Daniel 4

1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.

1 مِنْ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ وَالأُمَمِ وَالأَقْوَامِ مِنْ كُلِّ لِسَانٍ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي كُلِّ الأَرْضِ: لِيَكْثُرْ سَلامُكُمْ.

2 I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

2 قَدْ طَابَ لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ بِالآيَاتِ وَالْعَجَائِبِ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا اللهُ الْعَلِيُّ،

3 How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

3 فَمَا أَعْظَمَ آيَاتِهِ وَمَا أَقْوَى عَجَائِبَهُ. إِنَّ مَلَكُوتَهُ أَبَدِيٌّ وَسُلْطَانَهُ يَدُومُ عَلَى مَدَى الأَجْيَالِ.

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

4 أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ كُنْتُ مُقِيماً مُطْمَئِنّاً فِي بَيْتِي، أَتَمَتَّعُ فِي الْبُحْبُوحَةِ فِي قَصْرِي،

5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

5 فَرَأَيْتُ حُلْماً أَثَارَ فَزَعِي، وَأَقْلَقَتْنِي عَلَى مَضْجَعِي أَفْكَارِي وَرُؤَى رَأْسِي،

6 So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

6 فَأَصْدَرْتُ أَمْراً بِاسْتِدْعَاءِ جَمِيعِ حُكَمَاءِ بَابِلَ أَمَامِي لِيُطْلِعُونِي عَلَى تَفْسِيرِ الْحُلْمِ.

7 When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.

7 فَحَضَرَ الْمَجُوسُ وَالسَّحَرَةُ وَالْكَلْدَانِيُّونَ وَالْمُنَجِّمُونَ، فَسَرَدْتُ الْحُلْمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعَجَزُوا عَنْ تَفْسِيرِهِ.

8 But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

8 أَخِيراً مَثَلَ فِي حَضْرَتِي دَانِيَالُ الْمَدْعُو بَلْطَشَاصَّرَ، كَاسْمِ إِلَهِي، الَّذِي فِيهِ رُوحُ الآلِهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْحُلْمَ.

9 “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

9 قُلْتُ: «يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ رَئِيسُ الْمَجُوسِ، إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ وَلا يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيْكَ سِرٌّ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِرُؤَى حُلْمِي الَّذِي شَهِدْتُهُ وَبِتَفْسِيرِهِ.

10 In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.

10 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي شَهِدْتُهَا فِي مَنَامِي: رَأَيْتُ وَإذَا بِشَجَرَةٍ مُنْتَصِبَةٍ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ ذَاتِ ارْتِفَاعٍ عَظِيمٍ،

11 The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

11 وَقَدْ نَمَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ وَقَوِيَتْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ارْتِفَاعُهَا السَّمَاءَ، وَبَدَتْ لِلْعِيَانِ حَتَّى إِلَى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ.

12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.

12 وَكَانَتْ أَوْرَاقُهَا جَمِيلَةً وَأَثْمَارُهَا كَثِيرَةً، تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا غِذَاءٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ، وَتَحْتَهَا تَسْتَظِلُّ وُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَتَأْوِي إِلَى أَغْصَانِهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ، وَمِنْهَا يَقْتَاتُ كُلُّ ذِي جَسَدٍ.

13 As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

13 ثُمَّ شَاهَدْتُ فِي الرُّؤَى وَأَنَا فِي مَنَامِي، وَإذَا بِرَقِيبٍ قُدُّوسٍ قَدْ نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ،

14 He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

14 وَهَتَفَ بِصَوْتٍ مُدَوٍّ وَقَالَ: اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ وَاقْضِبُوا أَغْصَانَهَا وَبَعْثِرُوا أَوْرَاقَهَا وَانْثُرُوا أَثْمَارَهَا، لِتَشْرُدَ الْوُحُوشُ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا، وَتَهْجُرَ الطُّيُورُ أَغْصَانَهَا.

15 But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.

15 وَلَكِنِ اتْرُكُوا سَاقَ أَصْلِهَا فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَوْثِقُوهُ بَقَيْدٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَنُحَاسٍ فِي وَسَطِ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ، لِيَبْتَلَّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، وَلْيَكُنْ طَعَامُهُ مِنْ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ مَعَ الْبَهَائِمِ.

