Biblia Sacra: VETUS TESTAMENTUM

I. VITA PRIVATA, 1:1-21. 1:1 Anno tertio regni Ioakim regis Iuda, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Ierusalem, et obsedit eam; 1:2 et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Ioakim regem Iuda, et partem vasorum domus Dei: et asportavit ea in terram Sennaar in domum dei sui, et vasa intulit in domum Thesauri dei sui.

1. PRIVATE LIFE, 1:1-21. 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came into Jerusalem and besieged it; 1:2 and the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he carried them off to the land of Shinar into the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the house of the Treasury of his god.

1:3 Et ait rex Asphenez praeposito Eunuchorum ut introduceret de filiis Israel, et de semine regio et tyrannorum, 1:4 pueros, in quibus nulla esset macula, decoros forma, et eruditos omni sapientia, cautos scientia, et doctos disciplina, et qui possent stare in palatio regis, ut doceret eos litteras, et linguam Chaldaeorum. 1:5 Et constituit eis rex annonam per singulos dies de cibis suis, et de vino unde bibebat ipse, ut enutriti tribus annis, postea starent in conspectu regis.

1:3 And the king said to Asphenez, the prefect of the eunuchs, that he should bring in from the sons of Israel, and from the royal seed and the nobles, 1:4 youths in whom there was no blemish, comely in form, and educated in all wisdom, sagacious in knowledge, and instructed in discipline, and who could stand in the king’s palace, that he might teach them letters and the language of the Chaldaeans. 1:5 And the king appointed for them a ration for each day from his own foods, and from the wine which he himself drank, that, nourished for three years, afterwards they might stand in the presence of the king.

1:6 Fuerunt ergo inter eos de filiis Iuda, Daniel, Ananias, Misael, et Azarias. 1:7 Et imposuit eis praepositus eunuchorum, nomina: Danieli, Baltassar: Ananiae, Sidrach: Misaeli, Misach: et Azariae, Abdenago. 1:8 Proposuit autem Daniel in corde suo ne pollueretur de mensa regis, neque de vino potus eius: et rogavit eunuchorum praepositum ne contaminaretur.

1:6 Therefore there were among them, from the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah. 1:7 And the chief of the eunuchs imposed names on them: to Daniel, Belteshazzar:
to Hananiah, Shadrach: to Mishael, Meshach: and to Azariah, Abednego. 1:8 But Daniel resolved in his heart not to be defiled by the king’s table,
nor by the wine of his drinking: and he asked the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be contaminated.

1:9 Dedit autem Deus Danieli gratiam et misericordiam in conspectu principis eunuchorum. 1:10 Et ait princeps eunuchorum ad Danielem: Timeo ego dominum meum regem, qui constituit vobis cibum et potum: qui si viderit vultus vestros macilentiores prae ceteris adolescentibus coaevis vestris, condemnabitis caput meum regi. 1:11 Et dixit Daniel ad Malasar, quem constituerat princeps eunuchorum super Danielem, Ananiam, Misaelem, et Azariam:

1:9 But God gave to Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs. 1:10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel: I fear my lord the king, who appointed for you food and drink; who, if he sees your faces more emaciated than the other adolescents, your coevals, you will condemn my head to the king. 1:11 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias:

1:12 Tenta nos obsecro servos tuos diebus decem, et dentur nobis legumina ad vescendum, et aqua ad bibendum: 1:13 et contemplare vultus nostros, et vultus puerorum, qui vescuntur cibo regio: et sicut videris, facies cum servis tuis. 1:14 Qui, audito sermone huiuscemodi, tentavit eos diebus decem.

1:12 Test us, I beg, your servants, for ten days, and let legumes be given to us for eating, and water for drinking: 1:13 and contemplate our faces, and the faces of the youths who eat the royal food: and as you shall see, you will do with your servants. 1:14 He, having heard a discourse of such a kind, tested them for ten days.

1:15 Post dies autem decem apparuerunt vultus eorum meliores, et corpulentiores prae omnibus pueris, qui vescebantur cibo regio. 1:16 Porro Malasar tollebat cibaria, et vinum potus eorum: dabatque eis legumina. 1:17 Pueris autem his dedit Deus scientiam, et disciplinam in omni libro, et sapientia: Danieli autem intelligentiam omnium visionum et somniorum.

1:15 But after ten days their faces appeared better, and stouter than all the boys who ate the royal food. 1:16 Then Malasar would take away their rations and the wine of their drink: and he kept giving them legumes. 1:17 But to these youths God gave knowledge and discipline in every book, and wisdom: but to Daniel understanding of all visions and dreams.

1:18 Completis itaque diebus, post quos dixerat rex ut introducerentur: introduxit eos praepositus eunuchorum in conspectu Nabuchodonosor. 1:19 Cumque eis locutus fuisset rex, non sunt inventi tales de universis, ut Daniel, Ananias, Misael, et Azarias: et steterunt in conspectu Regis. 1:20 Et omne verbum sapientiae et intellectus, quod sciscitatus est ab eis Rex, invenit in eis decuplum super cunctos ariolos, et magos, qui erant in universo regno eius.

1:18 So, the days having been completed, after which the king had said that they should be brought in: the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 1:19 And when the king had spoken with them, there were not found among all any such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias; and they stood in the presence of the King. 1:20 And every matter of wisdom and understanding, which the King inquired of them, he found in them tenfold above all the soothsayers and magicians, who were in his whole kingdom.

1:21 (a) Fuit autem Daniel usque ad annum primum Cyri regis. II. VITA PUBLICA, 2:1-6:28. 1. DANIEL REGI SOMNIUM APERIT ET DECLARAT, 2:1-49.

1:21 (a) Now Daniel remained until the first year of King Cyrus. 2. PUBLIC LIFE, 2:1-6:28. 1. DANIEL OPENS AND DECLARES THE DREAM TO THE KING, 2:1-49.

2:1 In anno secundo regni Nabuchodonosor vidit Nabuchodonosor somnium, et conterritus est spiritus eius, et somnium eius fugit ab eo. 2:2 Praecepit autem rex, ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldaei: ut indicarent regi somnia sua: qui cum venissent, steterunt coram rege. 2:3 Et dixit ad eos rex: Vidi somnium: et mente confusus ignoro quid viderim.

2:1 In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor saw a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream fled from him. 2:2 The king then commanded that the diviners, and the magi, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldaeans be called: that they might declare to the king his dreams: who, when they had come, stood before the king. 2:3 And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and, confounded in mind, I do not know what I saw.

2:4 Responderuntque Chaldaei regi Syriace: Rex in sempiternum vive: dic somnium servis tuis, et interpretationem eius indicabimus. 2:5 Et respondens rex ait Chaldaeis: Sermo recessit a me: nisi indicaveritis mihi somnium, et coniecturam eius, peribitis vos, et domus vestrae publicabuntur. 2:6 Si autem somnium, et coniecturam eius narraveritis, praemia, et dona, et honorem multum accipietis a me: somnium igitur, et interpretationem eius indicate mihi.

2:4 And the Chaldaeans answered the king in Syrian (Aramaic): O king, live for ever: tell the dream to your servants, and we will indicate its interpretation. 2:5 And the king answering said to the Chaldaeans: The matter has departed from me: unless you make known to me the dream and its conjecture, you shall perish, and your houses will be confiscated. 2:6 But if you recount the dream and its conjecture, rewards, and gifts, and much honor you shall receive from me: therefore the dream, and its interpretation indicate to me.

2:7 Responderunt secundo, atque dixerunt: Rex somnium dicat servis suis, et interpretationem illius indicabimus. 2:8 Respondit rex, et ait: Certe novi quod tempus redimitis, scientes quod recesserit a me sermo. 2:9 Si ergo somnium non indicaveritis mihi, una est de vobis sententia, quod interpretationem quoque fallacem, et deceptione plenam composueritis, ut loquamini mihi donec tempus pertranseat.

2:7 They answered a second time, and said: Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will indicate its interpretation. 2:8 The king answered and said: Surely I know that you are redeeming the time, knowing that the word has departed from me. 2:9 Therefore, if you do not make the dream known to me, there is one sentence for you, that you have also composed an interpretation that is fallacious and full of deception, so that you may speak to me until the time passes by.

Somnium itaque dicite mihi, ut sciam quod interpretationem quoque eius veram loquamini.

Therefore tell me the dream,
so that I may know that you also speak the true interpretation of it.

2:10 Respondentes ergo Chaldaei coram rege, dixerunt: Non est homo super terram, qui sermonem tuum, rex, possit implere: sed neque regum quisquam magnus et potens verbum huiuscemodi sciscitatur ab omni ariolo, et mago, et Chaldaeo. 2:11 Sermo enim, quem tu quaeris, rex, gravis est: nec reperietur quisquam, qui indicet illum in conspectu regis: exceptis diis, quorum non est cum hominibus conversatio. 2:12 Quo audito, rex in furore, et in ira magna praecepit ut perirent omnes sapientes Babylonis.

2:10 Answering therefore, the Chaldaeans before the king said: There is no man upon the earth who can fulfill your word, O king; nor does any king, great and powerful, inquire a word of this kind from any soothsayer, and magician, and Chaldaean. 2:11 For the matter which you seek, O king, is weighty: nor will there be found anyone who can declare it in the sight of the king, except the gods, whose conversation is not with men. 2:12 On hearing this, the king, in fury and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should perish.

2:13 Et egressa sententia, sapientes interficiebantur: quaerebanturque Daniel, et socii eius, ut perirent. 2:14 Tunc Daniel requisivit de lege, atque sententia ab Arioch principe militiae regis, qui egressus fuerat ad interficiendos sapientes Babylonis. 2:15 Et interrogavit eum, qui a rege potestatem acceperat, quam ob causam tam crudelis sententia a facie regis esset egressa. Cum ergo rem indicasset Arioch Danieli,

2:13 And the decree having gone out, the wise men were being put to death: and Daniel and his companions were being sought, that they might perish. 2:14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law, and the decree, from Arioch, the chief of the king’s militia, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon. 2:15 And he questioned him, who had received power from the king, for what cause so cruel a decree had gone out from the face of the king. Therefore, when Arioch had indicated the matter to Daniel,

2:16 Daniel ingressus rogavit regem ut tempus daret sibi ad solutionem indicandam regi. 2:17 Et ingressus est domum suam, Ananiaeque et Misaeli, et Azariae sociis suis indicavit negotium: 2:18 ut quaererent misericordiam a facie Dei caeli super sacramento isto, et non perirent Daniel, et socii eius cum ceteris sapientibus Babylonis.

2:16 Daniel went in and asked the king to grant him time to make known the solution to the king. 2:17 And he entered his house, and he made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his associates: 2:18 that they might seek mercy from the presence of the God of heaven concerning this mystery, and that Daniel and his associates might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

2:19 Tunc Danieli mysterium per visionem nocte revelatum est: et benedixit Daniel Deum caeli, 2:20 et locutus ait: Sit nomen Domini benedictum a saeculo et usque in saeculum: quia sapientia et fortitudo eius sunt. 2:21 Et ipse mutat tempora, et aetates: transfert regna, atque constituit: dat sapientiam sapientibus, et scientiam intelligentibus disciplinam:

2:19 Then to Daniel the mystery was revealed by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, 2:20 and spoke and said: Let the name of the Lord be blessed from age and unto age: because wisdom and fortitude are his. 2:21 And he himself changes times and ages: transfers kingdoms, and establishes: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge and discipline to the intelligent:

2:22 Ipse revelat profunda, et abscondita, et novit in tenebris constituta: et lux cum eo est. 2:23 Tibi Deus patrum nostrorum confiteor, teque laudo: quia sapientiam, et fortitudinem dedisti mihi: et nunc ostendisti mihi quae rogavimus te, quia sermonem regis aperuisti nobis. 2:24 Post haec Daniel ingressus ad Arioch, quem constituerat rex ut perderet sapientes Babylonis, sic ei locutus est: Sapientes Babylonis ne perdas: introduc me in conspectu regis, et solutionem regi narrabo.

2:22 He himself reveals the profound and the hidden, and he knows the things constituted in darkness: and light is with him. 2:23 To you, God of our fathers, I confess, and I praise you: because you have given me wisdom and fortitude: and now you have shown to me the things that we asked of you, for you have opened to us the word of the king. 2:24 After these things Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, thus he spoke to him: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon: introduce me into the presence of the king, and I will narrate the solution to the king.

2:25 Tunc Arioch festinus introduxit Danielem ad regem, et dixit ei: Inveni hominem de filiis transmigrationis Iuda, qui solutionem regi annunciet. 2:26 Respondit rex, et dixit Danieli, cuius nomen erat Baltassar: Putasne vere potes mihi indicare somnium, quod vidi, et interpretationem eius? 2:27 Et respondens Daniel coram rege, ait: Mysterium, quod rex interrogat, sapientes, magi, arioli, et aruspices nequeunt indicare regi:

2:25 Then Arioch, in haste, brought Daniel in to the king, and said to him: I have found a man from among the sons of the transmigration of Judah who will announce the solution to the king. 2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Do you think truly that you are able to declare to me the dream that I saw, and its interpretation? 2:27 And Daniel answering before the king, said: The mystery that the king asks, the wise men, magi, soothsayers, and haruspices are not able to declare to the king:

2:28 Sed est Deus in caelo revelans mysteria, qui indicavit tibi rex Nabuchodonosor, quae ventura sunt in novissimis temporibus. Somnium tuum, et visiones capitis tui in cubili tuo huiuscemodi sunt: 2:29 Tu rex cogitare coepisti in strato tuo, quid esset futurum post haec: et qui revelat mysteria, ostendit tibi quae ventura sunt. 2:30 Mihi quoque non in sapientia, quae est in me plus quam in cunctis viventibus, sacramentum hoc revelatum est: sed ut interpretatio regi manifesta fieret, et cogitationes mentis tuae scires.

2:28 But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, who has indicated to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come in the last times. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are of this kind: 2:29 You, O king, began to think on your bed what would be in the future after these things; and He who reveals mysteries has shown you what things are to come. 2:30 To me also, not by the wisdom which is in me more than in all the living, was this secret revealed, but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your mind.

2:31 Tu rex videbas, et ecce quasi statua una grandis: statua illa magna, et statura sublimis stabat contra te, et intuitus eius erat terribilis. 2:32 Huius statuae caput ex auro optimo erat, pectus autem et brachia de argento, porro venter, et femora ex aere. 2:33 tibiae autem ferreae, pedum quaedam pars erat ferrea, quaedam autem fictilis.

2:31 You, O king, were seeing, and behold, as it were one great statue: that great statue, and of sublime stature stood before you, and its aspect was terrible. 2:32 The head of this statue was of finest gold, but the breast and arms of silver, furthermore the belly and the thighs of bronze. 2:33 the legs, however, were iron, of the feet a certain part was iron, but a certain part of clay.

2:34 Videbas ita, donec abscissus est lapis de monte sine manibus: et percussit statuam in pedibus eius ferreis, et fictilibus, et comminuit eos. 2:35 Tunc contrita sunt pariter ferrum, testa, aes, argentum, et aurum, et redacta quasi in favillam aestivae areae, quae rapta sunt vento: nullusque locus inventus est eis: lapis autem, qui percusserat statuam, factus est mons magnus, et implevit universam terram. 2:36 hoc est somnium.

2:34 You were seeing thus, until a stone was cut out from the mountain without hands:
and it struck the statue upon its feet, iron and clay,
and crushed them. 2:35 Then together were crushed the iron, the earthenware, the bronze, the silver, and the gold,
and they were reduced as to the dust of a summer threshing-floor, which was snatched up by the wind:
and no place was found for them: but the stone that had struck the statue
became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 2:36 this is the dream.

Interpretationem quoque eius dicemus coram te, rex.

We will also declare its interpretation before you, O king.

2:37 Tu rex regum es: et Deus caeli, regnum, et fortitudinem, et imperium, et gloriam dedit tibi: 2:38 et omnia, in quibus habitant filii hominum, et bestiae agri: volucres quoque caeli dedit in manu tua, et sub ditione tua universa constituit: tu es ergo caput aureum. 2:39 Et post te consurget regnum aliud minus te argenteum: et regnum tertium aliud aereum, quod imperabit universae terrae.

2:37 You are the king of kings: and the God of heaven has given to you the kingdom, and fortitude, and dominion, and glory: 2:38 and all things wherever the sons of men dwell, and the beasts of the field: the birds also of heaven he has given into your hand, and he has set all under your dominion: you are therefore the golden head. 2:39 And after you there shall arise another kingdom, inferior to you, silver: and a third kingdom, bronze, which will rule over the whole earth.

2:40 Et regnum quartum erit velut ferrum. quomodo ferrum comminuit, et domat omnia, sic comminuet, et conteret omnia haec. 2:41 Porro quia vidisti pedum, et digitorum partem testae figuli, et partem ferream: regnum divisum erit, quod tamen de plantario ferri orietur, secundum quod vidisti ferrum mistum testae ex luto.

2:40 And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. just as iron comminutes,
and subdues all things, so it will comminute, and crush all these. 2:41 Moreover, because you saw part of the feet and toes of a potter’s clay,
and part of iron: the kingdom will be divided, which nevertheless will arise from the stock
of iron, according as you saw iron mixed with potter’s clay.

2:42 Et digitos pedum ex parte ferreos, et ex parte fictiles: ex parte regnum erit solidum, et ex parte contritum.

2:42 And the toes of the feet partly iron, and partly fictile (of clay): in part the kingdom will be solid, and in part crushed.

2:43 Quod autem vidisti ferrum mistum testae ex luto, commiscebuntur quidem humano semine, sed non adhaerebunt sibi, sicut ferrum misceri non potest testae. 2:44 In diebus autem regnorum illorum suscitabit Deus caeli regnum, quod in aeternum non dissipabitur, et regnum eius alteri populo non tradetur: comminuet autem, et consumet universa regna haec: et ipsum stabit in aeternum. 2:45 Secundum quod vidisti, quod de monte abscissus est lapis sine manibus, et comminuit testam, et ferrum, et aes, et argentum, et aurum, Deus magnus ostendit regi quae ventura sunt postea.

