1At nang ikalawang taon ng paghahari ni Nabucodonosor ay nanaginip si Nabucodonosor ng mga panaginip; at ang kaniyang espiritu ay nabagabag, at siya'y napukaw sa pagkakatulog. 2Nang magkagayo'y ipinatawag ng hari ang mga mahiko, at ang mga enkantador, at ang mga manghuhula, at ang mga Caldeo, upang saysayin sa hari ang kaniyang mga panaginip. Sa gayo'y nagsipasok sila at sila'y nagsiharap sa hari. 3At sinabi ng hari sa kanila, Ako'y nanaginip ng isang panaginip, at ang aking Espiritu ay nabagabag upang maalaman ang panaginip. 4Nang magkagayo'y nagsalita ang mga Caldeo sa hari sa wikang Siria, Oh hari, mabuhay ka magpakailan man: saysayin mo sa iyong mga lingkod ang panaginip, at aming ipaliliwanag ang kahulugan. 5Ang hari ay sumagot, at nagsabi sa mga Caldeo, Ang bagay ay nawala sa akin: kung di ninyo ipaliliwanag sa akin ang panaginip at ang kahulugan niyaon, kayo'y pagpuputolputulin, at ang inyong mga bahay ay gagawing dumihan. 6Nguni't kung inyong ipaliwanag ang panaginip at ang kahulugan niyaon, kayo'y magsisitanggap sa akin ng mga kaloob at mga kagantihan at dakilang karangalan: kaya't ipaliwanag ninyo sa akin ang panaginip at ang kahulugan niyaon. 7Sila'y nagsisagot na ikalawa, at nangagsabi, Saysayin ng hari sa kaniyang mga lingkod ang panaginip, at aming ipaliliwanag ang kahulugan. 8Ang hari ay sumagot, at nagsabi. Tunay na talastas ko na ibig ninyong magdahilan, sapagka't inyong nalalaman na nawala sa akin ang bagay. 9Nguni't kung di ninyo ipaliwanag sa akin ang panaginip, iisang kautusan lamang mayroon sa inyo; sapagka't kayo'y nangaghanda ng pagbubulaan at mga hamak na salita sa harap ko, hanggang sa ang panahon ay magbago: kaya't saysayin ninyo sa akin ang panaginip, at malalaman ko na inyong maipaliliwanag sa akin ang kahulugan niyaon. 10Ang mga Caldeo ay nagsisagot sa harap ng hari, at nangagsabi, Walang tao sa ibabaw ng lupa na makapagpapaaninaw ng bagay ng hari, palibhasa'y walang hari, panginoon, o pinuno man, na nagtanong ng ganyang bagay sa kanino mang mahiko, enkantador, o Caldeo. 11At isang mahirap na bagay ang inuusisa ng hari, at walang ibang makapagpapaaninaw sa harap ng hari, liban ang mga dios, na ang tahanan ay hindi kasama ng tao. 12Dahil sa bagay na ito ang hari ay nagalit at totoong nagalab sa galit, at nagutos na lipulin ang lahat na pantas na tao sa Babilonia. 13Sa gayo'y itinanyag ang pasiya, at ang mga pantas na tao ay papatayin; at hinanap nila si Daniel at ang kaniyang mga kasama upang patayin. 14Nang magkagayo'y nagbalik ng sagot si Daniel na may payo at kabaitan kay Arioch na punong kawal ng bantay ng hari, na lumabas upang patayin ang mga pantas na tao sa Babilonia; 15Siya'y sumagot, at nagsabi kay Arioch na punong kawal ng hari, Bakit ang pasiya ay totoong madalian mula sa hari? Nang magkagayo'y ipinatalastas ni Arioch ang bagay kay Daniel. 16At si Daniel ay pumasok, at humiling sa hari na takdaan siya ng panahon, at kaniyang ipaaaninaw sa hari ang kahulugan. 17Nang magkagayo'y naparoon si Daniel sa kaniyang bahay, at ipinaalam ang bagay kay Ananias, kay Misael, at kay Azarias, na kaniyang mga kasama: 18Upang sila'y magsipagnais ng kaawaan sa Dios ng langit tungkol sa lihim na ito; upang si Daniel at ang kaniyang mga kasama ay hindi mangamatay na kasama ng ibang mga pantas na tao sa Babilonia. 19Nang magkagayo'y nahayag ang lihim kay Daniel sa isang pangitain sa gabi. Nang magkagayo'y pinuri ni Daniel ang Dios sa langit. 20Si Daniel ay sumagot, at nagsabi, Purihin ang pangalan ng Dios magpakailan man: sapagka't ang karunungan at kapangyarihan ay kaniya. 21At kaniyang binabago ang mga panahon at mga kapanahunan; siya'y nagaalis ng mga hari, at naglalagay ng mga hari; siya'y nagbibigay ng karunungan sa marunong at ng kaalaman sa makakaalam ng unawa; 22Siya'y naghahayag ng malalim at lihim na mga bagay; kaniyang nalalaman kung ano ang nasa kadiliman, at ang liwanag ay tumatahang kasama niya. 23Pinasasalamatan kita, at pinupuri kita, Oh ikaw na Dios ng aking mga magulang, na siyang nagbigay sa akin ng karunungan at lakas, at nagpatalastas ngayon sa akin ng ninais namin sa iyo; sapagka't iyong ipinaalam sa amin ang bagay ng hari. 24Kaya't pinasok ni Daniel si Arioch na siyang inihalal ng hari na lipulin ang mga pantas na tao sa Babilonia; siya'y naparoon, at nagsabi sa kaniya ng ganito, Huwag mong lipulin ang mga pantas na tao sa Babilonia; dalhin mo ako sa harap ng hari, at aking ipaaaninaw sa hari ang kahulugan. 