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

¹Belsazar kralj je napravil tisočim mogočnežem svojim veliko gostovanje in je pil vino pred tisočimi.

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.

²Belsazar zapove, ko se je napil vina, naj prineso zlate in srebrne posode, ki jih je bil oče njegov Nebukadnezar vzel iz templja v Jeruzalemu, da bodo pili iz njih kralj in mogočneži njegovi, žene in priležnice njegove.

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.

³Tedaj prineso zlate posode, ki so bile vzete iz svetišča hiše Božje v Jeruzalemu; in pili so iz njih kralj in mogočneži njegovi, žene in priležnice njegove.

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

⁴Pili so vino in hvalili bogove iz zlata in srebra, iz brona, železa, lesa in kamena.

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.

⁵V isti uri se pokažejo prsti človeške roke in pišejo, svetilniku nasproti, po pobeljeni steni kraljeve palače. In kralj je videl konec roke, ki je pisala.

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.

⁶Tedaj se izpremeni jasno lice kraljevo in misli njegove ga preplašijo, in vezi njegovega ledja se razrešijo in koleni trkata drugo ob drugo.

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.

⁷Kralj glasno zakliče, naj pripeljejo noter rotilce, Kaldejce in vedeževalce. Potem kralj izpregovori in veli modrijanom babilonskim: Kdor koli prečita to pismo in mi oznani njega razlago, bo oblečen v škrlat, dobi zlato verižico na vrat in bode tretji oblastnik v kraljestvu.

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

⁸Nato pridejo vsi modrijani kraljevi; a niso mogli čitati pisma, ne oznaniti kralju razlage njegove.

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

⁹Tedaj se kralj Belsazar silno prestraši in barva v licu se mu izpremeni, in mogočneži njegovi so bili v strahu.

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.

¹⁰Vsled besed kraljevih in mogočnežev njegovih stopi stara kraljica v jedilno dvorano. Kraljica izpregovori in reče: Kralj, žívi vekomaj! Naj te ne plašijo misli tvoje in ne izpremeni se naj jasnost lica tvojega!

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 mož v kraljestvu tvojem, v katerem je svetih bogov duh; in v dneh očeta tvojega se je pokazalo v njem razsvetljenje in razumnost in modrost enaka modrosti bogov; in kralj Nebukadnezar, oče tvoj, ga je postavil za višjega pismoukov, rotilcev, Kaldejcev in vedeževalcev, tvoj oče, o kralj!

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.

¹²zato ker je imel tisti Daniel, ki mu je kralj dal ime Beltsazar, odličnega duha in znanje in razumnost, da je razlagal sanje in razjasnjeval zagonetke in razreševal zamotane reči. Pokličejo naj torej Daniela, in on oznani razlago.

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?

¹³Nato so pripeljali Daniela pred kralja. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: Si li ti Daniel, eden iz ujetnikov Judovih, ki jih je pripeljal z Judovega kralj, oče moj?

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.

¹⁴Slišal sem zate, da je duh bogov v tebi ter da so našli pri tebi razsvetljenje in razumnost in izredno modrost.

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.

¹⁵In sedaj so bili pripeljani predme modrijani, rotilci, da bi prečitali to pismo in mi oznanili njega razlago; ali ne morejo pomena stvari razložiti.

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.

¹⁶O tebi sem pa slišal, da moreš dati razlago in razrešiti zamotane reči. Če torej moreš prečitati to pismo in mi njega razlago oznaniti, boš oblečen v škrlat, zlato verižico dobiš na vrat in tretji oblastnik bodeš v kraljestvu.

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.

¹⁷Tedaj odgovori Daniel in reče kralju: Darovi tvoji naj ostanejo tebi in darila svoja daj drugemu; vendar prečitam pismo kralju in mu oznanim razlago.

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

¹⁸Ti, o kralj! Bog Najvišji je dal Nebukadnezarju, očetu tvojemu, kraljestvo in velikost in čast in slavo;

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.

¹⁹in zavoljo velikosti, ki mu jo je dal, so trepetala vsa ljudstva, vsi narodi in jeziki in se ga bali. Kogar je hotel, je ubil, in kogar je hotel, je ohranil živega; kogar je hotel, je poveličal, in kogar je hotel, je ponižal.

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:

²⁰Toda ko se je prevzelo srce njegovo in se je zakrknil duh njegov in je postal prezaupen, je bil pahnjen s kraljevskega prestola in njegovo veličastvo mu je bilo vzeto.

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.

²¹In vržen je bil izmed otrok človeških in srce mu je postalo enako zverinskemu in bivališče je imel z divjimi osli; redili so ga s travo kakor vole in telo njegovo se je močilo z roso nebeško, dokler ni spoznal, da Bog Najvišji vlada v kraljestvu človeškem ter postavi čezenj, kogar hoče.

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

²²In ti, Belsazar, sin njegov, si nisi ponižal srca svojega, čeprav si vedel to vse.

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.

²³A ti si se povzdignil zoper Gospoda nebes; in prinesli so predte posode hiše njegove, ti pa in mogočneži tvoji, žene in priležnice tvoje, vi ste pili vino iz njih. In hvalil si bogove iz srebra in zlata, iz brona, železa, lesa in kamena, ki ne vidijo, ne slišijo in ne čutijo; Boga pa, v čigar roki je dihanje tvoje in pri katerem so vsa pota tvoja, nisi poslavil.

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

²⁴Tedaj je bil poslan del tiste roke izpred Njega in to pismo narisano.

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

²⁵In to je pismo, ki je bilo narisano: MENE, MENE, TEKEL UFARSIN. [T. j. Seštet, seštet, pretehtan in razdeljen.]

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

²⁶To pa je razlaga reči: MENE: seštel je Bog kraljevanje tvoje in mu naredil konec.

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

²⁷TEKEL: pretehtan si bil na tehtnici in prelehak si se izkazal.

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

²⁸PERES: razdeljeno je kraljestvo tvoje in dano Medom in 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.

²⁹Tedaj zapove Belsazar, in oblekli so Daniela v škrlat in mu deli zlato verižico okoli grla in razglasili, da bodi tretji oblastnik v kraljestvu.

³⁰In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

³⁰Še to noč je bil umorjen Belsazar, kralj Kaldejcev.In Darij Medec je dobil kraljestvo, ko je bil blizu dvainšestdeset let star.

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

³¹In Darij Medec je dobil kraljestvo, ko je bil blizu dvainšestdeset let star.