2:43 But as you saw the iron commingled with potter’s clay,
they will indeed be commingled with human seed, but they will not adhere to one another,
just as iron cannot be mixed with clay. 2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will raise up a kingdom,
which will not be dissipated into eternity, and its kingdom will not be handed over to another people
not be handed over: rather it will crush, and consume all these kingdoms:
and it itself will stand forever. 2:45 According as you saw that a stone was cut from the mountain
without hands, and it crushed the clay, and the iron, and the bronze, and the silver,
and the gold, the great God has shown the king the things that are to come afterward.

et verum est somnium, et fidelis interpretatio eius.

and the dream is true, and its interpretation faithful.

2:46 Tunc rex Nabuchodonosor cecidit in faciem suam, et Danielem adoravit, et hostias, et incensum praecepit ut sacrificarent ei. 2:47 Loquens ergo rex, ait Danieli: Vere Deus vester Deus deorum est, et Dominus regum, et revelans mysteria: quoniam tu potuisti aperire hoc sacramentum. 2:48 Tunc rex Danielem in sublime extulit, et munera multa, et magna dedit ei: et constituit eum principem super omnes provincias Babylonis: et praefectum magistratuum super cunctos sapientes Babylonis.

2:46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and he worshiped Daniel, and he ordered that sacrifices and incense be offered to him. 2:47 So the king, speaking, said to Daniel: Truly your God is God of gods, and Lord of kings, and revealer of mysteries; since you were able to lay open this mystery. 2:48 Then the king exalted Daniel on high, and gave him many and great gifts, and he appointed him chief over all the provinces of Babylon, and prefect of the magistrates over all the wise men of Babylon.

2:49 Daniel autem postulavit a rege: et constituit super opera provinciae Babylonis, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: Ipse autem Daniel erat in foribus regis. 2. SOCII DANIELIS IN FORNACE SERVANTUR, 3:1-97. 3:1 Nabuchodonosor rex fecit statuam auream altitudine cubitorum sexaginta, latitudine cubitorum sex, et statuit eam in campo Dura provinciae Babylonis.

2:49 But Daniel asked of the king: and he appointed over the works of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: But Daniel himself was at the king’s gates. 2. THE COMPANIONS OF DANIEL ARE PRESERVED IN THE FURNACE, 3:1-97. 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue, sixty cubits in height, six cubits in breadth, and set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

3:2 Itaque Nabuchodonosor rex misit ad congregandos satrapas, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyrannos, et praefectos, omnesque principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuae, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. 3:3 Tunc congregati sunt satrapae, magistratus, et iudices, duces, et tyranni, et optimates, qui erant in potestatibus constituti, et universi principes regionum ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuae, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. stabant autem in conspectu statuae, quam posuerat Nabuchodonosor rex: 3:4 et praeco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis:

3:2 Therefore King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, magistrates, and judges, leaders, and governors, and prefects, and all the princes of the regions, that they might assemble for the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. 3:3 Then there were gathered the satraps, magistrates, and judges, leaders, and governors, and nobles, who had been set in positions of authority, and all the princes of the regions, to assemble for the dedication of the statue, which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they were standing in the sight of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had placed: 3:4 and the herald cried out loudly: To you it is proclaimed, peoples, tribes, and tongues:

3:5 In hora, qua audieritis sonitum tubae, et fistulae, et citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, et universi generis musicorum, cadentes adorate statuam auream, quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex. 3:6 Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis. 3:7 Post haec igitur statim ut audierunt omnes populi sonitum tubae, fistulae, et citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, et omnis generis musicorum: cadentes omnes populi, tribus, et linguae adoraverunt statuam auream, quam constituerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

3:5 At the hour when you hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the pipe, and of the cithara, of the sambuca, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of every kind of music, falling down, worship the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 3:6 But if anyone does not fall prostrate and worship, in that same hour he will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. 3:7 After these things, therefore, immediately when all the peoples heard the sound of the trumpet, of the pipe, and of the cithara, of the sambuca, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of every kind of music: falling down, all the peoples, the tribes, and the tongues worshiped the golden statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

3:8 Statimque in ipso tempore accedentes viri Chaldaei accusaverunt Iudaeos: 3:9 dixeruntque Nabuchodonosor regi: Rex in aeternum vive: 3:10 tu rex posuisti decretum, ut omnis homo, qui audierit sonitum tubae, fistulae, et citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, et universi generis musicorum, prosternat se, et adoret statuam auream:

3:8 And immediately at that very time the Chaldean men came forward and accused the Jews: 3:9 and they said to King Nebuchadnezzar: O king, live forever: 3:10 you, O king, have set a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet,
pipe, and cithara, sambuca, and psaltery, and symphony, and of every
kind of music, should prostrate himself and adore the golden statue:

3:11 si quis autem non procidens adoraverit, mittatur in fornacem ignis ardentis. 3:12 Sunt ergo viri Iudaei, quos constituisti super opera regionis Babylonis, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: viri isti contempserunt, rex, decretum tuum: deos tuos non colunt, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adorant. 3:13 Tunc Nabuchodonosor in furore, et in ira praecepit ut adducerentur Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: qui confestim adducti sunt in conspectu regis.

3:11 but if anyone, not falling prostrate, shall have worshiped, let him be sent into the furnace of burning fire. 3:12 There are therefore Jewish men whom you have appointed over the works of the region of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: these men have despised, O king, your decree: your gods they do not worship, and the golden statue which you have erected they do not adore. 3:13 Then Nabuchodonosor in fury and in wrath ordered that there be brought Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: who immediately were brought into the sight of the king.

3:14 Pronunciansque Nabuchodonosor rex, ait eis: Verene Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago deos meos non colitis, et statuam auream, quam constitui, non adoratis? 3:15 Nunc ergo si estis parati, quacumque hora audieritis sonitum tubae, fistulae, citharae, sambucae, et psalterii, et symphoniae, omnisque generis musicorum, prosternite vos, et adorate statuam, quam feci: quod si non adoraveritis, eadem hora mittemini in fornacem ignis ardentis: et quis est Deus, qui eripiet vos de manu mea? 3:16 Respondentes Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dixerunt regi Nabuchodonosor: Non oportet nos de hac re respondere tibi.

3:14 And pronouncing, King Nabuchodonosor said to them: Is it true, Sidrach,
Misach, and Abdenago, that you do not venerate my gods, and the golden statue,
which I have set up, do you not adore? 3:15 Now therefore, if you are prepared, at whatever hour you hear the sound of the trumpet,
of the pipe, the cithara, the sambuca, and the psaltery, and the symphony,
and of every kind of music, prostrate yourselves, and adore the statue which I have made:
but if you do not adore, in the same hour you will be sent into the furnace of burning fire:
and who is the God who will deliver you from my hand? 3:16 Answering, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago said to King
Nabuchodonosor: It is not necessary for us to respond to you concerning this matter.

3:17 Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare. 3:18 Quod si noluerit, notum sit tibi, rex, quia deos tuos non colimus, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adoramus. 3:19 Tunc Nabuchodonosor repletus est furore: et aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, et praecepit ut succenderetur fornax septuplum quam succendi consueverat.

3:17 Behold, for our God, whom we worship, is able to deliver us from the
furnace of burning fire, and to free us from your hands, O king. 3:18 But if he should not will it, be it known to you, O king, that we do not worship your gods,
and the golden statue which you have set up we do not adore. 3:19 Then Nabuchodonosor was filled with fury; and the aspect of his face
was changed against Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and he commanded
that the furnace be kindled sevenfold more than it had been accustomed to be heated.

3:20 Et viris fortissimis de exercitu suo iussit ut ligatis pedibus Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago mitterent eos in fornacem ignis ardentis. 3:21 Et confestim viri illi vincti cum braccis suis, et tiaris, et calceamentis, et vestibus missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis. 3:22 nam iussio regis urgebat: fornax autem succensa erat nimis.

3:20 And he ordered the very strong men of his army that, with feet bound, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago be thrown into the furnace of burning fire. 3:21 And immediately those men, bound, with their breeches, and tiaras, and shoes, and garments, were cast into the midst of the furnace of burning fire. 3:22 for the king’s injunction was urgent; moreover, the furnace had been kindled exceedingly.

Porro viros illos, qui miserant Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, interfecit flamma ignis.

Moreover, the flame of the fire killed those men who had cast Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.

3:23 Viri autem hi tres, id est, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, ceciderunt in medio camino ignis ardentis, colligati. QUAE SEQUUNTUR IN HEBRAEIS VOLUMINIBUS NON REPERI. 3:24 Et ambulabant in medio flammae laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino.

3:23 But these three men, that is, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago,
fell into the midst of the burning fiery furnace, bound. THE THINGS WHICH FOLLOW I DID NOT FIND IN THE HEBREW VOLUMES. 3:24 And they were walking in the midst of the flame, praising God, and blessing the Lord.

3:25 Stans autem Azarias oravit sic, aperiensque os suum in medio ignis, ait: 3:26 Benedictus es Domine Deus patrum nostrorum, et laudabile, et gloriosum nomen tuum in saecula: 3:27 quia iustus es in omnibus, quae fecisti nobis, et universa opera tua vera, et viae tuae rectae, et omnia iudicia tua vera.

3:25 But standing, Azarias prayed thus, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said: 3:26 Blessed are you, O Lord God of our fathers, and laudable, and glorious is your name unto the ages: 3:27 for you are just in all things which you have done to us, and all your works are true, and your ways are straight, and all your judgments are true.

3:28 Iudicia enim vera fecisti iuxta omnia, quae induxisti super nos, et super civitatem sanctam patrum nostrorum Ierusalem: quia in veritate, et in iudicio induxisti omnia haec propter peccata nostra. 3:29 Peccavimus enim, et inique egimus recedentes a te: et deliquimus in omnibus: 3:30 et praecepta tua non audivimus, nec observavimus, nec fecimus sicut praeceperas nobis ut bene nobis esset.

3:28 For you have made true judgments according to all that you have brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, Jerusalem: because in truth, and in judgment you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins. 3:29 For we have sinned, and we have acted iniquitously, departing from you: and we have transgressed in all things: 3:30 and we have not hearkened to your precepts, nor observed them, nor done them as you had commanded us, that it might be well with us.

3:31 omnia ergo, quae induxisti super nos, et universa, quae fecisti nobis, in vero iudicio fecisti: 3:32 et tradidisti nos in manibus inimicorum nostrorum iniquorum, et pessimorum, praevaricatorumque et regi iniusto, et pessimo ultra omnem terram. 3:33 Et nunc non possumus aperire os: confusio, et opprobrium facti sumus servis tuis, et his, qui colunt te.

3:31 therefore all the things which you have brought upon us, and everything that you have done to us, you have done in true judgment: 3:32 and you have handed us into the hands of our unjust and most wicked enemies, and transgressors, and to an unjust king, and the worst beyond all the earth. 3:33 And now we cannot open our mouth: we have become confusion and reproach to your servants, and to those who worship you.

3:34 Ne, quaesumus, tradas nos in perpetuum propter nomen tuum, et ne dissipes testamentum tuum. 3:35 neque auferas misericordiam tuam a nobis propter Abraham dilectum tuum, et Isaac servum tuum, et Israel sanctum tuum: 3:36 quibus locutus es pollicens quod multiplicares semen eorum sicut stellas caeli, et sicut arenam, quae est in littore maris:

3:34 Do not, we beseech, hand us over forever for the sake of your name,
and do not dissolve your covenant. 3:35 nor take away your mercy from us for the sake of Abraham
your beloved, and Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one: 3:36 to whom you spoke, promising that you would multiply their seed
like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the shore of the sea:

3:37 quia Domine imminuti sumus plus quam omnes gentes, sumusque humiles in universa terra hodie propter peccata nostra. 3:38 Et non est in tempore hoc princeps, et dux, et propheta, neque holocaustum, neque sacrificium, neque oblatio, neque incensum, neque locus primitiarum coram te, 3:39 ut possimus invenire misericordiam tuam: sed in animo contrito, et spiritu humilitatis suscipiamur.

3:37 because, O Lord, we have been diminished more than all nations, and we are humble in the whole earth today because of our sins. 3:38 And there is in this time no prince, and leader, and prophet, nor holocaust, nor sacrifice, nor oblation, nor incense, nor place of first-fruits before you, 3:39 that we may be able to find your mercy: but with a contrite mind, and in a spirit of humility may we be received.

3:40 Sicut in holocausto arietum, et taurorum, et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguium: sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi: quoniam non est confusio confidentibus in te. 3:41 Et nunc sequimur te in toto corde, et timemus te, et quaerimus faciem tuam. 3:42 Ne confundas nos: sed fac nobiscum iuxta mansuetudinem tuam, et secundum multitudinem misericordiae tuae.

3:40 As in the holocaust of rams, and of bulls, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in your sight today, that it may please you: since there is no shame for those confiding in you. 3:41 And now we follow you with our whole heart, and we fear you, and we seek your face. 3:42 Do not confound us: but deal with us according to your mansuetude, and according to the multitude of your mercy.

3:43 Et erue nos in mirabilibus tuis, et da gloriam nomini tuo Domine: 3:44 et confundantur omnes, qui ostendunt servis tuis mala, confundantur in omni potentia tua, et robur eorum conteratur: 3:45 et sciant quia tu es Dominus Deus solus, et gloriosus super orbem terrarum.

3:43 And deliver us in your marvels, and give glory to your name, O Lord: 3:44 and let all be confounded who show evils to your servants, let them be confounded in all your power, and let their strength be crushed: 3:45 and let them know that you are the Lord God alone, and glorious over the orb of the earth.

3:46 Et non cessabant qui miserant eos ministri regis succendere fornacem, naphtha, et stuppa, et pice, et malleolis, 3:47 et effundebatur flamma super fornacem cubitis quadraginta novem: 3:48 et erupit, et incendit quos reperit iuxta fornacem de Chaldaeis.

3:46 And the ministers of the king who had sent them did not cease to ignite the furnace, with naphtha, and tow, and pitch, and firebrands, 3:47 and the flame was poured out over the furnace to a height of forty-nine cubits: 3:48 and it burst forth and burned the Chaldaeans whom it found near the furnace.

3:49 Angelus autem Domini descendit cum Azaria, et sociis eius in fornacem: et excussit flammam ignis de fornace, 3:50 et fecit medium fornacis quasi ventum roris flantem, et non tetigit eos omnino ignis, neque contristavit, nec quidquam molestiae intulit. 3:51 Tunc hi tres quasi ex uno ore laudabant, et glorificabant, et benedicebant Deum in fornace, dicentes:

3:49 But the Angel of the Lord descended with Azaria and his associates into the furnace: and he shook out the flame of the fire from the furnace, 3:50 and he made the middle of the furnace like a wind of dew blowing, and the fire did not touch them at all, nor did it afflict them, nor did it bring any trouble. 3:51 Then these three, as if from one mouth, were praising, and glorifying, and blessing God in the furnace, saying:

3:52 Benedictus es Domine Deus patrum nostrorum:
    et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in saecula.
et benedictum nomen gloriae tutae sanctum:
    et laudabile, et superexaltatum in omnibus saeculis.
3:53 Benedictus es in templo sancto gloriae tuae:
    et superlaudabilis, et supergloriosus in saecula.

3:52 Blessed are you, O Lord God of our fathers:
    and laudable, and glorious, and superexalted unto the ages.
and blessed is the holy name of your glory:
    and laudable, and superexalted in all ages.
3:53 Blessed are you in the holy temple of your glory:
    and super-laudable, and super-glorious unto the ages.

3:54 Benedictus es in throno regni tui:
    et superlaudabilis, et superexaltatus in saecula.
3:55 Benedictus es, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super cherubim:
    et laudabilis, et superexaltatus in saecula.
3:56 Benedictus es in firmamento caeli:
    et laudabilis et gloriosus in saecula.

3:54 Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom:
    and superpraiseworthy, and superexalted unto the ages.
3:55 Blessed are you, who look upon the abysses, and sit above the cherubim:
    and praiseworthy, and superexalted unto the ages.
3:56 Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven:
    and praiseworthy and glorious unto the ages.

3:57 Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:58 Benedicite Angeli Domini Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:59 (b) Benedicite caeli Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:57 Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:58 Bless the Lord, Angels of the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:59 (b) Bless the Lord, heavens:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.

3:60 Benedicite aquae omnes, quae super caelos sunt, Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:61 Benedicite omnes virtutes Domini Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:62 Benedicite sol, et luna Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:60 Bless the Lord, all waters which are above the heavens:
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.
3:61 Bless the Lord, all powers of the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.
3:62 Bless the Lord, sun and moon:
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.

3:63 Benedicite stellae caeli Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:64 Benedicite omnis imber, et ros Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:65 Benedicite omnes spiritus Dei Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:63 Bless, stars of heaven, the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him forever.
3:64 Bless, every shower, and dew, the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him forever.
3:65 Bless, all spirits of God, the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him forever.

3:66 Benedicite ignis, et aestus Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:67 Benedicite frigus, et aestus Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:68 Benedicite rores, et pruina Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:66 Bless the Lord, fire and heat:
    praise and highly exalt him forever.
3:67 Bless the Lord, cold and heat:
    praise and highly exalt him forever.
3:68 Bless the Lord, dews and hoarfrost:
    praise and highly exalt him forever.

3:69 Benedicite gelu, et frigus Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:70 Benedicite glacies, et nives Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:71 Benedicite noctes, et dies Domino
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:69 Bless ye, frost, and cold, the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.
3:70 Bless ye, ice, and snows, the Lord:
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.
3:71 Bless ye, nights, and days, the Lord
    praise and super-exalt him unto the ages.

3:72 Benedicite lux, et tenebrae Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:73 Benedicite fulgura, et nubes Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:74 Benedicat terra Dominum:
    laudet, et superexaltet eum in saecula.

3:72 Bless, O light and darkness, the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:73 Bless, O lightnings and clouds, the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:74 Let the earth bless the Lord:
    let it praise, and superexalt him unto the ages.

3:75 Benedicite montes, et colles Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:76 Benedicite universa germinantia in terra Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:77 Benedicite fontes Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:75 Bless, O mountains and hills, the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:76 Bless, all things germinating on the earth, the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:77 Bless, O fountains, the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.

3:78 Benedicite maria, et flumina Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:79 Benedicite cete, et omnia, quae moventur in aquis, Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:80 Benedicite omnes volucres caeli Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:78 Bless the Lord, seas and rivers:
    praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:79 Bless the Lord, cetaceans, and all that move in the waters:
    praise and exalt him above all forever.
3:80 Bless the Lord, all birds of heaven:
    praise and exalt him above all forever.

3:81 Benedicite omnes bestiae, et pecora Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:82 Benedicite filii hominum Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:83 Benedicat Israel Dominum:
    laudet et superexaltet eum in saecula.

