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.

¹In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

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

²In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

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.

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

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

⁴In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,

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.

⁵I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz:

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.

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

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.

⁷I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.

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.

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

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.

⁹Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.

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

¹⁰Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

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.

¹¹He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.

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.

¹²Then he said to me, Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I have come for your words’ sake.

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.

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

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

¹⁴Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:

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

¹⁵and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

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.

¹⁶Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.

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?

¹⁷For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.

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

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

¹⁹He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”

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.

²⁰Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.

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.

²¹But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince.”