Daniel 5
1 बेलशस्सर नाम राजा ने अपने हजार प्रधानों के लिये बड़ी जेवनार की, और उन हजार लोगों के साम्हने दाखमधु पिया॥
2 दाखमधु पीते पीते बेलशस्सर ने आज्ञा दी, कि सोने-चान्दी के जो पात्र मेरे पिता नबूकदनेस्सर ने यरूशलेम के मन्दिर में से निकाले थे, उन्हें ले आओ कि राजा अपने प्रधानों, और रानियों और रखेलियों समेत उन में से पीए।
3 तब जो सोने के पात्र यरूशलेम में परमेश्वर के भवन के मन्दिर में से निकाले गए थे, वे लाए गए; और राजा अपने प्रधानों, और रानियों, और रखेलियों समेत उन में से पीने लगा॥
4 वे दाखमधु पी पीकर सोने, चान्दी, पीतल, लोहे, काठ और पत्थर के देवताओं की स्तुति कर ही रहे थे,
5 कि उसी घड़ी मनुष्य के हाथ की सी कई उंगलियां निकल कर दीवट के साम्हने राजमन्दिर की भीत के चूने पर कुछ लिखने लगीं; और हाथ का जो भाग लिख रहा था वह राजा को दिखाई पड़ा।
6 उसे देख कर राजा भयभीत हो गया, और वह अपने सोच में घबरा गया, और उसकी कटि के जोड़ ढ़ीले हो गए, और कांपते कांपते उसके घुटने एक दूसरे से लगने लगे।
7 तब राजा ने ऊंचे शब्द से पुकार कर तन्त्रियों, कसदियों और और होनहार बताने वालों को हाजिर करवाने की आज्ञा दी। जब बाबुल के पण्डित पास आए, तब राजा उन से कहने लगा, जो कोई वह लिखा हुआ पढ़ कर उसका अर्थ मुझे समझाए उसे बैंजनी रंग का वस्त्र और उसके गले में सोने की कण्ठमाला पहिनाई जाएगी; और मेरे राज्य में तीसरा वही प्रभुता करेगा।
8 तब राजा के सब पण्डित लोग भीतर आए, परन्तु उस लिखे हुए को न पढ़ सके और न राजा को उसका अर्थ समझा सके।
9 इस पर बेलशस्सर राजा निपट घबरा गया और भयातुर हो गया; और उसके प्रधान भी बहुत व्याकुल हुए॥
10 राजा और प्रधानों के वचनों को सुन कर, रानी जेवनार के घर में आई और कहने लगी, हे राजा, तू युगयुग जीवित रहे, अपने मन में न घबरा और न उदास हो।
11 तेरे राज्य में दानिय्येल एक पुरूष है जिसका नाम तेरे पिता ने बेलतशस्सर रखा था, उस में पवित्र ईश्वरों की आत्मा रहती है, और उस राजा के दिनों में उस में प्रकाश, प्रवीणता और ईश्वरों के तुल्य बुद्धि पाई गई। और हे राजा, तेरा पिता जो राजा था, उसने उसको सब ज्योतिषियों, तन्त्रियों, कसदियों और और होनहार बताने वालों का प्रधान ठहराया था,
12 क्योंकि उस में उत्तम आत्मा, ज्ञान और प्रवीणता, और स्वप्नों का फल बताने और पहेलियां खोलने, और सन्देह दूर करने की शक्ति पाई गई। इसलिये अब दानिय्येल बुलाया जाए, और वह इसका अर्थ बताएगा॥
13 तब दानिय्येल राजा के साम्हने भीतर बुलाया गया। राजा दानिय्येल से पूछने लगा, क्या तू वही दानिय्येल है जो मेरे पिता नबूकदनेस्सर राजा के यहूदा देश से लाए हुए यहूदी बंधुओं में से है?
14 मैं ने तेरे विषय में सुना है कि ईश्वर की आत्मा तुझ में रहती है; और प्रकाश, प्रवीणता और उत्तम बुद्धि तुझ में पाई जाती है।
15 देख, अभी पण्डित और तन्त्री लोग मेरे साम्हने इसलिये लाए गए थे कि यह लिखा हुआ पढ़ें और उसका अर्थ मुझे बताएं, परन्तु वे उस बात का अर्थ न समझा सके।
16 परन्तु मैं ने तेरे विषय में सुना है कि दानिय्येल भेद खोल सकता और सन्देह दूर कर सकता है। इसलिये अब यदि तू उस लिखे हुए को पढ़ सके और उसका अर्थ भी मुझे समझा सके, तो तुझे बैंजनी रंग का वस्त्र, और तेरे गले में सोने की कण्ठमाला पहिनाई जाएगी, और राज्य में तीसरा तू ही प्रभुता करेगा॥
17 दानिय्येल ने राजा से कहा, अपने दान अपने ही पास रख; और जो बदला तू देना चाहता है, वह दूसरे को दे; वह लिखी हुई बात मैं राजा को पढ़ सुनाऊंगा, और उसका अर्थ भी तुझे समझाऊंगा।
18 हे राजा, परमप्रधान परमेश्वर ने तेरे पिता नबूकदनेस्सर को राज्य, बड़ाई, प्रतिष्ठा और प्रताप दिया था;
19 और उस बड़ाई के कारण जो उसने उसको दी थी, देश-देश और जाति जाति के सब लोग, और भिन्न-भिन्न भाषा बोलने वाले उसके साम्हने कांपते और थरथराते थे, जिसे वह चाहता उसे वह घात करता था, और जिस को वह चाहता उसे वह जीवित रखता था जिसे वह चाहता उसे वह ऊंचा पद देता था, और जिस को वह चाहता उसे वह गिरा देता था।
20 परन्तु जब उसका मन फूल उठा, और उसकी आत्मा कठोर हो गई, यहां तक कि वह अभिमान करने लगा, तब वह अपने राजसिंहासन पर से उतारा गया, और उसकी प्रतिष्ठा भंग की गई;
21 वह मनुष्यों में से निकाला गया, और उसका मन पशुओं का सा, और उसका निवास जंगली गदहों के बीच हो गया; वह बैलों की नाईं घास चरता, और उसका शरीर आकाश की ओस से भीगा करता था, जब तक कि उसने जान न लिया कि परमप्रधान परमेश्वर मनुष्यों के राज्य में प्रभुता करता है और जिसे चाहता उसी को उस पर अधिकारी ठहराता है।
22 तौभी, हे बेलशस्सर, तू जो उसका पुत्र है, और यह सब कुछ जानता था, तौभी तेरा मन नम्र न हुआ।
23 वरन तू ने स्वर्ग के प्रभु के विरुद्ध सिर उठा कर उसके भवन के पात्र मंगवा कर अपने साम्हने धरवा लिए, और अपने प्रधानों और रानियों और रखेलियों समेत तू ने उन में दाखमधु पिया; और चान्दी-सोने, पीतल, लोहे, काठ और पत्थर के देवता, जो न देखते न सुनते, न कुछ जानते हैं, उनकी तो स्तुति की, परन्तु परमेश्वर, जिसके हाथ में तेरा प्राण है, और जिसके वश में तेरा सब चलना फिरना है, उसका सन्मान तू ने नहीं किया॥
24 तब ही यह हाथ का एक भाग उसी की ओर से प्रगट किया गया है और वे शब्द लिखे गए हैं।
25 और जो शब्द लिखे गए वे ये हैं, मने, मने, तकेल, और ऊपर्सीन।
26 इस वाक्य का अर्थ यह है, मने, अर्थात परमेश्वर ने तेरे राज्य के दिन गिनकर उसका अन्त कर दिया है।
27 तकेल, तू मानो तराजू में तौला गया और हलका पाया गया।
28 परेस, अर्थात तेरा राज्य बांट कर मादियों और फारसियों दिया गया है॥
29 तब बेलशस्सर ने आज्ञा दी, और दानिय्येल को बैंजनी रंग का वस्त्र और उसके गले में सोने की कण्ठमाला पहिनाई गई; और ढिंढोरिये ने उसके विषय में पुकारा, कि राज्य में तीसरा दानिय्येल ही प्रभुता करेगा॥
30 उसी रात कसदियों का राजा बेलशस्सर मार डाला गया।
31 और दारा मादी जो कोई बासठ वर्ष का था राजगद्दी पर विराजमान हुआ॥
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: 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 ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.