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Daniel 5:16-29

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.

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