دَانِيآل 2

١ 1 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، حَلَمَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ أَحْلَامًا، فَٱنْزَعَجَتْ رُوحُهُ وَطَارَ عَنْهُ نَوْمُهُ.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, he had dreams. His mind was troubled, and he could not sleep.

٢ 2 فَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِأَنْ يُسْتَدْعَى ٱلْمَجُوسُ وَٱلسَّحَرَةُ وَٱلْعَرَّافُونَ وَٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ لِيُخْبِرُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ بِأَحْلَامِهِ. فَأَتَوْا وَوَقَفُوا أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

Then the king summoned the magicians and those who claimed to speak with the dead. He also called the sorcerers and wise men. He wanted them to tell him about his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «قَدْ حَلَمْتُ حُلْمًا وَٱنْزَعَجَتْ رُوحِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحُلْمِ».

The king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my mind is anxious to know what the dream means.”

٤ 4 فَكَلَّمَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ ٱلْمَلِكَ بِٱلْأَرَامِيَّةِ: «عِشْ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. أَخْبِرْ عَبِيدَكَ بِٱلْحُلْمِ فَنُبَيِّنَ تَعْبِيرَهُ».

Then the wise men spoke to the king in Aramaic, “King, live forever! Tell the dream to us, your servants, and we will reveal the meaning.”

٥ 5 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ: «قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنِّي ٱلْقَوْلُ: إِنْ لَمْ تُنْبِئُونِي بِٱلْحُلْمِ وَبِتَعْبِيرِهِ، تُصَيَّرُونَ إِرْبًا إِرْبًا وَتُجْعَلُ بُيُوتُكُمْ مَزْبَلَةً.

The king replied to the wise men, “This matter has been settled. If you do not reveal the dream to me and interpret it, your bodies will be torn apart and your houses made into rubbish heaps.

٦ 6 وَإِنْ بَيَّنْتُمُ ٱلْحُلْمَ وَتَعْبِيرَهُ، تَنَالُونَ مِنْ قِبَلِي هَدَايَا وَحَلَاوِينَ وَإِكْرَامًا عَظِيمًا. فَبَيِّنُوا لِي ٱلْحُلْمَ وَتَعْبِيرَهُ».

But if you will tell me the dream and its meaning, you will receive gifts from me, a reward, and great honor. So tell to me the dream and its meaning.”

٧ 7 فَأَجَابُوا ثَانِيَةً وَقَالُوا: «لِيُخْبِرِ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَبِيدَهُ بِٱلْحُلْمِ فَنُبَيِّنَ تَعْبِيرَهُ».

They replied again and said, “Let the king tell us, his servants, the dream and we will tell you its meaning.”

٨ 8 أَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ يَقِينًا أَنَّكُمْ تَكْتَسِبُونَ وَقْتًا، إِذْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنِّي

The king answered, “I know for certain that you want more time because you see how firm my decision is about this.

٩ 9 بِأَنَّهُ إِنْ لَمْ تُنْبِئُونِي بِٱلْحُلْمِ فَقَضَاؤُكُمْ وَاحِدٌ. لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدِ ٱتَّفَقْتُمْ عَلَى كَلَامٍ كَذِبٍ وَفَاسِدٍ لِتَتَكَلَّمُوا بِهِ قُدَّامِي إِلَى أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ ٱلْوَقْتُ. فَأَخْبِرُونِي بِٱلْحُلْمِ، فَأَعْلَمَ أَنَّكُمْ تُبَيِّنُونَ لِي تَعْبِيرَهُ».

But if you do not tell me the dream, there is only one sentence for you. You have decided to prepare false and deceptive words that you agreed together to say to me until I change my mind. So then, tell me the dream, and then I will know you can interpret it for me.”

١٠ 10 أَجَابَ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَقَالُوا: «لَيْسَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنْسَانٌ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يُبَيِّنَ أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. لِذَلِكَ لَيْسَ مَلِكٌ عَظِيمٌ ذُو سُلْطَانٍ سَأَلَ أَمْرًا مِثْلَ هَذَا مِنْ مَجُوسِيٍّ أَوْ سَاحِرٍ أَوْ كَلْدَانِيٍّ.

