다니엘 5

1벨사살 왕이 그 귀인 일천 명을 위하여 큰 잔치를 배설하고 그 일천 명 앞에서 술을 마시니라 2벨사살이 술을 마실 때에 명하여 그 부친 느부갓네살이 예루살렘 전에서 취하여 온 금, 은 기명을 가져오게 하였으니 이는 왕과 귀인들과 왕후들과 빈궁들이 다 그것으로 마시려 함이었더라 3이에 예루살렘 하나님의 전 성소 중에서 취하여 온 금 기명을 가져오매 왕이 그 귀인들과 왕후들과 빈궁들로 더불어 그것으로 마시고 4무리가 술을 마시고는 그 금, 은, 동, 철, 목, 석으로 만든 신들을 찬양하니라 5그 때에 사람의 손가락이 나타나서 왕궁 촛대 맞은편 분벽에 글자를 쓰는데 왕이 그 글자 쓰는 손가락을 본지라 6이에 왕의 즐기던 빛이 변하고 그 생각이 번민하여 넓적다리 마디가 녹는 듯하고 그 무릎이 서로 부딪힌지라 7왕이 크게 소리하여 술객과 갈대아 술사와 점장이를 불러 오게 하고 바벨론 박사들에게 일러 가로되 무론 누구든지 이 글자를 읽고 그 해석을 내게 보이면 자주옷을 입히고 금사슬로 그 목에 드리우고 그로 나라의 셋째 치리자를 삼으리라 하니라 8때에 왕의 박사가 다 들어왔으나 능히 그 글자를 읽지 못하여 그 해석을 왕께 알게 하지 못하는지라 9그러므로 벨사살 왕이 크게 번민하여 그 낯빛이 변하였고 귀인들도 다 놀라니라 10태후가 왕과 그 귀인들의 말로 인하여 잔치하는 궁에 들어왔더니 이에 말하여 가로되 왕이여 만세수를 하옵소서 왕의 생각을 번민케 말며 낯빛을 변할 것이 아니니이다 11왕의 나라에 거룩한 신들의 영이 있는 사람이 있으니 곧 왕의 부친 때에 있던 자로서 명철과 총명과 지혜가 있어 신들의 지혜와 같은 자라 왕의 부친 느부갓네살 왕이 그를 세워 박수와 술객과 갈대아 술사와 점장이의 어른을 삼으셨으니 12왕이 벨드사살이라 이름한 이 다니엘의 마음이 민첩하고 지식과 총명이 있어 능히 꿈을 해석하며 은밀한 말을 밝히며 의문을 파할 수 있었음이라 이제 다니엘을 부르소서 그리하시면 그가 그 해석을 알려드리리이다 13이에 다니엘이 부름을 입어 왕의 앞에 나오매 왕이 다니엘에게 말하여 가로되 네가 우리 부왕이 유다에서 사로잡아 온 유다 자손 중의 그 다니엘이냐 14내가 네게 대하여 들은즉 네 안에는 신들의 영이 있으므로 네가 명철과 총명과 비상한 지혜가 있다 하도다 15지금 여러 박사와 술객을 내 앞에 불러다가 그들로 이 글을 읽고 그 해석을 내게 알게 하라 하였으나 그들이 다 능히 그 해석을 내게 보이지 못하였느니라 16내가 네게 대하여 들은즉 너는 해석을 잘하고 의문을 파한다 하도다 그런즉 이제 네가 이 글을 읽고 그 해석을 내게 알게 하면 네게 자주옷을 입히고 금사슬을 네 목에 드리우고 너로 나라의 셋째 치리자를 삼으리라 17다니엘이 왕에게 대답하여 가로되 왕의 예물은 왕이 스스로 취하시며 왕의 상급은 다른 사람에게 주옵소서 그럴지라도 내가 왕을 위하여 이 글을 읽으며 그 해석을 아시게 하리이다 18왕이여 지극히 높으신 하나님이 왕의 부친 느부갓네살에게 나라와 큰 권세와 영광과 위엄을 주셨고 19그에게 큰 권세를 주셨으므로 백성들과 나라들과 각 방언하는 자들이 그의 앞에서 떨며 두려워하였으며 그는 임의로 죽이며 임의로 살리며 임의로 높이며 임의로 낮추었더니 20그가 마음이 높아지며 뜻이 강퍅하여 교만을 행하므로 그 왕위가 폐한 바 되며 그 영광을 빼앗기고 21인생 중에서 쫓겨나서 그 마음이 들짐승의 마음과 같았고 또 들나귀와 함께 거하며 또 소처럼 풀을 먹으며 그 몸이 하늘 이슬에 젖었으며 지극히 높으신 하나님이 인간 나라를 다스리시며 자기의 뜻대로 누구든지 그 위에 세우시는 줄을 알기까지 이르게 되었었나이다 22벨사살이여 왕은 그의 아들이 되어서 이것을 다 알고도 오히려 마음을 낮추지 아니하고 23도리어 스스로 높여서 하늘의 주재를 거역하고 그 전 기명을 왕의 앞으로 가져다가 왕과 귀인들과 왕후들과 빈궁들이 다 그것으로 술을 마시고 왕이 또 보지도 듣지도 알지도 못하는 금, 은, 동, 철과 목, 석으로 만든 신상들을 찬양하고 도리어 왕의 호흡을 주장하시고 왕의 모든 길을 작정하시는 하나님께는 영광을 돌리지 아니한지라 24이러므로 그의 앞에서 이 손가락이 나와서 이 글을 기록하였나이다 25기록한 글자는 이것이니 곧 메네 메네 데겔 우바르신이라 26그 뜻을 해석하건대 메네는 하나님이 이미 왕의 나라의 시대를 세어서 그것을 끝나게 하셨다 함이요 27데겔은 왕이 저울에 달려서 부족함이 뵈었다 함이요 28베레스는 왕의 나라가 나뉘어서 메대와 바사 사람에게 준 바 되었다 함이니이다 29이에 벨사살이 명하여 무리로 다니엘에게 자주옷을 입히게 하며 금 사슬로 그의 목에 드리우게 하고 그를 위하여 조서를 내려 나라의 셋째 치리자를 삼으니라 30그날 밤에 갈대아 왕 벨사살이 죽임을 당하였고 31메대 사람 다리오가 나라를 얻었는데 때에 다리오는 육십이 세였더라

1Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. 3Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another. 7The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 8Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. 9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. 10The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed. 11There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 12because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. 13Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? 14I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. 15Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing. 16But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty: 19and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down. 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will. 22You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified. 24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed. 25This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end; 27TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. 28PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. 31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

