Daniel 2

1 V drugem letu kraljevanja Nebukadnezarja je Nebukadnezar sanjal sanje, s čimer je bil njegov duh vznemirjen in njegovo spanje se je ločilo od njega.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

2 Potem je kralj zapovedal, da pokličejo čarovnike, astrologe, čarodeje in Kaldejce, da kralju razodenejo njegove sanje. Tako so prišli in stali pred kraljem.

And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.

3 Kralj jim je rekel: »Sanjal sem sanje in moj duh je bil vznemirjen, da bi razumel sanje.«

And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

4 Potem so Kaldejci spregovorili kralju po sirsko: »Oh kralj, živi na veke. Povej svojim služabnikom sanje, mi pa bomo pokazali pomen.«

And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

5 Kralj je odgovoril in Kaldejcem rekel: »Ta stvar je odšla od mene. Če mi ne boste razložili sanj, z njihovo razlago, boste razrezani na koščke, vaše hiše pa bodo narejene za gnojišče.

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

6 Toda če mi boste pokazali sanje in njihov pomen, boste od mene prejeli darila in nagrade in veliko čast. Zatorej mi razodenite sanje in njihov pomen.«

But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.

7 Ponovno so odgovorili in rekli: »Naj kralj pove svojim služabnikom sanje, mi pa bomo pokazali njihov pomen.«

They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

8 Kralj je odgovoril in rekel: »Zagotovo vem, da hočete pridobiti čas, ker ste videli, da je stvar odšla od mene.

The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;

9 Toda če mi ne boste pokazali sanj, je za vas samo en odlok, kajti pripravili ste lažnive in izprijene besede, da jih govorite pred menoj, dokler čas ne bo spremenjen. Zato mi povejte sanje in vedel bom, da mi lahko pokažete njihovo razlago.«

but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.

10 Kaldejci so pred kraljem odgovorili in rekli: »Na zemlji ni človeka, ki lahko pokaže kraljevo zadevo. Zato tam ni kralja, gospodarja niti vladarja, ki bi zahteval takšne besede pri kateremkoli čarovniku ali astrologu ali Kaldejcu.

The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.

11 To je redka stvar, ki jo kralj zahteva in nikogar drugega ni, ki lahko to razodene pred kraljem, razen bogov, katerih prebivališče ni z mesom.«

For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12 Zaradi tega razloga je bil kralj jezen in zelo besen in ukazal, da uničijo vse modre babilonske može.

For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 Odlok je odšel naprej, da bodo modri možje umorjeni, in iskali so Daniela in njegove tovariše, da bi bili umorjeni.

And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

14 Potem je Daniel z nasvetom in preudarnostjo odgovoril Arjóhu, poveljniku kraljeve straže, ki je odšel, da umori modre babilonske može.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15 Odgovoril je in kraljevemu poveljniku Arjóhu rekel: »Zakaj je kraljevi odlok tako nagel?« Potem je Arjóh stvar razložil Danielu.

he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16 Potem je Daniel vstopil in želel od kralja, da naj mu da čas in da bo on kralju pokazal razlago.

And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the king the interpretation.

17 Potem je Daniel odšel k svoji hiši in dal stvar spoznati Hananjáju, Mišaélu in Azarjáju, svojim družabnikom,

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

18 da bi glede te skrivnosti želeli milosti od Boga nebes; da se Daniel in njegovi tovariši ne bi pogubili z ostalimi modrimi babilonskimi možmi.

that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Potem je bila Danielu skrivnost razodeta v nočnem videnju. Potem je Daniel blagoslovil Boga nebes.

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

20 Daniel je odgovoril in rekel: »Blagoslovljeno bodi ime Boga na veke vekov, kajti modrost in moč sta njegovi

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; For wisdom and might are his.

21 in on spreminja čase ter obdobja. Odstranja kralje in postavlja kralje. Daje modrost modrim in spoznanje tistim, ki poznajo razumevanje.

And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding.

22 Razodeva globoke in skrite stvari. Ve kaj je v temi in razsvetljenje prebiva z njim.

It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

23 Zahvaljujem se ti in te hvalim, oh ti Bog mojih očetov, ki si mi dal modrost in moč in si mi sedaj razodel, kar smo želeli od tebe, kajti sedaj si nam pokazal kraljevo zadevo.«

I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.

24 Zato je Daniel vstopil k Arjóhu, ki mu je kralj odredil, da uniči modre babilonske može. Odšel je in mu takole rekel: »Ne uniči modrih babilonskih mož, privedi me pred kralja in kralju bom pokazal razlago.«

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

25 Potem je Arjóh Daniela v naglici privedel pred kralja in mu takole rekel: »Našel sem moža izmed Judovih ujetnikov, ki bo kralju dal spoznati razlago.«

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: I have found a man of the sons of the captivity of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

26 Kralj je odgovoril in rekel Danielu, čigar ime je bilo Beltšacár: »Ali si mi zmožen pokazati sanje, ki sem jih videl in njihovo razlago?«

The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream that I have seen, and its interpretation?

