¹It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom;

¹Ľúbilo sa Dáriovi ustanoviť nad kráľovstvom sto dvadsať satrapov, aby boli po celom kráľovstve.

²and over these, three presidents -- of whom Daniel was one -- to whom these satraps should render account, and that the king should suffer no loss.

²A nad nimi postavil tri kniežatá, z ktorých jedným bol Daniel, ktorým tí satrapovia dávali počet, aby sa kráľovi nediala škoda.

³Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm.

³Vtedy prevyšoval tento Daniel tie kniežatá i satrapov, pretože bol v ňom veľký duch, a kráľ zamýšľal ustanoviť ho nad celým kráľovstvom.

⁴Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

⁴Vtedy sa snažily kniežatá a satrapovia najsť nejakú príčinu proti Danielovi so strany kráľovstva; ale nemohli najsť nijakej príčiny ani vady, pretože bol verný, a nenašiel sa pri ňom nijaký omyl ani vada.

⁵Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, unless we find [it] against him touching the law of his God.

⁵Vtedy povedali tí mužovia: Nenajdeme nijakej príčiny proti tomuto Danielovi, krome ak by sme našli proti nemu niečo dotyčne zákona jeho Boha.

⁶Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!

⁶Vtedy sa ruchom shromaždily tie kniežatá i tí satrapovia ku kráľovi a takto mu vraveli: Kráľu Dárie, ži na veky!

⁷All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors 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, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

⁷Uradily sa všetky kniežatá kráľovstva, vojvodovia, satrapovia, radcovia a náčelníci, aby kráľ ustanovil ustanovenie a vydal pevnú zápoveď tak, aby každý, kto by za tridsať dní žiadal nejakú žiadosť od ktoréhokoľvek boha alebo človeka krome od teba, kráľu, bol uvrhnutý do jamy ľvov.

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 may not be revoked.

⁸A tak teraz, ó, kráľu, ustanov zápoveď a napíš písmo, ktoré by nemohlo byť zmenené podľa zákona Médov a Peržanov, ktorý sa nemení.

⁹Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

⁹Preto kráľ Dárius napísal písmo a vydal zápoveď.

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

¹⁰A Daniel, keď sa dozvedel, že bolo napísané také písmo, odišiel hore do svojho domu (a obloky mu boly otvorené hore na jeho izbe proti Jeruzalemu), a trikrát za deň kľakol na svoje kolená a modlil sa a chváliac ďakoval pred svojím Bohom, preto, že to tak robieval i predtýmto.

¹¹But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

¹¹Vtedy sa náhle s hrmotom shromaždili tí mužovia a našli Daniela prosiť a pokorne sa modliť pred jeho Bohom.

¹²Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [anything] of any god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.

¹²Vtedy sa priblížili a hovorili pred kráľom o zápovedi kráľovej: Či si nenapísal zápovedi, aby každý človek, ktorý by za tridsať dní prosil niečo od ktoréhokoľvek boha alebo človeka krome od teba, kráľu, bol uvrhnutý do jamy ľvov? Na to odpovedal kráľ a riekol: To slovo stojí pevne podľa zákona Médov a Peržanov, ktorý sa nemení.

¹³Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who 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.

¹³Vtedy odpovedali a riekli pred kráľom: Daniel, ktorý je zo synov judského zajatia, nedbá na tvoje slovo, ó, kráľu, ani na tvoju zápoveď, ktorú si napísal, ale trikrát za deň prosí svoju prosbu od svojho Boha.

¹⁴Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore distressed thereby, and set his heart on Daniel to save him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

¹⁴Vtedy sa kráľ, keď počul to slovo, veľmi zarmútil a obrátil na Daniela svoje srdce, aby ho vyslobodil a usiloval sa až do západu slnca, aby ho vytrhol.

¹⁵Then these men came in a body 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.

¹⁵Vtedy sa znova s hrmotom shromaždili tí mužovia ku kráľovi a vraveli kráľovi: Vedz, ó, kráľu, že Médovia a Peržania majú zákon, aby každá zápoveď a každé ustanovenie, ktoré ustanoví kráľ, bolo nezmeniteľné.

¹⁶Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast [him] into the den of lions. The king spoke and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will save thee.

¹⁶Vtedy rozkázal kráľ, a doviedli Daniela a hodili ho do jamy ľvov. A kráľ odpovedal a riekol Danielovi: Tvoj Bôh, ktorému slúžiš neprestajne, ten ťa vyslobodí.

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 nobles, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

¹⁷A donesený bol jeden kameň a položený na otvor jamy, a kráľ ho zapečatil svojím prsteňom a prsteňom svojich veľmožov, aby sa nič nezmenilo pri Danielovi.

¹⁸Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

¹⁸Vtedy odišiel kráľ do svojho paláca a ztrávil noc v pôste ani nedal doniesť hore pred seba hudobné nástroje, áno, i spánok ušiel od neho.

¹⁹Then the king arose with the light at break of day, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

¹⁹Potom vstal kráľ skoro ráno na úsvite a ponáhľajúc sa išiel k jame ľvov.

²⁰And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?

²⁰A keď sa priblížil k jame, zavolal na Daniela žalostným hlasom. Kráľ prehovoril a riekol Danielovi: Danielu, služobníku živého Boha, či ťa mohol tvoj Bôh, ktorému slúžiš neprestajne, vyslobodiť od ľvov?

²¹Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live for ever!

²¹Vtedy hovoril Daniel s kráľom a povedal: Kráľu, ži na veky!

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

²²Môj Bôh poslal svojho anjela, ktorý zatvoril ústa ľvom, a neuškodili mi, lebo mi je najdená pred ním nevina, áno, ani pred tebou, ó, kráľu, neučinil som ničoho zlého.

²³Thereupon was the king exceeding glad, 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.

²³Vtedy sa veľmi zaradoval kráľ a rozkázal vytiahnuť Daniela z jamy, a Daniel bol vytiahnutý z jamy, a nenašiel sa na ňom nijaký úraz, lebo veril v svojho Boha.

²⁴And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces ere they came to the bottom of the den.

²⁴A kráľ rozkázal, a doviedli tých mužov, ktorí boli osočili Daniela, a hodili ich do jamy ľvov aj ich synov aj ich ženy, a ešte ani len neboli dopadli na spodok jamy, keď sa ich zmocnili ľvi a skrúšili všetky ich kosti.

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

²⁵Vtedy napísal kráľ Dárius všetkým národom, ľuďom a jazykom, ktorí bývali po celej zemi: Nech je veľký váš pokoj!

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 steadfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

²⁶Odo mňa vyšlo nariadenie, aby v celom panstve môjho kráľovstva triasli sa a báli pred Bohom Danielovým, lebo on je živý Bôh a stojí pevne až naveky; jeho kráľovstvo je to, ktoré nebude zkazené, a jeho panstvo bude trvať až do konca.

²⁷He saveth and delivereth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth: who hath saved Daniel from the power of the lions.

²⁷Vyslobodzuje a vytrhuje a činí znamenia a divy na nebi a na zemi, ktorý vyslobodil Daniela z moci ľvov.

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

²⁸A tomuto Danielovi sa dobre vodilo i v kráľovstve Dáriovom i v kráľovstve Peržana Cýra.