3:81 Bless the Lord, all beasts and cattle:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:82 Bless the Lord, sons of men:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:83 Let Israel bless the Lord:
    let him praise and superexalt him unto the ages.

3:84 Benedicite sacerdotes Domini Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:85 Benedicite servi Domini Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:86 Benedicite spiritus, et animae iustorum Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.

3:84 Bless the Lord, O priests of the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:85 Bless the Lord, O servants of the Lord:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.
3:86 Bless the Lord, O spirits, and souls of the just:
    praise and superexalt him unto the ages.

3:87 Benedicite sancti, et humiles corde Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
3:88 Benedicite Anania, Azaria, Misael Domino:
    laudate et superexaltate eum in saecula.
Quia eruit nos de inferno,
    et salvos fecit de manu mortis,
et liberavit nos de medio ardentis flammae,
    et de medio ignis eruit nos.

3:87 Bless the Lord, you holy ones and humble of heart:
    praise and superexalt him forever.
3:88 Bless the Lord, Ananias, Azarias, Misael:
    praise and superexalt him forever.
For he has drawn us out of hell,
    and has saved us from the hand of death,
and has freed us from the midst of the burning flame,
    and from the midst of the fire he has drawn us out.

3:89 Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus:
quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
3:90 Benedicite omnes religiosi Domino Deo deorum:
laudate et confitemini ei, quia in omnia saecula misericordia eius. HUCUSQUE IN HEBRAEO NON HABETUR: ET QUAE POSUIMUS, DE THEODOTIONIS EDITIONE TRANSLATA SUNT.

3:89 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good:
for his mercy is forever.
3:90 Bless, all you religious, the Lord God of gods:
praise and give thanks to him, for his mercy is unto all ages. UP TO THIS POINT IT IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE HEBREW: AND THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE SET DOWN, HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED FROM THE EDITION OF THEODOTION.

3:91 Tunc Nabuchodonosor rex obstupuit, et surrexit propere, et ait optimatibus suis: Nonne tres viros misimus in medium ignis compeditos? Qui respondentes regi, dixerunt: Vere rex.

3:91 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not send three men, bound, into the midst of the fire? They, answering the king, said: Truly, O king.

3:92 Respondit, et ait: Ecce ego video quattuor viros solutos, et ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est, et species quarti similis filio Dei. 3:93 Tunc accessit Nabuchodonosor ad ostium fornacis ignis ardentis, et ait: Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago servi Dei excelsi, egredimini, et venite. Statimque egressi sunt Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago de medio ignis.

3:92 He answered and said: Behold, I see four men unbound, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no corruption on them, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God. 3:93 Then Nabuchodonosor approached the door of the burning furnace of fire, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago came out from the midst of the fire.

3:94 Et congregati satrapae et magistratus, et iudices, et potentes regis contemplabantur viros illos, quoniam nihil potestatis habuisset ignis in corporibus eorum, et capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus, et sarabala eorum non fuissent immutata, et odor ignis non transisset per eos.

3:94 And the satraps and the magistrates, and the judges, and the potentates of the king gathered and contemplated those men, because the fire had had no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head had not been singed, and their sarabala had not been altered, and the odor of fire had not passed over them.

3:95 Et erumpens Nabuchodonosor, ait: Benedictus Deus eorum, Sidrach videlicet, Misach, et Abdenago, qui misit angelum suum, et eruit servos suos, qui crediderunt in eum: et verbum regis immutaverunt, et tradiderunt corpora sua ne servirent, et ne adorarent omnem deum, excepto Deo suo. 3:96 A me ergo positum est hoc decretum, ut omnis populus, tribus, et lingua, quaecumque locuta fuerit blasphemiam contra Deum Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dispereat, et domus eius vastetur: neque enim est alius Deus, qui possit ita salvare. 3:97 Tunc rex promovit Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago in provincia Babylonis.

3:95 And bursting out, Nebuchadnezzar said: Blessed be their God, namely of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who sent his angel, and delivered his servants, who trusted in him; and the word of the king they altered, and they handed over their bodies, that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God. 3:96 Therefore by me this decree is set, that every people, tribe, and tongue, whoever shall have spoken blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, let him perish, and his house be devastated: for there is no other God who can thus save. 3:97 Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago in the province of Babylon.

3. NABUCHODONOSOR MENTE CAPITUR ET SANATUR, 3:98-4:34. 3:98 NABUCHODONOSOR rex, omnibus populis, gentibus, et linguis, qui habitant in universa terra, pax vobis multiplicetur. 3:99 Signa, et mirabilia fecit apud me Deus excelsus. Placuit ergo mihi praedicare

3. NEBUCHADNEZZAR IS SEIZED IN MIND AND IS HEALED, 3:98-4:34. 3:98 NEBUCHADNEZZAR king, to all peoples, nations, and tongues,
who dwell in the whole earth: may peace be multiplied to you. 3:99 The Most High God has performed signs and wonders for me. It has therefore pleased me to proclaim

3:100 signa eius, quia magna sunt: et mirabilia eius, quia fortia: et regnum eius regnum sempiternum, et (c) potestas eius in generationem et generationem. 4:1 Ego Nabuchodonosor quietus eram in domo mea, et florens in palatio meo: 4:2 somnium vidi, quod perterruit me: et cogitationes meae in strato meo, et visiones capitis mei conturbaverunt me.

3:100 his signs, because they are great: and his marvels, because they are mighty: and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and (c) his power from generation to generation. 4:1 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house, and flourishing in my palace: 4:2 I saw a dream that terrified me: and my thoughts upon my bed, and the visions of my head disturbed me.

4:3 Et per me propositum est decretum ut introducerentur in conspectu meo cuncti sapientes Babylonis, et ut solutionem somnii indicarent mihi. 4:4 Tunc ingrediebantur arioli, magi, Chaldaei, et aruspices, et somnium narravi in conspectu eorum: et solutionem eius non indicaverunt mihi: 4:5 donec collega ingressus est in conspectu meo Daniel, cui nomen Baltassar secundum nomen Dei mei, qui habet spiritum deorum sanctorum in semetipso: et somnium coram ipso locutus sum.

4:3 And by me a decree was set forth that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought into my presence,
that they might indicate to me the solution of the dream. 4:4 Then the soothsayers, magi, Chaldaeans, and haruspices were entering,
and I narrated the dream before them; and its solution they did not
indicate to me: 4:5 until the colleague entered into my presence—Daniel, whose name is
Baltassar according to the name of my god, who has the spirit of the holy gods
in himself; and I spoke the dream before him.

4:6 Baltassar princeps ariolorum, quoniam ego scio quod spiritum sanctorum deorum habeas in te, et omne sacramentum non est impossibile tibi: visiones somniorum meorum, quas vidi, et solutionem earum narra. 4:7 Visio capitis mei in cubili meo: Videbam, et ecce arbor in medio terrae, et altitudo eius nimia. 4:8 Magna arbor, et fortis: et proceritas eius contingens caelum: aspectus illius erat usque ad terminos universae terrae.

4:6 Baltassar, chief of the soothsayers, since I know that you have the spirit
of the holy gods in you, and that no mystery is impossible
for you: tell the visions of my dreams which I saw, and their interpretation. 4:7 The vision of my head on my bed: I was seeing, and behold, a tree in
the midst of the earth, and its height immense. 4:8 A great tree, and strong: and its loftiness reaching heaven:
its appearance was up to the boundaries of the whole earth.

4:9 Folia eius pulcherrima, et fructus eius nimius: et esca universorum in ea. subter eam habitabant animalia, et bestiae, et in ramis eius conversabantur volucres caeli: et ex ea vescebatur omnis caro. 4:10 Videbam in visione capitis mei super stratum meum, et ecce vigil, et sanctus de caelo descendit. 4:11 Clamavit fortiter, et sic ait: Succidite arborem, et praecidite ramos eius: excutite folia eius, et dispergite fructus eius: fugiant bestiae, quae subter eam sunt, et volucres de ramis eius.

4:9 Its leaves were most beautiful, and its fruit very abundant: and the food of all was in it. under it animals and beasts were dwelling, and in its branches the birds of heaven were living: and from it all flesh was feeding. 4:10 I was seeing in the vision of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher, and a holy one descended from heaven. 4:11 He cried out mightily, and thus he said: Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches: shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the beasts flee that are under it, and the birds from its branches.

4:12 Verumtamen germen radicum eius in terra sinite, et alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo in herbis, quae foris sunt, et rore caeli tingatur, et cum feris pars eius in herba terrae. 4:13 Cor eius ab humano commutetur, et cor ferae detur ei: et septem tempora mutentur super eum. 4:14 In sententia vigilum decretum est, et sermo sanctorum, et petitio: donec cognoscant viventes quoniam dominatur Excelsus in regno hominum; et cuicumque voluerit, dabit illud, et humillimum hominem constituet super eum.

4:12 Nevertheless, leave the shoot of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with an iron and bronze bond in the grasses which are outside, and let it be tinged with the dew of heaven, and let its portion be with the wild beasts in the grass of the earth. 4:13 Let his heart be changed from a human, and let the heart of a beast be given to him: and let seven times be changed over him. 4:14 In the sentence of the watchers the decree is, and the word of the holy ones, and the petition: until the living may know that the Most High dominates in the kingdom of men; and to whomever he will, he will give it, and he will constitute the most humble man over it.

4:15 Hoc somnium vidi ego Nabuchodonosor rex: tu ergo Baltassar interpretationem narra festinus: quia omnes sapientes regni mei non queunt solutionem edicere mihi: tu autem potes, quia spiritus deorum sanctorum in te est. 4:16 Tunc Daniel, cuius nomen Baltassar, coepit intra semetipsum tacitus cogitare quasi una hora: et cogitationes eius conturbabant eum. Respondens autem rex ait: Baltassar, somnium et interpretatio eius non conturbent te. Respondit Baltassar, et dixit: Domine mi, somnium his, qui te oderunt, et interpretatio eius hostibus tuis sit.

4:15 This dream I, Nebuchadnezzar the king, saw: therefore you, Belteshazzar, tell the interpretation in haste; for all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to declare the solution to me; but you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you. 4:16 Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, began to think silently within himself for about one hour; and his thoughts were troubling him. But the king, answering, said: Belteshazzar, let the dream and its interpretation not trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said: My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies.

4:17 Arborem, quam vidisti sublimem, atque robustam, cuius altitudo pertingit ad caelum, et aspectus illius in omnem terram:

4:17 The tree which you saw, lofty and robust, whose height reaches to heaven, and whose aspect is over the whole earth:

4:18 et rami eius pulcherrimi, et fructus eius nimius, et esca omnium in ea, subter eam habitantes bestiae agri, et in ramis eius commorantes aves caeli: 4:19 Tu es rex, qui magnificatus es, et invaluisti: et magnitudo tua crevit, et pervenit usque ad caelum, et potestas tua in terminos universae terrae. 4:20 Quod autem vidit rex vigilem, et sanctum descendere de caelo, et dicere: Succidite arborem, et dissipate illam, attamen germen radicum eius in terra dimittite, et vinciatur ferro et aere in herbis foris, et rore caeli conspergatur, et cum feris sit pabulum eius, donec septem tempora mutentur super eum:

4:18 and its branches were most beautiful, and its fruit exceedingly abundant, and there was food for all in it, beneath it dwelling were the beasts of the field, and in its branches abiding were the birds of heaven: 4:19 You are the king, who has been magnified and grown strong; and your greatness has grown, and has reached up to heaven, and your power to the limits of the whole earth. 4:20 But whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one descending from heaven, and saying: Cut down the tree, and scatter it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and bronze among the grasses outside, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let its food be with the wild beasts, until seven times are changed over him:

4:21 Haec est interpretatio sententiae Altissimi, quae pervenit super dominum meum regem: 4:22 Eiicient te ab hominibus, et cum bestiis ferisque erit habitatio tua, et (d) foenum ut bos comedes, et rore caeli infunderis: septem quoque tempora mutabuntur super te, donec scias quod dominetur Excelsus super regnum hominum, et cuicumque voluerit, det illud. 4:23 Quod autem praecepit ut relinqueretur germen radicum eius, id est arboris: regnum tuum tibi manebit postquam cognoveris potestatem esse caelestem.

4:21 This is the interpretation of the sentence of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king: 4:22 They will drive you from men, and with the beasts and wild animals shall be your dwelling, and (d) you will eat hay like an ox, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven: seven also times will be changed over you, until you know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wills, he gives it. 4:23 But whereas he commanded that the stump of its roots be left, that is, of the tree: your kingdom will remain to you after you have recognized the power to be heavenly.

4:24 Quam ob rem rex consilium meum placeat tibi, (e) et peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum: forsitan ignoscet delictis tuis. 4:25 Omnia haec venerunt super Nabuchodonosor regem. 4:26 Post finem mensium duodecim, in aula Babylonis deambulabat.

4:24 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be pleasing to you, (e) and redeem your sins by alms, and your iniquities by mercies to the poor: perhaps he will forgive your offenses. 4:25 All these things came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 4:26 After the end of twelve months, he was walking about in the palace of Babylon.

4:27 Responditque rex, et ait: Nonne haec est Babylon magna, quam ego aedificavi in domum regni, in robore fortitudinis meae, et in gloria decoris mei? 4:28 Cumque sermo adhuc esset in ore regis, vox de caelo ruit: Tibi dicitur Nabuchodonosor rex: Regnum tuum transibit a te, 4:29 et ab hominibus eiicient te, et cum bestiis et feris erit habitatio tua: foenum quasi bos comedes, et septem tempora mutabuntur super te, donec scias quod dominetur Excelsus in regno hominum, et cuicumque voluerit, det illud.

4:27 And the king answered and said: Is not this great Babylon, which I have built as a house of the kingdom, in the might of my fortitude, and for the glory of my splendor? 4:28 And while the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: It is said to you, King Nabuchodonosor: Your kingdom will pass away from you, 4:29 and from men they will cast you out, and with beasts and wild animals shall be your habitation: grass like an ox you will eat, and seven times will be changed over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and to whomever he will, he gives it.

4:30 Eadem hora sermo completus est super Nabuchodonosor, et ex hominibus abiectus est, et foenum ut bos comedit, et rore caeli corpus eius infectum est: donec capilli eius in similitudinem aquilarum crescerent, et ungues eius quasi avium. 4:31 Igitur post finem dierum ego Nabuchodonosor oculos meos ad caelum levavi, et sensus meus redditus est mihi: et Altissimo benedixi, et viventem in sempiternum laudavi, et glorificavi: (f) quia potestas eius potestas sempiterna, et regnum eius in generationem et generationem. 4:32 Et omnes habitatores terrae apud eum in nihilum reputati sunt: iuxta voluntatem enim suam facit tam in virtutibus caeli quam in habitatoribus terrae: et non est qui resistat manui eius, et dicat ei: Quare fecisti?

4:30 In the same hour the word was completed upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was cast out from among men, and he ate hay like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew in the likeness of eagles, and his nails like birds’. 4:31 Therefore, after the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason was returned to me: and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and glorified him who lives forever: (f) for his power is a sempiternal power, and his kingdom is unto generation and generation. 4:32 And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing before him: for according to his will he does both among the powers of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who can resist his hand and say to him: Why have you done this?

4:33 In ipso tempore sensus meus reversus est ad me, et ad honorem regni mei, decoremque perveni: et figura mea reversa est ad me: et optimates mei, et magistratus mei requisierunt me, et in regno meo restitutus sum: et magnificentia amplior addita est mihi. 4:34 Nunc igitur ego Nabuchodonosor laudo, et magnifico, et glorifico regem caeli: quia omnia opera eius vera, et viae eius iudicia, et gradientes in superbia potest humiliare. 4. BALTASSAR REGNO ET VITA PRIVATUR, 5:1-31.

4:33 At that very time my sense returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom and its decor: and my figure returned to me: and my nobles and my magistrates sought me out, and I was restored in my kingdom: and an ampler magnificence was added to me. 4:34 Now therefore I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, and magnify, and glorify the king of heaven: because all his works are true, and his ways judgments, and those walking in pride he can humble. 4. BELSHAZZAR IS DEPRIVED OF KINGDOM AND LIFE, 5:1-31.

5:1 Baltassar rex fecit grande convivium optimatibus suis mille: et unusquisque secundum suam bibebat aetatem. 5:2 Praecepit ergo iam temulentus ut afferrentur vasa aurea et argentea, quae asportaverat Nabuchodonosor pater eius de templo, quod fuit in Ierusalem, ut biberent in eis rex, et optimates eius, uxoresque eius, et concubinae. 5:3 Tunc allata sunt vasa aurea, et argentea, quae asportaverat de templo, quod fuerat in Ierusalem: et biberunt in eis rex, et optimates eius, uxores et concubinae illius.

5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great banquet for his thousand nobles: and each drank according to his age. 5:2 Therefore, now already inebriated, he commanded that the golden and silver vessels be brought, which Nabuchodonosor his father had carried off from the temple that was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, and his wives and concubines, might drink in them. 5:3 Then the golden and silver vessels were brought, which he had carried off from the temple that had been in Jerusalem: and they drank in them—the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines.

5:4 Bibebant vinum, et laudabant deos suos aureos, et argenteos, aereos, ferreos, ligneosque et lapideos. 5:5 In eadem hora apparuerunt digiti, quasi manus hominis scribentis contra candelabrum in superficie parietis aulae regiae: et rex aspiciebat articulos manus scribentis. 5:6 Tunc facies regis commutata est, et cogitationes eius conturbabant eum: et compages renum eius solvebantur, et genua eius ad seinvicem collidebantur.

5:4 They were drinking wine, and praising their gods—golden and silver, bronze, iron, wooden, and stone. 5:5 In the same hour there appeared digits, as it were of a man's hand writing opposite the candelabrum on the surface of the wall of the royal hall; and the king was looking at the joints of the hand that was writing. 5:6 Then the king's face was changed, and his thoughts were confounding him: and the fastenings of his loins were loosened, and his knees were colliding with one another.

5:7 Exclamavit itaque rex fortiter ut introducerent magos, Chaldaeos, et aruspices. Et proloquens rex ait sapientibus Babylonis: Quicumque legerit scripturam hanc, et interpretationem eius manifestam mihi fecerit, purpura vestietur, et torquem auream habebit in collo, et tertius in regno meo erit. 5:8 Tunc ingressi omnes sapientes regis non potuerunt nec scripturam legere, nec interpretationem indicare regi.

