Daniele 2

NOVA VULGATA	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 In anno secundo regni Nabu chodonosor vidit Nabuchodo nosor somnium, etconterritus est spiritus eius, et somnus eius fugit ab eo.	1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Praecepit autemrex, ut convocarentur harioli et magi et malefici et Chaldaei et indicarent regisomnia sua; qui cum venissent, steterunt coram rege.	2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3 Et dixit ad eos rex: “Vidi somnium, et spiritus meus conterritus est, ut intellegat somnium ”.	3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4 Responderuntque Chaldaei regi Aramaice: “ Rex, in sempiternum vive! Dicsomnium servis tuis, et interpretationem eius indicabimus ”.	4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 Et respondensrex ait Chaldaeis: “ Sermo recessit a me. Nisi indicaveritis mihi somnium etconiecturam eius, in frusta concidemini, et domus vestrae in sterquiliniumponentur;	5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 si autem somnium et coniecturam eius narraveritis, praemia et donaet honorem multum accipietis a me. Somnium igitur et interpretationem eiusindicate mihi ”.	6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7 Responderunt secundo atque dixerunt: “ Rex somnium dicatservis suis, et interpretationem illius indicabimus ”.	7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8 Respondit rex et ait:“ Certe novi quia tempus redimitis, scientes quod recesserit a me sermo.	8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9 Siergo somnium non indicaveritis mihi, una est de vobis sententia. Et verbumfallax et deceptione plenum composuistis, ut loquamini mihi, donec tempuspertranseat; somnium itaque dicite mihi, ut sciam quod interpretationem eiusloquamini mihi ”.	9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 Respondentes ergo Chaldaei coram rege dixerunt: “ Nonest homo super terram qui sermonem regis possit indicare; quapropter neque regumquisquam magnus et potens verbum huiuscemodi sciscitatur ab omni hariolo et magoet Chaldaeo.	10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 Sermo enim, quem tu quaeris, rex, gravis est, nec reperieturquisquam qui indicet illum in conspectu regis, exceptis diis, quorum non est cumhominibus conversatio ”.	11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 Quo audito, rex in furore et in ira magnapraecepit, ut perirent omnes sapientes Babylonis.	12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 Et egressa sententia, ut sapientes interficerentur, quaerebantur Daniel etsocii eius, ut perirent.	13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Tunc Daniel interrogavit cum consilio et prudentia Arioch, principem militiaeregis, qui egressus fuerat ad interficiendos sapientes Babylonis;	14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 respondensdixit ad Arioch, qui a rege potestatem acceperat, quam ob causam tam crudelissententia a facie esset regis egressa. Cum ergo rem indicasset Arioch Danieli,	15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Daniel ingressus rogavit regem, ut tempus daret sibi ad solutionem indicandamregi;	16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17 et ingressus est domum suam Ananiaeque, Misaeli et Azariae sociis suisindicavit negotium,	17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 ut quaererent misericordiam a facie Dei caeli supersacramento isto et non perirent Daniel et socii eius cum ceteris sapientibusBabylonis.	18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Tunc Danieli per visionem nocte mysterium revelatum est, etbenedixit Daniel Deo caeli	19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 et locutus Daniel ait: “ Sit nomen Dei benedictum a saeculo et usque in saeculum, quia sapientia et fortitudo eius sunt;	20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 et ipse mutat tempora et aetates, transfert atque constituit reges, dat sapientiam sapientibus et scientiam intellegentibus disciplinam:	21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 ipse revelat profunda et abscondita et novit in tenebris constituta, et lux cum eo inhabitat,	22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 Tibi, Deus patrum meorum, confiteor teque laudo, quia sapientiam et fortitudinem dedisti mihi et nunc ostendisti mihi, quae rogavimus te, quia sermonem regis aperuisti nobis ”.	23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
