1 B elshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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

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

وَتَحتَ 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.

3 T hen they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

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

4 T hey drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

فَكانُوا يَشرَبُونَ الخَمرَ وَيُسَبِّحُونَ آلِهَةَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِّضَّةِ وَالبُرونْزِ وَالحَدِيدِ وَالخَشَبِ وَالحَجَرِ.

5 I n the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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

6 T hen the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.

فَشَحَبَ وَجهُ المَلِكِ مِنَ الخَوفِ، وَارتَعَبَ وَتَحَيَّرَ، وَارتَخَت كُلُّ مَفاصِلِهِ، وَبَدَأتْ رُكبَتاهُ تَرتَجِفانِ.

7 T he king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

وَصَرَخَ 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.»

8 T hen came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

فَجاءَ جَميعُ الحُكَماءِ إلَى المَلِكِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقدِرُوا أنْ يَقرَأُوا الكِتابَةَ أوْ يُفَسِّرُوها لِلمَلِكِ.

9 T hen was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

فَازدادَ رُعبُ المَلِكِ وَاكتِئابُهُ، وَأصابَ القَلَقُ جَمِيعَ مُستَشارِيهِ.

10 T he queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

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

11 T here is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

هُناكَ 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.

12 b ecause an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

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

13 T hen was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

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

14 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

سَمِعْتُ أنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ، وَأنَّ لَدَيكَ استِنارَةً وَذَكاءً وَأنَّكَ حَكِيمٌ جِدّاً.

15 N ow the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

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

16 B ut I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

وَقَد 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.»

17 T hen Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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

18 Y ou, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

أيُّها المَلِكُ، أعْطَى اللهُ العَلِيُّ أباكَ نَبُوخَذْناصَّرَ هَذِهِ المَملَكَةَ وَأعطاهُ قُوَّةً وَمَجداً وَكَرامَةً.

19 a nd because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

وَبِسَبَبِ 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.

20 B ut when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

لَكِنْ لَمّا تَكَبَّرَ قَلبُهُ وَتَقَسَّتْ رُوحُهُ، خُلِعَ عَنْ عَرْشِهِ المَلَكِيِّ، وَنُزِعَ مِنهُ مَجدُهُ.

21 a nd he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

طُرِدَ 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.

22 Y ou, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

وَأنتَ يا بَيلشاصَّرُ، ابنَهُ، لَمْ تَتَواضَعَ مَعَ أنَّكَ تَعرِفُ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ!

23 b ut have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

فَقَد 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.

24 T hen was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

لِذَلِكَ أرسَلَ مِنْ حَضرَتِهِ اليَدَ، فَكَتَبَتْ هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ.

25 T his is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

هَذِهِ هِيَ الكَلِماتُ المَكتُوبَةُ: ‹مَنا مَنا تَقَيْلْ وَفَرْسِينْ.›

26 T his is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

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

27 T EKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

‹تَقَيْلْ›: وَزِنْتَ بِالمَوازِينِ فَوُجِدَتَ ناقِصاً.

28 P ERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

‹فَرْسِينْ›: قُسِّمَتْ مَملَكَتُكَ وَأُعطِيَتْ لِمادِيَ وَفارِسَ.»

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

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

30 I n that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ قُتِلَ بِيلْشاصَّرُ مَلِكُ البابِلّيِّينَ.

31 D arius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

وَصارَ دارِيُوسَ المادِيُّ مَلِكاً وَهُوَ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالسِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ.