¹Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

¹Nebukadnezar kralj vsem ljudstvom, narodom in jezikom, ki prebivajo po vsej zemlji: Mir naj se vam pomnoži!

²It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.

²Vzvidelo se mi je, da oznanjam znamenja in čudeže, ki jih je Bog najvišji storil pri meni.

³How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

³Kako velika so znamenja njegova in čudeži njegovi kako mogočni! Kraljestvo njegovo je kraljestvo večno in gospostvo njegovo od roda do roda!

⁴I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

⁴Jaz Nebukadnezar, ko sem pokojno živel v hiši svoji in srečo užival v palači svoji,

⁵I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

⁵sem videl sanje, ki so me prestrašile; in premišljevanje na ležišču mojem in prikazni glave moje so me plašile.

⁶Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

⁶Zato sem dal povelje, naj privedejo predme vse modrijane babilonske, da bi mi oznanili tistih sanj razlago.

⁷Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.

⁷Pridejo torej pismouki, rotilci, Kaldejci in vedeževalci, in jim povem sanje; ali niso mi oznanili njih razlage.

⁸But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, saying,

⁸Nazadnje pa stopi predme Daniel, ki mu je bilo ime Beltsazar po imenu boga mojega in v katerem je duh svetih bogov; in njemu povem sanje, rekoč:

⁹Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.

⁹Beltsazar, višji pismoukov, ker vem, da je v tebi svetih bogov duh ter da ti nobena skrivnost ni pretežka, povej mi prikazni mojih sanj, ki sem jih videl, in njih razlago!

¹⁰Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.

¹⁰Prikazni glave moje na ležišču mojem pa so bile te: Videl sem, in glej: drevo stoji sredi zemlje, in višina njegova ogromna.

¹¹The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.

¹¹Drevo je postalo veliko in močno in visokost njegova je segala do neba, in bilo ga je videti do konca vse zemlje.

¹²The leaves of it were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all: the animals of the field had shadow under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

¹²Listje njegovo je bilo lepo in sad njegov obilen in živeža je bilo na njem dosti za vse; poljske zveri so imele senco pod njim in ptice nebeške so gnezdile na njegovih vejah in ž njim se je živilo sleherno meso.

¹³I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.

¹³Videl sem v prikaznih glave svoje na ležišču svojem, in glej: varuh in svetnik stopi doli z neba,

¹⁴He cried aloud, and said thus, Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

¹⁴glasno vpije in tako veli: Posekajte drevo in mu porežite veje, posmukajte mu listje ter raztresite sad njegov! Zveri naj zbežé izpod njega in ptiči z vej njegovih!

¹⁵Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth:

¹⁵Toda panj njegov s koreninami pustite v zemlji, to pa v okovih železnih in bronastih, v travi na polju; in rosa nebeška naj ga moči in z zvermi mu bodi delež v travi zemeljski.

¹⁶let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.

¹⁶Človeško srce njegovo bodi izpremenjeno in dá naj se mu zverinsko srce; in sedem časov naj mine nad njim.

¹⁷The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

¹⁷Po sklepu varuhov je to poročilo in povelje svetih je ta beseda, da bi spoznali živeči, da vlada Najvišji v kraljestvu človeškem ter ga dá, komur hoče, in more najnižjega izmed ljudi postaviti nad njim.

¹⁸This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

¹⁸Te sanje sem videl jaz Nebukadnezar kralj; ti pa, Beltsazar, povej njih razlago, ker mi jih ne morejo razložiti vsi modrijani kraljestva mojega; ali ti moreš, ker v tebi je svetih bogov duh.

¹⁹Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries.

¹⁹Tedaj postoji Daniel, ki mu je ime Beltsazar, strmeč skoraj eno uro, in misli njegove ga plašijo. Kralj izpregovori in reče: Beltsazar, ne plašijo naj te sanje in njih razlaga! Beltsazar odgovori in reče: Gospod moj, da bi veljale sanje tvojim sovražilcem in neprijateljem tvojim njih razlaga!

