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

`Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the earth: Your peace be great!

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

The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.

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

His signs how great! and His wonders how mighty! His kingdom a kingdom age-during, and His rule with generation and generation.

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

`I, Nebuchadnezzar, have been at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:

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

a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

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

And by me a decree is made, to cause all the wise men of Babylon to come up before me, that the interpretation of the dream they may cause me to know.

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

Then coming up are the scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, and the dream I have told before them, and its interpretation they are not making known to me.

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

And at last come up before me hath Daniel, whose name Belteshazzar -- according to the name of my god -- and in whom the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:

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, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell.

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

As to the visions of my head on my bed, I was looking, and lo, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height great:

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

become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;

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 fair, and its budding great, and food for all in it: under it take shade doth the beast of the field, and in its boughs dwell do the birds of the heavens, and of it fed are all flesh.

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

`I was looking, in the visions of my head on my bed, and lo, a sifter, even a holy one, from the heavens is coming down.

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

He is calling mightily, and thus hath said, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its budding, move away let the beast from under it, and the birds from off 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.

but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens is it wet, and with the beasts his portion in the herb of the earth;

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

his heart from man's is changed, and the heart of a beast is given to him, and 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.

by the decree of the sifters the sentence, and by the saying of the holy ones the requirement, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it, and the lowest of men He doth raise up over it.

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 have seen, I king Nebuchadnezzar; and thou, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation tell, because that all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to cause me to know the interpretation, and thou able, for the spirit of the holy gods in thee.

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 Belteshazzar, hath been astonished about one hour, and his thoughts do trouble him; the king hath answered and said, O Belteshazzar, let not the dream and its interpretation trouble thee. Belteshazzar hath answered and said, My lord, the dream -- to those hating thee, and its interpretation -- to thine enemies!

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

The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,

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

and its leaves fair, and its budding great, and food for all in it, under it dwell doth the beast of the field, and on its boughs sit do the birds of the heavens.

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

`Thou it, O king, for thou hast become great and mighty, and thy greatness hath become great, and hath reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end 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 that which the king hath seen -- a sifter, even a holy one, coming down from the heavens, and he hath said, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; but the stump of its roots leave in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and with the dew of the heavens it is wet, and with the beast of the field his portion, till that 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 the interpretation, O king, and the decree of the Most High it that hath come against 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.

and they are driving thee away from men, and with the beast of the field is thy dwelling, and the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and by the dew of the heavens they are wetting thee, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

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

And that which they said -- to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom for thee abideth, after that thou knowest that the heavens are ruling.

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 unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

28 و َقَد حَدَثَت كُلُّ تِلكَ الأُمُورِ لِلمَلِكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ،

`All -- hath come on Nebuchadnezzar the king.

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

`At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking;

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

the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

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 word is the king's mouth a voice from the heavens hath fallen: To thee they are saying: O Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom hath passed from thee,

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 from men they are driving thee away, and with the beast of the field thy dwelling, the herb as oxen they do cause thee to eat, and seven times do pass over thee, till that thou knowest that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and to whom He willeth He giveth it.

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.

`In that hour the thing hath been fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar, and from men he is driven, and the herb as oxen he eateth, and by the dew of the heavens his body is wet, till that his hair as eagles' hath become great, and his nails as 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, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and 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 who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?

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.

`At that time my understanding doth return unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my brightness doth return unto me, and to me my counsellors and my great men do seek, and over my kingdom I have been made right, and abundant greatness hath been 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, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'