31AND DARIUS MEDIAN THE HE RECEIVED KINGDOM THE ABOUT A SON OF YEARS SIXTY AND TWO 31and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
1IT SEEMED GOOD BEFORE DARIUS AND HE APPOINTED OVER KINGDOM THE <OBJ.> SATRAPS THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY WHO THEY WILL BE OVER ALL KINGDOM THE The Plot against Daniel 1Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
2AND ABOVE MORE THAN THEM OVERSEERS THREE WHOM DANIEL [WAS] ONE OF THEM WHOM THEY WILL BE SATRAPS THE THESE GIVING TO <THE> THEM REPORT THE AND KING THE NOT HE WILL BE SUFFERING INJURY 2and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.
3THEN DANIEL THIS HE WAS DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF OVER OVERSEERS THE AND SATRAPS THE AS TO BECAUSE THAT A SPIRIT EXTRAORDINARY [WAS] IN HIM AND KING THE [WAS] PLANNING TO APPOINT HIM OVER ALL KINGDOM THE 3Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
4THEN OVERSEERS THE AND SATRAPS THE THEY WERE SEEKING AN OCCASION TO FIND TO DANIEL FROM [THE] SIDE OF KINGDOM THE AND ANY OCCASION AND CORRUPTION NOT [THEY WERE] ABLE TO FIND AS TO BECAUSE THAT [WAS] TRUSTWORTHY HE AND ANY NEGLIGENCE AND CORRUPTION NOT IT WAS FOUND CONCERNING HIM 4Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
5THEN MEN THE THESE [WERE] SAYING THAT NOT WE WILL FIND TO DANIEL THIS ANY OCCASION EXCEPT WE HAVE FOUND CONCERNING HIM IN [THE] LAW OF GOD HIS 5Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
6THEN OVERSEERS THE AND SATRAPS THE THESE THEY CAME AS A CROWD TO KING THE AND AS FOLLOWS [THEY WERE] SAYING TO HIM O DARIUS KING THE FOR EVER LIVE! 6So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said “O King Darius, may you live forever!
7THEY TOOK COUNSEL TOGETHER ALL [THE] OVERSEERS OF KINGDOM THE PREFECTS THE AND SATRAPS THE COUNSELORS THE AND GOVERNORS THE TO ESTABLISH [THE] STATUTE OF KING THE AND TO MAKE STRINGENT A PROHIBITION THAT EVERY [ONE] WHO HE WILL ASK A PETITION FROM ANY GOD AND PERSON UNTIL DAYS THIRTY EXCEPT FROM YOU KING O HE WILL BE THROWN TO [THE] DEN OF LIONS THE 7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
8NOW KING O YOU WILL ESTABLISH PROHIBITION THE SO YOU MAY SIGN WRITING THE WHICH NOT TO CHANGE ACCORDING TO [THE] LAW OF [THE] MEDES AND [THE] PERSIANS WHICH NOT IT WILL PASS AWAY 8Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed— in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
9AS TO BECAUSE THIS KING THE DARIUS HE SIGNED WRITING THE AND PROHIBITION THE 9Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
10AND DANIEL AS THAT HE KNEW THAT IT WAS SIGNED WRITING THE HE WENT IN TO HOUSE HIS AND WINDOWS [WERE] OPENED TO IT IN UPPER ROOM HIS FACING JERUSALEM AND TIMES THREE IN DAY THE HE [WAS] KNEELING ON KNEES HIS AND [WAS] PRAYING AND [WAS] PRAISING BEFORE GOD HIS AS TO BECAUSE THAT HE WAS DOING FROM [THE] FORMER TIME OF THIS Daniel in the Lions’ Den 10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
11THEN MEN THE THESE THEY CAME AS A CROWD AND THEY FOUND <OBJ.> DANIEL ASKING AND IMPLORING FAVOR BEFORE GOD HIS 11Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
12<IN> THEN THEY APPROACHED AND [WERE] SAYING BEFORE KING THE CONCERNING [THE] PROHIBITION OF KING THE ¿ NOT A PROHIBITION DID YOU SIGN THAT EVERY PERSON WHO HE WILL ASK FROM ANY GOD AND PERSON UNTIL DAYS THIRTY EXCEPT FROM YOU KING O HE WILL BE THROWN TO [THE] DEN OF LIONS THE [WAS] REPLYING KING THE AND SAYING [IS] CERTAIN WORD THE ACCORDING TO [THE] LAW OF [THE] MEDES AND [THE] PERSIANS WHICH NOT IT WILL PASS AWAY 12So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
13<IN> THEN THEY REPLIED AND [WERE] SAYING BEFORE KING THE THAT DANIEL WHO [IS] ONE OF [THE] SONS OF EXILE THE OF JUDAH NOT HE HAS SET TO YOU KING O DISCRETION AND TO PROHIBITION THE WHICH YOU SIGNED AND TIMES THREE IN DAY THE [HE IS] ASKING PETITION HIS 13Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
14THEN KING THE AS THAT WORD THE HE HEARD EXCEEDINGLY IT WAS DISPLEASING TO HIM AND CONCERNING DANIEL HE SET MIND TO DELIVER HIM AND UNTIL [THE] GOINGS IN OF SUN THE HE WAS STRIVING TO RESCUE HIM 14As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.
