Daniel 1:3-5
Ang Biblia, 2001
3 At inutusan ng hari si Aspenaz, na pinuno ng kanyang mga eunuko, na dalhin ang ilan sa mga Israelita na mula sa lahi ng hari at sa mga maharlika,
4 mga kabataang walang kapintasan, makikisig at bihasa sa lahat ng sangay ng karunungan, may taglay na kaalaman at pang-unawa, at may kakayahang maglingkod sa palasyo ng hari. Ituturo sa kanila ang panitikan at wika ng mga Caldeo.
5 Ang hari ay nagtakda sa kanila sa araw-araw ng bahagi mula sa pagkain na kinakain at alak na iniinom ng hari. Sila'y tuturuan sa loob ng tatlong taon upang sa katapusan ng panahong iyon ay mailagay sila sa bulwagan ng hari.
Daniel 1:3-5
Amplified Bible
3 And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his [a]officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some from the royal family and from the nobles,(A) 4 young men without blemish and handsome in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, endowed with intelligence and discernment, and quick to understand, competent to stand [in the presence of the king] and able to serve in the king’s palace. He also ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the [b]Chaldeans. 5 The king assigned a daily ration for them from his finest food and from the wine which he drank. They were to be educated and nourished this way for three years so that at the end of that time they were [prepared] to enter the king’s service.
Footnotes
- Daniel 1:3 Or eunuchs, and so throughout.
- Daniel 1:4 The Chaldeans dominated and ruled Babylonia from 625 b.c. until their empire fell in 539 b.c., but they were known as early as 1000 b.c. as an aggressive, tribal people in the southern region of Babylonia. They were highly skilled in both the science of astronomy and the pseudo-science of astrology. They kept meticulous records of celestial motion and correctly calculated the length of a year to within just a few minutes. Babylon, their capital city, was the center of trade and learning in the western part of Asia. The classical literature of the Chaldeans was written in cuneiform, but the common language, both written and spoken in Babylon, was Akkadian increasingly influenced by Aramaic.
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