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Daniel 3
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Daniel 3
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Männen i den brinnande ugnen
3 Kung Nebukadnessar lät tillverka en guldstaty, som var trettio meter hög och tre meter bred och ställde upp den på Duraslätten i provinsen Babylon.
2 Sedan skickade han bud till furstar, landshövdingar, officerare, domare, skattmästare, rådgivare och lagmän i alla provinser i riket och inbjöd dem att komma till avtäckningen av statyn.
3 När de allesammans hade samlats och stod framför monumentet,
4 ropade en härold ut följande befallning från kungen:Folk från alla länder och av alla språkgrupper:
5 När ni hör ljudet av horn, flöjter, cittror, lyror och harpor ska ni falla ner och tillbe kung Nebukadnessars guldstaty.
6 Den som vägrar att göra det kommer omedelbart att kastas i den brinnande ugnen.
7 När orkestern började spela föll folk av alla nationaliteter ner och tillbad statyn.
8 Men några ämbetsmän gick till kungen och beskyllde en del judar för att ha vägrat att tillbe statyn. De sa:
9-10 Ers Majestät stiftade en lag att alla måste falla ner och tillbe guldstatyn så snart musiken hördes,
11 och du gav befallning om att den som vägrade skulle kastas i en brinnande ugn.
12 Men Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego, några judar som du har tillsatt att förvalta Babylons furstendöme, har trotsat dig genom att vägra tjäna dina gudar och tillbe statyn.
13 Nebukadnessar blev då fruktansvärt arg och befallde att Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego skulle föras fram till honom.
14 Är det sant, Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego, att ni vägrar att tjäna mina gudar och tillbe den guldstaty jag har rest? frågade kungen.
15 I så fall ska jag ge er en chans till. Om ni faller ner och tillber statyn nästa gång musiken hörs, är allt bra igen. Men om ni vägrar kommer ni att kastas i den brinnande ugnen ögonblickligen. Och vilken gud kan då rädda er ur min hand?
16 Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego svarade: Kung Nebukadnessar, vi är inte alls bekymrade för vad som ska hända oss.
17 Ers Majestät ska veta att om vi blir kastade i den brinnande ugnen, är vår Gud mäktig att befria oss!
18 Men om han inte gör det, så kan vi ändå inte under några omständigheter tjäna dina gudar eller tillbe den guldstaty som du har låtit göra.
19 Då blev Nebukadnessar rasande på Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego, och hans ansikte mörknade av vrede. Han befallde att ugnen skulle göras sju gånger hetare än vanligt.
20 Sedan gav han några av sina starkaste soldater order att binda Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego och kasta dem i elden.
21 Man band dem med kraftiga rep innan man kastade in dem i ugnen fullt påklädda.
22-23 Men eftersom kungen i sin vrede hade befallt att ugnen skulle vara extra het, slog lågorna ut och brände ihjäl de soldater som fått i uppgift att kasta ner Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego i de flammande lågorna.
24 När Nebukadnessar satt och tittade in i elden, hoppade han plötsligt upp och utropade förskräckt: Kastade vi inte in tre män i ugnen? Jo, visst gjorde vi det, Ers Majestät, svarade hans rådgivare.
25 Men titta där! skrek Nebukadnessar. Jag ser fyra män, som går omkring i elden. De är inte bundna och har inte ens blivit brända av lågorna, och den fjärde ser ut som en gud!
26 Nebukadnessar gick närmare öppningen och ropade: Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego, den högste Gudens tjänare! Kom ut! Kom ut!Då klev de ut ur elden.
27 När furstarna, landshövdingarna, officerarna och rådgivarna trängdes omkring dem, såg de att elden inte på något sätt hade skadat dem. Inte ens håret på deras huvuden var svett. Deras kläder var oskadade, och det luktade inte ens rök om dem!
