Daniel 44DanielStories of faithfulnessClementine Vulgate

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1. 1VULet fecit medium fornacis quasi ventum roris flantem, et non tetigit eos omnino ignis, neque contristavit, nec quidquam molestiæ intulit.BSBBSB: King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
2. 2VULTunc hi tres quasi ex uno ore laudabant, et glorificabant, et benedicebant Deum in fornace, dicentes:BSBBSB: I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
3. 3VUL[Benedictus es, Domine Deus patrum nostrorum: et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in sæcula. Et benedictum nomen gloriæ tuæ sanctum: et laudabile, et superexaltatum in omnibus sæculis.BSBBSB: How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
4. 4VULBenedictus es in templo sancto gloriæ tuæ: et superlaudabilis, et supergloriosus in sæcula.BSBBSB: I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
5. 5VULBenedictus es in throno regni tui: et superlaudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.BSBBSB: I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
6. 6VULBenedictus es, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super cherubim: et laudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula. Benedictus es in firmamento cæli: et laudabilis et gloriosus in sæcula.BSBBSB: So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.
7. 7VULBenedicite, omnia opera Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, angeli Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
8. 8VULBenedicite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, omnes virtutes Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, sol et luna, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:
9. 9VULBenedicite, stellæ cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, omnis imber et ros, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, omnes spiritus Dei, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.
10. 10VULBenedicite, ignis et æstus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, frigus et æstus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
11. 11VULBenedicite, rores et pruina, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, gelu et frigus, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
12. 12VULBenedicite, glacies et nives, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, noctes et dies, Domino laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, lux et tenebræ, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
13. 13VULBenedicite, fulgura et nubes, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicat terra Dominum: laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
14. 14VULBenedicite, montes et colles, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, universa germinantia in terra, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, fontes, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
15. 15VULBenedicite, maria et flumina, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, cete, et omnia quæ moventur in aquis, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, omnes volucres cæli, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
16. 16VULBenedicite, omnes bestiæ et pecora, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, filii hominum, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.
17. 17VULBenedicat Israël Dominum: laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula. Benedicite, sacerdotes Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, servi Domini, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, spiritus et animæ justorum, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.BSBBSB: This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
18. 18VULBenedicite, sancti et humiles corde, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula. Benedicite, Anania, Azaria, Misaël, Domino: laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula: quia eruit nos de inferno, et salvos fecit de manu mortis: et liberavit nos de medio ardentis flammæ, et de medio ignis eruit nos.BSBBSB: This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
19. 19VULConfitemini Domino, quoniam bonus: quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus. Benedicite, omnes religiosi, Domino Deo deorum: laudate et confitemini ei, quia in omnia sæcula misericordia ejus.] Tunc Nabuchodonosor rex obstupuit, et surrexit propere, et ait optimatibus suis: Nonne tres viros misimus in medium ignis compeditos? Qui respondentes regi, dixerunt: Vere, rex.BSBBSB: For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!
20. 20VULRespondit, et ait: Ecce ego video quatuor viros solutos, et ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est, et species quarti similis filio Dei.BSBBSB: The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,
21. 21VULTunc accessit Nabuchodonosor ad ostium fornacis ignis ardentis, et ait: Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, servi Dei excelsi, egredimini, et venite. Statimque egressi sunt Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago de medio ignis. Et congregati satrapæ, et magistratus, et judices, et potentes regis contemplabantur viros illos, quoniam nihil potestatis habuisset ignis in corporibus eorum, et capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus, et sarabala eorum non fuissent immutata, et odor ignis non transisset per eos. Et erumpens Nabuchodonosor, ait: Benedictus Deus eorum, Sidrach videlicet, Misach, et Abdenago: qui misit angelum suum, et eruit servos suos, qui crediderunt in eum: et verbum regis immutaverunt, et tradiderunt corpora sua ne servirent, et ne adorarent omnem deum, excepto Deo suo. A me ergo positum est hoc decretum: ut omnis populus, tribus, et lingua, quæcumque locuta fuerit blasphemiam contra Deum Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dispereat, et domus ejus vastetur: neque enim est alius deus, qui possit ita salvare.BSBBSB: whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—
22. 22VULTunc rex promovit Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago in provincia Babylonis. Nabuchodonosor rex, omnibus populis, gentibus, et linguis, qui habitant in universa terra, pax vobis multiplicetur.BSBBSB: you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.
23. 23VULSigna, et mirabilia fecit apud me Deus excelsus. Placuit ergo mihi prædicare signa ejus, quia magna sunt: et mirabilia ejus, quia fortia: et regnum ejus regnum sempiternum, et potestas ejus in generationem et generationem. Ego Nabuchodonosor quietus eram in domo mea, et florens in palatio meo: somnium vidi, quod perterruit me: et cogitationes meæ in strato meo, et visiones capitis mei conturbaverunt me.BSBBSB: And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
24. 24VULEt per me propositum est decretum ut introducerentur in conspectu meo cuncti sapientes Babylonis, et ut solutionem somnii indicarent mihi.BSBBSB: This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
25. 25VULTunc ingrediebantur arioli, magi, Chaldæi, et aruspices, et somnium narravi in conspectu eorum: et solutionem ejus non indicaverunt mihi, donec collega ingressus est in conspectu meo Daniel, cui nomen Baltassar secundum nomen dei mei, qui habet spiritum deorum sanctorum in semetipso: et somnium coram ipso locutus sum.BSBBSB: You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
26. 26VULBaltassar, princeps ariolorum, quoniam ego scio quod spiritum sanctorum deorum habeas in te, et omne sacramentum non est impossibile tibi: visiones somniorum meorum, quas vidi, et solutionem earum narra.BSBBSB: As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
27. 27VULVisio capitis mei in cubili meo: videbam, et ecce arbor in medio terræ, et altitudo ejus nimia. Magna arbor, et fortis, et proceritas ejus contingens cælum: aspectus illius erat usque ad terminos universæ terræ.BSBBSB: Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
28. 28VULFolia ejus pulcherrima, et fructus ejus nimius: et esca universorum in ea. Subter eam habitabant animalia et bestiæ, et in ramis ejus conversabantur volucres cæli: et ex ea vescebatur omnis caro. Videbam in visione capitis mei super stratum meum, et ecce vigil, et sanctus, de cælo descendit. Clamavit fortiter, et sic ait: Succidite arborem, et præcidite ramos ejus: excutite folia ejus, et dispergite fructus ejus: fugiant bestiæ, quæ subter eam sunt, et volucres de ramis ejus. Verumtamen germen radicum ejus in terra sinite, et alligetur vinculo ferreo et æreo in herbis quæ foris sunt, et rore cæli tingatur, et cum feris pars ejus in herba terræ.BSBBSB: All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
29. 29VULCor ejus ab humano commutetur, et cor feræ detur ei: et septem tempora mutentur super eum.BSBBSB: Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
30. 30VULIn sententia vigilum decretum est, et sermo sanctorum, et petitio: donec cognoscant viventes quoniam dominatur Excelsus in regno hominum, et cuicumque voluerit, dabit illud, et humillimum hominem constituet super eum.BSBBSB: the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
31. 31VULHoc somnium vidi ego Nabuchodonosor rex: tu ergo Baltassar interpretationem narra festinus, quia omnes sapientes regni mei non queunt solutionem edicere mihi: tu autem potes, quia spiritus deorum sanctorum in te est.BSBBSB: While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.
32. 32VULTunc Daniel, cujus nomen Baltassar, cœpit intra semetipsum tacitus cogitare quasi una hora: et cogitationes ejus conturbabant eum. Respondens autem rex, ait: Baltassar, somnium et interpretatio ejus non conturbent te. Respondit Baltassar, et dixit: Domine mi, somnium his, qui te oderunt, et interpretatio ejus hostibus tuis sit. Arborem, quam vidisti sublimem atque robustam, cujus altitudo pertingit ad cælum, et aspectus illius in omnem terram;BSBBSB: You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
33. 33VULet rami ejus pulcherrimi, et fructus ejus nimius, et esca omnium in ea, subter eam habitantes bestiæ agri, et in ramis ejus commorantes aves cæli: tu es rex, qui magnificatus es, et invaluisti: et magnitudo tua crevit, et pervenit usque ad cælum, et potestas tua in terminos universæ terræ.BSBBSB: At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
34. 34VULQuod autem vidit rex vigilem, et sanctum descendere de cælo, et dicere: Succidite arborem, et dissipate illam, attamen germen radicum ejus in terra dimittite, et vinciatur ferro et ære in herbis foris, et rore cæli conspergatur, et cum feris sit pabulum ejus, donec septem tempora mutentur super eum: hæc est interpretatio sententiæ Altissimi, quæ pervenit super dominum meum regem,BSBBSB: But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
35. 35VULEjicient te ab hominibus, et cum bestiis ferisque erit habitatio tua, et fœnum ut bos comedes, et rore cæli infunderis: septem quoque tempora mutabuntur super te, donec scias quod dominetur Excelsus super regnum hominum, et cuicumque voluerit, det illud.BSBBSB: All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
36. 36VULQuod autem præcepit ut relinqueretur germen radicum ejus, id est arboris: regnum tuum tibi manebit postquam cognoveris potestatem esse cælestem. Quam ob rem, rex, consilium meum placeat tibi, et peccata tua eleemosynis redime, et iniquitates tuas misericordiis pauperum: forsitan ignoscet delictis tuis. Omnia hæc venerunt super Nabuchodonosor regem.BSBBSB: At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.
37. 37VULPost finem mensium duodecim, in aula Babylonis deambulabat. Responditque rex, et ait: Nonne hæc est Babylon magna, quam ego ædificavi in domum regni, in robore fortitudinis meæ, et in gloria decoris mei?BSBBSB: Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.