¹Kráľ Balsazár učinil svojim tisícim veľmožom veľkú hostinu a pred tými tisícimi pil víno.

¹Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

²Balsazár, keď mu chutnalo víno, rozkázal doniesť nádoby, zlaté a strieborné, ktoré Nabuchodonozor, jeho otec, vyniesol z chrámu, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, aby z nich pili kráľ, jeho veľmoži, jeho ženy a jeho ženiny.

²Belshazzar hath said — while tasting the wine — to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

³Vtedy doniesli zlaté nádoby, ktoré boli odniesli z chrámu Božieho domu, ktorý bol v Jeruzaleme, a pili z nich kráľ, jeho veľmoži, jeho ženy a jeho ženiny.

³Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines;

⁴Pili víno a chválili bohov, zlatých, strieborných, medených, železných, drevených a kamenných.

⁴they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

⁵Ale v tú istú hodinu vyšly prsty ruky človeka a písaly naproti svietniku na vápennú obmietku steny paláca kráľovho, a kráľ videl čiastku ruky, ktorá písala.

⁵In that hour come forth have fingers of a man`s hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king`s palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;

⁶Vtedy sa zmenila jasnosť kráľova, a jeho myšlienky ho desily, a kĺby jeho bedier sa rozviazaly, a triasol sa tak, že sa mu kolená tĺkly jedno o druhé.

⁶then the king`s countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

⁷A kráľ kričal celou silou, aby doviedli hore hvezdárov, Chaldejov a veštcov. A kráľ odpovedal a riekol mudrcom Babylona: Ktokoľvek prečíta toto písmo a povie mi jeho výklad, bude oblečený do purpuru, a dá sa mu zlatý náhrdelník na hrdlo, a bude vládnuť tretí v kráľovstve.

⁷Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.`

⁸Vtedy prišli hore všetci mudrci kráľovi, ale nemohli prečítať písmo ani oznámiť kráľovi jeho výklad.

⁸Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

⁹Vtedy sa veľmi desil kráľ Balsazár, a jeho jasnosť sa zmenila na ňom, a jeho veľmoži boli bezradní.

⁹then the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.

¹⁰Potom pre slová kráľove a jeho veľmožov vyšla kráľovná hore do domu, v ktorom sa hodovalo a pilo, a kráľovná prehovorila a riekla: Kráľu, ži na veky! Nech ťa nedesia tvoje myšlienky, a nech sa nemení tvoja jasnosť!

¹⁰The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, to the banquet-house hath come up. Answered hath the queen, and said, `O king, to the ages live; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor thy countenance be changed:

¹¹Je v tvojom kráľovstve muž, v ktorom je duch svätých bohov, a za dní tvojho otca bolo v ňom najdené svetlo a rozum a múdrosť ako múdrosť bohov a kráľ Nabuchodonozor, tvoj otec ho bol ustanovil za knieža učencov, hvezdárov, Chaldejov a veštcov, tvoj otec, kráľu,

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 — as the wisdom of the gods — was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him — thy father, O king —

¹²a preto, že bol najdený v ňom veľký duch, vedomosť a rozum, vykladanie snov a povedanie záhad a rozviazanie tvrdých uzlov, v Danielovi, ktorému dal kráľ meno Baltazár, tedy nech je teraz Daniel zavolaný a povie výklad.

¹²because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.`

¹³Vtedy doviedli Daniela hore pred kráľa. A kráľ odpovedal a riekol Danielovi: Či si to ty ten Daniel, ktorý je zo synov judského zajatia, ktoré doviedol kráľ, môj otec, z Judska?

¹³Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who [art] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

¹⁴Počul som o tebe, že je duch bohov v tebe, a že sa našlo v tebe svetlo a rozum a veľká múdrosť.

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

¹⁵Hľa, teraz boli sem hore predo mňa dovedení mudrci a hvezdári, aby prečítali toto písmo a oznámili mi jeho výklad, ale nemôžu povedať výklad slova.

¹⁵`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:

¹⁶Lež ja som počul o tebe, že ty môžeš vyložiť výklady a rozviazať uzly tajomstiev. A tak teraz, ak budeš môcť prečítať písmo a oznámiť mi jeho výklad, budeš oblečený do purpuru, dá sa ti zlatý náhrdelník na tvoje hrdlo, a budeš vládnuť tretí v kráľovstve.

¹⁶and I — I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo — thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know — purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.`

¹⁷Vtedy odpovedal Daniel a riekol pred kráľom: Tvoje dary nech sú len tebe, a svoje odmeny daj inému; ale písmo prečítam kráľovi a výklad mu oznámim.

¹⁷Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

¹⁸Ty, ó, kráľu počuj! Bôh Najvyšší dal Nabuchodonozorovi, tvojmu otcovi, kráľovstvo a veličenstvo, česť a slávu.

¹⁸thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

¹⁹A pre veličenstvo, ktoré mu dal, triasly sa a bály sa pred ním všetky národy, ľudia a jazyky; lebo koho chcel, toho zabil, a koho chcel, toho zachoval živého; koho chcel, toho povýšil, a koho chcel toho ponížil.

¹⁹and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

²⁰A keď sa bolo povýšilo jeho srdce, a jeho duch sa zmocnil, aby robil pyšne, bol sosadený s trónu svojho kráľovstva, a odňali mu jeho česť,

²⁰and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

²¹a bol vyhnaný zpomedzi synov človeka, a jeho srdce sa stalo podobným srdcu zvierat, a mal svoje obydlie s divokými osly; bylinu mu dávali jesť ako volom, a jeho telo bolo máčané rosou z neba, až dokiaľ nepoznal, že Bôh Najvyšší panuje nad kráľovstvom človeka a koho chce toho ustanoví nad ním.

²¹and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses [is] his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.

²²A ty, jeho syn, Balsazáre, neponížil si svojho srdca, hocaj si toto všetko vedel.

²²`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

²³Ale si sa pozdvihol proti Pánovi nebies, a doniesli nádoby jeho domu pred teba, a ty i tvoji veľmoži, tvoje ženy i tvoje ženiny ste pili z nich víno, a chválil si bohov strieborných a zlatých, medených a železných, drevených a kamenných, ktorí ani nevidia ani nečujú ani nevedia ničoho, a Boha, v ktorého ruke je tvoj dych, a ktorého sú i všetky tvoje cesty, si neoslavoval.

²³and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand [is] thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

²⁴Vtedy bola od neho poslaná čiastka ruky, a bolo napísané toto písmo.

²⁴`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

²⁵A toto je písmo, ktoré je napísané: Mene, mene; tekel ufarsin.

²⁵and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.

²⁶A toto je výklad veci: Mene, sčítaný, (znamená, že) Bôh spočítal tvoje kráľovstvo a ukončil ho.

²⁶This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered — God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

²⁷Tekel, odvážený: Odvážený si na váhe, a si najdený nedostatočný.

²⁷Weighed — Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.

²⁸Peres, rozdelený: Rozdelené je tvoje kráľovstvo a je dané Médom a Peržanom.

²⁸Divided — Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.`

²⁹Vtedy rozkázal Balsazár, aby obliekli Daniela do purpuru, a dali zlatý náhrdelník na jeho hrdlo a rozhlasovali o ňom, že má byť tretím pánom v kráľovstve.

²⁹Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰V tú istú noc bol zabitý Balsazár, kráľ Chaldejov.

³⁰In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,

³¹Méd Dárius dostal kráľovstvo, ktorý mal vtedy už šesťdesiatdva rokov.

³¹and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.