The wise men replied to the king, “There is not a man on earth able to meet the king's demand. There is no great and powerful king who has demanded such a thing from any magician, or from anyone who claims to speak with the dead, or from a wise man.

١١ 11 وَٱلْأَمْرُ ٱلَّذِي يَطْلُبُهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَسِرٌ، وَلَيْسَ آخَرُ يُبَيِّنُهُ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ غَيْرَ ٱلْآلِهَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَتْ سُكْنَاهُمْ مَعَ ٱلْبَشَرِ».

What the king demands is difficult, and there is no one who can tell it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

١٢ 12 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ غَضِبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَٱغْتَاظَ جِدًّا وَأَمَرَ بِإِبَادَةِ كُلِّ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ.

This made the king angry and very furious, and he gave an order to destroy all those in Babylon who were known for their wisdom.

١٣ 13 فَخَرَجَ ٱلْأَمْرُ، وَكَانَ ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ يُقْتَلُونَ. فَطَلَبُوا دَانِيآلَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ لِيَقْتُلُوهُمْ.

So the decree went out that all those who were known for their wisdom were to be put to death. Because of this decree, they searched for Daniel and his friends so they could be put to death.

١٤ 14 حِينَئِذٍ أَجَابَ دَانِيآلُ بِحِكْمَةٍ وَعَقْلٍ لِأَرْيُوخَ رَئِيسِ شُرَطِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلَّذِي خَرَجَ لِيَقْتُلَ حُكَمَاءَ بَابِلَ، أَجَابَ وَقَالَ لِأَرْيُوخَ قَائِدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ:

Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch the commander of the king's bodyguard, who had come to kill all those in Babylon who were known for their wisdom.

١٥ 15 «لِمَاذَا ٱشْتَدَّ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ؟» حِينَئِذٍ أَخْبَرَ أَرْيُوخُ دَانِيآلَ بِٱلْأَمْرِ.

Daniel asked the king's commander, “Why is the king's decree so urgent?” So Arioch told Daniel what had happened.

١٦ 16 فَدَخَلَ دَانِيآلُ وَطَلَبَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ وَقْتًا فَيُبَيِّنُ لِلْمَلِكِ ٱلتَّعْبِيرَ.

Then Daniel went in and requested an appointment with the king so that he could present the interpretation to the king.

١٧ 17 حِينَئِذٍ مَضَى دَانِيآلُ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ، وَأَعْلَمَ حَنَنْيَا وَمِيشَائِيلَ وَعَزَرْيَا أَصْحَابَهُ بِٱلْأَمْرِ،

Then Daniel went to his house and explained to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened.

١٨ 18 لِيَطْلُبُوا ٱلْمَرَاحِمَ مِنْ قِبَلِ إِلَهِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ جِهَةِ هَذَا ٱلسِّرِّ، لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ دَانِيآلُ وَأَصْحَابُهُ مَعَ سَائِرِ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ.

He urged them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and they might not be killed with the rest of the men of Babylon who were known for their wisdom.

١٩ 19 حِينَئِذٍ لِدَانِيآلَ كُشِفَ ٱلسِّرُّ فِي رُؤْيَا ٱللَّيْلِ. فَبَارَكَ دَانِيآلُ إِلَهَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ.

That night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven

٢٠ 20 أَجَابَ دَانِيآلُ وَقَالَ: «لِيَكُنِ ٱسْمُ ٱللهِ مُبَارَكًا مِنَ ٱلْأَزَلِ وَإِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، لِأَنَّ لَهُ ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْجَبَرُوتَ.

and said, “Praise the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and power belong to him.

٢١ 21 وَهُوَ يُغَيِّرُ ٱلْأَوْقَاتَ وَٱلْأَزْمِنَةَ. يَعْزِلُ مُلُوكًا وَيُنَصِّبُ مُلُوكًا. يُعْطِي ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ حِكْمَةً، وَيُعَلِّمُ ٱلْعَارِفِينَ فَهْمًا.

He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and places kings on their thrones. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

٢٢ 22 هُوَ يَكْشِفُ ٱلْعَمَائِقَ وَٱلْأَسْرَارَ. يَعْلَمُ مَا هُوَ فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ، وَعِنْدَهُ يَسْكُنُ ٱلنُّورُ.

