Daniel 6

¹Ve Darius'un önünde bu durum hoş göründü ve kendilerinin onun bütün krallığında bulunmaları için krallığın üzerine yüz yirmi satrap atadı.

²Ve satrapların kendilerine hesap vermesi, böylece kralın rahatsız edilmemesi için onların üzerine, biri Daniel olan üç denetçi koydu.

³Ve Daniel onların üzerindeydi, çünkü kendisinde aşkın bir ruh vardı; kral da onu kendi bütün krallığının başına atadı.

⁴Bunun üzerine denetçiler ve satraplar Daniel'e karşı bir bahane bulmaya çalışıyorlardı; fakat o güvenilir olduğu için ona karşı hiçbir bahane, hata ve kusur bulamadılar.

⁵Ve denetçiler şöyle dediler: "Kendi Tanrısı'nın kurallarında olmadıkça Daniel'e karşı hiçbir bahane bulamayacağız."

⁶O zaman denetçiler ve satraplar kralın huzuruna çıktılar ve ona şöyle dediler: "Ey Kral Darius, sonsuz çağlar boyunca yaşa!

⁷Senin krallığının üzerindeki bütün generaller, satraplar, konsüller ve yerel yöneticiler, kraliyete ait bir karar koymak ve bir yasağı güçlendirmek konusunda fikir birliğine vardılar; buna göre, ey kral, otuz güne kadar senden başka herhangi bir tanrıdan veya insandan bir dilek dileyen kim olursa olsun, aslanların çukuruna atılacaktır.

⁸Şimdi öyleyse, ey kral, bu yasağı koy ve Medler ile Perslerin kararnamesi değiştirilemesin diye fermanı yazılı olarak yayınla."

⁹O zaman Kral Darius kararnamenin yazılmasını buyurdu.

¹⁰Ve Daniel, kararnamenin emredildiğini öğrendiği zaman kendi evine gitti; yukarı odalarında Yeruşalim'e doğru pencereleri kendisi için açılmış olarak, daha önce yapıyor olduğu gibi, günün üç vaktinde dizleri üzerine çöküyor, dua ediyor ve Tanrısı'nın önünde şükranlarını sunuyordu.

¹¹O zaman o adamlar sinsice gözetlediler ve Daniel'i kendi Tanrısı'na yalvarırken ve yakarırken buldular.

¹²Ve kralın huzuruna çıkarak dediler: "Ey kral, otuz güne kadar senden başka herhangi bir tanrıdan veya insandan bir dilek dileyen her insanın aslanların çukuruna atılacağına dair bir yasak koymadın mı?" Ve kral yanıtladı: "Söz doğrudur ve Medler ile Perslerin kararnamesi iptal edilmeyecektir."

¹³O zaman yanıt verdiler ve kralın huzurunda şöyle dediler: "Yahuda'nın sürgünlerinin oğullarından olan Daniel senin kararnamene boyun eğmedi ve günün üç vaktinde kendi Tanrısı'ndan kendi dileklerini dilemeye devam ediyor."

¹⁴O zaman kral bu sözü işittiği zaman onun için çok kederlendi ve Daniel'i kurtarmak için canla başla mücadele etti; akşama kadar onu kurtarmak için mücadele edip durdu.

¹⁵O zaman o adamlar krala dediler: "Bil ki ey kral, Medler ve Persler için, kralın koyacağı her yasağın ve kararın değiştirilmemesi gerekir."

¹⁶O zaman kral buyurdu ve Daniel'i getirip aslanların çukuruna attılar; ve kral Daniel'e, "Kendisine sürekli kulluk ettiğin senin Tanrın, O seni kurtaracaktır" dedi.

¹⁷Ve bir taş getirip çukurun ağzının üzerine koydular; Daniel hakkındaki hiçbir durum değiştirilmesin diye, kral kendi mühür yüzüğüyle ve soylularının mühür yüzüğüyle çukuru mühürledi.

