Daniel 5:24-6:2

New International Version

²⁴Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

²⁵“This is the inscription that was written:

mene, mene, tekel, parsin

²⁶“Here is what these words mean:

Mene^[a]: God has numbered the days^(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.^(B)

²⁷Tekel^[b]: You have been weighed on the scales^(C) and found wanting.^(D)

²⁸Peres^[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes^(E) and Persians.”^(F)

²⁹Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,^(G) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.^(H)

³⁰That very night Belshazzar,^(I) king^(J) of the Babylonians,^[d] was slain,^(K) ³¹and Darius^(L) the Mede^(M) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.^[e]

Daniel in the Den of Lions

6 ^[f]It pleased Darius^(N) to appoint 120 satraps^(O) to rule throughout the kingdom, ²with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.^(P) The satraps were made accountable^(Q) to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

Notas al pie

Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.