1De koning Belsazar maakte een groten maaltijd voor zijn duizend geweldigen, en hij dronk wijn voor die duizend. 2Als Belsazar den wijn geproefd had, zeide hij, dat men de gouden en zilveren vaten voorbrengen zou, die zijn vader Nebukadnezar uit den tempel, die te Jeruzalem geweest was, weggevoerd had; opdat de koning en zijn geweldigen, zijn vrouwen en zijn bijwijven uit dezelve dronken. 3Toen bracht men voor de gouden vaten, die men uit den tempel van het huis Gods, die te Jeruzalem geweest was, weggevoerd had; en de koning en zijn geweldigen, zijn vrouwen, en zijn bijwijven dronken daaruit. 4Zij dronken den wijn, en prezen de gouden, en de zilveren, de koperen, de ijzeren, de houten en de stenen goden. 5Ter zelfder ure kwamen er vingeren van eens mensen hand voort, die schreven tegenover den kandelaar, op de kalk van den wand van het koninklijk paleis, en de koning zag het deel der hand, die daar schreef. 6Toen veranderde zich de glans des konings, en zijn gedachten verschrikten hem; en de banden zijner lendenen werden los, en zijn knieen stieten tegen elkander aan. 7Zodat de koning met kracht riep dat men de sterrekijkers, de Chaldeen en de waarzeggers inbrengen zou; en de koning antwoordde en zeide tot de wijzen van Babel: Alle man, die dit schrift lezen, en deszelfs uitlegging mij te kennen zal geven, die zal met purper gekleed worden, met een gouden keten om zijn hals, en hij zal de derde heerser in dit koninkrijk zijn. 8Toen kwamen al de wijzen des konings in; maar zij konden dit schrift niet lezen, noch den koning deszelfs uitlegging bekend maken. 9Toen verschrikte de koning Belsazar zeer, en zijn glans werd aan hem veranderd, en zijn geweldigen werden verbaasd. 10Om deze woorden des konings en zijner geweldigen, ging de koningin in het huis des maaltijds. De koningin sprak en zeide: O koning, leef in eeuwigheid! laat u uw gedachten niet verschrikken, en uw glans niet veranderd worden. 11Er is een man in uw koninkrijk, in wien de geest der heilige goden is, want in de dagen uws vaders is bij hem gevonden licht, en verstand, en wijsheid, gelijk de wijsheid der goden is; daarom stelde hem de koning Nebukadnezar, uw vader, tot een overste der tovenaars, der sterrekijkers, der Chaldeen, en der waarzeggers, uw vader, o koning! 12Omdat een voortreffelijke geest, en wetenschap, en verstand van een, die dromen uitlegt, en der aanwijzing van raadselen, en van een, die knopen ontbindt, gevonden werd in hem, in Daniel, dien de koning den naam van Beltsazar gaf; laat nu Daniel geroepen worden, die zal de uitlegging te kennen geven. 13Toen werd Daniel voor den koning ingebracht. De koning antwoordde en zeide tot Daniel: Zijt gij die Daniel, een uit de gevankelijk weggevoerden van Juda, die de koning, mijn vader, uit Juda gebracht heeft? 