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Daniel 5-7
Maori Bible
Daniel 5-7
Maori Bible
5 I tukua ha hakari nui e Kingi Perehatara ma etahi o ana ariki, kotahi te mano, a inu waina ana ia i te aroaro o te mano.
2 I te mea e inu waina ana a Perehatara, ka whakahau ia kia kawea mai nga oko, nga mea koura, nga mea hiriwa, i tangohia e tona papa, e Nepukaneha, i roto i te temepara i Hiruharama; hei mea inu ma te kingi, ma ana rangatira, ma ana wahine, ma ana wahine hoahoa.
3 Katahi ka kawea mai e ratou nga oko koura i tangohia i roto i te temepara o te whare o te Atua i Hiruharama; a inu ana ki aua mea te kingi, ana ariki, ana wahine, me ana wahine hoahoa.
4 Inu waina ana ratou, whakamoemiti ana ki nga atua, ki nga mea koura, hiriwa, parahi, rino, rakau, kohatu.
5 I taua haora ka puta mai nga maihao o tetahi ringa tangata, kei te tuhituhi ki te ritenga ake o te turanga rama, ki te paninga i te taha o te whare o te kingi: a ka kite te kingi i te wahi o te ringa nana te tuhituhi.
6 Katahi ka puta ke te mata o te kingi, raruraru ana ia i ona whakaaro, a tangoro iho nga hononga o tona hope, kei te aki mai ano ona turi ki a raua.
7 Na nui atu te karanga a te kingi kia kawea mai nga kaititiro whetu, nga Karari, nga tohunga tuaahu. A i korero te kingi, i mea ki nga tangata whakaaro nui o Papurona, Ko te tangata e korerotia ai tenei tuhituhi, a ka whakaaturia mai e ia tona tik anga ki ahau, he ngangana te kakahu mona, he mekameka koura ano mo tona kaki, a ko ia ano hei rangatira tuatoru i te kingitanga.
8 Katahi ka haere mai nga tangata whakaaro nui katoa e te kingi: heoi kihai i ahei te korero i te tuhituhi, kihai ano i whakaatu i tona tikanga ki te kingi.
9 Katahi ka nui atu te raruraru o Kingi Perehatara, ka puta ke tona mata, a tahurihuri ana ana ariki.
10 Na ka haere te kuini ki te whare hakari, na nga kupu hoki a te kingi ratou ko ana ariki: na ka korero te kuini, ka mea, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe: kei raruraru koe i ou whakaaro, kei puta ke tou mata.
11 He tangata tenei kei tou kingitanga, kei a ia nei te wairua o nga atua tapu; i nga ra hoki o tou papa i kitea te marama, te mohio, me nga whakaaro nui i roto i a ia, he mea rite tonu ki nga whakaaro nui o nga atua, a meinga ana ia e tou papa, e Kingi Nepukaneha, ae ra, e tou papa, e te kingi, hei rangatira mo nga tohunga maori ratou ko nga kaititiro whetu, ko nga Karari, ko nga tohunga tuaahu:
12 Na pai atu te wairua i kitea i roto i taua Raniera, i huaina nei e te kingi ko Peretehatara, te matau, te mohio, te whakaatu moe, te whakakite i nga kupu pakeke: tareka ana i a ia nga mea e mau ana. Na kia karangatia a Raniera, a mana e whakakit e te tikanga.
13 Katahi ka kawea mai a Raniera ki te aroaro o te kingi. A ka korero te kingi, ka mea ki a Raniera, Ko taua Raniera ranei koe, no nga tamariki whakarau o Hura, i kawea mai nei e te kingi, e toku papa, i Hura?
14 Kua rongo ahau ki a koe, kei roto i a koe te wairua o nga atua, a e kitea ana te marama i roto i a koe, te matauranga, me te mohio pai rawa.
15 Na kua kawea mai nei nga tangata whakaaro nui, nga kaititiro whetu, ki toku aroaro, kia korerotia ai e ratou tenei tuhituhi, kia whakaaturia ai tona tikanga ki ahau: heoi kihai i taea e ratou te whakaatu te tikanga o taua mea.
16 Kua rongo ia ahau ki a koe, ka taea e koe te whakaatu tikanga, a ka tareka i a koe nga mea e mau ana. Na ki te taea e koe te tuhituhi te korero, a ka whakaaturia tona tikanga ki ahau, he ngangana te kakahu mou, he mekameka koura ano tenei mo tou kaki, ko koe hoki hei rangatira tuatoru i te kingitanga.
17 Katahi ka whakahoki a Raniera, ka mea ki te aroaro o te kingi, Mau au hakari, hoatu au utu ki tetahi atu; me korero ia e ahau te tuhituhi ki te kingi, me whakaatu te tikanga ki a ia.
18 E te kingi, i homai e te Atua, e te Runga Rawa, te kingitanga ki tou papa, ki a Nepukaneha, me te nui, me te kororia, me te honore:
19 A na taua nui, i homai ra e ia ki a ia, i wiri ai nga tangata katoa, nga iwi, nga reo, i wehi ai i tona aroaro: ko ana i pai ai whakamatea ana e ia, ko ana i pai ai whakaorangia ana e ia, ko ana i pai ai whakaturia ana e ia a, ko ana i pai ai wh akaititia iho e ia.
20 Otiia ka whakakake tona ngakau, ka pakeke tona hinengaro i runga i te whakapehapeha, na kua whakataka ia i runga i tona torona kingi, whakakahoretia iho tona kororia.
21 A aia atu ana ia i roto i nga tama a te tangata, i meinga ano tona ngakau kia rite ki o nga kararehe; i nga kaihe mohoao ano hoki tona nohoanga, he mea whangai ia ki te tarutaru, ano he kau; i maku ano tona tinana i te tomairangi o te rangi, a m ohio noa ia kei te kawana te Atua, te Runga Rawa, ki te kingitanga tangata, e whakaritea ana hoki e ia ma tana e pai ai.
22 Na ko koe, ko tana tama, e Perehatara, kihai i whakaititia e koe tou ngakau, me te mohio ano koe ki tenei katoa;
23 Heoi whakakake ana koe ki te Ariki o te rangi, kua oti ano nga oko o tona whare te kawe mai ki tou aroaro, hei oko inu waina, mau, ma au ariki, ma au wahine, ma au wahine iti; kua whakamoemiti ano koe ki nga atua, ki nga mea hiriwa, koura, parah i, rino, rakau, kohatu, e kore nei e kite, e rongo, e mohio: na, ko te Atua, kei tona ringa nei tou manawa, nana nei ou ara katoa, kihai ia i whakakororiatia e koe.
24 Katahi ka unga atu te wahi o te ringa i tona aroaro; na kua oti tenei mea te tuhituhi.
25 Na ko te mea tenei i tuhituhia, MENE, MENE, TEKERE, UPARAHINI.
26 Ko te tikanga tenei o te mea: MENE; kua oti tou kingitanga te tatau e te Atua, mutu pu i a ia.
27 TEKERE; kua oti koe te pauna ki te pauna, a kua kitea tou koha.
28 PEREHE; kua oti tou kingitanga te wahi, kua hoatu ki nga Meri, ki nga Pahi.
29 Katahi a Perehatara ka whakahau a whakakakahuria ana a Raniera ki te mea ngangana, whakanohoia ana he mekameka koura ki tona kaki, karangarangatia ana ia ko ia te rangatira tuatoru o te kingitanga.
30 I taua po ano ka patua a Perehatara kingi o nga Karari.
31 A riro ana te kingitanga i a Tariuha Meri: ko ona tau kei te ono tekau ma rua.
6 I pai a Tariuha kia whakaritea etahi ariki kotahi rau e rua tekau mo te kingitanga, hei kawana mo te kingitanga katoa;
2 E toru hoki nga rangatira nui mo enei, a ko Raniera tetahi o ratou; ma nga ariki ra nga korero e homai ki enei, kei he nga mea a te kingi.
3 Katahi ka whakanuia tenei Raniera ki runga ake i nga rangatira nui, i nga ariki, no te mea he pai rawa te wairua i roto i a ia, a i whakaaro te kingi kia meinga ia hei rangatira mo te kingitanga katoa.
4 Katahi nga rangatira nunui ratou ko nga ariki ka rapu take mo Raniera i roto i nga mea o te kingitanga; heoi kihai i kitea tetahi take, tetahi he; he mahi pono hoki tana, kahore ona kino, ona he.
5 Katahi ka mea aua tangata, E kore e kitea e tatou he take mo tenei Raniera, ki te kahore e kitea he mea mona i roto i te ture a tona Atua.
6 Katahi enei rangatira nunui ratou ko nga ariki ka huihui ki te kingi; ko ta ratou korero tenei ki a ia, E Kingi Tariuha, kia ora tonu koe.
7 Kua korerorero nga rangatira nunui katoa o te kingitanga, nga kawana, nga ariki, nga kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, nga rangatira, kia whakatakotoria he tikanga kingi, kia whakapumautia he ture kaha, ara ki te inoia he mea e tetahi ki tetahi atua, tang ata ranei, a kia toru tekau ra ano nga ra, he mea ehara i te inoi ki a koe, e te kingi, me maka ia ki te ana o nga raiona.
8 Na mau e whakapumau te ture, e te kingi, whaitohungia hoki te mea i tuhituhia, kei puta ke, kia rite ai ki te ture a nga Meri, a nga Pahi, e kore nei e puta ke.
9 Mo reira whaitohungia ana e Kingi Tariuha te mea i tuhituhia me te ture.
10 Na ka mohio a Raniera ka oti taua mea i tuhituhia te whaitohu, haere ana ia ki tona whare; na ko ona matapihi tuwhera tonu ai i roto i tona ruma ki te ritenga atu o Hiruharama; e toru nga tukunga o ona turi i te ra, inoi ana ia, whakawhetai ana ki te aroaro o tona Atua, pera ana me tana i mua.
11 Katahi ka huihui aua tangata, ka kite i a Raniera e karakia ana, e inoi ana ki te aroaro o tona Atua.
12 Katahi ratou ka whakatata, a ka korero i te ture a te kingi ki te aroaro o te kingi; Kihai ianei i whaitohungia e koe he ture, na, ko nga tangata katoa e inoi ana ki tetahi atua, tangata ranei, i enei rangi e toru tekau, he mea ehara i te inoi k i a koe, e te kingi, ka maka ki te ana raiona? Ka whakahoki te kingi, ka mea, He pono taua mea na, e rite ana ki te ture a nga Meri, a nga Pahi, e kore nei e puta ke.
13 Katahi ratou ka whakahoki, ka mea ki te aroaro o te kingi, Ko te Raniera ra, ko tera o nga tama o nga whakarau o Hura, kahore ona mahara ki a koe, e te kingi, ki te ture ano i whaitohungia e koe, heoi e toru ana inoinga i te ra.
14 A, no te rongonga o te kingi ki enei kupu, katahi ka nui tona kino, a ka anga tona ngakau ki a Raniera kia whakaorangia ia: whai ana ia ki te whakaora i a ia a to noa te ra.
15 Katahi ka huihui nga tangata nei ki te kingi, a ka mea ki te kingi, Kia mohio koe, e te kingi, ko te ture tenei a nga Meri, a nga Pahi, kia kaua e whakaputaia ketia tetahi ture, tikanga ranei, kua oti te whakapumau e te kingi.
16 Katahi te kingi ka whakahau, a kawea ana mai a Raniera, maka ana ki te ana raiona. I korero ano te kingi, i mea ki a Raniera, Ko tou Atua e mahi tonu na koe ki a ia, mana koe e whakaora.
17 Na ka maua mai he kohatu, ka whakatakotoria ki te kuwaha o te ana; hiritia iho e te kingi ki tana ake hiri, ki te hiri ano a ana ariki; kei puta ke tetahi tikanga mo Raniera.
18 Katahi te kingi ka haere ki tona whare, a pau noa taua po kihai i kai, kihai ano nga mea whakatangi i kawea mai ki tona aroaro: a turere atu ana tona moe i a ia.
