¹Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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

²Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

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.

³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

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.

⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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

⁵In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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.

⁶Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.

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.

⁷The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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.

⁸Then came in all the king’s wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

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

⁹Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

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

¹⁰ Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

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!

¹¹There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

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,

¹²because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

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.

¹³Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

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?

¹⁴I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

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

¹⁵Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

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.

¹⁶But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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.

¹⁷Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

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.

¹⁸You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

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

¹⁹and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

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.

²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

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,

²¹and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

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.

²²You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

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

²³but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

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.

²⁴Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

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

²⁵This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

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

²⁶This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

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

²⁷TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

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

²⁸PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

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

²⁹Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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.

³⁰In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

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

³¹Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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