Revised Version 1895

Daniel 5:1-12

1Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113thekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430madeעֲבַד֙'a.VadH5648agreatרַ֔בRavH7229feastלְחֶ֣םle.ChemH3900to athousandאֲלַ֑ף'a.LafH506of his lords, anddrankשָׁתֵֽה׃sha.TehH8355wineחַמְרָ֥אcham.Ra'H2562beforeוְלָקֳבֵ֥לve.lo.ko.VelH6903thethousandאַלְפָּ֖א'al.Pa'H506.

2Belshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֞רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, whiles he tasted thewineחַמְרָ֗אcham.Ra'H2562,commandedאֲמַ֣ר׀'a.MarH560tobringלְהַיְתָיָה֙le.hay.ta.YahH858thegoldenדַּהֲבָ֣אda.ha.Va'H1722andsilverוְכַסְפָּ֔אve.khas.Pa'H3702vesselsלְמָאנֵי֙le.ma.NeiH3984whichדִּ֤יdiH1768Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020hisfatherאֲב֔וּהִי'a.Vu.hiH2hadtakenהַנְפֵּק֙han.PekH5312out of thetempleהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965whichדִּ֣יdiH1768was inJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390; that thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430and his lords, hiswivesשֵׁגְלָתֵ֖הּshe.ge.la.TehH7695and hisconcubinesוּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃u.le.che.na.TehH3904, mightdrinkוְיִשְׁתּ֣וֹןve.yish.TonH8355therein.

3Then theybroughtהַיְתִיו֙hay.TivH858thegoldenדַהֲבָ֔אda.ha.Va'H1722vesselsמָאנֵ֣יma.NeiH3984that weretakenהַנְפִּ֗קוּhan.Pi.kuH5312out of thetempleH1005of thehouseבֵ֥יתveitH1005ofGodאֱלָהָ֖א'e.la.Ha'H426whichH1768was atJerusalemבִירֽוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.LemH3390; and thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430and his lords, hiswivesשֵׁגְלָתֵ֖הּshe.ge.la.TehH7695and hisconcubinesוּלְחֵנָתֵֽהּ׃u.le.che.na.TehH3904,drankוְאִשְׁתִּ֣יוve.'ish.TivH8355in them.

4Theydrankאִשְׁתִּ֖יו'ish.TivH8355wineחַמְרָ֑אcham.Ra'H2562, andpraisedוְ֠שַׁבַּחוּVe.sha.ba.chuH7624thegodsלֵֽאלָהֵ֞יle.la.HeiH426ofgoldדַּהֲבָ֧אda.ha.Va'H1722, and ofsilverוְכַסְפָּ֛אve.khas.Pa'H3702, of brass, ofironפַרְזְלָ֖אfar.ze.La'H6523, ofwoodאָעָ֥א'a.'A'H636, and ofstoneוְאַבְנָֽא׃ve.'av.Na'H69.

5In the same hourcameH5312forthH5312thefingersאֶצְבְּעָן֙'etz.be.'AnH677of aman’sאֱנָ֔שׁ'e.NashH606handיַד־yad-H3028, andwroteוְכָֽתְבָן֙ve.kha.te.VanH3790overagainstעַל־'al-H5922the candlestick upon the plaister of thewallכְתַ֥לkhe.TalH3797of theking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430palaceהֵיכְלָ֖אheikh.La'H1965: and thekingוּמַלְכָּ֣אu.mal.Ka'H4430sawחָזֵ֔הcha.ZehH2370the part of thehandיְדָ֖הye.Dah'H3028thatwroteכָתְבָֽה׃kha.te.VahH3790.

6Then theking’sמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430countenance waschangedשְׁנ֔וֹהִיshe.No.hiH8133in him, and histhoughtsוְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִיve.ra.'.yo.No.hiH7476troubledיְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּye.va.ha.lu.NehH927him; and thejointsוְקִטְרֵ֤יve.kit.ReiH7001of his loins wereloosedמִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִןmish.ta.Ra.yinH8271, and his knees smote one againstanotherH1668.

7Thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430criedaloudבְּחַ֔יִלbe.Cha.yilH2429tobringלְהֶֽעָלָה֙le.he.'a.LahH5954in the enchanters, theChaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאֵ֖יkas.da.'eH3779, and the soothsayers. Thekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430spake andsaidוְאָמַ֣ר׀ve.'a.MarH560to thewiseלְחַכִּימֵ֣יle.cha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445ofBabylonבָבֶ֗לva.VelH895, Whosoever shallreadH7123thiswritingכְּתָבָ֣הke.ta.Vah'H3792, and shewmeH5954theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙u.fish.RehH6591thereof, shall beclothedיִלְבַּ֗שׁyil.BashH3848withpurpleאַרְגְּוָנָ֣א'ar.ge.va.Na'H711, and have a chain ofgoldדַהֲבָא֙da.ha.Va'H1722aboutעַֽל־'al-H5922hisneckצַוְּארֵ֔הּtza.ve.RehH6676, and shall be thethirdוְתַלְתִּ֥יve.tal.TiH8523rulerיִשְׁלַֽט׃ סyish.LatH7981in thekingdomבְמַלְכוּתָ֖אve.mal.khu.Ta'H4437.

8Thencameעָֽלִּ֔יןa.la.linH5954inallכֹּ֖לkolH3606theking’sמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430wiseחַכִּימֵ֣יcha.ki.MeiH2445menH2445: but theycouldכָהֲלִ֤יןkha.ha.LinH3546notH3809readלְמִקְרֵ֔אle.mik.Re'H7123thewritingכְּתָבָא֙ke.ta.Va'H3792,norH3809makeלְהוֹדָעָ֥הle.ho.da.'AhH3046knownH3046to thekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּu.fish.rahH6591.

9Then waskingמַלְכָּ֤אmal.Ka'H4430Belshazzarבֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ve.le.sha.TzarH1113greatlyשַׂגִּ֣יאsa.Gi'H7690troubledמִתְבָּהַ֔לmit.ba.HalH927, and his countenance waschangedשָׁנַ֣יִןsha.Na.yinH8133in him, and his lords wereperplexedמִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃Mish.ta.be.ShinH7672.

10NowH4430thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֕אmal.ke.Ta'H4433by reason of thewordsמִלֵּ֤יmi.LeiH4406of thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430and his lordscameH5954intoH5954thebanquetמִשְׁתְּיָ֖אmish.te.Ya'H4961houseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1005: thequeenמַלְכְּתָ֜אmal.ke.Ta'H4433spake andsaidוַאֲמֶ֗רֶתva.'a.Me.retH560, Okingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,liveחֱיִ֔יche.YiH2418foreverלְעָלְמִ֣יןle.'al.MinH5957; let not thythoughtsרַעְיוֹנָ֔ךְra'.yo.NakhH7476trouble thee, nor let thy countenance bechangedיִשְׁתַּנּֽוֹ׃yish.ta.NoH8133:

11There is amanגְּבַ֜רge.VarH1400in thykingdomבְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְbe.mal.khu.TakhH4437, inwhomדִּ֠יdiH1768is thespiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7308of theholyקַדִּישִׁין֮ka.di.ShinH6922godsאֱלָהִ֣ין'e.la.HinH426; and in thedaysוּבְיוֹמֵ֣יu.ve.yo.MeiH3118of thyfatherאֲב֗וּךְ'a.VukhH2light and understanding andwisdomוְחָכְמָ֥הve.cha.khe.MahH2452, like thewisdomכְּחָכְמַת־ke.cha.khe.mat-H2452of thegodsאֱלָהִ֖ין'e.la.HinH426, wasfoundהִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַתhish.te.Kha.chatH7912in him: and thekingוּמַלְכָּ֤אu.mal.Ka'H4430Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲב֔וּךְ'a.VukhH2, thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430, I say, thyfatherאֲב֥וּךְ'a.VukhH2,madeהֲקִימֵ֖הּha.ki.MehH6966him master of themagiciansחַרְטֻמִּ֣יןchar.tu.MinH2749, enchanters,Chaldeansכַּשְׂדָּאִין֙kas.da.'InH3779, and soothsayers;

12forasmuch as an excellentspiritר֣וּחַ׀Ru.achH7308, andknowledgeוּמַנְדַּ֡עu.man.Da'H4486, and understanding, interpreting ofdreamsחֶלְמִין֩chel.MinH2493, and shewing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, werefoundהִשְׁתְּכַ֤חַתhish.te.Kha.chatH7912in the sameDanielבְּדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אלbe.Da.ni.YelH1841,whomH1768thekingמַלְכָּ֥אmal.Ka'H4430namedשְׁמֵ֖הּshe.MehH8036Belteshazzarבֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑רbe.le.te.sha.TzarH1096.Nowכְּעַ֛ןke.'AnH3705letH3705Danielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841becalledיִתְקְרֵ֖יyit.ke.ReiH7123, and he will shew theinterpretationוּפִשְׁרָ֥הu.fish.Rah'H6591.

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