Daniel 6
1 King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
E pareceu bem a Dario constituir sobre o reino a cento e vinte presidentes, que estivessem sobre todo o reino;
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.
E sobre elles tres principes, dos quaes Daniel era um, aos quaes estes presidentes déssem conta, para que o rei não soffresse damno.
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.
Então o mesmo Daniel sobrepujou a estes principes e presidentes; porque n'elle havia um espirito excellente; porquanto o rei pensava constituil-o sobre todo o reino.
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.
Então os principes e os presidentes procuravam achar occasião contra Daniel a respeito do reino; mas não podiam achar occasião ou culpa alguma; porque elle era fiel, e não se achava n'elle nenhum vicio nem culpa.
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].”
Então estes homens disseram: Nunca acharemos occasião alguma contra este Daniel, se não a acharmos contra elle na lei do seu Deus.
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!
Então estes principes e presidentes foram juntos ao rei, e disseram-lhe assim: Ó rei Dario, vive para sempre!
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.
Todos os principes do reino, os prefeitos e presidentes, capitães e governadores, tomaram conselho afim de estabelecerem um edicto real e fazerem um mandamento firme: que qualquer que, por espaço de trinta dias, fizer uma petição a qualquer deus, ou a qualquer homem, e não a ti, ó rei, seja lançado na cova dos leões.
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.”
Agora pois, ó rei, confirma o edicto, e assigna a escriptura, para que não se mude, conforme a lei dos medos e dos persas, que se não pode revogar.
9 So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
Por esta causa o rei Dario assignou esta escriptura e edicto.
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.
Daniel, pois, quando soube que a escriptura estava assignada, entrou na sua casa (ora havia no seu quarto janellas abertas da banda de Jerusalem), e tres vezes no dia se punha de joelhos, e orava, e confessava diante do seu Deus, como tambem antes costumava fazer.
11 The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
Então aquelles homens foram juntos, e acharam a Daniel orando e supplicando diante do seu Deus.
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.”
Então se chegaram, e disseram diante do rei: No tocante ao edicto real, porventura não assignaste o edicto, que todo o homem que fizesse uma petição a qualquer deus, ou a qualquer homem, por espaço de trinta dias, e não a ti, ó rei, fosse lançado na cova dos leões? Respondeu o rei, e disse: Esta palavra é certa, conforme a lei dos medos e dos persas, que se não pode revogar.
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!”
Então responderam, e disseram diante do rei: Daniel, que é dos transportados de Judah, não tem feito caso de ti, ó rei, nem do edicto que assignaste, antes tres vezes por dia faz a sua oração.
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.
Ouvindo então o rei o negocio, ficou muito penalisado, e a favor de Daniel propoz dentro do seu coração tiral-o; e até ao pôr do sol trabalhou por o salvar.
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!]”
Então aquelles homens se foram juntos ao rei, e disseram ao rei: Sabe, ó rei, que é uma lei dos medos e dos persas que nenhum edicto ou ordenança, que o rei determine, se pode mudar.
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!”
Então o rei ordenou que trouxessem a Daniel, e o lançaram na cova dos leões. E, fallando o rei, disse a Daniel: O teu Deus, a quem tu continuamente serves, elle te livrará.
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.
E foi trazida uma pedra, e foi posta sobre a bocca da cova; e o rei a sellou com o seu annel e com o annel dos seus grandes, para que se não mudasse a sentença ácerca de Daniel.
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].
Então o rei se foi para o seu palacio, e passou a noite em jejum, e não deixou trazer á sua presença instrumentos de musica; e fugiu d'elle o somno.
19 At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
Então o rei se levantou pela manhã cedo, e foi com pressa á cova dos leões.
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?”
E, chegando-se á cova, chamou por Daniel com voz triste; e, fallando o rei, disse a Daniel: Daniel, servo do Deus vivo! dar-se-hia o caso que o teu Deus, a quem tu continuamente serves, te podesse livrar dos leões?
21 I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
Então Daniel fallou ao rei: Ó rei, vive para sempre!
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!”
O meu Deus enviou o seu anjo, e fechou a bocca dos leões, para que não me fizessem damno, porque foi achada em mim innocencia diante d'elle; e tambem contra ti, ó rei, não tenho commettido delicto algum.
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.
Então o rei muito se alegrou em si mesmo, e mandou tirar a Daniel da cova: assim foi tirado Daniel da cova, e nenhum damno se achou n'elle, porque crêra no seu Deus.
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!
Então ordenou o rei, e foram trazidos aquelles homens que tinham accusado a Daniel, e foram lançados na cova dos leões, elles, seus filhos e suas mulheres; e ainda não tinham chegado ao fundo da cova quando os leões se apoderaram d'elles, e lhes esmigalharam todos os ossos.
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!
Então o rei Dario escreveu a todos os povos, nações e linguas que moram em toda a terra: A paz vos seja multiplicada.
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.
Da minha parte é feito um decreto, que em todo o dominio do meu reino tremam todos e temam perante o Deus de Daniel; porque elle é o Deus vivo e permanecente para sempre, e o seu reino não se pode destruir, e o seu dominio dura até ao fim
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!”
Elle faz escapar e livra, e faz signaes e maravilhas no céu e na terra, o qual fez escapar a Daniel do poder dos leões.
28 So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
Este Daniel, pois, prosperava no reinado de Dario, e no reinado de Cyro, o persa.
