1 N ow in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

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

2 T hen the king gave orders to call in the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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

3 T he king said to them, “I had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream.”

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

4 T hen the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “ O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

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

5 T he king replied to the Chaldeans, “ The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.

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 you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.”

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

7 T hey answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”

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

8 T he king replied, “I know for certain that you are bargaining for time, inasmuch as you have seen that the command from me is firm,

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

9 t hat if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

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 the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer 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 M oreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh.”

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

12 B ecause of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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

13 S o the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

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

14 T hen Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king’s bodyguard, who had 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 said to Arioch, the king’s commander, “For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

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

16 S o Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king.

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

17 T hen Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about the matter,

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

18 s o that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. The Secret Is Revealed to Daniel

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

19 T hen the mystery was revealed to 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 said, “Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him.

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

21 “ It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding.

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

22 “ It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.

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

23 “ To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, For You have given me wisdom and power; Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You, For You have made known to 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 to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: “ Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into the king’s presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

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 hurriedly brought Daniel into the king’s presence and spoke to him as follows: “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!”

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

26 T he king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation?”

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

27 D aniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

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

28 H owever, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.

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 you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

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

30 B ut as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind. The King’s Dream

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 “ You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome.

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

32 T he head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

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

33 i ts legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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

34 Y ou continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

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 the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. The Interpretation—Babylon the First Kingdom

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 “ This was the dream; now we will tell its interpretation before the king.

«هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ، وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُ المَلِكَ بِتَفسِيرِهِ.

37 Y ou, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory;

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

38 a nd wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold. Medo-Persia and Greece

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 fter you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. Rome

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

40 T hen there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces.

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

41 I n that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common 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 s the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle.

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

43 A nd in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. The Divine Kingdom

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

44 I n the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

«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 I nasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” Daniel Promoted

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 King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense.

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

47 T he king answered Daniel and said, “Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery.”

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

48 T hen the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect 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 A nd Daniel made request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel was at the king’s court.

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