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

¹It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps — a hundred and twenty — that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,

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

²and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.

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

³Then this Daniel hath been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king hath thought to establish him over the whole kingdom.

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.

⁴Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.

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

⁵Then these men are saying, `We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the law of his God.`

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

⁶Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: `O king Darius, to the ages live!

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.

⁷Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions.

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

⁸Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.`

⁹Preto kráľ Dárius napísal písmo a vydal zápoveď.

⁹Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.

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.

¹⁰And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.

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

¹¹Then these men have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before his God;

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.

¹²then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king`s interdict: `Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?` Answered hath the king, and said, `The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.`

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.

¹³Then they have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, `Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.`

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.

¹⁴Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.

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.

¹⁵Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, `know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is]: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.`

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.

¹⁶Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, `Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.`

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.

¹⁷And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.

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.

¹⁸Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled [from] off him.

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

¹⁹Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;

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?

²⁰and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?`

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

²¹Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: `O king, to the ages live:

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.

²²my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions` mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.`

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.

²³Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed in his God.

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.

²⁴And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.

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

²⁵Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: `Your peace be great!

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.

²⁶From before me is made a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding to the ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] unto the end.

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

²⁷A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who hath delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.`

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

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