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1102 Prophecy of Daniel

and understanding in every book, and wisdom: ing thereof, you shall be put to death, and your
but to Daniel the understanding also of all vi- houses shall be confiscated.
sions and dreams. 6 but if you tell the dream, and the meaning
18 And when the days were ended, after which of it, you shall receive of me rewards, and gifts,
the king had ordered they should be brought in: and great honour: therefore, tell me the dream,
the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before and the interpretation thereof.
Nabuchodonosor. 7 They answered again and said: Let the king
19 And when the king had spoken to them, tell his servants the dream, and we will declare
there were not found among them all such as the interpretation of it.
Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they 8 The king answered and said: I know for cer-
stood in the king’s presence. tain, that you seek to gain time, since you know
20 And in all matters of wisdom and under- that the thing is gone from me.
standing, that the king enquired of them, he 9 If, therefore, you tell me not the dream,
found them ten times better than all the divin- there is one sentence concerning you, that you
ers, and wise men, that were in all his kingdom. have also framed a lying interpretation, and full
21 And Daniel continued even to the first year of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass
of king Cyrus. away. Tell me, therefore, the dream, that I may
know that you also give a true interpretation
thereof.
Chapter 2 10 Then the Chaldeans answered before the
king, and said: There is no man upon earth, that
In the second year of the reign of Nabu- can accomplish thy word, O king; neither doth
chodonosor, Nabuchodonosor had a dream, and any king, though great and mighty, ask such a
his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out thing of any diviner, or wise man, or Chaldean.
of his mind. 11 For the thing that thou asketh, O king,
2 Then the king commanded to call together is difficult: nor can any one be found that can
the diviners and the wise men, and the magi- shew it before the king, except the gods, whose
cians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king conversation is not with men.
his dreams: so they came and stood before the 12 Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in
king. great wrath, commanded that all the wise men
3 And the king said to them: I saw a dream: of Babylon should be put to death.
and being troubled in mind I know not what I 13 And the decree being gone forth, the wise
saw. men were slain: and Daniel and his companions
4 And the Chaldeans answered the king in were sought for, to be put to death.
Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants 14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law
thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the
thereof. king’s army, who was gone forth to kill the wise
5 And the king, answering, said to the men of Babylon.
Chaldeans: The thing is gone out of my mind: 15 And he asked him that had received the
unless you tell me the dream, and the mean- orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was