19 Katahi te kingi ka maranga i te atatu tonu, a hohoro tonu te haere ki te ana raiona.
20 A, no tona tatanga atu ki te ana, ki a Raniera, ka karanga ia, he reo tangi te reo: i korero te kingi, i mea ki a Raniera, E Raniera, e te pononga a te Atua ora, he kaha ranei tou Atua e mahi tonu na koe ki a ia, ki te whakaora i a koe kei mate i nga raiona?
21 Na ka mea a Raniera ki te kingi, E te kingi, kia ora tonu koe.
22 Kua tukua mai e toku Atua tana anahera, a tutakina ana e ia nga mangai o nga raiona, a kihai ratou i pa ki ahau: no te mea kua kitea toku kore hara i tona aroaro; kahore ano aku mahi he i tou aroaro, e te kingi.
23 Na nui atu ke koa o te kingi, a whakahaua ana e ia kia tangohia ake a Raniera i roto i te ana. Na kua tangohia ake a Raniera i roto i te ana, kihai rawa ano i kitea tetahi ahatanga ki a ia, no te mea i whakapono ia ki tona Atua.
24 Na ka whakahau te kingi, a ka maua aua tangata i whakapae ra ki a Raniera, ka maka ki te ana raiona, ratou, a ratou tamariki, a ratou wahine, riro pu ratou i nga raiona, a wawahia ana e ratou o ratou wheua katoa i te mea kiano i tatu noa ki raro o te ana.
25 Katahi a Kingi Tariuha ka tuhituhi ki nga tangata katoa, ki nga iwi, ki nga reo, e noho ana i te whenua katoa; Kia whakanuia te rangimarie ki a koutou.
26 Tenei ahau te whakatakoto tikanga nei; na, i nga kawanatanga katoa o toku kingitanga, kia wiri nga tangata, kia wehi ki te aroaro o te Atua o Raniera: ko ia hoki te Atua ora, pumau tonu a ake ake, e kore tona kingitanga e ngaro, tona kawanatanga hoki a te mutunga ra ano:
27 Mana e whakaora, mana e mawhiti ai; e mahia ana hoki e ia he tohu, he mea whakamiharo i te rangi, i te whenua; nana hoki a Raniera i ora ai i te kaha o nga raiona.
28 Na ka kake tenei Raniera i te kingitanga o Tariuha, i te kingitanga ano hoki o Hairuha Pahi.
7 I te tuatahi o nga tau o Perehatara kingi o Papurona he moe ta Raniera, he kite na tona mahunga i runga i tona moenga; na tuhituhia ana e ia te moe, a korerotia ana nga upoko o nga korero.
2 I korero a Raniera, i mea, He putanga ki ahau i te po, ka kite ahau, na, ko nga hau e wha o te rangi e ngangare ana i runga i te moana nui.
3 Na ka puta ake e wha nga kararehe nunui i te moana, rere ke tonu tetahi i tetahi.
4 Ko te tuatahi i rite ki te raiona, he parirau ekara ona: titiro tonu atu ahau a hutia noatia atu ona parirau, a ka whakarewaina atu ia i te whenua, ka meinga kia tu i runga i nga waewae e rua, ano he tangata, a i homai hoki he manawa tangata ki a ia.
5 Na ko tetahi atu kararehe, ko te tuarua, kei te pea te rite, ara ana ia ko tetahi taha ona, e toru ano nga rara i tona mangai, i ona niho: a ka mea ake ratou ki a ia; Whakatika, kia nui te kikokiko e kainga e koe.
6 I muri i tenei ka titiro atu ahau, na, ko tetahi ano, kei te reparo te rite, e wha nga parirau manu i tona tuara; e wha nga pane o taua kararehe; kua tukua ano te rangatira tanga ki a ia.
7 I muri i tenei ka kite ahau i roto i nga moemoea o te po, na, ko te tuawha o nga kararehe, he hanga whakawehi, he mea whakamataku, he kaha noa atu; he niho rino ona, he mea nunui; kei te kai, kei te wawahi a mongamonga noa, ko te toenga takatakah ia ana e ona waewae; a he rere ke ia i era atu kararehe katoa i mua i a ia; a kotahi tekau ona haona.
