1 A nd in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةِ مِنْ مُلكِ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ، حَلِمَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ أحلاماً سَبَّبَتْ لَهُ انزِعاجاً فِي رُوحِهِ، وَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ أنْ يَنامَ.

2 T hen the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

فَأمَرَ المَلِكُ المُنَجِمِّينَ وَالسَّحَرَةَ وَالكَلْدانِيِّينَ أنْ يُخبِرُوا المَلِكَ بِأحلامِهِ، فَأَتَوْا وَوَقَفُوا فِي حَضرَةِ المَلِكِ.

3 A nd the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

فَقالَ لَهُمُ المَلِكُ: «حَلُمتُ حُلْماً، وَأنا مُنْزَعِجٌ! وَأُرِيدُ أنْ تَعْرِفُوا ما هُوَ الحُلْمُ الَّذِي حَلِمْتُهُ.»

4 T hen spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

فَقالَ الكِلدانِيُّونُ للِمَلِكِ بِالأرامِيَّةِ: «عِشْ سالِماً أيُّها المَلِكُ! أخبِرْنا نَحْنُ خُدّامَكَ بِحُلْمِكَ، فَنُفَسِّرَهُ لَكَ.»

5 T he king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

فَأجابَهُمُ المَلِكُ: «قُلْتُ كَلِمَةً لَنْ أرجِعَ عَنها. فَإنْ لَمْ تُخبِرُونِي ما هُوَ الحُلْمُ وَما هُوَ تَفسِيرُهُ فَإنَّكُمْ سَتُقَطَّعُونَ تَقْطِيعاً، وَسَتُحَوَّلُ بُيُوتُكُمْ إلَى كَومَةِ حِجارَةٍ.

6 B ut if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

وَلَكِن إنْ أخبَرتُمُونِي بِالحُلْمِ وَتَفسِيرِهِ، فَسَتَنالُونَ هَدايا وَإكرامِيّاتٍ وَثَروَةً عَظِيمَةً. وَالآنَ، أخبِرُونِي بِالحُلْمِ وَتَفسِيرِهِ.»

7 T hey answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

فَأجابَ الكَلْدانِيُّونَ وَقُالُوا: «أيُّها المَلِكُ أخبِرنا، نَحنُ خُدّامَكَ، بِالحُلْمِ حَتَّى نُخبِرَكَ بِتَفسِيرِهِ.»

8 T he king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

فَأجابَ المَلِكُ: «أنتُمْ تُحاوِلُونَ كَسبَ الوَقتِ، لأنَّكُمْ تَعرِفُونَ أنِّي أعنِي ما قُلْتُهُ.

9 B ut if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

إنْ لَمْ تُخبِرُونِي بِالحُلْمِ، سَتَنالُونَ العِقابَ الَّذِي قُلْتُهُ لَكُمْ. قَدِ اتَّفَقتُمْ عَلَى أنْ تَكذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، آمِلِينَ أنْ أنسَى بِمُرُورِ الوَقتِ. لِذَلِكَ أطلُبُ مِنْكُمْ أنْ تَكتَشِفُوا الحُلْمَ نَفْسَهُ، فَأعلَمَ أنَّكُمْ قادِرُونَ عَلَى تَفسِيرِهِ.»

10 T he Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

فَأجابَ الكَلْدانِيُّونَ المَلِكَ وَقُالُوا: «لا يَملُكُ إنسانٌ قُدرَةً لِلإخبارِ بِما يَطلُبُهُ المَلِكُ! فَلَمْ يَسبِقْ لِمَلِكٍ، مَهما كانَ عَظِيماً وَقَدِيراً، أنْ طَلَبَ شَيئاً كَهَذا مِنْ مُنَجِّمٍ أوْ ساحِرٍ أوْ كَلْدانِيٍّ.

11 A nd it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

هَذا صَعبٌ جِدّاً! وَلا يَستَطِيعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يُعلِنَهُ لِلمَلِكِ إلّا الآلِهَةُ الَّذِينَ لا يَسكُنُونَ وَسَطَ البَشَرِ.»

12 F or this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

حِينَئِذٍ، غَضِبَ المَلِكُ وَاغتاظَ جِدّاً، وَأمَرَ بِإبادَةِ جَميعِ حُكَماءِ بابِلَ.

