Nabuchodonosor dreameth, and forgetteth his dream, 4. which the magicians not able to tell, 12. are adjudged to die. 14. But Daniel (praying with his three fellows) by revelation, 24. telleth, 36. and interpreteth the dream: 46. the king adoreth him confessing his God to be the only true God, and advanceth him and his fellows.Nabuchodonosor dreameth, and forgeteth his dreame, 4. which the magicians not able to tel, 12. are adiudged to dye. 14. But Daniel ( praying with his three felowes ) by reuelation, 24. telleth, 36. and interpreteth the dreame: 46. the king adoreth him confessing his God to be the onlie true God, and aduanceth him & his felowes.✦
In the second year of the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor saw a dream, and his spirit was terrified,IN the second yeare of the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor saw a dreame, and his spirit was terrified,✦In anno secundo regni Nabuchodonosor, vidit Nabuchodonosor somnium, et conterritus est spiritus ejus, et somnium ejus fugit ab eo.
2and his dream was fled from him. But the king commanded, that the arioli: diviners, foretellers of things to come should be called together, and, the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldees: to declare unto the king his dreams: who when they were come, stood beforeand his dreame was fled from him. But the king commanded, that the southsayers should be called together, and, the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the * Chaldees: to declare vnto the king his dreames: whō when they were come, stood before✦Præcepit autem rex ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldæi, ut indicarent regi somnia sua. Qui cum venissent, steterunt coram rege.
3the king. And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being confounded in mind I know not what I saw.the king. And the king sayd to them: I saw a dreame: & being confounded in minde I know not what I saw.Et dixit ad eos rex : Vidi somnium, et mente confusus ignoro quid viderim.
4And the Chaldees answered the king in Syriac, King for ever live: tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.And the Chaldees answered the king in Syriach, King for euer liue: tel the dreame to thy seruants, and we wil declare the interpretation therof.✦Responderuntque Chaldæi regi syriace : Rex, in sempiternum vive ! dic somnium servis tuis, et interpretationem ejus indicabimus.
5And the king answering said to the Chaldees. The word is departed from me: unless you tell me the dream, and the conjecturam: not a guess here: the interpretation, the meaning thereof, you shall perish, and your houses shall beAnd the king answering sayd to the Chaldees. The word is departed from me: vnles you tel me the dreame, and the coniecture therof, you shal perish, and your houses shal beEt respondens rex ait Chaldæis : Sermo recessit a me : nisi indicaveritis mihi somnium, et conjecturam ejus, peribitis vos, et domus vestræ publicabuntur.
6confiscate. But if you tell the dream, and the conjecture thereof, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts, and much honour: the dream therefore, and the interpretation thereof tell you me.confiscate. But if you tel the dreame, & the coniecture therof, you shal receiue of me rewards, & gifts, and much honour: the dreame therfore, and the interpretation therof tel you me.Si autem somnium, et conjecturam ejus narraveritis, præmia, et dona, et honorem multum accipietis a me. Somnium igitur, et interpretationem ejus indicate mihi.
7They answered the second time, and said: Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.They answered the second time, & sayd: Let the king tel his seruants the dreame, & we wil declare the interpretation therof.Responderunt secundo, atque dixerunt : Rex somnium dicat servis suis, et interpretationem illius indicabimus.
8The king answered, and said: Surely I know that you redimitis: buy up, gain, playing for delay time, knowing that the word is departed from me.The king answered, & sayd: Surely I know that you redeme time, knowing that the word is departed from me.Respondit rex, et ait : Certe novi quod tempus redimitis, scientes quod recesserit a me sermo.
9If therefore you shew me not the dream, there is one sentence of you, that you have also framed a fallacem: deceitful, full of guile interpretation, and full of deceit, to speak unto me till the time pass away. Tell me therefore the dream, that I may know that you speak a true interpretation also thereof.If therfore you shew me not the dreame, there is one sentence of you, that you haue also framed a guilful interpretation, and ful of deceite, to speake vnto me til the time passe away. Tel me therfore the dreame, that I may know that you speake a true interpretation also therof.✦Si ergo somnium non indicaveritis mihi, una est de vobis sententia, quod interpretationem quoque fallacem, et deceptione plenam composueritis, ut loquamini mihi donec tempus pertranseat. Somnium itaque dicite mihi, ut sciam quod interpretationem quoque ejus veram loquamini.
10The Chaldees therefore answering before the king, said: There is no man upon the earth, that can accomplish thy word, O king, yea neither any king great and mighty, demandeth such a word of any soothsayer, and magician, and Chaldee.The Chaldees therfore answering before the king, sayd: There is no man vpon the earth, that can accomplish thy word, ó king, yea neither anie king great and mighty, demandeth such a word of anie southsayer, & ma-Respondentes ergo Chaldæi coram rege, dixerunt : Non est homo super terram, qui sermonem tuum, rex, possit implere : sed neque regum quisquam magnus et potens verbum hujuscemodi sciscitatur ab omni ariolo, et mago, et Chaldæo.
11For the word that thou askest, O king, is weighty: neither shall there be found any, that can shew it in sight of the king, except the gods, whose conversatio: manner of life, company, dwelling: not speech is not with men.gician, and Chaldee. For the word that thou askest, ó king, is weightie: neither shal there be found any, that can shew it in sight of the king, except the goddes, whose conuersation is notSermo enim, quem tu quæris, rex, gravis est : nec reperietur quisquam qui indicet illum in conspectu regis, exceptis diis, quorum non est cum hominibus conversatio.
12Which thing being heard, the king in fury, and in great wrath commanded that all the wisemen of Babylonwith men. Which thing being heard, the king in furie, and in great wrath commanded that al the wisemen of BabylonQuo audito, rex, in furore et in ira magna, præcepit ut perirent omnes sapientes Babylonis.
13should perish. And the sentence being gone forth, wisemen were slain: and Daniel and his fellows were sought for, to perish.should perish. And the sentence being gone forth, wisemen were slaine: & Daniel and his felowes were sougth for, to pe-✦Et egressa sententia, sapientes interficiebantur : quærebanturque Daniel et socii ejus, ut perirent.
14Then Daniel inquired concerning the law, and the sentence, of Arioch the prince of the king's militiæ: military service, the soldiery, the army, who was gonerish. Then Daniel inquired concerning the law, and the sentence, of Arioch the prince of the kings warfar, who was goneTunc Daniel requisivit de lege atque sententia ab Arioch principe militiæ regis, qui egressus fuerat ad interficiendos sapientes Babylonis.
15forth to kill the wisemen of Babylon. And he asked him, that had received the power of the king, for what cause so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. When Arioch therefore had shewed the matter to Daniel,forth to kil the wisemen of Babylon. And he asked him, that had receiued the powre of the king, for what cause so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. When A-Et interrogavit eum, qui a rege potestatem acceperat, quam ob causam tam crudelis sententia a facie regis esset egressa. Cum ergo rem indicasset Arioch Danieli,
16Daniel going in desired the king, that he would give him a time to tell the solution to the king.rioch therfore had shewed the matter to Daniel, Daniel going in desired the king, that he would geue him a time to tel the solution to the king.Daniel ingressus rogavit regem ut tempus daret sibi ad solutionem indicandam regi.
17And he went into his house, and he told the matter unto Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias his fellows:And he went into his house, and he told the matter vnto Ananias, & Misael, & Azarias his felowes:Et ingressus est domum suam, Ananiæque et Misaëli et Azariæ, sociis suis, indicavit negotium,
18that they should ask mercy at the face of the God of heaven upon this sacramentum: a secret, a hidden mystery: not the Christian rite, and Daniel and his fellows might not perish, with the rest of the wisemen of Babylon.that they should aske mercie at the face of the God of heauen vpon this sacrament, & Daniel and his felowes might not perish, with the rest of the wisemen of Babylon.✦ut quærerent misericordiam a facie Dei cæli super sacramento isto, et non perirent Daniel et socii ejus cum ceteris sapientibus Babylonis.
19Then was the mystery revealed to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heaven,Then was the mysterie reueled to Daniel by a vision in the night: and Daniel blessed the God of heauen,✦Tunc Danieli mysterium per visionem nocte revelatum est : et benedixit Daniel Deum cæli,
20and speaking said: The name of our Lord be blessed from everlasting and for ever more: because wisdom and strength are his.and speaking sayd: The name of our Lord be blessed from euerlasting & for euer more: because wisedom and strength are his.et locutus ait : Sit nomen Domini benedictum a sæculo et usque in sæculum : quia sapientia et fortitudo ejus sunt.
21And he changeth times, and ages: transporteth kingdoms and establisheth them: giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that understand discipline:And he changeth times, and ages: transporteth kingdoms & establisheth them: geueth wisedom to the wise, and knowlege to them that vnderstand discipline:✦Et ipse mutat tempora, et ætates : transfert regna, atque constituit : dat sapientiam sapientibus, et scientiam intelligentibus disciplinam.
22he revealeth profound, and hidden things, and knoweth the things that are done in darkness: and light is with him.he reueleth profound, & hidden thinges, and knoweth the thinges that are done in darkenes: and light is with him.✦Ipse revelat profunda et abscondita, et novit in tenebris constituta : et lux cum eo est.
23To thee O God of our fathers I confess, and I praise thee: because thou hast given me wisdom, and strength: and now thou hast shewed me the things that we desired of thee, because the king's word thou hast opened to us.To thee ó God of our fathers I confesse, and I prayse thee: because thou hast geuen me wisedom, & strength: and now thou hast shewed me the thinges that we desired of thee, because the kings word thou hast opened to vs.✦Tibi, Deus patrum nostrorum, confiteor, teque laudo, quia sapientiam et fortitudinem dedisti mihi, et nunc ostendisti mihi quæ rogavimus te, quia sermonem regis aperuisti nobis.
24After these things Daniel being entered in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wisemen of Babylon, spake thus unto him: Destroy not the wisemen of Babylon: bring me in before the presence of the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.After these thinges Daniel being entered in to Arioch, whom the king had appoynted to destroy the wisemen of Babylon, spake thus vnto him: Destroy not the wisemen of Babylon: bring me in before the presence of the king, & I wil tel the solution to the king.Post hæc Daniel ingressus ad Arioch, quem constituerat rex ut perderet sapientes Babylonis, sic ei locutus est : Sapientes Babylonis ne perdas : introduc me in conspectu regis, et solutionem regi narrabo.
25Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel to the king, and said to him: I have found a man of the children of the transmigrationis: the deportation, the exile: the captivity of Juda, that can tell the solution to the king.Then Arioch in hast brought in Daniel to the king, and said to him: I haue found a man of the children of the transmigration of Iuda, that can tel the solution to the king.Tunc Arioch festinus introduxit Danielem ad regem, et dixit ei : Inveni hominem de filiis transmigrationis Juda, qui solutionem regi annuntiet.
26The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou in very deed thou canst tell me the dream, that I saw, and the interpretation thereof?The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltassar: Thinkest thou in very dede thou canst tel me the dreame, that I saw, and the interpretation therof?Respondit rex, et dixit Danieli, cujus nomen erat Baltassar : Putasne vere potes mihi indicare somnium, quod vidi, et interpretationem ejus ?
27And Daniel answering before the king, said: The mystery, that the king demandeth, the wisemen, the Magicians, and the soothsayers, and the enchanters can not declare unto the king.And Daniel answering before the king, sayd: The mysterie, that the king demandeth, the wisemen, the Magicians, and the southsayers, and the inchanters can not declare vnto the king.Et respondens Daniel coram rege, ait : Mysterium, quod rex interrogat, sapientes, magi, arioli, et aruspices nequeunt indicare regi :
28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth mysteries, who hath shewed unto thee, king Nabuchodonosor, what things are to come in the later times. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head in thy bed, are these.But there is a God in heauen that reueleth mysteries, who hath shewed vnto thee, king Nabuchodonosor, what thinges are to come in the later times. Thy dreame, and the visions of thy head in thy bed, are these.sed est Deus in cælo revelans mysteria, qui indicavit tibi, rex Nabuchodonosor, quæ ventura sunt in novissimis temporibus. Somnium tuum, et visiones capitis tui in cubili tuo hujuscemodi sunt.
29Thou O king beganst to think in thy bed, what should be hereafter: and he that revealeth mysteries, shewed thee what things are to come.Thou ó king beganst to thinke in thy bed, what should be hereafter: and he that reueleth mysteries, shewed thee what thinges are to come.✦Tu, rex, cogitare cœpisti in strato tuo, quid esset futurum post hæc : et qui revelat mysteria, ostendit tibi quæ ventura sunt.
30To me also not in the wisdom, that is in me more than in all men alive, is this sacrament revealed: but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and thou mightest know the cogitations of thy mind.To me also not in the wisedom, that is in me more then in al men aliue, is this sacrament reueled: but that the interpretation might be made manifest to the king, and thou mightest know the cogitations of thy minde.Mihi quoque non in sapientia, quæ est in me plus quam in cunctis viventibus, sacramentum hoc revelatum est : sed ut interpretatio regi manifesta fieret, et cogitationes mentis tuæ scires.
31Thou O king didst see, and behold as it were one great statue: that statue, great and high of stature stood over against thee, and the sight thereof was terrible.Thou ó king didst see, and behold as it were one great statua: that statua, great and high of stature stood ouer against thee, and the sight therof was terrible.Tu, rex, videbas, et ecce quasi statua una grandis : statua illa magna, et statura sublimis stabat contra te, et intuitus ejus erat terribilis.
32The head of this statue was of the best gold, but the breast and the arms of silver, moreover the belly, and the thighsThe head of this statua was of the best gold, but the breast and the armes of siluer, moreouer the bellie, and the thighesHujus statuæ caput ex auro optimo erat, pectus autem et brachia de argento, porro venter et femora ex ære,
33of brass: and the legs of iron, of the feet a certain part was of iron, and a certain of earth.of brasse: and the legges of yron, of the feete a certaine part was of yron, and a certaine of earth.✦tibiæ autem ferreæ : pedum quædam pars erat ferrea, quædam autem fictilis.
34Thou sawest so, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it stroke the statue on the iron, and earthen feet thereof, and brake them in pieces.Thou sawest so, til a stone was cut out of a mountaine without handes: and it stroke the statua on the yron, & earthen feete therof, & brake them in peeces.Videbas ita, donec abscissus est lapis de monte sine manibus : et percussit statuam in pedibus ejus ferreis et fictilibus, et comminuit eos.
35Then were the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and gold broken together, and brought as it were into the dust of a summer's floor, that are taken violently with the wind: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that stroke the statue, was made a great mountain, and it filled all the earth.Then were the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer, and gold broken together, and brought as it were into the dust of a summers floore, that are taken violently with the winde: and there was no place found for them: but the stone that stroke the statua, was made a great mountaine, and it filled al the earth.Tunc contrita sunt pariter ferrum, testa, æs, argentum, et aurum, et redacta quasi in favillam æstivæ areæ, quæ rapta sunt vento, nullusque locus inventus est eis : lapis autem, qui percusserat statuam, factus est mons magnus, et implevit universam terram.
36This is the dream: the interpretation also thereof we will tell before thee, O king.This is the dreame: the interpretation also therof we wil tel before thee, ó king.Hoc est somnium : interpretationem quoque ejus dicemus coram te, rex.
37Thou art the king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee kingdom, and strength, and empire, and glory:Thou art the king of kings: and the God of heauen hath geuen thee kingdom, and strength, and empire, and glorie:Tu rex regum es : et Deus cæli regnum, et fortitudinem, et imperium, et gloriam dedit tibi :
38and all things, wherein the children of men, and the beasts of the field do inhabit, the fowls also of the heaven he hath given in thy hand, and under thy dominion he hath appointed all things: thou therefore art the golden head.and al thinges, wherin the children of men, and the beasts of the filde doe inhabite, the foules also of the heauen he hath geuen in thy hand, and vnder thy dominion he hath appoynted al thinges: thou therfore art the golden head.et omnia, in quibus habitant filii hominum, et bestiæ agri : volucres quoque cæli dedit in manu tua, et sub ditione tua universa constituit : tu es ergo caput aureum.
39And after thee shall rise up another kingdom less than thou of silver: and another third kingdom of brass, which shall rule over all the world.And after thee shal ryse vp an other kingdom lesse then thou of siluer: and an other third kingdom of brasse, which shal rule ouer al the world.Et post te consurget regnum aliud minus te argenteum : et regnum tertium aliud æreum, quod imperabit universæ terræ.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be as it were iron. As iron breaketh into pieces, and tameth all things, so shall that break, and destroy all these.And the fourth kingdom shal be as it were yron. As yron breaketh into peeces, & tameth al thinges, so shal that breake, and destroy al these.✦Et regnum quartum erit velut ferrum : quomodo ferrum comminuit, et domat omnia, sic comminuet, et conteret omnia hæc.
41Moreover because thou sawest part of the feet, and of the toes of the potters' clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided, which notwithstanding shall rise of the ground of iron, according as thou sawest the iron mingled with the earth of clay.Moreouer because thou sawest part of the feete, and of the toes of the potters clay, and part of yron: the kindom shal be diuided, which notwithstanding shal rise of the ground of yron, according as thou sawest the yron mingled with the earth of clay.✦Porro quia vidisti pedum, et digitorum partem testæ figuli, et partem ferream, regnum divisum erit : quod tamen de plantario ferri orietur, secundum quod vidisti ferrum mistum testæ ex luto.
42And the toes in part of iron, and in part of earth: in part the kingdom shall be whole, and in part broken.And the toes in part of yron, and in part of earth: in part the kingdom shal be whole, and in part broken.Et digitos pedum ex parte ferreos, et ex parte fictiles : ex parte regnum erit solidum, et ex parte contritum.
43And that thou sawest the iron mingled with the earth of clay, they shall be mingled in deed together with man's seed, but they shall not stick fast one to another, as iron can not be mingled with earth.And that thou sawest the yron mingled with the earth of clay, they shal be mingled in dede together with mans seede, but they shal not sticke fast one to an other, as yron can not be mingled with earth.✦Quod autem vidisti ferrum mistum testæ ex luto, commiscebuntur quidem humano semine, sed non adhærebunt sibi, sicut ferrum misceri non potest testæ.
44But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will raise up a kingdom, that shall not be dissipated for ever, and his kingdom shall not be delivered to another people: and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms: and itself shall stand for ever.But in the dayes of those kingdoms the God of heauen wil rayse vp a kingdom, that shal not be dissipated for euer, and his kingdom shal not be deliuered to an other people: and it shal breake in peeces, and shal consume al these kingdoms: and itself shal stand for euer.✦In diebus autem regnorum illorum suscitabit Deus cæli regnum, quod in æternum non dissipabitur, et regnum ejus alteri populo non tradetur : comminuet autem, et consumet universa regna hæc, et ipsum stabit in æternum.
45According as thou sawest, that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and brake the earth in pieces, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God hath shewed the king what things are to come hereafter. And the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof faithful.According as thou sawest, that the stone was cut out of the mountaine without handes, and brake the earth in peeces, and the yron, and the brasse, and the siluer, and the gold, the great God hath shwed the king what thinges are to come hereafter. & the dreame is true, & the interpretation therof faithful.✦Secundum quod vidisti, quod de monte abscissus est lapis sine manibus, et comminuit testam, et ferrum, et æs, et argentum, et aurum, Deus magnus ostendit regi quæ ventura sunt postea : et verum est somnium, et fidelis interpretatio ejus.
46Then king Nabuchodonosor fell on his face, and adored Daniel, and commanded to sacrifice to him hostias: sacrificial victims: not guests or an army and incense.Then king Nabuchodonosor fel on his face, & adored Daniel, & commanded to sacrifice to him hostes & incense.✦Tunc rex Nabuchodonosor cecidit in faciem suam, et Danielem adoravit, et hostias, et incensum præcepit ut sacrificarent ei.
47The king therefore speaking said to Daniel: In very deed your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and he that revealeth mysteries: because thou couldst open this sacrament.The king therfore speaking said to Daniel: In very dede your God is the God of goddes, and Lord of kinges, and he that reueleth mysteries: because thou couldst open this * sacrament.Loquens ergo rex, ait Danieli : Vere Deus vester Deus deorum est, et Dominus regum, et revelans mysteria : quoniam tu potuisti aperire hoc sacramentum.
48Then the king advanced Daniel on high, and he gave him many gifts, and great: and he made him prince over all the provinces of Babylon: and chief of the magistrates, over all the wisemen of Babylon.Then the king aduanced Daniel on high, & he gaue him manie gifts, and great: and he made him prince ouer al the prouinces of Babylon: and chiefe of the magistrates, ouer al the wisemen of Babylon.Tunc rex Danielem in sublime extulit, et munera multa et magna dedit ei : et constituit eum principem super omnes provincias Babylonis, et præfectum magistratuum super cunctos sapientes Babylonis.
49And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed over the works of the province of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: but Daniel himself was in the doors of the king.And Daniel requested of the king, and he appoynted ouer the workes of the prouince of Babylon, Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago: but Daniel himself was in the doores of the king.Daniel autem postulavit a rege, et constituit super opera provinciæ Babylonis Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago : ipse autem Daniel erat in foribus regis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.