1 N ow in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that 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 the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell 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 to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know 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 your servants the dream, and we will give 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, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash 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 H owever, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

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 give its interpretation.”

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

8 T he king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm:

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

9 i f you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you! For you have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can give 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 can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, 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 I t is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to 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 reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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

13 S o the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

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

14 T hen with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill 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 from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel.

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 asked the king to give him time, that he might tell 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 decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

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

18 t hat they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might 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 the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So 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 forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His.

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

21 A nd He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

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

22 H e reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.

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

23 “ I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.” Daniel Explains the Dream

«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 to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell 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 quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to 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, “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 in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to 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 who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were 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 you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be.

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 has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your 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 “ You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

«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, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and 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 watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in 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 the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck 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 “ This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.

«هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ، وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُ المَلِكَ بِتَفسِيرِهِ.

37 Y ou, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;

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

38 a nd wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are 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 B ut after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall 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 as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

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

41 W hereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic 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 partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.

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

43 A s you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix 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 the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand 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 the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.” Daniel and His Friends 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, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him.

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

47 T he king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could 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 promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator 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 lso Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego 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.