Daniel 1
1 No anno terceiro do reinado de Joaquim, rei de Judah, veiu Nabucodonozor, rei de Babylonia, a Jerusalem, e a sitiou.
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 E o Senhor entregou nas suas mãos a Joaquim, rei de Judah, e uma parte dos vasos da casa de Deus, e os levou para a terra de Shinar, para a casa do seu deus, e poz os vasos na casa do thesouro do seu deus.
[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 E disse o rei a Aspenaz, chefe dos seus eunuchos, que trouxesse alguns dos filhos de Israel, e da semente real e dos principes,
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 Mancebos em quem não houvesse defeito algum, e formosos de parecer, e instruidos em toda a sabedoria, e sabios em sciencia, e entendidos no conhecimento, e que tivessem habilidade para assistir no palacio do rei, e que os ensinassem nas lettras e na lingua dos chaldeos.
[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 E o rei lhes ordenou a ração de cada dia, da porção do manjar do rei, e do vinho que elle bebia, e que assim fossem creados por tres annos, para que no fim d'elles assistissem diante do rei
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 E entre elles se achavam, d'entre os filhos de Judah, Daniel, Hananias, Misael e Azarias:
Among the young Israeli men [who were chosen] were [me], Daniel, and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who all came from Judah.
7 E o chefe dos eunuchos lhes poz outros nomes, a saber: a Daniel poz o de Belteshazzar, e a Hananias o de Sadrach, e a Misael o de Mesach, e a Azarias o de Abed-nego.
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 E Daniel assentou no seu coração não se contaminar com a porção do manjar do rei, nem com o vinho que elle bebia; portanto pediu ao chefe dos eunuchos para não se contaminar.
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 Ora deu Deus a Daniel graça e misericordia diante do chefe dos eunuchos.
God had caused Ashpenaz to greatly respect me,
10 E disse o chefe dos eunuchos a Daniel: Tenho medo do meu senhor, o rei, que ordenou a vossa comida e a vossa bebida; pois porque veria elle os vossos rostos mais tristes do que os dos mancebos que são vossos eguaes? assim arriscareis a minha cabeça para com o rei.
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 Então disse Daniel ao dispenseiro a quem o chefe dos eunuchos havia constituido sobre Daniel, Hananias, Misael e Azarias:
Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 Experimenta, peço-te, os teus servos dez dias, e que se nos dêem legumes a comer, e agua a beber.
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 Então se veja diante de ti o nosso parecer, e o parecer dos mancebos que comem a porção do manjar do rei, e, conforme vires, te hajas com os teus servos.
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 E lhes consentiu isto, e os experimentou dez dias.
The guard agreed to do what I suggested, and he tested us like that for ten days.
15 E, ao fim dos dez dias, appareceram os seus semblantes melhores, e elles estavam mais gordos de carne do que todos os mancebos que comiam porção do manjar do rei.
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 Então succedeu que o dispenseiro tirava a porção do manjar d'elles, e o vinho de que deviam beber, e lhes dava legumes.
So after that, the guard gave us [only] vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine.
17 Quanto a estes quatro mancebos, Deus lhes deu o conhecimento e a intelligencia em todas as lettras, e sabedoria; mas a Daniel deu entendimento em toda a visão e sonhos.
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 E ao fim dos dias, em que o rei tinha dito que os trouxessem, o chefe dos eunuchos os trouxe diante de Nabucodonozor.
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 E o rei fallou com elles; porém entre todos elles não foram achados outros taes como Daniel, Hananias, Misael e Azarias; e assistiam diante do rei.
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 E em toda a materia de sabedoria e de intelligencia, que o rei lhes perguntou, os achou dez vezes mais doutos do que todos os magos ou astrologos que havia em todo o seu reino.
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 E Daniel esteve até ao primeiro anno do rei Cyro.
I remained [there serving the king more than 60 years], until the first year that Cyrus became king.