8 I whakaaroa e ahau nga haona, na kua puta ake tetahi atu haona, he mea iti, i roto i era, na unuhia ake ana i tona aroaro, he mea unu ake i nga putake, e toru o nga haona tuatahi ra; na he kanohi i roto i taua haona nei, he mea rite ki nga kanohi tangata, me te mangai hoki e korero ana i nga mea nunui.
9 I titiro ahau a whakaritea mai ra ano nga torona, kua noho te Tuaiho Onamata: ko tona kakahu ma tonu me he hukarere, ko nga makawe o tona mahunga me te huruhuru hipi kua oti te whakama; ko tona torona he mura ahi, a ko ona wira he ahi e ka ana.
10 I pupu mai he awa ahi, i rere mai i tona aroaro: mano iho, mano iho ana kaimahi, tini, tini whaioio e tu ana i tona aroaro: kua noho te whakawa, kua tuwhera nga pukapuka.
11 I titiro ano ahau i reira, he reo hoki no nga kupu nunui i korerotia e te haona: titiro tonu ahau, a whakamatea noatia iho te kararehe, ko tona tinana whakangaromia iho, a tukua ana ia kia tahuna ki te ahi.
12 Ko era atu o nga kararehe, i whakakahoretia to ratou kawanatanga: otiia i whakaroaina atu to ratou ora mo tetahi wa, mo tetahi taima.
13 I kite ahau i roto i nga moemoea o te po, na, ko tetahi e rite ana ki te Tama a te tangata e haere mai ana me nga kapua ano o te rangi, kua tae mai ki te Tuaiho Onamata, kua kawea ano ki tona aroaro.
14 I tukua ano ki a ia he kawanatanga, he kororia, he kingitanga, kia mahi ai nga tangata katoa, nga iwi, nga reo, ki a ia: ko tona kawanatanga he kawanatanga mau tonu, e kore e pahemo: e kore ano tona kingitanga e ngaro.
15 Na, ko ahau, ko Raniera, i pouri toku wairua i waenganui i toku tinana, raruraru ana ahau i nga mea i kitea e toku mahunga.
16 I whakatata ahau ki tetahi o te hunga e tu ana i reira, i ui ki a ia ki te tika o tenei katoa. Heoi ka korerotia e ia ki ahau, a ka meinga ahau kia mohio ki te tikanga o nga mea.
17 Ko enei kararehe nunui, ko nga mea e wha nei, he kingi, e wha, tera e puta ake i te whenua.
18 Otiia ka riro te kingitanga i te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa, ka mau ano hoki te kingitanga ki a ratou a ake ake.
19 Katahi ahau ka mea kia mohio ki te tika o te tuawha o nga kararehe i rere ke nei i era atu katoa, he nui rawa nei te wehi, ko ona niho he rino, ko ona maikuku he parahi, o tera i kai ra, i wawahi ra a mongamonga noa, a takatakahia ana te toenga ki ona waewae;
20 O nga haona kotahi tekau hoki i tona pane, o tera atu hoki i puta ake ra, a taka ana etahi e toru i tona aroaro, ara taua haona he kanohi nei ona, he mangai, he nui atu nei nga korero, ko tona ahua maia atu i to ona hoa.
21 I titiro ahau, na kua whawhai taua haona ki te hunga tapu, a taea ana ratou e ia;
22 A tae noa ki te taenga mai o te Tuaiho Onamata, ki te homaitanga hoki o te whakawa ki te hunga tapu a ta Runga Rawa; a ka tae mai te wa i riro ai te kingitanga i te hunga tapu.
23 Ko tana kupu tenei, Ko te tuawha o nga kararehe, he tuawha tera no nga kingitanga i runga i te whenua, ka rere ke i nga kingitanga katoa, ka pau i a ia te whenua katoa, ka takatakahia e ia, ka wawahia a mongamonga noa.
