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Daniel 5

1Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430madeagreatרַ֔בRavH7229feasttoathousandאֲלַ֑ף'a.LafH506ofhis lords,anddrankH8355wineH2562beforethethousandאַלְפָּ֖א'al.Pa'H506.

2Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, whilehetastedthewineחַמְרָ֗אcham.Ra'H2562,commandedtobringלְהַיְתָיָה֙le.hay.ta.YahH858thegoldenandsilverH3702vesselsלְמָאנֵי֙le.ma.NeiH3984whichNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020hisfatherאֲב֔וּהִי'a.Vu.hiH2hadtakenoutofthetempleהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965whichwasinJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;thatthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislords,hiswivesandhisconcubines,mightdrinkH8355therefrom.

3Thenבֵּאדַ֗יִןbe.Da.yinH116theybroughtH858thegoldenvesselsמָאנֵ֣יma.NeiH3984thatweretakenoutofthetempleofthehouseבֵ֥יתveitH1005ofGodH426whichwasatJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390;andthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislords,hiswivesandhisconcubines,drankוְאִשְׁתִּ֣יוve.'ish.TivH8355fromthem.

4TheydrankH8355wineחַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'H2562,andpraisedthegodsלֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.HeiH426ofgoldH1722,andofsilverH3702,ofbrass,ofironH6523,ofwood,andofstoneH69.

5Inthesame hourcameforththefingersofaman’sH606handיַד־yad-H3028,andwroteoveragainstthecandlestick upontheplasterofthewalloftheking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430palaceהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965:andthekingוּמַלְכָּ֣אu.mal.Ka'H4430sawחָזֵ֔הcha.ZehH2370thepartofthehandיְדָ֖הye.Dah'H3028thatwrote.

6Thenאֱדַ֤יִן'e.Da.yinH116theking’sמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430countenancewaschangedH8133inhim,andhisthoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִיve.ra.'.yo.No.hiH7476troubledhim;andthejointsofhis loinswereloosed,andhis knees smoteoneH1668againstanother.

7Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430criedaloudtobringלְהֶֽעָלָה֙le.he.'a.LahH5954intheenchanters,theChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.da.'eH3779,andthesoothsayers.Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spakeandsaidוְאָמַ֣ר׀ve.'a.MarH560tothewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH895, Whosoever shallreadH7123thiswriting,andshowmetheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, shall beclothedwithpurple,andhaveachainofgoldH1722abouthisneckצַוְּארֵ֔הּtza.ve.RehH6676,andshall bethethirdוְתַלְתִּ֥יve.tal.TiH8523rulerH7981inthekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

8Thenאֱדַ֙יִן֙'e.Da.yinH116cameinalltheking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430wiseחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445men;buttheycouldnotreadלְמִקְרֵ֔אle.mik.Re'H7123thewriting,normakeלְהוֹדָעָ֥הle.ho.da.'AhH3046knownH3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.rahH6591.

9Thenאֱ֠דַיִן'E.da.yinH116waskingמַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'H4430Belshazzarבֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ve.le.sha.TzarH1113greatlytroubled,andhiscountenancewaschangedH8133inhim,andhislordswereperplexed.

10Nowthequeenמַלְכְּתָ֕אmal.ke.Ta'H4433by reasonofthewordsמִלֵּ֤יmi.LeiH4406ofthekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430andhislordscameintothebanquethouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1005:thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֜אmal.ke.Ta'H4433spakeandsaidH560, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִ֔יche.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֣יןle.'al.MinH5957; let not thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָ֔ךְra'.yo.NakhH7476trouble thee, nor let thy countenancebechangedH8133.

