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- ベルシャツァル 王は 千人の 貴族を 招いて 大宴會を 開き, みんなで 酒を 飮んでいた.
- 宴も 進んだころ, ベルシャツァル は, その 父 ネブカドネツァル が エルサレム の 神殿から 奪って 來た 金銀の 祭具を 持って 來るように 命じた. 王や 貴族, 後宮の 女たちがそれで 酒を 飮もうというのである.
- そこで, エルサレム の 神殿から 奪って 來た 金銀の 祭具が 運び ¿まれ, 王や 貴族, 後宮の 女たちがそれで 酒を 飮み 始めた.
- こうして 酒を 飮みながら, 彼らは 金や 銀, 靑銅, 鐵, 木や 石などで 造った 神¿をほめたたえた.
- その 時, 人の 手の 指が 現れて, ともし 火に 照らされている 王宮の 白い 壁に 文字を 書き 始めた. 王は 書き 進むその 手先を 見た.
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- Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand.
- When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.
- Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.
- They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
- Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing.
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- 王は 恐怖にかられて 顔色が 變わり, 腰が 拔け, 膝が 震えた.
- 王は 大聲をあげ, 祈¿師, 賢者, 星占い 師などを 連れて 來させ, これら バビロン の 知者にこう 言った. 「この 字を 讀み, 解釋をしてくれる 者には, 紫の 衣を 着せ, 金の 鎖を 首にかけて, 王國を 治める 者のうちの 第三の 位を 與えよう. 」
- 宮廷の 知者たちは 皆, 集まって 來たが, だれもその 字を 讀むことができず, 解釋もできなかった.
- ベルシャツァル 王はいよいよ 恐怖にかられて 顔色が 變わり, 貴族も 皆途方に 暮れた.
- 王や 貴族が 話しているのを 聞いた 王妃は, 宴會場に 來てこう 言った. 「王樣がとこしえまでも 生き 永らえられますように. そんなに 心配したり 顔色を 變えたりなさらないでくださいませ.
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- Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.
- The king called aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans and the diviners The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, "Any man who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be clothed with purple and have a necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as third ruler in the kingdom."
- Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king.
- Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his face grew even paler, and his nobles were perplexed.
- The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale.
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- お 國には, 聖なる 神の 靈を 宿している 人が 一人おります. 父王樣の 代に, その 人はすばらしい 才能, 神¿のような 知惠を 示したものでございます. お 父上の ネブカドネツァル 王樣は, この 人を 占い 師, 祈¿師, 賢者, 星占い 師などの 長にしておられました.
- この 人には 特別な 靈の 力があって, 知識と 才能に 富み, 夢の 解釋, 謎解き, 難問の 說明などがよくできるのでございます. ダニエル という 者で, 父王樣は ベルテシャツァル と 呼んでいらっしゃいました. この ダニエル をお 召しになれば, その 字の 解釋をしてくれることでございましょう. 」
- そこで, ダニエル が 王の 前に 召し 出された. 王は 彼に 言った. 「父王が ユダ から 捕らえ 歸った ユダヤ 人の 捕囚の 一人, ダニエル というのはお 前か.
- 聞くところによると, お 前は 神¿の 靈を 宿していて, すばらしい 才能と 特別な 知惠を 持っているそうだ.
- 賢者や 祈¿師を 連れて 來させてこの 文字を 讀ませ, 解釋させようとしたのだが, 彼らにはそれができなかった.
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- "There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king, appointed him chief of the magicians, conjurers, Chaldeans and diviners.
- "This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of enigmas and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation."
- Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?
- "Now I have heard about you that a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you.
- "Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message.
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- お 前はいろいろと 解釋をしたり 難問を 解いたりする 力を 持つと 聞いた. もしこの 文字を 讀み, その 意味を 說明してくれたなら, お 前に 紫の 衣を 着せ, 金の 鎖を 首にかけて, 王國を 治める 者のうち 第三の 位を 與えよう. 」
- ダニエル は 王に 答えた. 「贈り 物など 不要でございます. 報酬はだれか 他の 者にお 與えください. しかし, 王樣のためにその 文字を 讀み, 解釋をいたしましょう.
- 王樣, いと 高き 神は, あなたの 父 ネブカドネツァル 王に 王國と 權勢と 威光をお 與えになりました.
- その 權勢を 見て, 諸國, 諸族, 諸言語の 人¿はすべて, 恐れおののいたのです. 父王樣は 思うままに 殺し, 思うままに 生かし, 思うままに 榮譽を 與え, 思うままに ¿落させました.
- しかし, 父王樣は 傲慢になり, 頑に 尊大にふるまったので, 王位を 追われ, 榮光は 奪われました.
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- "But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom."
- Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him.
- "O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.
- "Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every language feared and trembled before him; whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.
- "But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him.
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- 父王樣は 人間の 社會から 追放され, 心は 野の ¿のようになり, 野生のろばと 共に 住み, 牛のように 草を 食らい, 天から 降る 露にその 身をぬらし, ついに 悟ったのは, いと 高き 神こそが 人間の 王國を 支配し, その 御旨のままに 王を 立てられるのだということでした.
- さて, ベルシャツァル 王よ, あなたはその 王子で, これらのことをよくご 存じでありながら, なお, へりくだろうとはなさらなかった.
- 天の 主に 逆らって, その 神殿の 祭具を 持ち 出させ, あなた 御自身も, 貴族も, 後宮の 女たちも 皆, それで 飮みながら, 金や 銀, 靑銅, 鐵, 木や 石で 造った 神¿, 見ることも 聞くこともできず, 何も 知らないその 神¿を, ほめたたえておられます. だが, あなたの 命と 行動の 一切を 手中に 握っておられる 神を 畏れ 敬おうとはなさらない.
- そのために 神は, あの 手を 遣わして 文字を 書かせたのです.
- さて, 書かれた 文字はこうです. メネ , メネ , テケル , そして, パルシン .
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- "He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.
- "Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this,
- but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
- "Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.
- "Now this is the inscription that was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'
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- 意味はこうです. メネ は 數えるということで, すなわち, 神はあなたの 治世を 數えて, それを 終わらせられたのです.
- テケル は 量を 計ることで, すなわち, あなたは 秤にかけられ, 不足と 見られました.
- パルシン は 分けるということで, すなわち, あなたの 王國は 二分されて, メディア と ペルシア に 與えられるのです. 」
- これを 聞いた ベルシャツァル は, ダニエル に 紫の 衣を 着せ, 金の 鎖をその 首にかけるように 命じ, 王國を 治める 者のうち 第三の 位を 彼に 與えるという 布告を 出した.
- その 同じ 夜, カルデア 人の 王 ベルシャツァル は 殺された.
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- "This is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE'--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.
- " 'TEKEL'--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- " 'PERES'--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."
- Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.
- That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
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- So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.
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