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

¹Belsazar kralj je napravil tisočim mogočnežem svojim veliko gostovanje in je pil vino pred tisočimi.

²Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

²Belsazar zapove, ko se je napil vina, naj prineso zlate in srebrne posode, ki jih je bil oče njegov Nebukadnezar vzel iz templja v Jeruzalemu, da bodo pili iz njih kralj in mogočneži njegovi, žene in priležnice njegove.

³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.

³Tedaj prineso zlate posode, ki so bile vzete iz svetišča hiše Božje v Jeruzalemu; in pili so iz njih kralj in mogočneži njegovi, žene in priležnice njegove.

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

⁴Pili so vino in hvalili bogove iz zlata in srebra, iz brona, železa, lesa in kamena.

⁵In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

⁵V isti uri se pokažejo prsti človeške roke in pišejo, svetilniku nasproti, po pobeljeni steni kraljeve palače. In kralj je videl konec roke, ki je pisala.

⁶Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

⁶Tedaj se izpremeni jasno lice kraljevo in misli njegove ga preplašijo, in vezi njegovega ledja se razrešijo in koleni trkata drugo ob drugo.

⁷The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

⁷Kralj glasno zakliče, naj pripeljejo noter rotilce, Kaldejce in vedeževalce. Potem kralj izpregovori in veli modrijanom babilonskim: Kdor koli prečita to pismo in mi oznani njega razlago, bo oblečen v škrlat, dobi zlato verižico na vrat in bode tretji oblastnik v kraljestvu.

⁸Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

⁸Nato pridejo vsi modrijani kraljevi; a niso mogli čitati pisma, ne oznaniti kralju razlage njegove.

⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

⁹Tedaj se kralj Belsazar silno prestraši in barva v licu se mu izpremeni, in mogočneži njegovi so bili v strahu.

¹⁰Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

¹⁰Vsled besed kraljevih in mogočnežev njegovih stopi stara kraljica v jedilno dvorano. Kraljica izpregovori in reče: Kralj, žívi vekomaj! Naj te ne plašijo misli tvoje in ne izpremeni se naj jasnost lica tvojega!

¹¹There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

¹¹Je mož v kraljestvu tvojem, v katerem je svetih bogov duh; in v dneh očeta tvojega se je pokazalo v njem razsvetljenje in razumnost in modrost enaka modrosti bogov; in kralj Nebukadnezar, oče tvoj, ga je postavil za višjega pismoukov, rotilcev, Kaldejcev in vedeževalcev, tvoj oče, o kralj!

¹²Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

¹²zato ker je imel tisti Daniel, ki mu je kralj dal ime Beltsazar, odličnega duha in znanje in razumnost, da je razlagal sanje in razjasnjeval zagonetke in razreševal zamotane reči. Pokličejo naj torej Daniela, in on oznani razlago.

¹³Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?

¹³Nato so pripeljali Daniela pred kralja. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: Si li ti Daniel, eden iz ujetnikov Judovih, ki jih je pripeljal z Judovega kralj, oče moj?

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

¹⁴Slišal sem zate, da je duh bogov v tebi ter da so našli pri tebi razsvetljenje in razumnost in izredno modrost.

¹⁵And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

¹⁵In sedaj so bili pripeljani predme modrijani, rotilci, da bi prečitali to pismo in mi oznanili njega razlago; ali ne morejo pomena stvari razložiti.

¹⁶And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

¹⁶O tebi sem pa slišal, da moreš dati razlago in razrešiti zamotane reči. Če torej moreš prečitati to pismo in mi njega razlago oznaniti, boš oblečen v škrlat, zlato verižico dobiš na vrat in tretji oblastnik bodeš v kraljestvu.

¹⁷Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

¹⁷Tedaj odgovori Daniel in reče kralju: Darovi tvoji naj ostanejo tebi in darila svoja daj drugemu; vendar prečitam pismo kralju in mu oznanim razlago.

¹⁸O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

¹⁸Ti, o kralj! Bog Najvišji je dal Nebukadnezarju, očetu tvojemu, kraljestvo in velikost in čast in slavo;

¹⁹And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

¹⁹in zavoljo velikosti, ki mu jo je dal, so trepetala vsa ljudstva, vsi narodi in jeziki in se ga bali. Kogar je hotel, je ubil, in kogar je hotel, je ohranil živega; kogar je hotel, je poveličal, in kogar je hotel, je ponižal.

²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

²⁰Toda ko se je prevzelo srce njegovo in se je zakrknil duh njegov in je postal prezaupen, je bil pahnjen s kraljevskega prestola in njegovo veličastvo mu je bilo vzeto.

²¹And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

²¹In vržen je bil izmed otrok človeških in srce mu je postalo enako zverinskemu in bivališče je imel z divjimi osli; redili so ga s travo kakor vole in telo njegovo se je močilo z roso nebeško, dokler ni spoznal, da Bog Najvišji vlada v kraljestvu človeškem ter postavi čezenj, kogar hoče.

²²And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

²²In ti, Belsazar, sin njegov, si nisi ponižal srca svojega, čeprav si vedel to vse.

²³But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

²³A ti si se povzdignil zoper Gospoda nebes; in prinesli so predte posode hiše njegove, ti pa in mogočneži tvoji, žene in priležnice tvoje, vi ste pili vino iz njih. In hvalil si bogove iz srebra in zlata, iz brona, železa, lesa in kamena, ki ne vidijo, ne slišijo in ne čutijo; Boga pa, v čigar roki je dihanje tvoje in pri katerem so vsa pota tvoja, nisi poslavil.

²⁴Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

²⁴Tedaj je bil poslan del tiste roke izpred Njega in to pismo narisano.

²⁵And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

²⁵In to je pismo, ki je bilo narisano: MENE, MENE, TEKEL UFARSIN. [T. j. Seštet, seštet, pretehtan in razdeljen.]

²⁶This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

²⁶To pa je razlaga reči: MENE: seštel je Bog kraljevanje tvoje in mu naredil konec.

²⁷TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

²⁷TEKEL: pretehtan si bil na tehtnici in prelehak si se izkazal.

²⁸PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

²⁸PERES: razdeljeno je kraljestvo tvoje in dano Medom in Peržanom.

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

²⁹Tedaj zapove Belsazar, in oblekli so Daniela v škrlat in mu deli zlato verižico okoli grla in razglasili, da bodi tretji oblastnik v kraljestvu.

³⁰In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

³⁰Še to noč je bil umorjen Belsazar, kralj Kaldejcev.In Darij Medec je dobil kraljestvo, ko je bil blizu dvainšestdeset let star.

³¹And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

³¹In Darij Medec je dobil kraljestvo, ko je bil blizu dvainšestdeset let star.