¹⁸Ve kral kendi evine gitti ve akşam yemeği yemeden uyudu; ona hiçbir yiyecek getirmediler ve uyku kendisinden kaçtı. Ve Tanrı aslanların ağızlarını kapattı ve Daniel'i rahatsız etmediler.

¹⁹O zaman kral sabahleyin, gün ağarırken kalktı ve aceleyle aslanların çukuruna gitti.

²⁰Ve çukura yaklaşırken güçlü bir sesle haykırdı: "Yaşayan Tanrı'nın kulu Daniel! Kendisine sürekli kulluk ettiğin senin Tanrın, seni aslanların ağzından kurtarmaya gücü yetti mi?"

²¹Ve Daniel krala dedi: "Ey kral, sonsuz çağlar boyunca yaşa!

²²Benim Tanrım kendi meleğini gönderdi ve aslanların ağızlarını kapattı ve bana zarar vermediler; çünkü O'nun önünde bende doğruluk bulundu ve senin önünde de ey kral, hiçbir suç işlemedim."

²³O zaman kral onun için çok sevindi ve Daniel'in çukurdan yukarı çıkarılmasını buyurdu; ve Daniel çukurdan yukarı çıkarıldı ve onda hiçbir bozulma bulunmadı, çünkü kendi Tanrısı'na güvenmişti.

²⁴Ve kral buyurdu ve Daniel'i gammazlayan adamları getirdiler; kendileri, oğulları ve karılarıyla birlikte aslanların çukuruna atıldılar; ve henüz çukurun dibine varmamışlardı ki aslanlar onları ele geçirdi ve bütün kemiklerini ufaladı.

²⁵O zaman Kral Darius bütün halklara, oymaklara, dillere, bütün yeryüzünde yaşayanlara yazdı: "Esenliğiniz çoğaltılsın!

²⁶Benim huzurumdan, krallığımın bütün egemenlik sınırları içinde insanların Daniel'in Tanrısı'nın huzurunda titreyenler ve korkanlar olmaları için bu kararname çıkarıldı; çünkü O, yaşayan ve çağlar boyunca kalıcı olan Tanrı'dır, O'nun krallığı yıkılmayacaktır ve O'nun egemenliği sonuna kadardır.

²⁷O yardım eder ve kurtarır, gökte ve yeryüzünde belirtiler ve harikalar yaratır; ki O, Daniel'i aslanların elinden kurtardı."

²⁸Ve Daniel, Darius'un krallığında ve Persli Koreş'in krallığında başarılı oldu.

¹ΚΑΙ ἤρεσεν ἐνώπιον Δαρείου καὶ κατέστησεν ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας σατράπας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι τοῦ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ

²καὶ ἐπάνω αὐτῶν τακτικοὺς τρεῖς, ὧν ἦν Δανιὴλ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν, τοῦ ἀποδιδόναι αὐτοῖς τοὺς σατράπας λόγον, ὅπως ὁ βασιλεὺς μὴ ἐνοχλῆται.

³καὶ ἦν Δανιὴλ ὑπὲρ αὐτούς, ὅτι πνεῦμα περισσὸν ἐν αὐτῷ. καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἐφ’ ὅλης τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ.

⁴καὶ οἱ τακτικοὶ καὶ οἱ σατράπαι, ἐζήτουν πρόφασιν εὑρεῖν κατὰ Δανιήλ· καὶ πᾶσαν πρόφασιν καὶ παράπτωμα καὶ ἀμπλάκημα οὐχ εὗρον κατ’ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι πιστὸς ἦν.

⁵καὶ εἶπον οἱ τακτικοί· οὐχ εὑρήσομεν κατὰ Δανιὴλ πρόφασιν, εἰ μὴ ἐν νομίμοις Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ. -

⁶Τότε οἱ τακτικοὶ καὶ οἱ σατράπαι παρέστησαν τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Δαρεῖε βασιλεῦ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ζῆθι·

⁷συνεβουλεύσαντο πάντες οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας σου στρατηγοὶ καὶ σατράπαι, ὕπατοι καὶ τοπάρχαι, τοῦ στῆσαι στάσει βασιλικῇ καὶ ἐνισχῦσαι ὁρισμόν, ὅπως ὃς ἂν αἰτήσῃ αἴτημα παρὰ παντὸς θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπου ἕως ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα, ἀλλ’ ἢ παρὰ σοῦ, βασιλεῦ, ἐμβληθήσεται εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων.

⁸νῦν οὖν, βασιλεῦ, στῆσον τὸν ὁρισμὸν καὶ ἔκθες γραφήν, ὅπως μὴ ἀλλοιωθῇ τὸ δόγμα Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων.

⁹τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος ἐπέταξε γραφῆναι τὸ δόγμα. -

¹⁰Καὶ Δανιήλ, ἡνίκα ἔγνω ὅτι ἐνετάγη τὸ δόγμα, εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, καὶ αἱ θυρίδες ἀνεῳγμέναι αὐτῷ ἐν τοῖς ὑπερῴοις αὐτοῦ κατέναντι ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ καιροὺς τρεῖς τῆς ἡμέρας ἦν κάμπτων ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ καὶ προσευχόμενος καὶ ἐξομολογούμενος ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἦν ποιῶν ἔμπροσθεν.

¹¹τότε οἱ ἄνδρες ἐκεῖνοι παρετήρησαν καὶ εὗρον τὸν Δανιὴλ ἀξιοῦντα καὶ δεόμενον τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.

¹²καὶ προσελθόντες λέγουσι τῷ βασιλεῖ· βασιλεῦ, οὐχ ὁρισμὸν ἔταξας, ὅπως πᾶς ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἂν αἰτήσῃ παρὰ παντὸς θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπου αἴτημα ἕως ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα, ἀλλ’ ἢ παρὰ σοῦ, βασιλεῦ, ἐμβληθήσεται εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων; καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· ἀληθινὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὸ δόγμα Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν οὐ παρελεύσεται.

¹³τότε ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ λέγουσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως· Δανιὴλ ὁ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας οὐχ ὑπετάγη τῷ δόγματί σου, καὶ καιροὺς τρεῖς τῆς ἡμέρας αἰτεῖ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ τὰ αἰτήματα αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴τότε ὁ βασιλεύς, ὡς τὸ ῥῆμα ἤκουσε, πολὺ ἐλυπήθη ἐπ’ αὐτῷ καὶ περὶ τοῦ Δανιὴλ ἠγωνίσατο τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἕως ἑσπέρας ἦν ἀγωνιζόμενος τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι αὐτόν.

¹⁵τότε οἱ ἄνδρες ἐκεῖνοι λέγουσι τῷ βασιλεῖ· γνῶθι, βασιλεῦ, ὅτι τὸ δόγμα Μήδοις καὶ Πέρσαις τοῦ πᾶν ὁρισμὸν καὶ στάσιν, ἣν ἂν ὁ βασιλεὺς στήσῃ, οὐ δεῖ παραλλάξαι. -

¹⁶Τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπε καὶ ἤγαγον τὸν Δανιὴλ καὶ ἐνέβαλον αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων· καί εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Δανιήλ· ὁ Θεός σου, ᾧ σὺ λατρεύεις ἐνδελεχῶς, αὐτὸς ἐξελεῖταί σε.

¹⁷καὶ ἤνεγκαν λίθον καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ λάκκου, καὶ ἐσφραγίσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ, ὅπως μὴ ἀλλοιωθῇ πρᾶγμα ἐν τῷ Δανιήλ.

¹⁸καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἄδειπνος, καὶ ἐδέσματα οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ ὕπνος ἀπέστη ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἔκλεισεν ὁ Θεὸς τὰ στόματα τῶν λεόντων, καὶ οὐ παρηνώχλησαν τῷ Δανιήλ.

