1 B elshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

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

2 B elshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

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 have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines;

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

4 t hey have drunk wine, and have 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 that hour come forth have fingers of a man's hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;

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

6 t hen the king's countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

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

7 C all doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.'

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 coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

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

9 t hen the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.

فَازدادَ رُعبُ المَلِكِ وَاكتِئابُهُ، وَأصابَ القَلَقُ جَمِيعَ مُستَشارِيهِ.

10 T he queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, to the banquet-house hath come up. Answered hath the queen, and said, `O king, to the ages live; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor thy countenance 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 thy kingdom in whom the spirit of the holy gods: and, in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom -- as the wisdom of the gods -- was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him -- thy father, O king --

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 that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.'

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

13 T hen Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

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

14 A nd I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods in thee, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.

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

15 ` And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew 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 a nd I -- I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo -- thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know -- purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.'

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 hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

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

18 t hou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

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

19 a nd because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

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 a nd when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

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

21 a nd from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.

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 ` And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

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

23 a nd against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

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 ` Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

لِذَلِكَ أرسَلَ مِنْ حَضرَتِهِ اليَدَ، فَكَتَبَتْ هَذِهِ الكِتابَةَ.

25 a nd this the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.

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

26 T his the interpretation of the thing: Numbered -- God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

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

27 W eighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.

‹تَقَيْلْ›: وَزِنْتَ بِالمَوازِينِ فَوُجِدَتَ ناقِصاً.

28 D ivided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'

‹فَرْسِينْ›: قُسِّمَتْ مَملَكَتُكَ وَأُعطِيَتْ لِمادِيَ وَفارِسَ.»

29 T hen hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is 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 king of the Chaldeans is slain,

وَفِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ قُتِلَ بِيلْشاصَّرُ مَلِكُ البابِلّيِّينَ.

31 a nd Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.

وَصارَ دارِيُوسَ المادِيُّ مَلِكاً وَهُوَ فِي الثّانِيَةِ وَالسِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ.