1 ف ِي أثناءِ حُكمِ المَلِكِ بِيلْشاصَّرَ، عَمِلَ المَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً لِألفٍ مِنْ نُبَلائِهِ، وَكانَ يَشرَبُ خَمراً أمامَهُمْ.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.

2 و َتَحتَ تَأثِيرِ الخَمرِ، أمَرَ بِيلْشاصَّرُ بِإحْضارِ الآنِيَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ وَالفِضِّيَّةِ الَّتِي أخَذَها أبُوهُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، كَي يَشرَبَ المَلِكُ وَرُؤساؤُهُ وَنِساؤُهُ وَجَوارِيهِ بِتِلكَ الآنِيَةِ.

Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.

3 و َعِندَما أحضَرُوا الآنِيَةَ الَّتِي أُخِذَتْ مِنْ الهَيكَلِ، مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي فِي مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، شَرِبَ المَلِكُ وَأشرافُهُ وَنِساؤُهُ وَجَوارِيهِ بِها.

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.

4 ف َكانُوا يَشرَبُونَ الخَمرَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَ آلِهَةَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِّضَّةِ وَالبُرونْزِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالخَشَبِ وَالحَجَرِ.

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

5 و َفَجأةً، ظَهَرَتْ يَدُ إنسانٍ، وَكَتَبَتْ عَلَى جِبصِ حائِطِ القَصرِ مُقابِلَ المِصباحِ. فَرَأى المَلِكُ اليَدَ وَهِيَ تَكتُبُ.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

6 ف َشَحَبَ وَجهُ المَلِكِ مِنَ الخَوفِ، وَارتَعَبَ وَتَحَيَّرَ، وَارتَخَت كُلُّ مَفاصِلِهِ، وَبَدَأتْ رُكبَتاهُ تَرتَجِفانِ.

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

7 و َصَرَخَ المَلِكُ لِيُحضِرُوا إلَيهِ السَّحَرَةَ وَالكَلْدانِيِّينَ وَالمُنَجِّمِينَ. وَقالَ المَلِكُ لِحُكَماءِ بابِلَ: «مَنْ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَقرَأ هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ وَيُفَسِّرَها سَيَنالُ مَنصِباً كَبِيراً، كَما سَيَنالُ ثِياباً مِنْ أُرجُوانٍ وَقِلادَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَسَيَكُونُ الرَّجُلَ الثّالِثَ فِي المَملَكَةِ.»

The king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

8 ف َجاءَ جَميعُ الحُكَماءِ إلَى المَلِكِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَقرَأُوا الكِتابَةَ أوْ يُفَسِّرُوها لِلمَلِكِ.

Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

9 ف َازدادَ رُعبُ المَلِكِ وَاكتِئابُهُ، وَأصابَ القَلَقُ جَمِيعَ مُستَشارِيهِ.

Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his nobles were confounded.

10 و َإذْ سَمِعَتْ أُمُّ المَلِكِ بِما حَدَثَ، جاءَتْ إلَى الاحتِفالِ وَقالَت لِلمَلِكِ: «فَلتَعِشْ إلَى الأبَدِ، لا تَقلَقْ وَلا تَكتَئِبْ.

—The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet-house. The queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever! let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed.

11 ه ُناكَ رَجُلٌ فِي مَملَكَتِكَ فِيهِ رُوحُ الآلِهَةِ القِدِّيسِينَ. وَجَدَ فِيهِ أبُوكَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ فِي فَترَةِ حُكمِهِ استِنارَةً وَفَهْماً وَحِكمَةً كَحِكمَةِ الآلِهَةِ، فَعَيَّنَهُ رَئِيساً عَلَى المُنَجِّمِينَ وَالسَّحَرَةِ وَالكَلْدانِيِّينَ.

There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king thy father, made him master of the scribes, magicians, Chaldeans, astrologers;

12 ف َدانِيالُ الَّذِي دَعاهُ أبُوكَ بَلْطْشاصَّرَ، فِيهِ رُوحٌ عَظِيمَةٌ وَمَعْرِفَةٌ وَفَهْمٌ لِتَفسِيرِ الأحلامِ وَحَلِّ الألغازِ وَالمَشاكِلِ. فَليُستَدْعَ دانِيالُ، وَهُوَ سَيَشرَحُ مَعنَى الكِتابَةِ.»

forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and solving of problems, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

13 ف َأُحضِرَ دانِيالُ أمامَ المَلِكِ. فَقالَ المَلِكُ لِدانِيالَ: «إذاً أنتَ دانِيالُ الَّذِي أحضَرَهُ أبِي المَلِكُ مِنْ أرْضِ يَهُوذا!

Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

14 س َمِعْتُ أنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ، وَأنَّ لَدَيكَ استِنارَةً وَذَكاءً وَأنَّكَ حَكِيمٌ جِدّاً.

And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

15 ج اءَ الحُكَماءُ وَالسَّحَرَةُ إلَيَّ لِكَي يَقرَأُوا هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ الَّتِي عَلَى الحائِطِ وَيُفَسِّرُوها لِي، لَكِنَّهُمْ عَجِزُوا عَنْ تَفسِيرِ كَلِمَةٍ واحِدَةٍ.