¹⁹τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀνέστη τὸ πρωΐ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ καὶ ἐν σπουδῇ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων·

²⁰καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν αὐτὸν τῷ λάκκῳ ἐβόησε φωνῇ ἰσχυρᾷ· Δανιήλ, ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος, ὁ Θεός σου, ᾧ σὺ λατρεύεις ἐνδελεχῶς, εἰ ἠδυνήθη ἐξελέσθαι σε ἐκ τοῦ στόματος τῶν λεόντων;

²¹καὶ εἶπε Δανιὴλ τῷ βασιλεῖ· βασιλεῦ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ζῆθι.

²²ὁ Θεός μου ἀπέστειλε τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνέφραξε τὰ στόματα τῶν λεόντων, καὶ οὐκ ἐλυμήναντό με, ὅτι κατέναντι αὐτοῦ εὐθύτης εὑρέθη ἐμοί· καὶ ἐνώπιον δέ σου, βασιλεῦ, παράπτωμα οὐκ ἐποίησα.

²³τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς πολὺ ἠγαθύνθη ἐπ’ αὐτῷ, καὶ τὸν Δανιὴλ εἶπεν ἀνενέγκαι ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου. καὶ ἀνηνέχθη Δανιὴλ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου, καὶ πᾶσα διαφθορὰ οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἐπίστευσεν ἐν τῷ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ.

²⁴καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἠγάγοσαν τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς διαβαλόντας τὸν Δανιήλ, καὶ εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων ἐνεβλήθησαν, αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν· καὶ οὐκ ἔφθασαν εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος τοῦ λάκκου, ἕως οὗ ἐκυρίευσαν αὐτῶν οἱ λέοντες καὶ πάντα τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν ἐλέπτυναν. -

²⁵Τότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔγραψε πᾶσι τοῖς λαοῖς, φυλαῖς, γλώσσαις, τοῖς οἰκοῦσιν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν πληθυνθείη·

²⁶ἐκ προσώπου μου ἐτέθη δόγμα τοῦτο ἐν πάσῃ ἀρχῇ τῆς βασιλείας μου εἶναι τρέμοντας καὶ φοβουμένους ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ Δανιήλ, ὅτι αὐτός ἐστι Θεὸς ζῶν καὶ μένων εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ οὐ διαφθαρήσεται, καὶ ἡ κυριεία αὐτοῦ ἕως τέλους·

²⁷ἀντιλαμβάνεται καὶ ρύεται καὶ ποιεῖ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅστις ἐξείλατο τὸν Δανιὴλ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν λεόντων.

²⁸καὶ Δανιὴλ κατηύθυνεν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ Δαρείου καὶ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ Κύρου τοῦ Πέρσου.

¹And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;

²and over them three governors, of whom one was, Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled.

³And Daniel was over them, for [there was] an excellent spirit in him; and the king set him over all his kingdom.

⁴Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful.

⁵And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

⁶Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.

⁷All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statute and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

⁸Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed.

⁹Then king Darius commanded the decree to be written.

¹⁰And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.

¹¹Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God.

¹²And they came and said to the king, O king, has thou not made a decree, that whatsoever man shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? And the king said, The word is true, and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass.

¹³Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judea, has not submitted to thy decree; and three times in the day he makes his requests of his God.

¹⁴Then the king, when he heard the saying, was much grieved for Daniel and he greatly exerted himself for Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him.

¹⁵Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make.

¹⁶Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. But the king said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

¹⁷And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed [it] with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.

¹⁸And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel.

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

²⁰And when he drew near to the den, he cried with a loud voice, Daniel, servant of the living God, has thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lion’s mouth?

²¹And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever.

²²My God has sent his angel, and stopped the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before him; and moreover before thee, O king, I have committed no trespass.

²³Then the king was very glad for him, and he commanded to bring Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and there was found no hurt upon him, because he believed in his God.

²⁴And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.

²⁵Then king Darius wrote to all nations, tribes, [and] languages, who dwell in all the earth, [saying], Peace be multiplied to you.

²⁶This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that [men] tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever.

²⁷He helps and delivers, and works signs and wonders in the heaven and on the earth, who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.

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