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Daniel 5
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Daniel 5
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Daniel tyder skriften på väggen
5 Kung Belsassar inbjöd tusen av sina främsta män till en stor fest, där vinet flödade.
2-4 Medan Belsassar festade och drack kom han att tänka på de guld- och silverbägare som för länge sedan hade tagits från templet i Jerusalem och förts till Babylon under Nebukadnessars regering. Han gav order om att dessa bägare skulle hämtas till festen. Belsassar och hans furstar, hans hustrur och bihustrur drack vin ur dem och prisade samtidigt sina avgudar av guld och silver, koppar och järn, trä och sten.
5 Plötsligt fick de se fingrar från en mans hand skriva på väggen mitt emot den stora ljusstaken. Kungen själv såg handen när den skrev.
6 Han blev likblek i ansiktet av skräck, knäna skakade och benen gav vika under honom.
7 Hämta hit trollkarlarna och astrologerna! vrålade han. Hämta alla visa män och rådgivare! Den som kan läsa skriften på väggen och tala om för mig vad den betyder ska bli klädd i den röda kungliga manteln, få en guldkedja kring sin hals och bli den tredje mannen i riket med stor makt och inflytande!
8 Men när de visa männen kommit var det ingen av dem som kunde förstå skriften, än mindre tala om vad den betydde.
9 Kungen blev alltmer hysterisk. Hans ansikte var förvridet av skräck och hans ämbetsmän uppskakade.
10 Men när kungamodern fick höra vad som hänt, skyndade hon sig till festsalen och sa till Belsassar: Var bara lugn, Ers Majestät. Bli inte så upphetsad över det här!
11 Det finns en man i riket som har den helige gudens ande i sig. På din far Nebukadnessars tid visade han sig vara vis och förståndig - nästan som om han själv varit en gud. Han blev satt över alla spåmän, trollkarlar och astrologer i hela Babylon.
12 Skicka efter denne Daniel, eller Beltesassar, som kungen kallade honom, för hans sinne är fyllt av gudomlig kunskap och insikt. Han kan tyda drömmar och lösa gåtor och svåra problem. Han kommer att tala om för dig vad skriften betyder.
13 Man skickade alltså bud efter Daniel, och när han kom frågade kungen: Är du den Daniel som kung Nebukadnessar tog med sig från Israel som judisk fånge?
14 Jag har hört att du har gudars ande i dig och att du är full av vishet och förstånd.
15 Mina visa män och astrologer har försökt tyda skriften på väggen och tala om för mig vad den betyder, men de har misslyckats.
16 Man har sagt mig att du brukar kunna lösa alla slags mysterier. Om du kan tala om för mig vad de här orden betyder ska jag klä dig i en purpurmantel och ge dig en guldkedja om halsen och göra dig till den tredje mannen i riket.
17 Daniel svarade: Behåll dina gåvor eller ge dem till någon annan! Jag ska tala om för dig vad de där orden betyder ändå.
18 Ers Majestät ska veta att det var den allra högste Guden som gav din far, Nebukadnessar, majestät, härlighet och ära.
19 Han gjorde honom så mäktig att alla världens folk darrade av fruktan för honom. Han dödade dem som gick emot honom, och han skonade människors liv, när han så ville. Folk blev upphöjda eller avsatta på hans inrådan.
20 Men när hans hjärta och sinne blev förhärdat av högmod, flyttade Gud bort honom från hans tron och tog ifrån honom hans härlighet.
21 Han blev utkörd ur palatset och fick bo på fälten. Hans tankar och känslor blev som ett djurs och han bodde bland vildåsnor. Han åt gräs som oxarna, och hans kropp var våt av himlens dagg, tills han slutligen insåg att den allra Högste regerar över alla mänskliga riken och att han utser vem han vill till att regera.
22 Och du Belsassar, hans efterträdare, du känner till allt detta men har ändå inte blivit ödmjuk.
23 Du har trotsat himlens Herre och hämtat hit dessa bägare från hans tempel. Du och dina furstar, hustrur och bihustrur har druckit vin ur dem medan ni ärat gudar av silver, guld, koppar, järn, trä och sten, gudar som varken ser eller hör. Men du har inte ärat den Gud som gett dig livet och bestämmer över det.
24-25 Därför lät Gud dessa fingrar skriva ett budskap riktat till dig personligen. De har skrivit detta: 'Räknad, räknad, vägd, delad'.
26 Och detta är vad det betyder:Räknad - Gud har räknat din regeringstids dagar, och nu är de slut.
27 Vägd - du har blivit vägd på Guds våg, och det har visat sig att du är för lätt.
28 Delad - ditt rike ska delas och överlämnas åt meder och perser.
29 På Belsassars befallning blev då Daniel klädd i en purpurmantel, en guldkedja hängdes om hans hals och han utropades till den tredje mannen i riket.
