但以理书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
伯沙撒王大宴群臣
5 伯沙撒王為他的一千大臣大擺筵席,他和他們一同喝酒。 2 伯沙撒喝酒歡暢的時候,下令把他先祖尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷聖殿裡掠取的金銀器皿拿來,好讓他和他的大臣、妻妾、妃嬪用這些器皿來喝酒。 3 於是人把從耶路撒冷聖殿裡,就是 神的殿裡,掠來的金器皿拿來;王和他的大臣、妻妾、妃嬪就用這些器皿來喝酒。 4 他們喝酒,讚美那些用金、銀、銅、鐵、木、石所做的神。
指頭在牆上寫字
5 當時,忽然有人手的指頭出現,在王宮裡燈臺對面的粉牆上寫字;王看見了那隻正在寫字的手掌, 6 就臉色大變,心意驚惶,兩腳無力,雙膝彼此相碰。 7 王大聲呼叫,吩咐人把那些用法術的和迦勒底人,以及占星家都領進來;王對巴比倫的智慧人說:“誰能讀這文字,又能向我解釋它的意思,他必身穿紫袍,頸戴金鍊,在國中掌權,位列第三。” 8 於是王所有的智慧人都進來,卻不能讀那文字,也不能把意思向王說明。 9 伯沙撒王就非常驚惶,臉色大變;他的大臣也都不知所措。
太后舉薦但以理
10 太后因王和他的大臣所說的話,就進入宴會的大廳,對王說:“願王萬歲!你的心意不要驚惶,也不要臉色大變。 11 在你國中有一個人,他裡面有聖神的靈;你先祖在世的日子,發現這人有灼見,有聰明,有智慧,好像神的智慧一樣。你先祖尼布甲尼撒王,就是王的先祖,曾立他為術士、用法術的,以及迦勒底人和占星家的領袖。 12 這都因為在這但以理裡面有美好的靈性,有知識,有聰明,能解夢,釋謎語,能解答難題;這人尼布甲尼撒王曾給他起名叫伯提沙撒。現在可以把但以理召來,他必能解釋牆上文字的意思。”
13 於是但以理被帶到王面前,王問但以理說:“你就是我先王從猶大擄來的猶大人但以理嗎? 14 我聽說你裡面有神的靈,有灼見,有聰明,有高超的智慧。 15 現在智慧人和用法術的都被帶到我面前了,我要他們讀這文字,把文字的意思向我說明,可是他們都不能解釋這文字的意思。 16 我聽說你能解釋異夢,也能解答難題。現在你若能讀這文字,把它的意思向我說明,就必身穿紫袍,頸戴金鍊,在國中掌權,位列第三。”
但以理直言責王
17 但以理在王面前回答說:“你的禮物可以歸你自己,你的賞賜可以歸給別人;我卻要為王讀這文字,也要把意思向王說明。 18 王啊!至高的 神曾把國位、權勢、光榮和威嚴賜給你先祖尼布甲尼撒。 19 因 神所賜給他的權勢,各國、各族和說各種語言的人,都在他面前戰兢恐懼;他要殺誰,就殺誰;要誰活著,誰就可以活著;要提升誰,就提升誰;要貶低誰,就貶低誰。 20 但他心高氣傲、妄自尊大的時候,就從國位上被趕下來,他的尊榮也被奪去。 21 他被趕逐,離開人群,他的心變如獸心,他和野驢同住,像牛一樣吃草,身體被天露滴濕;等到他承認至高的 神在世人的國中掌權,他喜歡誰,就立誰執掌國權。 22 伯沙撒啊!你是他的子孫,你雖然知道這一切,你的心仍不謙卑, 23 竟高抬自己,敵對天上的主,使人把他殿中的器皿拿到你面前來,你和你的大臣、妻妾、妃嬪用這些器皿喝酒;你又讚美那些不能看見、不能聽見、甚麼都不能知道,用金、銀、銅、鐵、木、石所做的神,卻沒有把榮耀歸給那手中有你的氣息,和那掌管你一切命途的 神。 24 因此,有手從 神那裡伸出來,寫了這文字。
解釋牆上文字的意義
25 “所寫的文字是:‘彌尼,彌尼,提客勒,烏法珥新。’ 26 這文字的意思是這樣:‘彌尼’就是 神已數算了你國度的年日,使國終止; 27 ‘提客勒’就是你被稱在天平上,顯出你的缺欠; 28 ‘毘勒斯’(“毘勒斯”即“烏法珥新”的單數式)就是你的國要分裂,歸給瑪代人和波斯人。”
29 於是伯沙撒下令,人就把紫袍給但以理穿上,把金鍊戴在他的頸上,又宣告他在國中掌權,位列第三。
伯沙撒王被殺而亡國
30 當夜,迦勒底人的王伯沙撒被殺。 31 瑪代人大利烏奪取了迦勒底國;那時他六十二歲。(本節在《馬索拉文本》為6:1)
Daniel 5
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Belshazzar’s Feast
5 King Belshazzar made a great festival for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that they bring in the vessels of gold and silver that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 So they brought in the vessels of gold and silver[a] that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
The Writing on the Wall
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote. 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and the king said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me its interpretation shall be clothed in purple, have a chain of gold around his neck, and rank third in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king the interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar became greatly terrified and his face turned pale, and his lords were perplexed.