25Nang magkagayo'y dinalang madali ni Arioch si Daniel sa harap ng hari, at nagsabing ganito sa kaniya, Ako'y nakasumpong ng isang lalake sa mga anak ng nangabihag sa Juda, na magpapaaninaw sa hari ng kahulugan. 26Ang hari ay sumagot, at nagsabi kay Daniel, na ang pangalan ay Beltsasar, Maipaaaninaw mo baga sa akin ang panaginip na aking nakita, at ang kahulugan niyaon? 27Si Daniel ay sumagot sa harap ng hari, at nagsabi, Ang lihim na itinatanong ng hari ay hindi maipaaaninaw sa hari kahit ng mga pantas na tao, ng mga enkantador, ng mga mahiko man, o ng mga manghuhula man. 28Nguni't may isang Dios sa langit na naghahayag ng mga lihim, at siyang nagpapaaninaw sa haring Nabucodonosor kung ano ang mangyayari sa mga huling araw. Ang iyong panaginip, at ang pangitain ng iyong ulo sa iyong higaan ay ang mga ito: 29Tungkol sa iyo, Oh hari, ang iyong mga pagiisip ay dumating sa iyo sa iyong higaan, kung ano ang mangyayari sa panahong darating; at siya na naghahayag ng mga lihim ay ipinaaninaw sa iyo kung ano ang mangyayari. 30Nguni't tungkol sa akin ang lihim na ito ay hindi nahayag sa akin ng dahil sa anomang karunungan na tinamo kong higit kay sa sinomang may buhay, kundi upang maipaaninaw sa hari ang kahulugan at upang iyong maalaman ang mga pagiisip ng iyong puso. 31Ikaw, Oh hari, nakakita, at narito, ang isang malaking larawan. Ang larawang ito na makapangyarihan, at ang kaniyang kakinangan ay mainam, ay tumayo sa harap mo; at ang anyo niyao'y kakilakilabot. 32Tungkol sa larawang ito, ang kaniyang ulo ay dalisay na ginto, ang kaniyang dibdib at ang kaniyang mga bisig ay pilak, ang kaniyang tiyan at ang kaniyang mga hita ay tanso, 33Ang kaniyang mga binti ay bakal, ang kaniyang mga paa'y isang bahagi ay bakal, at isang bahagi ay putik na luto. 34Iyong tinitingnan hanggang sa may natibag na isang bato, hindi ng mga kamay, na tumama sa larawan sa kaniyang mga paang bakal at putik na luto, at mga yao'y binasag. 35Nang magkagayo'y ang bakal, ang putik na luto, ang tanso, ang pilak, at ang ginto ay nagkaputolputol na magkakasama, at naging parang dayami sa mga giikan sa tagaraw; at tinangay ng hangin na walang dakong kasumpungan sa mga yaon: at ang bato na tumama sa larawan ay naging malaking bundok, at pinuno ang buong lupa. 36Ito ang panaginip; at aming sasaysayin ang kahulugan niyaon sa harap ng hari. 37Ikaw, Oh hari, ay hari ng mga hari, na pinagbigyan ng Dios sa langit ng kaharian, ng kapangyarihan, at ng kalakasan, at ng kaluwalhatian; 38At alin mang tinatahanan ng mga anak ng mga tao, ng mga hayop sa parang at ng mga ibon sa himpapawid ay ibinigay sa iyong kamay, at pinapagpuno ka sa kanilang lahat: ikaw ang ulo na ginto. 39At pagkatapos mo ay babangon ang ibang kaharian na mababa sa iyo; at ang ibang ikatlong kaharian na tanso na magpupuno sa buong lupa. 40At ang ikaapat na kaharian ay magiging matibay na parang bakal, palibhasa'y ang bakal ay nakadudurog at nakapagpapasuko ng lahat na bagay; at kung paanong dinidikdik ng bakal ang lahat ng ito, siya'y magkakaputolputol at madidikdik. 41At yamang iyong nakita na ang mga paa at mga daliri, ang isang bahagi ay putik na luto ng magpapalyok, at ang isang bahagi ay bakal, ay magiging kahariang hati; nguni't magkakaroon yaon ng kalakasan ng bakal, yamang iyong nakita na ang bakal ay nahahalo sa putik na luto. 42At kung paanong ang mga daliri ng paa ay bakal ang isang bahagi at ang isang bahagi ay putik, magkakagayon ang kaharian na ang isang bahagi ay matibay, at isang bahagi ay marupok. 43At yamang iyong nakita na ang bakal ay nahahaluan ng putik na luto, sila'y magkakahalo ng lahi ng mga tao; nguni't hindi sila magkakalakipan, gaya ng bakal na hindi lumalakip sa putik. 