14Ik heb toch van u gehoord, dat de geest der goden in u is, en dat er licht, en verstand, en voortreffelijke wijsheid in u gevonden wordt. 15Nu, zo zijn voor mij ingebracht de wijzen en de sterrekijkers, om dit schrift te lezen, en deszelfs uitlegging mij bekend te maken; maar zij kunnen de uitlegging dezer woorden niet te kennen geven. 16Doch van u heb ik gehoord, dat gij uitleggingen kunt geven, en knopen ontbinden; nu, indien gij dit schrift zult kunnen lezen, en deszelfs uitlegging mij bekend maken, gij zult met purper bekleed worden, met een gouden keten om uw hals, en gij zult de derde heerser in dit koninkrijk zijn. 17Toen antwoordde Daniel, en zeide voor den koning: Heb uw gaven voor uzelven, en geef uw vereringen aan een ander; ik zal nochtans het schrift voor den koning lezen, en de uitlegging zal ik hem bekend maken. 18Wat u aangaat, o koning! de allerhoogste God heeft uw vader Nebukadnezar het koninkrijk, en grootheid, en eer, en heerlijkheid gegeven; 19En vanwege de grootheid, die Hij hem gegeven had, beefden en sidderden alle volken, natien en tongen voor hem; dien hij wilde, doodde hij, en dien hij wilde, behield hij in het leven, en dien hij wilde, verhoogde hij, en dien hij wilde, vernederde hij. 20Maar toen zich zijn hart verhief, en zijn geest verstijfd werd ter hovaardij, werd hij van den troon zijns koninkrijks afgestoten, en men nam de eer van hem weg. 21En hij werd van de kinderen der mensen verstoten, en zijn hart werd den beesten gelijk gemaakt, en zijn woning was bij de woudezelen; men gaf hem gras te smaken gelijk den ossen; en zijn lichaam werd van den dauw des hemels nat gemaakt, totdat hij bekende, dat God, de Allerhoogste, Heerser is over de koninkrijken der mensen, en over dezelve stelt, wien Hij wil. 22En gij, Belsazar, zijn zoon! hebt uw hart niet vernederd, alhoewel gij dit alles wel geweten hebt. 23Maar gij hebt u verheven tegen den Heere des hemels, en men heeft de vaten van Zijn huis voor u gebracht, en gij, en uw geweldigen, uw vrouwen, en uw bijwijven hebben wijn uit dezelve gedronken, en de goden van zilver en goud, koper, ijzer, hout en steen, die niet zien, noch horen, noch weten, hebt gij geprezen; maar dien God, in Wiens hand uw adem is, en bij Wien al uw paden zijn, hebt gij niet verheerlijkt. 24Toen is dat deel der hand van Hem gezonden, en dit schrift getekend geworden. 25Dit nu is het schrift, dat daar getekend is: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26Dit is de uitlegging dezer woorden: MENE; God heeft uw koninkrijk geteld, en Hij heeft het voleind. 27TEKEL; gij zijt in weegschalen gewogen; en gij zijt te licht gevonden. 28PERES; uw koninkrijk is verdeeld, en het is den Meden en den Perzen gegeven. 29Toen beval Belsazar, en zij bekleedden Daniel met purper, met een gouden keten om zijn hals, en zij riepen overluid van hem, dat hij de derde heerser in dat koninkrijk was. 30In dienzelfden nacht, werd Belsazar, der Chaldeen koning, gedood. 31Darius, de Meder nu, ontving het koninkrijk, omtrent twee en zestig jaren oud zijnde.