Daniel 6
1 Quiso Darío poner sobre el reino a ciento veinte gobernadores locales, que debían estar en todo el reino;
King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province.
2 y sobre ellos a tres presidentes, de los cuales Daniel era uno, para que estos gobernadores locales les dieran cuenta, y el rey no sufriera ninguna pérdida.
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 Entonces este Daniel se distinguió por encima de los presidentes y de los gobernadores locales, porque había en él un espíritu excelente; y el rey pensó en ponerlo sobre todo el 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 Entonces los presidentes y los gobernadores locales trataron de encontrar ocasión contra Daniel en lo que respecta al reino; pero no pudieron encontrar ocasión ni falta, porque era fiel. No se encontró en él ningún error o falta.
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 Entonces estos hombres dijeron: “No encontraremos ninguna ocasión contra este Daniel, a menos que la encontremos contra él en cuanto a la ley de su Dios.”
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 Entonces estos presidentes y gobernadores locales se reunieron ante el rey y le dijeron lo siguiente: “¡Rey Darío, vive para siempre!
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 los presidentes del reino, los diputados y los gobernadores locales, los consejeros y los gobernadores, han consultado juntos para establecer un estatuto real y para hacer un decreto fuerte, que cualquiera que pida una petición a cualquier dios u hombre durante treinta días, excepto a ti, oh rey, será arrojado al foso de los leones.
[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 Ahora, oh rey, establece el decreto y firma el escrito, para que no sea cambiado, según la ley de los medos y los persas, que no se altera.”
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 lo tanto, el rey Darío firmó el escrito y el decreto.
So King Darius [wrote] the law and signed it.
10 Cuando Daniel supo que la escritura estaba firmada, entró en su casa (ahora sus ventanas estaban abiertas en su habitación hacia Jerusalén) y se arrodilló tres veces al día, y oró, y dio gracias ante su Dios, como lo hacía 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 Entonces se reunieron aquellos hombres, y encontraron a Daniel haciendo peticiones y súplicas ante su Dios.
The officials went together [to my house] and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me.
12 Entonces se acercaron y hablaron ante el rey sobre el decreto del rey: “¿No has firmado un decreto para que todo hombre que haga una petición a cualquier dios u hombre dentro de treinta días, excepto a ti, oh rey, sea arrojado al foso de los leones?” El rey respondió: “Esto es cierto, según la ley de los medos y los persas, que no se altera”.
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 Entonces respondieron y dijeron ante el rey: “Ese Daniel, que es de los hijos del cautiverio de Judá, no te respeta, oh rey, ni el decreto que has firmado, sino que hace su petición tres veces al día.”
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 Entonces el rey, al oír estas palabras, se disgustó mucho y se empeñó en liberar a Daniel, y trabajó hasta la puesta del sol para rescatarlo.
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 Entonces estos hombres se reunieron ante el rey y le dijeron: “Sepa, oh rey, que es una ley de los medos y los persas que ningún decreto ni estatuto que el rey establezca puede ser cambiado.”
[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 Entonces el rey ordenó, y llevaron a Daniel y lo echaron al foso de los leones. El rey habló y dijo a Daniel: “Tu Dios, al que sirves continuamente, te librará”.
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 Se trajo una piedra y se puso en la boca del foso, y el rey la selló con su propio sello y con el de sus señores, para que no se cambiara nada respecto a Daniel.
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 Entonces el rey se fue a su palacio y pasó la noche en ayuno. No le trajeron ningún instrumento musical, y su sueño huyó de él.
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 Entonces el rey se levantó muy temprano por la mañana y se dirigió a toda prisa al foso de los leones.
At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were.
20 Cuando se acercó al foso a Daniel, éste gritó con voz turbada. El rey habló y dijo a Daniel: “Daniel, siervo del Dios vivo, ¿es tu Dios, al que sirves continuamente, capaz de librarte de los leones?”
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 Entonces Daniel dijo al rey: “¡Oh rey, vive para siempre!
I answered, “(Your Majesty/O king), I hope that you will live a long time!
22 Mi Dios ha enviado a su ángel y ha cerrado la boca de los leones, y no me han hecho daño, porque se ha encontrado inocencia en mí ante él; y también ante ti, oh rey, no he hecho ningún daño.”
[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 El rey se alegró mucho y ordenó que sacaran a Daniel del foso. Y Daniel fue sacado del foso, y no se le encontró ningún daño, porque había confiado en su Dios.
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 El rey lo ordenó, y trajeron a aquellos hombres que habían acusado a Daniel, y los arrojaron al foso de los leones: a ellos, a sus hijos y a sus mujeres; y los leones los destrozaron, y rompieron todos sus huesos antes de que llegaran al fondo del foso.
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 Entonces el rey Darío escribió a todos los pueblos, naciones y lenguas que habitan en toda la tierra: “Que la paz se multiplique con vosotros.
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 “Hago un decreto para que en todo el dominio de mi reino los hombres tiemblen y teman ante el Dios de Daniel. “Porque él es el Dios vivo, y firme para siempre. Su reino es el que no será destruido. Su dominio será hasta el final.
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 Él libera y rescata. Él hace señales y maravillas en el cielo y en la tierra, que ha librado a Daniel del poder de los leones”.
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 Así que este Daniel prosperó en el reinado de Darío y en el de Ciro el Persa.
So I was successful [all] during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, [the King] of Persia, ruled.
