Daniel 2 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And, in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,––and his spirit, was troubled, and, his sleep, had gone from him. ² So the king gave word to call for the sacred scribes and for the magicians, and for the users of incantations, and for the Chaldeans, that they might tell the king his dreams,––they came in therefore, and stood before the king. ³ And the king, said to them, A dream, have I dreamed,––and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. ⁴ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic,––O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word from me, is unalterable: If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and, your houses, into a dunghill, shall be turned; ⁶ but, if, the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye will declare, gifts and a present and great dignity, shall ye receive from before me,––therefore, the dream and the interpretation thereof, declare ye unto me. ⁷ They answered again and said,––Let, the king, tell, the dream, to his servants, and, the interpretation thereof, we will declare. ⁸ The king answered and said, Of a certainty, I know, that, time, ye, would gain,––merely because ye see that, unalterable, from me, is the word: ⁹ That, if, the dream, ye shall not make known to me, one and the same, is the decree, and, a lying and wicked word, have ye agreed to speak before me, that meanwhile the time may be changed,––therefore, the dream, tell ye me, so shall I know that, the interpretation thereof, ye can declare for me. ¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth, who can declare, the matter of the king,––although indeed, there is no king, chief ruler who, a thing like this, hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean; ¹¹ and, the thing which the king hath asked, is difficult, and, none other, is there, who can declare it before the king,––saving the gods whose dwelling is, not with flesh. ¹² For this cause, the king, was provoked and exceedingly indignant,––and gave word to destroy all the wise men of Babylon; ¹³ and, the decree, went forth, that, the wise men, should be slain,––and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain.
¹⁴ Immediately, Daniel, made answer with prudence and discretion, to Arioch, chief of the executioners of the king,––who had come forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: ¹⁵ he began to speak and said to Arioch the king’s captain,––For what cause, is the decree raging forth from before the king? Then did Arioch make the matter known unto Daniel. ¹⁶ So Daniel entered in, and desired of the king,––that, an appointed time, he would give him, and then, the interpretation, he would declare unto the king. ¹⁷ Then Daniel, to his own house, departed,––and, to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, made the matter known; ¹⁸ that, tender compassion, they might seek from before the God of the heavens, concerning this secret,––that Daniel and his companions, might not be destroyed, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ¹⁹ Then, unto Daniel––in a vision of the night, the secret was revealed,––whereupon, Daniel, blessed the God of the heavens: ²⁰ Daniel responded, and said, Let the name of God be blessed from age to age,––in that wisdom and might, to him belong; ²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding: ²² He, revealeth the deep things, and the hidden,––knoweth what is in the darkness, and, light, with him, doth dwell. ²³ Unto the, O God of my fathers, do I render thanks and praise, in that, wisdom and might, thou hast given unto me,––yea, already, hast thou made known to me that which we desired of thee, for, the matter of the king, hast thou made known unto us.
²⁴ Therefore, Daniel entered in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon,––he went in, and, thus, he said unto him, The wise men of Babylon, do not thou destroy, bring me in before the king, and, the interpretation––unto the king, will I declare. ²⁵ Thereupon, Arioch––with haste, brought in Daniel before the king,––and, thus, he said to him––I have found a man of the sons of the exile of Judah, who, the interpretation––unto the king, will make known. ²⁶ The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,––Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? ²⁷ Daniel answered before the king, and said,––The secret which the king hath asked, the wise men, the magicians, the sacred scribes, the astrologers, are not able to declare unto the king; ²⁸ but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:–– ²⁹ As for thee, O king, thy thoughts upon thy bed, arose regarding what should come to pass hereafter; and, he that revealeth secrets, made known to thee what shall come to pass. ³⁰ But, as for me––not for any wisdom that is in me, more than any of the living, is, this secret, revealed to me,––therefore, it is in order that, the interpretation––unto the king, they should make known, and that, the thoughts of thy heart, thou shouldst get to know.
³¹ As for thee, O king, thou wast looking, when lo! a great image, this image, being mighty, and the brightness thereof surpassing, was standing before thee,––and, the appearance thereof, was terrible. ³² As for this image, its head, was of fine gold, its breast and its arms, were of silver,––its belly and its thighs, of bronze; ³³ its legs, of iron,––and, its feet, part of them, of iron, and, part of them, of clay. ³⁴ Thou didst look, until that a stone tare itself away, not by the aid of hands, and smote the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay,––and they were broken in pieces. ³⁵ Then were broken in pieces at once, the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and became like chaff out of the summer threshing–floors, and the wind, carried them away, and, no place, was found for them,––but, the stone that smote the image, became a mighty rock, and filled all the land. ³⁶ This, is the dream, and, the interpretation thereof, we will tell before the king. ³⁷ Thou, O king, art the king of kings,––for, the God of the heavens, hath given unto thee, the kingship, the might, the power and the dignity; ³⁸ and, wheresoever the sons of men do dwell, the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou, art the head of gold. ³⁹ And, after thee, shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee,––and another––a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall bear rule throughout all the earth. ⁴⁰ And, the fourth kingdom, shall be hard as iron,––in like manner as iron breaketh in pieces and crusheth all things,––even as iron which bringeth to ruins all these, shall it break in pieces and bring to ruins. ⁴¹ And, whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of them of potter’s clay, and part of them of iron, the kingdom, shall be, divided, and, of the hardness of the iron, shall there be in it,––forasmuch as thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay; ⁴² and, the toes of the feet, part of them, iron, and, part, of clay,––some part of the kingdom, shall be strong, but, a part thereof, shall be brittle; ⁴³ and, whereas thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay, they shall be combined with the seed of men, but shall not cleave firmly one to another,––lo! as iron is not to be combined with clay. ⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages. ⁴⁵ Forasmuch as thou sawest that, out of the rock, a stone tare itself away, but not with hands, and brake in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver and the gold, the mighty God, hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. Exact then is the dream, and trusty its interpretation.
⁴⁶ Then, King Nebuchadnezzar, fell upon his face, and, unto Daniel, paid adoration; and, a present and sweet odours, gave he word to pour out unto him. ⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said––Of a truth, your God, is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets,––seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then, the king, exalted, Daniel, and, many large presents, gave he unto him, and set him to be ruler over all the province of Babylon,––and chief of the nobles, over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And, Daniel, desired of the king, and he appointed––over the business of the province of Babylon––Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––but, Daniel himself, was in the gate of the king.

⁵ And they dreamed a dream––they two, each man, his dream, in one night, each man, according to the interpretation of his dream,––the butler and the baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were imprisoned in the prison. ⁶ And Joseph came in unto them, in the morning,––and looked at them, and lo! they were sad. ⁷ So he asked Pharaoh’s courtiers, who were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying,––Why are your faces troubled today! ⁸ And they said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto them––Is it not, unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it, I pray you, to me.

¹ And it came to pass, at the end of two years of days, that, Pharaoh, was dreaming, when lo! he was standing by the river (Nile); ² and lo! from the river, were coming up seven heifers, comely in appearance, and fat in flesh,––and they fed among the rushes. ³ And lo! seven heifers more, coming up after them, out of the river, uncomely in appearance, and lean in flesh,––and they came and stood beside the heifers, by the lip of the river. ⁴ Then did the heifers that were uncomely in appearance, and lean in flesh, eat up, the seven heifers that were comely in appearance, and fat. So Pharaoh awoke. ⁵ And he fell asleep, and dreamed a second time,––when lo! seven ears, coming up on one stalk, fat and good; ⁶ and lo! seven ears, lean and shrivelled by an east wind, coming up after them. ⁷ Then did the lean ears swallow up the seven fat and full ears. So Pharaoh awoke, and lo! it was a dream. ⁸ And it came to pass, in the morning, that his spirit became restless, so he sent and called for all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all her wise men,––and Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one that could interpret them, to Pharaoh.
⁹ Then spake the chief of the butlers with Pharaoh, saying, My faults, would, I, mention this day. ¹⁰ Pharaoh, was wroth with his servants,––and put them in the ward of the house of the chief of the royal executioners, me, and the chief of the bakers. ¹¹ Then must we needs dream, a dream in one night, I and he,––each man, according to the interpretation of his dream, did we dream. ¹² And, there with us, was a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the chief of the royal executioners, and we related to him, and he interpreted to us, our dreams,––to each man––according to his dream, did he interpret. ¹³ And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so, it happened,––me, he restored to mine office, but, him, he hanged. ¹⁴ Then sent Pharaoh and summoned Joseph, and they hastened him out of the dungeon,––so he shaved himself, and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh. ¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, A dream, have I dreamed, but none, can, interpret, it,––but, I, have heard say concerning thee, that, on hearing a dream, thou canst interpret it. ¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, Not to me, doth it pertain! May, God, grant in answer, the prosperity of Pharaoh!
¹⁷ Then spake Pharaoh unto Joseph,––In my dream, there was I, standing on the lip of the river; ¹⁸ When lo! out of the river, were coming up seven heifers, fat in flesh, and comely in form,––and they fed among the rushes. ¹⁹ And lo! seven other heifers, coming up after them, poor, and very uncomely in form, and lean in flesh,––I had never seen such, in all the land of Egypt, for uncomeliness. ²⁰ Then did the lean and uncomely heifers, eat up, the first seven, fat heifers; ²¹ and they passed into their stomach, yet could it not be known that they had passed into them, their appearance, being uncomely, as at the beginning. So I awoke. ²² Then looked I in my dream,––And lo! seven ears, coming up on one stalk, full and good; ²³ And lo! seven ears, withered, lean, shrivelled by an east wind, growing up after them. ²⁴ Then did the lean ears, swallow up, the seven good ears. So I told [these things] unto the sacred scribes, but there was none that could explain [them] to me. ²⁵ Then said Joseph unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, is, one. What God is about to do hath he announced to Pharaoh. ²⁶ The seven good heifers, are, seven years, and, the seven good ears, are, seven years,––the dream, is, one. ²⁷ And, the seven lean and uncomely heifers that were coming up after them, are, seven years, and, the seven lean ears, shrivelled by an east wind, will turn out to be––seven years of famine. ²⁸ The very word that I spake unto Pharaoh, what, God, is about to do, hath he showed unto Pharaoh. ²⁹ Lo! seven years, coming in,––of great plenty, in all the land of Egypt. ³⁰ Then shall arise seven years of famine, after them, so shall be forgotten all the plenty in the land of Egypt,––and the famine shall consume the land; ³¹ neither shall the plenty in the land be discernible, because of that famine, coming after,––for it shall be, very severe. ³² And, for that there was a repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh, twice, it is because the thing, is established, from God, and God is hastening to do it.
³³ Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look out a man, discreet and wise,––and set him over the land of Egypt. ³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, that he may appoint overseers over the land,––so shall he take up a fifth of the land of Egypt, during the seven years of plenty. ³⁵ And let them gather up all the food of these seven good years that are coming in,––and let them heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, as food in cities, so shall they keep it. ³⁶ So shall the food become a store for the land, for the seven years of famine, which shall come about in the land of Egypt,––and the land shall not be cut off in the famine.

⁵ Twenty–five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem,––and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God. ⁶ Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon. ⁷ And, some of the utensils of the house of Yahweh, did Nebuchadnezzar carry to Babylon,––and put them in his own temple in Babylon.

¹ During that night, the sleep of the king fled,––and he commanded to bring in the book of remembrance, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

¹⁵ In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed, ¹⁶ Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal; ¹⁷ To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

¹ The word, which came upon Jeremiah, concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah,––the same, was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

¹ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and laid siege against it; ² and the Lord gave into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and a part of the vessels of the house of God, and he brought them into the land of Shinar, into the house of his gods,––and, the vessels, brought he into the treasure–house of his gods. ³ Then did the king give word to Ashpenaz, the chief of his eunuchs,––that he should bring in, of the sons of Israel, even of the seed royal, and of the nobles, ⁴ youths in whom was no blemish, but comely of countenance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessed of knowledge, and able to impart instruction, and who had vigour in them, to stand in the palace of the king,––and that they should be taught the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. ⁵ And the king appointed them the provision of each day upon its day, out of the delicacies of the king and out of the wine which he drank, and so to let them grow three years,––and, at the end thereof, that they should stand before the king.

³ And the king, said to them, A dream, have I dreamed,––and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

⁵ A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid,––and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me.

¹⁸ Then the king departed to his palace, and spent the night fasting, and no, table, was brought in before him,––and, his sleep, fled from him.

