¹It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

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

²and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no damage.

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

³Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set 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 occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because 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 these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning 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 assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.

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 deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, 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 not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.

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.

¹⁰When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

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.

¹¹Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and 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: Haven’t you signed an decree, that every man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.

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 answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes 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 very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue 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 assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes 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. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.

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.

¹⁷A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might 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 instruments of music 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 very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

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

²⁰When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you 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 said to the king, O king, live forever.

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

²²My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, 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.

²³Then 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 kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted 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.

²⁴The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before 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 to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to 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 all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to 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 delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered 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.

²⁸So 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.