Daniel 6
1 Darius membagi kerajaannya menjadi seratus dua puluh provinsi yang masing-masing diperintah oleh seorang gubernur.
King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
2 Daniel dan dua orang lain diangkatnya untuk mengawasi para gubernur itu supaya raja jangan dirugikan.
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.
3 Segera ternyata bahwa pekerjaan Daniel lebih baik daripada pekerjaan para gubernur dan pengawas-pengawas lainnya. Karena itu, raja ingin mengangkatnya menjadi penguasa seluruh kerajaan.
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.
4 Tetapi para gubernur dan pengawas-pengawas itu berusaha mencari kesalahan-kesalahan Daniel dalam tugas pemerintahan, namun mereka tidak berhasil, karena Daniel setia dan jujur serta tidak melakukan kelalaian atau kesalahan apa pun.
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.
5 Lalu mereka berkata, "Kita hanya dapat menemukan kesalahan Daniel dalam hal yang berhubungan dengan agamanya."
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].”
6 Kemudian pergilah mereka serentak menghadap raja dan berkata, "Ya Tuanku Raja Darius, hiduplah Tuanku untuk selama-lamanya!
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!
7 Kami semua yang mengurus kerajaan Tuanku, baik para pengawas, para gubernur, wakil-wakil gubernur dan pejabat-pejabat yang lain, telah mufakat untuk mengusulkan supaya Tuanku mengeluarkan surat perintah yang harus ditaati dengan sungguh-sungguh. Hendaknya Tuanku memerintahkan supaya selama tiga puluh hari tak seorang pun diizinkan menyampaikan permohonan kepada salah satu dewa atau manusia, kecuali kepada Tuanku sendiri. Barangsiapa melanggar perintah itu akan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa.
[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.
8 Kami mohon agar Tuanku menandatangani surat perintah itu supaya menjadi undang-undang Media dan Persia yang tak dapat dicabut kembali."
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.”
9 Maka Raja Darius menandatangani surat perintah itu.
So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
10 Ketika Daniel mendengar tentang hal itu, pulanglah ia ke rumahnya. Kamarnya yang di tingkat atas mempunyai jendela-jendela yang menghadap ke arah Yerusalem. Dan seperti biasanya, ia berdoa kepada Allahnya dan memuji-Nya tiga kali sehari dengan berlutut di depan jendela-jendela yang terbuka itu.
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.
11 Ketika musuh-musuh Daniel melihat Daniel sedang berdoa kepada Allahnya,
The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
12 pergilah mereka semua menghadap raja untuk mengadukan Daniel. Mereka mengatakan, "Bukankah Tuanku telah menandatangani surat perintah yang melarang semua orang selama tiga puluh hari ini menyampaikan permohonan kepada salah satu dewa atau manusia kecuali kepada Tuanku saja? Dan juga, bahwa barangsiapa melanggar perintah itu akan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa?" Raja menjawab, "Memang, dan perintah itu menjadi undang-undang Media dan Persia yang tak dapat dicabut kembali."
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.”
13 Lalu kata mereka kepada raja, "Daniel, salah seorang buangan dari Yehuda, tidak menghiraukan Tuanku dan meremehkan perintah Tuanku. Ia berdoa secara teratur tiga kali sehari."
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!”
14 Mendengar itu raja menjadi sedih dan khawatir, sehingga ia mencari akal untuk menyelamatkan Daniel. Sampai sore harinya pun raja masih berpikir-pikir.
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.
15 Kemudian orang-orang itu kembali menghadap raja dan berkata, "Tuanku, hendaknya Tuanku ingat bahwa menurut undang-undang Media dan Persia, perintah yang dikeluarkan raja tak dapat diubah-ubah."
[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!]”
16 Maka akhirnya raja memerintahkan supaya Daniel ditangkap dan dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa. Kata raja kepada Daniel, "Semoga Allahmu yang kausembah dengan setia itu menyelamatkan engkau."
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!”
17 Setelah itu sebuah batu besar diletakkan pada mulut gua itu, dan raja mencap batu itu dengan cap kerajaan dan cap para pembesar, sehingga tak seorang pun dapat membebaskan Daniel dari singa-singa itu.
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.
18 Kemudian pulanglah raja ke istana. Ia tidak mau makan atau pun dihibur. Dan semalam-malaman itu ia tidak bisa tidur.
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].
19 Pada waktu subuh bangunlah raja dan pergi dengan buru-buru ke gua singa.
At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
20 Sesampainya di sana, berserulah ia dengan suara cemas, "Daniel, hamba Allah yang hidup! Apakah Allahmu yang kausembah dengan setia itu telah sanggup menyelamatkan engkau dari singa-singa itu?"
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?”
21 Lalu terdengarlah suara Daniel yang menjawab, "Hiduplah Tuanku untuk selama-lamanya!
I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
22 Allah hamba telah mengutus malaikat-Nya untuk menutup mulut singa-singa itu sehingga mereka tidak mengapa-apakan hamba. Allah menyelamatkan hamba sebab Ia tahu bahwa hamba tidak berbuat kesalahan terhadap-Nya dan terhadap Tuanku."
[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!”
23 Bukan main senang hati raja dan ia memerintahkan supaya Daniel dikeluarkan dari gua itu. Setelah perintah itu dilaksanakan, ternyata bahwa tidak terdapat luka sedikit pun pada Daniel, karena ia percaya kepada Allahnya.
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.
24 Kemudian raja memerintahkan orang supaya menangkap orang-orang yang telah mengadukan Daniel. Lalu mereka bersama-sama dengan anak-anak dan istri-istri mereka dilemparkan ke dalam gua singa itu. Belum lagi mereka sampai ke dasar gua itu, singa-singa itu telah menerkam mereka dan meremukkan tulang-tulang mereka.
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!
25 Setelah itu Raja Darius mengirim surat kepada orang-orang dari segala bangsa, suku bangsa dan bahasa di seluruh dunia, "Salam sejahtera!
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!
26 Aku perintahkan kepada semua orang yang berada di wilayah kerajaanku supaya takut dan hormat kepada Allah yang disembah oleh Daniel! Ia adalah Allah yang hidup selama-lamanya, sampai akhir zaman Ia memerintah. Kerajaan-Nya tak mungkin binasa. Kekuasaan-Nya tak ada habisnya.
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.
27 Ia menyelamatkan dan membebaskan, melakukan mujizat dan keajaiban di langit maupun di bumi. Daniel telah diselamatkan-Nya, dari terkaman singa-singa."
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!”
28 Demikianlah Daniel tetap berkedudukan tinggi selama pemerintahan Darius dan pemerintahan Koresh, orang Persia itu.
So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
