1 و َصَنَعَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ تِمثالاً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِراعاً، وَعَرضُهُ سِتُّ أذرُعٍ. وَنَصَبَهُ فِي وادِي دُورا فِي مُقاطَعَةِ بابِلَ.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 و َأصدَرَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ أمراً بِأنْ يَأتِيَ جَميعُ الوُلاةِ وَكِبارِ المَسؤُولِينَ وَالحُكّامِ وَالمُستَشارِينَ وَأُمَناءِ الخَزنَةِ وَالقُضاةِ وَضُبّاطِ الشُرطَةِ وَجَمِيعُ مُوَظَفِي المُقاطَعَةِ لِتَدشِينِ تِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي كانَ المَلِكُ قَد أمَرَ بِإقامَتِهِ.

And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

3 ف َاجتَمَعَ كُلُّ الوُلاةِ وَكِبارِ المَسؤُولِينَ وَالحُكّامِ وَالمُستَشارِينَ وَأُمَناءِ الخَزنَةِ وَالقُضاةِ وَضُبّاطِ الشُرطَةِ وَكُلُّ مُوَظَفِيِّ المُقاطَعَةِ الآخَرِينَ لأجلِ تَدشِينِ التِّمثالِ الَّذِي أمَرَ المَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ بِإقامَتِهِ، وَوَقَفُوا أمامَ التِّمثالِ.

So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4 ث ُمَّ أعلَنَ مُنادٍ بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ وَقالَ: «أيَّتُها الشُّعُوبُ وَالأُمَمُ مِنْ جَميعِ اللُّغاتِ،

Then a herald cried aloud: “To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

5 ح ِينَ تَسمَعُونَ أصْواتَ البُوقِ وَالنّايِ وَالقِيثارَةِ وَالرَّبابَةِ وَالقانُونِ وَالقِرْبَةِ وَغَيرِها مِنَ الآلاتِ، تَسجُدُونَ لِتِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ.

that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up;

6 و َمَن لا يَسجُدُ لَهُ، سَيُقبَضُ عَلَيهِ فَوراً وَيُطرَحُ فِي فُرنٍ مُشتَعِلٍ.»

and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”

7 و َكانَ هُناكَ أُناسٌ مِنْ كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأُمَمِ وَاللُّغاتِ، فَلَمّا سَمِعُوا صَوتَ البُوقِ وَالنّايِ وَالقانُونِ وَالقِيثاراتِ الكَبِيرَةِ وَالصَّغِيرَةِ وَالمِزمارِ وَأصواتِ الآلاتِ المُوسِيقِيَّةِ الأُخرَى، سَجَدُوا أمامَ تِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبَهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ.

So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King

8 ف َذَهَبَ رِجالٌ كَلْدانِيُّونَ إلَى المَلِكِ وَاشتَكُوا عَلَى اليَهُودِ.

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the Jews.

9 و َقالُوا لِنَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ المَلِكِ: «أيُّها المَلِكُ، فَلتَعِشْ إلَى الأبَدِ!

They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

10 أ يُّها المَلِكُ، أنتَ أصدَرتَ أمراً بِأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَسمَعُ صَوتَ البُوقِ وَالنّايِ وَالقانُونِ وَالقِيثاراتِ الكَبِيرَةِ وَالصَّغِيرَةِ وَالمِزمارِ وَالآلاتِ المُوسِيقِيَّةِ الأُخرَى، يَنبَغِي أنْ يَسجُدَ أمامَ تِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ.

You, O king, have made a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the gold image;

11 و َأنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ لا يَسجُدُ سَيُلقَى بِهِ إلَى فُرنٍ مُشتَعِلٍ.

and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

12 ل َكِنْ هُناكَ رِجالٌ يَهُودٌ عَيَّنْتَهُمْ فِي مَراكِزَ عُلْيا فِي مُقاطَعَةِ بابِلَ، هُمْ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدُنَغُو، وَهُمْ يَتَجاهَلُونَ أمرَكَ وَلا يَعبُدُونَ إلَهَكَ، إذْ لَمْ يَسجُدُوا لِتِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي أمَرْتُ بِإقامَتِهِ.»

There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”

13 ف َاغتاظَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ عِندَما سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ وَقالَ غاضِباً: «أحضِرُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ إلَيَّ.» فَأحضَرُوا هَؤلاءِ الرِّجالَ أمامَ المَلِكِ.

Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king.

14 ف َقالَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ: «يا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، هَلْ صَحِيحٌ أنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُشارِكُوا فِي العِبادَةِ وَالسُّجُودِ لِتِمثالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبتُهُ؟

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “ Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up?

15 ا سْتَعِدُّوا للِسُّجُودِ لِذَلِكَ التِّمثالِ فَورَ سَماعِ أصْواتِ البُوقِ وَالنّايِ وَالقِيثارَةِ وَالرَّبابَةِ وَالقانُونِ وَالقِرْبَةِ وَغَيرِها مِنَ الآلاتِ. فَإنْ لَمْ تَسجُدُوا، سَتُلقَوْنَ إلَى الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ! وَمَن هُوَ الإلَهُ الَّذِي يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُنقِذَكُمْ مِنْ يَدَيَّ؟»

Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”

16 ف َأجابَ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو المَلِكَ وَقالُوا: «يا نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، لا نَحتاجُ أنْ نُجِيبَكَ عَنْ هَذا الأمرِ،

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

17 ل أنَّ الإلَهَ الَّذِي نَعْبُدُهُ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُنقِذَنا مِنكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ وَمِنَ الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ.

