1 « مِنَ المَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ إلَى كُلِّ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأُمَمِ وَاللُّغاتِ، السّاكِنِينَ فِي كُلِّ البُلدانِ، فَليَكُنْ لَكُمُ الخَيرُ وَالسَّلامُ دائِماً.

Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages that dwell on all the earth: May peace be multiplied to you!

2 « أجِدُ سُرُوراً عَظِيماً فِي أنْ أُخبِرَكُمْ بِالآياتِ وَالعَجائِبِ الَّتِي عَمِلَها اللهُ العَلِيِّ لِي.

It seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed toward me.

3 « آياتُهُ عَظِيمَةٌ! عَجائِبُهُ قَوِيَّةٌ! مُلْكُهُ مُلْكٌ أبَدِيٌّ، وَسُلطانُهُ سَيَدُومُ عَبرَ كُلِّ الأجيالِ.

How great are His signs! And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

4 « أنا، نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ، كُنتُ أستَرِيحُ مُطمَئِناً فِي قَصرِي،

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house and prospering in my palace.

5 ف َرَأيتُ حُلماً أفزَعَنِي. وَأزعَجَتنِي أفكارِي وَتَخَيُّلاتِي وَأنا عَلَى فِراشِي.

I had a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts and imaginations and the visions of my head as I was lying upon my bed troubled and agitated me.

6 ح ِينَئِذٍ، أصدَرتُ أمراً بِإحْضارِ كُلِّ حُكَماءِ بابِلَ كَي يُفَسِّرُوا لِيَ الحُلمَ.

Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

7 و َحِينَ جاءَ المُنَجِّمُونَ وَالسَّحَرَةُ وَالكَلْدانِيُّونَ وَالوُسَطاءُ، أخْبَرْتُهُمْ عَنْ حُلمِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا تَفسِيرَهُ.

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me the interpretation of it.

8 و َأخِيراً، دَخَلَ دانِيالُ أمامِي، وَهُوَ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَ اسْمَ ‹بَلْطْشاصَّرُ› إكراماً لإلَهِي. وَكانَ رُوحُ الآلِهَةِ القِدِّيسِينَ فِيهِ، فَأخبَرتُهُ عَن حُلمِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ:

But at last Daniel came in before me—he who was named Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God—and I told the dream before him, saying,

9 « يا بَلْطْشاصَّرُ، يا رَئِيسَ المُنَّجِمِينَ، أعرِفُ أنَّ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ القِدِّيسِينَ فِيكَ، وَلا يُوجَدُ سِرٌّ يَصعُبُ عَلَيكَ مَعرِفَتُهُ، فَفَسِّرْ لِيَ الحُلمَ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ.

O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you and no secret mystery is a burden or troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation of it.

10 ك ُنتُ مُستَلقِياً عَلَى فِراشِي حِينَ بَدَأتُ أرَى رُؤَىً فِي ذِهنِي. وَفَجأةً كانَتْ هُناكَ شَجَرَةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ جِدّاً تَنمُو فِي الأرْضِ،

The visions of my head on my bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

11 ك انَت هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً جِدّاً، وَبَلَغَ ارتِفاعُها إلَى السَّماءِ، وَكانَ الجَمِيعُ يَراها.

The tree grew and was strong and its height reached to the heavens, and the sight of it reached to the end of the whole earth.

12 ك انَت أوراقُها جَمِيلَةً، وَثَمَرُها وَفِيراً، وَكانَت تُعطِي طَعاماً لِلجَمِيعِ، وَكانَتِ حَيواناتُ البَرِّيَةِ تَستَظِلُّ تَحتَها، وَالطُّيُورُ تَسكُنُ فِي أغصانِها، وَكُلُّ الكائِناتِ تَأكُلُ مِنها.

Its leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The living creatures of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches; and all flesh was fed from it.

13 « وَبَينَما كُنتُ أرَى هَذا فِي حُلمِي وَعَلَى فِراشِي، نَزَلَ مُراقِبٌ قِدِّيسٌ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَصَرَخَ:

I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.

