Daniel 5
1 O rei Belsazar fez um grande banquete a mil de seus maiorais, e bebeu vinho diante destes mil.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.
2 Tendo Belsazar experimentado o vinho, mandou trazer os vasos de ouro e de prata que seu pai Nabucodonosor tirara do templo de Jerusalém, para que bebessem com eles o rei e seus maiorais, suas mulheres e suas concubinas.
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 Então trouxeram os vasos de ouro que foram tirados do templo da casa de Deus, que estava em Jerusalém; e beberam com eles o rei e seus maiorais, suas mulheres e suas concubinas.
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 Beberam vinho, e louvaram aos deuses de ouro e de prata, de bronze, de ferro, de madeira, e de pedra.
They took their wine and gave praise to the gods of gold and silver, of brass and iron and wood and stone.
5 Naquela mesma hora saíram dedos de uma mão de homem, e escreveram diante do castiçal na caiadura da parede do palácio real, e o rei viu parte da mão que estava escrevendo.
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 Então o semblante do rei se mudou, e seus pensamentos o perturbaram; as juntas de seus lombos se desataram, e seus joelhos se bateram um com o outro.
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 O rei clamou em alta voz que trouxessem astrólogos, caldeus, e adivinhos. O rei falou, e disse aos sábios da Babilônia: Qualquer um que ler esta escritura, e me mostrar sua interpretação, será vestido de púrpura, terá uma corrente de ouro a seu pescoço, e será o terceiro líder no reino.
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 Então vieram todos os sábios do rei, mas não puderam ler a escritura, nem fazer saber ao rei sua interpretação.
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 Então o rei Belsazar ficou muito perturbado, e se mudou seu semblante; seus maiorais estavam perturbados.
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.
10 A rainha, por causa das palavras do rei e de seus maiorais, entrou na casa do banquete. A rainha disse: Ó rei, vive para sempre! Não te perturbem teus pensamentos, nem se mude teu semblante.
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 Em teu reino há um homem no qual mora o espírito dos deuses santos; e nos dias de teu pai se achou nele luz, inteligência e sabedoria, como a sabedoria dos deuses; e teu pai, o rei Nabucodonosor (o rei, teu pai), o constituiu por príncipe sobre os magos, os astrólogos, os caldeus e os adivinhadores.
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 Pois nele foi achado um espírito extraordinário, conhecimento, e entendimento, interpretando sonhos, resolvendo enigmas, e desfazendo dúvidas. Ele é Daniel, a quem o rei pôs por nome Beltessazar. Chame-se agora a Daniel, e ele mostrará a interpretação.
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 Então Daniel foi trazido diante do rei. E o rei disse a Daniel: És tu aquele Daniel dos cativos de Judá, que meu pai trouxe de Judá?
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 Pois tenho ouvido de ti que o espírito dos deuses está em ti, e que em ti se acha luz, entendimento e extraordinária sabedoria.
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 E agora foram trazidos diante de mim sábios e astrólogos, para que lessem esta escritura, e me fizessem saber sua interpretação; mas eles não puderam mostrar a interpretação destas palavras.
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 Eu, porém, tenho ouvido sobre ti que podes dar interpretações, e solucionar dúvidas. Agora, se puderes puderes ler esta escritura, e fazer-me saber sua interpretação, serás vestido de púrpura, corrente de ouro terás em teu pescoço, e serás o terceiro líder no reino.
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 Então Daniel respondeu, e disse diante do rei: Fiquem contigo tuas dádivas, e dá teus presentes a outro; contudo lerei a escritura ao rei, e lhe farei saber a interpretação.
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 Quanto a ti, ó rei, o Deus Altíssimo deu a teu pai Nabucodonosor o reino, a grandeza, a glória, e a majestade;
As for you, O King, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, the kingdom and great power and glory and honour:
19 E pela grandeza que ele lhe deu, todos os povos, nações, e línguas tremiam e temiam diante dele. Ele matava a quem queria, e concedia vida a quem queria; ele engrandecia a quem queria, e abatia a quem queria.
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 Mas quando seu coração se exaltou, e seu espírito se endureceu em soberba, ele foi deposto do trono de seu reino, e a glória lhe foi tirada.
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 E foi expulso dentre os filhos dos homens; e sua mente se tornou semelhante à dos animais, e com asnos selvagens foi sua morada. Foi alimentado com erva tal como os bois, e seu corpo foi molhado com o orvalho do céu, até que entendeu que o Deus altíssimo tem o domínio sobre os reinos humanos, e constitui sobre eles a quem ele quer.
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 E tu, Belsazar, filho dele, não humilhaste teu coração, mesmo sabendo de tudo isto;
And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;
23 Em vez disso exaltaste a ti mesmo contra o Senhor do céu; pois trouxeram diante de ti os vasos de sua casa, e tu, teus maiorais, tuas mulheres e tuas concubinas, bebestes vinho neles; além disto, louvaste a deuses de prata, ouro, bronze, de ferro, madeira e pedra, que não veem, nem ouvem, nem têm conhecimento algum; porém ao Deus em cuja mão está tua vida e todos os teus caminhos, a ele não glorificaste;
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 Então dele foi enviada aquela parte da mão que esculpiu esta escritura.
Then the part of the hand was sent out from before him, and this writing was recorded.
25 E esta é a escritura que foi escrita: MENE, MENE, TEQUEL, PARSIM.
And this is the writing which was recorded, Mene, tekel, peres.
26 Esta é a interpretação daquilo: MENE: Contou Deus o teu reino, e o acabou.
This is the sense of the words: Mene; your kingdom has been numbered by God and ended.
27 TEQUEL: Pesado foste na balança, e foste achado em falta.
Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.
28 PERES: Dividido foi teu reino, e entregue aos a medos e aos persas.
Peres; your kingdom has been cut up and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Então Belsazar deu ordens, e vestiram a Daniel de púrpura, [puseram] uma corrente de ouro em seu pescoço, e anunciaram que ele seria o terceiro líder no reino.
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 Naquela mesma noite Belsazar, rei dos caldeus, foi morto.
That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.
31 E Dario, o medo, tomou o reino, sendo da idade de sessenta e dois anos.
And Darius the Mede took the kingdom, being then about sixty-two years old.