27 Daniel je v prisotnosti kralja odgovoril in rekel: »Skrivnosti, ki jo je kralj zahteval, modri možje, astrologi, čarovniki [in] napovedovalci usode kralju ne morejo pokazati,

Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the magicians, the scribes, the astrologers, shew unto the king;

28 toda Bog je v nebesih, ki razodeva skrivnosti in daje spoznati kralju Nebukadnezarju, kaj bo v zadnjih dneh. Tvoje sanje in videnja tvoje glave na tvoji postelji so ta.

but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:

29 Kar se tebe tiče, oh kralj, tvoje misli so prišle v tvoj um na tvoji postelji, kaj se bo odslej zgodilo in on, ki razodeva skrivnosti, ti daje spoznati, kaj se bo zgodilo.

— as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.

30 Toda kar se mene tiče, mi ta skrivnost ni bila razodeta zaradi kakršnekoli modrosti, ki bi jo imel več kakor katerikoli živeči, temveč zaradi tistih, ki bodo dali spoznati razlago kralju in da boš lahko poznal misli svojega srca.

And as for me, this secret is revealed to me, not by [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation should be made known to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

31 Ti, oh kralj, si videl in ogledoval veliko podobo. Ta velika podoba, katere sijaj je bil odličen, je stala pred teboj in njena oblika je bila strašna.

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible.

32 Glava te podobe je bila iz čistega zlata, njene prsi in njeni lakti iz srebra, njen trebuh in njena stegna iz brona,

This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

33 njene noge iz železa, njena stopala deloma iz železa, deloma pa iz ila.

its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.

34 Gledal si, dokler ni bil brez rok izklesan kamen, ki je zadel podobo v njena stopala, ki so bila iz železa in ila in jih zlomil na koščke.

Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

35 Potem so bili železo, il, bron, srebro in zlato skupaj zlomljeni na koščke in postali kakor pleve na poletnem mlatišču, in veter jih je odnesel, da zanje ni bilo najti nobenega prostora. Kamen, ki je zadel podobo, pa je postal velika gora in napolnil celotno zemljo.

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36 To so sanje in njihovo razlago bomo povedali pred kraljem.

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

37 Ti, oh kralj, si kralj kraljev, kajti Bog nebes ti je dal kraljestvo, oblast, moč in slavo.

Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

38 Kjerkoli prebivajo človeški otroci, je v tvojo roko dal živali polja in perjad neba in te naredil vladarja nad njimi vsemi. Ti si ta glava iz zlata.

and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowl of the heavens dwell, he hath given them into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all: thou art this head of gold.

39 Za teboj pa bo vstalo drugo kraljestvo, slabše od tvojega in še eno, tretje kraljestvo iz brona, ki bo vladalo nad celotno zemljo.

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40 Četrto kraljestvo bo čvrsto kakor železo. Kakor železo zlomi na koščke in podjarmi vse stvari, in kakor železo, ki zlomi vse te, [tako] bo to razbilo na koščke in poškodovalo.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth everything, and as iron that breaketh all these, so shall it break in pieces and bruise.

41 Kakor si videl stopala in prste, delno iz lončarjevega ila in delno iz železa, bo kraljestvo razdeljeno, toda v njem bo moč železa, ker si videl železo pomešano z blatnim ilom.

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

42 In kakor so bili prsti stopal deloma iz železa in deloma iz ila, tako bo kraljestvo delno močno in delno zlomljeno.

And [as] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.

43 Kakor si videl železo, pomešano z blatnim ilom, tako se bodo mešali med seboj s človeškim semenom, toda ne bodo se držali drug drugega, celó kakor železo ni pomešano z ilom.

And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.

44 V dneh teh kraljev bo Bog nebes vzpostavil kraljestvo, ki ne bo nikoli uničeno. In kraljestvo ne bo ostalo drugemu ljudstvu, temveč bo zlomilo na koščke in požrlo vsa ta kraljestva, sámo pa bo obstalo na veke.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.

45 Ker si videl, da je bil kamen brez rok izklesan iz gore in da je ta zlomil na koščke železo, bron, ilo, srebro in zlato; véliki Bog je dal spoznati kralju, kaj se bo odslej zgodilo. Sanje so zanesljive in njihova razlaga nedvoumna.«

Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, — the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.

46 Potem je kralj Nebukadnezar padel na svoj obraz, oboževal Daniela in zapovedal, da mu morajo darovati daritev in prijetne dišave.

Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

47 Kralj je Danielu odgovoril in rekel: »Resnično je to, da je vaš Bog Bog bogov in gospod kraljev in [ta], ki razodeva skrivnosti, glede na to, da si lahko razodel to skrivnost.«

The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret.

48 Potem je kralj Daniela naredil za velikega moža in mu dal mnoga sijajna darila in ga naredil vladarja nad celotno provinco Babilon in glavnega izmed voditeljev nad vsemi modrimi možmi Babilona.

Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 Potem je Daniel prosil kralja in ta je postavil Šadráha, Mešáha in Abéd Negója nad zadeve babilonske province, toda Daniel je sedel pri kraljevih velikih vratih.

And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon. And Daniel was in the gate of the king.