tidak dibuat perubahan apa-apa.
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].
Lalu pergilah raja ke istananya dan berpuasalah ia semalam-malaman itu; ia tidak menyuruh datang penghibur-penghibur, dan ia tidak dapat tidur.
19 At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
Pagi-pagi sekali ketika fajar menyingsing, bangunlah raja dan pergi dengan buru-buru ke gua singa;
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?”
dan ketika ia sampai dekat gua itu, berserulah ia kepada Daniel dengan suara yang sayu. Berkatalah ia kepada Daniel: "Daniel, hamba Allah yang hidup, Allahmu yang kausembah dengan tekun, telah sanggupkah Ia melepaskan engkau dari singa-singa itu?"
21 I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
Lalu kata Daniel kepada raja: "Ya raja, kekallah hidupmu!
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!”
Allahku telah mengutus malaikat-Nya untuk mengatupkan mulut singa-singa itu, sehingga mereka tidak mengapa-apakan aku, karena ternyata aku tak bersalah di hadapan-Nya; tetapi juga terhadap tuanku, ya raja, aku tidak melakukan kejahatan."
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.
Lalu sangat sukacitalah raja dan ia memberi perintah, supaya Daniel ditarik dari dalam gua itu. Maka ditariklah Daniel dari dalam gua itu, dan tidak terdapat luka apa-apa padanya, karena ia percaya kepada Allahnya.
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!
Raja memberi perintah, lalu diambillah orang-orang yang telah menuduh Daniel dan mereka dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa, baik mereka maupun anak-anak dan isteri-isteri mereka. Belum lagi mereka sampai ke dasar gua itu, singa-singa itu telah menerkam mereka, bahkan meremukkan tulang-tulang mereka.
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!
Kemudian raja Darius mengirim surat kepada orang-orang dari segala bangsa, suku bangsa dan bahasa, yang mendiami seluruh bumi, bunyinya: "Bertambah-tambahlah kiranya kesejahteraanmu!
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.
Bersama ini kuberikan perintah, bahwa di seluruh kerajaan yang kukuasai orang harus takut dan gentar kepada Allahnya Daniel, sebab Dialah Allah yang hidup, yang kekal untuk selama-lamanya; pemerintahan-Nya tidak akan binasa dan kekuasaan-Nya tidak akan berakhir.
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!”
Dia melepaskan dan menolong, dan mengadakan tanda dan mujizat di langit dan di bumi, Dia yang telah melepaskan Daniel dari cengkaman singa-singa."
28 So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
Dan Daniel ini mempunyai kedudukan tinggi pada zaman pemerintahan Darius dan pada zaman pemerintahan Koresh, orang Persia itu.
