Daniel 6
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Daniel sa Kulungan ng mga Leon
6 Si Haring Dario ay pumili ng isandaa't dalawampung pinuno ng mga rehiyon sa buong kaharian. 2 Pumili rin siya ng tatlong mamamahala sa mga pinuno ng rehiyon at mangangalaga sa kapakanan ng hari, at isa rito si Daniel. 3 Si Daniel ang naging pangunahin sa tatlong tagapamahala at sa mga pinuno ng mga rehiyon dahil sa pambihira niyang karunungan. Dahil dito, inisip ng hari na siya ang gawing tagapamahala sa buong kaharian. 4 Kaya, ang dalawang kasama niyang tagapamahala at ang mga pinuno ng mga rehiyon ay humanap ng maibibintang kay Daniel upang huwag matuloy ang magandang balak ng hari para sa kanya. Ngunit wala silang makitang dahilan sapagkat laging matapat si Daniel sa kanyang tungkulin. 5 Kaya't sinabi nila, “Wala tayong maibibintang sa kanya maliban sa mga bagay na may kinalaman sa kautusan ng kanyang Diyos.”
6 Nagkaisa silang humarap sa hari. Sinabi nila, “Mabuhay ang Haring Dario! 7 Kami pong mga tagapamahala ng kaharian, mga pinuno ng mga rehiyon, at mga tagapayo ay nagkakaisa ng palagay. Mabuti po'y ipag-utos ninyong sa loob ng tatlumpung araw ay walang sasamba o mananalangin sa ibang diyos o tao liban sa inyo. Sinumang hindi susunod sa utos na ito ay ihuhulog sa kulungan ng mga leon. 8 Kaya, mahal na hari, magpalabas po kayo ng gayong kautusan at inyong lagdaan upang maging batas ng Media at Persia—batas na hindi mababago ni mapapawalang bisa.” 9 At gayon nga ang ginawa ni Haring Dario.
10 Nang malaman ni Daniel na nilagdaan na ng hari ang gayong kautusan, umuwi siya. Lumuhod siya't nanalangin at nagpasalamat sa kanyang Diyos sa isang silid sa itaas ng kanyang tirahan sa may bukás na bintanang nakaharap sa Jerusalem. Tatlong beses niyang ginagawa ito sa maghapon gaya ng kanyang kinaugalian. 11 Ngunit binabantayan pala siya ng kanyang mga kaaway. Nang makita siyang nananalangin, 12 siya'y kanilang isinumbong sa hari at sinabing, “Hindi po ba't pinagtibay ninyo ang isang kautusan na sa loob ng tatlumpung araw ay walang mananalangin sa sinumang diyos o tao liban sa inyo at ihahagis sa kulungan ng mga leon ang sinumang lumabag dito?”
Sumagot ang hari, “Ang kautusan ng Media at Persia ay hindi mababago ni mapapawalang bisa.”
13 Sinabi nila, “Mahal na hari, si Daniel po na isa sa mga dinalang-bihag mula sa Juda ay lumabag sa inyong kautusan at tatlong beses pa po kung manalangin araw-araw.”
14 Nang malaman ito ni Haring Dario, nabalisa siya at maghapong inisip kung paano maililigtas si Daniel. 15 Nang magkaroon muli ng pagkakataon ang mga kaaway ni Daniel, lumapit ang mga ito sa hari at sinabi, “Alalahanin ninyo, mahal na hari, na batas sa Media at Persia na hindi maaaring baguhin ang alinmang kautusan na pinagtibay ng hari.”
16 Dahil(A) dito, iniutos ni Haring Dario na ihulog si Daniel sa kulungan ng mga leon. Ngunit sinabi niya rito, “Nawa'y iligtas ka ng Diyos na buong katapatan mong pinaglilingkuran.” 17 Ang bunganga ng kulungan ay tinakpan ng isang malaking bato. Tinatakan ito ng pantatak ng hari at ng kanyang mga tagapamahala para hindi mabuksan ng sinuman. 18 Ang hari naman ay umuwi sa palasyo. Ngunit magdamag itong hindi makatulog. Hindi siya tumikim ng pagkain at ayaw rin niyang paaliw.
19 Kinabukasan, maagang nagbangon ang hari at nagmamadaling pumunta sa kulungan ng mga leon. 20 Pagdating doon, malungkot siyang tumawag, “Daniel, tapat na lingkod ng Diyos na buháy! Iniligtas ka ba niya sa mga leon?”
21 Sumagot si Daniel, “Mabuhay ang hari! 22 Wala(B) pong nangyari sa akin sapagkat ang bibig ng mga leon ay pinatikom ng mga anghel na isinugo ng aking Diyos. Ginawa po niya ito sapagkat alam niyang wala akong kasalanan ni nagawang masama laban sa inyo.”
23 Dahil dito, labis na nagalak ang hari at iniutos na iahon si Daniel mula sa kulungan ng mga leon. Nang siya'y maiahon na, wala silang nakita kahit man lang bahagyang galos sa katawan ni Daniel sapagkat nagtiwala siya sa kanyang Diyos. 24 Ang mga nagbintang kay Daniel ay ipinahulog ng hari sa kulungan ng mga leon pati ang kanilang mga anak at asawa. Hindi pa sila halos sumasayad sa kulungan ay nilapa na sila ng mga leon.
25 Pagkatapos, sinulatan ni Haring Dario ang lahat ng tao sa bawat bansa at wika sa buong daigdig. Isinasaad sa sulat: “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan! 26 Iniuutos ko sa lahat ng aking mga nasasakupan na matakot at gumalang sa Diyos ni Daniel.
“Sapagkat siya ang Diyos na buháy,
at mananatili magpakailanman.
Hindi mawawasak ang kanyang kaharian,
at mananatili habang panahon ang kanyang kapangyarihan.
27 Siya ay sumasaklolo at nagliligtas;
gumagawa siya ng mga kababalaghan sa langit at sa lupa.
Iniligtas niya si Daniel mula sa mga leon.”
28 At naging matagumpay si Daniel sa panahon ni Haring Dario at sa panahon ni Haring Ciro ng Persia.
Daniel 6
World English Bible
6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, 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.” 9 Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 When 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. 11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a 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, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
13 Then they answered 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.” 14 Then 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.
15 Then 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.”
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
17 A 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. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled 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?”
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! 22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
23 Then the king was exceedingly 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.
24 The 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.
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth:
“Peace be multiplied to you.
26 “I 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 is that which will not be destroyed.
His dominion will be even to the end.
27 He delivers and rescues.
He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,
who has 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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