⁸ And it came to pass, in the morning, that his spirit became restless, so he sent and called for all the sacred scribes of Egypt, and all her wise men,––and Pharaoh related to them his dreams, but there was no one that could interpret them, to Pharaoh.

¹¹ Then called Pharaoh also for the wise men and for the magicians,––and, they too, the sacred scribes of Egypt with their secret arts, did in like manner;

¹⁰ There shall not be found in thy midst––One who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through fire,––Or who useth divination, hidden arts or enchantments, Or who muttereth incantations; ¹¹ Or who bindeth with spells,––Or who asketh of a familiar spirit or an oracle, Or who seeketh unto the dead. ¹² For, an abomination unto Yahweh, is everyone who doeth these things,––and, on account of these abominations, is Yahweh thy God dispossessing them from before thee.

¹⁹ But, when they say unto you––Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards, who chirp, and who mutter, Should not a people seek, unto its God? In behalf of the living, [should it seek] unto the dead?

³ And the spirit of Egypt, shall vanish, within them, Yea, the sagacity thereof, will I swallow up,––And they will seek, Unto the idols, and, Unto them that mutter, and, Unto them that have familiar spirits, and, Unto the wizards;

¹² Take thy stand, I pray thee, With thy spells, And with the throng of thine incantations, wherein thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth,––Peradventure, thou mayest be able to profit, Peradventure, thou mayest strike me with terror. ¹³ Thou hast worn thyself out with the mass of thy consultations,––Let them take their stand, I pray thee, that they may save thee––The dividers of the heavens––The gazers at the stars, They who make known by new moons, Somewhat of the things which shall come upon thee.

²⁰ and, in any matter of wisdom and discernment as to which the king, enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the sacred scribes––the magicians, who were in all his realm.

¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth, who can declare, the matter of the king,––although indeed, there is no king, chief ruler who, a thing like this, hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean;

⁶ Therefore made I a decree, to bring in before me, all the wise men of Babylon,––who, the interpretation of the dream, should make known to me.

⁷ The king began crying out again, to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans and the astrologers,––the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever it is that shall read this writing, and, the interpretation thereof, shall declare unto me, with purple, shall he be clothed, and have a chain of gold upon his neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shall he have dominion.

⁸ And they said unto him, A dream, have we dreamed, but there is none, to interpret, it. Then said Joseph unto them––Is it not, unto God, that interpretations belong? Relate it, I pray you, to me.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, A dream, have I dreamed, but none, can, interpret, it,––but, I, have heard say concerning thee, that, on hearing a dream, thou canst interpret it.

¹ And, in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,––and his spirit, was troubled, and, his sleep, had gone from him.

⁴⁷ And Laban called it, Jegar–sahadutha,––but, Jacob, called it, Galeed.

²⁴ And Samuel said unto all the people––Have ye seen him whom Yahweh hath chosen, that there is none like him, among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said––Let the king live!

²⁵ For he hath gone down today, and hath sacrificed oxen and heifers and sheep, in abundance, and hath invited all the sons of the king, and the generals of the army, and Abiathar the priest, and, there they are––eating and drinking before him,––and they have said––Long live King Adonijah!

³¹ Then Bath–sheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did homage unto the king,––and said––Let my lord, King David, live to times age–abiding!

⁷ And, in the days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates, unto Artaxerxes, king of Persia,––and, the writing of the letter, was written in Aramean, and was to be interpreted as Aramean.

³ and said unto the king––Let the, king, unto times age–abiding, live! Wherefore should my countenance, not be sad, when, the city––the place of the sepulchres of my fathers, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

¹¹ Then said Eliakim, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh–Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language, for, we, can, understand, it,––and do not speak unto us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people who are upon the wall.

²⁵ Frustrating the signs of praters, And, diviners, he confoundeth,––Turning wise men backwards, And, their knowledge, he maketh folly;

⁹ they spake, and said, to Nebuchadnezzar the king: O king! for ages, live!

⁷ Then came in the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers,––and, the dream, told I before them, but, the interpretation, could they not make known to me.

¹⁹ Then, Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for about one moment, and, his thoughts, troubled him. The king spake and said, O Belteshazzar, let neither, the dream, nor the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My Lord, The dream, be for them who hate thee, and, the interpretation, for them who are thy foes.

⁸ Then were coming in all the wise men of the king,––but, the writing, could they not read, nor, the interpretation, make known to the king.

¹⁰ The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, into the house of banqueting, entered,––the queen spake and said, O king! for ages, live! Let not thy thoughts, terrify thee, and, as for thy bright looks, let them not be changed.

⁶ Then, these ministers and satraps, crowded together unto the king,––and, thus, were saying to him, O Darius the king! for ages, live!

²¹ Then, Daniel, with the king, spake,––O king! for ages, live!

⁹ and the multitudes, they who were going before him and they who were following after, were crying aloud, saying––Hosanna! to the Son of David, Blessed is he that is coming in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.

⁹ And, they who were going before, and they who were following after, were crying aloud––Hosanna! Blessed, is he that is coming in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed, is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!

¹⁶ and, all the spoil thereof, shalt thou gather together into the midst of the broadway thereof, and shalt consume with fire the city and all the spoil thereof, every whit, unto Yahweh thy God,––and it shall be a heap unto times age–abiding, it shall be built no more.

²⁶ And Joshua imposed an oath at that time, saying,––Cursed be the man before Yahweh who shall raise up and build this city––Jericho, At the price of his firstborn, shall he lay its foundation, and, at the price of his youngest, shall he set up its doors.

³³ And Samuel said, As women have been made childless by thy sword, So, childless among women, shall be, thine own mother. And Samuel cut Agag asunder before Yahweh, in Gilgal.

²⁷ and they brake down the pillars of Baal,––and brake down the house of Baal, and appointed it for a sewer–house––until this day.

¹¹ And, from me, is issued an edict, that, any man who shall alter this message, let timber be torn out of his house, and being lifted up let him be fastened thereunto,––and his house, a dunghill, be made for this;

²² Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver:––

⁷ Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:

¹² For this cause, the king, was provoked and exceedingly indignant,––and gave word to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

²⁹ Therefore do I make a decree, that, whosoever of any people, race, or tongue it be that shall charge any error upon the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and, his house, into a dunghill, shall be changed; because there is no other God, who is able to deliver, like this!

⁷ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand,––so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

¹⁷ For I will, honour, thee, exceedingly, and, all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore, I pray thee, oh revile me this people.

³⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam: Did I not, send, unto thee, to call thee? Wherefore, didst thou not come unto me? Am I not, in very deed, able to honour thee?

¹¹ Now, therefore, flee thou unto thy place,––I said, I will, highly honour, thee; but lo! Yahweh hath kept thee back from honour.

⁴⁸ Then, the king, exalted, Daniel, and, many large presents, gave he unto him, and set him to be ruler over all the province of Babylon,––and chief of the nobles, over all the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁶ I, however, have heard concerning thee, that thou art able, interpretations, to unfold, and, knotty points, to unravel,––Now, if thou be able, the writing, to read, and, the interpretation thereof, to make known unto me, with purple, shalt thou be clothed, and, a chain of gold, shalt thou have upon thy neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shalt thou have dominion. ¹⁷ Then spake Daniel, and said before the king, As for thy gifts, thine own let them remain, and, thy presents, on another, bestow,––howbeit, the writing, will I read to the king, and, the interpretation thereof, will I make known to him.

²⁹ Then Belshazzar, gave word, that they should clothe Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold upon his neck,––and should make a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler over the kingdom.

⁴ If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.

⁴ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic,––O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare.

⁹ That, if, the dream, ye shall not make known to me, one and the same, is the decree, and, a lying and wicked word, have ye agreed to speak before me, that meanwhile the time may be changed,––therefore, the dream, tell ye me, so shall I know that, the interpretation thereof, ye can declare for me.

¹⁶ Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

⁵ In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without,––the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,

⁶ Then said Jehoshaphat unto the king of Israel,––Seek, I pray thee, at once, the word of Yahweh. So the king of Israel gathered together the prophets, about four hundred men, and said unto them––Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead, to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said––Go up, that the Lord may deliver it into the hand of the king.

²² And Yahweh said unto him––Wherewith? And he said––I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets,––So he said,––Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so.

¹¹ All the servants of the king, and the people of the provinces of the king, do know, that, whatsoever man or woman shall go in unto the king––into the inter court––who hath not been called, one, is his law, to put him to death, saving any to whom the king may hold out the golden sceptre, who then shall live,––but, I, have not been called to go in unto the king, these thirty days.

¹⁹ A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

²³ Tell ye the events which shall be hereafter, That we may perceive that, gods, ye are,––Surely ye must do something––good or bad, That we may be amazed, and behold it, at once.

⁶ They have had, Visions of falsehood, and, Divinations of lies, Who say, Declareth Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not sent them,––Yet have they waited for a fulfilling of the word.

¹⁷ And, thou, Son of man Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, Those who are prophesying out of their own heart,––And prophesy thou against them;

¹⁹ Thus have ye profaned me unto my people, for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, Putting to death the souls that should not die, and, Keeping alive the souls that should not live,––By your lying to my people, who hearken to lies.

²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding:

¹⁵ Now, if ye be ready, at what time ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the psaltery and the bagpipes, and all the instruments of music, ye shall fall down and adore the image which I have made, but, if ye shall not adore, instantly, shall ye be cast into the midst of the burning furnace of fire,––and who is the god that shall deliver you out of my hands?

²⁸ P’res[=" Snatched–away"], ––snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians.

³¹ And, Darius the Mede, received the kingdom,––when about sixty–two years of age.

²⁵ and, words against the Most High, will he speak, and, the holy ones of the Highest, will he afflict,––and will hope to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand, for a season and seasons and the dividing of a season,

¹⁷ For we are not, as the many, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.

²⁷ Daniel answered before the king, and said,––The secret which the king hath asked, the wise men, the magicians, the sacred scribes, the astrologers, are not able to declare unto the king;

³⁹ So Pharaoh said unto Joseph, After God hath made known unto thee all this, there is no one discreet and wise like thee.

¹⁹ Then said the sacred scribes unto Pharaoh, The finger of God, it is! But the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold, and he hearkened not unto them, as spake Yahweh.

⁴⁵ Thus will I make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel,––and will be their God;

³⁴ thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,––Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

²⁷ But, in very deed, will God dwell, upon the earth? Lo! the heaven, yea the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built?

¹⁸ But, in very deed, will God dwell with man on the earth? Lo! the heavens, even the leaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built!

¹⁸ Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That, Yah, Elohim, might settle down to rest.

⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell, ⁶ That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

¹⁴ This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

¹⁸ Lo! I, and the children whom Yahweh hath given, me, are for signs and for wonders, in Israel,––from Yahweh of hosts, who is making his habitation in Mount Zion.

¹⁵ For, thus, saith he that is high, and lifted up––Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and, To revive the heart of them who are crushed; ––

¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, The heavens, are my throne, and, The earth, is my footstool: Where, then is the house which ye can build me? Or where, is my place of rest? ² For, all these things, hath mine own hand made, And all these things, came into being,––Declareth Yahweh. But, for this one, will I look around, For him who is humbled and smitten in spirit, And so careth anxiously for my word.

²⁷ Daniel answered before the king, and said,––The secret which the king hath asked, the wise men, the magicians, the sacred scribes, the astrologers, are not able to declare unto the king; ²⁸ but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:––

¹¹ There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and, in the days of thy father, light, and intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him,––and, King Nebuchadnezzar thy father, appointed him, chief of the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers,––thy father, O king!

²¹ And I will free from their blood–guiltiness them whom I had not freed,––for, Yahweh, is about to make his habitation in Zion.

²⁶ And, looking intently, Jesus said unto them––With men, this is, impossible, but, with God, all things are possible.

¹ Originally, was, the Word, and, the Word, was, with God; and, the Word, was, God. ² The same, was originally, with God. ³ All things, through him, came into existence, and, without him, came into existence, not even one thing: that which hath come into existence,

¹⁴ And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory,––a glory, as an Only–begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.

¹⁷ The Spirit of truth,––which, the world, cannot receive, because it beholdeth it not, nor getteth to know it. But, ye, are getting to know it; because, with you, it abideth, and, in you, it is.

²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––If any man be loving me, my word, he will keep, and, my Father, will love him,––and, unto him, will we come, and, an abode with him, will we make.

¹⁶ And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth:––even as God hath said––will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.

³ And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying––Lo! the tent of God, is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and, they, shall be, his peoples, and, he, shall be, God with them;

² For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

¹⁰ For the multitude of mankind shall give thanks unto thee, The remainder of the multitude, shall keep holy festival unto thee.

¹⁴ The wrath of a king, [meaneth] messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease it.

¹² The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

² The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

³ Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand,––but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both. ⁴ The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?

²² A man given to anger, stirreth up strife, and, he that exceedeth in wrath, aboundeth in transgression.

⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word from me, is unalterable: If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and, your houses, into a dunghill, shall be turned;

¹³ Then, Nebuchadnezzar––with anger and wrath, gave word to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, then, these men, brought they before the king.

¹⁹ Then, Nebuchadnezzar, was filled with wrath, and, the likeness of his countenance, was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––he spake and gave word to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was ever seen heated;

¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged,––and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

²² But, I, say unto you, that, every one who is angry with his brother, shall be, liable, to judgment,––and, whosoever shall say to his brother, Worthless one!, shall be, liable, to the high council; and, whosoever shall say, Rebel!, shall be, liable, unto the fiery gehenna.

¹² Then were called the scribes of the king, in the first month, on the thirteenth day therein, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the satraps of the king, and unto the pashas, who were over every province, and unto the rulers of every people, every province according to the writing thereof, and every people according to the tongue thereof,––in the name of King Ahasuerus, was it written, and sealed with the signet– ring of the king. ¹³ Then were sent letters, by the hand of the runners, into all the provinces of the king, To destroy, to slay and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar,––and the spoil of them to be a prey. ¹⁴ A copy of the writing, to be delivered as an edict throughout every province, was published to all the peoples,––that they should be ready against this day. ¹⁵ The runners, went forth, urged on by the word of the king, and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace,––and, the king and Haman, sat down to drink, but, the city of Shusan, was perplexed.

²⁰ Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?

¹⁵ A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
¹⁶ A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.
¹⁷ A man oppressed with a person’s blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.

¹ Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decrees,––And, busy writers, who make a business of writing, mischief:

¹⁹ So then the king, spake with them, and there was not found, from among them all, one like unto Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,––therefore stood they before the king; ²⁰ and, in any matter of wisdom and discernment as to which the king, enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the sacred scribes––the magicians, who were in all his realm.

⁹ Wherefore, King Darius, signed the writing and the interdict. ¹⁰ But, Daniel, when he knew that the writing, was signed, went to his own house, and, the windows being opened to him, in his chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times a day, was he kneeling upon his knees, and praying and giving thanks before his God, in like manner as he had been doing aforetime.
¹¹ Then, these men, crowded together, and found Daniel,––praying and making supplication, before his God. ¹² Then drew they near, and began to speak before the king, concerning the royal interdict, Didst thou not sign, an interdict, that, any man who should petition of any God or man, for thirty days, save of thee, O king, should be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, Certain is the thing––according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be abolished. ¹³ Then answered they and were saying before the king, Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, hath made thee, O king, of none account, also the interdict which thou hast signed,––but, three times a day, is asking his petition. ¹⁴ Then, the king, when he heard, the matter, was sorely displeased with himself, and, upon Daniel, set his heart, to deliver him,––and, until the going in of the sun, was striving to rescue him. ¹⁵ Then, these men, crowded unto the king,––and were saying to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that, no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth, may be changed.

³⁶ Now, the Midianites, sold him into Egypt,––to Potiphar, courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners.

¹⁶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city,––Hear ye! hear ye! I pray you, say unto Joab, Come near hither, and let me speak unto thee. ¹⁷ So he came near unto her, and the woman said,––Art thou Joab? And he said,––I am. And she said unto him,––Hear thou the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I do hear. ¹⁸ Then spake she, saying,––They, used to speak, in former times, saying, Enquire, in Abel! And, so, they ended it. ¹⁹ I, am of the peaceable among the faithful in Israel,––thou, art seeking to put to death a city, and a mother in Israel, wherefore wouldst thou swallow up the inheritance of Yahweh? ²⁰ Then answered Joab and said,––Far be it! far be it from me! I will neither swallow up nor lay waste. ²¹ Not so, is the matter! but, a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri, his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David, give up him alone, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Lo! his head, shall be cast unto thee, through the wall. ²² So the woman came unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it out unto Joab. And he blew with a horn, and they dispersed themselves from the city, every man to his home; but, Joab, returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

¹³ Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun,––and, of great import, was the same unto me:–– ¹⁴ A little city, and men therein few,––and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege–works; ¹⁵ but there was found therein, a man, poor [but] wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom,––yet, no one, remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength,––although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard. ¹⁷ The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard,––beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards. ¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

⁹ and, the remnant of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened, who fell away unto him, and the remnant of the people who were left, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, take captive to Babylon.

¹² And, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners,––who stood before the king of Babylon, into, Jerusalem;

¹⁴ and, all the walls of Jerusalem, round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down.

²⁴ Therefore, Daniel entered in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon,––he went in, and, thus, he said unto him, The wise men of Babylon, do not thou destroy, bring me in before the king, and, the interpretation––unto the king, will I declare.

¹⁸ Now, at the end of the days after which the king had given word to bring them in, then did the ruler of the eunuchs bring them in, before Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁹ So then the king, spake with them, and there was not found, from among them all, one like unto Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,––therefore stood they before the king;

⁹ That, if, the dream, ye shall not make known to me, one and the same, is the decree, and, a lying and wicked word, have ye agreed to speak before me, that meanwhile the time may be changed,––therefore, the dream, tell ye me, so shall I know that, the interpretation thereof, ye can declare for me. ¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth, who can declare, the matter of the king,––although indeed, there is no king, chief ruler who, a thing like this, hath asked of any sacred scribe or magician or Chaldean; ¹¹ and, the thing which the king hath asked, is difficult, and, none other, is there, who can declare it before the king,––saving the gods whose dwelling is, not with flesh.

⁶ Now there were, among them, out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; ⁷ and the ruler of the eunuchs gave them names,––yea he gave to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar, and to Hananiah of Shadrach, and to Mishael of Meshach, and to Azariah of Abed–nego.

¹¹ Then said Daniel, unto the overseer whom the ruler of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

¹² There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––these men, have made thee, O king, of no account, thy god, they serve not, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, do they not adore.

²⁸ Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy, for five, all the city? And he said,––I will not destroy, if I find there, forty and five.

³⁷ And David said, Yahweh, who hath rescued me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, he, will rescue us out of the hand of this Philistine. Then said Saul unto David––Go! and, Yahweh, will be with thee.

¹⁵ Then Esther commanded, to answer Mordecai:–– ¹⁶ Go! gather ye together all the Jews who are to be found in Shusan, and fast ye for me––and neither eat nor drink––three days, night nor day, and, I and my maidens, will fast so,––and, in this manner, will I go in unto the king, though it is not according to the law, and, when I have perished, I have perished! ¹⁷ So Mordecai departed,––and did according to all that Esther had charged upon him.

¹⁵ Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

¹⁵ He shall call me, and I will answer him, With him, will, I, be, in distress, I will rescue him, and will honour him;

⁵ Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean: ⁶ In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.

⁴ It may be, that Yahweh thy God will hear, the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his lord, hath sent, to reproach a Living God, and will rebuke the words, which Yahweh thy God hath heard,––Wherefore lift thou up a prayer, for the remnant that remaineth.

³ Call unto me, that I may answer thee,––and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

¹⁷ If it is, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us,––out of the burning furnace of fire, and out of thy hand, O king, he will deliver. ¹⁸ So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless,––between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

¹² How, to you, doth it seem? If a certain man come to have a hundred sheep and one from among them go astray, Will he not leave the ninety–nine upon the mountains, and going, seek the straying one?

¹⁹ Again, [verily] I say unto you––If two from among you shall agree upon the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be brought to pass for them, from my Father who is in the heavens;

²⁴ And, they, having heard, with one accord, uplifted voice unto God, and said––O Sovereign! Thou, art he that made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are herein: ²⁵ Who, by our father, through means of the Holy Spirit, even by the mouth of David thy servant, said––Unto what end did nations rage, and, peoples, busy themselves with empty things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stationed themselves, and, the rulers, were gathered together, with one intent, against the Lord, and against his Christ. ²⁷ For they were gathered together, of a truth, in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed,––both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with them of the nations, and peoples of Israel; –– ²⁸ To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass. ²⁹ As to the present things, then, O Lord,––look upon their threats, and grant unto thy servants, with all freedom of utterance, to be speaking thy word, ³⁰ By stretching forth thy hand for healing, and by the coming to pass of both signs and wonders, through the name of thy holy servant Jesus. ³¹ And, when they had made supplication, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were filled, one and all, with the Holy Spirit, and began speaking the word of God with freedom of utterance.

⁴ Whom also having seized, he put into prison, delivering him up unto four quaternions of soldiers, to be guarding him,––intending, after the passover, to bring him up unto the people.

³⁰ I beseech you, moreover, [brethren], through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers on my behalf unto God,––

¹⁷ But, the Lord, stood by me, and empowered me, in order that, through me, the proclamation, might be fully made, and, all the nations, might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion:–– ¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work, and will bring me safe into his heavenly kingdom: unto whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

⁹ [Then] the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; ––

⁶ Then said he, Hear, I beseech you, my words. When ye have your prophet, As Yahweh, in a vision, will I make myself known, unto him; In a dream, will I speak with him.

⁸ Now, the king of Syria, was making war against Israel,––so he took counsel with his servants, saying––In such and such a place, shall be my encampment. ⁹ The man of God, therefore, sent unto the king of Israel, saying––Beware of passing by this place,––for, thither, are the Syrians coming down. ¹⁰ So the king of Israel sent unto the place whereof the man of God had spoken to him and warned him, and was on his guard there,––not once nor twice ¹¹ Then was the heart of the king of Syria disquieted concerning this thing,––and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not tell me, who of our men are for the king of Israel? ¹² Then said one of his servants, None, my lord O king,––but, Elisha, the prophet, who is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words which thou speakest in thy bed–chamber.

¹³ When there were thoughts, from visions of the night,––When deep sleep falleth upon men,

¹⁵ In a dream, a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed, ¹⁶ Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;

¹⁴ Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.

¹⁷ And, as for these four youths, God, gave them, knowledge and skill, in all learning and wisdom,––and, Daniel, had discernment, in all visions and dreams.

²² He, revealeth the deep things, and the hidden,––knoweth what is in the darkness, and, light, with him, doth dwell.

²⁷ Daniel answered before the king, and said,––The secret which the king hath asked, the wise men, the magicians, the sacred scribes, the astrologers, are not able to declare unto the king; ²⁸ but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:–– ²⁹ As for thee, O king, thy thoughts upon thy bed, arose regarding what should come to pass hereafter; and, he that revealeth secrets, made known to thee what shall come to pass.

⁹ O Belteshazzar, chief of the sacred scribes, because I know that, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee,––and no secret giveth thee trouble, [therefore], the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof, do thou tell.

⁷ After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well–hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue––with its feet, it trampled down,––and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns.

⁷ Surely My Lord Yahweh, will do, nothing,––except he have disclosed his secret unto his servants, the prophets!

¹² and, being instructed by dream, not to return unto Herod, by another way, retired they unto their own country.
¹³ Now, when they had retired, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph, saying, Arise, take unto thee the child and its mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there, until I tell thee,––for Herod is about to seek the child, to destroy it.

⁹ But, even as it is written––The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up,––whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him, ¹⁰ Unto us, in fact, hath God revealed through the Spirit; for, the Spirit, into all things, maketh search, yea! the deep things of God.

²⁰ And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.

⁵⁶ Blessed, be Yahweh, who hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised,––there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

¹⁰ Therefore did David bless Yahweh in the eyes of all the convocation,––and David said, Blessed art thou, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from age even unto age. ¹¹ Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,––thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,––as chief; ¹² and, riches and honour, are from before thee, and, thou, art ruling over all, and, in thy hand, are power and might,––and, in thy hand, it is, to give greatness and strength unto any.

²⁰ Then said David, unto all the convocation, Bless, I beseech you, Yahweh your God. So all the convocation blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and did bend their heads and bow themselves down unto Yahweh, and unto the king;

²¹ And, when he had given counsel unto the people, he appointed such as should sing unto Yahweh, and offer praise with holy adorning,––as they should be going forth before the armed men, that they should be saying, O give thanks unto Yahweh, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹³ With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.

¹⁶ With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err. ¹⁷ Who leadeth away counselors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth: ¹⁸ The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins: ¹⁹ Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth: ²⁰ Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away: ²¹ Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed: ²² Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death–shade:

¹³ Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!

²³ He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me,––And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.

