Daniel 5
1 Raja Belsyazar mengadakan perjamuan yang besar untuk para pembesarnya, seribu orang jumlahnya; dan di hadapan seribu orang itu ia minum-minum anggur.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
2 Dalam kemabukan anggur, Belsyazar menitahkan orang membawa perkakas dari emas dan perak yang telah diambil oleh Nebukadnezar, ayahnya, dari dalam Bait Suci di Yerusalem, supaya raja dan para pembesarnya, para isteri dan para gundik mereka minum dari perkakas itu.
Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them.
3 Kemudian dibawalah perkakas dari emas dan perak itu, yang diambil dari dalam Bait Suci, Rumah Allah di Yerusalem, lalu raja dan para pembesarnya, para isteri dan para gundik mereka minum dari perkakas itu;
Then they took in the gold and silver vessels which had been in the Temple of the house of God at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, took wine from them.
4 mereka minum anggur dan memuji-muji dewa-dewa dari emas dan perak, tembaga, besi, kayu dan batu.
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
5 Pada waktu itu juga tampaklah jari-jari tangan manusia menulis pada kapur dinding istana raja, di depan kaki dian, dan raja melihat punggung tangan yang sedang menulis itu.
In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.
6 Lalu raja menjadi pucat, dan pikiran-pikirannya menggelisahkan dia; sendi-sendi pangkal pahanya menjadi lemas dan lututnya berantukan.
Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
7 Kemudian berserulah raja dengan keras, supaya para ahli jampi, para Kasdim dan para ahli nujum dibawa menghadap. Berkatalah raja kepada para orang bijaksana di Babel itu: "Setiap orang yang dapat membaca tulisan ini dan dapat memberitahukan maknanya kepadaku, kepadanya akan dikenakan pakaian dari kain ungu, dan lehernya akan dikalungkan rantai emas, dan di dalam kerajaanku ia akan mempunyai kekuasaan sebagai orang ketiga."
The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
8 Tetapi semua orang bijaksana dari raja, yang telah datang menghadap, tidak sanggup membaca tulisan itu dan tidak sanggup memberitahukan maknanya kepada raja.
Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.
9 Sesudah itu sangatlah cemas hati raja Belsyazar dan ia menjadi pucat; juga para pembesarnya terperanjat.
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.
10 Karena perkataan raja dan para pembesarnya itu masuklah permaisuri ke dalam ruang perjamuan; berkatalah ia: "Ya raja, kekallah hidup tuanku! Janganlah pikiran-pikiran tuanku menggelisahkan tuanku dan janganlah menjadi pucat;
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your thoughts or let the colour go from your face:
11 sebab dalam kerajaan tuanku ada seorang yang penuh dengan roh para dewa yang kudus! Dalam zaman ayah tuanku ada terdapat pada orang itu kecerahan, akal budi dan hikmat yang seperti hikmat para dewa. Ia telah diangkat oleh raja Nebukadnezar, ayah tuanku menjadi kepala orang-orang berilmu, para ahli jampi, para Kasdim dan para ahli nujum,
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;
12 karena pada orang itu terdapat roh yang luar biasa dan pengetahuan dan akal budi, sehingga dapat menerangkan mimpi, menyingkapkan hal-hal yang tersembunyi dan menguraikan kekusutan, yakni pada Daniel yang dinamai Beltsazar oleh raja. Baiklah sekarang Daniel dipanggil dan ia akan memberitahukan maknanya!"
Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.
13 Lalu dibawalah Daniel menghadap raja. Bertanyalah raja kepada Daniel: "Engkaukah Daniel itu, salah seorang buangan yang telah diangkut oleh raja, ayahku, dari tanah Yehuda?
Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that Daniel, of the prisoners of Judah, whom my father took out of Judah.
14 Telah kudengar tentang engkau, bahwa engkau penuh dengan roh para dewa, dan bahwa padamu terdapat kecerahan, akal budi dan hikmat yang luar biasa.
And I have had news of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and reason and special wisdom have been seen in you.
15 Kepadaku telah dibawa orang-orang bijaksana, para ahli jampi, supaya mereka membaca tulisan ini dan memberitahukan maknanya kepadaku, tetapi mereka tidak sanggup mengatakan makna perkataan itu.