24 Na, ko nga haona kotahi tekau, tera e ara ake i tenei kingitanga kotahi tekau nga kingi; a ka ara ake ano tetahi i muri i a ratou, ka rere ke ano ia i o mua, a e toru nga kingi e taea e ia.
25 Tera e nui ana kupu mo te Runga Rawa, a ka tau i a ia te mauiui ki te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa: ka mea hoki ia kia whakariroia ketia nga wa me te ture: ka tukua ano enei ki tona ringa, kia taka ra ano he wa, me etahi wa, me te hawhe wa.
26 Otiia ka noho te whakawa, a ka whakakahoretia tona kingitanga, moti iho, ngaro iho a taea noatia te mutunga.
27 A ka hoatu te kingitanga me te kawanatanga me te nui o te kingitanga i raro i te rangi katoa ki nga tangata o te hunga tapu a te Runga Rawa; ko tona kingitanga he kingitanga mutungakore, a ka mahi nga kawanatanga katoa, ka whakarongo ki a ia.
28 I konei te mutunga o te mea. Na, ko ahau, ko Raniera, nui atu toku raruraru i oku whakaaro, puta ke ana toku mata: heoi puritia iho e ahau taua mea i roto i toku ngakau.
Daniel 5-7
New International Version
Daniel 5-7
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]
Daniel in the Den of Lions
6 [j]It pleased Darius(BR) to appoint 120 satraps(BS) to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.(BT) The satraps were made accountable(BU) to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.(BV) 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges(BW) against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”(BX)
6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(BY) 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(BZ) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(CA) 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(CB) 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing.
10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(CC) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(CD) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(CE) 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.(CF) 12 So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?”
The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”(CG)
13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah,(CH) pays no attention(CI) to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.” 14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed;(CJ) he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”(CK)
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.(CL) The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue(CM) you!”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed(CN) it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating(CO) and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.(CP)
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”(CQ)
21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever!(CR) 22 My God sent his angel,(CS) and he shut the mouths of the lions.(CT) They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight.(CU) Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound(CV) was found on him, because he had trusted(CW) in his God.
24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,(CX) along with their wives and children.(CY) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.(CZ)
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language(DA) in all the earth:
“May you prosper greatly!(DB)
26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence(DC) the God of Daniel.(DD)
“For he is the living God(DE)
and he endures forever;(DF)
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.(DG)
27 He rescues and he saves;(DH)
he performs signs and wonders(DI)
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”(DJ)
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[k](DK) the Persian.(DL)
Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts
7 In the first year of Belshazzar(DM) king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions(DN) passed through his mind(DO) as he was lying in bed.(DP) He wrote(DQ) down the substance of his dream.
2 Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven(DR) churning up the great sea. 3 Four great beasts,(DS) each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
4 “The first was like a lion,(DT) and it had the wings of an eagle.(DU) I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.
5 “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’(DV)
6 “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard.(DW) And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
7 “After that, in my vision(DX) at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron(DY) teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled(DZ) underfoot whatever was left.(EA) It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.(EB)
8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little(EC) one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being(ED) and a mouth that spoke boastfully.(EE)
9 “As I looked,
“thrones were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days(EF) took his seat.(EG)
His clothing was as white as snow;(EH)
the hair of his head was white like wool.(EI)
His throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels(EJ) were all ablaze.
10 A river of fire(EK) was flowing,
coming out from before him.(EL)
Thousands upon thousands attended him;
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The court was seated,
and the books(EM) were opened.
11 “Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.(EN) I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.(EO) 12 (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.)
13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,[l](EP) coming(EQ) with the clouds of heaven.(ER) He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. 14 He was given authority,(ES) glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him.(ET) His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom(EU) is one that will never be destroyed.(EV)
The Interpretation of the Dream
15 “I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me.(EW) 16 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this.
