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THE IMAGE OF GOLD OF NEBUKADNETS TSAR
Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign makes an image of gold its height, sixty cubits; its breadth, six cubits: he raises it in the valley of Dura, in the jurisdiction of Babel. 2 And Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign sends to gather together the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the mighty diviners, the treasurers, the decreers, the sheriffs and all the dominators of the jurisdictions to come to the hanukkah of the image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised. 3 Then the satraps, the prefects and governors, the mighty diviners, the treasurers, the decreers, the sheriffs and all the dominators of the jurisdictions gather together to the hanukkah of the image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised; and they rise in front of the image that Nebukadnets Tsar raised. 4 And an announcer calls out with valour, To you they say, O people, nations, and tongues, 5 at the time you hear the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, symphonia, and all species of psalming, fall down and prostrate to the golden image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised: 6 and whoever falls not down and prostrates that same blink is hurled midst a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that appointment, all the people hear the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all species of psalming, and all the people, the nations and the tongues fall down and prostrate to the golden image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised. 8 Therefore at that appointment mighty Kesediym approach and chew out the Yah Hudiym; 9 they answer, yes, they say to sovereign Nebukadnets Tsar, O sovereign, live eternally: 10 You, O sovereign, set a decree, that every man who hears the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and symphonia, and all species of psalming, falls down and prostrates to the golden image: 11 and whoever falls not down and prostrates is hurled midst a burning fiery furnace: 12 there are mighty Yah Hudiym whom you numbered over the service of the jurisdiction of Babel - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego: these mighty, O sovereign, set not their taste to you: they neither serve your elahim nor prostrate to the golden image you raised. 13 Then Nebukadnets Tsar, in quiver and fury, says to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego. - then they bring these mighty in front of the sovereign. 14 Nebukadnets Tsar answers and says to them, Is it your intent, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, to neither serve my elahim nor prostrate to the golden image I raised? 15 Now behold, if you are prepared, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery and symphonia and all species of psalming, you fall down and prostrate to the image I made - and behold, if you prostrate not, at that same blink you are hurled midst a burning fiery furnace! Who is that Elah who liberates you from my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego answer and say to the sovereign, O Nebukadnets Tsar, we need not respond to you in this decision: 17 and so be it, our Elah whom we serve is able to liberate us from the burning fiery furnace, and liberate us from your hand, O sovereign. 18 And behold, if not, know this, O sovereign, that we neither serve your elahim nor prostrate to the golden image you raised. 19 Then Nebukadnets Tsar fills with fury, and changes the image of his face against Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego: he answers and says for them to kindle the furnace seven above the usual kindling. 20 And to the most mighty mighty of valour among his valiant, he says to shackle Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, and to hurl them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then they shackle these mighty in their mantles, their undergarments and their hats and their robes and hurl them midst the burning fiery furnace. 22 So because the utterance of the sovereign is so severe and the furnace exceedingly kindled the flame of the fire severs the mighty who take Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego. 23 And these three mighty, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego fall down shackled midst the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign marvels and rises hastily, and answers, saying to his cousellors, Hurled we not three mighty bound midst the fire? They answer and say to the sovereign, Certainly, O sovereign. 25 He answers and says, Behold, I see four mighty released, walking midst the fire with no damage; and the appearance of the fourth is as the Bar of Elah. 26 Then Nebukadnets Tsar approaches the portal of the burning fiery furnace; and he answers and says, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, you servants of Elyon Elah, emerge, and come. - then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego emerge from midst the fire. 27 And they gather together, these satraps, prefects and governors and the counsellors of the sovereign, to see these mighty on whose bodies neither the fire domininates nor an hair of their head singes nor their mantles change nor the scent of fire passes on them. 28 Nebukadnets Tsar answers and says, Blessed - Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego who sent his angel to liberate his servants who attend him; and changes the utterance of the sovereign; and gives their bodies that they neither serve nor prostrate to any elah except their own Elah. 29
THE DECREE OF NEBUKADNETS TSAR
I set a decree, To every people, nation, and tongue, who say misleadingly against the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego that they be served in pieces; and equate their houses to a cesspool: because that there is no other Elah who can rescue thus. 30 Then the sovereign prospers Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, in the jurisdiction of Babel.
