Daniel 1
1 Uti tredje årena af Jojakims, Juda Konungs, rike kom NebucadNezar, Konungen i Babel, in för Jerusalem, och belade det.
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 Och Herren gaf Jojakim, Juda Konung, honom i händer, och en hop af kärile utu Guds hus; hvilken han lät föra in uti Sinears land, i sins guds hus, och lade de kärilen uti sins guds fatabur.
[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 Och Konungen sade till Aspenas, sin öfversta kamererare, att han skulle utsöka honom af Israels barnom, af Konungsliga slägt, och herrabarnom,
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 Några unga drängar, som ingen vank hade; utan dägelige voro, förnuftige, vise, kloke och förståndige; hvilke skickelige voro till att tjena i Konungens gård, och till att lära Chaldeiska skrift och mål.
[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 Dessom beställde Konungen, hvad man dem dageliga gifva skulle af hans spis, och af det vin der han sjelf af drack; på det att, då de så i tre år uppfödde voro, skulle de sedan tjena inför Konungenom.
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 Så voro ibland dem Daniel, Hanania, Misael och Asaria, af Juda barnom.
Among the young Israeli men [who were chosen] were [me], Daniel, and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who all came from Judah.
7 Och den öfverste kamereraren gaf dem namn; och nämnde Daniel Beltesazar, och Hanania Sadrach, och Misael Mesach, och Asaria AbedNego.
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 Men Daniel satte sig före i sitt hjerta, att han icke ville orena sig med Konungens spis, och med det vin, som han sjelf drack; och bad öfversta kamereraren, att han icke skulle orena sig.
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 Och Gud gaf Daniel, att öfverste kamereraren vardt honom gunstig och god.
God had caused Ashpenaz to greatly respect me,
10 Och han sade till honom: Jag fruktar för min Herra Konungen, den eder spis och dryck bestyrt hafver; om han får se, att edor ansigte äro magrare än de andra drängers, som eder jemnåldrige äro, så gören I mig brottsligan till döden inför Konungenom.
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 Då sade Daniel till Melzar, hvilkom öfverste kamereraren Daniel, Hanania, Misael och Asaria, befallt hade:
Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 Försök dock der med dina tjenare i tio dagar, och låt gifva oss mos till att äta, och vatten till att dricka;
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 Och låt alltså komma för dig vår och de andra drängers ansigte, som af Konungens spis äta; och efter som du då ser, derefter gör med dina tjenare.
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 Och han hörde dem derutinnan, och försökte det med dem i tio dagar.
The guard agreed to do what I suggested, and he tested us like that for ten days.
15 Och efter de tio dagar voro de dägeligare och bättre vid hull, än alle de dränger, som spisades af Konungens spis.
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 Så satte Melzar bort deras spis och dryck, den dem tillskickad var, och gaf dem mos.
So after that, the guard gave us [only] vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine.
17 Men dessa fyras Gud gaf dem konst och förstånd uti allahanda skrift och vishet; men Daniel gaf han förstånd i alla syner och drömmar.
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 Då tiden förlupen var, som Konungen förelagt hade, att de skulle hafvas inför honom, hade öfverste kamereraren dem in för NebucadNezar.
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 Och Konungen talade med dem; och vardt ingen ibland dem alla funnen, som Daniels, Hanania, Misaels och Asaria like var; och de vordo Konungens tjenare.
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 Och Konungen fann dem i alla saker, de han dem frågade, tio sinom klokare och förståndigare, än alla stjernokikare och visa i hela sino rike.
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 Och lefde Daniel intill Konung Cores första år.
I remained [there serving the king more than 60 years], until the first year that Cyrus became king.