And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
16 Tetapi telah kudengar tentang engkau, bahwa engkau dapat memberikan makna dan dapat menguraikan kekusutan. Oleh sebab itu, jika engkau dapat membaca tulisan itu dan dapat memberitahukan maknanya kepadaku, maka kepadamu akan dikenakan pakaian dari kain ungu dan pada lehermu akan dikalungkan rantai emas, dan dalam kerajaan ini engkau akan mempunyai kekuasaan sebagai orang ketiga."
And I have had news of you, that you have the power of making things clear, and of answering hard questions: now if you are able to make out the writing and give me the sense of it, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain round your neck and be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
17 Kemudian Daniel menjawab raja: "Tahanlah hadiah tuanku, berikanlah pemberian tuanku kepada orang lain! Namun demikian, aku akan membaca tulisan itu bagi raja dan memberitahukan maknanya kepada tuanku.
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.
18 Ya tuanku raja! Allah, Yang Mahatinggi, telah memberikan kekuasaan sebagai raja, kebesaran, kemuliaan dan keluhuran kepada Nebukadnezar, ayah tuanku.
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
19 Dan oleh karena kebesaran yang telah diberikan-Nya kepadanya itu, maka takut dan gentarlah terhadap dia orang-orang dari segala bangsa, suku bangsa dan bahasa; dibunuhnya siapa yang dikehendakinya dan dibiarkannya hidup siapa yang dikehendakinya, ditinggikannya siapa yang dikehendakinya dan direndahkannya siapa yang dikehendakinya.
And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.
20 Tetapi ketika ia menjadi tinggi hati dan keras kepala, sehingga berlaku terlalu angkuh, maka ia dijatuhkan dari takhta kerajaannya dan kemuliaannya diambil dari padanya.
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:
21 Ia dihalau dari antara manusia dan hatinya menjadi sama seperti hati binatang, dan tempat tinggalnya ada di antara keledai hutan; kepadanya diberikan makanan rumput seperti kepada lembu, dan tubuhnya basah oleh embun dari langit, sampai ia mengakui, bahwa Allah, Yang Mahatinggi, berkuasa atas kerajaan manusia dan mengangkat siapa yang dikehendaki-Nya untuk kedudukan itu.
And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.
22 Tetapi tuanku, Belsyazar, anaknya, tidak merendahkan diri, walaupun tuanku mengetahui semuanya ini.
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;
23 Tuanku meninggikan diri terhadap Yang Berkuasa di sorga: perkakas dari Bait-Nya dibawa orang kepada tuanku, lalu tuanku serta para pembesar tuanku, para isteri dan para gundik tuanku telah minum anggur dari perkakas itu; tuanku telah memuji-muji dewa-dewa dari perak dan emas, dari tembaga, besi, kayu dan batu, yang tidak dapat melihat atau mendengar atau mengetahui, dan tidak tuanku muliakan Allah, yang menggenggam nafas tuanku dan menentukan segala jalan tuanku.
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;
24 Sebab itu Ia menyuruh punggung tangan itu dan dituliskanlah tulisan ini.
Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
25 Maka inilah tulisan yang tertulis itu: Mene, mene, tekel ufarsin.
And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
26 Dan inilah makna perkataan itu: Mene: masa pemerintahan tuanku dihitung oleh Allah dan telah diakhiri;
This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.
27 Tekel: tuanku ditimbang dengan neraca dan didapati terlalu ringan;
Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
28 Peres: kerajaan tuanku dipecah dan diberikan kepada orang Media dan Persia."
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Lalu atas titah Belsyazar dikenakanlah kepada Daniel pakaian dari kain ungu dan pada lehernya dikalungkan rantai emas, dan dimaklumkanlah tentang dia, bahwa di dalam kerajaan ia akan mempunyai kekuasaan sebagai orang ketiga.
Then, by the order of Belshazzar, they put a purple robe on Daniel, and a gold chain round his neck, and a public statement was made that he was to be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
30 Pada malam itu juga terbunuhlah Belsyazar, raja orang Kasdim itu.
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
31 Darius, orang Media, menerima pemerintahan ketika ia berumur enam puluh dua tahun.
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
