Daniel 1
1 Pada tahun yang ketiga pemerintahan Yoyakim, raja Yehuda, datanglah Nebukadnezar, raja Babel, ke Yerusalem, lalu mengepung kota itu.
After King Jehoiakim had been ruling in Judah for almost three years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem [with his army] and surrounded the city.
2 Tuhan menyerahkan Yoyakim, raja Yehuda, dan sebagian dari perkakas-perkakas di rumah Allah ke dalam tangannya. Semuanya itu dibawanya ke tanah Sinear, ke dalam rumah dewanya; perkakas-perkakas itu dibawanya ke dalam perbendaharaan dewanya.
[After two years, ] Yahweh allowed Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] to capture Jehoiakim, [who was the] King of Judah. They also took some of the things that were in the temple of God, and took them to Babylonia. There Nebuchadnezzar put them in the temple of his god.
3 Lalu raja bertitah kepada Aspenas, kepala istananya, untuk membawa beberapa orang Israel, yang berasal dari keturunan raja dan dari kaum bangsawan,
Then Nebuchadnezzar commanded Ashpenaz, the chief official in his palace, to bring [to him] some of the Israeli men [whom they had brought to Babylon. He wanted men] who belonged to important families, including the family of the King of Judah.
4 yakni orang-orang muda yang tidak ada sesuatu cela, yang berperawakan baik, yang memahami berbagai-bagai hikmat, berpengetahuan banyak dan yang mempunyai pengertian tentang ilmu, yakni orang-orang yang cakap untuk bekerja dalam istana raja, supaya mereka diajarkan tulisan dan bahasa orang Kasdim.
[King Nebuchadnezzar wanted only] men who were very healthy, handsome/good-looking, wise, well-educated, capable of learning many things, and suitable for working in the palace. He also wanted to teach them the Babylonian language and have them read things that had been written in the Babylonian language.
5 Dan raja menetapkan bagi mereka pelabur setiap hari dari santapan raja dan dari anggur yang biasa diminumnya. Mereka harus dididik selama tiga tahun, dan sesudah itu mereka harus bekerja pada raja.
The king commanded [his servants], “Give them the same kind of food and wine that is given to me. Train them for three years. Then they will become my servants.”
6 Di antara mereka itu ada juga beberapa orang Yehuda, yakni Daniel, Hananya, Misael dan Azarya.
Among the young Israeli men [who were chosen] were [me], Daniel, and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who all came from Judah.
7 Pemimpin pegawai istana itu memberi nama lain kepada mereka: Daniel dinamainya Beltsazar, Hananya dinamainya Sadrakh, Misael dinamainya Mesakh dan Azarya dinamainya Abednego.
But Ashpenaz gave us [Babylonian] names. The name he gave to me was Belteshazzar, the name he gave to Hananiah was Shadrach, the name he gave to Mishael was Meshach, and the name he gave to Azariah was Abednego.
8 Daniel berketetapan untuk tidak menajiskan dirinya dengan santapan raja dan dengan anggur yang biasa diminum raja; dimintanyalah kepada pemimpin pegawai istana itu, supaya ia tak usah menajiskan dirinya.
But I decided that I would not eat the kind of food that the king ate, or drink the wine that he drank, because that would make me (ritually defiled/unacceptable to God). So I asked Ashpenaz to allow me to eat and drink other things.
9 Maka Allah mengaruniakan kepada Daniel kasih dan sayang dari pemimpin pegawai istana itu;
God had caused Ashpenaz to greatly respect me,
10 tetapi berkatalah pemimpin pegawai istana itu kepada Daniel: "Aku takut, kalau-kalau tuanku raja, yang telah menetapkan makanan dan minumanmu, berpendapat bahwa kamu kelihatan kurang sehat dari pada orang-orang muda lain yang sebaya dengan kamu, sehingga karena kamu aku dianggap bersalah oleh raja."
but he was worried about what I suggested. He said, “My master, the king, has commanded that you eat the kinds of food and drink that he does. If [you eat other things and as a result] you become more thin and pale than the other young men who are your age, he will [order his soldiers to] cut off my head because of what you have done!”
11 Kemudian berkatalah Daniel kepada penjenang yang telah diangkat oleh pemimpin pegawai istana untuk mengawasi Daniel, Hananya, Misael dan Azarya:
Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 "Adakanlah percobaan dengan hamba-hambamu ini selama sepuluh hari dan biarlah kami diberikan sayur untuk dimakan dan air untuk diminum;
So I said to this guard: “[Please] test us for ten days. [During that time] give us [only] vegetables to eat and water to drink.
13 sesudah itu bandingkanlah perawakan kami dengan perawakan orang-orang muda yang makan dari santapan raja, kemudian perlakukanlah hamba-hambamu ini sesuai dengan pendapatmu."
After ten days, see how we look, and see how the other young men look, the ones who are eating the kind of food that the king eats. Then you can decide about [what food you will let us eat].”
14 Didengarkannyalah permintaan mereka itu, lalu diadakanlah percobaan dengan mereka selama sepuluh hari.
The guard agreed to do what I suggested, and he tested us like that for ten days.
15 Setelah lewat sepuluh hari, ternyata perawakan mereka lebih baik dan mereka kelihatan lebih gemuk dari pada semua orang muda yang telah makan dari santapan raja.
After ten days, [he saw that] my three friends and I looked healthier [DOU] than the young men who had been eating the food that the king wanted them to eat.
16 Kemudian penjenang itu selalu mengambil makanan mereka dan anggur yang harus mereka minum, lalu memberikan sayur kepada mereka.
So after that, the guard gave us [only] vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine.
17 Kepada keempat orang muda itu Allah memberikan pengetahuan dan kepandaian tentang berbagai-bagai tulisan dan hikmat, sedang Daniel juga mempunyai pengertian tentang berbagai-bagai penglihatan dan mimpi.
And God gave to us four young men wisdom and the ability to study many things that Babylonians had written and studied. And [he also gave to] me the ability to understand the meaning of visions and dreams.
18 Setelah lewat waktu yang ditetapkan raja, bahwa mereka sekalian harus dibawa menghadap, maka dibawalah mereka oleh pemimpin pegawai istana itu ke hadapan Nebukadnezar.
When those three years that the king had set for training us young men from Judah were ended, Ashpenaz brought all of us to King Nebuchadnezzar.
19 Raja bercakap-cakap dengan mereka; dan di antara mereka sekalian itu tidak didapati yang setara dengan Daniel, Hananya, Misael dan Azarya; maka bekerjalah mereka itu pada raja.
The king talked with [each of] us, and realized that none of the other young men were as capable as Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah and I were. So we four became the king’s special advisors/servants.
20 Dalam tiap-tiap hal yang memerlukan kebijaksanaan dan pengertian, yang ditanyakan raja kepada mereka, didapatinya bahwa mereka sepuluh kali lebih cerdas dari pada semua orang berilmu dan semua ahli jampi di seluruh kerajaannya.
In all important matters, the king found that what we [four men] advised was ten times as good as what all the magicians and sorcerers/fortune-tellers in his kingdom advised.
21 Daniel ada di sana sampai tahun pertama pemerintahan Koresh.
I remained [there serving the king more than 60 years], until the first year that Cyrus became king.
