¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

¹V tretjem letu Cira, kralja v Perziji, je bila beseda razodeta Danielu, čigar ime je bilo Beltsazar; in beseda je resnica in govori o veliki stiski. In umel je besedo in je dobil razumnost o prikazni.

²In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

²V tistih tednih sem jaz Daniel žaloval tri cele tedne.

³I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

³Dobrih jedi nisem užival, tudi meso in vino ni prišlo v usta moja, tudi se nisem nič mazilil, dokler se niso dopolnili trije celi tedni.

⁴And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

⁴In štiriindvajseti dan prvega meseca sem bil na bregu velike reke, ki je Hidekel.

⁵Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

⁵In povzdignem oči in vidim, glej, moža oblečenega v platno, čigar ledje je bilo opasano s čistim zlatom iz Ufaza,

⁶His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

⁶in telo njegovo je bilo kakor hrizolit in obraz se mu je svetil kakor blisk, in oči njegove kakor plamenice goreče, roke pa in noge njegove kakor lice svetlega brona, in glas besed njegovih kakor glas množice.

⁷And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

⁷In jaz, Daniel, sem videl to prikazen sam, možje pa, ki so bili z menoj, je niso videli, toda prevzel jih je velik strah, da so zbežali ter se skrili.

⁸Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

⁸In ostal sem sam in videl to veliko prikazen; in moči ni ostalo v meni in barva v licu se mi je izpremenila, da je bilo spačeno, in nič moči nisem imel.

⁹Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

⁹Vendar sem slišal besed njegovih glas, in ko zaslišim glas njegovih besed, padem omamljen na obraz, z obrazom na tla.

¹⁰And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

¹⁰In glej, roka se me dotakne in mi pomore na omahujoča kolena moja in roke moje.

¹¹And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

¹¹In mi reče: Daniel, mož dragi in ljubljeni! umej besede, ki ti jih govorim, in stoj na svojem mestu; kajti k tebi sem poslan sedaj. In ko mi je izgovoril to besedo, vstanem, tresoč se.

¹²Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

¹²Tedaj mi veli: Ne boj se, Daniel! zakaj od prvega dne, ko si namenil srce svoje, da dobiš razumnost in da se ponižaš pred Bogom svojim, so bile uslišane besede tvoje; in jaz sem prišel zaradi besed tvojih.

¹³But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

¹³Ali stal mi je nasproti knez kraljestva perzijskega edenindvajset dni, in glej, Mihael, eden prvih knezov, mi je prišel na pomoč, in zmagal sem tam pri kraljih perzijskih.

¹⁴Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

¹⁴In prišel sem, da ti dodelim uma za to, kar se bo godilo ljudstvu tvojemu poslednje dni; kajti prikazen velja še za mnoge dni.

¹⁵And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

¹⁵In ko mi je govoril s temi besedami, sem pobesil lice k zemlji in sem onemel.

¹⁶And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

¹⁶In glej, nekdo, podoben sinom človeškim, se dotakne ustnic mojih; tedaj odprem usta in govorim in rečem tistemu, ki je stal pred menoj: Gospod moj, zavoljo te prikazni so me prevzele bolečine in nič moči mi ni ostalo.

¹⁷For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

¹⁷Kajti kako more tega mojega gospoda hlapec govoriti s tem mojim gospodom? In odsedaj ni nič več moči v meni in sape mi ni ostalo.

¹⁸Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

¹⁸Tedaj se me zopet dotakne nekdo, ki je bil videti kakor človek, in me pokrepča.

¹⁹And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

¹⁹In veli: Ne boj se, mož dragi in ljubljeni! mir tebi, bodi močan, bodi, pravim, močan! In ko mi je govoril, sem bil pokrepčan in sem dejal: Govóri, gospod moj, kajti pokrepčal si me.

²⁰Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

²⁰Tedaj mi reče: Veš li, zakaj sem prišel k tebi? In sedaj se vrnem, da se bom bojeval s knezom Perzije; a brž ko izidem, pride knez grškega kraljestva.Vendar ti hočem povedati, kaj je zapisano v knjigi resnice. In ni nikogar, ki bi mi bil na strani zoper one razen Mihaela, kneza vašega.

²¹But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

²¹Vendar ti hočem povedati, kaj je zapisano v knjigi resnice. In ni nikogar, ki bi mi bil na strani zoper one razen Mihaela, kneza vašega.