Daniel 2

1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him. 2 Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 3 The king said to them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream."

4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."

5 The king answered the Chaldeans, "The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill. 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation."

7 They answered the second time and said, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."

8 The king answered, "I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me. 9 But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation."

10 The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean. 11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."

12 Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

14 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. 15 He answered Arioch the king’s captain, "Why is the decree so urgent from the king?" Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 16 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 18 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered,

"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever;

for wisdom and might are his.

21 He changes the times and the seasons.

He removes kings and sets up kings.

He gives wisdom to the wise,

and knowledge to those who have understanding.

22 He reveals the deep and secret things.

He knows what is in the darkness,

and the light dwells with him.

23 I thank you and praise you,

O God of my fathers,

who have given me wisdom and might,

and have now made known to me what we desired of you;

for you have made known to us the king’s matter."

24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: "Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation."

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: "I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation."

26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?"

27 Daniel answered before the king, and said, "The secret which the king has demanded can’t be shown to the king by wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers; 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

29 "As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

31 "You, O king, saw, and behold,*2:31 "Behold", from "הִנֵּה", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying. 32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. 34 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

36 "This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king. 37 You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory. 38 Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

39 "After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. 40 The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they won’t cling to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay.

44 "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever. 45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."

46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him. 47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, "Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret."

48 Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. 49 Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon, but Daniel was in the king’s gate.

Tā Nepukaneha Moemoeā

1 Nā, i te rua o ngā tau o te kīngitanga o Nepukaneha ka moea ētahi moe e Nepukaneha; raruraru tonu iho tōna wairua, rere atu ana te moe i a ia. 2 Kātahi te kīngi ka kī atu kia karangatia ngā tohunga māori, ngā kaititiro whetū, ngā tohunga mākutu, ngā Karari, hei whakaatu i āna moe ki te kīngi. Nā, haere ana mai rātou, tū ana i te aroaro o te kīngi. 3 Nā, ka mea te kīngi ki a rātou, "Kua moea e ahau he moe, ā, raruraru ana tōku wairua, e mea ana kia mōhio ki taua moe."

4 Kātahi ka kōrero Hīriani mai ngā Karari ki te kīngi, "E te kīngi, kia ora tonu koe. Kōrerotia mai te moe ki āu pononga, ā, mā mātou e whakaatu tōna tikanga."

5 Ka whakahoki te kīngi, ka mea ki ngā Karari, "Kua ngaro taua mea i ahau; ki te kore e whakakitea mai e koutou ki ahau te moe me tōna tikanga hoki, ka haehaea koutou, ā, ka meinga ō koutou whare hei pūranga paru. 6 Ki te whakaaturia mai ia e koutou te moe me tōna tikanga, ka riro āku hākari mā koutou, ngā utu, me te hōnore nui; nā, whakaaturia mai te moe ki ahau, me tōna tikanga anō."

7 Nā, ka whakahoki tuarua rātou, ka mea, "Mā te kīngi e kōrero te moe ki āna pononga, ā, mā mātou e whakaatu tōna tikanga."

8 Ka whakautua e te kīngi, ka mea ia, "E mōhio rawa ana ahau e whai ana koutou kia roa, nō te mea ka kite koutou kua ngaro taua mea i ahau. 9 Ki te kore ia e whakaaturia mai e koutou te moe ki ahau, kotahi tonu te ture mō koutou. Nō te mea he teka, he tinihanga ngā kupu kua rite nā i a koutou hei kōrero mai ki tōku aroaro, ā, kia puta kē rā anō te wā. Nā reira kōrerotia mai te moe ki ahau, ā, ka mōhio ahau e taea ana anō e koutou te whakaatu tōna tikanga ki ahau."

10 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā Karari ki te aroaro o te kīngi, ka mea, "Kāhore he tangata i runga i te whenua hei whakaatu i te mea a te kīngi. Kāhore anō hoki he kīngi, kāhore he rangatira, kāhore he ariki, i ui i ngā mea pēnei ki tētahi tohunga māori, ki tētahi kaititiro whetū, ki tētahi Karari rānei. 11 He mea tupua rawa hoki tēnei e uia nei e te kīngi, kāhore atu hoki he kaiwhakaatu ki te kīngi, ko ngā atua anake, ehara nei ki te kikokiko tō rātou nohoanga."