14 ‹ اقطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ! قُصُّوا أغصانَها! انزَعُوا أوراقَها! انثُرُوا ثِمارَها! وَلتَهرِبِ الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ مِنْ تَحتِها وَالطُّيُورُ مِنْ أغصانِها.

He cried aloud and said, Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the living creatures flee from under it and the fowls from its branches.

15 ل َكِنِ اترُكُوا جِذْعَها وَجُذُورَها فِي الأرْضِ. أوْثِقُوا جِذْعَها بِحَدِيدٍ وَنُحاسٍ فِي وَسَطِ نَباتاتِ الغابَةِ. اترُكُوهُ لِيَبتَلَّ مِنْ نَدَى السَّماءِ بَينَ الحَيواناتِ فِي الأراضِي العُشبِيَّةِ.

Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the midst of the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let him share the lot of the living creatures in the grass of the earth.

16 س َيَفقِدُ عَقلَهُ البَشَرِيَّ، وَيُفَكِّرُ كَالحَيواناتِ، إلَى أنْ تَمْضيَ عَلَيهِ سَبعَةُ مَواسِمَ.›

Let his nature and understanding be changed from a man’s and let a beast’s nature and understanding be given him, and let seven times pass over him.

17 « هَذا الإعلانُ مَرسُومٌ أمَرَ بِهِ المُراقِبُونَ القِدِّيسُونَ لِكَي تَعرِفَ كُلُّ المَخلُوقاتِ أنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ يَحْكُمُ مَملَكَةَ البَشَرِ. وَهُوَ يُعطِيها لِمَن يَشاءُ، وَيُقِيمُ أوضَعَ النّاسِ عَلَيها.

This sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the decision is by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He will and sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men.

18 « هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ، أنا المَلِكَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ. وَالآنَ يا بَلْطْشاصَّرُ، فَسِّرْ لِيَ الحُلمَ، لأنَّهُ لا أحَدَ مِنَ الحُكَماءِ الآخَرِينَ يَستَطِيعُ تَفسِيرَهُ، أمّا أنتَ فَتَستَطِيعُ لأنَّ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ القِدِّيسِينَ فِيكَ.»

This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And you, O Belteshazzar, declare now its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you.

19 ف َبَقِيَ دانِيالُ – وَيُدْعَى أيضاً بَلْطْشاصَّرَ – صامِتاً نَحوَ ساعَةٍ كامِلَةٍ وَهُوَ مُنزَعِجٌ مِنْ أفكارِهِ. فَقالَ لَهُ المَلِكُ: «يا بَلْطْشاصَّرُ، لا تَدَعِ الحُلمَ وَتَفسِيرَهُ يُزعِجانِكَ.» فَأجابَ بَلْطْشاصَّرُ: «يا سَيِّدِي، أتَمَنَّى لَوْ أنَّ هَذا الحُلمَ عَن أعدائِكَ!

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished and dismayed and stricken dumb for a while, and his thoughts troubled, agitated, and alarmed him. The king said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or its interpretation trouble or alarm you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its message for your enemies.

20 ف َالشَّجَرَةُ الكَبِيرَةُ القَوِيَّةُ الَّتِي رَأيتَها، وَوَصَلَ ارتِفاعُها إلَى السَّماءِ، حَتَّى كانَتْ مَرئِيَّةً مِنْ أقاصِي الأرْضِ –

The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which was visible to all the earth,

21 ا لشَّجَرَةُ ذاتَ الأوراقِ الجَّمِيلَةِ وَالثَّمَرِ الكَثِيرِ، وَفِي أغصانِها طَعامٌ لِلجَمِيعِ، وَقَد سَكَنَتِ الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ تَحتَها وَعَشَّشَتِ الطُّيُورُ فِي أغْصانِها –

Whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, on which was food for all, under which the living creatures of the field dwelt, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their nests—

22 ه ِيَ أنتَ أيُّها المَلِكُ! فَقَد صِرتَ عَظِيماً وَقَوِيّاً، وَجَمَعتَ ثَروَةً عَظِيمَةً، وَوَصَلَتْ قُوَّتُكَ إلَى السَّماءِ وَسُلطانُكَ إلَى أقاصِي الأرْضِ.

