Daniel 6
Biblia del Jubileo
6 Pareció bien delante de Darío constituir sobre el reino ciento veinte gobernadores, que estuvieran en todo el reino.
2 Y sobre ellos tres presidentes, de los cuales Daniel era el primero, a quienes estos gobernadores dieran cuenta, para que el rey no tuviera molestia.
3 Entonces el mismo Daniel era superior a estos gobernadores y presidentes, porque había en él más abundancia de Espíritu: y el rey pensaba ponerlo sobre todo el reino.
4 Entonces los presidentes y gobernadores buscaban ocasiones contra Daniel por parte del reino; mas no podían hallar alguna ocasión o falta, porque él era fiel, y ningún vicio ni falta fue en él hallado.
5 Entonces estos varones dijeron: Nunca hallaremos contra este Daniel ocasión alguna, si no la hallamos contra él en la ley de su Dios.
6 Entonces estos gobernadores y presidentes se juntaron delante del rey, y le dijeron así: rey Darío, para siempre vive:
7 Todos los presidentes del reino, magistrados, gobernadores, grandes y capitanes, han acordado por consejo, promulgar un edicto real, y confirmarlo: Que cualquiera que demandare petición de cualquier dios u hombre por espacio de treinta días, sino de ti, oh rey, sea echado en el foso de los leones.
8 Ahora, oh rey, confirma el edicto, y firma la escritura, para que no se pueda mudar, conforme a la ley de Media y de Persia, que no se quebranta.
9 Por esta causa el rey Darío firmó la escritura y el edicto.
10 Y Daniel, cuando supo que la escritura estaba firmada, entró en su casa, y abiertas las ventanas de su cenadero que estaban hacia Jerusalén, se arrodillaba tres veces al día, y oraba, y confesaba delante de su Dios, como lo solía hacer antes.
11 Entonces se juntaron aquellos hombres, y hallaron a Daniel orando y rogando delante de su Dios.
12 Fueron luego, y hablaron delante del rey acerca del edicto real: ¿No confirmaste edicto que cualquiera que pidiere a cualquier dios u hombre por espacio de treinta días, sino a ti, oh rey, fuera echado en el foso de los leones? Respondió el rey y dijo: Verdad es, conforme a la ley de Media y de Persia, que no se quebranta.
13 Entonces respondieron y dijeron delante del rey: Daniel, que es de los hijos de la cautividad de los judíos, no ha hecho cuenta de ti, oh rey, ni del edicto que confirmaste; antes tres veces al día hace su petición.
14 El rey entonces, oyendo el negocio, le pesó en gran manera, y sobre Daniel puso corazón para librarlo; y hasta la puesta del sol trabajó para librarle.
15 Entonces aquellos varones se reunieron cerca del rey, y le dijeron: Sepas, oh rey, que es ley de Media y de Persia, que ningún decreto u ordenanza que el rey confirmare puede ser mudada.
16 Entonces el rey mandó, y trajeron a Daniel, y le echaron en el foso de los leones. Y hablando el rey dijo a Daniel: El Dios tuyo, a quien tú continuamente sirves, él te libre.
17 Y fue traída una piedra, y puesta sobre la puerta del foso, la cual selló el rey con su anillo, y con el anillo de sus príncipes, para que el acuerdo acerca de Daniel no se mudara.
18 Luego el rey se fue a su palacio, y se acostó en ayuno; ni instrumentos de música fueron traídos delante de él, y el sueño huyó de él.
19 El rey, por tanto, se levantó de mañana al amanecer, y fue aprisa al foso de los leones.
20 Y acercándose cerca del foso llamó a voces a Daniel con voz triste; y hablando el rey dijo a Daniel: Daniel, siervo del Dios viviente, el Dios tuyo, a quien tú continuamente sirves ¿te ha podido librar de los leones?
21 Entonces habló Daniel con el rey: oh rey, para siempre vive.
22 El Dios mío envió su ángel, el cual cerró la boca de los leones, para que no me hicieran mal; porque delante de él se halló justicia en mí; y aun delante de ti, oh rey, yo no he hecho corrupción.
23 Entonces se alegró el rey en gran manera a causa de él, y mandó sacar a Daniel del foso; y fue Daniel sacado del foso, y ninguna lesión se halló en él, porque creyó en su Dios.
24 Y mandándolo el rey fueron traídos aquellos varones que habían acusado a Daniel, y fueron echados en el foso de los leones, ellos, sus hijos, y sus mujeres; y aún no habían llegado al suelo del foso, cuando los leones se apoderaron de ellos, y quebrantaron todos sus huesos.