¹¹ One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, [there are] which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

¹⁸ Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,––Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone; ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago–abiding,––And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!

¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––And all that is within me, his holy Name; ² Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:––

² Be the Name of Yahweh blessed, henceforth, even to times age–abiding.

¹⁸ But, we, will bless Yah, from henceforth even unto times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah.

¹ [A Psalm of Praise. David’s.]
I will extol thee, my God, O King, and will bless thy Name, to times age–abiding and beyond: ² Every day, will I bless thee, and praise thy Name, to times age–abiding and beyond.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.

¹⁴ Mine, are counsel, and effective working, I, am understanding, mine, is valour:

¹⁹ Great in counsel, and mighty in deed,––Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto every one, According to his ways, and, According to the fruit of his doings:

²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding: ²² He, revealeth the deep things, and the hidden,––knoweth what is in the darkness, and, light, with him, doth dwell. ²³ Unto the, O God of my fathers, do I render thanks and praise, in that, wisdom and might, thou hast given unto me,––yea, already, hast thou made known to me that which we desired of thee, for, the matter of the king, hast thou made known unto us.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

²⁴ Now, unto him who is able––to guard you from stumbling, and to set you in the presence of his glory, without blemish, with exultation,––

¹² saying with a loud voice––Worthy, is the Lamb that hath been slain, to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

³ and have filled him with the Spirit of God,––in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

⁶ I myself, therefore, lo! I have given with him––Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and, in the heart of every one that is wise–hearted, have I put wisdom,––so shall they make all that I have commanded thee:––

⁷ Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,––Layeth low, yea exalteth; ⁸ Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.

⁸ And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,––a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude. ⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,––that Solomon had asked this thing; ¹¹ And God said unto him––Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king,––for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.

²⁹ And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart,––like the sand that is on the shore of the sea:

²⁴ And, all the earth, did seek the face of Solomon,––to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

¹² Only Yahweh give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel,––so that thou take heed unto the law of Yahweh thy God.

³⁰ with all his reign, and his might,––and the times which passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the lands.

¹⁰ Now, wisdom and knowledge, give thou unto me, that I may go out before this people, and may come in,––for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? ¹¹ And God said unto Solomon, Because this was near thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, or the life of them that hate thee, nor even, many days, hast thou asked,––but hast asked for thyself, wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king, ¹² wisdom and knowledge, are granted unto thee,––moreover, riches and wealth and honour, will I give thee, such as the kings who were before thee did not possess, neither shall they who come after thee possess the like.
¹³ Then said the king unto the wise men having knowledge of the times,––for, so, was the manner of the king before all having knowledge of law and judgment;

¹⁸ The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:

²⁴ He shattereth mighty ones unsearchably, and setteth up others in their stead: ²⁵ Therefore, he observeth their works,––and overturneth [them] in a night, and they are crushed; ²⁶ In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders. ²⁷ Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach; ²⁸ Causing to reach him the outcry of the poor, Yea, the outcry of the oppressed, he heareth. ²⁹ When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth [his] face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,

¹⁴ I, therefore, in thee, have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art! ¹⁵ In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!

⁵ Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;
⁶ For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation]; ⁷ For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;

⁷ That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy; ⁸ To give a seat with nobles, with the nobles of his people!

⁶ For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding; ⁷ Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,

¹⁵ By me, kings reign, and dignitaries decree righteousness; ¹⁶ By me, rulers govern, and nobles––all the righteous judges:

¹ For, every thing, there is a season,––and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens:–– ² A time to be born, and a time to die,––A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted; ³ A time to kill, and a time to heal,––A time to break down, and a time to build up; ⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh,––A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy; ⁵ A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones,––A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace; ⁶ A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost,––A time to keep, and a time to cast away; ⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew,––A time to be silent, and a time to speak; ⁸ A time to love and a time to hate,––A time of war, and a time of peace.

⁵ I, made, The earth––The man and the beast that are on the face of the earth––By my great power, And by mine outstretched arm,––And gave it to whomsoever was right in mine own eyes. ⁶ Now, therefore, I, have given all these lands, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant,––Moreover also, the wild beast of the field, have I given him, to serve him. ⁷ Therefore shall all the nations, serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,––until the time even of his own land, itself, arrive, when many nations and great kings, shall use him as a slave.

¹⁷ By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it.

³² And, from among men, are they going to drive, thee, forth, and, with the wild beast of the field, shall be thy dwelling, grass––like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,––until that thou come to know that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it.

⁶ And, at the end of years, they will league together, yea, the daughter of the king of the south, will go in unto the king of the north, to make peace, but she shall not retain strength of arm, neither shall he stand, nor his arm, but she shall be delivered up––she herself, and they who brought her in, and he who begat her, and he that strengthened her in the times.

⁵¹ He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart; ⁵² He hath deposed potentates from thrones, and uplifted the lowly;

¹⁵ For, I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which one–and–all who are setting themselves against, you shall be unable to withstand or gainsay.

²¹ And, from that time, they asked for themselves a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years; ²² And, setting him aside, raised up, David, unto them for king,––of whom he also said, bearing witness––I have found David, the son of Jesse,––[a man] according to my heart, who will do all my will.

³⁰ But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,––both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

⁵ But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

¹⁷ Every good giving, and every perfect gift, is, from above, coming down from the Father of lights––with whom is no alternation, nor shadow cast, by turning:

¹⁵ This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal! ¹⁶ For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed. ¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

¹⁶ And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written––King of kings, and Lord of lords.

⁵ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren,––and they went on yet more to hate him. ⁶ And he said unto them,––Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷ Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo! my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand,––and lo! round about, came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down, to my sheaf. ⁸ And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou, reign, over us, shalt thou, have dominion, over us? So they went on yet more, to hate him, because of his dreams, and because of his words. ⁹ Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren,––and said:––Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me.

¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, Not to me, doth it pertain! May, God, grant in answer, the prosperity of Pharaoh!

²⁵ Then said Joseph unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, is, one. What God is about to do hath he announced to Pharaoh. ²⁶ The seven good heifers, are, seven years, and, the seven good ears, are, seven years,––the dream, is, one. ²⁷ And, the seven lean and uncomely heifers that were coming up after them, are, seven years, and, the seven lean ears, shrivelled by an east wind, will turn out to be––seven years of famine. ²⁸ The very word that I spake unto Pharaoh, what, God, is about to do, hath he showed unto Pharaoh.

²² Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death–shade:

⁶ Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;

⁹ For, with thee, is the fountain of life, In thy light, we see light.

² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain;

¹¹ If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me. ¹² Even darkness, will not conceal from thee,––but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

²² Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen,––Things known in advance––what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart, and mark the after–story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear:

²⁶ Who, hath told in advance, that we might know, And beforetime, that we might say, Right! Nay, there is none, who can tell, Nay, there is none, who can let us hear, Nay, there is none, who can understand what ye utter.

⁹ Things told in advance, lo! they have come to pass,––And, new things, am I, telling, Ere yet they spring forth, I let, you, hear them.

⁷ Forming light, and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune,––I––Yahweh, who doeth all these.

²⁴ Can any hide, himself in secret places, that, I, shall not see him? Demandeth Yahweh,––The heavens and the earth, do I, not fill? Demandeth Yahweh.

¹¹ and, the thing which the king hath asked, is difficult, and, none other, is there, who can declare it before the king,––saving the gods whose dwelling is, not with flesh.

¹⁴ Then, I have heard concerning thee, that, the spirit of the gods, is in thee,––and, light and intelligence and distinguished wisdom, are found in thee.

¹³ For this reason, in parables, unto them, do I speak,––because, seeing, they see not, and, hearing, they hear not,––neither do they understand.

² But, nothing, hath been, covered up, which shall not be uncovered, and hidden, which shall not be made known. ³ Because, as many things as, in the darkness, ye have said, in the light, shall be heard; and, what to the ear ye spake, in the chambers, shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

⁹ It, was––The real light that enlighteneth every man––Coming into the world.

¹² Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying––I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

⁴⁵ And, he that vieweth me, vieweth him that sent me. ⁴⁶ I, a light, into the world have come, that, no one who believeth on me, in darkness, should abide.

¹⁷ He saith unto him, the third time––Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him––Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him––Be feeding my sheep.

²⁵ Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad–message––even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times kept silent, ²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known,

⁹ But, even as it is written––The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and upon the heart of man have not come up,––whatsoever things God hath prepared for them that love him, ¹⁰ Unto us, in fact, hath God revealed through the Spirit; for, the Spirit, into all things, maketh search, yea! the deep things of God. ¹¹ For who of men knoweth the things of a man,––save the spirit of the man that is in him? thus, even the things of God, hath no one come to know, save the Spirit of God.

⁵ So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything,––until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.

⁵ Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; ––

¹⁶ Who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable,––Whom no man hath seen––nor can see: unto whom, be honour and might age–abiding. Amen.

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:––as to whom is, our discourse.

⁵ And this is the message which we have heard from him, and are reporting unto you,––that, God, is, light, and in him is, no darkness at all.

¹⁷ Now, Yahweh, had said,––Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do,

⁹ And Jacob said, God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,––Yahweh, who wast saying unto me,––Return to thy land and to thy kindred, that I may deal well with thee; –– ¹⁰ I am too small for all the lovingkindnesses, and for all the faithfulness, which thou hast done unto thy servant,––For, with my staff, passed I over this Jordan, But, now, have I become two camps. ¹¹ Deliver me, I pray thee, out of the hand of my brother, out of the hand of Esau,––for, I, am afraid, of him, lest he come in and smite––mother, as well as sons!

¹⁵ And God said yet further unto Moses––Thus, shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel, Yahweh, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This, is my name to times age–abiding, And, this, my memorial to generation after generation.

⁵⁷ Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers,––let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

³⁶ And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the gift, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! Today, let it be known––That, thou, art God in Israel, and that, I, am thy servant,––and that, by thy word, have I done all these things.

¹⁰ Therefore did David bless Yahweh in the eyes of all the convocation,––and David said, Blessed art thou, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.

¹³ Now, therefore, O our God, we are giving thanks unto thee,––and offering praise, unto thy beautiful Name.

⁶ and said, O Yahweh, God of our fathers, art not, thou, God in the heavens? and art, thou, not ruling throughout all the kingdoms of the nations? and, in thy hand, [are there not] strength and might? and is there any who, against thee, can stand?

¹⁴ Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;

¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––And all that is within me, his holy Name; ² Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:–– ³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:

²² A city of heroes, doth a wise man scale, and bringeth down the strength of its confidence.

⁵ A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour.

¹⁹ Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.

¹⁶ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength,––although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard.

¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

¹ Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back, And thou dost comfort me.

¹⁸ that, tender compassion, they might seek from before the God of the heavens, concerning this secret,––that Daniel and his companions, might not be destroyed, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

²⁰ Daniel responded, and said, Let the name of God be blessed from age to age,––in that wisdom and might, to him belong; ²¹ And, he, changeth times and seasons, removeth kings, and setteth up kings,––giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them who are skilled in understanding:

²⁹ As for thee, O king, thy thoughts upon thy bed, arose regarding what should come to pass hereafter; and, he that revealeth secrets, made known to thee what shall come to pass. ³⁰ But, as for me––not for any wisdom that is in me, more than any of the living, is, this secret, revealed to me,––therefore, it is in order that, the interpretation––unto the king, they should make known, and that, the thoughts of thy heart, thou shouldst get to know.

²⁵ In that season, answered Jesus, and said––I openly give praise unto thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,––in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto babes;

²¹ In the self–same hour, exulted he in the Holy Spirit, and said––I openly give praise unto thee, Father! Lord of heaven and earth! in that thou hast hid these things from the wise and discerning, and hast revealed them unto babes,––Yea, O Father! that, so, hath it become, a delight, before thee.

⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And, Jesus, lifted up his eyes on high, and said––Father! I thank thee, thou didst hear me:

¹⁵ No longer, do I call you, servants, for, the servant, knoweth not what, his lord, is doing. But, you, I have called, friends, because, all things which I heard from my Father, made I known unto you.

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to point out unto his servants the things which must needs come to pass with speed,––and he shewed them by signs, sending through his messenger, unto his servant John;

⁵ And, one of the elders, saith unto me––Do not weep! Lo! the lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath overcome, to open the scroll and the seven seals thereof.

¹² For this cause, the king, was provoked and exceedingly indignant,––and gave word to destroy all the wise men of Babylon; ¹³ and, the decree, went forth, that, the wise men, should be slain,––and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain.
¹⁴ Immediately, Daniel, made answer with prudence and discretion, to Arioch, chief of the executioners of the king,––who had come forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

²⁴ saying––Be not afraid, Paul! for, before Caesar, must thou needs stand. And lo! God hath granted to thee as a favour, all them who are sailing with thee.

⁶ These, are the sons of the province, who came up from among the Captives of the Exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did exile,––but they came back to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his own city;

¹¹ Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do,––for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

⁶ Now there were, among them, out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah;

¹³ Then, Daniel, was brought in before the king,––the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art, thou, that Daniel, that is of the sons of the exile of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

¹³ Then answered they and were saying before the king, Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, hath made thee, O king, of none account, also the interdict which thou hast signed,––but, three times a day, is asking his petition.

²⁷ On the contrary––the foolish things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame them who are wise, and, the weak things of the world, hath God chosen, that he might put to shame the things that are mighty, ²⁸ And, the low–born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen,––[and] the things that are not,––that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;

³³ And Saul said unto David––Thou art not able to go against this Philistine, to fight with him,––for, a youth, art, thou, but, he, a man of war, from his youth.

⁷ and the ruler of the eunuchs gave them names,––yea he gave to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar, and to Hananiah of Shadrach, and to Mishael of Meshach, and to Azariah of Abed–nego.

³ And the king, said to them, A dream, have I dreamed,––and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. ⁴ Then spake the Chaldeans to the king, in Aramaic,––O king, to the ages, live! Tell the dream to thy servants, and, the interpretation, we will declare. ⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The word from me, is unalterable: If ye shall not make known to me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and, your houses, into a dunghill, shall be turned; ⁶ but, if, the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye will declare, gifts and a present and great dignity, shall ye receive from before me,––therefore, the dream and the interpretation thereof, declare ye unto me. ⁷ They answered again and said,––Let, the king, tell, the dream, to his servants, and, the interpretation thereof, we will declare.

⁸ Howbeit, at last, came before me––Daniel, whose, name, was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and, the dream––before him, I told [saying]:

¹⁸ This dream, have, I, King Nebuchadnezzar, seen. Thou, therefore, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation, do thou tell, forasmuch as, all the wise men of my kingdom, are unable, the interpretation, to make known to me, but, thou, art able, because, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee.
¹⁹ Then, Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for about one moment, and, his thoughts, troubled him. The king spake and said, O Belteshazzar, let neither, the dream, nor the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My Lord, The dream, be for them who hate thee, and, the interpretation, for them who are thy foes.

¹² Forasmuch as, a distinguished spirit, and knowledge and intelligence, ability to interpret dreams and solve riddles and unravel knotty points, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, now let, Daniel, be called, and, the interpretation, will he declare.

¹⁶ I, however, have heard concerning thee, that thou art able, interpretations, to unfold, and, knotty points, to unravel,––Now, if thou be able, the writing, to read, and, the interpretation thereof, to make known unto me, with purple, shalt thou be clothed, and, a chain of gold, shalt thou have upon thy neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shalt thou have dominion.

¹² Who doth frustrate the schemes of the crafty, that their hands cannot achieve abiding success; ¹³ Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

¹² Take thy stand, I pray thee, With thy spells, And with the throng of thine incantations, wherein thou hast wearied thyself from thy youth,––Peradventure, thou mayest be able to profit, Peradventure, thou mayest strike me with terror. ¹³ Thou hast worn thyself out with the mass of thy consultations,––Let them take their stand, I pray thee, that they may save thee––The dividers of the heavens––The gazers at the stars, They who make known by new moons, Somewhat of the things which shall come upon thee. ¹⁴ Lo! they have become as straw––a fire, hath burned them up, They shall not deliver their own soul from the grasp of the flame,––There is, no live coal to warm them, nor blaze to sit before.

² So the king gave word to call for the sacred scribes and for the magicians, and for the users of incantations, and for the Chaldeans, that they might tell the king his dreams,––they came in therefore, and stood before the king.

⁷ The king began crying out again, to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans and the astrologers,––the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever it is that shall read this writing, and, the interpretation thereof, shall declare unto me, with purple, shall he be clothed, and have a chain of gold upon his neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shall he have dominion. ⁸ Then were coming in all the wise men of the king,––but, the writing, could they not read, nor, the interpretation, make known to the king.

¹ Then called Jacob unto his sons,––and said––Gather yourselves together, and let me tell you, that which shall befall you in the afterpart of the days.

¹⁴ Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people,––Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people, in the afterpart of the days.

³⁰ In thy distress, when all these things, have found thee out––in the afterpart of the days, thou wilt return unto Yahweh thy God, and wilt hearken to his voice.

¹⁹ Now, therefore, write ye for you this Song, and teach it unto the sons of Israel, put it in their mouths,––that this Song may become for me, a witness, against the sons of Israel.

³ When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done.

² But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh, Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,––And all the nations, shall stream thereunto;

²² Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen,––Things known in advance––what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart, and mark the after–story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear: ²³ Tell ye the events which shall be hereafter, That we may perceive that, gods, ye are,––Surely ye must do something––good or bad, That we may be amazed, and behold it, at once.

²⁴ The fierceness of the anger of Yahweh will, not turn back, Until he hath executed, nor, Until he hath established, The purposes of his heart,––In the afterpart of the days, shall ye understand it.

⁴⁷ Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab, In the afterpart of the days, Declareth Yahweh, Thus far, is the sentence of Moab.

⁸ After many days, shalt thou muster thy forces, In the afterpart of the years, shalt thou enter, Into the land of the remnant brought back from the sword, Gathered from among many peoples, Upon the mountains of Israel, which have been waste continually,––But, the same, from among the peoples, hath been brought forth. And they shall dwell in security, all of them.

¹⁶ Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land,––In the afterpart of the days, shall it be, that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations, may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes, O Gog!

⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said––Of a truth, your God, is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets,––seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret.

¹⁴ So then I am come to let thee understand that which shall befall thy people in the afterpart of the days,––for yet is the vision for [those] days.

⁵ Afterwards, shall the sons of Israel return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king,––and shall turn with throbbing hearts unto Yahweh and unto his goodness, in the afterpart of the days.

¹³ For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!

¹ But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, that the mountain of the house of Yahweh shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, and, exalted, shall it be, above the hills,––and peoples, shall stream thereunto; ² Yea many nations, shall go, and say––come ye, and let us ascend unto the mountain of Yahweh, and unto the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us of his ways, and we may walk in his paths,––for, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, and, the word of Yahweh, out of Jerusalem;

⁹ Thus, therefore pray, ye: Our Father, who art in the heavens,––Hallowed be thy name,

¹ But, of this, be taking note––that, in last days, there will set in perilous seasons;

¹ Whereas, in many parts and in many ways of old, God spake unto the fathers, in the prophets,

³ Of this, first, taking note––that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,

¹⁰ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come up on thy heart,––And thou wilt devise a wicked device;

²⁸ but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and hath made known to King Nebuchadnezzar, what shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days: Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are, these:––

³ For, I––Yahweh, am, Thy God, The Holy One of Israel, Ready to save thee,––I have given, as thy ransom, Egypt, Ethiopia and Seba, in thy stead. ⁴ Because thou, art precious in mine eyes, art honoured, And, I, love thee,––And will give, mankind, in thy stead, Yea, peoples, for thy life,

⁴ For the sake of my servant Jacob, Even Israel my chosen, Therefore have I called unto thee by thy name, I give thee a title though thou hast not known me,––

¹⁷ Then Daniel, to his own house, departed,––and, to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, made the matter known; ¹⁸ that, tender compassion, they might seek from before the God of the heavens, concerning this secret,––that Daniel and his companions, might not be destroyed, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

⁴⁹ And, Daniel, desired of the king, and he appointed––over the business of the province of Babylon––Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––but, Daniel himself, was in the gate of the king.

²² And, except those days had been shortened, no flesh had been saved; but, for the sake of the chosen, those days shall be shortened.

²⁰ And, save that the Lord hath shortened the days, no flesh should be saved; but, for the sake of the chosen of whom he hath made choice, he hath shortened the days.

¹² And Peter, seeing it, made answer unto the people:––Ye men of Israel! Why marvel ye at this man? Or, upon us, why are ye intently looking, as though, by our own power or godliness, we had made him walk?

²⁸ We know, further, that, unto them who love God, God causeth all things to work together for good,––unto them who, according to purpose, are such as he hath called;

²¹ So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours–– ²² Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all, are, yours, ²³ And, ye, are Christ’s,––and, Christ, is, God’s.

⁸ And, last of all, just as if unto the unseasonable birth, he appeared, even unto me; ⁹ For, I, am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. ¹⁰ But, by favour of God, I am what I am, and, his favour, which was unto me, hath not been made void,––but, much more abundantly than they all, have I toiled, albeit not, I, but the favour of God with me. ¹¹ Whether therefore, I, or, they, thus do we proclaim, and, thus did ye believe.
¹² Now, if, Christ is proclaimed, that, from among the dead, he hath been raised, how say some, among you––resurrection of the dead, there is none?

¹⁵ For, all things, are for your sakes, in order that, the favour abounding, may, through means of the greater number, cause, the thanksgiving, to superabound unto the glory of God.

¹¹ And I will visit, upon the inhabited earth, calamity, And, upon the lawless, their punishment, And will quiet the arrogance of the proud, And, the loftiness of tyrants, will I lay low.

³ For this cause, shall glorify thee––a strong people, The city of tyrannous nations, shall revere thee; ⁴ For thou didst become, A refuge to the weak, A refuge to the needy, when distress was upon him,––A shelter from the storm, A shade from the heat, When the blast of tyrants was like a storm against a wall. ⁵ As heat in a desert, the pomp of foreigners, wilt thou subdue,––Heat––with the shade of a cloud, The song of tyrants, become low.

⁷ Therefore, behold me! bringing upon thee aliens, The terrible ones of the nations,––And they shall unsheathe their swords over the beauty of thy wisdom, And profane thy splendour:

³ and four large wild beasts, coming up out of the sea,––diverse, one from another:–– ⁴ The foremost, like a lion, having, the wings of an eagle,––I looked until the wings thereof, were torn out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and, upon its feet, like a man, was it caused to stand, and, the heart of a man, was given to it. ⁵ And, lo! another wild beast, a second, resembling a bear, and, on one side, was it raised up, with three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth,––and, thus, were they saying to it, Rise! devour much flesh. ⁶ After that, I was looking, and lo! another like a leopard, and it, had four wings of a bird upon its back,––and four heads, had the wild beast, and dominion, was given to it, ⁷ After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well–hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue––with its feet, it trampled down,––and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns. ⁸ I was considering the horns, when lo! another horn, a little one, came up among them, and, three of the former horns, were uprooted from before it,––and lo! eyes, like the eyes of a man, in this horn, and, a mouth, speaking great things.
⁹ I continued looking, until that, thrones, were placed, and, the Ancient of days, took his seat,––whose, garment, like snow, was white, and, the hair of his head, like pure wool, his throne, was flames of fire, his wheels, a burning fire. ¹⁰ A stream of fire, was flowing on and issuing forth from before him, a thousand thousand, waited upon him and, ten thousand times ten thousand, before him, stood up,––Judgment, took its seat, and, books, were opened. ¹¹ I continued looking, then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking, I continued looking, until that the wild beast, was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning of the fire. ¹² As concerning the rest of the beasts, their dominion, was taken away,––but, a lengthening of life, was given to them, until time and season. ¹³ I continued looking in the visions of the night, when lo! with the clouds of the heavens, one like a son of man, was coming,––and, unto the Ancient of days, he approached, and, before him, they brought him near; ¹⁴ and, unto him, were given dominion and dignity and kingship, that all peoples, races and tongues, unto him, should do service,––his dominion, was an age–abiding dominion, which should not pass away, and, his kingdom, that which should not be destroyed.
¹⁵ The spirit of, me, Daniel, was grieved in the midst of the sheath,––and, the visions of my head, terrified me. ¹⁶ I drew near unto one of them who stood by, and made exact enquiry of him, concerning all this,––so he told me, and, the interpretation of the things, made he known unto me. ¹⁷ These great wild beasts, which are four,––are four kings who shall arise out of the earth;

⁷ Awful and fearful, is he,––from himself, his decision and his uprising, proceed.

⁸ Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain,––and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

⁵ And, leading him up, he shewed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth, in a moment of time.

⁴ that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say:––How, hath ceased, the oppressor! Ceased, the exactress!

⁷ A cup of gold, was Babylon, in the hand of Yahweh, Making drunk all the earth,––Of her wine, have the nations drunk, For this cause, have the nations been acting as men who are mad.