13 A nd the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

فَصَدَرَ المَرسُومُ وَابتَدَأُوا بِقَتلِ الحُكَماءِ. كَما أرادُوا قَتلَ دانيِالَ وَرِفاقِهِ.

14 T hen Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

لَكِنَّ دانِيالَ أرسَلَ رِسالَةً إلَى أرْيُوخَ رَئِيسِ جَلّادِيِّ المَلِكِ الَّذِي عَيَّنَهُ لِقَتلِ حُكَماءِ بابِلَ.

15 H e answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

وَقالَ لَهُ: «إلَى أرْيُوخَ خادِمِ المَلِكِ. ما سَبَبُ هَذا الأمرِ المُستَعجَلِ مِنَ المَلِكِ؟» فَأرسَلَ أرْيُوخُ رِسالةً يَشرَحُ فِيها الأمرَ.

16 T hen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

فَقَرَّرَ دانِيالُ أنْ يَذهَبَ إلَى القَصرِ، وَطَلَبَ أنْ يَمْثُلَ أمامَ المَلِكِ لِيُخبِرَهُ بِالتَّفسِيرِ.

17 T hen Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ دانِيالُ إلَى البَيتِ، وَأخبَرَ رِفاقَهُ حَنَنْيا وَمِيشائِيلَ وَعَزَرْيا بِما يَحدُثُ.

18 T hat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

فَصَلُّوا طالِبِينَ رَحمَةَ إلَهِ السَّماءِ، لِكَي يُعلِنَ لَهُمُ السِّرَّ فَلا يَهلِكَ دانِيالُ وَرِفاقُهُ مَعَ بَقِيَّةِ حُكَماءِ بابِلَ.

19 T hen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

فَأعلَنَ اللهُ السِّرَّ لِدانيالَ فِي أحلامِهِ، فَسَجَدَ دانِيالُ لإلَهِ السَّماءِ وَمَجِّدَهُ،

20 D aniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

فَقالَ: «لِيَتَبارَكِ اسْمُ اللهِ إلَى أبَدِ الآبِدِينَ، لأنَّ لَهُ وَمِنْهُ الحِكْمَةَ وَالقُوَّةَ!

21 A nd he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

هُوَ يُغَيِّرُ الأوقاتَ وَالمَواسِمَ! يَعزِلُ مُلُوكاً وَيُنَصِّبُ مُلُوكاً آخَرِينَ. يُعطِي الحِكْمَةَ لِلحُكَماءِ، وَالفَهْمَ لِلفُهَماءِ،

22 H e revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

يُعلِنُ الأُمُورَ العَمِيقَةَ وَالأسرارَ المَخْفِيَّةَ. يَعرِفُ ما يَكمُنُ فِي الظُّلمَةِ، لأنَّهُ يَسكُنُ النُّورَ.

23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

«يا إلَهَ آبائِي، أشكُرُكَ وَأُسَبِّحُكَ، لأنَّكَ أعطَيتَنِي حِكمَةً وَقُوَّةً، وَلأنَّكَ أعلَنتَ لِي ما طَلَبتُهُ مِنكَ، فَأعلَنتَ لِي ما يُرِيدُهُ المَلِكُ.» دانِيالُ يُفَسِّرُ الحُلْم

24 T herefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

فَذَهَبَ دانيالُ إلَى القَصرِ، وَقابَلَ أرْيُوخَ الَّذِي أمَرَهُ المَلِكُ بِقَتلِ الحُكَماءِ فِي بابِلَ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «لا تَقْتُلْ حُكَماءَ بابِلَ، بَلْ خُذنِي إلَى المَلِكِ فَأُخبِرَهُ بِتَفسِيرِ حُلْمِهِ.»

25 T hen Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

فَأخَذَ أرْيُوخُ دانِيالَ بِسُرعَةٍ إلَى المَلِكِ. وَقالَ أريُوخُ لِلمَلِكِ: «وَجَدْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ المَسبِيِّينَ مِنْ يَهُوذا، يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يُفَسِّرَ حُلْمَ المَلِكِ!»