16 Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.

16 وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَقْلُهُ مِنْ عَقْلِ إِنْسَانٍ إِلَى عَقْلِ حَيَوَانٍ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْهِ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ.

17 This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

17 قَدْ صَدَرَ هَذَا الْقَضَاءُ عَنْ أَمْرِ الرُّقَبَاءِ السَّاهِرِينَ، وَقَرَارُ الْحُكْمِ بِكَلِمَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ، لِكَيْ يُدْرِكَ الأَحْيَاءُ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ، يَهَبُهَا لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَيُوَلِّي عَلَيْهَا أَحْقَرَهُمْ.

18 This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

18 هَذَا هُوَ الْحُلْمُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكُ، وَعَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ أَنْ تُفَسِّرَهُ، لأَنَّ كُلَّ حُكَمَاءِ مَمْلَكَتِي قَدْ عَجَزُوا عَنْ إِطْلاعِي عَلَى تَفْسِيرِهِ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ لأَنَّ فِيكَ رُوحَ الآلِهَةِ الْقُدُّوسِينَ».

19 For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

19 حِينَئِذٍ انْتَابَتِ الْحَيْرَةُ دَانِيَالَ الْمَدْعُو بَلْطَشَاصَّرَ طَوَالَ سَاعَةٍ وَرَوَّعَتْهُ أَفْكَارُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ: «لا يُفْزِعُكَ الْحُلْمُ وَلا تَفْسِيرُهُ يَا بَلْطَشَاصَّرُ». فَأَجَابَ: «لِيَرْتَدَّ الْحُلْمُ عَلَى مُبْغِضِيكَ وَتَفْسِيرُهُ عَلَى أَعَادِيكَ.

20 The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

20 الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتِي شَاهَدْتَهَا وَالَّتِي نَمَتْ وَاشْتَدَّتْ وَبَلَغَ ارْتِفَاعُهَا السَّمَاءَ فَبَدَتْ لِلْعِيَانِ حَتَّى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ،

21 whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—

21 وَكَانَتْ أَوْرَاقُهَا جَمِيلَةً وَأَثْمَارُهَا كَثِيرَةً، تَوَافَرَ فِيهَا غِذَاءٌ لِلْجَمِيعِ، وَتَحْتَهَا تَسْتَظِلُّ وُحُوشُ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَتَأْوِي إِلَى أَغْصَانِهَا طُيُورُ السَّمَاءِ،

22 you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

22 هِيَ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي نَمَوْتَ وَقَوِيَتْ شَوْكَتُكَ وَازْدَادَتْ عَظَمَتُكَ، حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَسُلْطَانُكَ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ الأَرْضِ.

23 And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’

23 أَمَّا مَا شَاهَدْتَهُ مِنْ أَنَّ رَقِيباً قُدُّوساً قَدْ نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ: اقْطَعُوا الشَّجَرَةَ وَأَفْنُوهَا، وَلَكِنِ اتْرُكُوا سَاقَ أَصْلِهَا فِي الأَرْضِ، وَأَوْثِقُوهُ بِقَيْدٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ وَنُحَاسٍ فِي وَسَطِ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ، لِيَبْتَلَّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، وَلْيَكُنْ طَعَامُهُ مِنْ عُشْبِ الْحَقْلِ مَعَ الْبَهَائِمِ،

24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

24 فَهَذَا هُوَ تَفْسِيرُهُ، وَهَذَا هُوَ قَضَاءُ الْعَلِيِّ الَّذِي يَحُلُّ بِسَيِّدِي الْمَلِكِ:

25 You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

25 سَيَطْرُدُونَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَتَأْوِي مَعَ حَيَوَانِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، يُطْعِمُونَكَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ، وَتَبْتَلُّ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ، إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْكَ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ، حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ يَهَبُهَا مَنْ يَشَاءُ.

26 As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

26 أَمَّا الأَمْرُ الصَّادِرُ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى سَاقِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَمَعْنَاهُ أَنَّ مَمْلَكَتَكَ تَبْقَى لَكَ حَتَّى تُدْرِكَ أَنَّ السِّيَادَةَ هِيَ لِلسَّمَاءِ.