³⁷ Thou, O king, art the king of kings,––for, the God of the heavens, hath given unto thee, the kingship, the might, the power and the dignity; ³⁸ and, wheresoever the sons of men do dwell, the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou, art the head of gold. ³⁹ And, after thee, shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee,––and another––a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall bear rule throughout all the earth.

²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

⁴ The foremost, like a lion, having, the wings of an eagle,––I looked until the wings thereof, were torn out, and it was lifted up from the earth, and, upon its feet, like a man, was it caused to stand, and, the heart of a man, was given to it. ⁵ And, lo! another wild beast, a second, resembling a bear, and, on one side, was it raised up, with three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth,––and, thus, were they saying to it, Rise! devour much flesh. ⁶ After that, I was looking, and lo! another like a leopard, and it, had four wings of a bird upon its back,––and four heads, had the wild beast, and dominion, was given to it,

³ So then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, standing before the river, and, it, had two horns,––and, the two horns, were high, but, the one, was higher than the other, and, the higher, had come up, last. ⁴ I saw the ram, pushing strongly westward and northward and southward, so that no wild beast could stand before him, and none could deliver out of his hand,––but he did according to his own pleasure, and shewed himself great. ⁵ Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he–goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth,––and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. ⁶ So then he came up to the ram having the two horns, which I had seen, standing before the river,––and ran unto him, in the fury of his strength. ⁷ Yea I saw him coming close upon the ram, and he was enraged at him, and smote the ram, and brake in pieces both his horns, and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him,––but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled him underfoot, and there was none could deliver the ram out of his power. ⁸ But, the he–goat, shewed himself very great,––and, when he had become mighty, the great horn, was broken in pieces, and there came up afterwards four, in its stead, towards the four winds of the heavens;

² and, now, the truth, I will tell thee:––Lo! there are, yet three kings, to arise––belonging to Persia, and, the fourth, will amass greater riches than they all, and, when he hath strengthened himself in his riches, the whole, will stir up, the kingdom of Greece. ³ And so a hero king, will arise,––and wield great authority, and do according to his own pleasure; ⁴ but, when he hath arisen, his kingdom, shall be broken in pieces, and be divided, toward the four winds of the heavens,––but not to his own posterity, nor according to his own authority which he wielded, for his kingdom, shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.
⁵ But a king of the south, will become strong, even from among his rulers,––and will prevail against him, and have authority, a great authority, shall his authority be. ⁶ And, at the end of years, they will league together, yea, the daughter of the king of the south, will go in unto the king of the north, to make peace, but she shall not retain strength of arm, neither shall he stand, nor his arm, but she shall be delivered up––she herself, and they who brought her in, and he who begat her, and he that strengthened her in the times. ⁷ But one will stand up from the sprout of her roots, [in] his stead,––and he will enter the army, and enter into a fortress of the king of the north, and deal with them and shew himself strong; ⁸ yea, even their gods, with their molten images, with their delightful vessels of silver and gold, with a host of captives, will he bring into Egypt,––and, he, will stand more, years, than the king of the north; ⁹ so will the king of the south, enter into the kingdom, and then return unto his own soil. ¹⁰ But, his sons, will rouse themselves to war, and gather together a multitude of large armies, but he will come on and on, and overflow and pass through,––and will return and wage war, up to his fortress. ¹¹ Then will the king of the south, be enraged, and go forth and fight with him, with the king of the north,––and will raise a great multitude, but the multitude, will be delivered, into his hand. ¹² And, when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart, will be uplifted,––and he will cause tens of thousands to fall, but will not conquer. ¹³ Then will the king of the north again raise a multitude, greater than the first,––and, at the end of the times––some years, he will come on and on with a great army, and with great substance. ¹⁴ And, in those times, many, will rise against the king of the south,––and, the sons of the oppressors of thy people, will exalt themselves to confirm the vision, but will be overthrown. ¹⁵ Then will come in the king of the north, and cast up a rampart, and capture a city of strongholds,––and, the arms of the south, will not rise, nor the people of his chosen ones, and there shall be no strength to rise. ¹⁶ So shall he that cometh against him do according to his own pleasure, and, none, shall stand before him,––therefore will he take his stand in the beautiful land, and it will languish and be exhausted in his hand. ¹⁷ Then will he set his face to enter, with the might of all his kingdom, and, equitable terms with him, will make,––and, a daughter of women, will he give him to corrupt her, but she will not remain, nor, his, shall she become. ¹⁸ Then will he turn his face to the Coastlands, and will capture many,––but a commander, will bring to an end, his reproach against himself, that, his reproach, return not unto him. ¹⁹ Therefore will he turn his face towards the fortresses of his land,––but he shall stagger and fall, and shall not be found. ²⁰ Then will rise up in his stead, one causing an exactor to pass through the ornament of the kingdom,––but, in a few days, shall he be broken in pieces, not with anger, nor in battle.

⁴ And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,––having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness;

⁴⁰ And, the fourth kingdom, shall be hard as iron,––in like manner as iron breaketh in pieces and crusheth all things,––even as iron which bringeth to ruins all these, shall it break in pieces and bring to ruins. ⁴¹ And, whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of them of potter’s clay, and part of them of iron, the kingdom, shall be, divided, and, of the hardness of the iron, shall there be in it,––forasmuch as thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay; ⁴² and, the toes of the feet, part of them, iron, and, part, of clay,––some part of the kingdom, shall be strong, but, a part thereof, shall be brittle; ⁴³ and, whereas thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay, they shall be combined with the seed of men, but shall not cleave firmly one to another,––lo! as iron is not to be combined with clay.

⁷ After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well–hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue––with its feet, it trampled down,––and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns. ⁸ I was considering the horns, when lo! another horn, a little one, came up among them, and, three of the former horns, were uprooted from before it,––and lo! eyes, like the eyes of a man, in this horn, and, a mouth, speaking great things.

¹⁹ Then desired I to be sure, concerning the fourth wild beast, which was diverse from all of them,––exceeding terrible, whose, teeth, were iron, and, his claws, of bronze, he devoured, brake in pieces, and, the residue––with his feet, he trampled down; ²⁰ also concerning the ten horns, which were in his head, and the other, which came up, and there fell––from among them that were before it––three,––and this horn which had, eyes, and, a mouth, speaking great things, and, his look, was more proud than his fellows: ²¹ I continued looking, when, this horn, made war with the holy ones,––and prevailed against them: ²² until that the Ancient of Days, came, and, justice, was granted to the holy ones of the Highest,––and, the time, arrived, that the holy ones should possess, the kingdom. ²³ Thus, he said, The fourth wild beast, is a fourth kingdom which shall be in the earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms,––and shall devour all the earth, and shall trample it down, and break it in pieces. ²⁴ And, the ten horns of that kingdom, are ten kings who will arise,––and, another, will arise after them, and, he, will be diverse from the former ones, and, three kings, will he cast down; ²⁵ and, words against the Most High, will he speak, and, the holy ones of the Highest, will he afflict,––and will hope to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand, for a season and seasons and the dividing of a season, ²⁶ but, Judgment, will take its seat,––and, his dominion, will they take away, to destroy and make disappear unto an end.

⁸ Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth: ⁹ Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
¹⁰ Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth: ¹¹ Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling: ¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,––How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

⁵ My Lord, on thy right hand,––hath shattered––in the day of his anger––kings; ⁶ He will judge among the nations––full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended:

²² A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner:

⁶ The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two–edged sword in their hand: ⁷ To execute an avenging among the nations, rebukes among the peoples: ⁸ To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands: ⁹ To execute upon them the sentence written, An honour, shall it be to all his men of lovingkindness. Praise ye Yah!

¹⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! founding in Zion, a stone, A stone of testing, The costly corner of a well–laid foundation, He that trusteth, shall not make haste!

¹² For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish,––Yea, the nations, shall be, utterly wasted.

⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages. ⁴⁵ Forasmuch as thou sawest that, out of the rock, a stone tare itself away, but not with hands, and brake in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver and the gold, the mighty God, hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. Exact then is the dream, and trusty its interpretation.

¹³ I continued looking in the visions of the night, when lo! with the clouds of the heavens, one like a son of man, was coming,––and, unto the Ancient of days, he approached, and, before him, they brought him near; ¹⁴ and, unto him, were given dominion and dignity and kingship, that all peoples, races and tongues, unto him, should do service,––his dominion, was an age–abiding dominion, which should not pass away, and, his kingdom, that which should not be destroyed.

²⁷ And, the kingdom, and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under all the heavens, shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Highest,––his kingdom, is an age–abiding kingdom, and, all the dominions, unto him, will render service, and show themselves obedient.

²⁵ and, by his cunning, will he both cause deceit to succeed in his hand, and, in his own heart, will he shew himself to be great, and, by their careless security, will he destroy many,––and, against the ruler of rulers, will he stand up, but, without hand, shall be broken in pieces.

⁶ Then responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying,––Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.

³ And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a lifting–stone, to all the peoples, all who seek to lift her, shall, cut themselves in pieces,––though all the nations of the earth, gather themselves together against her.

¹⁸ And, I also, unto thee, say––Thou, art Peter,––and, upon this rock, will I build my assembly, and, the gates of hades, shall not prevail against it.

¹³ Who––not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but––of God, were born.

¹¹ This, is the stone, set at nought by you the builders, which became the head of the corner;

¹ For we know that––if, our earthly tent–dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age–abiding in the heavens.

²⁴ For, not into a Holy place made by hand, entered Christ,––counterpart of the real [Holy place]; but, into the heaven itself, now, to be plainly manifested before the face of God in our behalf; ––

⁷ Unto you, then, is the honour––[unto you] who believe; but, unto such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected,––The same, hath become head of the corner,

¹⁵ And, the seventh messenger, sounded; and there came to be loud voices in heaven, saying––The kingdom of the world, hath become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign unto the ages of ages.

¹⁴ These, with the Lamb, will make war; and, the Lamb, will overcome them, because he is, Lord of lords, and King of kings,––and, they who are with him, are called and chosen and faithful.

¹¹ And I saw heaven, set open, and lo! a white horse, and, he that was sitting thereon, [called] Faithful, and True; and, in righteousness, doth he judge and make war; ¹² and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself, ¹³ and arrayed with a mantle sprinkled with blood, and his name hath been called––The Word of God. ¹⁴ And, the armies which were in heaven, were following him, upon white horses, clothed with fine linen, white, pure; ¹⁵ and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations,––and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine–press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written––King of kings, and Lord of lords. ¹⁷ And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid–heaven,––Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God,–– ¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. ¹⁹ And I saw the wild–beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together––to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. ²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. ²¹ And, the rest, were slain with the sword of him that was sitting upon the horse, which went forth out of his mouth, and, all the birds, were filled with their flesh.

¹⁷ By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.

⁴ Not so, the lawless,––but as chaff which is driven about by the wind: ⁵ For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment,––nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,

¹⁰ Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place––and he shall have vanished!

³⁶ Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.

⁹ Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,––The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war–chariots, burneth he up with fire.

⁴ All the earth, shall bow themselves down to thee, And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy Name. [Selah.]

¹ [To the Chief Musician. With stringed Instruments. A Melody, a Song.]
God, be favorable to us and bless us, Cause his face to shine upon us. [Selah.] ² That thy way may be known throughout the earth, Throughout all nations, thy saving help!

¹⁶ May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains,––Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth. ¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

⁹ Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land; ¹⁰ Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.

⁹ All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name.

¹⁶ For, a wind, hath passed over it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.

² But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh, Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,––And all the nations, shall stream thereunto; ³ And many peoples shall go, and say––Come ye, and let us ascend, Unto the mountain of Yahweh, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths,––For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem;

⁹ They shall not hurt––nor destroy, in all my holy, mountain,––For filled, is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As, the waters, to the sea, form a covering.

¹³ Though nations, like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away,––And be chased, As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble, before a storm! ¹⁴ At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is, not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.

¹⁵ Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make: ¹⁶ Thou shalt fan them, and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them,––But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.

³ Therefore, shall they become like the morning cloud, and like the dew early departing,––like chaff storm–driven out of the threshing–floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.

¹³ Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for, thy horn, will I make to be iron, and, thy hoofs, will I make to he bronze, so shalt thou beat in pieces many peoples,––and shalt devote to Yahweh their unrighteous gain, and their substance, to the Lord of all the earth.

⁸ And it shall come to pass, in that day, that there shall go forth living waters out of Jerusalem, half of them unto the sea before, and half of them unto the sea behind, in summer and in winter, shall it he. ⁹ So will Yahweh become king over all the earth,––In that day, shall there be one Yahweh, and, his Name, be one.