5:7 Therefore the king cried out strongly that they should bring in the magi, the Chaldaeans, and the haruspices. And speaking forth, the king said to the wise men of Babylon: Whoever shall read this writing, and shall make its interpretation manifest to me, shall be clothed in purple, and shall have a golden torque on his neck, and shall be third in my kingdom. 5:8 Then all the wise men of the king, having entered, were not able either to read the writing, nor to indicate the interpretation to the king.

5:9 Unde rex Baltassar satis conturbatus est, et vultus illius immutatus est. sed et optimates eius turbabantur.

5:9 Wherefore King Baltassar was quite perturbed, and his countenance was altered. but even his nobles were disturbed.

5:10 Regina autem pro re, quae acciderat regi, et optimatibus eius, domum convivii ingressa est: et proloquens ait: Rex in aeternum vive: non te conturbent cogitationes tuae, neque facies tua immutetur. 5:11 Est vir in regno tuo, qui spiritum deorum sanctorum habet in se: et in diebus patris tui scientia et sapientia inventae sunt in eo: nam et rex Nabuchodonosor pater tuus principem magorum, incantatorum, Chaldaeorum, et aruspicum constituit eum, pater, inquam, tuus, o rex: 5:12 quia spiritus amplior, et prudentia, intelligentiaque et interpretatio somniorum, et ostensio secretorum, ac solutio ligatorum inventae sunt in eo, hoc est in Daniele: cui rex posuit nomen Baltassar. nunc itaque Daniel vocetur, et interpretationem narrabit.

5:10 The queen, however, on account of the matter that had happened to the king and his nobles, entered the house of the banquet: and speaking said: King, live forever: let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed. 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom, who has the spirit of the holy gods in him: and in the days of your father knowledge and wisdom were found in him: for even King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magi, of the incantators, of the Chaldeans, and of the haruspices—your father, I say, O king—: 5:12 because a more ample spirit, and prudence, and intelligence, and interpretation of dreams, and the showing of secrets, and the solution of knots were found in him, that is, in Daniel: to whom the king gave the name Baltassar. now therefore let Daniel be called, and he will tell the interpretation.

5:13 Igitur introductus est Daniel coram rege. Ad quem praefatus rex ait: Tu es Daniel de filiis captivitatis Iudae, quem adduxit pater meus rex de Iudaea? 5:14 Audivi de te quoniam spiritum deorum habeas: et scientia, intelligentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventae sunt in te. 5:15 Et nunc introgressi sunt in conspectu meo sapientes magi, ut scripturam hanc legerent, et interpretationem eius indicarent mihi: et nequiverunt sensum huius sermonis edicere.

5:13 Therefore Daniel was brought in before the king. And the aforesaid king said to him: Are you Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judaea? 5:14 I have heard about you that you have the spirit of the gods; and knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom more ample have been found in you. 5:15 And now the wise magi have entered into my presence, to read this writing and to declare its interpretation to me; and they have not been able to proclaim the meaning of this utterance.

5:16 Porro ego audivi de te, quod possis obscura interpretari, et ligata dissolvere: si ergo vales scripturam legere, et interpretationem eius indicare mihi, purpura vestieris, et torquem auream circa collum tuum habebis, et tertius in regno meo princeps eris. 5:17 Ad quae respondens Daniel, ait coram rege: Munera tua sint tibi, et dona domus tuae alteri da: scripturam autem legam tibi, rex, et interpretationem eius ostendam tibi. 5:18 O rex, Deus altissimus regnum, et magnificentiam, gloriam, et honorem dedit Nabuchodonosor patri tuo.

5:16 Moreover I have heard about you, that you can interpret obscure things,
and loosen what is bound: therefore if you are able to read the writing, and the interpretation
of it to make known to me, you shall be clothed in purple, and you shall have a golden torque around
your neck, and you shall be third ruler in my kingdom. 5:17 To which Daniel, answering, said before the king: Let your gifts be for yourself,
and give the gifts of your house to another: however, I will read the writing for you, O king,
and I will show you its interpretation. 5:18 O king, God Most High gave the kingdom, and magnificence, glory,
and honor to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

5:19 Et propter magnificentiam, quam dederat ei, universi populi, tribus, et linguae tremebant, et metuebant eum: quos volebat, interficiebat: et quos volebat, percutiebat: et quos volebat, exaltabat: et quos volebat, humiliabat. 5:20 Quando autem elevatum est cor eius, et spiritus illius obfirmatus est ad superbiam, depositus est de solio regni sui, et gloria eius ablata est: 5:21 (g) et a filiis hominum eiectus est, sed et cor eius cum bestiis positum est, et cum onagris erat habitatio eius: foenum quoque ut bos comedebat, et rore caeli corpus eius infectum est, donec cognosceret quod potestatem haberet Altissimus in regno hominum: et quemcumque voluerit, suscitabit super illud.

5:19 And on account of the magnificence which he had given to him, all peoples, tribes, and tongues trembled and feared him: whom he wished, he killed: and whom he wished, he struck: and whom he wished, he exalted: and whom he wished, he humbled. 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was stiffened to pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was taken away: 5:21 (g) and he was cast out from the sons of men, and even his heart was set with the beasts, and with onagers was his habitation: also grass like an ox he ate, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High had power in the kingdom of men: and whomever he will, he raises up over it.

5:22 Tu quoque filius eius Baltassar, non humiliasti cor tuum, cum scires haec omnia: 5:23 sed adversum Dominatorem caeli elevatus es: et vasa domus eius allata sunt coram te: et tu, et optimates tui, et uxores tuae, et concubinae tuae vinum bibistis in eis: deos quoque argenteos, et aureos, et aereos, ferreos, ligneosque et lapideos, qui non vident, neque audiunt, neque sentiunt, laudasti: porro Deum, qui habet flatum tuum in manu sua, et omnes vias tuas, non glorificasti. 5:24 Idcirco ab eo missus est articulus manus, quae scripsit hoc, quod exaratum est.

5:22 You also, his son Belshazzar, did not humble your heart, when you knew all these things: 5:23 but you were lifted up against the Dominator of heaven: and the vessels of his house were brought before you: and you, and your optimates, and your wives, and your concubines drank wine in them: and the gods likewise of silver, and of gold, and of bronze, of iron, and wooden and stone, who do not see, nor hear, nor feel, you praised: but the God, who has your breath in his hand, and all your ways, you did not glorify. 5:24 Therefore from him there was sent a finger of a hand, which wrote this, which has been inscribed.

5:25 Haec est autem scriptura, quae digesta est: MANE, THECEL, PHARES. 5:26 Et haec est interpretatio sermonis. MANE: numeravit Deus regnum tuum, et complevit illud.

5:25 Now this is the writing which has been set down: MANE, THECEL, PHARES. 5:26 And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God has numbered your kingdom, and completed it.

5:27 THECEL: appensus es in statera, et inventus es minus habens.

5:27 THECEL: you have been weighed in the balance, and found deficient.

5:28 PHARES: divisum est regnum tuum, et datum est Medis, et Persis. 5:29 Tunc iubente rege indutus est Daniel purpura, et circumdata est torques aurea collo eius: et praedicatum est de eo quod haberet potestatem tertius in regno suo. 5:30 Eadem nocte interfectus est Baltassar rex Chaldaeus.

5:28 PHARES: your kingdom has been divided, and it has been given to the Medes and the Persians. 5:29 Then, at the king’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, and a golden torque was put around his neck; and it was proclaimed concerning him that he would have authority as third in his kingdom. 5:30 In the same night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.

5:31 Et Darius Medus successit in regnum annos natus sexagintaduos. 5. DANIEL IN LACU LEONUM SERVATUR, 6:1-28. 6:1 Placuit Dario, et constituit super regnum satrapas centum viginti ut essent in toto regno suo.

5:31 And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years old. 5. DANIEL IS PRESERVED IN THE DEN OF LIONS, 6:1-28. 6:1 It pleased Darius, and he constituted over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, that they should be in his whole kingdom.

6:2 Et super eos principes tres, ex quibus Daniel unus erat: ut satrapae illis redderent rationem, et rex non sustineret molestiam. 6:3 Igitur Daniel superabat omnes principes, et satrapas: quia spiritus Dei amplior erat in illo. 6:4 Porro rex cogitabat constituere eum super omne regnum: unde principes, et satrapae quaerebant occasionem ut invenirent Danieli ex latere regis: nullamque causam, et suspicionem reperire potuerunt, eo quod fidelis esset, et omnis culpa, et suspicio non inveniretur in eo.

6:2 And over them three princes, of whom Daniel was one:
that the satraps might render account to them, and the king might not sustain trouble. 6:3 Therefore Daniel was surpassing all the princes, and the satraps:
because a more ample spirit of God was in him. 6:4 Moreover the king was considering to set him over the whole kingdom:
whence the princes, and the satraps were seeking an occasion to find
against Daniel on the king’s side: and no cause, and suspicion
were they able to discover, because he was faithful, and every fault,
and suspicion was not found in him.

6:5 Dixerunt ergo viri illi: Non inveniemus Danieli huic aliquam occasionem, nisi forte in lege Dei sui. 6:6 Tunc principes, et satrapae surripuerunt regi, et sic locuti sunt ei: Dari rex in aeternum vive: 6:7 consilium inierunt omnes principes regni tui, magistratus, et satrapae, senatores, et iudices ut decretum imperatorium exeat, et edictum: Ut omnis, qui petierit aliquam petitionem a quocumque deo, et homine usque ad triginta dies, nisi a te rex, mittatur in lacum leonum.

6:5 Therefore those men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
unless perhaps in the law of his God. 6:6 Then the princes and satraps surreptitiously approached the king, and thus spoke
to him: Darius, O king, live forever: 6:7 all the princes of your kingdom, the magistrates,
and satraps, senators, and judges have entered into counsel that an imperial decree should go forth,
and an edict: That everyone who shall make any petition from any god,
or man for thirty days, unless from you, O king, shall be sent into the den of lions.

6:8 Nunc itaque rex confirma sententiam, et scribe decretum: ut non immutetur quod statutum est a Medis et Persis, nec praevaricari cuiquam liceat. 6:9 Porro rex Darius proposuit edictum, et statuit. 6:10 Quod cum Daniel comperisset, id est, constitutam legem, ingressus est domum suam: et fenestris apertis in coenaculo suo contra Ierusalem tribus temporibus in die flectebat genua sua, et adorabat, confitebaturque coram Deo suo sicut et ante facere consueverat.

6:8 Now therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and write the decree: that what has been statuted by the Medes and Persians not be altered, nor be it permitted to anyone to transgress it. 6:9 Then King Darius set forth the edict, and established it. 6:10 When Daniel had learned this, that is, that the law had been established, he entered his house: and with the windows open in his upper room toward Jerusalem, three times in the day he bent his knees and worshiped, and gave thanks before his God just as he had been accustomed to do before.

6:11 Viri ergo illi curiosius inquirentes invenerunt Danielem orantem, et obscerantem Deum suum. 6:12 Et accedentes locuti sunt regi super edicto: Rex numquid non constituisti, ut omnis homo, qui rogaret quemquam de diis, et hominibus usque ad dies triginta, nisi te, rex, mitteretur in lacum leonum? Ad quos respondens rex, ait: verus est sermo iuxta decretum Medorum, atque Persarum, quod praevaricari non licet.

6:11 Therefore those men, inquiring more carefully, found Daniel praying,
and beseeching his God. 6:12 And approaching, they spoke to the king about the edict: O king, did you not
constitute that every man who should ask anyone, from the gods
or from men, for thirty days—except you, O king—would be sent
into the pit of lions? To whom the king, answering, said: The word is true
according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not permitted to transgress.

6:13 Tunc respondentes dixerunt coram rege: Daniel de filiis captivitatis Iuda, non curavit de lege tua, et de edicto, quod constituisti: sed tribus temporibus per diem orat obsecratione sua.

6:13 Then, answering, they said before the king: Daniel, of the sons
of the captivity of Judah, has paid no heed to your law, and to the edict,
which you established: but three times per day he prays in his supplication.

6:14 Quod verbum cum audisset rex, satis contristatus est: et pro Daniele posuit cor ut liberaret eum, et usque ad occasum solis laborabat ut erueret illum. 6:15 Viri autem illi intelligentes regem dixerunt ei: Scito rex, quia lex Medorum, atque Persarum est ut omne decretum, quod constituerit rex, non liceat immutari. 6:16 Tunc rex praecepit: et adduxerunt Danielem, et miserunt eum in lacum leonum.

6:14 When the king had heard this word, he was quite saddened: and on behalf of Daniel he set his heart to deliver him, and until the going-down of the sun he was laboring to rescue him. 6:15 But those men, understanding the king, said to him: Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and of the Persians that every decree which the king has established is not permitted to be altered. 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and sent him into the lions’ den.

Dixitque rex Danieli: Deus tuus, quem colis semper, ipse liberabit te.

And the king said to Daniel: Your God, whom you always worship, he himself will liberate you.

6:17 Allatusque est lapis unus, et positus est super os laci: quem obsignavit rex annulo suo, et annulo optimatum suorum, nequid fieret contra Danielem. 6:18 Et abiit rex in domum suam, et dormivit incoenatus, cibique non sunt allati coram eo, insuper et somnus recessit ab eo. 6:19 Tunc rex primo diluculo consurgens, festinus ad lacum leonum perrexit:

6:17 And one stone was brought and set upon the mouth of the pit: which the king sealed with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles, lest anything be done against Daniel. 6:18 And the king went to his house, and passed the night fasting, and food was not brought before him; moreover sleep withdrew from him. 6:19 Then the king, at first light of dawn arising, hastened to the lions’ den:

6:20 appropinquansque lacui, Danielem voce lacrymabili inclamavit, et affatus est eum: Daniel serve Dei viventis, Deus tuus, cui tu servis semper, putasne valuit te liberare a leonibus? 6:21 Et Daniel regi respondens ait: Rex in aeternum vive: 6:22 (h) Deus meus misit angelum suum, et conclusit ora leonum, et non nocuerunt mihi: quia coram eo iustitia inventa est in me: sed et coram te, rex, delictum non feci.

6:20 and approaching the pit, he cried out to Daniel with a tearful voice, and addressed him: Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you serve always—do you think he was able to deliver you from the lions? 6:21 And Daniel, answering the king, said: O king, live forever: 6:22 (h) my God sent his angel and shut the mouths of the lions, and they did not harm me, because before him justice was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no delinquency.

6:23 Tunc vehementer rex gavisus est super eo, et Danielem praecepit educi de lacu: eductusque est Daniel de lacu, et nulla laesio inventa est in eo, quia credidit Deo suo. 6:24 Iubente autem rege, adducti sunt viri illi, qui accusaverant Danielem: et in lacum leonum missi sunt, ipsi, et filii, et uxores eorum: et non pervenerunt usque ad pavimentum laci, donec arriperent eos leones, et omnia ossa eorum comminuerunt. 6:25 Tunc Darius rex scripsit universis populis, tribubus, et linguis habitantibus in universa terra: PAX vobis multiplicetur.

6:23 Then vehemently the king rejoiced over him, and he ordered Daniel to be led out of the pit; and Daniel was led out of the pit,
and no lesion was found in him, because he had believed in his God. 6:24 But with the king giving the order, those men were brought who had accused
Daniel; and into the lions’ pit they were sent, they, and their sons,
and their wives; and they did not reach even to the pavement of the pit
before the lions seized them, and crushed all their bones. 6:25 Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, tribes,
and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied to you.

6:26 A me constitutum est decretum, ut in universo imperio, et regno meo tremiscant, et paveant Deum Danielis. ipse est enim Deus vivens, et aeternus in saecula: et regnum eius non dissipabitur, et potestas eius usque in aeternum. 6:27 Ipse liberator, atque salvator, faciens signa, et mirabilia in caelo, et in terra: qui liberavit Danielem de lacu leonum.

6:26 By me a decree has been established, that in the whole empire, and in my kingdom they should tremble, and be afraid of the God of Daniel. he indeed is the living God, and eternal unto the ages: and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his power unto eternity. 6:27 He is deliverer, and savior, performing signs, and wonders in heaven, and on earth: who delivered Daniel from the lions’ den.

6:28 (i) Porro Daniel perseveravit usque ad regnum Darii, regnumque Cyri Persae.

6:28 (1) Moreover Daniel persevered until the reign of Darius, and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

PARS ALTERA. VISIONES DANIELIS PROPHETAE, 7:1-12:13. 1. DE QUATTUOR REGNIS MUNDI AC DE REGNO MESSIANICO, 7:1-28. 7:1 Anno primo Baltassar regis Babylonis, Daniel somnium vidit: visio autem capitis eius in cubili suo: et somnium scribens, brevi sermone comprehendit: summatimque perstringens, ait:

Second Part. The Visions of Daniel the Prophet, 7:1-12:13. 1. On the Four Kingdoms of the World and on the Messianic Kingdom, 7:1-28. 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: moreover, the vision of his head upon his bed: and, writing the dream, he comprehended it in brief discourse; and, summarily skimming it, he said:

7:2 Videbam in visione mea nocte, et ecce quattuor venti caeli pugnabant in mari magno. 7:3 Et quattuor bestiae grandes ascendebant de mari diversae inter se. 7:4 Prima quasi leaena, et alas habebat aquilae: aspiciebam donec evulsae sunt alae eius, et sublata est de terra, et super pedes quasi homo stetit; et cor hominis datum est ei.

7:2 I was seeing in my vision by night, and behold, four winds of heaven were contending in the great sea. 7:3 And four great beasts were ascending from the sea, diverse from one another. 7:4 The first as if a lioness, and it had wings of an eagle: I kept looking until its wings were torn out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and it stood upon its feet like a man; and a man's heart was given to it.

7:5 Et ecce bestia alia similis urso in parte stetit: et tres ordines erant in ore eius, et in dentibus eius, et sic dicebant ei: Surge, comede carnes plurimas. 7:6 Post haec aspiciebam, et ecce alia quasi pardus, et alas habebat quasi avis, quattuor super se, et quattuor capita erant in bestia, et potestas data est ei. 7:7 Post haec aspiciebam in visione noctis, et ecce bestia quarta terribilis, atque mirabilis, et fortis nimis, dentes ferreos habebat magnos, comedens atque comminuens, et reliqua pedibus suis conculcans: dissimilis autem erat ceteris bestiis, quas videram ante eam, et habebat cornua decem.