30 Den natten blev Belsassar, kaldeernas kung, dödad,
31 och Darejaves av Medien tågade in i staden och tog över makten vid sextiotvå års ålder.
Daniel 5
New International Version
Daniel 5
New International Version
The Writing on the Wall
5 King Belshazzar(A) gave a great banquet(B) for a thousand of his nobles(C) and drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking(D) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(E) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(F) might drink from them.(G) 3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(H) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(I)
5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale(J) and he was so frightened(K) that his legs became weak(L) and his knees were knocking.(M)
7 The king summoned the enchanters,(N) astrologers[b](O) and diviners.(P) Then he said to these wise(Q) men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck,(R) and he will be made the third(S) highest ruler in the kingdom.”(T)
8 Then all the king’s wise men(U) came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.(V) 9 So King Belshazzar became even more terrified(W) and his face grew more pale. His nobles were baffled.
10 The queen,[c] hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!”(X) she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale! 11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods(Y) in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom(Z) like that of the gods.(AA) Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.(AB) 12 He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar,(AC) was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles(AD) and solve difficult problems.(AE) Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.(AF)”
13 So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?(AG) 14 I have heard that the spirit of the gods(AH) is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom.(AI) 15 The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.(AJ) 16 Now I have heard that you are able to give interpretations and to solve difficult problems.(AK) If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck,(AL) and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”(AM)
17 Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else.(AN) Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.
18 “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar(AO) sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.(AP) 19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death;(AQ) those he wanted to spare, he spared; those he wanted to promote, he promoted; and those he wanted to humble, he humbled.(AR) 20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,(AS) he was deposed from his royal throne(AT) and stripped(AU) of his glory.(AV) 21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign(AW) over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.(AX)
22 “But you, Belshazzar, his son,[d] have not humbled(AY) yourself, though you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have set yourself up against(AZ) the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives(BA) and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand.(BB) But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life(BC) and all your ways.(BD) 24 Therefore 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[e]: God has numbered the days(BE) of your reign and brought it to an end.(BF)
27 Tekel[f]: You have been weighed on the scales(BG) and found wanting.(BH)
28 Peres[g]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(BI) and Persians.”(BJ)
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(BK) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(BL)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(BM) king(BN) of the Babylonians,[h] was slain,(BO) 31 and Darius(BP) the Mede(BQ) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[i]
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18
- Daniel 5:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 11
- Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother
- Daniel 5:22 Or descendant; or successor
- 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 5
English Standard Version
Daniel 5
English Standard Version
The Handwriting on the Wall
5 (A)King Belshazzar (B)made a great feast for a thousand of his (C)lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
2 (D)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (E)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought in (F)the golden vessels 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 wine and (G)praised the (H)gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
5 (I)Immediately (J)the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw (K)the hand as it wrote. 6 (L)Then the king's color changed, (M)and his thoughts alarmed him; (N)his limbs gave way, and (O)his knees knocked together. 7 (P)The king called loudly to bring in (Q)the enchanters, the (R)Chaldeans, and (S)the astrologers. The king declared[b] to the wise men of Babylon, (T)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (U)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king's wise men came in, but (V)they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly (W)alarmed, and his (X)color changed, and his (Y)lords were perplexed.
10 The queen,[c] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, (Z)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you (AA)or your color change. 11 There is a man in your kingdom (AB)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[d] In the days of your father, (AC)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—(AD)made him chief of the magicians, (AE)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, 12 (AF)because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and (AG)understanding (AH)to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and (AI)solve problems were found in this Daniel, (AJ)whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
Daniel Interprets the Handwriting
13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of (AK)the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. 14 I have heard of you that (AL)the spirit of the gods[e] is in you, and that (AM)light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. 15 Now (AN)the wise men, the (AO)enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but (AP)they could not show the interpretation of the matter. 16 (AQ)But I have heard that you can give interpretations and (AR)solve problems. (AS)Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, (AT)you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and (AU)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, (AV)“Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O king, the (AW)Most High God (AX)gave (AY)Nebuchadnezzar your father (AZ)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, (BA)all peoples, nations, and languages (BB)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But (BC)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, (BD)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 (BE)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (BF)until he knew that the (BG)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son,[f] (BH)Belshazzar, (BI)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against (BJ)the Lord of heaven. And (BK)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (BL)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (BM)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (BN)whose are all your ways, (BO)you have not honored.
24 “Then from his presence (BP)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[g] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, (BQ)you have been weighed[h] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (BR)the Medes and (BS)Persians.”[i]
29 Then (BT)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (BU)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 (BV)That very night (BW)Belshazzar the (BX)Chaldean king was killed. 31 [j] And (BY)Darius (BZ)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18
- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
- Daniel 5:10 Or queen mother; twice in this verse
- Daniel 5:11 Or Spirit of the holy God
- Daniel 5:14 Or Spirit of God
- Daniel 5:22 Or successor
- Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic
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