Daniel 6

vedareyavesh (mdy) [mada'ah] qabbel malkhuta kevar shenin shittin vetarten

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

shefar qodam dareyavesh vahaqim al-malkhuta la'akhashdarpenayya me'ah ve'esrin di lehevon bekhol-malkhuta

It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps to be in charge of the whole kingdom;

ve'ella minnehon sarekhin telatah di daniyyel khad-minnehon di-lehevon akhashdarpenayya illen yahavin lehon tama umalka la-leheve naziq

over them were three ministers, one of them Daniel, to whom these satraps reported, in order that the king not be troubled.

edayin daniyyel denah hava mitnatsakh al-sarekhayya va'akhashdarpenayya kol-qovel di ruakh yattira beh umalka ashit lahaqamuteh al-kol-malkhuta

This man Daniel surpassed the other ministers and satraps by virtue of his extraordinary spirit, and the king considered setting him over the whole kingdom.

edayin sarekhayya va'akhashdarpenayya havo va'ayin illah lehashkakhah ledaniyyel mitsad malkhuta vekhol-illah ushekhitah la-yakhelin lehashkakhah kol-qovel di-meheman hu vekhol-shalu ushekhitah la hishtekhakhat alohi

The ministers and satraps looked for some fault in Daniel’s conduct in matters of state, but they could find neither fault nor corruption, inasmuch as he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.

edayin guvrayya illekh amerin di la nehashkakh ledaniyyel denah kol-illah lahen hashkakhna alohi bedat elaheh

Those men then said, “We are not going to find any fault with this Daniel, unless we find something against him in connection with the laws of his God.”

edayin sarekhayya va'akhashdarpenayya illen hargishu al-malka vekhen amerin leh dareyavesh malka le'alemin kheyi

Then these ministers and satraps came thronging in to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

itya'atu kol sarekhe malkhuta signayya va'akhashdarpenayya haddaverayya ufakhavata leqayyamah qeyam malka uletaqqafah esar di khol-di-yive va'u min-kol-elah ve'enash ad-yomin telatin lahen minnakh malka yitreme legov aryavata

All the ministers of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, companions, and governors are in agreement that a royal ban should be issued under sanction of an oath that whoever shall address a petition to anyone, divine or human, besides you, O king, during the next thirty days shall be thrown into a lions’ den.

ke'an malka teqim esara vetirshum ketava di la lehashnayah kedat-maday ufaras di-la tede

So issue the ban, O king, and put it in writing so that it be unalterable as a law of the Medes and Persians that may not be abrogated.”

kol-qovel denah malka dareyavesh resham ketava ve'esara

Thereupon King Darius put the ban in writing.

vedaniyyel kedi yeda di-reshim ketava al levayteh vekhavvin petikhan leh be'illiteh neged yerushelem vezimnin telatah veyoma hu barekh al-birkhohi umetsalle umode qodam elaheh kol-qovel di-hava aved min-qadmat denah

When Daniel learned that it had been put in writing, he went to his house, in whose upper chamber he had had windows made facing Jerusalem, and three times a day he knelt down, prayed, and made confession to his God, as he had always done.

edayin guvrayya illekh hargishu vehashkakhu ledaniyyel ba'eh umitkhannan qodam elaheh

Then those men came thronging in and found Daniel petitioning his God in supplication.

bedayin qerivu ve'amerin qodam-malka al-esar malka hala esar reshamta di khol-enash di-yive min-kol-elah ve'enash ad-yomin telatin lahen minnakh malka yitreme legov aryavata aneh malka ve'amar yatsiva milleta kedat-maday ufaras di-la tede

They then approached the king and reminded him of the royal ban: “Did you not put in writing a ban that whoever addresses a petition to anyone, divine or human, besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into a lions’ den?” The king said in reply, “The order stands firm, as a law of the Medes and Persians that may not be abrogated.”

bedayin ano ve'amerin qodam malka di daniyyel di min-bene galuta di yehud la-sam (lykh) [alakh] malka te'em ve'al-esara di reshamta vezimnin telatah beyoma ba'e ba'uteh

Thereupon they said to the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or to the ban that you put in writing; three times a day he offers his petitions [to his God].”