He reveals the deep and hidden things because he knows what is in the darkness, and the light lives with him.

٢٣ 23 إِيَّاكَ يَا إِلَهَ آبَائِي أَحْمَدُ، وَأُسَبِّحُ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَانِي ٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلْقُوَّةَ وَأَعْلَمَنِي ٱلْآنَ مَا طَلَبْنَاهُ مِنْكَ، لِأَنَّكَ أَعْلَمْتَنَا أَمْرَ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

God of my ancestors, I thank you and praise you for the wisdom and power you gave to me. Now you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the matter that concerns the king.”

٢٤ 24 فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ دَخَلَ دَانِيآلُ إِلَى أَرْيُوخَ ٱلَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِإِبَادَةِ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ، مَضَى وَقَالَ لَهُ هَكَذَا: «لَا تُبِدْ حُكَمَاءَ بَابِلَ. أَدْخِلْنِي إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَأُبَيِّنَ لِلْمَلِكِ ٱلتَّعْبِيرَ».

Then Daniel went in to see Arioch (the one the king appointed to kill everyone who was wise in Babylon). He went and said to him, “Do not kill the wise men in Babylon. Take me to the king and I will show the king the interpretation of his dream.”

٢٥ 25 حِينَئِذٍ دَخَلَ أَرْيُوخُ بِدَانِيآلَ إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَلِكِ مُسْرِعًا وَقَالَ لَهُ هَكَذَا: «قَدْ وَجَدْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي سَبْيِ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي يُعَرِّفُ ٱلْمَلِكَ بِٱلتَّعْبِيرِ».

Then Arioch quickly brought in Daniel before the king and said, “I have found among the exiles of Judah a man who will reveal the meaning of the king's dream.”

٢٦ 26 أَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ لِدَانِيآلَ، ٱلَّذِي ٱسْمُهُ بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ: «هَلْ تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْتَ عَلَى أَنْ تُعَرِّفَنِي بِٱلْحُلْمِ ٱلَّذِي رَأَيْتُ، وَبِتَعْبِيرِهِ؟»

The king said to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me the dream that I saw and its meaning?”

٢٧ 27 أَجَابَ دَانِيآلُ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَقَالَ: «ٱلسِّرُّ ٱلَّذِي طَلَبَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ لَا تَقْدِرُ ٱلْحُكَمَاءُ وَلَا ٱلسَّحَرَةُ وَلَا ٱلْمَجُوسُ وَلَا ٱلْمُنَجِّمُونَ عَلَى أَنْ يُبَيِّنُوهُ لِلْمَلِكِ.

Daniel answered the king and said, “The mystery that the king has asked about cannot be revealed by those who have wisdom, nor by those who claim to speak with the dead, nor by magicians, and not by astrologers.

٢٨ 28 لَكِنْ يُوجَدُ إِلَهٌ فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ كَاشِفُ ٱلْأَسْرَارِ، وَقَدْ عَرَّفَ ٱلْمَلِكَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ مَا يَكُونُ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ. حُلْمُكَ وَرُؤْيَا رَأْسِكَ عَلَى فِرَاشِكَ هُوَ هَذَا:

Nevertheless, there is a God who lives in the heavens, who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what will happen in the days to come. These were your dream and the visions of your mind as you lay on your bed.

٢٩ 29 أَنْتَ يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ أَفْكَارُكَ عَلَى فِرَاشِكَ صَعِدَتْ إِلَى مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِ هَذَا، وَكَاشِفُ ٱلْأَسْرَارِ يُعَرِّفُكَ بِمَا يَكُونُ.

As for you, king, your thoughts on your bed were about things to come, and the one who reveals mysteries has made known to you what is about to happen.

٣٠ 30 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ يُكْشَفْ لِي هَذَا ٱلسِّرُّ لِحِكْمَةٍ فِيَّ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ، وَلَكِنْ لِكَيْ يُعَرَّفَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِٱلتَّعْبِيرِ، وَلِكَيْ تَعْلَمَ أَفْكَارَ قَلْبِكَ.

