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

¹V treťom roku Cýra, perzského kráľa, bolo zjavené slovo Danielovi, ktorý bol pomenovaný menom Baltazár, a to slovo bolo pravdou a znamenalo veľkú borbu, a porozumel slovu, a mal porozumenie vo videní.

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

²V tých dňoch som ja Daniel smútil za celé tri týždne.

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

³Žiadostného chleba chutného som nejedol, a mäso a víno nevošlo do mojich úst, ani masťou pomazať som sa nepomazal, dokiaľ sa nevyplnily dni troch týždňov.

⁴And on the four-and-twentieth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel:

⁴A dvadsiateho štvrtého dňa, prvého mesiaca som bol na brehu veľkej rieky, Hiddekela.

⁵and I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz;

⁵A pozdvihol so svoje oči a videl som a hľa, nejaký muž sa ukázal, oblečený v ľanovom rúchu, a na svojich bedrách bol prepásaný čistým zlatom z Úfaza.

⁶and his body was like a chrysolite, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet as the look of burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

⁶Jeho driek bol ako drahokam taršíš, a jeho tvár bola na pohľad ako blesk, jeho oči jako horiace fakle, jeho ramená a jeho nohy boly podobné lesklej medi, a zvuk jeho slov zvučal ako zvuk množstva ľudu.

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

⁷A ja Daniel som samotný videl videnie; mužovia, ktorí boli so mnou, nevideli videnia, ale padla na nich veľká hrôza, a utekali, aby sa skryli.

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

⁸Ja som zostal samotný a videl som to veľké videnie, ale nezostalo ani vo mne sily, a moja krása zmenila sa pri mne a porušila, a nezadržal som v sebe sily.

⁹And I heard the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, I fell into a deep stupor on my face, and my face to the ground.

⁹A počul som hlas jeho slov. A jako som počul hlas jeho slov, hneď som tvrde usnul na svojej tvári, a ležal som tvárou k zemi.

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

¹⁰A hľa, dotkla sa ma nejaká ruka a pozdvihla ma na moje kolená a na dlane mojich rúk.

¹¹And he said unto me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for unto thee am I now sent. And as he spoke this word unto me, I stood trembling.

¹¹A povedal mi: Danielu, ľúby mužu, pozoruj na slová, ktoré ti budem hovoriť, a stoj na svojom mieste, lebo som teraz poslaný k tebe. - A v tom, čo hovoril so mnou to slovo, stál som a triasol som sa.

¹²And he said unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

¹²A riekol mi: Neboj sa, Danielu, lebo od prvého dňa, ako si priložil svoje srdce, aby si rozumel a ponižoval sa pred svojím Bohom, uslyšané sú tvoje slová, a ja som prišiel príčinou tvojich slov.

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

¹³Ale knieža perzského kráľovstva stálo oproti mne dvadsaťjeden dní. A hľa, Michael, jedno z prvých kniežat, mi prišiel na pomoc, a ja som pozostal tam, pri perzských kráľoch.

¹⁴And I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people at the end of the days: for the vision is yet for [many] days.

¹⁴A prišiel som, aby som ti dal rozumieť tomu, čo zajde tvoj ľud v potomných dňoch, lebo ešte bude videnie tým dňom.

¹⁵And as he was speaking with me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

¹⁵A v tom, čo hovoril so mnou asi tieto slová, sklonil som svoju tvár k zemi a zanemel som.

¹⁶And behold, one after the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; and I opened my mouth and spoke, and said unto him that stood before me, My lord, by reason of the vision my pains are turned upon me, and I retain no strength.

¹⁶A hľa, niekto podobný synom človeka dotkol sa mojich rtov, a tak som otvoril svoje ústa, vravel a riekol som tomu, ktorý to stál naproti mne: Pane, od toho videnia obrátily sa moje bolesti na mňa, ani som nezadržal v sebe sily.

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

¹⁷A jako tedy bude môcť takýto služobník môjho Pána hovoriť s takýmto mojím Pánom, keď odteraz neobstojí vo mne sila, ani nezostane vo mne dychu?

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

¹⁸A znova sa ma dotkol ten ktosi na pohľad ako človek a posilnil ma.

¹⁹and he said, Fear not, man greatly beloved; peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And as he was speaking with me I was strengthened, and I said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

¹⁹A riekol: Neboj sa, ľúby mužu, pokoj ti! Buď silný a len buď silný! A v tom, čo hovoril so mnou, bol som posilnený a povedal som: Nech hovorí môj Pán, lebo si ma posilnil!

²⁰And he said, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? And now I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

²⁰A riekol: Či vieš, prečo som prišiel k tebe? Ale teraz už sa zase navrátim, aby som bojoval s perzským kniežaťom. A keď ja budem odchádzať, hľa, prijde grécke knieža.

²¹However, I will declare unto thee that which is set down in the scripture of truth; and there is not one that sheweth himself strong with me against these, but Michael your prince.

²¹Ale oznámim ti to, čo je zaznačené v písme, ktoré je pravdou. A niet ani jedného, ktorý by sa vzmužil so mnou proti týmto krome Michaela, vášho kniežaťa.