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.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king 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.

Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king 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 the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, 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 whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;

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

and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the middle 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.

Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8 ف َذَهَبَ رِجالٌ كَلْدانِيُّونَ إلَى المَلِكِ وَاشتَكُوا عَلَى اليَهُودِ.

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

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

They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.

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 every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

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

and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle 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 appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, nor worship the golden 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 commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then 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 answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden 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 whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good: but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?

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

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, 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 it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of 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 will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

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

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should 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.

He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to 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 pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle 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 commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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

These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle 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 Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire? They answered 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.»

He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed; and the aspect of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

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 came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle 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.

The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed 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 and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might 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 every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.

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

Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.