Daniele 14

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Et rex Astyages appositus est ad patres suos, et suscepit Cyrus Persesregnum eius.	1 And Daniel was the king's guest, and was honoured above all his friends.
2 Erat autem Daniel conviva regis et honoratus super omnes amicos eius.	2 Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel: and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and sixty vessels of wine.
3 Eratquoque idolum nomine Bel apud Babylonios, ct impendebantur in eo per diessingulos similae artabae duodecim et oves quadraginta vinique metretae sex.	3 The king also worshipped him, and went every day to adore him: but Daniel adored his God. And the king said to him: Why dost thou not adore Bel?
4 Rex quoque colebat eum et ibat per singulos dies adorare eum; porro Danieladorabat Deum suum. Dixitque ei rex: “ Quare non adoras Bel? ”.	4 And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh.
5 Quirespondens ait ei: “ Quia non colo idola manufacta sed viventem Deum, quicreavit caelum et terram et habet potestatem omnis carnis ”.	5 And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
6 Et dixit ad eumrex: “Non tibi videtur esse Bel vivens deus? An non vides, quanta comedat etbibat cotidie? ”.	6 Then Daniel smiled and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time.
7 Et ait Daniel arridens: “ Ne erres, rex; iste enimintrinsecus luteus est et forinsecus aereus, neque comedit neque bibit aliquando”.	7 And the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you tell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die.
8 Et iratus rex vocavit sacerdotes eius et ait eis: “ Nisi dixeritismihi, quis est qui comedat impensas has, moriemini;	8 But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.
9 si autem ostenderitisquoniam Bel comedat haec, morietur Daniel, quia blasphemavit in Bel ”. Etdixit Daniel regi: “ Fiat iuxta verbum tuum ”.	9 Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives, and little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
10 Erant autem sacerdotes Belseptuaginta, exceptis uxoribus et parvulis et filiis. Et venit rex cum Danielein templum Belis.	10 And the priests of Bel said: Behold we go out: and do thou, O king, set on the meats, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal it with thy own ring:
11 Et dixerunt sacerdotes Belis: “ Ecce nos egredimur foras;et tu, rex, affer escas et vinum miscens pone et claude ostium et signa anulotuo;	11 And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel that hath lied against us.
12 et, cum ingressus fueris mane, nisi inveneris omnia comesta a Bel, mortemoriemur, vel Daniel, qui mentitus est adversum nos ”.	12 And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things.
13 Contemnebant autem,quia fecerant sub mensa absconditum introitum et per illum ingrediebantur semperet devorabant ea.	13 So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they departed.
14 Factum est igitur, postquam egressi sunt illi, et rexposuit cibos ante Bel; et praecepit Daniel pueris suis, et attulerunt cinerem etcribraverunt per totum templum coram rege solo et egressi clauserunt ostium etsignantes anulo regis abierunt.	14 But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives and their children: and they ate and drank up all.
15 Sacerdotes autem ingressi sunt nocte iuxtaconsuetudinem suam et uxores et filii eorum et comederunt omnia et biberunt.	15 And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.
16 Surrexit autem rex primo diluculo, et Daniel cum eo;	16 And the king said: Are the seals whole, Daniel? And he answered: They are whole, O king.
17 et ait rex: “ Salvanesunt signa, Daniel? ”. Qui respondit: “ Salva, rex ”.	17 And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee.
18 Statimque cumaperuisset ostium, intuitus rex mensam, exclamavit voce magna: “ Magnus es,Bel, et non est apud te dolus quisquam ”.	18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are.
19 Et risit Daniel et tenuit regem,ne ingrederetur intro, et dixit: “ Ecce pavimentum; animadverte, cuiusvestigia sunt haec ”.	19 And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry.
20 Et dixit rex: “ Video vestigia virorum et mulierumet infantium ”. Et iratus est rex.	20 Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.
21 Tunc apprehendit sacerdotes et uxores etfilios eorum, et ostenderunt ei abscondita ostiola, per quae ingrediebantur etconsumebant, quae erant super mensam.	21 The king therefore put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him, and his temple.
22 Occidit ergo illos rex et tradidit Belin potestate Danieli, qui subvertit eum et templum eius.	22 And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians worshipped him.
23 Et erat draco magnus, et colebant eum Babylonii.	23 And the king said to Daniel: Behold thou canst not say now, that this is not a living god: adore him therefore.
24 Et dixit rex Danieli: “Non potes dicere quia iste non sit deus vivens; adora ergo eum ”.	24 And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god.
25 DixitqueDaniel: “ Dominum Deum meum adoro, quia ipse est Deus vivens.	25 But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said: I give thee leave.
26 Tu autem,rex, da mihi potestatem, et interficiam draconem absque gladio et fuste ”. Etait rex: “ Do tibi ”.	26 Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon's mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worshipped.
27 Tulit ergo Daniel picem et adipem et pilos et coxitpariter; fecitque massas et dedit in os draconis et, cum comedisset, diruptusest draco. Et dixit: “ Ecce quae colebatis ”.	27 And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death.
28 Cum audissent Babylonii,indignati sunt vehementer et congregati adversum regem dixerunt: “Iudaeusfactus est rex; Bel destruxit, draconem interfecit et sacerdotes occidit ”.	28 And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house.
29 Et dixerunt, cum venissent ad regem: “ Trade nobis Danielem; alioquininterficiemus te et domum tuam ”.	29 And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them.
30 Vidit ergo rex quod irruerent in eumvehementer et, necessitate compulsus, tradidit eis Danielem.	30 And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days.
31 Qui miserunt eumin lacum leonum, et erat ibi diebus sex.	31 And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel.
32 Porro in lacu erant septem leones,et dabantur eis cotidie duo corpora et duae oves; et tunc non data sunt eis, utdevorarent Danielem.	32 Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers.
33 Erat autem Abacuc propheta in Iudaea et ipse coxeratpulmentum et intriverat panes in alveolo et ibat in campum, ut ferretmessoribus.	33 And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lions' den.
34 Dixitque angelus Domini ad Abacuc: “ Fer prandium, quod habes,in Babylonem Danieli, qui est in lacu leonum ”.	34 And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do I know the den.
35 Et dixit Abacuc: “Domine, Babylonem non vidi et lacum nescio ”.	35 And the angel of the Lord took him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon over the den in the force of his spirit.
36 Et apprehendit eum angelusDomini in vertice eius et portavit eum capillo capitis sui posuitque eum inBabylone supra lacum in impetu spiritus sui.	36 And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take the dinner that God hath sent thee.
37 Et clamavit Abacuc dicens: “Daniel, Daniel, tolle prandium, quod misit tibi Deus ”.	37 And Daniel said: Thou hast remembered me, O God, and thou hast not forsaken them that love thee.
38 Et ait Daniel: “Recordatuses enim mei, Deus, et non dereliquisti diligentes te ”.	38 And Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place.
39 Surgensque Danielcomedit. Porro angelus Dei restituit Abacuc confestim in loco suo.	39 And upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and he came to the den, and looked in, and behold Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions.
40 Venit ergorex die septima, ut lugeret Danielem; et venit ad lacum et introspexit, et ecceDaniel sedens.	40 And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying: Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lions' den.
41 Et exclamavit rex voce magna dicens: “Magnus es, Domine,Deus Danielis, et non est alius praeter te ”.	41 But those that bad been the cause of his destruction, he cast into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him.
42 Porro illos, qui perditioniseius causa fuerant, intromisit in lacum; et devorati sunt in momento coram eo.	42 Then the king said: Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Saviour, working signs, and wonders in the earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions' den.