10 The queen, when she heard the discussion of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall. The queen said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts terrify you or your face grow pale. 11 There is a man in your kingdom who is endowed with a spirit of the holy gods.[b] In the days of your father he was found to have enlightenment, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners,[c] 12 because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation.”
The Writing on the Wall Interpreted
13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “So you are Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? 14 I have heard of you that a spirit of the gods[d] is in you, and that enlightenment, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you. 15 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and tell me its interpretation, but they were not able to give the interpretation of the matter. 16 But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you are able to read the writing and tell me its interpretation, you shall be clothed in purple, have a chain of gold around your neck, and rank third in the kingdom.”
17 Then Daniel answered in the presence of the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, or give your rewards to someone else! Nevertheless I will read the writing to the king and let him know the interpretation. 18 O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, glory, and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed those he wanted to kill, kept alive those he wanted to keep alive, honored those he wanted to honor, and degraded those he wanted to degrade. 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him. 21 He was driven from human society, and his mind was made like that of an animal. His dwelling was with the wild asses, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals, and sets over it whomever he will. 22 And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this! 23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; but the God in whose power is your very breath, and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.
24 “So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of[e] your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; 28 peres,[f] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should rank third in the kingdom.
30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed. 31 [g] And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:3 Theodotion Vg: Aram lacks and silver
- Daniel 5:11 Or a holy, divine spirit
- Daniel 5:11 Aram adds the king your father
- Daniel 5:14 Or a divine spirit
- Daniel 5:26 Aram lacks the days of
- Daniel 5:28 The singular of Parsin
- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6.1 in Aram
Daniel 5
Schlachter 2000
König Belsazars Vermessenheit und das göttliche Gericht
5 Der König Belsazar[a] veranstaltete für seine tausend Großen ein prächtiges Mahl und trank Wein vor den Tausend.
2 Und während er sich den Wein schmecken ließ, befahl Belsazar, man solle die goldenen und silbernen Gefäße herbeibringen, die sein Vater Nebukadnezar aus dem Tempel in Jerusalem weggenommen hatte, damit der König samt seinen Großen, seinen Frauen und seinen Nebenfrauen daraus trinken könne.
3 Da wurden die goldenen Gefäße herbeigebracht, die man aus dem Tempel, aus dem Haus Gottes in Jerusalem, weggenommen hatte, und der König trank daraus samt seinen Großen, seinen Frauen und seinen Nebenfrauen.
4 Sie tranken Wein und priesen die Götter aus Gold und Silber, aus Erz, Eisen, Holz und Stein.
5 Im selben Augenblick erschienen Finger einer Menschenhand, die schrieben gegenüber dem Leuchter auf die getünchte Wand des königlichen Palastes; und der König sah die schreibende Hand[b].
6 Da verfärbte sich das Gesicht des Königs,[c] und seine Gedanken erschreckten ihn, und alle Kraft wich aus seinen Gliedern,[d] und seine Knie schlotterten.
7 Der König schrie mit lauter Stimme, man solle die Wahrsager, Chaldäer und Zeichendeuter holen. Und der König begann und sprach zu den Weisen von Babel: »Derjenige, welcher diese Schrift lesen und mir sagen kann, was sie bedeutet, der soll mit Purpur bekleidet werden und eine goldene Kette um seinen Hals tragen und als Dritter im Königreich herrschen!«
8 Und alle Weisen des Königs kamen herbei, aber sie konnten weder die Schrift lesen noch ihre Bedeutung dem König erklären.
9 Da wurde der König Belsazar sehr bestürzt, und sein Gesicht verfärbte sich, und seine Großen waren ganz verwirrt.
10 Auf Wunsch des Königs und seiner Großen kam die Königin[-Mutter] in den Trinksaal. Die Königin begann und sprach: O König, mögest du ewig leben! Deine Gedanken sollen dich nicht erschrecken, und dein Aussehen verändere sich nicht!
11 Es gibt einen Mann in deinem Königreich, in dem der Geist der heiligen Götter ist und bei dem in den Tagen deines Vaters Erleuchtung, Verstand und Weisheit gleich der Weisheit der Götter gefunden worden ist, sodass dein Vater, der König Nebukadnezar, ihn zum Obersten der Traumdeuter, Wahrsager, Chaldäer und Zeichendeuter bestimmt hat — ja, dein Vater, o König! —,
12 ganz allein deshalb, weil bei ihm ein vortrefflicher Geist, Verstand und Scharfsinn gefunden wurde zur Deutung von Träumen, zur Erklärung von Rätseln und zur Auflösung von Knoten, nämlich bei Daniel, dem der König den Namen Beltsazar gab. So lasse man nun Daniel rufen; der wird dir die Deutung sagen!
