Daniel 6
1 Pareceu bem a Dario constituir sobre o reino cento vinte governadores que estivessem em todo o reino.
King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
2 E sobre eles três supervisores, dos quais Daniel era um, a quem estes governadores deviam prestar contas, para que o rei não sofresse dano.
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 Então o mesmo Daniel era superior a estes governadores e supervisores, porque nele havia um espírito extraordinário; por isso o rei pensava em constituí-lo sobre todo o reino.
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 Então os supervisores e governadores procuravam achar alguma acusação contra Daniel a respeito do reino; mas não conseguiram achar acusação ou falta alguma, porque ele era fiel, e nenhum erro nem falta foi achada nele.
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 Então esses homens disseram: Não acharemos acusação alguma contra este Daniel, a não ser se a acharmos contra ele na lei de seu Deus.
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 Então esses supervisores e governadores foram juntos ao rei, e lhe disseram assim: Ó rei Dario, vive para sempre!
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 Todos os supervisores do reino, os prefeitos, governadores, conselheiros e capitães, concordaram em sugerir a promulgação de um decreto real, e estabelecer um estatuto forte, que qualquer um que, no intervalo de trinta dias, fizer alguma petição a qualquer deus ou humano, a não ser a ti, ó rei, seja lançado na cova dos leões.
[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 Agora, ó rei, confirma o decreto, e assina a escritura, para que não se mude, conforme à lei dos medos e dos persas, que não se pode revogar.
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 Por esta causa o rei Dario assinou o decreto por escrito.
So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
10 E Daniel, quando soube que a escritura estava assinada, entrou em sua casa, e com as janelas de seu quarto abertas, voltadas para Jerusalém, punha-se de joelhos três vezes ao dia, e orava, e confessava diante de seu Deus, assim como costumava fazer antes.
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 Então aqueles homens se juntaram, e encontraram Daniel orando e suplicando diante de seu Deus.
The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
12 Então se aproximaram e falaram diante do rei acerca do decreto real: Por acaso não assinaste o decreto que todo aquele que pedir a qualquer deus ou humano no intervalo de trinta dias, a não ser a ti, ó rei, seja lançado na cova dos leões? O rei respondeu: Esta palavra é certa, conforme a lei dos medos e dos persas, que não se pode revogar.
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 Então disseram diante do rei: Daniel, que é um dos cativos de Judá, não respeitou a ti, ó rei, nem ao decreto que assinaste; em vez disso três vezes ao dia ele faz sua oração.
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 Quando o rei ouviu isso, pesou-lhe muito, e tentou pensar em como livrar Daniel; e até o pôr do sol trabalhou para livrá-lo.
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 Então aqueles homens foram juntos ao rei, e disseram ao rei: Sabe, ó rei, que é a lei dos medos e dos persas, que nenhum decreto um ordenança que o rei estabeleceu pode ser mudada.
[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 Então o rei mandou trazerem a Daniel, e [o] lançaram na cova dos leões. E o rei falou a Daniel: O teu Deus, a quem tu serves continuamente, ele te livre.
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 E foi trazida uma pedra, e foi posta sobre a abertura da cova, a qual o rei selou com seu anel, e com o anel de seus grandes, para que a sentença acerca de Daniel não fosse mudada.
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 Então o rei foi a seu palácio, e passou a noite em jejum; não permitiu que lhe trouxessem instrumentos musicais diante de si, e ele perdeu o sono.
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 Então o rei se levantou pela manhã cedo, e foi depressa à cova dos leões.
At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
20 E chegando perto da cova, chamou a Daniel com voz triste; e o rei falou a Daniel: Daniel, servo do Deus vivente! O teus Deus, a quem tu continuamente serves, pôde te livrar dos leões?
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 Então Daniel falou ao rei: Ó rei, vive para sempre!
I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
22 Meu Deus enviou seu anjo, que fechou a boca dos leões, para que não me fizessem dano; porque diante dele se achou inocência em mim; e também contra ti, ó rei, não cometi delito algum.
[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 Então o rei se alegrou muito por causa dele, e mandou tirar a Daniel da cova; assim Daniel foi tirado da cova, e nenhum dano se achou nele, pois havia confiado em seu Deus.
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 Então o rei mandou trazerem aqueles homens que tinham acusado a Daniel, e foram lançados na cova dos leões, eles, seus filhos, e suas mulheres; e nem sequer haviam chegado ao fundo da cova, quando os leões os tomaram, e quebraram todos os seus ossos.
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 Então o rei Dario escreveu a todos os povos, nações, e línguas, que moram em toda a terra: Paz vos seja multiplicada.
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 De minha parte é feito um decreto, que em todo o domínio de meu reino, [todos] tremam e temam a presença do Deus de Daniel; porque ele é o Deus vivente, que permanece para sempre; seu reino não se pode destruir, e seu domínio [dura] até o fim.
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 Ele resgata e livra, e faz sinais e maravilhas no céu e na terra; ele livrou a Daniel do poder dos leões.
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 E este Daniel foi próspero no reino de Dario, e no reinado de Ciro, o persa.
So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
