¹It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

¹Qui-ala saß xchßôl li rey Darío xxakabanquil jun ciento riqßuin jun may chi cuînk re tixqßue xcuanquileb chi taklânc saß chixjunil li naßajej.

²And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

²Ut quixxakabeb oxibeb chic li cuînk re nak eb aßan teßtaklânk saß xbêneb li jun ciento riqßuin junmay chi cuînk li ac quixxakabeb. Laj Daniel aßan jun saß xyânkeb li oxib li queßxakabâc re nak teßril ma tzßakal re ru lix cßanjeleb li jun ciento riqßuin junmay ut re ajcuiß nak teßril chi us li cßaßru cuan re li rey.

³Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

³Laj Daniel kßaxal cuißchic us quixbânu chiruheb li cuib chic chi gobernador joßqueb ajcuiß chixjunileb li nequeßtaklan xban nak kßaxal cuißchic châbil xnaßleb chiruheb chixjunileb. Joßcan nak li rey quixcßoxla xqßuebal laj Daniel chi taklânc saß xbêneb chixjunileb li tenamit.

⁴Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

⁴Ut eb li gobernador ut eb li nequeßtaklan saß li tenamit, queßoc chixcakalinquil laj Daniel. Queßoc chixsicßbal chanru nak tâpaltok re nak târûk teßjitok chirix chiru li rey. Abanan incßaß queßxtau chanru nak teßjitok chirix xban nak laj Daniel tîc xchßôl ut mâcßaß xmâc, chi moco quixbalakßiheb li tenamit.

⁵Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

⁵Tojoßnak eb li cuînk aßan queßxye: —Mâcßaß târûk tojitok cuiß chirix laj Daniel cui incßaß takabânu saß xcßabaß lix pâbanquil xchakßrab lix Dios, chanqueb.

⁶Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

⁶Ut eb li gobernador joßqueb ajcuiß li nequeßtaklan saß xbêneb li tenamit queßxchßutub ribeb chiru li rey ut queßxye re: —At rey Darío, chicuânk taxak lâ yußam chi junelic.

⁷All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

⁷Chikajunilo lâo li gobernador ut eb li capitán, eb li comisionado ut eb li nînk xcuanquileb, xkacßûb ru chi kibil kib nak lâat tâqßue jun li chakßrab ut tâxakab xcuanquil. Tâchakßrabiheb li tenamit nak chiru li lajêb xcaßcßâl cutan li tâchâlk mâ ani naru tâtzßâmânk chiru lix Dios chi moco chiru junak cuînk. Caßaj cuiß châcuu lâat târûk teßtzßâmânk. Ut cui cuan junak naxkßet lâ chakßrab, li jun aßan tâcutekß saß xyânkeb li cakcoj.

⁸Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

⁸Tâqßue li chakßrab aßin ut tâtzßîba lâ cßabaß chiru re nak tâxakabâk xcuanquil ut mâ ani târûk tâjalok ru. Aßanak lix chakßrabeb laj Medo ut eb laj Persia ut mâ ani târûk tâsachok re xcuanquil, chanqueb re li rey.

⁹Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

⁹Joßcan nak li rey Darío quixqßue li chakßrab ut quixtzßîba lix cßabaß chiru.

¹⁰Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

¹⁰Nak quixnau nak li rey quixqßue li chakßrab aßan, laj Daniel cô saß rochoch. Ut quixcanab chi teto lix ventanil lix cuaribâl li cuan saß xjayal li tenamit Jerusalén. Joß cßaynak xbânunquil laj Daniel, quixcuikßib rib aran ut oxib sut chiru li cutan quitijoc ut quibantioxin chiru li Kâcuaß lix Dios joß naxbânu rajlal.

¹¹Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

¹¹Ut eb li xicß nequeßiloc re laj Daniel queßxchßutub ribeb chiru lix ventana ut queßril nak laj Daniel yô chi tijoc ut yô chi tzßâmânc chiru lix Dios.

¹²Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

¹²Ut queßcôeb saß junpât riqßuin li rey ut queßâtinac riqßuin chirix li chakßrab li quixqßue ut queßxye re: —¿Ma incßaß ta biß xaqßue li chakßrab nak chiru lajêb xcaßcßâl cutan mâ ani tâtzßâmânk chiru lix Dios, malaj ut chiru junak cuînk cui mâcuaß âcuiqßuin lâat, at rey? ¿Ma incßaß ta biß caye nak li ani tâtzßâmânk chiru lix Dios, li jun aßan tâcutekß saß xnaßajeb li cakcoj? chanqueb. Quichakßoc li rey ut quixye: —Yâl nak joßcan. Aßan lix chakßrabeb laj Medo ut eb laj Persia ut mâ ani naru tâjalok re aßan, chan.

¹³Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

¹³Ut queßxye re li rey: —Laj Daniel li ralal xcßajoleb laj judío li queßchapeß ut queßcßameß chak arin, aßan incßaß naxqßue âcuanquil, at rey, chi moco naxpâb li chakßrab li xaqßue. Oxib sut chiru li cutan natzßâman chiru lix Dios, chanqueb.

