Daniel · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Daniel 2 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 En el segundo año de su reinado, Nabucodonosor tuvo sueños que lo inquietaron tanto que no podía dormir.
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 El rey mandó llamar a los magos, los que practicaban artes ocultas, los hechiceros y los caldeos para que le explicaran sus sueños. Ellos vinieron y se presentaron ante el rey.
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 El rey les dijo: He tenido un sueño y estoy muy inquieto por saber qué significa.
3 The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
4 Los caldeos respondieron al rey en arameo: ¡Que el rey viva para siempre! Cuéntanos el sueño a tus siervos y te explicaremos su significado.
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 El rey respondió a los caldeos: Esta es mi decisión: si no me dicen el sueño y su significado, serán cortados en pedazos y sus casas serán destruidas.
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 Pero si me dicen el sueño y su significado, recibirán de mí regalos, recompensas y grandes honores. Así que díganme el sueño y su significado.
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 Ellos respondieron de nuevo: Que el rey cuente el sueño a sus siervos y nosotros explicaremos su significado.
7 They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
8 El rey respondió: Estoy seguro de que quieren ganar tiempo, porque ven que mi decisión es firme.
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 Si no me dicen el sueño, todos recibirán el mismo castigo. Ustedes se han puesto de acuerdo para decirme mentiras y engaños, esperando que cambien las circunstancias. Así que díganme el sueño y sabré que pueden explicar su significado.
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 Los caldeos respondieron al rey: No hay nadie en la tierra que pueda hacer lo que el rey pide. Ningún rey, por grande que sea su poder, ha pedido nunca algo así a un mago, a alguien que practique artes ocultas ni a un caldeo.
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 Lo que el rey pide es muy difícil. Solo los dioses, que no viven entre los seres humanos, pueden revelárselo.
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 Al oír esto, el rey se enfureció y ordenó matar a todos los sabios de Babilonia.
12 Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
13 Se publicó la orden de ejecutar a los sabios, y buscaron a Daniel y a sus amigos para matarlos también.
13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14 Entonces Daniel habló con sabiduría y buen juicio a Arioc, capitán de la guardia del rey, que había salido a matar a los sabios de Babilonia.
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 Le preguntó: Capitán del rey, ¿por qué es tan cruel esta orden? Arioc le explicó lo sucedido.
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 fue ante el rey y le pidió tiempo para explicarle el significado de su sueño.
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 Después fue a su casa y contó lo ocurrido a sus amigos Ananías, Misael y Azarías,
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 para que pidieran al Dios del cielo misericordia acerca de este secreto. Así Daniel y sus amigos no morirían junto con los demás sabios de Babilonia.
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 Entonces el secreto fue revelado a Daniel en una visión nocturna, y Daniel bendijo al Dios del cielo.
19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel dijo: Sea alabado el nombre de Dios por siempre y para siempre, porque suyas son la sabiduría y la fuerza.
20 Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
21 Él cambia los tiempos y los años; quita reyes y pone reyes. Da sabiduría a los sabios y conocimiento a los entendidos.
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 Él revela lo profundo y lo oculto. Conoce lo que hay en la oscuridad, y la luz habita con él.
22 He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
23 A ti, Dios de mis antepasados, te alabo y te adoro. Me has dado sabiduría y fuerza, y ahora me has revelado lo que te pedíamos. Nos has dado a conocer el asunto del rey.
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 Por eso Daniel fue a ver a Arioc, a quien el rey había ordenado matar a los sabios de Babilonia. Le dijo: No mates a los sabios de Babilonia. Llévame ante el rey y le explicaré el significado del sueño.
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 Arioc llevó enseguida a Daniel ante el rey y le dijo: Aquí hay un hombre de entre los cautivos de Judá que explicará al rey el significado del sueño.
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 El rey preguntó a Daniel, llamado Beltsasar: ¿Puedes decirme el sueño que tuve y su significado?
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 respondió al rey: Ningún sabio, practicante de artes ocultas, mago ni adivino puede revelar al rey el secreto que quiere saber.
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 Pero hay un Dios en el cielo que revela los secretos. Él ha dado a conocer al rey Nabucodonosor lo que sucederá en los últimos días. Este es el sueño y estas son las visiones que tuviste mientras estabas acostado:
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 Rey, mientras estabas acostado, pensabas en lo que sucedería después. El que revela los secretos te ha mostrado lo que está por venir.
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 Este secreto no me ha sido revelado porque yo tenga más sabiduría que los demás. Se me ha revelado para que el rey conozca el significado del sueño y entienda los pensamientos de su corazón.
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 Rey, estabas mirando y viste una gran estatua. Era enorme y muy brillante, y estaba delante de ti. Su aspecto causaba temor.
31 “You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.
32 La cabeza de la estatua era de oro puro; el pecho y los brazos, de plata; el vientre y los costados, de bronce;
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 las piernas, de hierro; y los pies, en parte de hierro y en parte de barro de alfarero.
