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.

¹V tretjem letu Cira, kralja v Perziji, je bila beseda razodeta Danielu, čigar ime je bilo Beltsazar; in beseda je resnica in govori o veliki stiski. In umel je besedo in je dobil razumnost o prikazni.

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

²V tistih tednih sem jaz Daniel žaloval tri cele tedne.

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.

³Dobrih jedi nisem užival, tudi meso in vino ni prišlo v usta moja, tudi se nisem nič mazilil, dokler se niso dopolnili trije celi tedni.

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

⁴In štiriindvajseti dan prvega meseca sem bil na bregu velike reke, ki je Hidekel.

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

⁵In povzdignem oči in vidim, glej, moža oblečenega v platno, čigar ledje je bilo opasano s čistim zlatom iz Ufaza,

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.

⁶in telo njegovo je bilo kakor hrizolit in obraz se mu je svetil kakor blisk, in oči njegove kakor plamenice goreče, roke pa in noge njegove kakor lice svetlega brona, in glas besed njegovih kakor glas množice.

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.

⁷In jaz, Daniel, sem videl to prikazen sam, možje pa, ki so bili z menoj, je niso videli, toda prevzel jih je velik strah, da so zbežali ter se skrili.

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.

⁸In ostal sem sam in videl to veliko prikazen; in moči ni ostalo v meni in barva v licu se mi je izpremenila, da je bilo spačeno, in nič moči nisem imel.

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.

⁹Vendar sem slišal besed njegovih glas, in ko zaslišim glas njegovih besed, padem omamljen na obraz, z obrazom na tla.

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

¹⁰In glej, roka se me dotakne in mi pomore na omahujoča kolena moja in roke moje.

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.

¹¹In mi reče: Daniel, mož dragi in ljubljeni! umej besede, ki ti jih govorim, in stoj na svojem mestu; kajti k tebi sem poslan sedaj. In ko mi je izgovoril to besedo, vstanem, tresoč se.

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.

¹²Tedaj mi veli: Ne boj se, Daniel! zakaj od prvega dne, ko si namenil srce svoje, da dobiš razumnost in da se ponižaš pred Bogom svojim, so bile uslišane besede tvoje; in jaz sem prišel zaradi besed tvojih.

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.

¹³Ali stal mi je nasproti knez kraljestva perzijskega edenindvajset dni, in glej, Mihael, eden prvih knezov, mi je prišel na pomoč, in zmagal sem tam pri kraljih perzijskih.

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:

¹⁴In prišel sem, da ti dodelim uma za to, kar se bo godilo ljudstvu tvojemu poslednje dni; kajti prikazen velja še za mnoge dni.

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

¹⁵In ko mi je govoril s temi besedami, sem pobesil lice k zemlji in sem onemel.

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.

¹⁶In glej, nekdo, podoben sinom človeškim, se dotakne ustnic mojih; tedaj odprem usta in govorim in rečem tistemu, ki je stal pred menoj: Gospod moj, zavoljo te prikazni so me prevzele bolečine in nič moči mi ni ostalo.

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.

¹⁷Kajti kako more tega mojega gospoda hlapec govoriti s tem mojim gospodom? In odsedaj ni nič več moči v meni in sape mi ni ostalo.

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

¹⁸Tedaj se me zopet dotakne nekdo, ki je bil videti kakor človek, in me pokrepča.

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.”

¹⁹In veli: Ne boj se, mož dragi in ljubljeni! mir tebi, bodi močan, bodi, pravim, močan! In ko mi je govoril, sem bil pokrepčan in sem dejal: Govóri, gospod moj, kajti pokrepčal si me.

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.

²⁰Tedaj mi reče: Veš li, zakaj sem prišel k tebi? In sedaj se vrnem, da se bom bojeval s knezom Perzije; a brž ko izidem, pride knez grškega kraljestva.Vendar ti hočem povedati, kaj je zapisano v knjigi resnice. In ni nikogar, ki bi mi bil na strani zoper one razen Mihaela, kneza vašega.

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.”

²¹Vendar ti hočem povedati, kaj je zapisano v knjigi resnice. In ni nikogar, ki bi mi bil na strani zoper one razen Mihaela, kneza vašega.