King Darius making Daniel one of the three chief rulers of his kingdom: 4. and intending also to advance him higher, other princes accuse him for praying to God, contrary to the king's edict. 16. whereupon he is cast into the lions' den: 21. but is conserved without any hurt: 24. his accusers are devoured by the lions, and commandment is given, that all men shall fear the God of Daniel.King Darius making Daniel one of the three chief rulers of his kingdom: 4. and intending also to aduance him higher, other princes accuse him for praying to God, contrarie to the kings edict. 16. wherupon he is cast into the lions denne: 21. but is conserued without anie hurt: 24. his accusers are deuoured by the lions, and commandment is geuen, that al men shal feare the God of Daniel.✦
It pleased Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom governors an hundred twenty to be in all his kingdom.IT pleased Darius, and he appoynted ouer the kingdom Gouerners an hundred twentie to be in al his kingdom.Placuit Dario, et constituit super regnum satrapas centum viginti ut essent in toto regno suo.
2And over them three princes, of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might render account to them, and the king might sustain no trouble.And ouer them three princes, of whom Daniel was one: that the gouerners might render account to them, & the king might susteyne no truble.✦Et super eos principes tres, ex quibus Daniel unus erat : ut satrapæ illis redderent rationem, et rex non sustineret molestiam.
3Daniel therefore passed all the princes, and governors: because there was the spirit of God more ample in him.Daniel therfore passed al the princes, and gouerners: because there was the spirit of God more ample in him.✦Igitur Daniel superabat omnes principes et satrapas, quia spiritus Dei amplior erat in illo.
4Moreover the king thought to appoint him over all the kingdom, whereupon the princes, and the governors sought to find occasionem: a ground or pretext for accusation: not a mere opportunity or happening against Daniel on the behalf of the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.Moreouer the king thought to appoynt him ouer al the kingdom, wherupon the princes, & the gouerners sought to finde occasion against Daniel on the behalfe of the king: and they could finde no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.✦Porro rex cogitabat constituere eum super omne regnum : unde principes, et satrapæ quærebant occasionem ut invenirent Danieli ex latere regis : nullamque causam, et suspicionem reperire potuerunt, eo quod fidelis esset, et omnis culpa, et suspicio non inveniretur in eo.
5Those men therefore said: We shall not find against this same Daniel any occasion, unless perhaps in the law of his God.Those men therfore said: We shal not finde against this same Daniel any occasion, vnles perhaps in the law of his God.✦Dixerunt ergo viri illi : Non inveniemus Danieli huic aliquam occasionem, nisi forte in lege Dei sui.
6Then the princes, and the governors by surripuerunt: a stealthy or underhand obtaining; a catching of one unawares suggested to the king, and spake thus unto him: King Darius, for ever live:Then the princes, and the gouerners by surreption suggested to the king, and spake thus vnto him: King Darius, for euer liue:✦Tunc principes et satrapæ surripuerunt regi, et sic locuti sunt ei : Dari rex, in æternum vive !
7All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators and judges have taken counsel, that there go forth an imperial decree, and an edict: That every one, which shall ask any petition of whatsoever God, or man, until thirty days, but of thee O king, he be cast into the lake of lions.Al the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and gouerners, the senatours and iudges haue taken counsel, that there goe forth an imperial decree, and an edict: That euerie one, which shal aske any petition of whatsoeuer God, or man, vntil thirtie dayes, but of thee ô king, he be cast into the lake of lions.✦consilium inierunt omnes principes regni tui, magistratus, et satrapæ, senatores, et judices, ut decretum imperatorium exeat, et edictum : ut omnis, qui petierit aliquam petitionem a quocumque deo et homine usque ad triginta dies, nisi a te, rex, mittatur in lacum leonum.
8Now therefore O king confirm the sentence, and write the decree: that it may not be changed, which is decreed by the Medes and the Persians, nor be lawful for any man to transgress it.Now therfore ô king confirme the sentence, and write the decree: that it may not be changed, which is decreed by the Medes and the Persians, nor be lawful for anie man to transgresse it.Nunc itaque rex, confirma sententiam, et scribe decretum : ut non immutetur quod statutum est a Medis et Persis, nec prævaricari cuiquam liceat.