12 Nā reira i riri ai te kīngi, nui atu te riri, kīia iho e ia ngā tāngata whakaaro nui katoa o Papurōna kia whakangaromia. 13 Heoi, kua puta te ture kia patua ngā tāngata whakaaro nui; ā, ka rapua a Raniera rātou ko ōna hoa kia patua.

14 Nā, he mōhio, he nui te whakaaro, i oho ai a Raniera ki a Arioko, ki te rangatira o ngā kaitiaki a te kīngi, i puta nei ki te patu i ngā tāngata whakaaro nui o Papurōna. 15 I oho ia, i mea ki a Arioko, ki tā te kīngi rangatira, "He aha i hohoro ai te ture i te kīngi?" Kātahi taua mea ka whakaaturia e Arioko ki a Raniera. 16 Nā, ka haere a Raniera ki roto, ka mea ki te kīngi kia whakaritea he wā ki a ia, ā, ka whakaaturia e ia te tikanga ki te kīngi.

Ka Whakaatua e Ihowā te Moemoeā o Nepukaneha

17 Kātahi ka haere a Raniera ki tōna whare, ka whakakite i taua mea ki ōna hoa ki a Hanania, ki a Mihāera, ki a Atāria. 18 Kia īnoia ai e rātou he mahi tohu i te Atua o te rangi, he mea mō tēnei mea ngaro; kei mate tahi a Raniera rātou ko ōna hoa, me ērā atu tāngata whakaaro nui o Papurōna. 19 Kātahi ka whakakitea mai taua mea ngaro ki a Raniera, he mea moemoeā i te pō. Nā, whakapai ana a Raniera ki te Atua o te rangi. 20 I oho a Raniera, i mea:

"Kia whakapaingia te ingoa o te Atua ā ake ake;

nōna hoki te whakaaro nui me te kaha.

21 E whakaputaia kētia ana hoki e ia ngā wā me ngā rā,

e whakakāhoretia ana e ia ngā kīngi.

E whakatūria ana anō ngā kīngi e ia,

e hōmai ana e ia te whakaaro nui ki te hunga whakaaro nui,

te mātauranga anō ki te hunga e mātau ana ki te whakaaro.

22 E whakapuakina ana e ia ngā mea hōhonu, ngā mea ngaro;

e mātau ana ia ki ngā mea o te pōuri;

kei a ia te nohoanga o te mārama.

23 Whakawhetai tonu ahau ki a koe,

whakamoemiti tonu ki a koe, e te Atua o ōku mātua,

nāu nei hoki i hōmai he whakaaro nui, he kaha ki ahau,

ā, kua whakaatu mai nei koe ki ahau i ngā mea i īnoi ai mātou ki a koe,

kua whakaaturia nei hoki e koe te mea a te kīngi ki a mātou."

Ka Whakahuatia, ka Whakamāramatia te Moemoeā e Raniera

24 Nā reira i haere ai a Raniera ki roto, ki a Arioko, ki tā te kīngi i whakarite ai hei whakangaro mō ngā tāngata whakaaro nui o Papurōna; haere ana ia, ā, ko tāna kupu tēnei ki a ia, "Kaua e whakangaromia ngā tāngata whakaaro nui o Papurōna; kawea ahau ki te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, māku e whakakite te tikanga ki te kīngi."

25 Kātahi ka hohoro tonu a Arioko ka kawe i a Raniera ki te aroaro o te kīngi; ko tāna kupu anō tēnei ki a ia: "Kua kitea e ahau he tangata i roto i ngā whakarau o Hūrā hei whakakite i te tikanga ki te kīngi."

26 Ka oho te kīngi, ka mea ki Raniera, ko tōna ingoa nei ko Peretehatara, "E taea rānei e koe te whakaatu mai te moe i kitea e ahau, me tōna tikanga anō ki ahau?"