44At sa mga kaarawan ng mga haring yaon ay maglalagay ang Dios sa langit ng isang kaharian, na hindi magigiba kailan man, o ang kapangyarihan man niyao'y iiwan sa ibang bayan; kundi pagpuputolputulin at lilipulin niya ang lahat na kahariang ito, at yao'y lalagi magpakailan man. 45Yamang iyong nakita na ang isang bato ay natibag sa bundok, hindi ng mga kamay, at pumutol ng mga bakal, ng tanso, ng putik, ng pilak, at ng ginto; ipinaalam ng dakilang Dios sa hari kung ano ang mangyayari sa haharapin: at ang panaginip ay tunay at ang pagkapaaninaw niyao'y tapat. 46Nang magkagayo'y ang haring Nabucodonosor ay nagpatirapa, at sumamba kay Daniel, at nagutos na sila'y maghandog ng alay at ng may masarap na amoy sa kaniya. 47Ang hari ay sumagot kay Daniel, at nagsabi, Sa katotohanan ang inyong Dios ay Dios ng mga dios, at Panginoon ng mga hari, at tagapaghayag ng mga lihim, yamang ikaw ay nakapaghayag ng lihim na ito. 48Nang magkagayo'y pinadakila ng hari si Daniel, at binigyan siya ng maraming dakilang kaloob, at pinapagpuno siya sa buong lalawigan ng Babilonia, at pinapaging pangulo ng mga tagapamahala sa lahat na pantas sa Babilonia. 49At si Daniel ay humiling sa hari, at kaniyang inihalal, si Sadrach, si Mesach, at si Abed-nego, sa mga gawain sa lalawigan ng Babilonia; nguni't si Daniel ay nasa pintuang-daan ng hari.
1In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. 2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 3The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. 4Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 5The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 6But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation. 7They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 8The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me. 9But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation. 10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean. 11It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. 14Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who was gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; 15he answered Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 16Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation. 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. 21He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding; 22he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. 23I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter. 24Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation. 25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation. 26The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation? 27Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; 28but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: 29as for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen. 30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. 31You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome. 32As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, 33its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay. 34You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 36This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king. 37You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory; 38and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold. 39After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay. 44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45Because you saw 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 has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure. 46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him. 47The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret. 48Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. 49Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