33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Mientras mirabas, una piedra se desprendió sin intervención de manos humanas. Golpeó los pies de hierro y barro de la estatua y los hizo pedazos.
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 Entonces el hierro, el barro, el bronce, la plata y el oro quedaron hechos pedazos, como el polvo de las eras donde se trilla el grano en verano. El viento se los llevó sin dejar rastro. Pero la piedra que golpeó la estatua se convirtió en una gran montaña que cubrió toda la tierra.
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 Este es el sueño. Ahora explicaremos al rey su significado.
36 “This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
37 Tú, rey, eres rey de reyes. El Dios del cielo te ha dado el reino, el poder, la fuerza y la gloria.
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 Dondequiera que viven los seres humanos, él ha puesto en tus manos a los animales del campo y a las aves del cielo, y te ha hecho gobernar sobre todos ellos. Tú eres la cabeza de oro.
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 Después de ti surgirá otro reino, inferior al tuyo. Luego vendrá un tercer reino, de bronce, que gobernará toda la tierra.
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 El cuarto reino será fuerte como el hierro. Así como el hierro rompe y vence todo, ese reino aplastará y destrozará toda la tierra.
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 Viste que los pies y sus dedos eran en parte de barro de alfarero y en parte de hierro. Eso significa que el reino estará dividido, aunque tendrá algo de la fuerza del hierro, pues viste el hierro mezclado con barro.
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 Como los dedos de los pies eran en parte de hierro y en parte de barro, una parte del reino será fuerte y la otra será frágil.
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 Viste el hierro mezclado con barro: ellos darán sus hijas en matrimonio unos a otros, pero no se unirán, así como el hierro no se mezcla con el barro.
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 En los días de esos reyes, el Dios del cielo establecerá un reino que nunca será destruido. Su poder no pasará a otro pueblo. Ese reino destruirá y vencerá a todos estos reinos, pero él permanecerá para siempre.
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 Viste una piedra que se desprendió de la montaña sin intervención de manos humanas y que hizo pedazos el hierro, el bronce, el barro, la plata y el oro. Así el gran Dios ha dado a conocer al rey lo que sucederá en el futuro. El sueño es verdadero y su significado es seguro.
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 Entonces el rey Nabucodonosor se postró rostro en tierra y adoró a Daniel. Ordenó que le presentaran una ofrenda y especias aromáticas.
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.
47 El rey dijo a Daniel: Sin duda, tu Dios es Dios de dioses, Señor de reyes y el que revela los secretos, pues has podido revelar este secreto.
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 El rey dio a Daniel una posición importante y muchos regalos. Lo hizo gobernador de toda la tierra de Babilonia y jefe de todos los sabios de Babilonia.
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 A petición de Daniel, el rey puso a Sadrac, Mesac y Abed-nego a cargo de los asuntos de la tierra de Babilonia. Daniel permaneció junto al rey.
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.
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Abednego
Azariah, a young man of Judah renamed Abednego, who was thrown into the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Meshach.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49
Arioch
The commander of the king's guard sent to execute the wise men of Babylon, to whom Daniel replied with discretion and tact.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 2:14; Daniel 2:15; Daniel 2:24
Meshach
Mishael, a young man of Judah renamed Meshach, who was thrown into the fiery furnace with Shadrach and Abednego.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49
Shadrach
Hananiah, a young man of Judah renamed Shadrach, set over the affairs of Babylon with Meshach and Abednego, who was thrown into the fiery furnace.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 2:49
Cross references (47)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 4:5; Esther 6:1; Job 33:15–17; Genesis 40:5–8; Daniel 2:3
- 2 Daniel 1:20; Daniel 4:6; Exodus 7:11; Genesis 41:8; Daniel 5:7