24 Propterea Daniel, ingressus ad Arioch, quem constituerat rex, ut perderetsapientes Babylonis, sic ei locutus est: “ Sapientes Babylonis ne perdas;introduc me in conspectu regis et solutionem regi enarrabo ”.	24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25 Tunc Ariochfestinus introduxit Danielem ad regem et dixit ei: “ Inveni hominem de filiistransmigrationis Iudae, qui solutionem regi annuntiet ”.	25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26 Respondit rex etdixit Danieli, cuius nomen erat Baltassar: “ Putasne vere potes mihi indicaresomnium, quod vidi, et interpretationem eius?”.	26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27 Et respondens Daniel coramrege ait: “ Mysterium, quod rex interrogat, sapientes, magi et harioli etharuspices non queunt indicare regi;	27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 sed est Deus in caelo revelans mysteria,qui indicavit tibi, rex Nabuchodonosor, quae ventura sunt in novissimistemporibus. Somnium tuum et visiones capitis tui in cubili tuo huiuscemodi sunt:	28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29 Tu, rex, cogitare coepisti in strato tuo quid esset futurum post haec; et,qui revelat mysteria, ostendit tibi, quae ventura sunt.	29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30 Mihi quoque non insapientia, quae est in me plus quam in cunctis viventibus, sacramentum hocrevelatum est, sed ut interpretatio regi manifesta fieret, et cogitationesmentis tuae scires.	30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31 Tu, rex, videbas, et ecce statua una grandis: statua illa magna et staturasublimis stabat contra te, et intuitus eius erat terribilis.	31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 Huius statuaecaput ex auro optimo erat, pectus autem et brachia de argento, porro venter etfemora ex aere,	32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 tibiae autem ferreae, pedum quaedam pars erat ferrea, quaedamautem fictilis.	33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Videbas ita, donec abscissus est lapis sine manibus etpercussit statuam in pedibus eius ferreis et fictilibus et comminuit eos;	34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 tunc contrita sunt pariter ferrum, testa, aes, argentum et aurum, et fueruntquasi folliculus ex areis aestivis, et rapuit ea ventus, nullusque locusinventus est eis; lapis autem, qui percusserat statuam, factus est mons magnuset implevit universam terram.	35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 Hoc est somnium; interpretationem quoque eius dicemus coram te, rex.	36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Turex regum es, et Deus caeli regnum et fortitudinem et imperium et gloriam dedittibi;	37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 et omnia, in quibus habitant filii hominum et bestiae agri volucresquecaeli, dedit in manu tua et te dominum universorum constituit: tu es caputaureum.	38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 Et post te consurget regnum aliud minus te et regnum tertium aliudaereum, quod imperabit universae terrae.	39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 Et regnum quartum erit robustumvelut ferrum; quomodo ferrum comminuit et domat omnia, et sicut ferrumcomminuens conteret et comminuet omnia haec.	40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 Porro quia vidisti pedum etdigitorum partem testae figuli et partem ferream, regnum divisum erit; et roburferri erit ei, secundum quod vidisti ferrum mixtum testae ex luto.	41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 Et digitospedum ex parte ferreos et ex parte fictiles, ex parte regnum erit solidum et exparte contritum.	42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 Quod autem vidisti ferrum mixtum testae ex luto,commiscebuntur quidem humano semine, sed non adhaerebunt sibi, sicuti ferrummisceri non potest testae.	43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 In diebus autem regnorum illorum suscitabit Deuscaeli regnum, quod in aeternum non dissipabitur, et regnum populo alteri nontradetur: comminuet et consumet universa regna haec, et ipsum stabit inaeternum.	44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Secundum quod vidisti quod de monte abscisus est lapis sine manibuset comminuit testam et ferrum et aes et argentum et aurum, Deus magnus ostenditregi, quae ventura sunt postea; et verum est somnium et fidelis interpretatioeius ”.	45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 Tunc rex Nabuchodonosor cecidit in faciem suam et Danielem adoravit ethostias et incensum praecepit, ut sacrificarent ei.	46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47 Loquens ergo rex aitDanieli: “ Vere Deus vester Deus deorum est et Dominus regum et revelansmysteria, quoniam potuisti aperire sacramentum hoc ”.	47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48 Tunc rex Danielem insublime extulit et munera multa et magna dedit ei et constituit eum principemsuper omnes provincias Babylonis et principem praefectorum super cunctossapientes Babylonis.	48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 Daniel autem postulavit a rege et constituit super operaprovinciae Babylonis Sedrac, Misac et Abdenago; ipse autem Daniel erat inforibus regis.	49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.