11Thereisamanגְּבַ֜רge.VarH1400inthykingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְbe.mal.khu.TakhH4437,inwhomisthespiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7308oftheholyקַדִּישִׁין֮ka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֣ין'e.la.HinH426;andinthedaysוּבְיוֹמֵ֣יu.ve.yo.MeiH3118ofthyfatherאֲב֗וּךְ'a.VukhH2lightandunderstandingandwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452, likethewisdomכְּחָכְמַת־ke.cha.khe.mat-H2452ofthegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426,werefoundH7912inhim;andthekingוּמַלְכָּ֤אu.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲב֔וּךְ'a.VukhH2,thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430,Isay, thyfatherאֲב֥וּךְ'a.VukhH2,madehimmasterofthemagiciansחַרְטֻמִּ֣יןchar.tu.MinH2749, enchanters,Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kas.da.'InH3779,andsoothsayers;

12forasmuchasan excellentspiritר֣וּחַ׀Ru.achH7308,andknowledge,andunderstanding, interpretingofdreamsH2493,andshowingofdark sentences,anddissolvingofdoubts,werefoundH7912inthesameDanielבְּדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אלbe.Da.ni.YelH1841,whomthekingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430namedשְׁמֵ֖הּshe.MehH8036Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1096.Nowכְּעַ֛ןke.'AnH3705letDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841becalled,andhewillshowtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

13Thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116wasDanielדָּֽנִיֵּ֔אלda.ni.YelH1841broughtH858inbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430.Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spakeandsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560untoDanielלְדָנִיֵּ֗אלle.da.ni.YelH1841, Art thouthatDanielדָנִיֵּאל֙da.ni.yeLH1841,whoartofthechildrenofthecaptivityofJudahיְה֔וּדye.HudH3061,whomthekingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430myfatherאַ֖בִי'A.viH2broughtH858outofJudahיְהֽוּד׃ye.HudH3061?

14IhaveheardH8086ofthee,thatthespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7308ofthegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426isinthee,andthatlightandunderstandingandexcellentwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452arefoundH7912inthee.

15Andnowוּכְעַ֞ןu.khe.'AnH3705thewiseחַכִּֽימַיָּא֙cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445men,theenchanters, have beenbroughtH5954inbeforeme,thattheyshouldreadיִקְר֔וֹןyik.RonH7123thiswriting,andmakeלְהוֹדָעֻתַ֑נִיle.ho.da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046untometheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof;buttheycouldnotshowtheinterpretationפְּשַֽׁר־pe.shar-H6591ofthething.

16ButIhaveheardH8086ofthee,thatthou canstgiveinterpretations,anddissolve doubts:nowכְּעַ֡ןke.'AnH3705ifthou canstreadלְמִקְרֵ֗אle.mik.Re'H7123thewriting,andmakeלְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִיle.ho.Da.'u.Ta.niH3046knownH3046tometheinterpretationH6591thereof, thou shaltbeclothedwithpurple,andhavea chainofgoldH1722aboutthyneckצַוְּארָ֔ךְtza.ve.RakhH6676,andshaltbethethirdוְתַלְתָּ֥אve.tal.Ta'H8531rulerH7981inthekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

17Thenבֵּאדַ֜יִןbe.Da.yinH116Danielדָנִיֵּ֗אלda.ni.YelH1841answeredandsaidוְאָמַר֙ve.'a.MarH560beforethekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, Let thygiftsמַתְּנָתָךְ֙ma.te.na.toKhH4978betothyself,andgivethyrewardstoanother; neverthelessIwillreadאֶקְרֵ֣א'ek.Re'H7123thewritinguntothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,andmakeאֲהוֹדְעִנֵּֽהּ׃'a.hod.'i.NehH3046knownH3046tohimtheinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֖אu.fish.Ra'H6591.

18O thoukingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,theMostעִלָּאָ֔הi.la.ya'H5943HighH5943GodH426gaveNebuchadnezzarלִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲבֽוּךְ׃'a.VukhH2thekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֤אmal.khu.Ta'H4437,andgreatnessוּרְבוּתָא֙u.re.vu.Ta'H7238,andglory,andmajestyוְהַדְרָ֔הve.had.Rah'H1923:

19andbecauseofthegreatnessרְבוּתָא֙re.vu.Ta'H7238thathegavehim,allthepeoplesH5972,nationsאֻמַיָּא֙'u.mai.Ya'H524,andlanguagestrembledandfearedוְדָחֲלִ֖יןve.da.cha.LinH1763beforehim:whomhewouldheslew,andwhomhewouldhekeptalive;andwhomhewouldheraisedup,andwhomhewouldheput down.

