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Daníel 6
Icelandic Bible
Daníel 6
Icelandic Bible
6 Daríus frá Medalandi tók við ríkinu og hafði þá tvo vetur um sextugt.
2 Daríusi þóknaðist að setja yfir ríkið hundrað og tuttugu jarla, er skipað skyldi niður um allt ríkið,
3 og yfir þá þrjá yfirhöfðingja, og var Daníel einn af þeim. Skyldu jarlarnir gjöra þeim skilagrein, svo að konungur biði engan skaða.
4 Þá bar Daníel þessi af yfirhöfðingjunum og jörlunum, sökum þess að hann hafði frábæran anda, og hugði konungur að setja hann yfir allt ríkið.
5 Þá leituðu yfirhöfðingjarnir og jarlarnir að finna Daníel eitthvað til saka viðvíkjandi ríkisstjórninni, en gátu enga sök eða ávirðing fundið, því að hann var trúr, svo að ekkert tómlæti né ávirðing fannst hjá honum.
6 Þá sögðu þessir menn: "Vér munum ekkert fundið geta Daníel þessum til saka, nema ef vér finnum honum eitthvað að sök í átrúnaði hans."
7 Þá þustu þessir yfirhöfðingjar og jarlar til konungs og sögðu svo við hann: "Daríus konungur lifi eilíflega!
8 Öllum yfirhöfðingjum ríkisins, landstjórum, jörlum, ráðgjöfum og landshöfðingjum hefir komið ásamt um að gefa út þá konungsskipun og staðfesta það forboð, að hver sem í þrjátíu daga gjörir bæn sína til nokkurs guðs eða manns, nema til þín, konungur, honum skuli varpa í ljónagryfju.
9 Nú skalt þú, konungur, gefa út forboð þetta og láta það skriflegt út ganga, svo að því verði ekki breytt, eftir órjúfanlegu lögmáli Meda og Persa."
10 Samkvæmt þessu lét konungur gefa skriflega út skipunina og bannið.
11 En er Daníel varð þess vísari, að þessi skipun var út gefin, gekk hann inn í hús sitt. Þar hafði hann uppi í loftstofu sinni opna glugga, er sneru móti Jerúsalem, og þrem sinnum á dag kraup hann á kné, bað til Guðs síns og vegsamaði hann, eins og hann hafði áður verið vanur að gjöra.
12 Þá þustu þessir menn að og fundu Daníel, þar sem hann var að biðja og ákalla Guð sinn.
13 Síðan gengu þeir inn fyrir konung og spurðu hann viðvíkjandi konungsforboðinu: "Hefir þú eigi gefið út það forboð, að hver sá maður, sem í þrjátíu daga gjörir bæn sína til nokkurs guðs eða manns, nema til þín, konungur, honum skuli varpa í ljónagryfju?" Konungur svaraði og sagði: "Það stendur fast, eftir órjúfanlegu lögmáli Meda og Persa."
14 Þá svöruðu þeir og sögðu við konung: "Daníel, einn af hinum herleiddu Gyðingum, skeytir hvorki um þig, konungur, né um það forboð, sem þú hefir út gefið, heldur gjörir bæn sína þrem sinnum á dag."
15 Þegar konungur heyrði þetta, féll honum það næsta þungt, og lagði hann allan hug á að frelsa Daníel, og allt til sólarlags leitaði hann alls við, að hann fengi borgið honum.
16 Þá þustu þessir sömu menn til konungs og sögðu við hann: "Þú veist, konungur, að það eru lög hjá Medum og Persum, að ekki má raska því banni eða boði, sem konungur hefir út gefið."
17 Þá bauð konungur að leiða Daníel fram og kasta honum í ljónagryfjuna. Og konungur tók til máls og sagði við Daníel: "Guð þinn, sem þú dýrkar án afláts, frelsi þig!"
18 Síðan var sóttur steinn og lagður yfir gryfjumunnann, og innsiglaði konungur hann með innsiglishring sínum og með innsiglishringum stórhöfðingja sinna, til þess að sú ráðstöfun, sem gjörð hafði verið við Daníel, skyldi eigi raskast.
19 Eftir það gekk konungur heim til hallar sinnar og var þar um nóttina fastandi. Frillur lét hann eigi leiða inn til sín, og eigi kom honum dúr á auga.
20 Síðan reis konungur á fætur í dögun, þá er lýsa tók, og skundaði til ljónagryfjunnar.
21 Og er hann kom að gryfjunni, kallaði hann á Daníel með sorgfullri raust. Konungur tók til máls og sagði við Daníel: "Daníel, þú þjónn hins lifanda Guðs, hefir Guð þinn, sá er þú dýrkar án afláts, megnað að frelsa þig frá ljónunum?"
22 Þá sagði Daníel við konung: "Konungurinn lifi eilíflega!
23 Guð minn sendi engil sinn og hann lokaði munni ljónanna, svo að þau gjörðu mér ekkert mein, af því að ég er saklaus fundinn frammi fyrir honum, og hefi ekki heldur framið neitt brot gagnvart þér, konungur!"
24 Þá varð konungur næsta glaður og bauð að draga Daníel upp úr gryfjunni. Var Daníel þá dreginn upp úr gryfjunni, og fannst ekki að honum hefði neitt að skaða orðið, því að hann hafði treyst Guði sínum.
25 En konungur bauð að leiða fram menn þá, er rægt höfðu Daníel, og kasta þeim, börnum þeirra og konum í ljónagryfjuna. Og áður en þeir komust til botns í gryfjunni, hremmdu ljónin þá og muldu sundur öll bein þeirra.
26 Síðan ritaði Daríus konungur öllum lýðum, þjóðum og tungum, sem búa á allri jörðinni: "Gangi yður allt til gæfu!
27 Ég læt þá skipun út ganga, að í öllu veldi ríkis míns skulu menn hræðast og óttast Guð Daníels, því að hann er hinn lifandi Guð og varir að eilífu. Ríki hans gengur ekki á grunn og veldi hans varir allt til enda.
28 Hann frelsar og bjargar, hann gjörir tákn og furðuverk á himni og jörðu, hann sem frelsaði Daníel undan ljónunum."
29 Og Daníel þessi var í miklu gengi á ríkisstjórnarárum Daríusar og á ríkisstjórnarárum Kýrusar hins persneska.
Daniel 6
New International Version
Daniel 6
New International Version
Daniel in the Den of Lions
6 [a]It pleased Darius(A) to appoint 120 satraps(B) to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.(C) The satraps were made accountable(D) to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.(E) 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges(F) against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”(G)
6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(H) 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(I) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(J) 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(K) 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.
10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(L) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(M) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(N) 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.(O) 12 So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?”
The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(P)
13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah,(Q) pays no attention(R) to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.” 14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed;(S) he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”(T)
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.(U) The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue(V) you!”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed(W) it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating(X) and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.(Y)
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”(Z)
21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!(AA) 22 My God sent his angel,(AB) and he shut the mouths of the lions.(AC) They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight.(AD) Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound(AE) was found on him, because he had trusted(AF) in his God.
24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,(AG) along with their wives and children.(AH) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.(AI)
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language(AJ) in all the earth:
“May you prosper greatly!(AK)
26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence(AL) the God of Daniel.(AM)
“For he is the living God(AN)
and he endures forever;(AO)
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.(AP)
27 He rescues and he saves;(AQ)
he performs signs and wonders(AR)
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”(AS)
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[b](AT) the Persian.(AU)
Footnotes
- Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.
- Daniel 6:28 Or Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus
Daniel 6
King James Version
Daniel 6
King James Version
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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