7:5 And behold, another beast, like a bear, stood on one side; and three ribs were in its mouth, and in its teeth; and thus they were saying to it: Rise, devour much flesh. 7:6 After this I was looking, and behold, another like a leopard, and it had wings like a bird, four upon it, and there were four heads on the beast, and dominion was given to it. 7:7 After this I was looking in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and marvelous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, devouring and breaking in pieces, and the rest it was trampling with its feet; moreover, it was dissimilar to the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.

7:8 Considerabam cornua, et ecce cornu aliud parvulum ortum est de medio eorum: et tria de cornibus primis evulsa sunt a facie eius: et ecce oculi, quasi oculi hominis erant in cornu isto, et os loquens ingentia. 7:9 Aspiciebam donec throni positi sunt, et antiquus dierum sedit: vestimentum eius candidum quasi nix, et capilli capitis eius quasi lana munda: thronus eius flammae ignis: rotae eius ignis accensus. 7:10 Fluvius igneus, rapidusque egrediebatur a facie eius.

7:8 I was considering the horns, and behold, another little horn sprang up from the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked up before it: and behold, eyes, as the eyes of a man, were in that horn, and a mouth speaking great things. 7:9 I was beholding until thrones were set, and the Ancient of Days sat: his vestment white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool: his throne flames of fire: its wheels, a fire kindled. 7:10 A fiery river, and rapid, was going forth from before his face.

(j) millia millium ministrabant ei, et decies millies centena millia assistebant ei: iudicium sedit, et libri aperti sunt.

(j) a thousand thousands were ministering to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand were standing by him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

7:11 Aspiciebam propter vocem sermonum grandium, quos cornu illud loquebatur: et vidi quoniam interfecta esset bestia, et perisset corpus eius, et traditum esset ad comburendum igni: 7:12 aliarum quoque bestiarum ablata esset potestas, et tempora vitae constituta essent eis usque ad tempus, et tempus. 7:13 Aspiciebam ergo in visione noctis, et ecce cum nubibus caeli quasi filius hominis veniebat, et usque ad antiquum dierum pervenit: et in conspectu eius obtulerunt eum.

7:11 I was beholding on account of the voice of the grand words which that horn was speaking; and I saw that the beast had been slain, and its body had perished, and it had been delivered to be burned with fire: 7:12 and the power of the other beasts also had been taken away, and the times of life had been appointed to them, until a time, and a time. 7:13 I was beholding therefore in a vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there was coming as it were a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days: and in his sight they presented him.

7:14 Et dedit ei potestatem, et honorem, et regnum: et omnes populi, tribus, et linguae ipsi servient: (k) potestas eius, potestas aeterna, quae non auferetur: et regnum eius, quod non corrumpetur. 7:15 Horruit spiritus meus, ego Daniel territus sum in his, et visiones capitis mei conturbaverunt me. 7:16 Accessi ad unum de assistentibus, et veritatem quaerebam ab eo de omnibus his. Qui dixit mihi interpretationem sermonum, et docuit me:

7:14 And he gave to him power, and honor, and kingdom; and all peoples,
tribes, and tongues will serve him: (k) his power is an eternal power,
which will not be taken away; and his kingdom, which will not be corrupted. 7:15 My spirit shuddered; I, Daniel, was terrified at these things,
and the visions of my head disturbed me. 7:16 I approached one of those standing by, and I was seeking the truth from him
about all these things. He told me the interpretation of the words, and instructed me:

7:17 Hae quattuor bestiae magnae: quattuor sunt regna, quae consurgent de terra. 7:18 Suscipient autem regnum sancti Dei altissimi: et obtinebunt regnum usque in saeculum, et saeculum saeculorum. 7:19 Post hoc volui diligenter discere de bestia quarta, quae erat dissimilis valde ab omnibus, et terribilis nimis: dentes et ungues eius ferrei: comedebat, et comminuebat, et reliqua pedibus suis conculcabat:

7:17 These four great beasts: are four kingdoms, which shall arise from the earth. 7:18 But the holy ones of the Most High God shall receive the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom forever and ever. 7:19 After this I wished to learn diligently about the fourth beast, which was very dissimilar from all the others, and exceedingly terrible: its teeth and its claws were iron: it was eating, and crushing to pieces, and the rest it was trampling with its feet:

7:20 et de cornibus decem, quae habebat in capite: et de alio, quod ortum fuerat, ante quod ceciderant tria cornua: et de cornu illo, quod habebat oculos, et os loquens grandia, et maius erat ceteris. 7:21 Aspiciebam, et ecce cornu illud faciebat bellum adversus sanctos, et praevalebat eis, 7:22 donec venit antiquus dierum, et iudicium dedit sanctis Excelsi, et tempus advenit, et regnum obtinuerunt sancti.

7:20 and about the ten horns, which it had on its head: and about another, which had arisen, before which three horns had fallen: and about that horn, which had eyes, and a mouth speaking grand things, and was greater than the rest. 7:21 I was looking, and behold, that horn was making war against the saints, and was prevailing over them, 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Exalted One, and the time came, and the saints obtained the kingdom.

7:23 Et sic ait: Bestia quarta, regnum quartum erit in terra, quod maius erit omnibus regnis, et devorabit universam terram, et conculcabit, et comminuet eam. 7:24 Porro cornua decem ipsius regni, decem reges erunt: et alius consurget post eos, et ipse potentior erit prioribus, et tres reges humiliabit. 7:25 Et sermones contra Excelsum loquetur, et sanctos Altissimi conteret: et putabit quod possit mutare tempora, et leges, et tradentur in manu eius usque ad tempus, et tempora, et dimidium temporis.

7:23 And thus he said: The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be greater than all the kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, and it will trample it, and crush it. 7:24 Moreover, the ten horns of that kingdom will be ten kings: and another will arise after them, and he himself will be more potent than the former ones, and he will humble three kings. 7:25 And he will speak words against the Most High, and he will wear down the holy ones of the Most High, and he will think that he can change times and laws, and they will be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

7:26 Et iudicium sedebit ut auferatur potentia, et conteratur, et dispereat usque in finem. 7:27 Regnum autem, et potestas, et magnitudo regni, quae est subter omne caelum, detur populo sanctorum Altissimi: cuius regnum, regnum sempiternum est, et omnes reges servient ei, et obedient. 7:28 Hucusque finis verbi.

7:26 And the judgment will sit so that the power may be taken away, and be crushed,
and perish unto the end. 7:27 But the kingdom, and the power, and the magnitude of the kingdom, which is under
all heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: whose kingdom,
is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings will serve him and obey. 7:28 Thus far is the end of the matter.

Ego Daniel multum cogitationibus meis conturbabar, et facies mea mutata est in me: verbum autem in corde meo conservavi.

I, Daniel, was much disquieted by my cogitations and my face was changed within me; but the word I preserved in my heart.

2. DE VICTORIA GRAECORUM ET IMPIETATE REGIS ULTIMI, 8:1-27. 8:1 Anno tertio regni Baltassar regis, visio apparuit mihi. Ego Daniel post id, quod videram in principio, 8:2 vidi in visione mea, cum essem in Susis castro, quod est in Aelam regione: vidi autem in visione esse me super portam Ulai.

2. OF THE VICTORY OF THE GREEKS AND THE IMPIETY OF THE LAST KING, 8:1-27. 8:1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me. I, Daniel, after that which I had seen at the beginning, 8:2 saw in my vision, when I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the region of Elam: moreover I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.

8:3 Et lavavi oculus meos, et vidi: et ecce aries unus stabat ante paludem, habens cornua excelsa, et unum excelsius altero atque succrescens. Postea 8:4 vidi arietem cornibus ventilantem contra Occidentem, et contra Aquilonem, et contra Meridiem, et omnes bestiae non poterant resistere ei, neque liberari de manu eius: fecitque secundum voluntatem suam, et magnificatus est. 8:5 Et ego intelligebam: ecce autem hircus caprarum veniebat ab Occidente super faciem totius terrae, et non tangebat terram: porro hircus habebat cornu insigne inter oculos suos.

8:3 And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw: and behold, one ram was standing
before the marsh, having lofty horns, and one was higher than the other
and was growing up. Afterward 8:4 I saw the ram butting with its horns against the West,
and against the North, and against the South, and all the beasts
were not able to resist him, nor to be liberated from his hand:
and he did according to his will, and was magnified. 8:5 And I was considering: behold, however, a he-goat of goats was coming from
the West over the face of the whole earth, and he did not touch the ground:
moreover the he-goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

8:6 Et venit usque ad arietem illum cornutum, quem videram stantem ante portam, et cucurrit ad eum in impetu fortitudinis suae. 8:7 Cumque appropinquasset prope arietem, efferatus est in eum, et percussit arietem: et comminuit duo cornua eius, et non poterat aries resistere ei: cumque eum misisset in terram, conculcavit, et nemo quibat liberare arietem de manu eius. 8:8 Hircus autem caprarum magnus factus est nimis: cumque crevisset, fractum est cornu magnum, et orta sunt quattour cornua subter illud per quattuor ventos caeli.

8:6 And he came up to that horned ram, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran at him in the onset of his strength. 8:7 And when he had approached near to the ram, he was enraged against him, and struck the ram; and he shattered his two horns, and the ram was not able to resist him; and when he had cast him to the ground, he trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his hand. 8:8 But the he-goat of goats became exceedingly great; and when he had grown, the great horn was broken, and there arose four horns beneath it toward the four winds of heaven.

8:9 De uno autem ex eis egressum est cornu unum modicum: et factum est grande contra Meridiem, et contra Orientem, et contra fortitudinem. 8:10 Et magnificatum est usque ad fortitudinem caeli: et deiecit de fortitudine, et de stellis, et conculcavit eas. 8:11 Et usque ad principem fortitudinis magnificatum est: et ab eo tulit iuge sacrificium, et deiecit locum sanctificationis eius.

8:9 But out of one of them there went forth one little horn: and it became great toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the host. 8:10 And it magnified itself even to the host of heaven: and it cast down some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled them. 8:11 And it magnified itself even to the Prince of the host: and from him it took away the continual sacrifice, and it cast down the place of his sanctification.

8:12 Robur autem datum est ei contra iuge sacrificium propter peccata: et prosternetur veritas in terra, et faciet, et prosperabitur. 8:13 Et audivi unum de sanctis loquentem: et dixit unus sanctus alteri nescio cui loquenti: Usquequo visio, et iuge sacrificium, et peccatum desolationis, quae facta est: et sanctuarium, et fortitudo conculcabitur? 8:14 Et dixit ei: Usque ad vesperam at mane, dies duo millia trecenti: et mundabitur sanctuarium.

8:12 But strength was given to him against the continual sacrifice because of sins: and truth will be cast down to the earth, and he will act, and will prosper. 8:13 And I heard one of the holy ones speaking: and one holy one said to another I know not whom, who was speaking: Until when the vision, and the continual sacrifice, and the sin of desolation, which has been done: and the sanctuary, and the fortitude will be trampled? 8:14 And he said to him: Until evening and morning, 2,300 days: and the sanctuary will be cleansed.

8:15 Factum est autem cum viderem ego Daniel visionem, et quaererem intelligentiam: ecce stetit in conspectu meo quasi species viri. 8:16 Et audivi vocem viri inter Ulai: et clamavit, et ait: Gabriel fac intelligere istum visionem. 8:17 Et venit, et stetit iuxta ubi ego stabam: cumque venisset, pavens corrui in faciem meam, et ait ad me: Intellige fili hominis, quoniam in tempore finis complebitur visio.

8:15 Now it happened, when I, Daniel, was seeing the vision, and was seeking understanding: behold, there stood in my sight as the appearance of a man. 8:16 And I heard the voice of a man between the Ulai: and he cried out and said: Gabriel, make this one understand the vision. 8:17 And he came and stood near where I was standing: and when he had come, trembling, I fell upon my face, and he said to me: Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled.

8:18 Cumque loqueretur ad me, collapsus sum pronus in terram: et tetigit me, et statuit me in gradu meo, 8:19 dixitque mihi: Ego ostendam tibi quae futura sunt in novissimo maledictionis: quoniam habet tempus finem suum. 8:20 Aries, quem vidisti habere cornua, rex Medorum est atque Persarum.

8:18 And while he was speaking to me, I collapsed prone upon the earth: and he touched me, and set me upon my feet, 8:19 and said to me: I will show you the things that are to be in the last of the malediction: for time has its own end. 8:20 The Ram, which you saw having horns, is the king of the Medes and the Persians.

8:21 Porro hircus caprarum, rex Graecorum est. et cornu grande, quod erat inter oculos eius, ipse est rex primus. 8:22 Quod autem fracto illo surrexerunt quattuor pro eo: quattuor reges de gente eius consurgent, sed non in fortitudine eius.

8:21 Moreover, the he-goat of the goats is the king of the Greeks. and the great horn, which was between his eyes, he himself is the first king. 8:22 But as for that, when it was broken, four arose in its stead: four kings from his nation shall arise, but not in his strength.

8:23 Et post regnum eorum, cum creverint iniquitates, consurget rex impundes facie, et intelligens propositiones.

8:23 And after their kingdom, when iniquities have increased, there will arise a king impudent in face, and understanding propositions.

8:24 et roborabitur fortitudo eius, sed non in viribus suis: et supra quam credi potest, universa vastabit, et prosperabitur, et faciet. Et interficiet robustos, et populum sanctorum 8:25 secundum voluntatem suam, et dirigetur dolus in manu eius: et cor suum magnificabit, et in copia rerum omnium occidet plurimos: et contra principem principum consurget, et sine manu conteretur. 8:26 Et visio vespere et mane, quae dicta est, vera est: tu ergo visionem signa, quia post multos dies erit.

8:24 and his strength will be made robust, but not in his own powers: and beyond what can be believed, he will lay waste to all things, and he will prosper, and he will act. And he will slay the robust, and the people of the saints 8:25 according to his will, and deceit will be directed in his hand: and he will magnify his heart, and in the abundance of all things he will kill very many: and against the prince of princes he will rise up, and without hand he will be crushed. 8:26 And the vision of evening and morning, which has been spoken, is true: you therefore seal the vision, because it will be after many days.

8:27 Et ego Daniel langui, et aegrotavi per dies: cumque surrexissem, faciebam opera regis, et stupebam ad visionem, et non erat qui interpretaretur. 3. DE TEMPORE ADVENTUS CHRISTI ET REGNI MESSIANICI, 9:1-27. 9:1 In anno primo Darii filii Assueri de semine Medorum, qui imperavit super regnum Chaldaeorum:

8:27 And I, Daniel, languished, and was sick for days: and when I had arisen,
I was doing the works of the king, and I was stupefied at the vision, and there was no one who
could interpret it. 3. ON THE TIME OF THE COMING OF CHRIST AND OF THE MESSIANIC KINGDOM, 9:1-27. 9:1 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
who ruled over the kingdom of the Chaldaeans:

9:2 Anno uno regni eius, ego Daniel intellexi in libris (l) numerum annorum, de quo factus est sermo Domini ad Ieremiam prophetam, ut complerentur desolationis Ierusalem septuaginta anni. 9:3 Et posui faciem meam ad Dominum Deum meum rogare et deprecari in ieiuniis, sacco, et cinere. 9:4 Et oravi Dominum Deum meum, et confessus sum, et dixi: (m) Obsecro Domine Deus magne et terribilis, custodiens pactum, et misericordiam diligentibus te, et custodientibus mandata tua.

9:2 In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the books (l) the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that seventy years of the desolation of Jerusalem should be completed. 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord my God to pray and to implore with fastings, sackcloth, and ashes. 9:4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and I said: (m) I beseech, O Lord, great and terrible God, keeping the pact, and mercy for those loving you, and for those keeping your commandments.

9:5 (n) Peccavimus, iniquitatem fecimus, impie egimus, et recessimus: et declinavimus a mandatis tuis, ac iudiciis. 9:6 Non obedivimus servis tuis prophetis, qui locuti sunt in nomine tuo regibus nostris, principibus nostris, patribus nostris, omnique populo terrae. 9:7 Tibi Domine iustitia: nobis autem confusio faciei, sicut est hodie viro Iuda, et habitatoribus Ierusalem, et omni Israel, his qui prope sunt, et his qui procul in universis terris, ad quas eiecisti eos propter iniquitates eorum, in quibus peccaverunt in te.

9:5 (n) We have sinned, we have done iniquity, we have acted impiously, and we have turned away: and we have declined from your commandments and judgments. 9:6 We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 9:7 To you, Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as it is today to the man of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to those who are near, and to those who are far off in all the lands, to which you have expelled them because of their iniquities, in which they have sinned against you.

9:8 Domine nobis confusio faciei, regibus nostris, principibus nostris, et patribus nostris, qui peccaverunt. 9:9 Tibi autem Domino Deo nostro misericordia, et propitiatio, quia recessimus a te: 9:10 et non audivimus vocem Domini Dei nostri ut ambularemus in lege eius, quam posuit nobis per servos suos prophetas.

9:8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, who have sinned. 9:9 But to you, the Lord our God, belong mercy and propitiation, because we have departed from you: 9:10 and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God to walk in his law, which he set before us through his servants the prophets.

9:11 Et omnis Israel praevaricati sunt legem tuam, et declinaverunt ne audirent vocem tuam, et stillavit super nos maledictio, et detestatio, (o) quae scripta est in libro Moysi servi Dei, quia peccavimus ei. 9:12 Et statuit sermones suos, quos locutus est super nos, et super principes nostros, qui iudicaverunt nos, ut superinduceret in nos magnum malum, quale numquam fuit sub omni caelo, secundum quod factum est in Ierusalem. 9:13 Sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi, omne malum hoc venit super nos: et non rogavimus faciem tuam Domine Deus noster, ut reverteremur ab iniquitatibus nostris, et cogitaremus veritatem tuam.

9:11 And all Israel have transgressed your law, and have turned aside
not to hear your voice, and there has poured down upon us a malediction and an execration,
(o) which is written in the book of Moses, the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 9:12 And he established his words, which he spoke concerning us,
and concerning our princes who judged us, to bring upon us
a great evil, such as never was under all heaven,
according as has been done in Jerusalem. 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us:
and we have not sought your face, O Lord our God, that we might turn back from
our iniquities and consider your truth.

