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

¹Vzvidelo se je pa Dariju postaviti nad kraljevino sto in dvajset namestnikov, ki naj bodo po vsej kraljevini,

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.

²in čeznje tri vojvode, katerih eden je bil Daniel: da jim bodo dajali račune tisti namestniki ter da kralj ne bo imel škode.

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.

³Tedaj je ta Daniel nadkriljeval vojvode in namestnike, ker je bil odličen duh v njem; in kralj ga je mislil postaviti nad vse kraljestvo.

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.

⁴Tedaj so vojvode in namestniki gledali, kako bi našli kaj zoper Daniela, da bi ga tožili zastran kraljestva; ali niso mogli dobiti razloga za tožbo, ne hudega dejanja, zato ker je bil zvest in pregreška ali hudega dejanja ni bilo zaslediti pri njem.

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.

⁵Nato so rekli tisti možje: Ne dobimo razloga za tožbo zoper tega Daniela, razen če najdemo kaj zoper njega, kar zadeva Boga njegovega postavo.

⁶Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever.

⁶Potem se ta vojvoda in namestniki pripodé h kralju ter ga ogovore takole: Kralj Darij, žívi vekomaj!

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.

⁷Vsi vojvode kraljestva, oblastniki in namestniki, svetovalci in deželni glavarji, so se posvetovali in sklenili, naj se postavi kraljev zakon in izda ostra prepoved: kdorkoli bo v tridesetih dneh kaj prosil kateregasibodi boga ali človeka razen tebe, o kralj, bodi vržen v levnjak!

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.

⁸Sedaj torej, o kralj, izdaj to prepoved in podpiši spis, ki se ne sme izpremeniti po postavi Medov in Peržanov, ki je neomajna.

⁹Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

⁹Zatorej je kralj Darij podpisal spis in prepoved.

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.

¹⁰In ko je Daniel zvedel, da je spis podpisan, je šel v hišo svojo (imel pa je v zgornji sobi svoji odprta okna proti Jeruzalemu) in je trikrat vsak dan padel na kolena in molil in se zahvaljeval pred Bogom svojim, prav kakor je delal poprej.

¹¹Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

¹¹Tedaj se pripode ti možje in zalotijo Daniela, da moli in milo prosi pred Bogom svojim.

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.

¹²Potem pristopijo in govore pred kraljem glede kraljeve prepovedi: Nisi li podpisal prepovedi, da bodi vsak, ki bo v tridesetih dneh prosil kaj katerega boga ali človeka razen tebe, o kralj, vržen v levnjak? Kralj odgovori in reče: Res je to po postavi Medov in Peržanov, ki je neomajna.

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.

¹³Nato odgovore in reko pred kraljem: Tisti Daniel, ki je izmed ujetnikov iz Judeje, se ne meni zate, o kralj, ne za prepoved, ki si jo podpisal, temuč trikrat na dan opravlja svojo molitev.

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.

¹⁴Kralju pa, ko je slišal te besede, ni bilo nikakor pogodu in se je namenil v srcu, da reši Daniela; in do solnčnega zahoda si je prizadeval ga oteti.

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.

¹⁵Tedaj se pripode ti možje h kralju in mu reko: Vedi, o kralj, da je pri Medih in Peržanih postava, da se ne sme izpremeniti nobena prepoved, ne naredba, ki jo je kralj postavil.

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.

¹⁶Nato kralj zapove, in pripeljejo Daniela ter ga vržejo v levnjak. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: Bog tvoj, ki mu služiš neprestano, on naj te reši!

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.

¹⁷In prineso kamen ter ga polože vrhu jame, in kralj ga zapečati s prstanom svojim in s svojih mogočnežev prstani, da bi se glede Daniela nič ne izpremenilo.

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.

¹⁸Nato odide kralj v palačo svojo ter prenoči ob postu, ne dovoli žen pripeljati predse, in spanje ga mine.

¹⁹Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

¹⁹In vstane kralj z jutranjo zarjo, ko se je svitalo, in hitro gre k levnjaku.

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?

²⁰In ko se približa jami, zavpije po Danielu z žalostnim glasom. Kralj izpregovori in reče Danielu: O Daniel, živega Boga služabnik, ali te je mogel Bog tvoj, ki mu služiš neprestano, rešiti levov?

²¹Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

²¹Nato reče Daniel kralju: O kralj, žívi vekomaj!

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.

²²Moj Bog je poslal angela svojega, in zaprl je žrela levom, da mi niso škodovali, kajti pred njim sem bil spoznan za nedolžnega, in tudi pred teboj, kralj, nisem storil nič žalega.

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.

²³Tega se kralj silno oveseli in zapove, naj izvlečejo Daniela iz jame. In potegnejo Daniela iz jame, in nobene poškodbe ni bilo videti na njem, ker je upal v Boga svojega.

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.

²⁴In kralj zapove, in pripeljejo tiste može, ki so ovadili Daniela, in vržejo v levnjak nje, njih otroke in žene; in niso še prileteli do tal v jamo, že so jih levi zgrabili ter jim vse kosti strli.

²⁵Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

²⁵Tedaj je kralj Darij pisal vsem ljudstvom, narodom in jezikom, ki prebivajo po vsej zemlji: Mir naj se vam pomnoži!

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.

²⁶Povelje dajem, da naj po vsej kraljevini, kamor sega gospostvo moje, ljudje trepetajo in se boje Boga Danielovega; zakaj on je živi Bog in ostane večno, in gospostvo njegovo bo trajalo 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.

²⁷on rešuje in otimlje ter dela znamenja in čudeže na nebu in na zemlji: ta je otel Daniela iz oblasti levov.In ta Daniel je imel srečo ob kraljevanju Darija in ob kraljevanju Cira, Perzijca.

²⁸So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

²⁸In ta Daniel je imel srečo ob kraljevanju Darija in ob kraljevanju Cira, Perzijca.