25 Entonces el rey Darío escribió a todos los pueblos, naciones, y lenguas, que habitan en toda la tierra: Paz os sea multiplicada:
26 De parte mía es puesta ordenanza, que en todo el señorío de mi reino todos teman y tiemblen de la presencia del Dios de Daniel, porque él es el Dios Viviente y permanente por todos los siglos, y su Reino tal que no se deshará, y su señorío hasta el fin:
27 Que salva y libra, y hace señales y maravillas en el cielo y en la tierra; el cual libró a Daniel del poder de los leones.
28 Y este Daniel fue prosperado durante el reinado de Darío, y durante el reinado de Ciro, el persa.
Daniel 6
Legacy Standard Bible
Darius’ Officials Seek to Accuse Daniel
6 [a]It seemed good to Darius that he set 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom, 2 and over them three commissioners (of whom (A)Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer (B)loss. 3 Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself [b]among the commissioners and satraps because an (C)extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the (D)entire kingdom. 4 Then the commissioners and satraps began (E)seeking to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to matters of the kingdom; but they were not able to find (F)any ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the (G)law of his God.”
6 Then these commissioners and satraps came [c]by agreement to the king and said thus to him: “King Darius, (H)live forever! 7 All the (I)commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have (J)counseled together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who seeks to make a petition [d]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall (K)be cast into the lions’ [e]den. 8 Now, O king, (L)establish the injunction and [f]sign the written document so that it may not be changed, according to the (M)law of the Medes and Persians, which [g]may not be revoked.” 9 Therefore King Darius (N)signed the written document, that is, the injunction.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the written document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open (O)toward Jerusalem); and he continued (P)kneeling on his knees three times a day, (Q)praying and (R)giving thanks before his God, [h]as he had been doing previously. 11 Then these men came [i](S)by agreement and found Daniel seeking to make a petition and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near and (T)said before the king concerning the king’s injunction, “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who seeks to make a petition [j]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions’ den?” The king answered and said, “The word is certain, according to the (U)law of the Medes and Persians, which [k]may not be revoked.” 13 Then they answered and said before the king, “(V)Daniel, who is one of the [l]exiles from Judah, pays (W)no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps seeking to make his petition three times a day.”
14 Then, as soon as the king heard this word, he was greatly (X)distressed within himself and set his mind on saving Daniel; and even until sunset he kept exerting himself to deliver him. 15 Then these men came [m]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a (Y)law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
16 Then the king said the word, and Daniel was brought in and (Z)cast into the lions’ den. The king answered and said to Daniel, “[n](AA)Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself save you.” 17 And a (AB)stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel. 18 Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night (AC)fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his (AD)sleep fled from him.
19 Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurriedly went to the lions’ den. 20 When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king answered and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has (AE)your God, whom you constantly serve, been (AF)able to save you from the lions?” 21 Then Daniel spoke [o]to the king, “(AG)O king, live forever! 22 My God (AH)sent His angel and (AI)shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as [p]I was found innocent before Him; and also [q]toward you, O king, I have done no harm.” 23 Then the king was greatly pleased and said for Daniel to be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and (AJ)no harm whatsoever was found on him because he had (AK)believed in his God. 24 The king then said the word, and they brought those men who had [r]brought charges against Daniel, and they (AL)cast them, their (AM)children, and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
25 Then Darius the king wrote to all the (AN)peoples, nations, and men of every tongue who were inhabiting all the land: “(AO)May your [s]peace abound! 26 [t]I (AP)make a decree that in all the [u]dominion of my kingdom, men are to fear and be in dread before the God of Daniel;
For He is the (AQ)living God and (AR)enduring forever,
And (AS)His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,
And His [v]dominion will be unto the end.
27 He saves and delivers and does (AT)signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth,
Who has also saved Daniel from the [w]power of the lions.”
28 So this (AU)Daniel enjoyed success in the kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of (AV)Cyrus the Persian.
Footnotes
- Daniel 6:1 Ch 6:2 in Aram
- Daniel 6:3 Lit above
- Daniel 6:6 Or thronging
- Daniel 6:7 Lit from
- Daniel 6:7 Or pit, so in ch
- Daniel 6:8 Or inscribed, so in ch, cf. 5:24-25; 10:21
- Daniel 6:8 Lit does not pass away
- Daniel 6:10 Or because
- Daniel 6:11 Or thronging
- Daniel 6:12 Lit from
- Daniel 6:12 Lit does not pass away
- Daniel 6:13 Lit sons of the exile
- Daniel 6:15 Or thronging
- Daniel 6:16 Or May your God...Himself deliver you
- Daniel 6:21 Lit with
- Daniel 6:22 Lit innocence was found for me
- Daniel 6:22 Lit before
- Daniel 6:24 Lit eaten the pieces of Daniel
- Daniel 6:25 Or welfare, prosperity
- Daniel 6:26 Lit From me a decree is made
- Daniel 6:26 Or powerful reign; or in Heb powerful rule
- Daniel 6:26 Or powerful reign; or in Heb powerful rule
- Daniel 6:27 Lit hand
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