²⁰The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;

²⁰Drevo, ki si ga videl, da je postalo veliko in močno in visokost njegova je segala do neba in ga je bilo videti po vesoljni zemlji

²¹whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit much, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation:

²¹in listje njegovo je bilo lepo in sad njegov obilen in živeža na njem dosti za vse, pod katerim so bivale poljske zveri in na njegovih vejah so gnezdile ptice nebeške:

²²it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong; for your greatness is grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

²²to si ti, o kralj, ki si postal velik in mogočen; kajti tvoja velikost je vzrasla in sega do neba in gospostvo tvoje do konca zemlje.

²³Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;

²³A da je videl kralj varuha in svetnika, da je stopil z neba in velel: Posekajte drevo in ga izničite, toda panj njegov s koreninami pustite v zemlji, to pa v okovih železnih in bronastih, v travi na polju, in rosa nebeška naj ga moči in z zvermi poljskimi mu bodi delež, dokler ne mine sedem časov nad njim –

²⁴this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:

²⁴to je razlaga, o kralj, in to je sklep Najvišjega, ki pride nad gospoda mojega, kralja:

²⁵that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

²⁵Pahnejo te ven izmed ljudi in pri zverini poljski bode bivališče tvoje, in travo ti bodo dajali jesti kakor volom in rosa nebeška te bo močila, in sedem časov mine nad teboj, dokler ne spoznaš, da vlada Najvišji v kraljestvu človeškem ter ga dá, komur hoče.

²⁶Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that the heavens do rule.

²⁶In da so veleli, naj ostane drevesu panj s koreninami, pomeni, da ti bode kraljestvo zopet utrjeno, brž ko spoznaš, da vladajo nebesa.

²⁷Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

²⁷Zatorej ti bodi, o kralj, ugoden svet moj, da pretrgaj grehe svoje s pravičnostjo in krivice svoje z usmiljenostjo do ubogih, da se podaljša blagostanje tvoje.

²⁸All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar.

²⁸Vse to je prišlo nad kralja Nebukadnezarja.

²⁹At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.

²⁹Ob koncu dvanajstih mesecev se je izprehajal po kraljevem dvoru v Babilonu.

³⁰The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

³⁰In je izpregovoril ter rekel: Ni li to veliki Babilon, ki sem ga zgradil za kraljevsko prebivališče z močjo mogočnosti svoje in v čast slave svoje?

³¹While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you:

³¹Še je bila tista beseda v ustih kraljevih, pa pride glas z neba: Tebi, o kralj Nebukadnezar, se pravi: Kraljestvo ti je odvzeto!

³²and you shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

³²In spode te izmed ljudi in pri zverini poljski bode bivališče tvoje, travo ti bodo dajali jesti kakor volom in sedem časov mine nad teboj, dokler ne spoznaš, da vlada Najvišji v kraljestvu človeškem ter ga dá, komur hoče.

³³The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

³³To uro se je izpolnila ta beseda pri Nebukadnezarju: bil je vržen izmed ljudi, in jedel je travo kakor voli in telo njegovo se je močilo z roso nebeško, da so mu lasje zrasli kakor orlom perje in nohti kakor ptičji kremplji.

³⁴At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.

³⁴Ob koncu tistih dni pa sem povzdignil jaz Nebukadnezar oči proti nebesom, in razum moj se mi je povrnil; in hvalil sem Najvišjega in slavil sem in poveličeval njega, ki večno živi, čigar gospostvo je večno gospostvo in kraljestvo njegovo od roda do roda.

³⁵All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?

³⁵In vse prebivalce zemlje je šteti za nič, in po volji svoji ravna z vojsko nebeško in s prebivalci zemlje, in nikogar ni, ki more njegovi roki braniti in mu reči: Kaj delaš?

³⁶At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.

³⁶V tistem času se mi je povrnil razum moj in v čast mojega kraljestva se mi je povrnila slava moja in svetlost; in moji svetovalci in mogočneži so me iskali, in bil sem zopet postavljen v kraljestvo svoje in posebna velikost mi je bila pridejana.Sedaj jaz Nebukadnezar slavim, povišujem in poveličujem Kralja nebes, zakaj vsa dela njegova so resnica in pota njegova pravica; in tiste, ki žive prevzetno, zna on ponižati.

³⁷Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

³⁷Sedaj jaz Nebukadnezar slavim, povišujem in poveličujem Kralja nebes, zakaj vsa dela njegova so resnica in pota njegova pravica; in tiste, ki žive prevzetno, zna on ponižati.