1In het tweede jaar nu des koninkrijks van Nebukadnezar, droomde Nebukadnezar dromen; daarvan werd zijn geest verslagen, en zijn slaap werd in hem gebroken. 2Toen zeide de koning, dat men roepen zou de tovenaars, en de sterrekijkers, en de guichelaars, en de Chaldeen, om den koning zijn dromen te kennen te geven; zij nu kwamen, en stonden voor het aangezicht des konings. 3En de koning zeide tot hen: Ik heb een droom gedroomd; en mijn geest is ontsteld om dien droom te weten. 4Toen spraken de Chaldeen, tot den koning in het Syrisch: O koning, leef in eeuwigheid! Zeg uw knechten den droom, zo zullen wij de uitlegging te kennen geven. 5De koning antwoordde en zeide tot de Chaldeen: De zaak is mij ontgaan; indien gij mij den droom en zijn uitlegging niet bekend maakt, gij zult in stukken gehouwen worden, en uw huizen zullen tot een drekhoop gemaakt worden. 6Maar indien gijlieden den droom en zijn uitlegging te kennen geeft, zo zult gij geschenken en gaven, en grote eer van mij ontvangen; daarom geeft mij den droom en zijn uitlegging te kennen. 7Zij antwoordden ten tweeden male, en zeiden: De koning zegge zijn knechten den droom, dan zullen wij de uitlegging te kennen geven. 8De koning antwoordde en zeide: Ik weet vastelijk, dat gijlieden den tijd uitkoopt, dewijl gij ziet, dat de zaak mij ontgaan is. 9Indien gijlieden mij dien droom niet te kennen geeft, ulieder vonnis is enerlei; daarom hebt gij een leugenachtig en verdicht woord voor mij te zeggen bereid, totdat de tijd verandere; daarom zegt mij den droom, dan zal ik weten, dat gij mij deszelfs uitlegging zult te kennen geven. 10De Chaldeen antwoordden voor den koning, en zeiden: Er is geen mens op den aardbodem, die des konings woord zou kunnen te kennen geven; daarom is er geen koning, grote of heerser, die zulk een zaak begeerd heeft van enigen tovenaar, of sterrekijker, of Chaldeer. 11Want de zaak die de koning begeert, is te zwaar; en er is niemand anders, die dezelve voor den koning te kennen kan geven, dan de goden, welker woning bij het vlees niet is. 12Daarom werd de koning toornig en zeer verbolgen, en zeide, dat men al de wijzen te Babel zou ombrengen. 13Die wet dan ging uit, en de wijzen werden gedood; men zocht ook Daniel en zijn metgezellen, om gedood te worden. 14Toen bracht Daniel een raad en oordeel in, aan Arioch, den overste der trawanten des konings, die uitgetogen was, om de wijzen van Babel te doden. 15Hij antwoordde en zeide tot Arioch, den bevelhebber des konings: Waarom zou de wet van 's konings wege zo verhaast worden? Toen gaf Arioch aan Daniel de zaak te kennen. 16En Daniel ging in, en verzocht van den koning, dat hij hem een bestemden tijd wilde geven, dat hij den koning de uitlegging te kennen gave. 17Toen ging Daniel naar zijn huis, en hij gaf de zaak zijn metgezellen, Hananja, Misael, en Azarja te kennen; 18Opdat zij van den God des hemels barmhartigheden verzochten over deze verborgenheid, dat Daniel en zijn metgezellen met de overige wijzen van Babel niet omkwamen. 19Toen werd aan Daniel in een nachtgezicht de verborgenheid geopenbaard; toen loofde Daniel den God des hemels. 20Daniel antwoordde en zeide: De Naam Gods zij geloofd van eeuwigheid tot in eeuwigheid, want Zijn is de wijsheid en de kracht. 21Want Hij verandert de tijden en stonden; Hij zet de koningen af, en Hij bevestigt de koningen; Hij geeft den wijzen wijsheid, en wetenschap dengenen, die verstand hebben; 22Hij openbaart diepe en verborgen dingen; Hij weet, wat in het duister is, want het licht woont bij Hem. 23Ik dank en ik loof U, o God mijner vaderen! omdat Gij mij wijsheid en kracht gegeven hebt, en mij nu bekend gemaakt hebt, wat wij van U verzocht hebben, want Gij hebt ons des konings zaak bekend gemaakt. 24Daarom ging Daniel in tot Arioch, dien de koning gesteld had om de wijzen van Babel om te brengen; hij ging henen en zeide aldus tot hem: Breng de wijzen van Babel niet om, maar breng mij in voor den koning, en ik zal den koning de uitlegging te kennen geven. 25Toen bracht Arioch met haast Daniel in voor den koning, en hij sprak alzo tot hem: Ik heb een man van de gevankelijk weggevoerden van Juda gevonden, die den koning de uitlegging zal bekend maken. 26De koning antwoordde en zeide tot Daniel, wiens naam Beltsazar was: Zijt gij machtig mij bekend te maken den droom, dien ik gezien heb, en zijn uitlegging? 