Revised Version 1895

Daniel 5:18-28

18O thoukingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430, theMostעִלָּאָ֔הi.la.ya'H5943HighH5943Godאֱלָהָא֙'e.la.Ha'H426gaveיְהַ֖בye.HavH3052Nebuchadnezzarלִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥רlin.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5020thyfatherאֲבֽוּךְ׃'a.VukhH2thekingdomמַלְכוּתָ֤אmal.khu.Ta'H4437, andgreatnessוּרְבוּתָא֙u.re.vu.Ta'H7238, andgloryוִיקָרָ֣אvi.ka.Ra'H3367, andmajestyוְהַדְרָ֔הve.had.Rah'H1923:

19andbecauseH4481of thegreatnessרְבוּתָא֙re.vu.Ta'H7238that hegaveיְהַב־ye.hav-H3052him,allכֹּ֣לkolH3606thepeoplesעַֽמְמַיָּ֗א'a.mai.Ya'H5972,nationsאֻמַיָּא֙'u.mai.Ya'H524, and languagestrembledזָיְעִ֥יןza.'a.'inH2112andfearedוְדָחֲלִ֖יןve.da.cha.LinH1763beforeH6925him:whomH1768he would heslewקָטֵ֗לka.TelH6992, andwhomH1768he would hekeptH1934aliveמַחֵ֔אma.Che'H2418; andwhomH1768he would he raisedupH6925, andwhomH1768he would he put down.

20But when hisheartלִבְבֵ֔הּli.VehH3825wasliftedרִ֣םrimH7313up, and hisspiritוְרוּחֵ֖הּve.ru.ChehH7308was hardened that he dealt proudly, he wasdeposedהָנְחַת֙ha.ne.ChatH5182from his kinglythroneכָּרְסֵ֣אka.re.Se'H3764, and they took hisgloryוִֽיקָרָ֖הvi.ka.Rah'H3367from him:

21and he wasdrivenטְרִ֜ידte.RidH2957from thesonsH1123ofmenאֲנָשָׁ֨א'a.na.Sha'H606; and hisheartוְלִבְבֵ֣הּ׀ve.li.VehH3825wasmadeH3046like thebeastsחֵיוְתָ֣אcheiv.Ta'H2423, and hisdwellingמְדוֹרֵ֔הּme.do.RehH4070was with thewildעֲרָֽדַיָּא֙'a.ra.dai.Ya'H6167asses; he was fed withgrassעִשְׂבָּ֤א'is.Ba'H6211like oxen, and hisbodyגִּשְׁמֵ֣הּgish.MehH1655was wet with thedewוּמִטַּ֥לu.mi.TalH2920ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֖אshe.mai.Ya'H8065:untilעַ֣ד'adH5705heknewH3046that theMostעִלָּאָה֙i.la.ya'H5943HighH5943Godאֱלָהָ֤א'e.la.Ha'H426ruleth in thekingdomבְּמַלְכ֣וּתbe.mal.KhutH4437ofmenאֲנָשָׁ֔א'a.na.Sha'H606, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.

22And thou hissonבְּרֵהּ֙be.RehH1247, OBelshazzarבֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔רbe.le.sha.TzarH1113, hastnotלָ֥אla'H3809humbledהַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּhash.Pe.letH8214thineheartלִבְבָ֑ךְli.VakhH3825,thoughקֳבֵ֕לko.VelH6903thou knewestallכָל־khol-H3606this;

23but hastliftedהִתְרוֹמַ֡מְתָּhit.ro.Mam.taH7313upH6925thyselfagainstוְעַ֣לve.'AlH5922theLordמָרֵֽא־ma.re'-H4756ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֣א׀she.mai.Ya'H8065; and they havebroughtהַיְתִ֣יוhay.TivH858thevesselsוּלְמָֽאנַיָּ֨אu.le.ma.nai.Ya'H3984of hishouseבַיְתֵ֜הּvay.TehH1005beforeH6925thee, and thou and thy lords, thywivesשֵֽׁגְלָתָ֣ךְshe.ge.la.TakhH7695and thyconcubinesוּלְחֵנָתָךְ֮u.le.che.na.toKhH3904, have drunkwineחַמְרָא֮cham.Ra'H2562in them; and thou hastpraisedשַׁבַּ֑חְתָּsha.Bach.taH7624thegodsוְלֵֽאלָהֵ֣יve.le.la.HeiH426ofsilverכַסְפָּֽא־khas.pa-'H3702, andgoldוְ֠דַהֲבָאVe.da.ha.va'H1722, of brass,ironפַרְזְלָ֜אfar.ze.La'H6523,woodאָעָ֣א'a.'A'H636, andstoneוְאַבְנָ֗אve.'av.Na'H69,whichדִֽי־di-H1768seeחָזַ֧יִןcha.Za.yinH2370notלָֽא־la'-H3809,norוְלָא־ve.la'-H3809hearשָׁמְעִ֛יןsha.me.'InH8086,norוְלָ֥אve.La'H3809knowיָדְעִ֖יןya.de.'InH3046: and theGodוְלֵֽאלָהָ֞אve.le.la.Ha'H426inwhoseדִּ֠יdiH1768handבִּידֵ֛הּbi.DehH3028thy breath is, andwhoseדִּֽי־di-H1768areallוְכָל־ve.kholH3606thywaysאֹרְחָתָ֥ךְ'o.re.cha.TakhH735, hast thounotלָ֥אla'H3809glorifiedהַדַּֽרְתָּ׃ha.Dar.taH1922:

24Then was thepartמִן־min-H4481of thehandיְדָ֑אye.Da'H3028sentשְׁלִ֖יַחַshe.Li.ya.achH7972frombeforeקֳדָמ֔וֹהִיko.da.Mo.hiH6925him, and thiswritingוּכְתָבָ֥אu.khe.ta.Va'H3792was inscribed.

25And this is thewritingכְתָבָ֖אkhe.ta.Va'H3792that was inscribed,MENEמְנֵ֥אme.Ne'H4484,MENEמְנֵ֖אme.Ne'H4484, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26This is theinterpretationפְּשַֽׁר־pe.shar-H6591of thethingמִלְּתָ֑אmi.le.Ta'H4406:MENEמְנֵ֕אme.Ne'H4484;Godאֱלָהָ֥א'e.la.Ha'H426hathnumberedמְנָֽה־me.nah-H4483thykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֖ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437, and brought it to anendוְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃ve.hash.le.MahH8000.

27TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and artfoundוְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּve.hish.te.Kha.chatH7912wanting.

28PERES; thykingdomמַלְכוּתָ֔ךְmal.khu.TakhH4437is divided, andgivenוִיהִיבַ֖תvi.hi.VatH3052to theMedesלְמָדַ֥יle.ma.DaiH4076andPersiansוּפָרָֽס׃u.fa.RasH6540.

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