27 Ka whakahoki a Raniera i te aroaro o te kīngi, ka mea, "E kore taua mea ngaro i uia rā e te kīngi e taea te whakaatu ki te kīngi e te hunga whakaaro nui, e ngā kaititiro whetū, e ngā tohunga māori, e ngā tohunga tūāhu rānei; 28 engari, tērā te Atua kei te rangi hei whakaatu i ngā mea ngaro; ā, kua whakakitea e ia ki a Kīngi Nepukaneha ngā mea e puta mai i ngā rā whakamutunga. Ko tāu moe tēnei, me ngā mea i kitea e tōu māhunga, i runga i tōu moenga:

29 "Ko koe ia e te kīngi, i puta ake ōu whakaaro ki tōu ngākau i runga i tōu moenga mō ngā mea e puta mai ā mua. E whakakitea ana ki a koe e te kaiwhakaatu o ngā mea ngaro, ngā mea e puta ā mua. 30 Ko ahau nei ia, ehara i te mea he nui atu ōku whakaaro i o tētahi tangata ora, i whakapuakina ai tēnei mea ngaro ki ahau; engari kia whakakitea ai tōna tikanga ki te kīngi, kia mōhio ai hoki koe ki ngā whakaaro o tōu ngākau.

31 "Nā, i titiro koe, e te kīngi, nā, ko tētahi whakapakoko nui. Nā, ko taua whakapakoko, he mea nui, he nui atu tōna kanapa, i tū i tōu aroaro; ā, ko tōna āhua he hanga whakamataku rawa. 32 Ko taua whakapakoko, he kōura parakore tōna pane, ko tōna uma, ko ōna ringa, he hiriwa, ko tōna kōpū, ko ōna hūhā he parāhi, 33 ko ōna waewae he rino, ko ōna raparapa he rino tētahi wāhi, he uku tētahi wāhi.

34 "Titiro tonu atu koe, nā, ko tētahi kōhatu, he mea tapahi mai, kāhore hoki he ringa, āki tonu ki te whakapakoko, ki ōna raparapa, he rino nei tētahi wāhi, he uku tētahi wāhi, wāhia pūtia iho. 35 Kātahi ka mongamonga ngātahi te rino, te uku, te parāhi, te hiriwa, te kōura; kua rite ki te pāpapa o ngā patunga wīti i te raumati; kāhakina ana e te hau, ā, kāhore noa iho i kitea he wāhi mō aua mea. Nā, ko te kōhatu i ākina ai te whakapakoko, kua meinga hei maunga nui, kapi ana te whenua katoa i a ia.

36 "Ko te moe tēnei; nā, me kōrero tōna tikanga e mātou ki te aroaro o te kīngi. 37 Ko koe, e te kīngi, te kīngi o ngā kīngi, kua hōmai hoki e te Atua o te rangi he kīngitanga ki a koe, he kaha, he mana, he korōria. 38 Nā, ko ngā wāhi katoa e nohoia ana e ngā tama a te tangata, ko ngā kararehe o te pārae, ko ngā manu o te rangi, hōmai ana e ia ki tōu ringa, kua oti anō koe te mea e ia hei rangatira mō rātou katoa. Ko koe taua pane kōura.

39 "Nā, ka puta ake tētahi atu kīngitanga i muri i a koe; iti iho i a koe, me tētahi atu, arā te tuatoru o ngā kīngitanga, he parāhi, ā, ka kāwana tērā i te whenua katoa. 40 Nā, ko te whā o ngā kīngitanga ka rite ki te rino te kaha; he mea wāwāhi hoki te rino, e taea anō e ia ngā mea katoa. Ka rite ki tā te rino e wāwāhi nei i ēnei katoa tāna wāwāhi, tāna kuru.

41 "Nā, i kite nā koe i ngā raparapa, i ngā matimati, he uku nā te kaipokepoke tētahi wāhi, he rino tētahi wāhi, ka wehea te kīngitanga; ka mau anō ia he kaha rino i roto, ka pērā anō me te rino i kitea e koe e whakauruuru ana ki te uku paru nā. 42 Nā, ko ngā matimati o ngā raparapa rā, he rino nei tētahi wāhi, he uku tētahi wāhi, ka pēnā anō te kīngitanga, he kaha tētahi wāhi, ko tētahi wāhi he pākarukaru. 43 Nā, i kite atu nā koe i te rino e whakauru ana ki te uku paru nā, ka whakauru anō rātou ki roto ki ngā uri tāngata. E kore ia e piri tētahi ki tētahi, ka rite ki te rino e kore nei e uru ki te uku.