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

¹Vzvidelo se je pa Dariju postaviti nad kraljevino sto in dvajset namestnikov, ki naj bodo po vsej kraljevini,

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.

²in čeznje tri vojvode, katerih eden je bil Daniel: da jim bodo dajali račune tisti namestniki ter da kralj ne bo imel škode.

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.

³Tedaj je ta Daniel nadkriljeval vojvode in namestnike, ker je bil odličen duh v njem; in kralj ga je mislil postaviti nad vse kraljestvo.

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.

⁴Tedaj so vojvode in namestniki gledali, kako bi našli kaj zoper Daniela, da bi ga tožili zastran kraljestva; ali niso mogli dobiti razloga za tožbo, ne hudega dejanja, zato ker je bil zvest in pregreška ali hudega dejanja ni bilo zaslediti pri njem.

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.

⁵Nato so rekli tisti možje: Ne dobimo razloga za tožbo zoper tega Daniela, razen če najdemo kaj zoper njega, kar zadeva Boga njegovega postavo.

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

⁶Potem se ta vojvoda in namestniki pripodé h kralju ter ga ogovore takole: Kralj Darij, žívi vekomaj!

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.

⁷Vsi vojvode kraljestva, oblastniki in namestniki, svetovalci in deželni glavarji, so se posvetovali in sklenili, naj se postavi kraljev zakon in izda ostra prepoved: kdorkoli bo v tridesetih dneh kaj prosil kateregasibodi boga ali človeka razen tebe, o kralj, bodi vržen v levnjak!

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.

⁸Sedaj torej, o kralj, izdaj to prepoved in podpiši spis, ki se ne sme izpremeniti po postavi Medov in Peržanov, ki je neomajna.

⁹Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

⁹Zatorej je kralj Darij podpisal spis in prepoved.

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.

¹⁰In ko je Daniel zvedel, da je spis podpisan, je šel v hišo svojo (imel pa je v zgornji sobi svoji odprta okna proti Jeruzalemu) in je trikrat vsak dan padel na kolena in molil in se zahvaljeval pred Bogom svojim, prav kakor je delal poprej.

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

¹¹Tedaj se pripode ti možje in zalotijo Daniela, da moli in milo prosi pred Bogom svojim.

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.

¹²Potem pristopijo in govore pred kraljem glede kraljeve prepovedi: Nisi li podpisal prepovedi, da bodi vsak, ki bo v tridesetih dneh prosil kaj katerega boga ali človeka razen tebe, o kralj, vržen v levnjak? Kralj odgovori in reče: Res je to po postavi Medov in Peržanov, ki je neomajna.

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.

¹³Nato odgovore in reko pred kraljem: Tisti Daniel, ki je izmed ujetnikov iz Judeje, se ne meni zate, o kralj, ne za prepoved, ki si jo podpisal, temuč trikrat na dan opravlja svojo molitev.

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.

¹⁴Kralju pa, ko je slišal te besede, ni bilo nikakor pogodu in se je namenil v srcu, da reši Daniela; in do solnčnega zahoda si je prizadeval ga oteti.

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.

¹⁵Tedaj se pripode ti možje h kralju in mu reko: Vedi, o kralj, da je pri Medih in Peržanih postava, da se ne sme izpremeniti nobena prepoved, ne naredba, ki jo je kralj postavil.

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.

¹⁶Nato kralj zapove, in pripeljejo Daniela ter ga vržejo v levnjak. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: Bog tvoj, ki mu služiš neprestano, on naj te reši!

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.

¹⁷In prineso kamen ter ga polože vrhu jame, in kralj ga zapečati s prstanom svojim in s svojih mogočnežev prstani, da bi se glede Daniela nič ne izpremenilo.

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.

¹⁸Nato odide kralj v palačo svojo ter prenoči ob postu, ne dovoli žen pripeljati predse, in spanje ga mine.

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

¹⁹In vstane kralj z jutranjo zarjo, ko se je svitalo, in hitro gre k levnjaku.

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?

²⁰In ko se približa jami, zavpije po Danielu z žalostnim glasom. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: O Daniel, živega Boga služabnik, ali te je mogel Bog tvoj, ki mu služiš neprestano, rešiti levov?

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

²¹Nato reče Daniel kralju: O kralj, žívi vekomaj!

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.

²²Moj Bog je poslal angela svojega, in zaprl je žrela levom, da mi niso škodovali, kajti pred njim sem bil spoznan za nedolžnega, in tudi pred teboj, kralj, nisem storil nič žalega.

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.

²³Tega se kralj silno oveseli in zapove, naj izvlečejo Daniela iz jame. In potegnejo Daniela iz jame, in nobene poškodbe ni bilo videti na njem, ker je upal v Boga svojega.

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.

²⁴In kralj zapove, in pripeljejo tiste može, ki so ovadili Daniela, in vržejo v levnjak nje, njih otroke in žene; in niso še prileteli do tal v jamo, že so jih levi zgrabili ter jim vse kosti strli.

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

²⁵Tedaj je kralj Darij pisal vsem ljudstvom, narodom in jezikom, ki prebivajo po vsej zemlji: Mir naj se vam pomnoži!

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.

²⁶Povelje dajem, da naj po vsej kraljevini, kamor sega gospostvo moje, ljudje trepetajo in se boje Boga Danielovega; zakaj on je živi Bog in ostane večno, in gospostvo njegovo bo trajalo do konca;

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.

²⁷on rešuje in otimlje ter dela znamenja in čudeže na nebu in na zemlji: ta je otel Daniela iz oblasti levov.In ta Daniel je imel srečo ob kraljevanju Darija in ob kraljevanju Cira, Perzijca.

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

²⁸In ta Daniel je imel srečo ob kraljevanju Darija in ob kraljevanju Cira, Perzijca.