“So he told me and gave me the interpretation(EX) of these things: 17 ‘The four great beasts are four kings that will rise from the earth. 18 But the holy people(EY) of the Most High will receive the kingdom(EZ) and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.’(FA)
19 “Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws—the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. 20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns(FB) on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.(FC) 21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them,(FD) 22 until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.(FE)
23 “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.(FF) 24 The ten horns(FG) are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High(FH) and oppress his holy people(FI) and try to change the set times(FJ) and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.[m](FK)
26 “‘But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed(FL) forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms(FM) under heaven will be handed over to the holy people(FN) of the Most High.(FO) His kingdom will be an everlasting(FP) kingdom, and all rulers will worship(FQ) and obey him.’
28 “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled(FR) by my thoughts,(FS) and my face turned pale,(FT) but I kept the matter to myself.”
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 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.
- Daniel 6:28 Or Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus
- Daniel 7:13 The Aramaic phrase bar enash means human being. The phrase son of man is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Jesus, probably based largely on this verse.
- Daniel 7:25 Or for a year, two years and half a year
2 John
Maori Bible
2 John
Maori Bible
1 Na te kaumatua ki te wahine rangatira whiriwhiri ratou ko ana tamariki, e arohatia ponotia nei e ahau; ehara i te mea e ahau anake, engari e nga tangata katoa kua matau ki te pono:
2 He whakaaro hoki ki te pono e mau nei i roto i a tatou, a e mau ano ki a tatou ake ake:
3 Kia tau ki a koutou te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, me te rangimarie, he mea na te Atua Matua, na te Ariki hoki, na Ihu Karaiti, na te Tama a te Matua, i runga ano i te pono, i te aroha.
4 Hari pu ahau noku i kite i etahi o au tamariki e haere ana i runga i te pono, e whakarite ana i te ture kua homai ki a tatou e te Matua.
5 Na, tenei ano taku kupu ki a koe, e tai, ehara i te ture hou taku e tuhituhi atu nei ki a koe, engari ko tera i a tatou no te timatanga, kia aroha tatou tetahi ki tetahi.
6 Ko te aroha hoki tenei, kia haere tatou i runga i ana ture. Ko te ture ano tenei, kia rite ki ta koutou i rongo ai i te timatanga, hei runga i tera he haerenga mo koutou.
7 He tokomaha hoki te hunga whakapohehe kua tae mai ki te ao, kahore nei i whakaae i haere mai a Ihu Karaiti i te kikokiko. Ko te kaiwhakapohehe tenei, ko te anatikaraiti.
8 Kia whai whakaaro ki a koutou ano, kei maumauria a tatou mahi, engari kia tino nui te utu e riro i a tatou.
9 Ko te tangata e poka ke ana, kahore nei e mau ki te ako a te Karaiti, kahore te Atua i a ia: ko te tangata e mau ana ki te ako a te Karaiti, kei tenei te Matua me te Tama.
10 Ki te tae atu tetahi ki a koutou, ki te kore tenei ako e kawea e ia, kaua ia e puritia ki te whare, kaua ano hoki e oha ki a ia:
11 Ki te oha hoki etahi ki a ia, ka uru ia ki ana mahi kino.
12 He maha nga mea hei tuhituhinga atu maku ki a koutou, heoi kihai ahau i pai kia tuhia atu ki te pepa, ki te mangumangu: engari e mea ana ahau tera ahau e haere atu ki a koutou, a ka korero atu, he mangai, he mangai, kia tino nui ai to tatou hari.
13 Tenei te oha atu nei ki a koe nga tamariki a tou teina whiriwhiri. Amine.
2 John
New International Version
2 John
New International Version
1 The elder,(A)
To the lady chosen by God(B) and to her children, whom I love in the truth(C)—and not I only, but also all who know the truth(D)— 2 because of the truth,(E) which lives in us(F) and will be with us forever:
3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ,(G) the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth,(H) just as the Father commanded us. 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning.(I) I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love:(J) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(K) As you have heard from the beginning,(L) his command is that you walk in love.
7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(M) as coming in the flesh,(N) have gone out into the world.(O) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(P) 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(Q) 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ(R) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.(S) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(T) 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(U) in their wicked work.
12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face,(V) so that our joy may be complete.(W)
13 The children of your sister, who is chosen by God,(X) send their greetings.
Footnotes
- 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you
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