9Moreover king Darius put forth the edict, and decreed it.Moreouer king Darius put forth the edict, and decreed it.Porro rex Darius proposuit edictum, et statuit.
10Which when Daniel had perceived, that is to say, the law determined, he went into his house: and the windows being opened in his upper chamber, three times in a day toward Jerusalem bowed he his knees, and adored, and confitebatur: gave praise and thanks, acknowledged God: not admission of sin before his God, as also he had accustomed to do before.Which when Daniel had perceiued, that is to say, the law determined, he went into his house: and the windowes being opened in his vpper chamber, three times in a day toward Ierusalem bowed he his knees, and adored, and confessed before his God, as also he had accustomed to doe before.✦Quod cum Daniel comperisset, id est, constitutam legem, ingressus est domum suam : et fenestris apertis in cœnaculo suo contra Jerusalem tribus temporibus in die flectebat genua sua, et adorabat, confitebaturque coram Deo suo sicut et ante facere consueverat.
11Those men therefore searching curiosius: inquisitively, with diligent searching: not oddly or strangely, found Daniel praying, and beseeching his God.Those men therfore searching curiously, found Daniel praying, and beseching his God.Viri ergo illi curiosius inquirentes invenerunt Danielem orantem, et obsecrantem Deum suum.
12And coming they spake to the king upon the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man which should ask any of the gods, and men until thirty days, but thyself O king, he should be cast into the lake of lions? To whom the king answering, said: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes, and Persians, which it is not lawful to transgress.And coming they spake to the king vpon the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that euerie man which should aske any of the goddes, & men vntil thirtie dayes, but thyself ô king, he should be cast into the lake of lions? To whom the king answering, said: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes, and Persians, which it is not lawful to transgresse.Et accedentes locuti sunt regi super edicto : Rex, numquid non constituisti ut omnis homo qui rogaret quemquam de diis et hominibus usque ad dies triginta, nisi te, rex, mitteretur in lacum leonum ? Ad quos respondens rex, ait : Verus est sermo juxta decretum Medorum atque Persarum, quod prævaricari non licet.
13Then they answering said before the king: Daniel of the children of the captivity of Juda, hath not cared for thy law, and for the edict, that thou madest: but three times in a day he prayeth with his prayer.Then they answering sayd before the king: Daniel of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda, hath not cared for thy law, and for the edict, that thou madest: but three times in a day he prayeth with his prayer.Tunc respondentes dixerunt coram rege : Daniel de filiis captivitatis Juda, non curavit de lege tua, et de edicto quod constituisti : sed tribus temporibus per diem orat obsecratione sua.
14Which word when the king had heard, he was contristatus: stricken, struck (archaic past participle of strike) very sad: and for Daniel he set his heart to deliver him, and even until sun set he laboured to deliver him.Which word when the king had heard, he was strooken very sad: and for Daniel he set his hart to deliuer him, and euen vntil sunne set he laboured to deliuer him.Quod verbum cum audisset rex, satis contristatus est : et pro Daniele posuit cor ut liberaret eum, et usque ad occasum solis laborabat ut erueret illum.
15But those men perceiving the king said to him: know thou O king, that the law of Medes and Persians is, that every decree, which the king hath determined, is not lawful to be changed.But those men perceiuing the king said to him: know thou ô king, that the law of Medes and Persians is, that euerie decree, which the king hath determined, is not lawful to be changed.✦Viri autem illi, intelligentes regem, dixerunt ei : Scito, rex, quia lex Medorum atque Persarum est ut omne decretum, quod constituerit rex, non liceat immutari.
16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the lake of lions. And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou dost worship always, he will deliver thee.Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the lake of lions. And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou doest worshippe alwayes, he wil deliuer thee.✦Tunc rex præcepit, et adduxerunt Danielem, et miserunt eum in lacum leonum. Dixitque rex Danieli : Deus tuus, quem colis semper, ipse liberabit te.
17And there was a stone brought, and laid upon the mouth of the lake: which the king sealed with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done against Daniel.And there was a stone brought, and layd vpon the mouth of the lake: which the king sealed with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done against Daniel.✦Allatusque est lapis unus, et positus est super os laci : quem obsignavit rex annulo suo, et annulo optimatum suorum, ne quid fieret contra Danielem.