It is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; your greatness has increased and it reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.

23 « أمّا المُراقِبُ القِدِّيسُ الَّذِي رَأيتَهُ يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّماءِ، وَالَّذِي قالَ: ‹اقطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ وَأهلِكُوها تَماماً، لَكِنِ اتْرُكُوا جِذعَها وَجُذُورَها فِي الأرْضِ مُقَيَّدَةً بِقُيُودٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَنُحاسٍ وَسَطَ الحُقُولِ. فَهُناكَ سَتَبتَلُّ بِنَدَى السَّماءِ، وَتَبقَى بَينَ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ حَتَّى تَكتَمِلَ سَبعَةُ مَواسِمٍ.›

And whereas the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, Cut the tree down and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field; and let him be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let his portion be with the living creatures of the field until seven times pass over him—

24 « فَيا سَيِّدِي المَلِكِ، هَذا هُوَ تَفسِيرُ ما قالَهُ المُراقِبُ فِي الحُلمِ: هَذا هُوَ الحُكمُ الَّذِي أصدَرَهُ اللهُ العَلِيُّ عَلَى سَيِّدِي المَلِكِ:

This is the interpretation, O king: It is the decree of the Most High which has come upon my lord the king:

25 س َيَطرُدُونَكَ مِنْ بَينِ النّاسِ، وَسَتَعِيشُ بَينَ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ وَسَتَأكُلُ العُشبَ كَالبَقَرِ، وَسَتَبتَلُّ بِنَدَى السَّماءِ. وَسَتَمُرُّ عَلَيكَ سَبْعَةُ مَواسِمٍ قَبلَ أنْ يَعُودَ إلَيكَ عَقلُكَ وَتَعرِفَ أنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ يَحكُمُ عَلَى مَملَكَةِ البَشَرِ. وَهُوَ يُعطِيها لِمَن يَشاءُ.

You shall be driven from among men and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as do the oxen and you shall be wet with the dew of the heavens; and seven times shall pass over you until you learn and know and recognize that the Most High rules the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He will.

26 « وَعِندَما قالَ المُراقِبُ القدِّيسُ: ‹اترُكُوا جِذْعَها وَجُذُورَها،› فَهَذا لِتَعلَمَ أنَّ مَملَكَتَكَ سَتَعُودُ إلَيكَ، عِنْدَما تُدْرِكَ أنَّ السِّيادَةَ هِيَ لِرَبِّ السَّماءِ.

And in that it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be sure to you after you have learned and know that heaven rules.

27 ل ِذَلِكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ اسْمَعْ نَصِيحَتِي. كَفِّرْ عَنْ خَطاياكَ بِالبِرِّ، وَعَنْ شَرِّكَ بِالإحسانِ لِلفُقَراءِ. فَحِينَئِذٍ، تَكُونُ لَكَ حَياةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ هادِئَةٌ.»

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins and show the reality of your repentance by righteousness (right standing with God and moral and spiritual rectitude and rightness in every area and relation) and liberate yourself from your iniquities by showing mercy and loving-kindness to the poor and oppressed, that there may possibly be a continuance and lengthening of your peace and tranquility and a healing of your error.

28 و َقَد حَدَثَت كُلُّ تِلكَ الأُمُورِ لِلمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ،

All this was fulfilled and came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

29 ف َبَعدَ اثنَي عَشَرَ شَهراً كانَ المَلِكُ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطحِ قَصرِهِ،

At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

30 ح ِينَ قالَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ بابِلُ المَدِينَةُ العَظِيمَةُ الَّتِي بَنَيتُها بِقُوَّتِي لِتَصِيرَ عاصِمَةَ مَملَكَتِي وَلأُظْهِرَ مَجدِي!»

The king said, Is not this the great Babylon that I have built as the royal residence and seat of government by the might of my power and for the honor and glory of my majesty?