20Butwhenhisheartלִבְבֵ֔הּli.VehH3825wasliftedH7313up,andhisspiritוְרוּחֵ֖הּve.ru.ChehH7308washardenedsothathedealt proudly,hewasdeposedfromhiskinglythroneכָּרְסֵ֣אka.re.Se'H3764,andtheytookhisgloryfromhim:

21andhewasdrivenfromthesonsofmenH606,andhisheartוְלִבְבֵ֣הּ׀ve.li.VehH3825wasmadeH3046likethebeasts’,andhisdwellingמְדוֹרֵ֔הּme.do.RehH4070waswiththewildasses;hewasfedwithgrasslikeoxen,andhisbodyגִּשְׁמֵ֣הּgish.MehH1655waswetwiththedewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2920ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'H8065;untilheknewH3046thattheMostעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943HighH5943GodH426rulethinthekingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437ofmenH606,andthathesetteth upoveritwhomsoeverhewill.

22Andthouhissonבְּרֵהּ֙be.RehH1247, OBelshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, hastnothumbledthyheartלִבְבָ֑ךְli.VakhH3825,thoughthou knewestallthis,

23buthastliftedH7313upthyselfagainsttheLordמָרֵֽא־ma.re'-H4756ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֣א׀she.mai.Ya'H8065;andtheyhavebroughtH858thevesselsוּלְמָֽאנַיָּ֨אu.le.ma.nai.Ya'H3984ofhishouseבַיְתֵ֜הּvay.TehH1005beforethee,andthouandthy lords, thywivesandthyconcubines, have drunkwineH2562fromthem;andthou hastpraisedthegodsוְלֵֽאלָהֵ֣יve.le.la.HeiH426ofsilverH3702andgoldH1722,ofbrass,ironH6523,wood,andstoneH69,whichseeחָזַ֧יִןcha.Za.yinH2370not,norhearשָׁמְעִ֛יןsha.me.'InH8086,norknowיָדְעִ֖יןya.de.'InH3046;andtheGodוְלֵֽאלָהָ֞אve.le.la.Ha'H426inwhosehandבִּידֵ֛הּbi.DehH3028thy breathis,andwhoseareallthywaysאֹרְחָתָ֥ךְ'o.re.cha.TakhH735, hast thounotglorified.

24Thenבֵּאדַ֙יִן֙be.Da.yinH116wasthepartofthehandיְדָ֑אye.Da'H3028sentfrombeforehim,andthiswritingwasinscribed.

25Andthisisthewritingthatwasinscribed:MENEמְנֵ֥אme.Ne'H4484,MENEמְנֵ֖אme.Ne'H4484, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26Thisistheinterpretationפְּשַֽׁר־pe.shar-H6591ofthething:MENEמְנֵ֕אme.Ne'H4484;GodH426hathnumberedthykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֖ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437,andbrought ittoanend.

27TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances,andartfoundH7912wanting.

28PERES; thykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437isdivided,andgiventotheMedesלְמָדַ֥יle.ma.DaiH4076andPersiansוּפָרָֽס׃u.fa.RasH6540.

29Thenבֵּאדַ֣יִן׀be.Da.yinH116commandedBelshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֗רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113,andtheyclothedDanielלְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙le.da.ni.yeLH1841withpurple,andputachainofgoldH1722abouthisneckצַוְּארֵ֑הּtza.ve.RehH6676,andmadeproclamationconcerningH5922him,thatheshouldbethethirdתַּלְתָּ֖אtal.Ta'H8531rulerinthekingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃be.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

30Inthatnightבְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔אbe.Lei.le.Ya'H3916Belshazzarבֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113theChaldeanכַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃ פkhas.da.ya'H3779kingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430wasslain.

31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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