15<IN> THEN MEN THE THESE THEY CAME AS A CROWD TO KING THE AND [WERE] SAYING TO KING THE KNOW KING O THAT [THE] LAW OF [THE] MEDES AND [THE] PERSIANS THAT ANY PROHIBITION AND STATUTE WHICH KING THE HE WILL ESTABLISH NOT TO CHANGE 15Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”
16<IN> THEN KING THE HE SAID AND THEY BROUGHT <OBJ.> DANIEL AND THEY THREW [HIM] TO DEN THE OF LIONS THE [WAS] REPLYING KING THE AND [WAS] SAYING TO DANIEL GOD YOUR WHOM YOU [ARE] PAYING REVERENCE TO HIM IN <THE> CONTINUANCE HE MAY HE DELIVER YOU 16So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
17AND IT WAS BROUGHT A STONE ONE AND IT WAS SET OVER [THE] MOUTH OF DEN THE AND HE SEALED IT KING THE WITH SIGNET-RING HIS AND WITH [THE] SIGNET-RINGS OF NOBLES HIS THAT NOT IT WILL CHANGE ANYTHING WITH DANIEL 17A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
18THEN HE WENT KING THE TO PALACE HIS AND HE PASSED [THE] NIGHT FASTING AND THRUSTING [WOMEN] NOT HE BROUGHT IN BEFORE HIM AND SLEEP HIS IT FLED ON HIM 18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
19<IN> THEN KING THE AT <THE> DAWN HE AROSE AT DAYLIGHT THE AND IN HASTE TO DEN THE OF LIONS THE HE WENT 19At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
20AND JUST AS APPROACHED HE TO DEN THE TO DANIEL WITH A VOICE PAINED HE CRIED OUT [WAS] REPLYING KING THE AND [WAS] SAYING TO DANIEL O DANIEL [THE] SERVANT OF GOD THE <THE> LIVING GOD YOUR WHOM YOU [ARE] PAYING REVERENCE TO HIM IN <THE> CONTINUANCE ¿ WAS HE ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM LIONS THE 20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
21THEN DANIEL WITH KING THE HE SPOKE KING O FOR EVER LIVE! 21Then Daniel replied “O king, may you live forever!
22GOD MY HE SENT ANGEL HIS AND HE CLOSED [THE] MOUTH OF LIONS THE AND NOT THEY HARMED ME AS TO BECAUSE THAT BEFORE HIM INNOCENCE IT WAS FOUND TO ME AND ALSO BEFORE YOU KING O A HURTFUL ACT NOT I HAVE DONE 22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
23<IN> THEN KING THE EXCEEDINGLY IT WAS GOOD TO HIM AND <OBJ.> DANIEL HE SAID TO TAKE UP FROM DEN THE AND HE WAS TAKEN UP DANIEL FROM DEN THE AND ANY HURT NOT IT WAS FOUND ON HIM THAT HE HAD TRUSTED IN GOD HIS 23The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
24AND HE SAID KING THE AND THEY BROUGHT MEN THE THESE WHO THEY HAD EATEN PIECES HIS OF DANIEL AND TO [THE] DEN OF LIONS THE THEY THREW THEY SONS THEIR AND WIVES THEIR AND NOT THEY REACHED TO [THE] BOTTOM OF DEN THE UNTIL THAT THEY ASSAULTED <IN> THEM LIONS THE AND ALL BONES THEIR THEY SHATTERED 24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions— they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
25<IN> THEN DARIUS KING THE HE WROTE TO ALL PEOPLES THE NATIONS THE AND LANGUAGES THE WHICH [WERE] DWELLING IN ALL EARTH THE PEACE YOUR MAY IT INCREASE Darius Honors God 25Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
26FROM BEFORE ME IT IS MADE A DECREE THAT IN ALL [THE] DOMINION OF KINGDOM MY THEY WILL BE TREMBLING AND FEARING FROM BEFORE GOD HIS OF DANIEL THAT HE [IS] GOD THE <THE> LIVING AND ENDURING FOR EVER AND KINGDOM HIS WHICH NOT IT WILL BE DESTROYED AND DOMINION HIS [IS] TO END THE 26I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
27[HE IS] DELIVERING AND [HE IS] RESCUING AND [HE IS] DOING SIGNS AND WONDERS IN HEAVENS THE AND ON EARTH THE WHO HE HAS DELIVERED <OBJ.> DANIEL FROM [THE] HAND OF LIONS THE 27He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28AND DANIEL THIS HE PROSPERED IN [THE] REIGN OF DARIUS AND IN [THE] REIGN OF CYRUS PERSIAN THE 28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus*NoteCloseOr prospered during the reign of Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrus the Persian.