If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

18 ل َكِنْ حَتَّى إنْ لَمْ يُنقِذْنا، فَليَكُنْ مَعلُوماً لَدَيكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ بِأنَّنا لَنْ نَعْبُدَ آلِهَتَكَ ساجِدِينَ لِتِمثالِ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي نَصَبتَهُ.»

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Saved in Fiery Trial

19 ف َغَضِبَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ غَضَباً شَدِيداً، وَعَبَسَ وَجهُهُ أمامَ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، وَأمَرَ بِأنْ يُحَمَّى الفُرْنُ سَبعَةَ أضعافٍ.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

20 و َأمَرَ بَعضَ الجُنُودِ فِي جَيشِهِ بِأنْ يَربِطُوا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ وَيُلقُوهُمْ إلَى الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ.

And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21 ف َرَبَطُوهُمْ وَهُمْ مُرتَدُونَ قُمصانَهُمْ وَسَراوِيلَهُمْ وَعَمائِمَهُمْ وَثِيابَهُمْ كامِلَةً، وَألقَوْا بِهِمْ إلَى الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ.

Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22 و َلِضَرورَةِ الإسراعِ بِتَنفِيذِ أمرِ المَلِكِ وَلأنَّ الفُرنَ حُمِّيَ سَبعَةَ أضعافٍ عَنِ المُعتادِ، فَإنَّ الجُنُودَ الَّذيِنَ ألقَوْا شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ إلَى الفُرنِ احتَرَقُوا حَتَّى المَوتِ مِنْ لَهَبِ النّارِ.

Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.

23 و َسَقَطَ الرِّجالُ الثَّلاثَةُ – شَدرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو – مُوثَقِينَ فِي الفُرنِ.

And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 ح ِينَئِذٍ، اندَهَشَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ وَقَفَزَ مُسرِعاً وَقالَ لِمُرافِقِيهِ: «ألَمْ نُلقِ ثَلاثَةَ رِجالٍ مُوثَقِينَ إلَى الفُرنِ؟» فَأجابُوا: «نَعَمْ، هُوَ كَذَلِكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ.»

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”

25 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ: «فَلِماذا أرَى أربَعَةَ رِجالٍ مَحلُولِينَ يَتَمَشُّونَ فِي النّارِ دُونَ أنْ يُصِيبَهُمْ أذَىً؟ وَكَذَلِكَ يَظهَرُ الرّابِعُ شَبِيهاً بِابنِ الآلِهَةِ.»

“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

26 ث ُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ الفُرنِ المُشتَعِلِ وَقالَ: «يا شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو، يا عَبِيدَ اللهِ العَلِيِّ، اخرُجُوا.» فَخَرَجَ شَدْرَخُ وَمِيشَخُ وَعَبْدَنَغُو مِنَ النّارِ.

Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. ” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire.

27 ح ِينَئِذٍ، اجتَمَعَ كُلُّ الوُلاةِ وَكِبارِ المَسؤُولِينَ وَالحُكّامِ وَمُرافِقِي المَلِكِ حَولَهُمْ، وَرَأَوْا أنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ للِنّارِ أثَرٌ عَلَى أجسادِهِمْ، حَتَّى إنَّ شَعرَ رُؤوسِهِمْ لَمْ يَحتَرِقْ، وَثِيابَهُمْ لَمْ تَتَأثَّرْ، بَلْ إنَّ رائِحَةَ النّارِ لَمْ تَعلَقْ بِثِيابِهِمْ.

And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

28 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ: «مُبارَكٌ إلَهُ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ الَّذِي أرسَلَ مَلاكَهُ لِيُنقِذَ خُدّامَهُ الَّذِينَ يَثِقُونَ بِهِ، وَالَّذِينَ هَزِئُوا بِمَرسُومِ المَلِكِ مُخاطِرِينَ بِحَياتِهِمْ لِئَلّا يَعبُدُوا أوْ يَسجُدُوا لِأيِّ إلَهٍ آخَرَ غَيرِ إلَهِهِمْ.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

29 و َالآنَ أنا آمُرُ بِأنَّ أيَّ إنْسانٍ مِنْ أيِّ شَعْبٍ أوْ أُمَّةٍ أوْ لُغَةٍ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِسُوءٍ عَنْ إلَهِ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ، سَيُمَزَّقُ تَمزِيقاً، وَسَيُصادَرُ بَيتُهُ وَيُحَوَّلُ إلَى مَزبَلَةٍ، لأنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ إلَهٌ آخَرُ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يُنقِذَ شَعبَهُ هَكَذا.»

Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

30 و َهَكَذا رَفَعَ المَلِكُ مِنْ مَقامِ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعَبْدَنَغُوَ فِي مُقاطَعَةِ بابِلَ.

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.