9:14 Et vigilavit Dominus super malitiam, et adduxit eam super nos: iustus Dominus Deus noster in omnibus operibus suis, quae fecit: non enim audivimus vocem eius. 9:15 (p) Et nunc Domine Deus noster, (q) qui eduxisti populum tuum de Terra Aegypti in manu forti, et fecisti tibi nomen secundum diem hanc: peccavimus, iniquitatem fecimus. 9:16 Domine in omnem iustitiam tuam: avertatur obsecro ira tua, et furor tuus a civitate tua Ierusalem, et monte sancto tuo.

9:14 And the Lord kept vigil over the evil, and brought it upon us: just is the Lord our God in all his works which he has done: for we did not listen to his voice. 9:15 (p) And now, O Lord our God, (q) who led your people out of the Land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made for yourself a name as on this day: we have sinned, we have done iniquity. 9:16 O Lord, according to all your righteousness: let, I beseech, your anger be turned away, and your fury, from your city Jerusalem, and your holy mountain.

Propter peccata enim nostra, et iniquitates patrum nostrorum, Ierusalem, et populus tuus in opprobrium sunt omnibus per circuitum nostrum.

For because of our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem, and your people, are an opprobrium to all around us.

9:17 Nunc ergo exaudi Deus noster orationem servi tui, et preces eius: et ostende faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, quod desertum est propter temetipsum. 9:18 Inclina Deus meus aurem tuam, et audi: aperi oculos tuos, et vide desolationem nostram, et civitatem, super quam invocatum est nomen tuum: neque enim in iustificationibus nostris prosternimus preces ante faciem tuam, sed in miserationibus tuis multis: 9:19 Exaudi Domine, placare Domine: attende et fac: ne moreris propter temetipsum Deus meus: quia nomen tuum invocatum est super civitatem, et super populum tuum.

9:17 Now therefore hear, our God, the prayer of your servant,
and his supplications; and show your face upon your sanctuary,
which is desolate, for your own sake. 9:18 Incline, my God, your ear, and hear; open your eyes,
and see our desolation, and the city upon which your name has been invoked;
for neither in our justifications do we lay our prayers before your face,
but in your many compassions. 9:19 Hear, O Lord; be appeased, O Lord; attend and act; do not delay for
your own sake, my God; because your name has been invoked upon the city,
and upon your people.

9:20 Cumque adhuc loquerer, et orarem, et confiterer peccata mea, et peccata populi mei Israel, et prosternerem preces meas in conspectu Dei mei, pro monte sancto Dei mei: 9:21 Adhuc me loquente in oratione, ecce vir Gabriel, quem videram in visione a principio, cito volans tetigit me in tempore sacrificii vespertini. 9:22 Et docuit me, et locutus est mihi, dixitque: Daniel nunc egressus sum ut docerem te, et intelligeres.

9:20 And while I was still speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people Israel, and I was prostrating my prayers in the sight of my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God: 9:21 While I was still speaking in prayer, behold, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in a vision at the beginning, swiftly flying touched me at the time of the evening sacrifice. 9:22 And he taught me, and spoke to me, and said: Daniel, now I have gone out to teach you, and that you might understand.

9:23 Ab exordio precum tuarum egressus est sermo: ego autem veni ut indicarem tibi, quia vir desideriorum es: tu ergo animadverte sermonem, et intellige visionem. 9:24 (r) Septuaginta hebdomades abbreviatae sunt super populum tuum, et super urbem sanctam tuam ut consummetur praevaricatio, et finem accipiat peccatum, et deleatur iniquitas, et adducatur iustitia sempiterna, et impleatur visio, et prophetia, et ungatur Sanctus sanctorum. 9:25 Scito ergo, et animadverte: Ab exitu sermonis, ut iterum aedificetur Ierusalem, usque ad Christum ducem, hebdomades septem, et hebdomades sexaginta duae erunt: et rursum aedificabitur platea, et muri in angustia temporum.

9:23 From the exordium of your prayers the word went forth: but I came to indicate to you, because you are a man of desires: therefore take note of the word, and understand the vision. 9:24 (r) Seventy weeks are abbreviated upon your people, and upon your holy city, so that prevarication may be consummated, and sin may receive an end, and iniquity may be deleted, and sempiternal justice may be brought in, and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled, and the Holy of holies may be anointed. 9:25 Know therefore, and take note: From the going out of the word, that again Jerusalem be built, up to Christ the leader, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and again the street shall be built, and the walls, in the straitness of times.

9:26 Et post hebdomades sexaginta duas occidetur Christus: et non erit eius populus, qui eum negaturus est. Et civitatem, et sanctuarium dissipabit populus cum duce venturo: et finis eius vastitas, et post finem belli statuta desolatio. 9:27 Confirmabit autem pactum multis hebdomada una: et in dimidio hebdomadis deficiet hostia et sacrificium: (s) et erit in templo abominatio desolationis: et usque ad consummationem et finem perseverabit desolatio.

9:26 And after sixty-two weeks Christ will be slain:
and the people that will deny him shall not be his. And the city,
and the sanctuary the people with the leader to come will destroy: and its end
shall be devastation, and after the end of the war a decreed desolation. 9:27 But he will confirm a pact with many for one week: and in the half
of the week the offering and the sacrifice will fail: (s) and there will be in the temple
the abomination of desolation: and until the consummation and the end
desolation will persevere.

4. DE EVENTIBUS A CYRO USQUE AD FINEM MUNDI, 10:1-12:13.

4. ON THE EVENTS FROM CYRUS UP TO THE END OF THE WORLD, 10:1-12:13.

10:1 Anno tertio Cyri regis Persarum, verbum revelatum est Danieli cognomento Baltassar, et verbum verum, et fortitudo magna: intellexitque sermonem: intelligentia enim est opus in visione. 10:2 In diebus illis ego Daniel lugebam trium hebdomadarum diebus, 10:3 panem desiderabilem non comedi, et caro et vinum non introierunt in os meum, sed neque unguento unctus sum: donec complerentur trium hebdomadarum dies.

10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of the Persians, a word was revealed to Daniel, surnamed Belteshazzar, and the word was true, and great strength: and he understood the message; for understanding is required in the vision. 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks of days, 10:3 I ate no desirable bread, and flesh and wine did not enter into my mouth, nor was I anointed with ointment: until the days of three weeks were fulfilled.

10:4 Die autem vigesima et quarta mensis primi eram iuxta fluvium magnum, qui est Tigris. 10:5 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi: et ecce vir unus vestitus lineis, et renes eius accincti auro obrizo: 10:6 et corpus eius quasi chrysolithus, et facies eius velut species fulguris, et oculi eius ut lampas ardens: et brachia eius, et quae deorsum sunt usque ad pedes, quasi species aeris candentis: et vox sermonum eius ut vox multitudinis.

10:4 But on the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, which is the Tigris. 10:5 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold, one man clothed in linens, and his loins girded with refined gold: 10:6 and his body as if chrysolite, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like a burning lamp: and his arms, and what was downward as far as the feet, like the appearance of glowing bronze: and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

10:7 Vidi autem ego Daniel solus visionem: porro viri, qui erant mecum, non viderunt: sed terror nimus irruit super eos, et fugerunt in absconditum. 10:8 Ego autem relictus solus vidi visionem grandem hanc: et non remansit in me fortitudo, sed et species mea immutata est in me, et emarcui, nec habui quidquam virium. 10:9 Et audivi vocem sermonum eius: et audiens iacebam consternatus super faciem meam, et vultus meus haerebat terrae.

10:7 But I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; but the men who were with me,
did not see it; but a very great terror rushed upon them, and they fled into hiding. 10:8 But I, left alone, saw this great vision, and no fortitude
remained in me; moreover my appearance was changed within me,
and I withered, nor had I any strength at all. 10:9 And I heard the voice of his words; and while hearing I lay, struck with consternation,
upon my face, and my face was sticking to the earth.

10:10 Et ecce manus tetigit me, et erexit me super genua mea, et super articulos manuum mearum. 10:11 Et dixit ad me: Daniel vir desideriorum, intellige verba, quae ego loquor ad te, et sta in gradu tuo: nunc enim sum missus ad te. Cumque dixisset mihi sermonem istum, steti tremens. 10:12 Et ait ad me: Noli metuere Daniel: quia ex die primo, quo posuisti cor tuum ad intelligendum ut te affligeres in conspectu Dei tui, exaudita sunt verba tua: et ego veni propter sermones tuos.

10:10 And behold, a hand touched me, and set me upon my knees, and upon the joints of my hands. 10:11 And he said to me: Daniel, man of desires, understand the words which I speak to you, and stand in your place: for now I have been sent to you. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. 10:12 And he said to me: Do not fear, Daniel: for from the first day, when you set your heart to understand and to afflict yourself in the sight of your God, your words were heard: and I have come because of your words.

10:13 Princeps autem regni Persarum restitit mihi viginti et uno diebus: et ecce Michael unus de principibus primis venit in adiutorium meum, et ego remansi ibi iuxta regem Persarum. 10:14 Veni autem ut docerem te quae ventura sunt populo tuo in novissimis diebus, quoniam adhuc, visio in dies. 10:15 Cumque loqueretur mihi huiuscemodi verbis, deieci vultum meum ad terram, et tacui.

10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me for twenty-one days: and behold Michael, one of the first princes, came to my aid, and I remained there beside the king of the Persians. 10:14 But I came to teach you what is to come upon your people in the last days, for still, the vision is for days. 10:15 And while he was speaking to me with words of this kind, I cast my face to the ground, and I was silent.

10:16 Et ecce quasi similitudo filii hominis tetigit labia mea: et aperiens os meum locutus sum, et dixi ad eum, qui stabat contra me: Domine mi, in visione tua dissolutae sunt compages meae, et nihil in me remansit virium. 10:17 Et quomodo poterit servus Domini mei loqui cum Domino meo? nihil enim in me remansit virium, sed et halitus meus intercluditur. 10:18 Rursum ergo tetigit me quasi visio hominis, et confortavit me,

10:16 And behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips:
and opening my mouth I spoke, and I said to him who stood opposite me:
My lord, in your vision my joints are dissolved, and no strength
remains in me. 10:17 And how can the servant of my lord speak with my lord?
for no strength remains in me, and even my breath is cut off. 10:18 Again, therefore, one like the appearance of a man touched me, and strengthened me,

10:19 et dixit: Noli timere vir desideriorum: pax tibi: confortare, et esto robustus. Cumque loqueretur mecum, convalui, et dixi: Loquere Domine mi, quia confortasti me. 10:20 Et ait: Numquid scis quare venerim ad te? et nunc revertar ut praelier adversum principem Persarum. cum ego egrederer, apparuit princeps Graecorum veniens.

10:19 and he said: Do not fear, man of desires: peace to you: be strengthened, and be robust. And when he was speaking with me, I grew strong, and I said: Speak, my Lord, because you have strengthened me. 10:20 And he said: Do you indeed know why I have come to you? and now I will return to do battle against the prince of the Persians. as I was going out, the prince of the Greeks appeared coming.

10:21 Verumtamen annunciabo tibi quod expressum est in scriptura veritatis: et nemo est adiutor meus in omnibus his, nisi Michael princeps vester.

10:21 Nevertheless I will announce to you what has been expressed in the scripture of truth: and there is no aide of mine in all these things, except Michael, your prince.

11:1 Ego autem ab anno primo Darii Medi stabam ut confortaretur, et roboraretur. 11:2 Et nunc veritatem annunciabo tibi. Ecce adhuc tres reges stabunt in Perside, et quartus ditabitur opibus nimiis super omnes: et cum invaluerit divitiis suis, concitabit omnes adversum regnum Graeciae.

11:1 But I, from the first year of Darius the Mede, stood to confirm, and to strengthen him. 11:2 And now I will announce the truth to you. Behold, yet three kings will stand in Persia, and a fourth will be enriched with exceedingly great wealth above all: and when he has grown strong by his riches, he will stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.

11:3 Surget vero rex fortis, et dominabitur potestate multa: et faciet quod placuerit ei.

11:3 But a strong king will arise, and he will dominate with much power: and he will do what pleases him.

11:4 Et cum steterit, conteretur regnum eius, et dividetur in quattuor ventos caeli: sed non in posteros eius, neque secundum potentiam illius, qua dominatus est. lacerabitur enim regnum eius etiam in externos, exceptis his. 11:5 Et confortabitur rex Austri: et de principibus eius praevalebit super eum, et dominabitur ditione: multa enim dominatio eius.

11:4 And when he has stood, his kingdom will be broken, and it will be divided into
the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to
his power, by which he exercised dominion. For his kingdom will be
plucked up, even for others besides these. 11:5 And the king of the South will be strengthened; and of his princes one will prevail
over him, and will rule with dominion; for great indeed is his dominion.

11:6 Et post finem annorum foederabuntur: filiaque regis Austri veniet ad regem Aquilonis facere amicitiam, et non obtinebit fortitudinem brachii, nec stabit semen eius: et tradetur ipsa, et qui adduxerunt eam, adolescentes eius, et qui confortabant eam in temporibus.

11:6 And after the end of years they will be federated: and the daughter of the king of the South
will come to the king of the North to make amity, and she will not retain the fortitude
of the arm, nor will her seed stand: and she will be delivered up, and those who brought her,
her adolescents, and those who were strengthening her in the times.

11:7 Et stabit de germine radicum eius plantatio: et veniet cum exercitu, et ingredietur provinciam regis Aquilonis: et abutetur eis, et obtinebit. 11:8 Insuper et deos eorum, et sculptilia, vasa quoque pretiosa argenti, et auri captiva ducet in Aegyptum: ipse praevalebit adversus regem Aquilonis. 11:9 Et intrabit in regnum rex Austri, et revertetur ad terram suam.

11:7 And from the germ of her roots a planting shall stand up: and he shall come with an army, and he shall enter the province of the king of the North: and he shall make use of them, and he shall obtain. 11:8 Moreover both their gods and their sculpted images, and also precious vessels of silver, and of gold, he shall lead captive into Egypt: he himself shall prevail against the king of the North. 11:9 And the king of the South shall enter into the kingdom, and shall return to his own land.

11:10 Filii autem eius provocabuntur, et congregabunt multitudinem exercituum plurimorum: et veniet properans, et inundans: et revertetur, et concitabitur, et congredietur cum robere eius. 11:11 Et provocatus rex Austri egredietur, et pugnabit adversus regem Aquilonis, et praeparabit multitudinem nimiam, et dabitur multitudo in manu eius. 11:12 Et capiet multitudinem, et exaltabitur cor eius, et deiiciet multa millia, sed non praevalebit.

11:10 But his sons will be provoked, and they will gather a multitude of very many armies; and he will come hastening and inundating; and he will return, and will be incited, and will engage with his strength. 11:11 And the king of the South, having been provoked, will go out, and will fight against the king of the North, and he will prepare a very great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand. 11:12 And he will capture the multitude, and his heart will be exalted, and he will cast down many thousands, but he will not prevail.

11:13 Convertetur enim rex Aquilonis, et praeparabit multitudinem multo maiorem quam prius: et in fine temporum, annorumque veniet properans cum exercitu magno, et opibus nimiis. 11:14 (t) Et in temporibus illis multi consurgent adversus regem Austri: filii quoque praevaricatorum populi tui extollentur ut impleant visionem, et corruent. 11:15 Et venit rex Aquilonis, et comportabit aggerem, et capiet urbes munitissimas: et brachia Austri non sustinebunt, et consurgent electi eius ad resistendum, et non erit fortitudo.

11:13 For the king of the North will return, and will prepare a multitude much greater than before: and at the end of the times and of the years he will come hastening with a great army, and with excessive resources. 11:14 (t) And in those times many will rise up against the king of the South: moreover the sons of the prevaricators of your people will be exalted so that they may fulfill the vision, and they will fall. 11:15 And the king of the North will come, and will heap up a rampart, and will take the most fortified cities: and the arms of the South will not withstand, and his elect will rise to resist, and there will not be strength.

11:16 Et faciet veniens super eum iuxta placitum suum, et non erit qui stet contra faciem eius: et stabit in terra inclyta, et consumetur in manu eius. 11:17 Et ponet faciem suam ut veniat ad tenendum universum regnum eius, et recta faciet cum eo: et filiam feminarum dabit ei, ut evertat illud: et non stabit, nec illius erit. 11:18 Et convertet faciem suam ad insulas, et capiet multas: et cessare faciet principem opprobrii sui, et opprobrium eius convertetur in eum.

11:16 And the one coming upon him will do according to his good pleasure, and there will not be one who stands against his face; and he will stand in the illustrious land, and it will be consumed in his hand. 11:17 And he will set his face to come to take hold of the whole of his kingdom, and he will make straight dealings with him; and he will give him the daughter of women, to overturn it; but it will not stand, nor will it be for him. 11:18 And he will turn his face to the islands, and he will seize many; and he will cause the prince of his opprobrium to cease, and his opprobrium will be turned upon him.

11:19 Et convertet faciem suam ad imperium terrae suae, et impinget, et corruet, et non invenietur. 11:20 Et stabit in loco eius vilissimus, et indignus decore regio: et in paucis diebus conteretur, non in furore, nec in praelio. 11:21 Et stabit in loco eius despectus, et non tribuetur ei honor regius: et veniet clam, et obtinebit regnum in fraudulentia.

11:19 And he will turn his face to the dominion of his land, and he will stumble, and he will fall, and will not be found. 11:20 And in his place there shall stand a most vile man, and unworthy of royal decorum: and in a few days he shall be crushed, not in fury, nor in battle. 11:21 And in his place there shall stand one despised, and royal honor will not be bestowed to him royal honor: and he will come secretly, and he will obtain the kingdom in fraudulence.

11:22 Et brachia pugnantis expugnabuntur a facie eius, et conterentur: insuper et dux foederis. 11:23 Et post amicitias, cum eo faciet dolum: et ascendet, et superabit in modico populo. 11:24 Et abundantes, et uberes urbes ingredietur: et faciet quae non fecerunt patres eius, et patres patrum eius: rapinas, et praedam, et divinitas eorum dissipabit, et contra firmissimas cogitationes inibit: et hoc usque ad tempus.

11:22 And the arms of the combatant will be stormed from before his face, and will be crushed:
moreover even the leader of the covenant. 11:23 And after friendships, he will practice deceit with him: and he will go up,
and he will prevail with a small people. 11:24 And into the abundant and fertile cities he will enter: and he will do what
his fathers did not do, and the fathers of his fathers: rapine, and spoil,
and their divinity he will dissipate, and against the most strong designs he will enter upon:
and this until the time.

11:25 Et concitabitur fortitudo eius, et cor eius adversum regem Austri in exercitu magno: et rex Austri provocabitur ad bellum multis auxiliis, et fortibus nimis: et non stabunt, quia inibunt adversus eum consilia. 11:26 Et comedentes panem cum eo, conterent illum, exercitusque eius opprimetur: et cadent interfecti plurimi. 11:27 Duorum quoque regnum cor erit ut malefaciant, et ad mensam unam mendacium loquentur, et non proficient: quia adhuc finis in aliud tempus.

11:25 And his fortitude will be stirred up, and his heart, against the king of the South with a great army: and the king of the South will be provoked to war with many aids, and exceedingly strong men: and they will not stand, because they will enter upon plans against him. 11:26 And those eating bread with him will crush him, and his army will be oppressed: and many slain will fall. 11:27 And the heart of both kings will be to do evil, and at one table they will speak a lie, and they will not prosper: because the end is still for another time.

11:28 Et revertetur in terram suam cum opibus multis: et cor eius adversum testamentum sanctum, et faciet, et revertetur in terram suam. 11:29 Statuto tempore revertetur, et veniet ad Austrum: et non erit priori simile novissimum. 11:30 Et veniet super eum Trieres, et Romani: et percutietur, et revertetur, et indignabitur contra testamentum sanctuarii, et faciet: reverteturque et cogitabit adversum eos, qui dereliquerunt testamentum sanctuarii.

11:28 And he will return to his land with many riches: and his heart against the holy testament (covenant), and he will act, and he will return to his land. 11:29 At the appointed time he will return, and he will come to the South: and the latter will not be like the former. 11:30 And there will come upon him Triremes, and Romans: and he will be struck, and he will turn back, and he will be indignant against the testament of the sanctuary, and he will act: and he will return and devise against those who have forsaken the testament of the sanctuary.

11:31 Et brachia ex eo stabunt, et polluent sanctuarium fortitudinis, et auferent iuge sacrificium: et dabunt abominationem in desolationem. 11:32 Et impii in testamentum simulabunt fraudulenter: populus autem sciens Deum suum, obtinebit, et faciet. 11:33 Et docti in populo docebunt plurimos: et ruent in gladio, et in flamma, et in captivitate, et in rapina dierum.

11:31 And arms from him shall stand, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,
and they shall take away the perpetual sacrifice; and they shall give the abomination into desolation. 11:32 And the impious with respect to the covenant will feign deceitfully:
but the people knowing their God shall prevail and act. 11:33 And the learned among the people shall teach many; and they shall fall by the sword,
and by flame, and by captivity, and by rapine for days.

11:34 Cumque corruerint, sublevabuntur auxilio parvulo: et applicabuntur eis plurimi fraudulenter. 11:35 Et de eruditis ruent, ut conflentur, et eligantur, et dealbentur usque ad tempus praefinitum: quia adhuc aliud tempus erit. 11:36 Et faciet iuxta voluntatem suam rex, et elevabitur, et magnificabitur adversus omnem deum: et adversus Deum deorum loquetur magnifica, et dirigetur, donec compleatur iracundia: perpetrata quippe est definitio.

11:34 And when they have fallen, they will be lifted up by a little help: and very many will be joined to them fraudulently. 11:35 And of the erudite some will fall, in order that they may be smelted, and chosen, and whitened until the time pre-defined: for yet another time will be. 11:36 And the king will do according to his will, and will be exalted, and will magnify himself against every god: and against the God of gods he will speak magnificent things, and will be directed, until the wrath is fulfilled: for the definition has indeed been perpetrated.

11:37 Et Deum patrum suorum non reputabit: et erit in concupiscentiis feminarum, nec quemquam deorum curabit: quia adversum universa consurget. 11:38 Deum autem Maozim in loco suo venerabitur: et Deum, quem ignoraverunt patres eius, colet auro, et argento, et lapide pretioso, rebusque pretiosis. 11:39 Et faciet ut muniat Maozim cum Deo alieno, quem cognovit, et multiplicabit gloriam, et dabit eis potestatem in multis, et terram dividet gratuito.

11:37 And the God of his fathers he will not reckon: and he will be in the concupiscences of women, nor will he care for any of the gods: because he will rise up against all things. 11:38 But the god Maozim in his place he will venerate: and a god, whom his fathers did not know, he will cult with gold and silver and precious stone, and with precious things. 11:39 And he will cause that he fortify Maozim with a foreign God, whom he has known, and he will multiply glory, and he will give to them power over many, and he will divide land gratuitously.

11:40 Et in tempore praefinito praeliabitur adversus eum rex Austri, et quasi tempestas veniet contra illum rex Aquilonis in curribus, et in equitibus, et in classe magna, et ingredietur terras, et conteret, et pertransiet. 11:41 Et introibit in terram gloriosam, et multae corruent: hae autem solae salvabuntur de manu eius, Edom, et Moab, et principium filiorum Ammon. 11:42 Et mittet manum suam in terras: et Terra Aegypti non effugiet.

11:40 And at the preappointed time the king of the South will do battle against him,
and like a tempest the king of the North will come against him with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with a great fleet, and he will enter lands, and crush,
and pass through. 11:41 And he will enter into the glorious land, and many will fall:
but these alone will be saved from his hand—Edom and Moab,
and the chief of the sons of Ammon. 11:42 And he will stretch out his hand upon lands: and the Land of Egypt will not escape.

11:43 Et dominabitur thesaurorum auri, et argenti, et in omnibus pretiosis Aegypti: per Libyam quoque, et Aethiopiam transibit. 11:44 Et fama turbabit eum ab Oriente et ab Aquilone: et veniet in multitudine magna ut conterat et interficiat plurimos. 11:45 Et figet tabernaculum suum Apadno inter maria, super montem inclytum et sanctum: et veniet usque ad summitatem eius, et nemo auxiliabitur ei.

11:43 And he will have dominion over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all
the precious things of Egypt: and through Libya also, and Ethiopia, he will pass. 11:44 And a report will trouble him from the East and from the North: and he will come
with a great multitude to crush and to slay very many. 11:45 And he will set his tabernacle at Apadno between the seas, upon the illustrious and holy
mountain: and he will come even unto its summit, and no one
will help him.

12:1 In tempore autem illo consurget Michael princeps magnus, qui stat pro filiis populi tui: et veniet tempus quale non fuit ab eo ex quo gentes esse coeperunt usque ad tempus illud. Et in tempore illo salvabitur populus tuus, omnis qui inventus fuerit scriptus in libro. 12:2 Et multi de his, qui dormiunt in terrae pulvere, evigilabunt: (u) alii in vitam aeternam, et alii in opprobrium ut videant semper.

12:1 But in that time Michael, the great prince, will arise, who stands for the sons of your people: and there shall come a time such as has not been from that time when the nations began to be up to that very time. And in that time your people will be saved, everyone who is found written in the book. 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: (u) some to eternal life, and others to opprobrium, that they may see always.

12:3 Qui autem docti fuerint, (v) fulgebunt quasi splendor firmamenti: et qui ad iustitiam erudiunt multos, quasi stellae in perpetuas aeternitates.

12:3 But those who are learned, (v) will shine as the splendor of the firmament: and those who educate many toward justice, like stars into perpetual eternities.

12:4 Tu autem Daniel claude sermones, et signa librum usque ad tempus statutum: plurimi pertransibunt, et multiplex erit scientia. 12:5 Et vidi ego Daniel, et ecce quasi duo alii stabant: unus hinc super ripam fluminis, et alius inde ex altera ripa fluminis. 12:6 Et dixi viro, qui erat indutus lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis: Usquequo finis horum mirabilium?

12:4 But you, Daniel, close up the words, and seal the book until the appointed time: many shall pass through, and knowledge shall be multiplied. 12:5 And I, Daniel, saw, and behold, as though two others were standing: one here on the bank of the river, and the other there on the other bank of the river. 12:6 And I said to the man who was clothed in linen, who was standing upon the waters of the river: How long to the end of these marvels?

12:7 Et audivi virum, qui indutus erat lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis, (w) cum elevasset dexteram et sinistram suam in caelum, et iurasset per viventem in aeternum, quia in tempus, et tempora, et dimidium temporis. Et cum completa fuerit dispersio manus populi sancti, complebuntur universa haec. 12:8 Et ego audivi, et non intellexi.

12:7 And I heard the man, who was clothed in linens, who was standing over the waters of the river, (w) when he had lifted up his right hand and his left to heaven, and had sworn by the Living One unto eternity, that it would be for a time, and times, and half a time. And when the dispersion of the hand of the holy people shall have been completed, all these things will be fulfilled. 12:8 And I heard, and I did not understand.

Et dixi: Domine mi, quid erit post haec? 12:9 Et ait: Vade Daniel, quia clausi sunt, signatique sermones usque ad praefinitum tempus.

And I said: My lord, what will be after these things? 12:9 And he said: Go, Daniel, for the words are closed and sealed until the preappointed time.

12:10 Eligentur, et dealbabuntur, et quasi ignis probabuntur multi: et impie agent impii, neque intelligent omnes impii, porro docti intelligent. 12:11 Et a tempore cum ablatum fuerit iuge sacrificium, et posita fuerit abominatio in desolationem, dies mille ducenti nonaginta. 12:12 Beatus, qui expectat, et pervenit usque ad dies mille trecentos trigintaquinque.

12:10 Many will be chosen, and whitened, and as by fire will be proved: and the impious will act impiously, nor will any of the impious understand; but the learned will understand. 12:11 And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall have been taken away, and the abomination of desolation shall have been set up, one thousand two hundred ninety days. 12:12 Blessed is he who waits, and arrives up to one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

12:13 Tu autem vade ad praefinitum: et requiesces, et stabis in sorte tua in finem dierum. HUCUSQUE DANIELEM IN HEBRAEO VOLUMINE LEGIMUS. QUAE SEQUUNTUR USQUE AD FINEM LIBRI, DE THEODOTIONIS EDITIONE TRANSLATA SUNT.

12:13 But you, go to the appointed end: and you will rest, and you will stand in
your lot at the end of days. UP TO THIS POINT WE HAVE READ DANIEL IN THE HEBREW VOLUME. THE THINGS WHICH FOLLOW
UP TO THE END OF THE BOOK HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED FROM THE EDITION OF THEODOTION.

APPENDICES LIBRI, 13:1-14:42.

APPENDICES OF THE BOOK, 13:1-14:42.

1. AD 2:49, DE LIBERATIONE CASTAE SUSANNAE, 13:1-64. 13:1 Et erat vir habitans in Babylone, et nomen eius Ioakim: 13:2 Et accepit uxorem nomine Susannam, filiam Helciae pulchram nimis, et timentem Deum:

1. TO 2:49, ON THE LIBERATION OF CHASTE SUSANNA, 13:1-64. 13:1 And there was a man dwelling in Babylon, and his name was Joakim: 13:2 And he took a wife named Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, very beautiful,
and fearing God:

13:3 parentes enim illius, cum essent iusti, erudierunt filiam suam secundum legem Moysi. 13:4 Erat autem Ioakim dives valde, et erat ei pomarium vicinum domui suae: et ad ipsum confluebant Iudaei, eo quod esset honorabilior omnium. 13:5 Et constituti sunt de populo duo senes iudices in illo anno: de quibus locutus est Dominus: Quia egressa est iniquitas de Babylone a senioribus iudicibus, qui videbantur regere populum.

13:3 for her parents, since they were just, educated their daughter according to the law of Moses. 13:4 Now Ioakim was very rich, and he had a fruit-garden adjacent to his house: and to him the Jews were flocking, because he was more honorable than all. 13:5 And from the people two elders were appointed judges in that year: of whom the Lord spoke: Because iniquity has gone forth from Babylon from the elder judges, who seemed to govern the people.

13:6 Isti frequentabant domum Ioakim, et veniebant ad eos omnes, qui habebant iudicia. 13:7 Cum autem populus revertisset per meridiem, ingrediebatur Susanna, et deambulabat in pomario viri sui. 13:8 Et videbant eam senes quotidie ingredientem, et deambulantem: et exarserunt in concupiscentiam eius:

13:6 These men frequented the house of Ioakim, and to them came all, who had judgments. 13:7 But when the people had withdrawn at midday, Susanna would enter, and walk about in the orchard of her husband. 13:8 And the elders saw her daily entering and walking about: and they were inflamed with concupiscence for her:

13:9 et everterunt sensum suum, et declinaverunt oculos suos ut non viderent caelum, neque recordarentur iudiciorum iustorum. 13:10 Erant ergo ambo vulnerati amore eius, nec indicaverunt sibi vicissim dolorem suum: 13:11 erubescebant enim indicare sibi concupiscentiam suam, volentes concumbere cum ea:

13:9 and they subverted their sense, and turned aside their eyes so that
they would not see heaven, nor remember the just judgments. 13:10 Therefore both were wounded by love, nor did they indicate to each other
in turn their pain: 13:11 for they were ashamed to indicate to each other their concupiscence,
wishing to lie with her:

13:12 et observabant quotidie solicitius videre eam. Dixitque alter ad alterum: 13:13 Eamus domum, quia hora prandii est. Et egressi recesserunt a se. 13:14 Cumque revertissent, venerunt in unum: et sciscitantes ab invicem causam, confessi sunt concupiscentiam suam: et tunc in communi statuerunt tempus, quando eam possent invenire solam.

13:12 and they were watching daily more solicitously to see her. And the one said to the other: 13:13 Let us go home, for it is the hour of luncheon. And having gone out they withdrew from each other. 13:14 And when they had returned, they came together as one: and, inquiring from one another the cause,
confessed their concupiscence: and then jointly set a time when they might find her alone.

13:15 Factum est autem, cum observarent diem aptum, ingressa est aliquando sicut heri et nudiustertius, cum duabus solis puellis, voluitque lavari in pomario: aestus quippe erat: 13:16 et non erat ibi quisquam, praeter duos senes absconditos, et contemplantes eam. 13:17 Dixit ergo puellis: Afferte mihi oleum, et smigmata, et ostia pomarii claudite, ut laver.

13:15 Now it came to pass, when they were watching for a suitable day, she entered once as on yesterday and the day before yesterday, with two maidens alone, and wished to bathe in the orchard: for it was hot: 13:16 and there was no one there, except two elders hidden, and watching her. 13:17 So she said to the maidens: Bring me oil, and ointments, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash.

13:18 Et fecerunt sicut praeceperat: clauseruntque ostia pomarii, et egressae sunt per posticum ut afferrent quae iusserat. nesciebantque senes intus esse absconditos. 13:19 Cum autem egressae essent puellae, surrexerunt duo senes, et accurrerunt ad eam, et dixerunt: 13:20 Ecce ostia pomarii clausa sunt, et nemo nos videt, et nos in concupiscentia tui sumus: quam ob rem assentire nobis, et commiscere nobiscum.

13:18 And they did as she had commanded: and they closed the doors of the orchard,
and they went out through the postern to bring what she had ordered.
and they did not know that the elders were hidden inside. 13:19 But when the girls had gone out, the two elders rose up,
and ran to her, and said: 13:20 Behold, the doors of the orchard are shut, and no one sees us,
and we are in concupiscence of you: wherefore assent to us,
and have intercourse with us.

13:21 quod si nolueris, dicemus contra te testimonium, quod fuerit tecum iuvenis, et ob hanc causam emiseris puellas a te. 13:22 Ingemuit Susanna, et ait: Angustiae sunt mihi undique: si enim hoc egero, mors mihi est: si autem non egero, non effugiam manus vestras. 13:23 Sed melius est mihi absque opere incidere in manus vestras, quam peccare in conspectu Domini.

13:21 but if you are unwilling, we will bear testimony against you, that there was with you a youth, and for this cause you sent out the girls from you. 13:22 Susanna groaned, and said: Straits are to me on every side: for if indeed I do this, death is to me; but if I do not do it, I shall not escape your hands. 13:23 But it is better for me, without doing the act, to fall into your hands, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.

13:24 Et exclamavit voce magna Susanna: exclamaverunt autem et senes adversus eam. 13:25 Et cucurrit unus ad ostia pomarii, et aperuit. 13:26 Cum ergo audissent clamorem famuli domus in pomario, irruerunt per posticum ut viderent quidnam esset.

13:24 And Susanna cried out with a great voice: but the elders also cried out against her. 13:25 And one ran to the doors of the orchard, and opened them. 13:26 When therefore the servants of the household heard the clamor in the orchard, they rushed in through the postern to see what it might be.

13:27 Postquam autem senes locuti sunt, erubuerunt servi vehementer: quia numquam dictus fuerat sermo huiuscemodi de Susanna. Et facta est dies crastina. 13:28 Cumque venisset populus ad Ioakim virum eius, venerunt et duo presbyteri pleni iniqua cogitatione adversus Susannam ut interficerent eam.

13:27 After the elders had spoken, the servants blushed vehemently: because never had a word of this kind been said about Susanna. And the next day came. 13:28 And when the people had come to Joakim, her husband, the two presbyters also came, full of iniquitous thought against Susanna, to put her to death.

13:29 Et dixerunt coram populo: Mittite ad Susannam filiam Helciae uxorem Ioakim. Et statim miserunt.

13:29 And they said before the people: Send for Susanna, daughter of Helcias
the wife of Joakim. And immediately they sent.

13:30 Et venit cum parentibus, et filiis, et universis cognatis suis. 13:31 Porro Susanna erat delicata nimis, et pulchra specie. 13:32 At iniqui illi iusserunt ut discooperiretur (erat enim cooperta) ut vel sic satiarentur decore eius.

13:30 And she came with her parents, and her children, and all her kinsfolk. 13:31 Moreover Susanna was exceedingly delicate, and beautiful in appearance. 13:32 But those unjust men ordered that she be uncovered (for she was covered), so that even thus they might be sated with her beauty.

13:33 Flebant igitur sui, et omnes qui noverant eam. 13:34 Consurgentes autem duo presbyteri in medio populi, posuerunt manus suas super caput eius. 13:35 Quae flens suspexit ad caelum: erat enim cor eius fiduciam habens in Domino.

13:33 Therefore her own were weeping, and all who had known her. 13:34 But the two presbyters, rising up in the midst of the people,
placed their hands upon her head. 13:35 She, weeping, looked up to heaven; for her heart had confidence
in the Lord.