THE IMAGE OF GOLD OF NEBUKADNETS TSAR
Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign makes an image of gold its height, sixty cubits; its breadth, six cubits: he raises it in the valley of Dura, in the jurisdiction of Babel. 2 And Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign sends to gather together the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the mighty diviners, the treasurers, the decreers, the sheriffs and all the dominators of the jurisdictions to come to the hanukkah of the image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised. 3 Then the satraps, the prefects and governors, the mighty diviners, the treasurers, the decreers, the sheriffs and all the dominators of the jurisdictions gather together to the hanukkah of the image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised; and they rise in front of the image that Nebukadnets Tsar raised. 4 And an announcer calls out with valour, To you they say, O people, nations, and tongues, 5 at the time you hear the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, symphonia, and all species of psalming, fall down and prostrate to the golden image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised: 6 and whoever falls not down and prostrates that same blink is hurled midst a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that appointment, all the people hear the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all species of psalming, and all the people, the nations and the tongues fall down and prostrate to the golden image Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign raised. 8 Therefore at that appointment mighty Kesediym approach and chew out the Yah Hudiym; 9 they answer, yes, they say to sovereign Nebukadnets Tsar, O sovereign, live eternally: 10 You, O sovereign, set a decree, that every man who hears the voice of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and symphonia, and all species of psalming, falls down and prostrates to the golden image: 11 and whoever falls not down and prostrates is hurled midst a burning fiery furnace: 12 there are mighty Yah Hudiym whom you numbered over the service of the jurisdiction of Babel - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego: these mighty, O sovereign, set not their taste to you: they neither serve your elahim nor prostrate to the golden image you raised. 13 Then Nebukadnets Tsar, in quiver and fury, says to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego. - then they bring these mighty in front of the sovereign. 14 Nebukadnets Tsar answers and says to them, Is it your intent, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, to neither serve my elahim nor prostrate to the golden image I raised? 15 Now behold, if you are prepared, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery and symphonia and all species of psalming, you fall down and prostrate to the image I made - and behold, if you prostrate not, at that same blink you are hurled midst a burning fiery furnace! Who is that Elah who liberates you from my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego answer and say to the sovereign, O Nebukadnets Tsar, we need not respond to you in this decision: 17 and so be it, our Elah whom we serve is able to liberate us from the burning fiery furnace, and liberate us from your hand, O sovereign. 18 And behold, if not, know this, O sovereign, that we neither serve your elahim nor prostrate to the golden image you raised. 19 Then Nebukadnets Tsar fills with fury, and changes the image of his face against Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego: he answers and says for them to kindle the furnace seven above the usual kindling. 20 And to the most mighty mighty of valour among his valiant, he says to shackle Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, and to hurl them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then they shackle these mighty in their mantles, their undergarments and their hats and their robes and hurl them midst the burning fiery furnace. 22 So because the utterance of the sovereign is so severe and the furnace exceedingly kindled the flame of the fire severs the mighty who take Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego. 23 And these three mighty, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego fall down shackled midst the burning fiery furnace. 24 Then Nebukadnets Tsar the sovereign marvels and rises hastily, and answers, saying to his cousellors, Hurled we not three mighty bound midst the fire? They answer and say to the sovereign, Certainly, O sovereign. 25 He answers and says, Behold, I see four mighty released, walking midst the fire with no damage; and the appearance of the fourth is as the Bar of Elah. 26 Then Nebukadnets Tsar approaches the portal of the burning fiery furnace; and he answers and says, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, you servants of Elyon Elah, emerge, and come. - then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego emerge from midst the fire. 27 And they gather together, these satraps, prefects and governors and the counsellors of the sovereign, to see these mighty on whose bodies neither the fire domininates nor an hair of their head singes nor their mantles change nor the scent of fire passes on them. 28 Nebukadnets Tsar answers and says, Blessed - Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego who sent his angel to liberate his servants who attend him; and changes the utterance of the sovereign; and gives their bodies that they neither serve nor prostrate to any elah except their own Elah. 29
THE DECREE OF NEBUKADNETS TSAR
I set a decree, To every people, nation, and tongue, who say misleadingly against the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed Nego that they be served in pieces; and equate their houses to a cesspool: because that there is no other Elah who can rescue thus. 30 Then the sovereign prospers Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, in the jurisdiction of Babel.