As for me, this mystery was not revealed to me because of any wisdom that I have more than any other living person. This mystery was revealed to me so that you, king, may understand the meaning, and so that you may know the thoughts deep within you.

٣١ 31 «أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ كُنْتَ تَنْظُرُ وَإِذَا بِتِمْثَالٍ عَظِيمٍ. هَذَا ٱلتِّمْثَالُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٱلْبَهِيُّ جِدًّا وَقَفَ قُبَالَتَكَ، وَمَنْظَرُهُ هَائِلٌ.

King, you looked up and you saw a large statue. This statue, which was very powerful and bright, stood before you. Its brightness was terrifying.

٣٢ 32 رَأْسُ هَذَا ٱلتِّمْثَالِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ جَيِّدٍ. صَدْرُهُ وَذِرَاعَاهُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ. بَطْنُهُ وَفَخْذَاهُ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ.

The head of the statue was made of fine gold. Its breast and arms were of silver. Its middle and its thighs were made of bronze,

٣٣ 33 سَاقَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ. قَدَمَاهُ بَعْضُهُمَا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَٱلْبَعْضُ مِنْ خَزَفٍ.

and its legs were made of iron. Its feet were made partly of iron and partly of clay.

٣٤ 34 كُنْتَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَنْ قُطِعَ حَجَرٌ بِغَيْرِ يَدَيْنِ، فَضَرَبَ ٱلتِّمْثَالَ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ ٱللَّتَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَخَزَفٍ فَسَحَقَهُمَا.

You looked up, and a stone was cut out, although not by human hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and it shattered them.

٣٥ 35 فَٱنْسَحَقَ حِينَئِذٍ ٱلْحَدِيدُ وَٱلْخَزَفُ وَٱلنُّحَاسُ وَٱلْفِضَّةُ وَٱلذَّهَبُ مَعًا، وَصَارَتْ كَعُصَافَةِ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ فِي ٱلصَّيْفِ، فَحَمَلَتْهَا ٱلرِّيحُ فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهَا مَكَانٌ. أَمَّا ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلَّذِي ضَرَبَ ٱلتِّمْثَالَ فَصَارَ جَبَلًا كَبِيرًا وَمَلَأَ ٱلْأَرْضَ كُلَّهَا.

Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold at the same time were broken into pieces and became like the chaff of the threshing floors in the summer. The wind carried them away and there was no trace of them left. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

٣٦ 36 هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْحُلْمُ. فَنُخْبِرُ بِتَعْبِيرِهِ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

This was your dream. Now we will tell the king the meaning.

٣٧ 37 «أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ مَلِكُ مُلُوكٍ، لِأَنَّ إِلَهَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ أَعْطَاكَ مَمْلَكَةً وَٱقْتِدَارًا وَسُلْطَانًا وَفَخْرًا.

You, king, are king of the kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the honor.

٣٨ 38 وَحَيْثُمَا يَسْكُنُ بَنُو ٱلْبَشَرِ وَوُحُوشُ ٱلْبَرِّ وَطُيُورُ ٱلسَّمَاءِ دَفَعَهَا لِيَدِكَ وَسَلَّطَكَ عَلَيْهَا جَمِيعِهَا. فَأَنْتَ هَذَا ٱلرَّأْسُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.

He has given into your hand the place where the human beings live. He has given over the animals of the fields and the birds of the heavens into your hand, and he has made you rule over them all. You are the statue's head of gold.

٣٩ 39 وَبَعْدَكَ تَقُومُ مَمْلَكَةٌ أُخْرَى أَصْغَرُ مِنْكَ وَمَمْلَكَةٌ ثَالِثَةٌ أُخْرَى مِنْ نُحَاسٍ فَتَتَسَلَّطُ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze will rule over all the earth.

٤٠ 40 وَتَكُونُ مَمْلَكَةٌ رَابِعَةٌ صَلْبَةٌ كَٱلْحَدِيدِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَدِيدَ يَدُقُّ وَيَسْحَقُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ. وَكَالْحَدِيدِ ٱلَّذِي يُكَسِّرُ تَسْحَقُ وَتُكَسِّرُ كُلَّ هَؤُلَاءِ.