13:36 Et dixerunt presbyteri: Cum deambularemus in pomario soli, ingressa est haec cum duabus puellis: et clausit ostia pomarii, et dimisit a se puellas. 13:37 Venitque ad eam adolescens, qui erat absconditus, et concubuit cum ea. 13:38 Porro nos cum essemus in angulo pomarii, videntes iniquitatem, cucurrimus ad eos, et vidimus eos pariter commisceri.

13:36 And the presbyters said: While we were walking in the orchard alone, this woman entered with two girls; and she shut the doors of the orchard, and dismissed the girls from her. 13:37 And an adolescent came to her, who had been hidden, and lay with her. 13:38 Moreover we, when we were in the corner of the orchard, seeing the iniquity, we ran to them, and we saw them having intercourse together.

13:39 Et illum quidem non quivimus comprehendere, quia fortior nobis erat, et apertis ostiis exilivit: 13:40 hanc autem cum apprehendissemus, interrogavimus, quisnam esset adolescens, et noluit indicare nobis: huius rei testes sumus. 13:41 Credidit eis multitudo quasi senibus et iudicibus populi, et condemnaverunt eam ad mortem.

13:39 And indeed we were not able to apprehend that man, because he was stronger than we, and with the doors opened he leapt out:
nobis erat, et apertis ostiis exilivit: 13:40 but this woman, when we had apprehended her, we asked who the young man was, and she was unwilling to indicate to us: of this matter we are witnesses.
esset adolescens, et noluit indicare nobis: huius rei testes sumus. 13:41 The multitude believed them, as elders and judges of the people,
and they condemned her to death.

13:42 Exclamavit autem voce magna Susanna, et dixit: Deus aeterne, qui absconditorum es cognitor, qui nosti omnia antequam fiant, 13:43 tu scis quoniam falsum testimonium tulerunt contra me: et ecce morior, cum nihil horum fecerim, quae isti malitiose composuerunt adversum me. 13:44 Exaudivit autem Dominus vocem eius.

13:42 Then Susanna cried out with a great voice, and said: Eternal God, you who are the knower of hidden things, who know all things before they come to pass, 13:43 you know that they have borne false testimony against me: and behold, I am dying, though I have done none of these things which these men maliciously contrived against me. 13:44 But the Lord hearkened to her voice.

13:45 Cumque duceretur ad mortem, suscitavit Dominus spiritum sanctum pueri iunioris, cuius nomen Daniel: 13:46 Et exclamavit voce magna: Mundus ego sum a sanguine huius. 13:47 Et conversus omnis populus ad eum, dixit: Quis est iste sermo, quem tu locutus es?

13:45 And when she was being led to death, the Lord awakened the holy spirit of the younger boy, whose name was Daniel: 13:46 And he cried out with a great voice: I am clean from the blood of this one. 13:47 And all the people, having turned toward him, said: What is this word, which you have spoken?

13:48 Qui cum staret in medio eorum, ait: Sic fatui filii Israel, non iudicantes, neque quod verum est cognoscentes, condemnastis filiam Israel? 13:49 Revertimini ad iudicium, quia falsum testimonium locuti sunt adversus eam. 13:50 Reversus est ergo populus cum festinatione, et dixerunt ei senes: Veni, et sede in medio nostrum, et indica nobis: quia tibi Deus dedit honorem senectutis.

13:48 Who, when he stood in the midst of them, said: So, foolish sons of Israel, not judging, nor recognizing what is true, have you condemned the daughter of Israel? 13:49 Return to the judgment, because they have spoken false testimony against her. 13:50 Therefore the people returned with haste, and the elders said to him: Come, and sit in the midst of us, and indicate to us: because to you God has given the honor of old age.

13:51 Et dixit ad eos Daniel: Separate illos ab invicem procul, et diiudicabo eos. 13:52 Cum ergo divisi essent alter ab altero, vocavit unum de eis, et dixit ad eum: Inveterate dierum malorum, nunc venerunt peccata tua, quae operabaris prius: 13:53 iudicans iudicia iniusta, innocentes opprimens, et dimittens noxios, dicente Domino: (x) Innocentem et iustum non interficies.

13:51 And Daniel said to them: Separate them far from one another, and I will adjudge them. 13:52 Therefore, when they had been divided one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: O inveterate in evil days, now your sins have come, which you were practicing before: 13:53 judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and dismissing the guilty, the Lord saying: (10) You shall not kill the innocent and the just.

13:54 Nunc ergo si vidisti eam, dic sub qua arbore videris eos colloquentes sibi. Qui ait: Sub schino. 13:55 Dixit autem Daniel: Recte mentitus es in caput tuum: Ecce enim Angelus Dei accepta sententia ab eo, scindet te medium. 13:56 Et, amoto eo, iussit venire alium, et dixit ei: Semen Chanaan, et non Iuda, species decepit te, et concupiscentia subvertit cor tuum:

13:54 Now therefore, if you saw her, say under what tree you saw them conversing with each other. He said: Under a mastic (schinus). 13:55 But Daniel said: You have rightly lied against your own head: For behold, the Angel of God, having received the sentence from him, will split you in two. 13:56 And, after he was removed, he ordered the other to come, and said to him: Seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty deceived you, and lust overturned your heart:

13:57 sic faciebatis filiabus Israel, et illae timentes loquebantur vobis: sed filia Iuda non sustinuit iniquitatem vestram. 13:58 Nunc ergo dic mihi, sub qua arbore comprehenderis eos loquentes sibi. Qui ait: Sub prino.

13:57 thus you used to do to the daughters of Israel, and they, fearing, were speaking to you; but the daughter of Judah did not endure your iniquity. 13:58 Now therefore tell me, under what tree did you apprehend them conversing with each other? He said: Under a holm oak.

13:59 Dixit autem ei Daniel: Recte mentitus es et tu in caput tuum: manet enim Angelus Domini, gladium habens, ut secet te medium, et interficiat vos.

13:59 But Daniel said to him: You too have lied aright upon your own head: for the Angel of the Lord remains, having a sword, to cut you in two, and to slay you all.

13:60 Exclamavit itaque omnis coetus voce magna, et benedixerunt Deum, qui salvat sperantes in se. 13:61 Et consurrexerunt adversus duos presbyteros (convicerat enim eos Daniel ex ore suo falsum dixisse testimonium) feceruntque eis sicut male egerant adversus proximum, 13:62 (y) ut facerent secundum legem Moysi: et interfecerunt eos, et salvatus est sanguis innoxius in die illa.

13:60 Therefore the whole assembly cried out with a great voice, and they blessed God, who saves those who hope in him. 13:61 And they rose up against the two presbyters (for Daniel had convicted them, from their own mouth, of having spoken false testimony) and they did to them just as they had acted wickedly against their neighbor, 13:62 (y) so as to do according to the law of Moses: and they put them to death, and innocent blood was saved on that day.

13:63 Helcias autem et uxor eius laudaverunt Deum pro filia sua Susanna cum Ioakim marito eius, et cognatis omnibus, quia non esset inventa in ea res turpis. 13:64 Daniel autem factus est magnus in conspectu populi a die illa, et deinceps. 2. AD 6:28, DE EVERSIONE IDOLORUM, 13:65-14:42.

13:63 But Helcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna together with Joakim her husband, and all the relatives, because there had not been found in her any shameful thing. 13:64 But Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day, and thereafter. 2. TO 6:28, ON THE OVERTHROW OF IDOLS, 13:65-14:42.

13:65 Et rex Astyages appositus est ad patres suos, et suscepit Cyrus Perses regnum eius. 14:1 Erat autem Daniel conviva regis, et honoratus super omnes amicos eius. 14:2 Erat quoque idolum apud Babylonios nomine Bel: et impendebantur in eo per dies singulos similae artabae duodecim, et oves quadraginta, vinique amphorae sex.

13:65 And King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and received Cyrus the Persian his kingdom. 14:1 Now Daniel was a banquet-companion of the king, and honored above all his friends. 14:2 There was also an idol among the Babylonians named Bel: and there were expended upon it each day twelve artabae of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six amphorae of wine.

14:3 Rex quoque colebat eum, et ibat per singulos dies adorare eum: porro Daniel adorabat Deum suum. Dixitque ei rex: Quare non adoras Bel? 14:4 Qui respondens, ait ei: Quia non colo idola manufacta, sed viventem Deum, qui creavit caelum, et terram, et habet potestatem omnis carnis.

14:3 The king also worshiped him, and went every single day to adore him:
moreover Daniel worshiped his God. And the king said to him: Why do you not adore Bel? 14:4 And he, answering, said to him: Because I do not worship manufactured idols,
but the living God, who created heaven and earth, and has
power over all flesh.

14:5 Et dixit rex ad eum: Non videtur tibi esse Bel vivens Deus? An non vides quanta comedat, et bibat quotidie?

14:5 And the king said to him: Does Bel not seem to you to be a living God? Or do you not see how much he eats and drinks daily?

14:6 Et ait Daniel arridens: Ne erres rex. iste enim intrinsecus luteus est, et forinsecus aereus, neque comedit aliquando. 14:7 Et iratus rex vocavit sacerdotes eius, et ait eis: Nisi dixeritis mihi, quis est qui comedat impensas has, moriemini.

14:6 And Daniel, smiling, said: Do not err, O king. For this one is clay within,
and bronze without, and never eats. 14:7 And the king, angered, called his priests, and said to them: Unless you tell me who it is that eats these provisions, you shall die.

14:8 Si autem ostenderitis, quoniam Bel comedat haec, morietur Daniel, quia blasphemavit in Bel. Et dixit Daniel regi: Fiat iuxta verbum tuum.

14:8 But if you show that Bel eats these, Daniel will die, because he has blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Let it be according to your word.

14:9 Erant autem sacerdotes Bel septuaginta, exceptis uxoribus, et parvulis, et filiis. Et venit rex cum Daniele in templum Bel. 14:10 Et dixerunt sacerdotes Bel: Ecce nos egredimur foras: et tu rex pone escas, et vinum misce, et claude ostium, et signa annulo tuo: 14:11 et cum ingressus fueris mane, nisi inveneris omnia comesta a Bel, morte moriemur, vel Daniel qui mentitus est adversum nos.

14:9 But the priests of Bel were seventy, excepting the wives, and the little ones, and the sons. And the king came with Daniel into the temple of Bel. 14:10 And the priests of Bel said: Behold, we are going out outside; and you, O king, set out the foods, and mix the wine, and shut the door, and seal it with your ring: 14:11 and when you have entered in the morning, unless you find all things eaten by Bel, we shall die, or Daniel, who has lied against us, will die.

14:12 Contemnebant autem, quia fecerant sub mensa absconditum introitum, et per illum ingrediebantur semper, et devorabant ea. 14:13 Factum est igitur postquam egressi sunt illi, rex posuit cibos ante Bel: praecepit Daniel pueris suis, et attulerunt cinerem, et cribravit per totum templum coram rege: et egressi clauserunt ostium: et signantes annulo regis abierunt. 14:14 Sacerdotes autem ingressi sunt nocte iuxta consuetudinem suam, et uxores et filii eorum: et comederunt omnia, et biberunt.

14:12 However, they were contemning it, because they had made a hidden entrance under the table, and through it they would always enter, and they devoured the things. 14:13 Therefore it came to pass that, after they had gone out, the king set the foods before Bel: Daniel ordered his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them over the whole temple before the king: and having gone out they closed the door: and, sealing with the king’s ring, they departed. 14:14 But the priests entered at night according to their custom, and their wives and their sons: and they ate everything, and drank.

14:15 Surrexit autem rex primo diluculo, et Daniel cum eo. 14:16 Et ait rex: Salvane sunt signacula, Daniel? Qui respondit: Salva, rex. 14:17 Statimque cum aperuisset ostium, intuitus rex mensam, exclamavit voce magna: Magnus es Bel, et non est apud te dolus quisquam.

14:15 And the king rose at first light, and Daniel with him. 14:16 And the king said: Are the seals safe, Daniel? He replied: Safe, O king. 14:17 And immediately, when he had opened the door, the king, having looked upon the table, exclaimed with a great voice: Great are you, Bel, and there is no deceit with you.

14:18 Et risit Daniel: et tenuit regem ne ingrederetur intro: et dixit: Ecce pavimentum, animadverte cuius vestigia sint haec. 14:19 Et dixit rex: Video vestigia virorum, et mulierum, et infantium. Et iratus est rex.

14:18 And Daniel laughed; and he held the king so that he should not go inside: and he said: Behold the pavement; observe whose footprints these are. 14:19 And the king said: I see the footprints of men, and women, and infants. And the king was angry.

14:20 Tunc apprehendit sacerdotes, et uxores, et filios eorum: et ostenderunt ei abscondita ostiola, per quae ingrediebantur, et consumebant quae erant super mensam.

14:20 Then he apprehended the priests, and their wives, and their sons: and they showed him the hidden little doors, through which they used to enter, and they consumed what was upon the table.

14:21 Occidit ergo illos rex, et tradidit Bel in potestatem Danielis: qui subvertit eum, et templum eius. 14:22 Et erat draco magnus in loco illo, et colebant eum Babylonii. 14:23 Et dixit rex Danieli: Ecce nunc non potes dicere quia iste non sit Deus vivens: adora ergo eum.

14:21 Therefore the king slew them, and handed over Bel into the power of Daniel,
who subverted him and his temple. 14:22 And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians venerated him. 14:23 And the king said to Daniel: Behold, now you cannot say that this one
is not a living God; therefore adore him.

14:24 Dixitque Daniel: Dominum Deum meum adoro: quia ipse est Deus vivens: iste autem non est Deus vivens. 14:25 Tu autem rex da mihi potestatem, et interficiam draconem absque gladio, et fuste. Et ait rex: Do tibi.

14:24 And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he himself is the living God: but this one is not the living God. 14:25 But you, O king, give me authority, and I will kill the dragon without sword and club. And the king said: I give it to you.

14:26 Tulit ergo Daniel picem, et adipem, et pilos, et coxit pariter: fecitque massas, et dedit in os draconis, et diruptus est draco. Et dixit: Ecce quem colebatis.

14:26 Therefore Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and cooked them together: and he made masses, and gave them into the mouth of the dragon, and the dragon was rent asunder. And he said: Behold the one whom you were worshiping.

14:27 Quod cum audissent Babylonii, indignati sunt vehementer: et congregati adversum regem, dixerunt: Iudaeus factus est rex: Bel destruxit, draconem interfecit, et sacerdotes occidit. 14:28 Et dixerunt cum venissent ad regem: Trade nobis Danielem, alioquin interficiemus te, et domum tuam. 14:29 Vidit ergo rex quod irruerent in eum vehementer: et necessitate compulsus tradidit eis Danielem.

14:27 When the Babylonians had heard this, they were vehemently indignant: and, having gathered against the king, they said: The king has become a Jew: he destroyed Bel, killed the dragon, and slew the priests. 14:28 And they said, when they had come to the king: Hand over Daniel to us, otherwise we will kill you and your house. 14:29 Therefore the king saw that they were rushing upon him vehemently: and, compelled by necessity, he handed Daniel over to them.

14:30 Qui miserunt eum in lacum leonum, et erat ibi diebus sex. 14:31 Porro in lacu erant leones septem, et dabantur eis duo corpora quotidie, et duae oves: et tunc non data sunt eis, ut devorarent Danielem. 14:32 Erat autem Habacuc propheta in Iudaea, et ipse coxerat pulmentum, et intriverat panes in alveolo: et ibat in campum ut ferret messoribus.

14:30 They cast him into the pit of lions, and he was there for six days. 14:31 Now in the pit there were seven lions, and two bodies were given to them daily, and two sheep; and then they were not given to them, so that they might devour Daniel.
ut devorarent Danielem. 14:32 Now Habakkuk the prophet was in Judea, and he himself had cooked a stew, and had crumbled loaves into a little bowl; and he was going into the field to carry it to the reapers.

14:33 Dixitque Angelus Domini ad Habacuc: Fer prandium, quod habes, in Babylonem Danieli, qui est in lacu leonum. 14:34 Et dixit Habacuc: Domine, Babylonem non vidi, et lacum nescio. 14:35 (z) Et apprehendit eum Angelus Domini in vertice eius, et portavit eum capillo capitis sui, posuitque eum in Babylone supra lacum in impetu spiritus sui.

14:33 And the Angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Bring the meal which you have, to Babylon for Daniel, who is in the pit of lions. 14:34 And Habacuc said: Lord, I have not seen Babylon, and the pit I do not know. 14:35 (z) And the Angel of the Lord seized him by the crown of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon above the pit by the impetus of his spirit.

14:36 Et clamavit Habacuc, dicens: Daniel serve Dei, tolle prandium, quod misit tibi Deus. 14:37 Et ait Daniel: Recordatus es mei Deus, et non dereliquisti diligentes te. 14:38 Surgensque Daniel comedit. Porro Angelus Domini restituit Habacuc confestim in loco suo.

14:36 And Habakkuk cried out, saying: Daniel, servant of God, take the meal which God has sent to you. 14:37 And Daniel said: You have remembered me, O God, and you have not forsaken those who love you. 14:38 And Daniel, rising, ate. Then the Angel of the Lord immediately restored Habakkuk to his own place.

14:39 Venit ergo rex die septimo ut lugeret Danielem: et venit ad lacum, et introspexit, et ecce Daniel sedens in medio leonum. 14:40 Et exclamavit voce magna rex, dicens: Magnus es Domine Deus Danielis. Et extraxit eum de lacu leonum.

14:39 Therefore the king came on the seventh day to mourn Daniel; and he came to the pit, and looked in, and behold Daniel sitting in the midst of the lions. 14:40 And the king cried out with a great voice, saying: Great are you, O Lord God of Daniel. And he drew him out from the lions’ pit.

14:41 Porro illos, qui perditionis eius causa fuerant, intromisit in lacum, et devorati sunt in momento coram eo.

14:41 Moreover those who had been the cause of his perdition, he cast into the lions’ den, and they were devoured in a moment before him.

14:42 Tunc rex ait: Paveant omnes habitantes in universa terra Deum Danielis: quia ipse est Salvator, faciens signa, et mirabilia in terra: qui liberavit Danielem de lacu leonum.

14:42 Then the king said: Let all who dwell in the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Savior, doing signs and wonders on the earth: who delivered Daniel from the pit of lions.