< Daniel 3 >

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ صَنَعَ تِمْثَالًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا وَعَرْضُهُ سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ، وَنَصَبَهُ فِي بُقْعَةِ دُورَا فِي وِلَايَةِ بَابِلَ.١
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِيَجْمَعَ ٱلْمَرَازِبَةَ وَٱلشِّحَنَ وَٱلْوُلَاةَ وَٱلْقُضَاةَ وَٱلْخَزَنَةَ وَٱلْفُقَهَاءَ وَٱلْمُفْتِينَ وَكُلَّ حُكَّامِ ٱلْوِلَايَاتِ، لِيَأْتُوا لِتَدْشِينِ ٱلتِّمْثَالِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ.٢
3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
حِينَئِذٍ ٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ وَٱلشِّحَنُ وَٱلْوُلَاةُ وَٱلْقُضَاةُ وَٱلْخَزَنَةُ وَٱلْفُقَهَاءُ وَٱلْمُفْتُونَ وَكُلُّ حُكَّامِ ٱلْوِلَايَاتِ لِتَدْشِينِ ٱلتِّمْثَالِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَوَقَفُوا أَمَامَ ٱلتِّمْثَالِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ.٣
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
وَنَادَى مُنَادٍ بِشِدَّةٍ: «قَدْ أُمِرْتُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلشُّعُوبُ وَٱلْأُمَمُ وَٱلْأَلْسِنَةُ،٤
5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
عِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُونَ صَوْتَ ٱلْقَرْنِ وَٱلنَّايِ وَٱلْعُودِ وَٱلرَّبَابِ وَٱلسِّنْطِيرِ وَٱلْمِزْمَارِ وَكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ ٱلْعَزْفِ، أَنْ تَخِرُّوا وَتَسْجُدُوا لِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ.٥
6 And whoever falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
وَمَنْ لَا يَخِرُّ وَيَسْجُدُ، فَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ يُلْقَى فِي وَسَطِ أَتُّونِ نَارٍ مُتَّقِدَةٍ».٦
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَقْتَمَا سَمِعَ كُلُّ ٱلشُّعُوبِ صَوْتَ ٱلْقَرْنِ وَٱلنَّايِ وَٱلْعُودِ وَٱلرَّبَابِ وَٱلسِّنْطِيرِ وَكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ ٱلْعَزْفِ، خَرَّ كُلُّ ٱلشُّعُوبِ وَٱلْأُمَمِ وَٱلْأَلْسِنَةِ وَسَجَدُوا لِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ.٧
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ تَقَدَّمَ حِينَئِذٍ رِجَالٌ كَلْدَانِيُّونَ وَٱشْتَكَوْا عَلَى ٱلْيَهُودِ،٨
9 They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
أَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا لِلْمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، عِشْ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ!٩
10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ قَدْ أَصْدَرْتَ أَمْرًا بِأَنَّ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ ٱلْقَرْنِ وَٱلنَّايِ وَٱلْعُودِ وَٱلرَّبَابِ وَٱلسِّنْطِيرِ وَٱلْمِزْمَارِ وَكُلِّ أَنْوَاعِ ٱلْعَزْفِ، يَخِرُّ وَيَسْجُدُ لِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ.١٠
11 And whoever falleth not down and worshippeth, that he shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
وَمَنْ لَا يَخِرُّ وَيَسْجُدُ فَإِنَّهُ يُلْقَى فِي وَسَطِ أَتُّونِ نَارٍ مُتَّقِدَةٍ.١١
12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
يُوجَدُ رِجَالٌ يَهُودٌ، ٱلَّذِينَ وَكَّلْتَهُمْ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ وِلَايَةِ بَابِلَ: شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ. هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ لَمْ يَجْعَلُوا لَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱعْتِبَارًا. آلِهَتُكَ لَا يَعْبُدُونَ، وَلِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبْتَ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ».١٢
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
حِينَئِذٍ أَمَرَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ بِغَضَبٍ وَغَيْظٍ بِإِحْضَارِ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ. فَأَتَوْا بِهَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.١٣
14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do ye not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
فَأَجَابَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «تَعَمُّدًا يَا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ آلِهَتِي وَلَا تَسْجُدُونَ لِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبْتُ!١٤
15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
فَإِنْ كُنْتُمُ ٱلْآنَ مُسْتَعِدِّينَ عِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُونَ صَوْتَ ٱلْقَرْنِ وَٱلنَّايِ وَٱلْعُودِ وَٱلرَّبَابِ وَٱلسِّنْطِيرِ وَٱلْمِزْمَارِ وَكُلَّ أَنْوَاعِ ٱلْعَزْفِ إِلَى أَنْ تَخِرُّوا وَتَسْجُدُوا لِلتِّمْثَالِ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلْتُهُ. وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْجُدُوا فَفِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ تُلْقَوْنَ فِي وَسَطِ أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ. وَمَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يُنْقِذُكُمْ مِنْ يَدَيَّ؟».١٥
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
فَأَجَابَ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ وَقَالُوا لِلمَلِكِ: «يَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، لَا يَلْزَمُنَا أَنْ نُجِيبَكَ عَنْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ.١٦
17 If it is so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
هُوَذَا يُوجَدُ إِلَهُنَا ٱلَّذِي نَعْبُدُهُ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَنَا مِنْ أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ، وَأَنْ يُنْقِذَنَا مِنْ يَدِكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ.١٧
18 But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
وَإِلَّا فَلْيَكُنْ مَعْلُومًا لَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، أَنَّنَا لَا نَعْبُدُ آلِهَتَكَ وَلَا نَسْجُدُ لِتِمْثَالِ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي نَصَبْتَهُ».١٨
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was heated before.