26 T he king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

فَقالَ المَلِكُ لِدانِيالَ – الَّذِي اسْمُهُ بِالأرامِيَّةِ بَلْطْشاصَّرُ: «أحَقّاً تَستَطِيعُ أنْ تُخبِرَنِي بِالحُلْمِ وَبِتَفسِيرِهِ؟»

27 D aniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

فَأجابَ دانِيالُ المَلِكَ: «لا يَستَطِيعُ الحُكَماءُ وَالسَّحَرَةُ وَالمُنَجِمُّونَ وَالعَرّافُونَ أنْ يُعلِنُوا هَذا السِّرَّ للِمَلِكِ.

28 B ut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

وَلَكِنْ هُناكَ إلَهٌ فِي السَّماءِ، وَهُوَ يَقدِرُ أنْ يُعلِنَ الأسرارَ. فَاللهُ قَد أعلَنَ لَكَ، أيُّها المَلِكُ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرُ، ما سَيَحدُثُ فِي آخِرِ الأيّامِ. وَهَذا هُوَ الحُلْمُ وَالرُّؤيا الَّتِي رَأيتَها وَأنتَ عَلَى سَرِيرِكَ.

29 A s for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

تُشِيرُ الأفكارُ الَّتِي راوَدَتْكَ وَأنتَ نائِمٌ إلَى ما سَيَحدُثُ فِي المُستَقبَلِ. فَمُعلِنُ الأسْرارِ قَد أخبَرَكَ بِما سَيَحدُثُ.

30 B ut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

أمّا بِشَأنِي، فَلَمْ يُعلِنْ لِيَ اللهُ هَذا لأنِّي أكثَرُ حِكمَةً مِنْ أيِّ مَخلُوقٍ آخَرَ، بَلْ لِكَي تَعلَمَ أيُّها المَلِكُ تَفسِيرَ حُلْمِكْ، فَتَفهَمَ ما كانَ فِي ذِهنِكَ.

31 T hou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

«أيُّها المَلِكُ، بَينَما كُنتَ تَنظُرُ، ظَهَرَ تِمثالٌ عَظِيمٌ جِدّاً وَوَقَفَ أمامَكَ. كانَ لَمَعانُهُ عَظِيماً جِدّاً، وَمَنظَرُهُ مُخِيفاً وَمُدْهِشاً.

32 T his image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

كانَ رَأسُ التِّمثالِ ذَهَباً نَقِيّاً، وَكَتِفاهُ وَذِراعاهُ فِضَّةً، وَبَطنُهُ مِنَ البرُونزِ،

33 H is legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

وَفَخذاهُ حَدِيداً، وَالجُزءُ السُّفلِيُّ مِنْ رِجلَيهِ بَعْضُهُ حَدِيدٌ وَبَعضُهُ الآخَرَ طِينٌ.

34 T hou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

وَبَينَما كُنتَ تَنظُرُ، قُطِعَ حَجَرٌ. وَبِدُونِ أنْ يَدفَعَهُ أحَدٌ، طارَ الحَجَرُ وَضَرَبَ التِّمثالَ عَلَى الجُزءِ السُّفلِيِّ مِنْ قَدَمَيهِ المُكَوَّنِ مِنْ خَلِيطِ الحَدِيدِ وَالطِّينِ، فَسَحَقَهُ.

35 T hen was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

فَسُحِقَ كُلُّ الطِّينِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالبرُونزِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالفِّضَّةِ، وَصارَ غُباراً حَمَلَتهُ الرِّيحُ مِثلَ التِّبنِ وَقتَ حَصادِ الصَّيفِ، حَتَّى لَمْ يَستَطِعْ أحَدٌ مَعرِفَةَ مَكانِهِ الَّذِي كانَ فِيهِ. ثُمَّ كَبِرَ الحَجَرُ وَصارَ جَبَلاً عَظِيماً مَلأ الأرْضَ.

36 T his is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

«هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ، وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُ المَلِكَ بِتَفسِيرِهِ.

37 T hou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

أيُّها المَلِكُ، أنتَ مَلِكٌ عَظِيمٌ اختارَكَ إلَهُ السَّماءِ لِتَكُونَ مَلِكاً عَظِيماً، وَأعطاكَ قُوَّةً وَغِنَىً.

38 A nd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

وَجَعَلَكَ مَسؤُولاً عَن كُلِّ البَشَرِ اينَما كانُوا، وَعَنِ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ وَطُيُورِ السَّماءِ، إذْ جَعَلَكَ حاكِماً عَلَيهِمْ جَمِيعاً. فَأنتَ هُوَ رَأسُ الذَّهَبِ فِي هَذا التِّمثالِ.