¹⁴Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

¹⁴Cßajoß nak quirahoß xchßôl li rey nak quirabi cßaßru queßxye eb aßan. Ut aßan quixcßoxla saß xchßôl nak tixcol laj Daniel. Ut quixyal xkße xsicßbal chanru nak tixcol toj chalen nak qui-ecuu.

¹⁵Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

¹⁵Eb li cuînk queßsukßi cuißchic riqßuin li rey ut queßxchßutub rib riqßuin ut queßxye re: —At rey, lâat nacanau nak lix chakßrab eb laj Medo ut eb laj Persia naxye nak mâ ani naru najaloc ru li chakßrab xakabanbil xcuanquil xban junak rey, chanqueb.

¹⁶Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

¹⁶Joßcan nak li rey quixtakla xcßambal chak laj Daniel ut quixye re: —Aß taxak li Kâcuaß lâ Dios li nacacßanjela ru junelic, aßan taxak chicolok âcue saß rukßeb li cakcoj, chan re. Ut queßxcut laj Daniel saß xyânkeb li cakcoj.

¹⁷And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

¹⁷Ut queßxcßam jun li nimla pec ut riqßuin aßan queßxtzßap li oquebâl re lix naßajeb li cakcoj. Ut li rey quixqßue li sello chiru li pec riqßuin lix matkßab ut riqßuin ajcuiß lix matkßab eb laj cßanjel chiru. Aßan li retalil nak mâ ani tâtehok re.

¹⁸Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

¹⁸Tojoßnak li rey cô saß li palacio ut quixyocob rib saß xchßât chi incßaß quicuaßac, chi moco quichßeßeß li cuajb re xqßuebal xsahil xchßôl. Ut incßaß quicuar li rey xban xcßaßux.

¹⁹Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

¹⁹Sakêuc re nak quicuacli li rey ut cô saß junpât saß lix naßajeb li cakcoj.

²⁰And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

²⁰Nak yô chi nachßoc aran, chi ra saß xchßôl, li rey quixbok laj Daniel ut quixye re: —At Daniel, lâat aj cßanjel chiru li yoßyôquil Dios. ¿Ma xatxcol lâ Dios li junelic nacacßanjela ru? ¿Ma xatxcol chiruheb li cakcoj? chan re.

²¹Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

²¹Laj Daniel quichakßoc ut quixye re: —At rey, chicuânk taxak lâ yußam chi junelic.

²²My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

²²Lin Dios quixtakla chak lix ángel ut aßan quitzßapoc re lix tzßûmal reheb li cakcoj re nak incßaß tineßxcamsi xban nak chiru li Dios mâcßaß inmâc chi moco châcuu lâat xinbânu li incßaß us, chan re li rey.

²³Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

²³Cßajoß nak quisahoß xchßôl li rey xban nak quicoleß laj Daniel ut quixtakla risinquil saß xnaßajeb li cakcoj. Ut mâcßaß quixcßul laj Daniel xban nak cßojcßo xchßôl riqßuin lix Dios.

²⁴And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

²⁴Ut li rey quixtakla lix takl re nak teßcßamekß riqßuin chixjunileb li cuînk li queßjitoc re laj Daniel. Ut queßcuteß saß xyânkeb li cakcoj rech xiquic li rixakileb joßqueb ajcuiß lix cocßaleb. Ut toj mâjiß ajcuiß nequeßnak saß lix naßajeb li cakcoj nak queßchapeß xbaneb ut queßtokîc lix bakeleb.

²⁵Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

²⁵Tojoßnak li rey Darío quitzßîbac riqßuineb chixjunileb li tenamit cuanqueb saß chixjunil li ruchichßochß ut riqßuineb li jalan jalânk râtinobâleb ut quixye reheb: —Chinumtâk taxak li tuktûquil usilal êriqßuin.

²⁶I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

²⁶Lâin yôquin chixqßuebal êre li chakßrab aßin yalak bar saß eb li naßajej li nintaklan cuiß. Chixjunileb teßxxucua ru ut teßxlokßoni li Kâcuaß Dios li naxlokßoni laj Daniel, xban nak aßan li yoßyôquil Dios li cuan chi junelic kße cutan. Aßan li nataklan chi junelic ut lix cuanquilal incßaß tâosokß. Tâcuânk ban chi junelic.

²⁷He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

²⁷Li Kâcuaß Dios, aßan li na-achßaban ut aßan li nacoloc. Aßan li nabânun re li milagro ut li sachba chßôlej joß saß choxa joß ajcuiß saß ruchichßochß. Aßan li quicoloc re laj Daniel. Incßaß quixcanab chi camsîc xbaneb li cakcoj, chan.Ut kßaxal cuißchic quiqßueheß xcuanquil laj Daniel nak laj Darío cuan chokß rey ut quiqßueheß ajcuiß xcuanquil nak laj Ciro aj Persia qui-oc chokß rey.

²⁸So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

²⁸Ut kßaxal cuißchic quiqßueheß xcuanquil laj Daniel nak laj Darío cuan chokß rey ut quiqßueheß ajcuiß xcuanquil nak laj Ciro aj Persia qui-oc chokß rey.