Artaxerxes of the Medes received the kingdom, and Darius, full of days and renowned in old age.
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Daniel (Old Greek) 6
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He appointed one hundred and twenty-seven satraps over all his kingdom.
over them three leading men, and Daniel was one of the three men
πάντας ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ Δανιηλ ἦν ἐνδεδυμένος πορφύραν καὶ μέγας καὶ ἔνδοξος ἔναντι Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως καθότι ἦν ἔνδοξος καὶ ἐπιστήμων καὶ συνετός καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ εὐοδούμενος ἐν ταῖς πραγματείαις τοῦ βασιλέως αἷς ἔπρασσε τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐβουλεύσατο καταστῆσαι τὸν Δανιηλ ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς δύο ἄνδρας οὓς κατέστησε μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ σατράπας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτά
Having authority over all in the kingdom, Daniel was clothed in purple and was great and honored before Darius the king, because he was honored and knowledgeable and discerning, and a holy spirit was in him, and he prospered in the king’s affairs which he conducted. Then the king planned to set Daniel over his entire kingdom, and the two men whom he appointed with him, and one hundred twenty-seven satraps.
δὲ ἐβουλεύσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς καταστῆσαι τὸν Δανιηλ ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ τότε βουλὴν καὶ γνώμην ἐβουλεύσαντο ἐν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ δύο νεανίσκοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες ἐπεὶ οὐδεμίαν ἁμαρτίαν οὐδὲ ἄγνοιαν ηὕρισκον κατὰ τοῦ Δανιηλ περὶ ἧς κατηγορήσουσιν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα
But the king planned to set Daniel over his whole kingdom. Then the two young men conferred and deliberated among themselves, saying, “Since we find no sin or ignorance against Daniel about which we could accuse him before the king.”
εἶπαν δεῦτε στήσωμεν ὁρισμὸν καθ᾿ ἑαυτῶν ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἀξιώσει ἀξίωμα καὶ οὐ μὴ εὔξηται εὐχὴν ἀπὸ παντὸς θεοῦ ἕως ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα ἀλλ᾿ ἢ παρὰ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως εἰ δὲ μή ἀποθανεῖται ἵνα ἡττήσωσι τὸν Δανιηλ ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ῥιφῇ εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων ᾔδεισαν γὰρ ὅτι Δανιηλ προσεύχεται καὶ δεῖται κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας
They said, Come, let us establish a decree among ourselves, that no person shall esteem any dignity, nor shall he offer a prayer to any god for thirty days, except to Darius the king; and if not, he shall die, so that they might overcome Daniel before the king and he might be thrown into the lions’ pit, for they knew that Daniel prayed and petitioned the Lord his God three times a day.
Those men approached and said before the king.
καὶ στάσιν ἐστήσαμεν ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἂν εὔξηται εὐχὴν ἢ ἀξιώσῃ ἀξίωμά τι παρὰ παντὸς θεοῦ ἕως ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα ἀλλ᾿ ἢ παρὰ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως ῥιφήσεται εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων
And we established a decree that every person who should offer a prayer or make any request of any god for thirty days, except from Darius the king, shall be thrown into the lions’ pit.
ἠξίωσαν τὸν βασιλέα ἵνα στήσῃ τὸν ὁρισμὸν καὶ μὴ ἀλλοιώσῃ αὐτόν διότι ᾔδεισαν ὅτι Δανιηλ προσεύχεται καὶ δεῖται τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας ἵνα ἡττηθῇ διὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ῥιφῇ εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων
They urged the king to establish the decree and not alter it, because they knew that Daniel prayed and made supplication three times a day, so that he might be overcome through the king and thrown into the lions’ pit.
Thus King Darius established and ratified.
δὲ Δανιηλ τὸν ὁρισμόν ὃν ἔστησε κατ᾿ αὐτοῦ θυρίδας ἤνοιξεν ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ αὐτοῦ κατέναντι Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἔπιπτεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας καθὼς ἐποίει ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἐδεῖτο
But Daniel, when he learned of the decree that had been established against him, opened the windows in his upper room facing Jerusalem, and three times a day he fell upon his face, as he had done before, and prayed.
They kept watch on Daniel and found him praying three times each day.
οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐνέτυχον τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ εἶπαν Δαρεῖε βασιλεῦ οὐχ ὁρισμὸν ὡρίσω ἵνα πᾶς ἄνθρωπος μὴ εὔξηται εὐχὴν μηδὲ ἀξιώσῃ ἀξίωμα παρὰ παντὸς θεοῦ ἕως ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα ἀλλὰ παρὰ σοῦ βασιλεῦ εἰ δὲ μή ῥιφήσεται εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἀκριβὴς ὁ λόγος καὶ μενεῖ ὁ ὁρισμός
These men approached the king and said, Darius, O king, did you not establish a decree that every person should not make a prayer nor request a petition from any god for thirty days, but from you, O king? Otherwise, he shall be thrown into the lions’ pit. And the king answered and said to them, The word is certain, and the decree shall remain.
εἶπον αὐτῷ ὁρκίζομέν σε τοῖς Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν δόγμασιν ἵνα μὴ ἀλλοιώσῃς τὸ πρόσταγμα μηδὲ θαυμάσῃς πρόσωπον καὶ ἵνα μὴ ἐλαττώσῃς τι τῶν εἰρημένων καὶ κολάσῃς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃς οὐκ ἐνέμεινε τῷ ὁρισμῷ τούτῳ καὶ εἶπεν οὕτως ποιήσω καθὼς λέγετε καὶ ἕστηκέ μοι τοῦτο
They said to him, “We adjure you by the decrees of the Medes and Persians, that you not alter the ordinance, nor show regard for a person, and that you not lessen anything of the things spoken and punish the man who did not abide by this decree.” And he said, “Thus I will do as you say,” and this matter stands with me.
εἶπαν ἰδοὺ εὕρομεν Δανιηλ τὸν φίλον σου εὐχόμενον καὶ δεόμενον τοῦ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας
They said, “Behold, we have found Daniel, your friend, praying and entreating before the face of his God three times a day.”
λυπούμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν ῥιφῆναι τὸν Δανιηλ εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων κατὰ τὸν ὁρισμόν ὃν ἔστησε κατ᾿ αὐτοῦ τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς σφόδρα ἐλυπήθη ἐπὶ τῷ Δανιηλ καὶ ἐβοήθει τοῦ ἐξελέσθαι αὐτὸν ἕως δυσμῶν ἡλίου ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν σατραπῶν
Grieving, the king said that Daniel should be thrown into the lions’ pit, according to the decree that he had established against him. Then the king was deeply grieved over Daniel and strove to rescue him until sunset from the hands of the satraps.
He was not able to rescue him from them.
δὲ Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπε τῷ Δανιηλ ὁ θεός σου ᾧ σὺ λατρεύεις ἐνδελεχῶς τρὶς τῆς ἡμέρας αὐτὸς ἐξελεῖταί σε ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν λεόντων ἕως πρωὶ θάρρει
But King Darius said to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually three times a day, he will rescue you from the hand of the lions; have courage until morning.”
Δανιηλ ἐρρίφη εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων καὶ ἠνέχθη λίθος καὶ ἐτέθη εἰς τὸ στόμα τοῦ λάκκου καὶ ἐσφραγίσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δακτυλίοις τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ ὅπως μὴ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀρθῇ ὁ Δανιηλ ἢ ὁ βασιλεὺς αὐτὸν ἀνασπάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου
Daniel was thrown into the lions’ pit, and a stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the pit, and the king sealed it with his ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel might not be removed by them, or the king might pull him up from the pit.
ὑπέστρεψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὰ βασίλεια αὐτοῦ καὶ ηὐλίσθη νῆστις καὶ ἦν λυπούμενος περὶ τοῦ Δανιηλ τότε ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Δανιηλ πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος αὐτοῦ ἀπέκλεισε τὰ στόματα τῶν λεόντων καὶ οὐ παρηνώχλησαν τῷ Δανιηλ
The king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting, and he was grieved concerning Daniel. Then the God of Daniel, taking care of him, closed the mouths of the lions, and they did not harm Daniel.
ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος ὤρθρισε πρωὶ καὶ παρέλαβε μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς σατράπας καὶ πορευθεὶς ἔστη ἐπὶ τοῦ στόματος τοῦ λάκκου τῶν λεόντων
King Darius rose early in the morning, took the satraps with him, and went and stood at the mouth of the lions’ den.
ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκάλεσε τὸν Δανιηλ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ λέγων ὦ Δανιηλ εἰ ἄρα ζῇς καὶ ὁ θεός σου ᾧ λατρεύεις ἐνδελεχῶς σέσωκέ σε ἀπὸ τῶν λεόντων καὶ οὐκ ἠχρείωκάν σε
The king called Daniel with a loud voice, with weeping, saying, “O Daniel, if indeed you are alive, has your God whom you continually serve saved you from the lions, and have they not harmed you?”
Daniel heard with a loud voice and said, “O king, I am still alive.”
σέσωκέ με ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ τῶν λεόντων καθότι δικαιοσύνη ἐν ἐμοὶ εὑρέθη ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐναντίον δὲ σοῦ βασιλεῦ οὔτε ἄγνοια οὔτε ἁμαρτία εὑρέθη ἐν ἐμοί σὺ δὲ ἤκουσας ἀνθρώπων πλανώντων βασιλεῖς καὶ ἔρριψάς με εἰς τὸν λάκκον τῶν λεόντων εἰς ἀπώλειαν
God has saved me from the lions, because righteousness was found in me before him; and before you also, O king, neither ignorance nor sin was found in me. But you listened to men who lead kings astray, and you threw me into the lions’ pit for destruction.
All the powers gathered together and saw Daniel, that the lions had not troubled him.
οἱ δύο ἄνθρωποι ἐκεῖνοι οἱ καταμαρτυρήσαντες τοῦ Δανιηλ αὐτοὶ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐρρίφησαν τοῖς λέουσι καὶ οἱ λέοντες ἀπέκτειναν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔθλασαν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν
Those two men who had testified against Daniel, they and their wives and their children, were thrown to the lions, and the lions killed them and crushed their bones.
Darius wrote to all the nations and countries and languages dwelling throughout all his land, saying
οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὄντες ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ μου ἔστωσαν προσκυνοῦντες καὶ λατρεύοντες τῷ θεῷ τοῦ Δανιηλ αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστι θεὸς μένων καὶ ζῶν εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος
Let the people who are in my kingdom be worshiping and serving the God of Daniel, for he is God, remaining and living through generations of generations forever.
Δαρεῖος ἔσομαι αὐτῷ προσκυνῶν καὶ δουλεύων πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας μου τὰ γὰρ εἴδωλα τὰ χειροποίητα οὐ δύνανται σῶσαι ὡς ἐλυτρώσατο ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Δανιηλ τὸν Δανιηλ
I shall be worshiping and serving him all my days; for handmade idols cannot save, as the God of Daniel rescued Daniel.
ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος προσετέθη πρὸς τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ καὶ Δανιηλ κατεστάθη ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας Δαρείου καὶ Κῦρος ὁ Πέρσης παρέλαβε τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ
King Darius was gathered to his kindred, and Daniel was established over the kingdom of Darius, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.