18And the king went into his house, and slept unsupped, and meats were not brought before him, moreover also sleep departed from him.And the king went into his house, and slept vnsupped, and meates were not brought before him, moreouer also sleepe departed from him.Et abiit rex in domum suam, et dormivit incœnatus, cibique non sunt allati coram eo, insuper et somnus recessit ab eo.
19Then the king rising in the very first break of day, went in haste to the lake of the lions:Then the king rising in the very first breake of day, went in hast to the lake of the lions:Tunc rex primo diluculo consurgens, festinus ad lacum leonum perrexit :
20and approaching to the lake, cried on Daniel with a weeping voice, and spake unto him: Daniel servant of the living God, thy God whom thou servest always, hath he been able thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions?and approching to the lake, cried on Daniel with a weeping voice, and spake vnto him: Daniel seruant of the liuing God, thy God whom thou seruest alwayes, hath he bene able thinkest thou, to deliuer thee from the lions?appropinquansque lacui, Danielem voce lacrimabili inclamavit, et affatus est eum : Daniel serve Dei viventis, Deus tuus, cui tu servis semper, putasne valuit te liberare a leonibus ?
21And Daniel answering the king said: King for ever live.And Daniel answering the king said: King for euer liue.Et Daniel regi respondens ait : Rex, in æternum vive !
22My God hath sent his Angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: because before him justice hath been found in me: yea and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.My God hath sent his Angel, and hath shut vp the mouthes of the lions, and they haue not hurt me: because before him iustice hath bene found in me: yea and before thee, ô king, I haue done no offence.✦Deus meus misit angelum suum, et conclusit ora leonum, et non nocuerunt mihi : quia coram eo justitia inventa est in me : sed et coram te, rex, delictum non feci.
23Then was the king exceeding glad upon him, and he commanded Daniel to be brought out of the lake: and Daniel was brought out of the lake, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed his God.Then was the king exceding glad vpon him, & he commanded Daniel to be brought out of the lake: and Daniel was brought out of the lake, and no hurt was found in him, because he beleued his God.✦Tunc vehementer rex gavisus est super eo, et Danielem præcepit educi de lacu : eductusque est Daniel de lacu, et nulla læsio inventa est in eo, quia credidit Deo suo.
24And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lake of the lions, themselves, and their children, and their wives: and they came not to the pavement of the lake, till the lions caught them, and brake all their bones in pieces.And by the kings comandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lake of the lions, themselues, and their children, and their wiues: and they came not to the pauement of the lake, til the lions caught them, & brake al their bones in peeces.✦Jubente autem rege, adducti sunt viri illi, qui accusaverant Danielem : et in lacum leonum missi sunt, ipsi, et filii, et uxores eorum : et non pervenerunt usque ad pavimentum laci, donec arriperent eos leones, et omnia ossa eorum comminuerunt.
25Then Darius the king wrote to all peoples, tribes, and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you.Then Darius the king wrote to al peoples, tribes, and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied vnto you.Tunc Darius rex scripsit universis populis, tribubus, et linguis habitantibus in universa terra : Pax vobis multiplicetur.
26By me a decree is made, that in all mine empire, and my kingdom they dread and fear the God of Daniel. for he is the living and eternal God for ever: and his kingdom shall not be dissipated, and his power even for ever.By me a decree is made, that in al myne empire, and my kingdom they dread and feare the God of Daniel. for he is the liuing and eternal God for euer: and his kingdom shal not be dissipated, & his power euen for euer.A me constitutum est decretum, ut in universo imperio et regno meo, tremiscant et paveant Deum Danielis : ipse est enim Deus vivens, et æternus in sæcula, et regnum ejus non dissipabitur, et potestas ejus usque in æternum.
27He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing sign, and marvels in heaven, and in earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lake of the lions.He is the deliuerer, and sauiour, doing signe, & meruels in heauen, and in earth: who hath deliuered Daniel out of the lake of the lions.✦Ipse liberator atque salvator, faciens signa et mirabilia in cælo et in terra : qui liberavit Danielem de lacu leonum.
28Moreover Daniel continued unto the kingdom of Darius, and the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.Moreouer Daniel continued vnto the kingdom of Darius, and the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.Porro Daniel perseveravit usque ad regnum Darii, regnumque Cyri Persæ.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.