There will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks other things into pieces and shatters everything. It will shatter all these things and crush them.

٤١ 41 وَبِمَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلْقَدَمَيْنِ وَٱلْأَصَابِعَ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ خَزَفٍ وَٱلْبَعْضُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، فَٱلْمَمْلَكَةُ تَكُونُ مُنْقَسِمَةً، وَيَكُونُ فِيهَا قُوَّةُ ٱلْحَدِيدِ مِنْ حَيْثُ إِنَّكَ رَأَيْتَ ٱلْحَدِيدَ مُخْتَلِطًا بِخَزَفِ ٱلطِّينِ.

Just as you saw, the feet and toes were partly made of baked clay and partly made of iron, so it will be a divided kingdom; some of the strength of iron will be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.

٤٢ 42 وَأَصَابِعُ ٱلْقَدَمَيْنِ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَٱلْبَعْضُ مِنْ خَزَفٍ، فَبَعْضُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ يَكُونُ قَوِيًّا وَٱلْبَعْضُ قَصِمًا.

As the toes of the feet were partly made of iron and partly made of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

٤٣ 43 وَبِمَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلْحَدِيدَ مُخْتَلِطًا بِخَزَفِ ٱلطِّينِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَخْتَلِطُونَ بِنَسْلِ ٱلنَّاسِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَتَلَاصَقُ هَذَا بِذَاكَ، كَمَا أَنَّ ٱلْحَدِيدَ لَا يَخْتَلِطُ بِٱلْخَزَفِ.

As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so the people will be a mixture; they will not stay together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

٤٤ 44 وَفِي أَيَّامِ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ، يُقِيمُ إِلَهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ مَمْلَكَةً لَنْ تَنْقَرِضَ أَبَدًا، وَمَلِكُهَا لَا يُتْرَكُ لِشَعْبٍ آخَرَ، وَتَسْحَقُ وَتُفْنِي كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ، وَهِيَ تَثْبُتُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be conquered by another people. It will break the other kingdoms into pieces and put an end to all of them, and it will remain forever.

٤٥ 45 لِأَنَّكَ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ قُطِعَ حَجَرٌ مِنْ جَبَلٍ لَا بِيَدَيْنِ، فَسَحَقَ ٱلْحَدِيدَ وَٱلنُّحَاسَ وَٱلْخَزَفَ وَٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ. ٱللهُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ قَدْ عَرَّفَ ٱلْمَلِكَ مَا سَيَأْتِي بَعْدَ هَذَا. اَلْحُلْمُ حَقٌّ وَتَعْبِيرُهُ يَقِينٌ».

Just as you saw, a stone was cut out of the mountain, but not by human hands. It broke the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to you, king, what will happen after this. The dream is true and this interpretation is reliable.”

٤٦ 46 حِينَئِذٍ خَرَّ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَسَجَدَ لِدَانِيآلَ، وَأَمَرَ بِأَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا لَهُ تَقْدِمَةً وَرَوَائِحَ سُرُورٍ.

King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face before Daniel and honored him; he commanded that an offering be made and that incense be offered up to him.

٤٧ 47 فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَانِيآلَ وَقَالَ: «حَقًّا إِنَّ إِلَهَكُمْ إِلَهُ ٱلْآلِهَةِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمُلُوكِ وَكَاشِفُ ٱلْأَسْرَارِ، إِذِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ عَلَى كَشْفِ هَذَا ٱلسِّرِّ».

The king said to Daniel, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and the one who reveals mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

٤٨ 48 حِينَئِذٍ عَظَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَانِيآلَ وَأَعْطَاهُ عَطَايَا كَثِيرَةً، وَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ وِلَايَةِ بَابِلَ وَجَعَلَهُ رَئِيسَ ٱلشِّحَنِ عَلَى جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ.

Then the king made Daniel highly honored and gave him many wonderful gifts. He made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon. Daniel became chief governor over the wisest men of Babylon.

٤٩ 49 فَطَلَبَ دَانِيآلُ مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَوَلَّى شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ وِلَايَةِ بَابِلَ. أَمَّا دَانِيآلُ فَكَانَ فِي بَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

Daniel made a request of the king, and the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be administrators over the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king's court.