حِينَئِذٍ ٱمْتَلَأَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ غَيْظًا وَتَغَيَّرَ مَنْظَرُ وَجْهِهِ عَلَى شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، فَأَجَابَ وَأَمَرَ بِأَنْ يَحْمُوا ٱلْأَتُونَ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا كَانَ مُعْتَادًا أَنْ يُحْمَى.١٩
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
وَأَمَرَ جَبَابِرَةَ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فِي جَيْشِهِ بِأَنْ يُوثِقُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ وَيُلْقُوهُمْ فِي أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ.٢٠
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, and their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
ثُمَّ أُوثِقَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالُ فِي سَرَاوِيلِهِمْ وَأَقْمِصَتِهِمْ وَأَرْدِيَتِهِمْ وَلِبَاسِهِمْ وَأُلْقُوا فِي وَسَطِ أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ.٢١
22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
وَمِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّ كَلِمَةَ ٱلْمَلِكِ شَدِيدَةٌ وَٱلْأَتُونَ قَدْ حَمِيَ جِدًّا، قَتَلَ لَهِيبُ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ رَفَعُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ.٢٢
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
وَهَؤُلَاءِ ٱلثَّلَاثَةُ ٱلرِّجَالِ، شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، سَقَطُوا مُوثَقِينَ فِي وَسَطِ أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ.٢٣
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said to his counsellors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.
حِينَئِذٍ تَحَيَّرَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَامَ مُسْرِعًا فَأَجَابَ وَقَالَ لِمُشِيرِيهِ: «أَلَمْ نُلْقِ ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ مُوثَقِينَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ؟» فَأَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا لِلْمَلِكِ: «صَحِيحٌ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ».٢٤
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
أَجَابَ وَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا نَاظِرٌ أَرْبَعَةَ رِجَالٍ مَحْلُولِينَ يَتَمَشَّوْنَ فِي وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا بِهِمْ ضَرَرٌ، وَمَنْظَرُ ٱلرَّابِعِ شَبِيهٌ بِٱبْنِ ٱلْآلِهَةِ».٢٥
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth from the midst of the fire.
ثُمَّ ٱقْتَرَبَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ إِلَى بَابِ أَتُّونِ ٱلنَّارِ ٱلْمُتَّقِدَةِ وَأَجَابَ، فَقَالَ: «يَا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، يَا عَبِيدَ ٱللهِ ٱلْعَلِيِّ، ٱخْرُجُوا وَتَعَالَوْا». فَخَرَجَ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ.٢٦
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed upon them.
فَٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْمَرَازِبَةُ وَٱلشِّحَنُ وَٱلْوُلَاةُ وَمُشِيرُو ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرَأَوْا هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ تَكُنْ لِلنَّارِ قُوَّةٌ عَلَى أَجْسَامِهِمْ، وَشَعْرَةٌ مِنْ رُؤُوسِهِمْ لَمْ تَحْتَرِقْ، وَسَرَاوِيلُهُمْ لَمْ تَتَغَيَّرْ، وَرَائِحَةُ ٱلنَّارِ لَمْ تَأْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ.٢٧
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
فَأَجَابَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ وَقَالَ: «تَبَارَكَ إِلَهُ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَ مَلَاكَهُ وَأَنْقَذَ عَبِيدَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَغَيَّرُوا كَلِمَةَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَأَسْلَمُوا أَجْسَادَهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَعْبُدُوا أَوْ يَسْجُدُوا لِإِلَهٍ غَيْرِ إِلَهِهِمْ.٢٨
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a refuse heap: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
فَمِنِّي قَدْ صَدَرَ أَمْرٌ بِأَنَّ كُلَّ شَعْبٍ وَأُمَّةٍ وَلِسَانٍ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِٱلسُّوءِ عَلَى إِلَهِ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُصَيَّرُونَ إِرْبًا إِرْبًا، وَتُجْعَلُ بُيُوتُهُمْ مَزْبَلَةً، إِذْ لَيْسَ إِلَهٌ آخَرُ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَ هَكَذَا».٢٩
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
حِينَئِذٍ قَدَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ فِي وِلَايَةِ بَابِلَ.٣٠

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