And now the wise men, the magicians, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof; but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing.

16 و َقَد سَمِعْتُ أنَّكَ تَستَطِيعُ أنْ تُفَسِّرَ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ وَأنْ تَحُلَّ الألغازَ. فَإنِ استَطَعتَ قِراءَةَ هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ وَأنْ تُفَسِّرَها لِي، فَسَتُعطَى ثِياباً أُرجُوانِيَّةً وَقِلادَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَسَتَكُونُ الرَّجُلَ الثّالِثَ فِي المَملَكَةِ.»

But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and solve problems. Now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

17 ف َأجابَ دانِيالُ: «احتَفِظْ بِهَداياكَ لِنَفسِكَ أيُّها المَلِكُ، وَلِتَكُنْ إكراماتُكَ لِغَيرِي. لَكِنِّي سَأقرَأُ الكِتابَةَ لِلمَلِكِ وَأُفَسِّرُها لَهُ.

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

18 أ يُّها المَلِكُ، أعْطَى اللهُ العَلِيُّ أباكَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ هَذِهِ المَملَكَةَ وَأعطاهُ قُوَّةً وَمَجداً وَكَرامَةً.

O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

19 و َبِسَبَبِ القُوَّةِ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لَهُ، خافَتهُ كُلُّ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأُمَمِ بِجَمِيعِ لُغاتِها. وَارتَجَفُوا فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، لأنَّهُ كانَ يَقتُلُ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَيَستَحيِي مَنْ يَشاءُ، وَيَرفَعُ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَيُذِلُّ مَنْ يَشاءُ.

and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.

20 ل َكِنْ لَمّا تَكَبَّرَ قَلبُهُ وَتَقَسَّتْ رُوحُهُ، خُلِعَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ المَلَكِيِّ، وَنُزِعَ مِنهُ مَجدُهُ.

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;

21 ط ُرِدَ مِنْ بَينِ النّاسِ، وَصارَ مَجنُوناً يَتَصَرَّفُ كَالحَيواناتِ. سَكَنَ مَعَ الحَمِيرِ البَرِّيَّةِ، وَأكَلَ العُشبَ كَالبَقَرِ، وَابتَلَّ جِسمُهُ بِنَدَى السَّماءِ. حَتَّى عَرَفَ أنَّ اللهَ العَلِيَّ يَحكُمُ عَلَى مَملَكَةِ البَشَرِ، وَأنَّهُ يُقِيمُ عَلَيها مَنْ يَشاءُ.

and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

22 و َأنتَ يا بَيلشاصَّرُ، ابنَهُ، لَمْ تَتَواضَعَ مَعَ أنَّكَ تَعرِفُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ!

And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;

23 ف َقَد تَعالَيْتَ عَلَى إلهِ السَّماءِ حِينَ أحضَرْتَ آنِيَةَ هَيكَلِهِ وَوَضَعتَها أمامَكَ، ثُمَّ بَدَأتَ أنتَ وَنُبَلاؤُكَ وَنِساؤُكَ وَجَوارِيكَ بِشُربِ الخَمرِ بِها وَأنتُمْ تَسَبِّحُونَ آلِهَةَ الفِّضَّةِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالبُرونْزِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالخَشَبِ وَالحَجَرِ. سَبَّحتَ هَذِهِ الأوثانَ الَّتِي لا تَرَى وَلا تَسمَعُ وَلا تُفَكِّرُ، وَأمّا الإلَهُ الحَقِيقِيُّ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ حَياتُكَ وَكُلُّ ما تَعمَلُهُ فَلَمْ تُكرِمهُ.

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

24 ل ِذَلِكَ أرسَلَ مِنْ حَضرَتِهِ اليَدَ، فَكَتَبَتْ هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ.

then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.

25 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الكَلِماتُ المَكتُوبَةُ: ‹مَنا مَنا تَقَيْلْ وَفَرْسِينْ.›

And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26 « أمّا تَفسِيرُها: ‹مَنا›: أحصَى اللهُ أيّامَ مُلكِكَ، وَأنهاها.

This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;

27 ‹ تَقَيْلْ›: وَزِنْتَ بِالمَوازِينِ فَوُجِدَتَ ناقِصاً.

TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;

28 ‹ فَرْسِينْ›: قُسِّمَتْ مَملَكَتُكَ وَأُعطِيَتْ لِمادِيَ وَفارِسَ.»

PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29 ف َأمَرَ بِيلْشاصَّرُ بِأنْ يُعْطَي دانِيالُ ثَوباً أُرجُوانِيّاً، وَأنْ تُوضَعَ قِلادَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ حَولَ عُنُقِهِ، وَأنْ يُعلَنَ الرَّجُلَ الثّالِثَ فِي المَملَكَةِ.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 و َفِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ قُتِلَ بِيلْشاصَّرُ مَلِكُ البابِلّيِّينَ.

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

31 و َصارَ دارِيُوسَ المادِيُّ مَلِكاً وَهُوَ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالسِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ.

And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, about sixty-two years old.