Daniel 6
1 Dareju je ugajalo, da postavi nad kraljestvo sto dvajset princev, ki naj bi bili nad celotnim kraljestvom,
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
2 in nad temi tri predstojnike, od katerih je bil Daniel prvi, da bi jim princi lahko dajali obračun in kralj ne bi trpel nobene škode.
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
3 Potem je bil ta Daniel povišan nad predstojnike in prince, ker je bil v njem odličen duh, in kralj ga je mislil postaviti nad celotno območje.
Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Potem so predstojniki in princi iskali, da najdejo povod zoper Daniela glede kraljestva, toda niso mogli najti nobenega povoda niti krivde, ker je bil zvest niti ni bilo na njem najti nobene napake ali krivde.
Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
5 Potem so ti možje rekli: »Nobenega razloga ne bomo našli zoper tega Daniela, razen če zoper njega najdemo to, kar se tiče postave njegovega Boga.«
Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 Potem so se ti predstojniki in princi zbrali skupaj h kralju in mu rekli takole: »Kralj Darej, živi na veke.
Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
7 Vsi predstojniki kraljestva, voditelji in princi, svetovalci in poveljniki, smo se skupaj posvetovali, da bi osnovali kraljevo pravilo in da bi naredili trden odlok, da kdorkoli bi prosil prošnjo od kateregakoli Boga ali človeka v tridesetih dneh, razen od tebe, oh kralj, bo vržen v levji brlog.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 Torej, oh kralj, uveljavi odlok in podpiši pisanje, da to ne more biti spremenjeno, glede na postavo Medijcev in Perzijcev, ki se ne predrugači.«
Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
9 Zatorej je kralj Darej podpisal pisanje in odlok.
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Torej ko je Daniel izvedel, da je bilo pisanje podpisano, je odšel v svojo hišo. Pri svojih oknih v svoji sobi, odprtih proti Jeruzalemu, je trikrat na dan pokleknil na svoja kolena in molil ter se zahvaljeval pred svojim Bogom, kot je to delal poprej.
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
11 Potem so se ti možje zbrali in našli Daniela, kako moli in dela ponižne prošnje pred svojim Bogom.
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
12 Potem so prišli blizu in pred kraljem spregovorili glede kraljevega odloka: »Mar nisi podpisal odloka, da katerikoli človek, ki bo prosil prošnjo od kateregakoli Boga ali človeka, znotraj tridesetih dni, razen od tebe, oh kralj, bo vržen v levji brlog?« Kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Stvar je resnična glede na postavo Medijcev in Perzijcev, ki se ne predrugači.«
Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
13 Potem so odgovorili in pred kraljem rekli: »Tisti Daniel, ki je od otrok Judovega ujetništva, te ne upošteva, oh kralj niti odloka, ki si ga podpisal, temveč trikrat na dan opravlja svojo prošnjo.«
Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
14 Potem je bil kralj, ko je slišal te besede, sam pri sebi boleče nejevoljen in je svoje srce naravnal na Daniela, da ga osvobodi, in do sončnega zahoda se je trudil, da ga osvobodi.
Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
15 Potem so se tisti možje zbrali h kralju in kralju rekli: »Vedi, oh kralj, da je postava Medijcev in Perzijcev: ›Da noben odlok niti nobeno pravilo, ki ga je osnoval kralj, ne more biti spremenjeno.‹«
Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
16 Potem je kralj ukazal in privedli so Daniela ter ga vrgli v levji brlog. Kralj je torej spregovoril in Danielu rekel: »Tvoj Bog, ki mu nenehno služiš, on te bo osvobodil.«
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
17 Prinesen je bil kamen in položen na odprtino brloga in kralj ga je zapečatil s svojim lastnim pečatom in s pečati svojih gospodov, da se namen glede Daniela ne bi mogel spremeniti.
A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
18 Potem je kralj odšel v svojo palačo in noč prebil v postu niti predenj niso bili prineseni glasbeni instrumenti in njegovo spanje je odšlo od njega.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
19 Potem je kralj zelo zgodaj zjutraj vstal in v naglici odšel k levjemu brlogu.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
20 Ko je prišel k brlogu, je z žalostnim glasom zaklical k Danielu, in kralj je spregovoril ter Danielu rekel: »Oh Daniel, služabnik živega Boga, ali te je tvoj Bog, ki mu nenehno služiš, mogel osvoboditi pred levi?«
When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Potem je Daniel rekel kralju: »Oh kralj, živi na veke.
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
22 Moj Bog je poslal svojega angela in zaprl levom usta, da me niso poškodovali, ker je bila v meni najdena nedolžnost pred njim in tudi pred teboj, oh kralj, nisem storil nobene škode.«
My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
23 Potem je bil kralj zaradi njega silno vesel in zapovedal, da naj Daniela izvlečejo iz brloga. Tako je bil Daniel vzet gor iz brloga in nobena vrsta poškodbe ni bila najdena na njem, ker je veroval v svojega Boga.
Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
24 In kralj je zapovedal in privedli so tiste može, ki so Daniela obtožili in jih vrgli v levji brlog, njih, njihove otroke in njihove žene. Levi so imeli oblast nad njimi in vse njihove kosti so zlomili na koščke, še preden so prileteli na dno brloga.
The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
25 Potem je kralj Darej napisal vsemu ljudstvu, narodom in jezikom, ki prebivajo na vsej zemlji: »Mir naj se vam pomnoži.
Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
26 Naredim odlok: ›Da v vsakem gospostvu mojega kraljestva ljudje trepetajo in se bojijo pred Danielovim Bogom, kajti on je živi Bog in neomajen na veke in njegovo kraljestvo tisto, ki ne bo uničeno in njegovo gospostvo bo celo do konca.
“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
27 On osvobaja in rešuje, dela [preroška] znamenja in čudeže v nebesih in na zemlji, ki je Daniela osvobodil pred oblastjo levov.‹«
He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28 Tako je ta Daniel uspeval v Darejevem kraljevanju in v kraljevanju Perzijca Kira.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