31 و َبَينَما كانَ لايَزالُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذِهِ الكَلِماتِ، جاءَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّماءِ يَقُولُ: «اسمَعْ ما سَيَحدُثُ لَكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ: سَتُنزَعُ مَملَكَتُكَ مِنكَ.

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,

32 و َسَتُطرَدُ مِنْ بَينِ النّاسِ لِتَعِيشَ بَينَ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ، وَسَتَأكُلُ العُشبَ كَالبَقَرِ، وَسَتَمُرُّ عَلَيكَ سَبعَةُ مَواسِمٍ قَبلَ أنْ تَعُودَ إلَى عَقلِكَ وَتَعرِفَ أنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ يَحكُمُ عَلَى مَملَكَةِ البَشَرِ. وَهُوَ يُعطِيها لِمَن يَشاءُ.»

And you shall be driven from among men and your dwelling will be with the living creatures of the field. You will be made to eat grass like the oxen, and seven times shall pass over you until you have learned and know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He will.

33 و َفَورَ انتِهاءِ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ، طُرِدَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مِنْ بَينِ النّاسِ، وَصارَ مَجنُوناً. وَبَدَأ يَأكُلُ العُشبَ كَالبَقَرِ، وَابتَلَّ جَسَدُهُ بِنَدَى السَّماءِ. طالَ شَعرُهُ وَتَلَبَّدَ حَتَّى صارَ مِثلَ رِيشِ النَّسرِ. وَطالَت أظافِرُهُ حَتَّى صارَت كَمَخالِبِ الطُّيُورِ.

That very hour the thing was being fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and did eat grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens until his hair grew like eagles’ and his nails like birds’.

34 و َتابَعَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ كَلامَهُ بِقَولِهِ: «وَفِي نِهايَةِ الوَقتِ المُعَيَّنِ، رَفَعتُ أنا نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، عَينَيَّ نَحوَ السَّماءِ فَعادَ إلَيَّ عَقلِي. حِينَئِذٍ، بارَكتُ اللهَ العَلِيَّ، وَمَجَّدتُ الَّذِي يَحيا إلَى الأبَدِ وَالَّذِي يَملُكُ إلَى الأبَدِ، وَمُلكُهُ يَستَمِرُّ عَبرَ الأجيالِ.

And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding and the right use of my mind returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and I praised and honored and glorified Him Who lives forever, Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion; and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

35 « أمامَ قُوَّةِ اللهِ، كُلُّ البَشَرِ عَلَى الأرْضِ كَلا شَيءٍ! هُوَ يَعمَلُ ما يُرِيدُ بِجُندِ السَّماءِ أوْ بِسُكّانِ الأرْضِ! لا يُوجَدُ مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ مَنْعَهُ أوْ مَنْ يَسألُهُ ماذا تَعمَلُ؟

And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?

36 « فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، أعادَ اللهُ إلَيَّ عَقلِي وَمَجدَ مَملَكَتِي وَكَرامَتِي. وَعادَت هَيئَتِي إلَى طَبِيعَتِها. وَعادَ المُستَشارُونَ وَالنُبَلاءُ يَطلُبُونَ نَصِيحَتِي مِنْ جَدِيدٍ. وَعُدْتُ إلَى مَركِزِي كَمَلِكٍ عَلَى مَملَكَتِي. وَحَصَلتُ عَلَى ثَروَةٍ أعظَمَ مِمّا كانَ لِي.

Now at the same time my reason and understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me, and my counselors and my lords sought me out; I was reestablished in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.

37 أ نا نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ أُسَبِّحُ وَأحمَدُ وَأُكرِمُ مَلِكَ السَّماءِ الَّذِي كُلُّ أعمالِهِ حَقٌّ وَطُرُقُهُ مُستَقِيمَةٌ، وَهُوَ يَقدِرُ أنْ يُذِلَّ المُتَكَبِّرِينَ.»

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, Whose works are all faithful and right and Whose ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to abase and humble.