39 A nd after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

وَلَكِن بَعدَكَ سَتَأتِي مَملَكَةٌ أُخْرَى أقَلُّ مِنكَ قِيمَةً، ثُمَّ مَملَكَةٌ ثالِثَةٌ مِنَ البرُونزِ سَتَملُكُ عَلَى كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

40 A nd the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

وَالمَملَكَةُ الرّابِعَةُ سَتَكُونُ بِقُوَّةِ الحَدِيدِ. وَكَما يَسحَقُ الِحَدِيدِ كُلَّ شَيءٍ، سَتَسحَقُ هَذِهِ المَملَكَةُ المَمالِكِ الأُخرَى وَتُحَطِّمُها.

41 A nd whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

وَكَما رَأيْتَ أنَّ قَدَمَيِّ التِّمثالِ وَاصابِعَهُ كانَتْ خَلِيطاً مِنْ طِينٍ وَحَدِيدٍ، فَسَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ المَملَكَةُ مُنقَسِمَةً مَعَ أنَّ لَها قُوَّةَ الحَديدِ. لَكِنَّهُ مُختَلِطٌ بِالطِّينِ كَما رَأيْتَ.

42 A nd as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

وَلأنَّ الأصابِعَ كانَتْ خَلِيطاً مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَطِينٍ، فَسَتَكُونُ للمَملَكَةِ جَوانِبُ ضَعفٍ وَجَوانِبُ قُوَّةٍ.

43 A nd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

قَدْ رَأيْتَ اختِلاطَ الحَدِيدِ وَالطِّينِ. هَكَذا سَيكُونُ النّاسُ هُناكَ. لَكِنَّ هَذا الاختِلاطَ هَشٌّ لَنْ يَصمِدَ، كَما لا يَصمِدُ اختِلاطُ الحَدِيدِ وَالطِّينِ.

44 A nd in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

«وَفِي أيّامِ أولَئِكَ المُلُوكِ، سَيُؤَسِّسُ إلَهُ السَّماءِ مَملَكَةً أبَدِيَّةً لا تُدَمَّرُ. وَلَن تُتْرَكَ تِلكَ المَملَكَةُ لِلغُرَباءِ، بَلْ سَتَسحَقُ تِلكَ المَملَكَةُ وَتَلتَهِمُ مَمالِكَ أُخْرَى، وَهِيَ سَتَثبُتُ إلَى الأبَدِ.

45 F orasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

فَهَذا هُوَ الحَجَرُ الِّذِي قُطِعَ مِنَ الجَبَلِ بِلا يَدَينِ، فَسَحَقَ الحَدِيدَ وَالبُرونْزَ وَالطِّينَ وَالفِّضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ. فَقَدْ أعلَنَ اللهُ العَظِيمِ لِلمَلِكِ ما سَيَحدُثُ فِي المُستَقبَلِ. هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ، وَتَفسِيرُهُ صَحِيحٌ.»

46 T hen the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

حِينَئِذٍ، انحَنَى المَلِكُ وَرَأسُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ، ثُمَّ أمَرَ بِتَقدِيمِ تَقدِماتٍ وَعُطُورٍ جَمِيلَةٍ لِدانِيالَ.

47 T he king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

وَقالَ المَلِكُ لِدانِيالَ: «حَقّاً إنَّ إلَهَكُمْ إلَهٌ عَظِيمٌ. هُوَ مُعلِنُ الأسرارِ، إذْ قَدْ أعلَنَ لَكَ هَذا السِّرَّ.»

48 T hen the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

فَأكرَمَ المَلِكُ دانِيالَ وَرَقّاهُ، وَأعطاهُ هَدايا ثَمِينَةً وَجَعَلَهُ مَسْؤُولاً عَن مُقاطَعَةِ بابِلَ. كَما جَعَلَهُ رَئِيساً عَلَى جَمِيعِ حُكَماءِ بابِلَ.

49 T hen Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

وَطَلَبَ دانِيالُ مِنَ المَلِكِ أنْ يُعَيِّنَ شَدْرَخَ وَمِيشَخَ وَعِبْدَنَغُوَ عَلَى خَدَماتِ مُقاطَعَةِ بابِلَ. أمّا دانِيالُ فَبَقِيَ فِي البَلاطِ المَلَكِيِّ.