28 Då sa Nebukadnessar: Välsignad vare Sadraks, Mesaks och Abed-Negos Gud, som skickade sin ängel att befria sina trogna tjänare. De trotsade min befallning och var villiga att dö hellre än att tjäna och tillbe någon annan gud än sin egen.
29 Därför befaller jag att den som säger något emot Sadraks, Mesaks och Abed-Negos Gud, från vilket land, vilken språkgrupp eller religion han än kommer, ska slitas i stycken, och hans hus ska förvandlas till en stenhög, för ingen annan kan göra vad deras Gud har gjort.
30 Sadrak, Mesak och Abed-Nego befordrades av kungen till högt uppsatta poster och blev hedrade män i provinsen Babylon.
Kungens dröm om ett träd
31 Detta är den proklamation som kung Nebukadnessar sände ut till varje folk och språkgrupp i hela världen:Jag hälsar er och önskar er välgång!
32 Jag vill att ni allesammans ska veta vilket märkligt under den allra högste Guden har gjort med mig.
33 Det är obegripligt - ett mäktigt under! Nu vet jag säkert att Guds rike ska bestå för evigt, från generation till generation.
Daniel 3
New King James Version
Daniel 3
New King James Version
The Image of Gold
3 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was [a]sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 Then a herald cried [b]aloud: “To you it is commanded, (A)O peoples, nations, and languages, 5 that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; 6 and whoever does not fall down and worship shall (B)be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
7 So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans (C)came forward and accused the Jews. 9 They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, (D)“O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, have made a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the gold image; 11 and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 12 (E)There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have (F)not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in (G)rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, (H)good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. (I)And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, (J)we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our (K)God whom we serve is able to (L)deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we (M)worship the gold image which you have set up.”
Saved in Fiery Trial
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king’s command was [c]urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his [d]counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”
25 “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, (N)walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like (O)the[e] Son of God.”
Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the [f]mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the (P)Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. 27 And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men (Q)on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His (R)Angel[g] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! 29 (S)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the (T)God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be (U)cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; (V)because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
30 Then the king [h]promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.
Footnotes
- Daniel 3:1 About 90 feet
- Daniel 3:4 Lit. with strength
- Daniel 3:22 Or harsh
- Daniel 3:24 High officials
- Daniel 3:25 Or a son of the gods
- Daniel 3:26 Lit. door
- Daniel 3:28 Or angel
- Daniel 3:30 Lit. caused to prosper
Daniel 3
New International Version
Daniel 3
New International Version
The Image of Gold and the Blazing Furnace
3 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image(A) of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide,[a] and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps,(B) prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials(C) to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language,(D) this is what you are commanded to do: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp,(E) pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image(F) of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.(G) 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”(H)
7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.(I)
8 At this time some astrologers[b](J) came forward and denounced the Jews. 9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever!(K) 10 Your Majesty has issued a decree(L) that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold,(M) 11 and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. 12 But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(N)—who pay no attention(O) to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.”(P)
13 Furious(Q) with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, 14 and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods(R) or worship the image(S) of gold I have set up? 15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god(T) will be able to rescue(U) you from my hand?”
16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(V) replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver(W) us from it, and he will deliver(X) us[c] from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.(Y)”
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven(Z) times hotter than usual 20 and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(AA) and throw them into the blazing furnace. 21 So these men, wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. 22 The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,(AB) 23 and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace.
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?”
They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.”
25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”
26 Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God,(AC) come out! Come here!”
So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, 27 and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers(AD) crowded around them.(AE) They saw that the fire(AF) had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel(AG) and rescued(AH) his servants! They trusted(AI) in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.(AJ) 29 Therefore I decree(AK) that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble,(AL) for no other god can save(AM) in this way.”
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.(AN)
Footnotes
- Daniel 3:1 That is, about 90 feet high and 9 feet wide or about 27 meters high and 2.7 meters wide
- Daniel 3:8 Or Chaldeans
- Daniel 3:17 Or If the God we serve is able to deliver us, then he will deliver us from the blazing furnace and
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