²⁵ For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet:

⁸ and he prevailed not, neither was place found for them, any longer, in heaven.

² and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years,–– ³ and cast him into the abyss, and fastened and sealed [it] over him,––that he might not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years, should be ended: after these, must he be loosed for a short time.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him that was sitting thereon, from whose face fled the earth and heaven, and, place, was not found for them.

²³ Unto the, O God of my fathers, do I render thanks and praise, in that, wisdom and might, thou hast given unto me,––yea, already, hast thou made known to me that which we desired of thee, for, the matter of the king, hast thou made known unto us.
²⁴ Therefore, Daniel entered in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon,––he went in, and, thus, he said unto him, The wise men of Babylon, do not thou destroy, bring me in before the king, and, the interpretation––unto the king, will I declare.

²⁴ For, he, had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even as far as Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River,––and he had, peace, on all sides of him, round about.

²³ Thus, saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth, hath Yahweh God of the heavens, given unto me, and, he himself, hath laid charge upon me, to build to him a house, in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people with whom is Yahweh his God? Then let him go up.

² Thus, saith Cyrus, king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth, hath Yahweh God of the heavens, given to me,––and, he himself, hath laid charge upon me, to build for him a house, in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

¹² Artaxerxes, king of kings, Unto Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of the heavens––To despatch and so forth.

¹⁵ By me, kings reign, and dignitaries decree righteousness;

⁸ For he saith:––Are not, my generals, all alike, kings?

⁵ Sit silent, and get into darkness, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For thou shalt no more be called Mistress of Kingdoms.

¹⁴ For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,––A yoke of iron, have I put upon the neck of all these nations, to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him, Moreover also, the wild beast of the field, have I given to him.

⁷ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! bringing against Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon out of the North, a king of kings,––with horses and with chariots and with horsemen, and a gathered host and much people.

³ His signs, how great! and, his wonders, how mighty! His kingdom, is an age–abiding kingdom, and, his dominion, lasteth from generation to generation.

²⁵ That, thee, are they going to drive forth from among men, and, along with the wild beasts of the field, shall be thy dwelling, and, grass––like oxen, will they suffer, thee, to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, will they suffer, thee, to be drenched, and, seven seasons, shall pass over thee,––until that thou come to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaesth, he giveth it.

³⁴ And, at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes unto the heavens, did uplift, and, mine understanding, unto me, returned, and, the Most High, I blessed, and, to him that liveth age–abidingly, I rendered praise and honour,––whose dominion, is an age–abiding dominion, and, his kingdom, lasteth from generation to generation;

¹⁸ As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

¹⁰ Even though they hire them among the nations, at once, will I gather them, when they have begun to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of rulers.

¹¹ Jesus answered him––Thou couldst have had no authority against me, at all, if it had not been given unto thee from above. Therefore, he that delivered me unto thee, hath, greater sin.

⁵ and from––Jesus Christ,––The Faithful Witness, The Firstborn of the Dead, and The Ruler of the Kings of the Earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us out of our sins with his blood,––

¹¹ Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, and were created.

¹⁰ For, mine, is every wild–beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains, in their thousands; ¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains, And, the moving things of the plain, are with me:

²¹ Whose, foliage, was beautiful, and whose, fruit, abundant, and, food for all, was in it,––under it, dwelt the wild beasts of the field, and, in the branches thereof, nestled the birds of the heavens: ²² Thyself, it is, O king, in that thou art grown, and become strong,––and, thy greatness hath grown, and reached to the heavens, and, thy dominion, to the end of the earth.

²⁸ Who saith of Cyrus––My Shepherd! and, All my pleasure, shall he make good! Even saying of Jerusalem––She shall be built! And of the temple––Be her foundation laid!

³² As for this image, its head, was of fine gold, its breast and its arms, were of silver,––its belly and its thighs, of bronze;

²⁸ P’res[=" Snatched–away"], ––snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians. ²⁹ Then Belshazzar, gave word, that they should clothe Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold upon his neck,––and should make a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler over the kingdom.
³⁰ In that night, was slain––Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldeans. ³¹ And, Darius the Mede, received the kingdom,––when about sixty–two years of age.

⁵ And, lo! another wild beast, a second, resembling a bear, and, on one side, was it raised up, with three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth,––and, thus, were they saying to it, Rise! devour much flesh. ⁶ After that, I was looking, and lo! another like a leopard, and it, had four wings of a bird upon its back,––and four heads, had the wild beast, and dominion, was given to it, ⁷ After that, I was looking in the visions of the night, when lo! a fourth wild beast, terrible and well–hipped and exceeding strong, and it had, large teeth of iron, it devoured and brake in pieces, and, the residue––with its feet, it trampled down,––and, it, was diverse from all the wild beasts that were before it, and it had, ten horns.

²³ Thus, he said, The fourth wild beast, is a fourth kingdom which shall be in the earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms,––and shall devour all the earth, and shall trample it down, and break it in pieces.

³ So then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and lo! a ram, standing before the river, and, it, had two horns,––and, the two horns, were high, but, the one, was higher than the other, and, the higher, had come up, last. ⁴ I saw the ram, pushing strongly westward and northward and southward, so that no wild beast could stand before him, and none could deliver out of his hand,––but he did according to his own pleasure, and shewed himself great. ⁵ Now, I, was observing, when lo! a he–goat, coming in out of the west, over the face of all the earth, but it meddled not with the earth,––and, the goat, had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. ⁶ So then he came up to the ram having the two horns, which I had seen, standing before the river,––and ran unto him, in the fury of his strength. ⁷ Yea I saw him coming close upon the ram, and he was enraged at him, and smote the ram, and brake in pieces both his horns, and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him,––but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled him underfoot, and there was none could deliver the ram out of his power. ⁸ But, the he–goat, shewed himself very great,––and, when he had become mighty, the great horn, was broken in pieces, and there came up afterwards four, in its stead, towards the four winds of the heavens; ⁹ and, out of the first of them, came forth a little horn,––which became exceedingly great, against the south and against the east, and against the beautiful [land]; ¹⁰ yea it became great as far as the host of the heavens,––and caused to fall, to the earth, some of the host and some of the stars, and trampled them underfoot; ¹¹ even as far as the ruler of the host, shewed he his greatness,––and, because of him, was taken away the continual [ascending–sacrifice], and the place of the sanctuary, was cast down; ¹² and, a host, was set over the continual [ascending–sacrifice], by transgression,––and faithfulness, was cast down, to the ground, and so he acted with effect, and succeeded. ¹³ Then heard I a certain holy one, speaking,––and another holy one said to that certain holy one who was speaking––How long is the vision of the continual [ascending–sacrifice] as taken away, and the transgression which astoundeth, for both sanctuary and host to be given over to be trampled underfoot? ¹⁴ And he said unto him, Until two thousand and three hundred evening–mornings,––then shall the sanctuary, be vindicated.

²⁰ The ram which thou sawest, having the two horns, representeth the kings of Media and Persia;

²⁰ And he said, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? But, now, must I return to fight with the ruler of Persia; I, therefore am going forth, and lo! the ruler of Greece, is coming.

³ and, in the third chariot, white horses,––and, in the fourth chariot, horses spotted, deep red.

⁶ They in whose chariot are the black horses, are going forth into the land of the North, and, the white, have gone forth after them,––and, the spotted, have gone forth into the land of the South;

¹² Shall, iron, crush, the iron from the North, and the bronze?

³³ its legs, of iron,––and, its feet, part of them, of iron, and, part of them, of clay.

²⁴ and his strength, will be mighty, but not through his own strength, and, wonderfully, will he destroy, and succeed and act with effect,––and will destroy mighty ones, and the people of holy ones;

²⁶ And, after the sixty–two weeks, shall the Anointed One, be cut off, and have, nothing,––and, the city and the sanctuary, will one destroy with the Prince, and so will his own end come with an overwhelming flood, howbeit, up to the full end of the war, are decreed astounding things.

³⁶ And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,––and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done; ³⁷ and, for the god of his fathers, will he have no regard, nor, for the delight of women, nor for any god, will he have regard,––for, against all, will he magnify himself. ³⁸ Howbeit, to the god of the fortresses, in his place, will he give honour,––even to a god whom his fathers, knew not, will he give honour, with gold and with silver and with precious stones and with articles of delight. ³⁹ And he will prepare, for the strongholds of the fortress of the sea, the people of an alien god, whom he will acknowledge––will greatly honour,––and will give them authority over the many, and, the soil, will he apportion for a price. ⁴⁰ And, in the time of the end, will the king of the south, push at him, and the king of the north, will rush against him, with chariots and with horsemen, and with many ships,––and he will enter the lands, and overwhelm and pass over; ⁴¹ yea he will enter the beautiful land, and, many [lands], shall be laid low,––but, these, shall be delivered out of his hand, Edom and Moab, and the first portion of the sons of Ammon; ⁴² yea he will thrust forth his hand against the lands,––and, the land of Egypt, shall have no deliverance; ⁴³ and he will have authority over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the delightful things of Egypt,––with Libyans and Ethiopians among his followers; ⁴⁴ but, tidings, will terrify him, out of the east, and out of the north,––therefore will he go forth with great fury, to destroy and to devote many; ⁴⁵ and will plant his palace–home between the seas, towards the beautiful holy mountain, but shall come to his end, with none to help him.

³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Damascus, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because, with threshing instruments of iron, they have threshed Gilead.

⁴⁸ If we let him alone thus, all, will believe on him, and the Romans will come, and take away, both our place and nation.

³³ its legs, of iron,––and, its feet, part of them, of iron, and, part of them, of clay. ³⁴ Thou didst look, until that a stone tare itself away, not by the aid of hands, and smote the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay,––and they were broken in pieces. ³⁵ Then were broken in pieces at once, the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and became like chaff out of the summer threshing–floors, and the wind, carried them away, and, no place, was found for them,––but, the stone that smote the image, became a mighty rock, and filled all the land.

²⁴ And, the ten horns of that kingdom, are ten kings who will arise,––and, another, will arise after them, and, he, will be diverse from the former ones, and, three kings, will he cast down;

³ And there appeared another sign in heaven; and lo! a great red dragon,––having seven heads and ten horns, and, upon his heads, seven diadems;

¹ And I saw, out of the sea, a wild–beast coming up; having ten horns, and seven heads, and, upon his horns, ten diadems, and, upon his head, names of blasphemy.

¹² And, the ten horns which thou sawest, are, ten kings,––who, indeed, have not received, sovereignty, as yet, but, authority, as kings, for one hour, shall receive, with the wild–beast.

¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,––Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:

⁶ Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.
⁷ Let me tell of a decree,––Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, today, have begotten thee:

⁸ Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence,––Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

¹ [Solomon’s.> O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
² May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice; ³ May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness; ⁴ May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor. ⁵ Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation. ⁶ Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped. ⁷ May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon. ⁸ So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River[=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth; ⁹ Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick; ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring; ¹¹ Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him; ¹² Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper; ¹³ He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth: ¹⁴ From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight. ¹⁵ Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba,––Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed. ¹⁶ May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains,––Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth. ¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
¹⁸ Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,––Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone; ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago–abiding,––And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen! ²⁰ Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.

³ I have solemnised a covenant, for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant: ⁴ Unto times age–abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [Selah.]

¹⁹ Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst––I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people; ²⁰ I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil, have I anointed him; ²¹ With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him; ²² No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall, a son of perversity, humiliate him; ²³ And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite; ²⁴ And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn; ²⁵ And I will set, in the sea, his hand, And, in the rivers, his right hand; ²⁶ He, shall cry out unto me, My Father, thou art, My GOD, and my Rock of Salvation! ²⁷ Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth! ²⁸ Age–abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him; ²⁹ Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens. ³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk; ³¹ If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep: ³² Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity: ³³ But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness; ³⁴ I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips, will I not alter: ³⁵ One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie; ³⁶ His seed, age–abidingly, shall remain, And, his throne, be like the sun before me;

¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord––Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ² Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes. ³ Thy people, will freely offer themselves, in the day of thine army,––in the splendours of holiness, out of the womb of the dawn, To thee, [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth. ⁴ Yahweh, hath sworn––and will not repent, Thou, [shalt be] a priest unto times age–abiding, after the manner of Melchizedek.

¹³ Thy kingdom, is a kingdom of all ages,––and, thy dominion, is over generation after generation.