27Daniel antwoordde voor den koning, en zeide: De verborgenheid, die de koning eist, kunnen de wijzen, de sterrekijkers, de tovenaars, en de waarzeggers den koning niet te kennen geven; 28Maar er is een God in den hemel, Die verborgenheden openbaart, Die heeft den koning Nebukadnezar bekend gemaakt, wat er geschieden zal in het laatste der dagen; uw droom, en de gezichten uws hoofds op uw leger, zijn deze: 29Gij, o koning! op uw leger zijnde, klommen uw gedachten op, wat hierna geschieden zou; en Hij, Die verborgen dingen openbaart, heeft u te kennen gegeven, wat er geschieden zal. 30Mij nu, mij is de verborgenheid geopenbaard, niet door wijsheid, die in mij is boven alle levenden; maar daarom, opdat men den koning de uitlegging zou bekend maken, en opdat gij de gedachten uws harten zoudt weten. 31Gij, o koning! zaagt, en ziet, er was een groot beeld (dit beeld was treffelijk, en deszelfs glans was uitnemend), staande tegen u over; en zijn gedaante was schrikkelijk. 32Het hoofd van dit beeld was van goed goud; zijn borst en zijn armen van zilver; zijn buik en zijn dijen van koper; 33Zijn schenkelen van ijzer; zijn voeten eensdeels van ijzer, en eensdeels van leem. 34Dit zaagt gij, totdat er een steen afgehouwen werd zonder handen, die sloeg dat beeld aan zijn voeten van ijzer en leem, en vermaalde ze. 35Toen werden te zamen vermaald het ijzer, leem, koper, zilver en goud, en zij werden gelijk kaf van de dorsvloeren des zomers, en de wind nam ze weg, en er werd geen plaats voor dezelve gevonden; maar de steen, die het beeld geslagen heeft, werd tot een groten berg, alzo dat hij de gehele aarde vervulde. 36Dit is de droom; zijn uitlegging nu zullen wij voor de koning zeggen. 37Gij, o koning! zijt een koning der koningen; want de God des hemels heeft u een koninkrijk, macht, en sterkte, en eer gegeven; 38En overal, waar mensenkinderen wonen, heeft Hij de beesten des velds en de vogelen des hemels in uw hand gegeven; en Hij heeft u gesteld tot een heerser over al dezelve; gij zijt dat gouden hoofd. 39En na u zal een ander koninkrijk opstaan, lager dan het uwe; daarna een ander, het derde koninkrijk van koper, hetwelk heersen zal over de gehele aarde. 40En het vierde koninkrijk zal hard zijn, gelijk ijzer; aangezien het ijzer alles vermaalt en verzwakt; gelijk nu het ijzer, dat zulks alles verbreekt, alzo zal het vermalen en verbreken. 41En dat gij gezien hebt de voeten en de tenen, ten dele van pottenbakkersleem, en ten dele van ijzer, dat zal een gedeeld koninkrijk zijn, doch daar zal van des ijzers vastigheid in zijn, ten welken aanzien gij gezien hebt ijzer vermengd met modderig leem; 42En de tenen der voeten, ten dele ijzer, en ten dele leem; dat koninkrijk zal ten dele hard zijn, en ten dele broos. 43En dat gij gezien hebt ijzer vermengd met modderig leem, zij zullen zich wel door menselijk zaad vermengen, maar zij zullen de een aan den ander niet hechten, gelijk als zich ijzer met leem niet vermengt. 44Doch in de dagen van die koningen zal de God des hemels een Koninkrijk verwekken, dat in der eeuwigheid niet zal verstoord worden; en dat Koninkrijk zal aan geen ander volk overgelaten worden; het zal al die koninkrijken vermalen, en te niet doen, maar zelf zal het in alle eeuwigheid bestaan. 45Daarom hebt gij gezien, dat uit den berg een steen zonder handen afgehouwen is geworden, die het ijzer, koper, leem, zilver en goud vermaalde; de grote God heeft den koning bekend gemaakt, wat hierna geschieden zal; de droom nu is gewis, en zijn uitlegging is zeker. 46Toen viel de koning Nebukadnezar op zijn aangezicht, en aanbad Daniel; en hij zeide, dat men hem met spijsoffer en liefelijk reukwerk een drankoffer doen zou. 47De koning antwoordde Daniel en zeide: Het is de waarheid, dat ulieder God een God der goden is, en een Heere der koningen, en Die de verborgenheden openbaart, dewijl gij deze verborgenheid hebt kunnen openbaren. 48Toen maakte de koning Daniel groot, en hij gaf hem vele grote geschenken, en hij stelde hem tot een heerser over het ganse landschap van Babel, en een overste der overheden over al de wijzen van Babel. 49Toen verzocht Daniel van den koning; en hij stelde Sadrach, Mesach en Abed-nego over de bediening van het landschap van Babel; maar Daniel bleef aan de poort des konings.
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