13 Sobald nun Daniel vor den König hineingeführt worden war, ergriff der König das Wort und sprach zu ihm: Bist du Daniel, einer der Weggeführten von Juda, die mein Vater, der König, aus Juda hergebracht hat?
14 Ich habe von dir gehört, dass der Geist der Götter in dir sei und dass Erleuchtung und Verstand und außerordentliche Weisheit bei dir gefunden werden.
15 Nun sind die Weisen und Wahrsager vor mich geführt worden, um diese Schrift zu lesen und mir ihre Bedeutung mitzuteilen; sie waren aber nicht imstande, die Bedeutung der Worte zu erklären.
16 Und von dir habe ich gehört, dass du Deutungen geben und Knoten auflösen könnest. Wenn du nun diese Schrift lesen und mir ihre Bedeutung erklären kannst, so sollst du mit Purpur bekleidet werden und eine goldene Kette an deinem Hals tragen und als Dritter im Königreich herrschen!
17 Da antwortete Daniel und sprach vor dem König: Deine Gaben mögen dir verbleiben, und gib deine Geschenke einem anderen! Jedoch die Schrift will ich dem König lesen und erklären, was sie bedeutet.
18 O König! Gott, der Allerhöchste, hat deinem Vater Nebukadnezar das Königtum, die Majestät, die Ehre und die Herrlichkeit verliehen;
19 und wegen der Majestät, die Er ihm gab, zitterten und bebten vor ihm alle Völker, Stämme und Sprachen; denn er tötete, wen er wollte, und ließ leben, wen er wollte; er erhöhte, wen er wollte, und erniedrigte, wen er wollte.
20 Da sich aber sein Herz erhob und sein Geist übermütig wurde bis zur Vermessenheit, wurde er von seinem königlichen Thron gestürzt, und seine Würde wurde ihm genommen;
21 man verstieß ihn von den Menschenkindern, und sein Herz wurde den Tieren gleich; er wohnte bei den Wildeseln, und man fütterte ihn mit Gras wie die Ochsen, und sein Leib wurde vom Tau des Himmels benetzt, bis er erkannte, dass Gott, der Allerhöchste, Macht hat über das Königtum der Menschen und darüber setzt, wen er will.
22 Du aber, Belsazar, sein Sohn, hast dein Herz nicht gedemütigt, obwohl du das alles wusstest,
23 sondern du hast dich über den Herrn des Himmels erhoben; und man hat die Gefäße seines Hauses vor dich gebracht, und du und deine Gewaltigen, deine Frauen und Nebenfrauen, ihr habt Wein daraus getrunken, und du hast die Götter aus Gold und Silber, aus Erz, Eisen, Holz und Stein gepriesen, die weder sehen noch hören noch verstehen; den Gott aber, in dessen Hand dein Odem und alle deine Wege sind, hast du nicht geehrt!
24 Infolgedessen wurde von ihm diese Hand gesandt und diese Schrift geschrieben.
25 So lautet aber die Schrift, die geschrieben steht: »Mene, mene, tekel upharsin!«[e]
26 Und das ist die Bedeutung des Spruches: »Mene« bedeutet: Gott hat die Tage deines Königtums gezählt und ihm ein Ende bereitet!
27 »Tekel« bedeutet: Du bist auf einer Waage gewogen und zu leicht erfunden worden!
28 »Peres« bedeutet: Dein Königreich wird zerteilt und den Medern und Persern gegeben werden!
29 Sogleich befahl Belsazar, dass man den Daniel mit Purpur bekleiden und ihm eine goldene Kette um den Hals legen und von ihm ausrufen solle, dass er der dritte Herrscher im Königreich sein solle.
30 In derselben Nacht wurde Belsazar, der König der Chaldäer, umgebracht.
Footnotes
- (5,1) Belsazar (Bel-scharra-ussur = »Bel schütze den König«) war der Sohn von Nabonides und regierte zu der Zeit stellvertretend für seinen Vater, der in Arabien war. Er wurde bei der in Dan 5 geschilderten Eroberung Babylons 539 v. Chr. getötet. Belsazar war ein Enkel Nebukadnezars (s. Jer 27,7); Nebukadnezar wird nach damaligem Sprachgebrauch sein Vater genannt (vgl. V. 11).
- (5,5) w. das Ende der schreibenden Hand; d.h. verm. die Finger.
- (5,6) w. da veränderte sich die Gesichtsfarbe des Königs.
- (5,6) w. und die Bänder seiner Hüften lockerten sich.
- (5,25) Die Worte entsprechen nicht nur in Kurzform der von Daniel dargelegten Deutung, sondern enthalten auch eine abwärtsgehende Aufzählung von Gewichtseinheiten: Mine (= 50 Schekel), Schekel (aram. tekel = hebr. Schekel), Halbschekel (aram. peres bed. Bruch[teil]); vgl. V. 27.
Daniel 5
King James Version
5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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