1 I n the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went 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 enchanters, and 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 have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

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

4 T hen spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

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

5 T he king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you 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 you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.

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

7 T hey answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.

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

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

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

9 B ut if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show 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 before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, 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 rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show 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 S o the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

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

14 T hen Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who was 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 Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so urgent 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 D aniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show 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 companions 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 to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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

20 D aniel answered, 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 H e changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets 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 the deep and secret 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 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired 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 said thus to him: Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to 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 to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity 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 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, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show 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 the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your 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 you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen.

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 to the intent that the interpretation may be made known 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 Y ou, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.

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

32 A s for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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

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

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

34 Y ou saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were 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 was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: 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 T his is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.

«هَذا هُوَ الحُلمُ، وَالآنَ سَأُخبِرُ المَلِكَ بِتَفسِيرِهِ.

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

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

38 a nd wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the 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 fter you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; 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 T he fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.

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, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw 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 s 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 W hereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.

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 shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but 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 B ecause you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation 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 on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.

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

47 T he king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to 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 great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor 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 D aniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was 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.