- 3 Genesis 40:8; Genesis 41:15; Daniel 4:5; Daniel 2:1
- 4 Daniel 3:9; Ezra 4:7; Daniel 5:10; Isaiah 36:11; Daniel 6:21
- 5 Ezra 6:11; Daniel 3:29; 2 Kings 10:27; Psalm 50:22; 1 Samuel 15:33
- 6 Daniel 5:7; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 5:29; Numbers 22:37; Numbers 24:11
- 7 Daniel 2:4; Daniel 2:9; Ecclesiastes 10:4
- 8 Colossians 4:5; Ephesians 5:16
- 9 Esther 4:11; Daniel 7:25; Isaiah 41:23; Daniel 2:21; Daniel 3:15
- 10 Daniel 2:27
- 11 Daniel 5:11; Genesis 41:39; John 14:23; Matthew 19:26; Exodus 29:45
- 12 Daniel 3:13; Psalm 76:10; Matthew 2:16; Daniel 3:19; Proverbs 27:3–4
- 13 Daniel 1:19–20; Isaiah 10:1; Daniel 6:9–15; Proverbs 28:15–17; Esther 3:12–15
- 14 Daniel 2:24; Jeremiah 52:12; Genesis 37:36; Ecclesiastes 9:13–18; Jeremiah 52:14
- 16 Daniel 1:18–19; Daniel 2:9–11
- 17 Daniel 3:12; Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:6–7
- 18 Jeremiah 33:3; Matthew 18:19; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 91:15; Matthew 18:12
- 19 Numbers 12:6; Amos 3:7; Psalm 25:14; Daniel 1:17; Daniel 7:7
- 20 Psalm 113:2; Psalm 145:1–2; Job 12:13; Revelation 5:12; Jeremiah 32:19
- 21 Psalm 75:5–7; Psalm 31:14–15; Psalm 113:7–8; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 7:25
- 22 Job 12:22; 1 John 1:5; Jeremiah 23:24; James 1:17; Psalm 139:11–12
- 23 Daniel 2:18; Exodus 3:15; Amos 3:7; Luke 10:21; Daniel 2:20–21
- 24 Daniel 2:12–14; Acts 27:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 1:27–28; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 5:13; Daniel 1:6; Nehemiah 7:6
- 26 Daniel 1:7; Daniel 5:16; Daniel 4:8; Daniel 5:12; Daniel 2:3–7
- 27 Isaiah 44:25; Daniel 2:2; Isaiah 47:12–14; Daniel 2:10–11; Daniel 5:7–8
- 28 Genesis 40:8; Amos 4:13; Daniel 10:14; Daniel 2:22; Genesis 49:1
- 29 Daniel 2:28; Amos 4:13; Daniel 2:47; Daniel 2:22; Ezekiel 38:10
- 30 Genesis 41:16; Acts 3:12; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Daniel 2:17–18; 1 Corinthians 15:8–12
- 31 Habakkuk 1:7; Ezekiel 28:7; Daniel 7:3–17; Isaiah 13:11; Matthew 4:8
- 32 Daniel 4:22; Isaiah 14:4; Daniel 11:2–20; Jeremiah 51:7; Daniel 7:4–6
- 33 Daniel 7:7–8; Daniel 7:19–26; Daniel 2:40–43
- 34 Daniel 2:44–45; Daniel 8:25; Zechariah 12:3; Zechariah 4:6; Daniel 7:27
- 35 Isaiah 2:2–3; Psalm 37:10; Revelation 20:11; Hosea 13:3; Job 6:17
- 36 Daniel 2:23–24
- 37 Ezekiel 26:7; Jeremiah 27:6–7; Isaiah 47:5; Psalm 62:11; Ezra 7:12
- 38 Daniel 4:21–22; Psalm 50:10–11; Jeremiah 27:5–7
- 39 Daniel 2:32; Isaiah 44:28–45:5; Daniel 5:28–31; Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:20
- 40 Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:19–26; Daniel 11:36–45; Daniel 8:24; Jeremiah 15:12
- 41 Revelation 17:12; Daniel 7:7; Revelation 13:1; Revelation 12:3; Daniel 2:33–35
- 42 Daniel 7:24; Revelation 13:1
- 44 Matthew 28:18; Luke 1:32–33; Psalm 145:13; Daniel 6:26; Revelation 11:15
- 45 Isaiah 28:16; Genesis 41:32; Psalm 48:1; Jeremiah 32:18–19; Malachi 1:11
- 46 Acts 10:25; Ezra 6:10; Acts 14:13; Leviticus 26:31; Acts 28:6
- 47 Daniel 2:22; Daniel 2:28; Amos 3:7; Deuteronomy 10:17; Daniel 11:36
- 48 Daniel 2:6; Daniel 5:11; Genesis 41:39–43; Daniel 4:9; Daniel 5:29
- 49 Daniel 1:7; Esther 2:19; Esther 2:21; Amos 5:15; Daniel 3:12–30
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7. On this account also, Daniel, foreseeing His advent, said that a stone, cut out without hands, came into this world.
… it were, Daniel saw a stone that had been cut from a mountain without hands, and had broken all the kingdoms of the earth; and he saw the stone grow and become a great mountain, so as to fill the whole face of the earth. What can be plainer, my brethren?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… by human contrivance, should overpower the whole world: and he speaks most clearly thus; And in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, and His kingdom shall not be left to another people.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… and as he does himself say: "The feet were indeed the one part iron, the other part clay, until the stone was cut out without hands, and struck the image upon the iron and clay feet, and dashed them into pieces, even to the end." Then afterwards, when interpreting this, he says: "And as thou sawest the feet and the …
The Stone which was "cut out of the Mountain without hands," is it not Christ, who came of the kingdom of the Jews, without the work of man? Has not that Stone broken in pieces all the kingdoms of the earth, that is, all the dominations of idols and demons?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)