⁶ For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder,––And his Name hath been called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity. ⁷ Of the increase of dominion, and of prosperity, There shall be no end––Upon the throne of David, and, Upon his kingdom, By establishing it, and, By sustaining it, With justice, and, With righteousness,––From henceforth, Even unto times age–abiding: The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform this!

²⁵ And they shall dwell upon the land, which I gave to my servant––to Jacob, Wherein your fathers, dwelt,––Yea they shall dwell thereupon, They, and their children, and their children’s children, Unto times age–abiding, And, David my servant, shall be prince unto them, Unto times age–abiding.

³⁴ Thou didst look, until that a stone tare itself away, not by the aid of hands, and smote the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay,––and they were broken in pieces.

³⁷ Thou, O king, art the king of kings,––for, the God of the heavens, hath given unto thee, the kingship, the might, the power and the dignity;

²⁶ From before me, is appointed a decree that, throughout every dominion of my kingdom, men tremble and withdraw falteringly from before the God of Daniel,––for that, he, is the Living God, and abiding for ages, and, his kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed, and, his dominion, is unto the end:

⁷ And will make of her that was lame a residue, and of her that was removed far away a strong nation,––and Yahweh, shall be king, over them, in Mount Zion, from henceforth, even unto times age–abiding.

² saying, Repent ye,––for the kingdom of the heavens hath drawn near. ³ For, this, is he who was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, A voice, of one crying aloud! In the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths.

¹⁸ And Jesus, coming near, spake unto them, saying––All authority, in heaven and on earth, hath been given unto me;

³² the same, shall be great, and, Son of the Most High, shall be called, and the Lord God, will give unto him, the throne of David his father,–– ³³ And he shall reign over the house of Jacob, unto the ages, and, of his kingdom, there shall be, no end.

³⁴ The multitude, therefore, answered him––We, have heard, out of the law, that, the Christ, abideth evermore; How then dost, thou, say,––It behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?

²⁴ Afterwards, the end––whensoever he delivereth up the kingdom unto his God and Father, whensoever he shall bring to nought all rule and all authority and power; ²⁵ For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet:

²⁰ which he energised in the Christ, when he raised him from among the dead, and seated him at his right hand in the heavenlies, ²¹ Over–above all principality, authority, and power, and lordship, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one, ²² And did put, all things, in subjection beneath his feet. And gave him to be head over all things unto the assembly,

²⁷ and he shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as, vessels of earthenware, are dashed in pieces:––as, I also, have received from my Father.

¹⁵ and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations,––and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine–press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written––King of kings, and Lord of lords. ¹⁷ And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid–heaven,––Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God,–– ¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. ¹⁹ And I saw the wild–beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together––to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. ²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.

²⁸ The very word that I spake unto Pharaoh, what, God, is about to do, hath he showed unto Pharaoh.

³² And, for that there was a repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh, twice, it is because the thing, is established, from God, and God is hastening to do it.

¹⁷ For, as touching Yahweh your God, he, is God of gods, and Lord of lords; the great, the mighty, and the fearful GOD, who respecteth not persons, nor accepteth a bribe;

²² For this cause, hast thou magnified thyself, O Yahweh Elohim,––for there is none like unto, thee, yea there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²⁵ For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, and to be revered is he above all gods;

¹⁴ Then I looked and rose up, and said––unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them,––the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

³² Now, therefore, O our God––the GOD great, mighty, and fearful––keeping the covenant and the lovingkindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, which hath come upon us––on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people,––from the days of the kings of Assyria, until this day.

²⁶ Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!

¹ [A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah.]
Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

⁴ For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods;

⁵ For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods.

³ Great is Yahweh––and worthy to be heartily praised, And, his greatness, is unsearchable.

¹⁸ Executing lovingkindness unto thousands, But recompensing the iniquity of fathers, into the bosom of their children, after them, Thou GOD, the great, the mighty, Yahweh of hosts, is his name: ¹⁹ Great in counsel, and mighty in deed,––Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto every one, According to his ways, and, According to the fruit of his doings:

⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.

¹¹ For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,––for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.

²⁴ And, making answer, Jesus said unto them––I also, will ask, you, one thing,––which if ye tell me, I also, will tell, you, by what authority, these things, I am doing:––

³⁵ The heaven and the earth, shall pass away, but, my words, shall, in nowise, pass away.

²⁰ And, being questioned by the Pharisees, When cometh the kingdom of God? he answered them and said––The kingdom of God cometh not with narrow watching;

⁴ For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,–– ⁵ When we pull down, calculations, and every height that uplifteth itself against the knowledge of God, and when we bring into captivity every thought unto the obedience of the Christ,

¹⁹ Write, therefore––what things thou hast seen and what they are; and what things are about to come to pass, after these things:

¹ After these things, I saw, and lo! a door set open in heaven; and, the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet, speaking with me, saying––Come up hither! and I will point out to thee the things which must needs come to pass. After these things,

¹⁷ And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid–heaven,––Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God,––

³¹ And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb,––And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour;

¹⁰ that they may be offering sweet–smelling sacrifices unto the God of the heavens,––and be praying for the life of the king, and his sons.

¹⁶ and fell prostrate at his feet, giving him thanks; and, he, was a Samaritan.

²⁵ And, when it came about that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and, falling at his feet, did homage.

¹³ Also, the priest of the Jupiter that was before the city, bringing bulls and garlands unto the gates, with the multitudes, would have offered sacrifice.

⁶ whereas, they, were expecting, that he was about to become inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead; ––but, when they had been long expecting, and had observed, nothing unusual, happening unto him, they changed their minds, and began to say he was a god.

¹⁶ And, the twenty–four elders who, before God, do sit upon their thrones, fell down upon their faces, and rendered homage unto God,

¹⁰ And I fell down at his feet, to do him homage; and he saith unto me––See! [thou do it] not! A fellow–servant, am I, of thee and of thy brethren who have the witness of Jesus: unto God, do homage! For, the witness of Jesus, is the spirit of the prophecy.

⁸ And, I, John, am he that was hearing and seeing these things; and, when I had heard and seen, I fell down to do homage at the feet of the messenger who had been pointing out unto me these things,––

²² El–Elohim–Yahweh, El–Elohim–Yahweh, he knoweth, and, Israel, he, shall know,––if in rebellion, or if in treachery, against Yahweh, do not save us this day:

¹⁹ Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:

¹⁰ Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth: ¹¹ Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling:

¹¹ Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

² Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.

¹⁹ Then, unto Daniel––in a vision of the night, the secret was revealed,––whereupon, Daniel, blessed the God of the heavens:

⁸ Howbeit, at last, came before me––Daniel, whose, name, was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and, the dream––before him, I told [saying]: ⁹ O Belteshazzar, chief of the sacred scribes, because I know that, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee,––and no secret giveth thee trouble, [therefore], the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof, do thou tell.

³⁶ And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,––and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done;

¹⁵ Which, in its own fit times, the happy and only Potentate will shew––the King of them that reign, and Lord of them that wield lordship,

³⁹ So Pharaoh said unto Joseph, After God hath made known unto thee all this, there is no one discreet and wise like thee. ⁴⁰ Thou, shalt be over my house, and, on thy mouth, shall all my people kiss,––only as to the throne, will I be greater than thou. ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,––See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ⁴² So Pharaoh took his ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand,––and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the chain of gold upon his neck; ⁴³ and made him ride in the second chariot which belonged to him, and they cried out before him, Bow the knee! thus setting him over all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ And they came in unto Balaam,––and said unto him––Thus, said Balak son of Zipper, Do not be withheld, I pray thee, from coming unto me: ¹⁷ For I will, honour, thee, exceedingly, and, all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore, I pray thee, oh revile me this people.

²⁵ And the men of Israel said––Have ye seen this man that is coming up? For, to reproach Israel, is he coming. So then it shall be, that, the man that shall smite him, the same, will the king enrich with great riches, and, his own daughter, will give him, and, his father’s house, will he make free in Israel.

² Now there was, a man, in Maon, whose cattle were in Carmel, and, the man, was exceeding great, and, he, had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats,––and so it was, that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

³² Now, Barzillai, was very aged, eighty years old,––and, he himself, had sustained the king, throughout his sojourn in Mahanaim, for he was, an exceeding great man.

¹ Now, Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man in presence of his lord, and held in honour, because, by him, had Yahweh given deliverance to Syria,––and, the man, was a hero of valour––[but], a leper.

³ And his substance was––seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she–asses, and a body of servants exceeding large,––thus was that man the greatest of all the sons of the East.

⁵ I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know, the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord, have, broken the yoke, torn off the bands.

⁶ but, if, the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye will declare, gifts and a present and great dignity, shall ye receive from before me,––therefore, the dream and the interpretation thereof, declare ye unto me.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king, made an image of gold, the height thereof, sixty cubits, the breadth thereof, six cubits,––he set it up in the valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

³⁰ Then, the king, advanced Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, in the province of Babylon.

¹ It was pleasing before Darius, that he should set up over the kingdom, a hundred and twenty satraps,––that they should be over all the kingdom; ² and, over these, three confidential ministers, of whom, Daniel, was first,––that, to them, these satraps should render an account, and, the king, not be suffering loss.

¹⁹ Now, when virgins were gathered together second time, then, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king.

²¹ In those days, when, Mordecai, was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who guarded the threshold, were wroth, and sought to thrust a hand upon King Ahasuerus;

² And, all the kings servants who were in the kings gate, used to bend and bow themselves down unto Haman, for, so, had the king given command concerning him,––but, Mordecai, bent not nor bowed himself down.

¹² In the exulting of the righteous, there is great glorying, but, when the lawless arise, a man must be sought for.

³ Then came in all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat in the middle gate,––Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, chief eunuch, Nergal–sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the residue, of the princes of the king of Babylon.

¹⁷ Then Daniel, to his own house, departed,––and, to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, made the matter known;

¹² There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the business of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––these men, have made thee, O king, of no account, thy god, they serve not, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, do they not adore. ¹³ Then, Nebuchadnezzar––with anger and wrath, gave word to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, then, these men, brought they before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it, with design, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––that, my god, ye are not serving, and, the image which I have set up, are not adoring? ¹⁵ Now, if ye be ready, at what time ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the psaltery and the bagpipes, and all the instruments of music, ye shall fall down and adore the image which I have made, but, if ye shall not adore, instantly, shall ye be cast into the midst of the burning furnace of fire,––and who is the god that shall deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego answered, and said to the king: O Nebuchadnezzar! we are not accounting it needful, concerning this, to answer thee. ¹⁷ If it is, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us,––out of the burning furnace of fire, and out of thy hand, O king, he will deliver. ¹⁸ But, if not, be it known to thee, O king,––that, thy god, will we not serve, and, the image of gold which thou hast set up, will we not adore.
¹⁹ Then, Nebuchadnezzar, was filled with wrath, and, the likeness of his countenance, was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––he spake and gave word to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was ever seen heated; ²⁰ and, to men, who were the mightiest men in his army, gave he word to bind fast Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––to cast them into the burning furnace of fire. ²¹ Then bound they, these men, in their trousers, their tunics, and their cloaks, and their (other) clothing,––and cast into the midst of the burning furnace of fire. ²² Therefore, because the word of the king had raged forth, and the furnace was exceeding hot, those very men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, were slain by the flame of the fire; ²³ and, these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, fell down into the midst of the burning furnace of fire, fast bound. ²⁴ Then, Nebuchadnezzar the king, was amazed, and rose up in haste: he spake and said to his nearest friends––Were there not three men, we cast into the midst of the fire, fast bound? They answered and said to the king, Surely, O king! ²⁵ He answered and said, Lo! I, see four men, unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and, injury, there is not in them, and, the appearance of the fourth, is like to a son of the gods! ²⁶ Then did Nebuchadnezzar, draw near, to the door of the burning furnace of fire, he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, ye servants of the most high God, step forth and come hither. Then stepped forth Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, out of the midst of the fire. ²⁷ And––being gathered together––the satraps, the nobles, and the pashas and near friends of the king, saw these men, over whose bodies the fire had, no power, nor was, a hair of their head, singed, neither were, their trousers, disfigured,––nor had, the smell of fire, come upon them.
²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his messenger, and delivered his servants, who trusted in him,––when, the word of the king, they transgressed, and delivered up their bodies, that they might not serve nor adore any god, saving their own God. ²⁹ Therefore do I make a decree, that, whosoever of any people, race, or tongue it be that shall charge any error upon the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and, his house, into a dunghill, shall be changed; because there is no other God, who is able to deliver, like this! ³⁰ Then, the king, advanced Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, in the province of Babylon.

¹⁵ Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate,––Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.