27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

27 لِذَلِكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، تَقَبَّلْ مَشُورَتِي وَتَخَلَّ عَنْ خَطَايَاكَ بِالْبِرِّ وَآثَامِكَ بِمُمَارَسَةِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ الْبَائِسِينَ، عَسَى أَنْ يَطُولَ فَلاحُكَ».

28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

28 وَقَدْ أَصَابَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ الْمَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا أَنْبَأَ بِهِ دَانِيَالُ.

29 Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

29 فَبَعْدَ انْقِضَاءِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ شَهْراً عَلَى هَذَا الْحُلْمِ، وَفِيمَا كَانَ نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ يَتَمَشَّى عَلَى سَطْحِ قَصْرِ بَابِلَ الْمَلَكِيِّ،

30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

30 قَالَ: «أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ هِيَ بَابِلُ الْعَظِيمَةُ الَّتِي بَنَيْتُهَا بِقُوَّةِ اقْتِدَارِي لِتَكُونَ عَاصِمَةً لِلْمَمْلَكَةِ، وَلِجَلالِ مَجْدِي؟»

31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

31 وَفِيمَا كَانَتْ كَلِمَاتُهُ بَعْدُ تَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَى شَفَتَيْهِ تَجَاوَبَ صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ قَائِلاً: «يَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ الْمَلِكُ، لَكَ يَقُولُونَ الآنَ قَدْ زَالَ عَنْكَ الْمُلْكُ.

32 You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

32 ثُمَّ يَطْرُدُونَكَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَتَأْوِي مَعَ حَيَوَانِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَيُطْعِمُونَكَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْقَضِيَ عَلَيْكَ سَبْعَةُ أَزْمِنَةٍ، حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ مُتَسَلِّطٌ فِي مَمْلَكَةِ النَّاسِ يَهَبُهَا لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ».

33 At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

33 فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ تَمَّ حُكْمُ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَى نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرَ، فَطُرِدَ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ وَأَكَلَ الْعُشْبَ كَالثِّيرَانِ، وَابْتَلَّ جِسْمُهُ بِنَدَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى اسْتَرْخَى شَعْرُهُ مِثْلَ النُّسُورِ، وَطَالَتْ أَظْفَارُهُ مِثْلَ بَرَاثِنِ الطُّيُورِ.

34 But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

34 وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّبْعَةِ الأَزْمِنَةِ، أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، الْتَفَتُّ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَيَّ عَقْلِي، وَبَارَكْتُ الْعَلِيَّ وَسَبَّحْتُ وَحَمَدْتُ الْحَيَّ الأَبَدِيَّ ذَا السُّلْطَانِ السَّرْمَدِيِّ، الَّذِي مُلْكُهُ عَلَى مَدَى الأَجْيَالِ.

35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

35 وَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ أَهْلِ الأَرْضِ لَا يُحْسَبُونَ شَيْئاً، وَأَنَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ فِي جُنْدِ السَّمَاءِ وَسُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يَكُفُّ يَدَهُ أَوْ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟

36 At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.

36 فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ ثَابَ إِلَيَّ عَقْلِي، وعَادَ إِلَيَّ جَلالُ مَمْلَكَتِي وَمَجْدِي وَبَهَائِي، وَطَلَبَنِي مُشِيرِيَّ وَنُبَلاءُ دَوْلَتِي، وَتَثَبَّتُّ عَلَى عَرْشِ مَمْلَكَتِي وَازْدَادَتْ عَظَمَتِي جِدّاً.

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

37 فَالآنَ، أَنَا نَبُوخَذْنَصَّرُ، أُسَبِّحُ وَأُمَجِّدُ وَأَحْمَدُ مَلِكَ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي جَمِيعُ أَعْمَالِهِ حَقٌّ، وَطُرُقُهُ عَادِلَةٌ وَقَادِرٌ عَلَى إذْلالِ كُلِّ مَنْ يَسْلُكُ بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ.