King Baltassar making a great banquet, with his nobles drink in the holy vessels, which were taken from the Temple of Jerusalem. 5. Fingers appear writing on the wall: 10. which only Daniel readeth, and interpreteth: 18. signifying the ruin of the king: 30. happening the same night.King a Baltassar making a great banket, with his nobles drinke in the holie vessels, which were taken from the Temple of Ierusalem. 5. Fingers appeare writing on the wal: 10. which only Daniel readeth, and interpreteth: 18. signifying the ruine of the king: 30. happening the same night.✦
Baltassar the king made a great feast to his nobles a thousand: and every one drank according to his age.BALTASSAR the king made a great feast to his nobles a thousand: and euerie one dranke according to his age.Baltassar rex fecit grande convivium optimatibus suis mille : et unusquisque secundum suam bibebat ætatem.
2He commanded therefore now being drunk that the vessels of gold and silver, should be brought, which Nabuchodonosor his father had carried away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, that the king, and his nobles might drink in them, and his wives, and concubines.He commanded therfore now being drunke that the vessels of gold & siluer, should be brought, which Nabuchodonosor his father had caried away out of the temple, that was in Ierusalem, that the king, and his Nobles might drinke in them, and his wiues, and concubines.✦Præcepit ergo jam temulentus ut afferrentur vasa aurea et argentea, quæ asportaverat Nabuchodonosor pater ejus de templo, quod fuit in Ierusalem, ut biberent in eis rex, et optimates ejus, uxoresque ejus, et concubinæ.
3Then were the golden and silver vessels brought, which he had carried away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem: and the king and his nobles drank in them, his wives and concubines.Then were the golden and siluer vessels brought, which he had caried away out of the temple, that was in Ierusalem: and the king and his nobles dranke in them, his wiues and concubines.Tunc allata sunt vasa aurea, et argentea, quæ asportaverat de templo, quod fuerat in Ierusalem : et biberunt in eis rex, et optimates ejus, uxores et concubinæ illius.
4They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone.They dranke wine, and praysed their goddes of gold, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, and of wood, and of stone.Bibebant vinum, et laudabant deos suos aureos et argenteos, æreos, ferreos, ligneosque et lapideos.
5In the very same hour there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing over against the candlestick in the superficie: complete, absolute; outer, outermost surface part of the wall of the king's palace: and the king beheld the joints of the hand that wrote.In the very same houre there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing ouer against the candlesticke in the vtter part of the wal of the kings palace: and the king beheld the ioynts of the hand that wrote.✦In eadem hora apparuerunt digiti, quasi manus hominis scribentis contra candelabrum in superficie parietis aulæ regiæ : et rex aspiciebat articulos manus scribentis.
6Then was the king's face changed, and his cogitations troubled him: and the junctures of his renum: the kidneys, the seat of the inmost affections were loosed, and his knees were stricken one against the other.Then was the kings face changed, and his cogitations trubled him: and the iunctures of his reynes were loosed, and his knees were striken one against the other.Tunc facies regis commutata est, et cogitationes ejus conturbabant eum : et compages renum ejus solvebantur, et genua ejus ad se invicem collidebantur.
7The king therefore cried out mightily that they should bring in the magicians, Chaldees, and soothsayers. And the king speaking said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make the interpretation thereof manifest unto me, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third in my kingdom.The king therfore cried out mightely that they should bring in the magicians, Chaldees, and southsayers. And the king speaking sayd to the wisemen of Babylon: Whosoeuer shal read this writing, and shal make the interpretation therof manifest vnto me, shal be clothed with purple, and shal haue a golden chayne on his necke, & shal be the third in my kingdom.Exclamavit itaque rex fortiter ut introducerent magos, Chaldæos, et aruspices. Et proloquens rex ait sapientibus Babylonis : Quicumque legerit scripturam hanc, et interpretationem ejus manifestam mihi fecerit, purpura vestietur, et torquem auream habebit in collo, et tertius in regno meo erit.
8Then all the king's wise men going in could not neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.Then al the kings wisemen going in could not neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.✦Tunc ingressi omnes sapientes regis non potuerunt nec scripturam legere, nec interpretationem indicare regi.
9Wherewith king Baltassar was much troubled, and his countenance was changed: yea and his nobles were troubled.Wherewith king Baltassar was much trubled, and his countenance was changed: yea and his nobles were trubled.Unde rex Baltassar satis conturbatus est, et vultus illius immutatus est ; sed et optimates ejus turbabantur.
10And the queen for the thing that had happened to the king, and his nobles, entered into the house of the feast: and speaking she said: King for ever live: let not thy cogitations trouble thee, neither let thy face be changed.And the * queene for the thing that had happened to the king, and his Nobles, entered into the house of the feast: and speaking she sayd: King for euer liue: let not thy cogitations truble thee, neither let thy face be changed.✦Regina autem pro re, quæ acciderat regi et optimatibus ejus, domum convivii ingressa est : et proloquens ait : Rex, in æternum vive ! non te conturbent cogitationes tuæ, neque facies tua immutetur.
11There is a man in thy kingdom, that hath the spirit of the holy gods in him: and in the days of thy father knowledge and wisdom were found in him: for king Nabuchodonosor also thy father appointed him prince of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldees and soothsayers, thy father,There is a man in thy kingdom, that hath the spirit of the holie goddes in him: and in the dayes of thy father knowlege and wisedom were found in him: for king Nabuchodonosor also thy father appoynted him prince of the magicians, inchanters, Chaldees and southsayers, thy father,✦Est vir in regno tuo, qui spiritum deorum sanctorum habet in se, et in diebus patris tui scientia et sapientia inventæ sunt in eo : nam et rex Nabuchodonosor pater tuus principem magorum, incantatorum, Chaldæorum, et aruspicum constituit eum, pater, inquam, tuus, o rex :
12I say O king: Because more ample spirit, and prudence, and understanding, and interpretation of dreams, and shewing of secrets, and solution of thing bound were found in him, that is, in Daniel: to whom the king gave the name Baltassar. Now therefore let Daniel be called, and he will tell the interpretation.I say ô king: Because more ample spirit, and prudence, and vnderstanding, & interpretation of Dreames, and shewing of secrets, and solution of thinge bound were found in him, that is, in Daniel: to whom the king gaue the name Baltassar. Now therfore let Daniel be called, and he wil tel the interpretation.✦quia spiritus amplior, et prudentia, intelligentiaque et interpretatio somniorum, et ostensio secretorum, ac solutio ligatorum inventæ sunt in eo, hoc est in Daniele : cui rex posuit nomen Baltassar. Nunc itaque Daniel vocetur, et interpretationem narrabit.
13Daniel therefore was brought in before the king. To whom the king speaking, said: Art thou Daniel of the children of the captivity of Juda, whom my father the king brought out of Jewry?Daniel therfore was brought in before the king. To whom the king speaking, said: Art thou Daniel of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda, whom my father the king brought out of Iewrie?Igitur introductus est Daniel coram rege : ad quem præfatus rex ait : Tu es Daniel de filiis captivitatis Judæ, quem adduxit pater meus rex de Judæa ?
14I have heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the gods, and more ample knowledge, and understanding, and wisdom are found in thee.I haue heard of thee, that thou hast the spirit of the goddes, and more ample knowlege, and vnderstanding, and wisedom are found in thee.audivi de te, quoniam spiritum deorum habeas, et scientia, intelligentiaque ac sapientia ampliores inventæ sunt in te.
15And now there have come in into my sight the wise magicians, that they might read this writing, and might shew me the interpretation thereof: and they could not declare me the sense of this word.And now there haue come in into my sight the wise magicians, that they might read this writing, and might shew me the interpretation therof: and they could not declare me the sense of this * word.Et nunc introgressi sunt in conspectu meo sapientes magi, ut scripturam hanc legerent, et interpretationem ejus indicarent mihi : et nequiverunt sensum hujus sermonis edicere.
16Moreover I have heard of thee, that thou canst interpret obscure things, and resolve things bound: if therefore thou be able to read the writing, and to shew me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and shalt have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third prince in my kingdom.Moreouer I haue heard of thee, that thou canst interpret obscure thinges, and resolue thinges bound: if therfore thou be able to reade the writing, & to shew me the interpretation therof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and shalt haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke, & shalt be the third prince in my kingdom.Porro ego audivi de te, quod possis obscura interpretari, et ligata dissolvere : si ergo vales scripturam legere, et interpretationem ejus indicare mihi, purpura vestieris, et torquem auream circa collum tuum habebis, et tertius in regno meo princeps eris.
17To which things Daniel answering, said before the king: Thy rewards be they unto thee, and the gifts of thy house give to another: but the writing will I read thee, O king, and the interpretation thereof will I shew to thee.To which thinges Daniel answering, sayd before the king: Thy rewardes be they vnto thee, and the giftes of thy house geue to an other: but the writing wil I read thee, ô king, and the interpretation therof wil I shew to thee.✦Ad quæ respondens Daniel, ait coram rege : Munera tua sint tibi, et dona domus tuæ alteri da : scripturam autem legam tibi, rex, et interpretationem ejus ostendam tibi.
18O king, God the most high gave to Nabuchodonosor thy father kingdom and magnificence, glory and honour.O king, God the most high gaue to Nabuchodonosor thy father kingdom and magnificence, glorie and honour.O rex, Deus altissimus regnum et magnificentiam, gloriam et honorem dedit Nabuchodonosor patri tuo.
19And for the magnificence, which he gave to him, all peoples, tribes, and tongues trembled, and feared him: whom he would he killed: and whom he would, he percutiebat: a caress, or a seizure; struck, smote: and whom he would he exalted: and whom he would, he humbled.And for the magnificence, which he gaue to him, al peoples, tribes, and tongues trembled, and feared him: whom he would he killed: and whom he would, he stroke: and whom he would he exalted: and whom he would, he humbled.Et propter magnificentiam, quam dederat ei, universi populi, tribus, et linguæ tremebant, et metuebant eum : quos volebat, interficiebat : et quos volebat, percutiebat : et quos volebat, exaltabat : et quos volebat, humiliabat.
20But when his heart was elevated, and his spirit obstinately set to pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was taken away.But when his hart was eleuated, and his spirit obstinatly set to pride, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and his glorie was taken away.Quando autem elevatum est cor ejus, et spiritus illius obfirmatus est ad superbiam, depositus est de solio regni sui, et gloria ejus ablata est :
21And he was cast out from the sons of men, yea and his heart was set with the beasts, and with the wild asses was his habitation: grass also he did eat as an ox, and with the dew of heaven his body was infectum: drenched, stained: till he knew that the Highest had power in the kingdom of men, and whomsoever it shall please him he will raise up over it.And he was cast out from the sonnes of men, yea and his hart was set with the beasts, and with the wild asses was his habitation: grasse also he did eate as an oxe, and with the dew of heauen his bodie was embrewed: til he knew that the Highest had powre in the kingdom of men, and whomsoeuer it shal please him he wil raise vp ouer it.✦et a filiis hominum ejectus est, sed et cor ejus cum bestiis positum est, et cum onagris erat habitatio ejus : fœnum quoque ut bos comedebat, et rore cæli corpus ejus infectum est, donec cognosceret quod potestatem haberet Altissimus in regno hominum, et quemcumque voluerit, suscitabit super illud.
22Thou also his son Baltassar, hast not humbled thy heart, whereas thou knowest all these things:Thou also his sonne Baltassar, hast not humbled thy hart, wheras thou knowest al these thinges:Tu quoque, filius ejus Baltassar, non humiliasti cor tuum, cum scires hæc omnia :
23but against the dominator of heaven thou wast elevated: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines have drunk wine in them: the gods also of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone that see not, nor hear, nor feel, thou hast praised: moreover the God, that hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.but against the dominatour of heauen thou wast eleuated: and the vessels of his house haue bene brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wiues, and thy concubins haue drunke wine in them: the goddes also of siluer, and of gold, and of brasse, of yron, and of wood, and of stone that see not, nor heare, nor feele, thou hast praysed: moreouer the God, that hath thy breath in his hand, and al thy wayes, thou hast not glorified.✦sed adversum Dominatorem cæli elevatus es : et vasa domus ejus allata sunt coram te, et tu, et optimates tui, et uxores tuæ, et concubinæ tuæ vinum bibistis in eis : deos quoque argenteos, et aureos, et æreos, ferreos, ligneosque et lapideos, qui non vident, neque audiunt, neque sentiunt, laudasti : porro Deum, qui habet flatum tuum in manu sua, et omnes vias tuas, non glorificasti.
24Therefore from him is the joint of the hand sent, which hath written this that is drawn.Therfore from him is the ioynt of the hand sent, which hath written this that is drawen.✦Idcirco ab eo missus est articulus manus, quæ scripsit hoc quod exaratum est.
25And this is the writing which is digesta: commanded; set in order, arranged. MANE, THECEL, PHARES.And this is the writing which is ordered. MANE, THECEL, PHARES.✦Hæc est autem scriptura, quæ digesta est : Mane, Thecel, Phares.
26And this the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.And this the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbred thy kingdom, and hath finished it.✦Et hæc est interpretatio sermonis. Mane : numeravit Deus regnum tuum, et complevit illud.
27Thecel: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found having less.THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found hauing lesse.✦Thecel : appensus es in statera, et inventus es minus habens.
28Phares: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes, and Persians.PHARES: thy kingdom is diuided, and is geuen to the Medes, and Persians.✦Phares : divisum est regnum tuum, et datum est Medis, et Persis.
29Then the king commanding Daniel was clothed with purple, and a chain of gold was put about his neck: and it was proclaimed of him that he had power the third in the kingdom.Then the king commanding Daniel was clothed with purple, and a cheyne of gold was put about his necke: & it was proclamed of him that he had powre the third in the kingdom.✦Tunc, jubente rege, indutus est Daniel purpura, et circumdata est torques aurea collo ejus : et prædicatum est de eo quod haberet potestatem tertius in regno suo.
30The same night was Baltassar the king of Chaldee slain.The same night was Baltassar the king of Chaldee slaine.✦Eadem nocte interfectus est Baltassar rex Chaldæus.
31And Darius the Mede succeeded into the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.And Darius the Mede succeded into the kingdom, being three score and two yeares old.✦Et Darius Medus successit in regnum, annos natus sexaginta duos.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.