1Muaj ib hmos Vajntxwv Npesaxas txawm npaj ib rooj noj haus loj. Nws caw tsoom nomtswv loj ib txhiab leej tuaj nrog nws noj mov. 2Thaum uas lawv tabtom haus cawv txiv hmab, Vajntxwv Npesaxas txawm txib nws cov tub qhe mus muab tej khob nyiaj khob kub thiab tej tais nyiaj tais kub uas nws txiv Nenpukajnexales mus huab hauv lub tuamtsev tim lub nroog Yeluxalees los ntawd nqa los rau vajntxwv, nws tsoom nomtswv, nws cov pojniam thiab nws cov niamyau hliv cawv txiv hmab haus. 3Tamsim ntawd lawv thiaj li mus nqa tej khob nyiaj khob kub los hliv cawv rau lawv sawvdaws haus 4thiab qhuas tej mlom uas muab nyiaj, muab kub, muab tooj liab, muab hlau, muab ntoo thiab muab pobzeb ua ntawd. 5Tamsim ntawd txawm muaj ib txhais tes neeg cev loo los sau ntawv rau ntawm sab phabntsa uas luam hmoov sib uas taws teeb ci pom kev lam lug. Vajntxwv kuj pom thaum uas txhais tes ntawd tseem tabtom sau sau ntawv, 6mas ua rau vajntxwv lub ntsejmuag thimxem tas; nws poob siab thiab ntshai kawg li, thiab nws ob lub hauvcaug tshee mos nyoos. 7Vajntxwv thiaj hu tawg ntho kom tso neeg mus hu cov neeg uas txawj ua yeessiv, txawj saib xyab thiab txawj saib hnubqub kom tuaj cuag nws. Thaum lawv cov ntawd tuaj txog, nws hais rau lawv hais tias, “Leejtwg nyeem tau cov ntawv no thiab txhais tau cov ntsiab lus rau kuv paub, ces kuv yuav muab kuv lub tsho ntaub tsamxem thiab txoj saw kub uas coj muaj hwvxyeej rau tus ntawd hnav thiab coj. Thiab kuv yuav muab tus ntawd tsa ua ib tug nom loj uas yog ua tus yau theem peb ntawm kuv nrog kuv kav tebchaws.” 8Vajntxwv cov tuavxam tuaj tagnrho, tiamsis tsis muaj leejtwg nyeem tau cov ntawv ntawd thiab txhais tsis tau cov ntsiab lus rau vajntxwv li. 9Vim li no Vajntxwv Npesaxas hajyam poob siab heev thiab ua ntsejmuag ntshaus tas. Vajntxwv cov tuavxam los yeej tsis pom qab yuav ua zaj twg li. 10Thaum vajntxwv niam hnov vajntxwv thiab nws tsoom nomtswv hais lus nrov ntsoog qees, nws txawm mus rau hauv chav tsev uas lawv noj mov ntawd. Nws hais rau vajntxwv hais tias, “Thov kom vajntxwv muaj sia nyob mus ibtxhis. Vajntxwv, koj tsis txhob txhawj ua ntsejmuag thimxem tas li ko! 11Nyob hauv lub tebchaws uas koj kav no muaj ib tug txivneej uas muaj tej vajtswv uas dawbhuv tus ntsujplig nrog nws nyob. Lub sijhawm uas koj txiv tseem ua vajntxwv mas tus ntawd pab tau koj txiv. Nws muaj tswvyim pab tau txhua yam thiab nws txawj ntse ib yam li tej timtswv. Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas yog koj txiv tau tsa tus txivneej ntawd ua tus uas saib tagnrho cov neeg uas txawj saib tes, txawj ua yeessiv, txawj saib xyab thiab txawj saib hnubqub. 12Nws ntse heev thiab txawj txhais tau tej npau suav, tej txhiaj txhais uas neeg hais thiab nws paub tej uas tsis muaj neeg paub. Koj cia li txib neeg mus hu Daniyees, tus uas koj txiv muab tis dua npe hu ua Npeetesaxas kom tuaj cuag koj. Nws yuav txhais tau tej lus no huv tibsi rau koj.”
Daniyees Txhais Cov Ntawv Ntawm Phabntsa
13Tamsim ntawd lawv txawm mus coj Daniyees tuaj cuag vajntxwv. Vajntxwv hais rau Daniyees hais tias, “Koj yog Daniyees los? Koj puas yog cov neeg Yudais uas kuv txiv lawv coj tim tebchaws Yudas los? 14Kuv hnov hais tias tej vajtswv uas dawbhuv tus ntsujplig nrog nraim koj thiab hnov hais tias koj txawj ntse kawg li; koj paub thiab muaj tswvyim heev. 15Kuv twb hu kuv cov tuavxam thiab cov neeg uas txawj ua yeessiv tuaj txhais cov lus no rau kuv, tiamsis lawv txhais tsis tau li. 16Kuv hnov hais tias koj paub thiab txawj txhais tej zaj uas tsis muaj neeg paub lub ntsiab lus rau sawvdaws. Yog koj nyeem tau thiab txhais tau cov npe ntawv ntawd lub ntsiab rau kuv paub. Kuv yuav muab lub tsho ntaub tsamxem thiab txoj saw kub uas coj muaj hwvxyeej rau koj hnav thiab coj. Thiab kuv tseem yuav muab koj tsa ua ib tug nom loj uas yog tus yau theem peb ntawm kuv nrog kuv kav lub tebchaws no.” 17Daniyees teb hais tias, “Vajntxwv thov koj cia li muab tej uas koj yuav muab ko khaws tseg lossis muab rau lwm tus. Txawm li cas los kuv yuav nyeem thiab txhais cov ntsiab lus ntawd rau koj, tiamsis kuv tsis yuav nqi zog li. 18“Vajtswv tus uas muaj Hwjchim Loj kawg nkaus tau tsa koj txiv Nenpukajnexales ua tus vajntxwv uas muaj hwjchim loj thiab pub nws muaj koob meej nyob nto moo lug; 19nws thiaj muaj hwjchim heev. Txhua tus ntawm txhua haivneeg, txhua xeem, thiab tsis hais cov neeg uas hais yam lus twg los puavleej ntshai koj txiv ua ibce tshee hnyo. Yog nws xav tua leejtwg nws yeej tua tau. Yog nws xav tso leejtwg dim, nws yeej tso tau. Thiab nws yuav txo leejtwg nws yeej txo tau raws li nws pom zoo. 20Tiamsis yog vim qhov uas nws khavtheeb, tawvncauj thiab ua nruj ua tsiv heev, nws thiaj li poob hwjchim thiab tsis tau ua vajntxwv lawm. 21Luag muab nws ntiab khiav tsis pub nws nrog neeg nyob, thiab nws lub siab txawm zoo li tsiaj lub lawm; nws mus nrog tej neesluav qus nyob rau nruab nrag. Nws noj zaub li nyuj noj thiab nws pw hauv havzoov havtsuag tsau lwg tsawv tsis muaj dabtsi vov. Thaum kawg nws mam li lees hais tias Vajtswv tus uas muaj hwjchim loj yog tus kav neeg ntiajteb thiab tej tebchaws uas sawv muaj vajntxwv kav. Thiab nws lees hais tias Vajtswv xav tsa leejtwg ua vajntxwv kav tebchaws los yeej tau. 22“Tiamsis Npesaxas, koj uas yog nws tus tub, txawm yog koj twb paub tej no zoo lawm los koj tsis txo koj lub hwjchim li thiab. 23Koj tau ua txhaum tawmtsam tus TSWV uas kav saum ntuj uas yog koj mus rho tej khob thiab tej tais uas nqa hauv Vajtswv lub Tuamtsev los, koj coj los rau koj thiab koj tsoom nomtswv, koj cov pojniam thiab koj cov niamyau hliv cawv txiv hmab haus, thiab nej qhuas tej vajtswv uas muab nyiaj, muab kub, muab tooj liab, muab hlau, muab ntoo thiab muab pobzeb ua, tej vajtswv ntawd tsis pom kev, tsis hnov lus thiab tsis paub ib yam dabtsi li. Koj tsis hwm Vajtswv tus uas tuav koj txojsia thiab kav tagnrho ib puas tsav yam uas koj ua. 24Twb yog vim li ntawd Vajtswv thiaj ua ib txhais tes los sau tej lus ntawd ntag. 25“Cov npe ntawv ntawd sau hais tias: ‘MENES, MENES, TEKELES, PALEXEES.’ 26MENES, txhais hais tias Vajtswv twb suav thiab teem cov hnub uas koj ua vajntxwv kav tebchaws tseg lawm, tsuas pub koj ua vajntxwv txij li no xwb; 27TEKELES, txhais hais tias Vajtswv twb muab koj luj tas lawm, koj sib heev. 28PALEXEES, txhais hais tias Vajtswv yuav muab koj lub tebchaws faib ua ob lub. Mas muab ib nrab faib rau cov neeg Medes thiab muab ib nrab faib rau cov neeg Pawxias.” 29Tamsim ntawd Vajntxwv Npesaxas txawm hais kom lawv muab nws lub tsho loj coj los rau Daniyees hnav thiab muab txoj saw kub uas coj muaj hwvxyeej los rau Daniyees coj. Nws tsa Daniyees ua tus nom loj theem peb ntawm nws nrog nws kav tebchaws. 30Ces hmo ntawd Npesaxas uas yog vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos txawm raug luag muab tua povtseg lawm. 31Dali-us uas yog neeg Medes txawm txeeb ua tus uas kav lub tebchaws ntawd. Lub sijhawm ntawd Dali-us muaj hnubnyoog rau caum ob xyoos.
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Belshazzar’s Feast
1Belshazzar the king ⚓made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels ⚓which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which hadbeen in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3Then they brought the gold ⚓vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which hadbeen in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4They drank wine, ⚓and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. 5⚓In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 6Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his ⚓knees knocked against each other. 7⚓The king cried aloud to bring in ⚓the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; ⚓and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8Now all the king’s wise men came, ⚓but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. 9Then King Belshazzar was greatly ⚓troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished. 10The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came to the banquet hall. The queen spoke, saying, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance change. 11⚓There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers. 12Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel, ⚓whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let Daniel be called, and he will give the interpretation.”
The Writing on the Wall Explained
13Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke, and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? 14I have heard of you, that ⚓the Spirit of God is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. 15Now ⚓the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not give the interpretation of the thing. 16And I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and explain enigmas. ⚓Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 17Then Daniel answered, and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18O king, ⚓the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. 19And because of the majesty that He gave him, ⚓all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he ⚓executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. 20⚓But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21Then he was ⚓driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ⚓till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22“But you his son, Belshazzar, ⚓have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23⚓And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the ⚓vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, ⚓which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand ⚓and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25“And this is the inscription that was written:
26This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27TEKEL: ⚓You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the ⚓Medes and ⚓Persians.” 29Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him ⚓that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Belshazzar’s Fall
30⚓That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31⚓And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.