Revised Version 1895

Daniel 2:5-13

5Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredעָנֵ֤ה'a.NehH6032andsaidוְאָמַ֣רve.'a.MarH560to theChaldeansלְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔יle.khas.da.'eiH3779, Thethingמִלְּתָ֖אmi.le.Ta'H4406is gone from me:ifהֵ֣ןhenH2006yemakeתְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙te.hod.'u.Na.niH3046notלָ֤אla'H3809knownH3046unto me thedreamחֶלְמָ֣אchel.Ma'H2493and theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and yourhousesוּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹןu.va.tei.KhonH1005shall bemadeH3046a dunghill.

6ButifH2006ye shew thedreamחֶלְמָ֤אchel.Ma'H2493and theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, ye shallreceiveתְּקַבְּל֖וּןte.ka.be.LunH6902ofmeH6925giftsמַתְּנָ֤ןma.te.NanH4978andrewardsוּנְבִזְבָּה֙u.ne.viz.BahH5023andgreatשַׂגִּ֔יאsa.Gi'H7690honour: therefore shewmeH6925thedreamחֶלְמָ֥אchel.Ma'H2493and theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.RehH6591thereof.

7Theyansweredעֲנ֥וֹa.NoH6032thesecondתִנְיָנ֖וּתtin.ya.NutH8579time andsaidוְאָמְרִ֑יןve.'a.me.RinH560, Let thekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430tellיֵאמַ֥רye.MarH560hisservantsלְעַבְד֖וֹהִיle.'av.Do.hiH5649thedreamחֶלְמָ֛אchel.Ma'H2493, and we will shew theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

8Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430answeredעָנֵ֤ה'a.NehH6032andsaidוְאָמַ֔רve.'a.MarH560, Iknowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3046of a certain that ye would gain time,becauseקֳבֵל֙ko.VelH6903yeseeחֲזֵית֔וֹןcha.zei.TonH2370thethingמִלְּתָֽא׃mi.le.Ta'H4406is gone from me.

9ButifH2006yemakeתְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּ֜נִיte.hod.'u.Na.niH3046notלָ֨אla'H3809knownוְֽאִנְדַּ֕עve.'in.Da'H3046untomeH6925thedreamחֶלְמָא֩chel.Ma'H2493, there is but onelawדָֽתְכ֗וֹןda.te.KhonH1882foryouH1768: for ye have prepared lying andcorruptוּשְׁחִיתָה֙u.she.chi.TahH7844wordsוּמִלָּ֨הu.mi.LahH4406tospeakלְמֵאמַ֣רle.me.MarH560beforeH6925meH6925, till the time bechangedיִשְׁתַּנֵּ֑אyish.ta.Ne'H8133: thereforetellאֱמַ֣רוּ'e.Ma.ruH560meH6925thedreamחֶלְמָא֙chel.Ma'H2493, and I shallknowH3046that yecanH1768shewmeH6925theinterpretationפִשְׁרֵ֖הּfish.RehH6591thereof.

10TheChaldeansכַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhas.da.iH3779answeredעֲנ֨וֹa.NoH6032beforeקֳדָם־ko.dom-H6925thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430, andsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560, There isnotH3809amanאֲנָשׁ֙'a.NashH606upon theearthיַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔אya.besh.Ta'H3007thatcanH1768shew theking’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430matterמִלַּ֣תmi.LatH4406: forasmuch asnoH3809kingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4430, lord,norH3809rulerוְשַׁלִּ֔יטve.sha.LitH7990, hathaskedשְׁאֵ֔לshe.'ElH7593suchכִדְנָה֙khid.NahH1836athingמִלָּ֤הmi.LahH4406ofanyH3606magicianחַרְטֹּ֖םchart.TomH2749, or enchanter, orChaldeanוְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ve.khas.DaiH3779.

11And it is a rarethingוּמִלְּתָ֨אu.mi.le.Ta'H4406that thekingמַלְכָּ֤הmal.Kah'H4430requireth, and there is noneotherוְאָחֳרָן֙ve.'o.cho.RanH321thatcanH1768shew itbeforeקֳדָ֣םko.DamH6925thekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,exceptלָהֵ֣ןla.HenH3861thegodsאֱלָהִ֔ין'e.la.HinH426,whoseH1768dwellingמְדָ֣רְה֔וֹןme.Da.re.HonH4070isnotH3809withfleshבִּשְׂרָ֖אbis.Ra'H1321.

12For this cause thekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430wasangryבְּנַ֖סbe.NasH1149andveryשַׂגִּ֑יאsa.Gi'H7690furiousוּקְצַ֣ףu.ke.TzafH7108, andcommandedוַאֲמַר֙va.'a.MarH560todestroyלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.DahH7allלְכֹ֖לle.KholH3606thewiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445ofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

13So thedecreeוְדָתָ֣אve.da.Ta'H1882wentH5312forthH5312, and thewiseוְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖אve.cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445menH2445were to beslainמִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑יןmit.ka.te.LinH6992; and they soughtDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841and his companions to beslainלְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃ פle.hit.ke.ta.LahH6992.

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