edayin malka kedi milleta shema saggi be'esh alohi ve'al daniyyel sam bal leshezavuteh ve'ad me'ale shimsha hava mishtaddar lehatsaluteh

Upon hearing that, the king was very disturbed, and he set his heart upon saving Daniel, and until the sun set made every effort to rescue him.

bedayin guvrayya illekh hargishu al-malka ve'amerin lemalka da malka di-dat lemaday ufaras di-khol-esar uqeyam di-malka yehaqem la lehashnayah

Then those men came thronging in to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that any ban that the king issues under sanction of oath is unalterable.”

bedayin malka amar vehayetiv ledaniyyel uremo legubba di aryavata aneh malka ve'amar ledaniyyel elahakh di (nth) [ant] palakh-leh bitdira hu yeshezevinnakh

By the king’s order, Daniel was then brought and thrown into the lions’ den. The king spoke to Daniel and said, “Your God, whom you serve so regularly, will deliver you.”

vehetayit even khadah vesumat al-pum gubba vekhatmah malka be'izqeteh uve'izqat ravrevanohi di la-tishne tsevu bedaniyyel

A rock was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; the king sealed it with his signet and with the signet of his nobles, so that nothing might be altered concerning Daniel.

edayin azal malka lehekheleh uvat tevat vedakhavan la-hanel qodamohi veshinteh naddat alohi

The king then went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and his sleep fled from him.

bedayin malka bishparpara yequm benogha uvehitbehalah legubba di-aryavata azal

Then, at the first light of dawn, the king arose and rushed to the lions’ den.

ukhemiqreveh legubba ledaniyyel beqal atsiv ze'iq aneh malka ve'amar ledaniyyel daniyyel aved elaha khayya elahakh di (nth) [ant] palakh-leh bitdira hayekhil leshezavutakh min-aryavata

As he approached the den, he cried to Daniel in a mournful voice; the king said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, was the God whom you served so regularly able to deliver you from the lions?”

edayin daniyyel im-malka mallil malka le'alemin kheyi

Daniel then talked with the king, “O king, live forever!

elahi shelakh malakheh usegar pum aryavata vela khabbeluni kol-qovel di qodamohi zakhu hishtekhakhat li ve'af (qdmykh) [qodamakh] malka khavulah la avdet

My God sent an angel, who shut the mouths of the lions so that they did not injure me, inasmuch as I was deemed to be innocent, nor have I, O king, done you any injury.”

bedayin malka saggi te'ev alohi uledaniyyel amar lehansaqah min-gubba vehussaq daniyyel min-gubba vekhol-khaval la-hishtekhakh beh di hemin belaheh

The king was very glad, and ordered Daniel to be brought up out of the den. Daniel was brought up out of the den, and no injury was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.

va'amar malka vehayetiv guvrayya illekh di-akhalu qartsohi di daniyyel ulegov aryavata remo innun benehon uneshehon vela-meto le'arit gubba ad di-shelitu vehon aryavata vekhol-garmehon haddiqu

Then, by order of the king, those men who had slandered Daniel were brought and, together with their children and wives, were thrown into the lions’ den. They had hardly reached the bottom of the den when the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

bedayin dareyavesh malka ketav lekhol-ammayya ummayya velishanayya di-[dayerin] (dryn) bekhol-ara shelamekhon yisge

Then King Darius wrote to all peoples and nations of every language that inhabit the earth, “May your well-being abound!

min-qodamay sim te'em di bekhol-sholtan malkhuti lehevon (zyn) [zaye'in] vedakhalin min-qodam elaheh di-daniyyel di-hu elaha khayya veqayyam le'alemin umalkhuteh di-la titkhabbal vesholtaneh ad-sofa

I have hereby given an order that throughout my royal domain everyone must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel, for this is the living God who endures forever; whose kingdom is indestructible, and whose dominion is to the end of time;

mesheziv umatsil ve'aved atin vetimhin bishmayya uve'ara di sheziv ledaniyyel min-yad aryavata

who delivers and saves, and performs signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, by having delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”

vedaniyyel denah hatslakh bemalkhut dareyavesh uvemalkhut koresh (frsy) [paresa'ah]

Thus Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian.