Daniel 2 Darby Translation
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1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
1 Y EN el segundo año del reinado de Nabucodonosor, soñó Nabucodonosor sueños, y perturbóse su espíritu, y su sueño se huyó de él.
2 And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.
2 Y mandó el rey llamar magos, astrólogos, y encantadores, y Caldeos, para que mostrasen al rey sus sueños. Vinieron pues, y se presentaron delante del rey.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
3 Y el rey les dijo: He soñado un sueño, y mi espíritu se ha perturbado por saber del sueño.
4 And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
4 Entonces hablaron los Caldeos al rey en lengua aramea: Rey, para siempre vive: di el sueño á tus siervos, y mostraremos la declaración.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
5 Respondió el rey y dijo á los Caldeos: El negocio se me fué: si no me mostráis el sueño y su declaración, seréis hechos cuartos, y vuestras casas serán puestas por muladares.
6 But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.
6 Y si mostrareis el sueño y su declaración, recibiréis de mí dones y mercedes y grande honra: por tanto, mostradme el sueño y su declaración.
7 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
7 Respondieron la segunda vez, y dijeron: Diga el rey el sueño á sus siervos, y mostraremos su declaración.
8 The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;
8 El rey respondió, y dijo: Yo conozco ciertamente que vosotros ponéis dilaciones, porque veis que el negocio se me ha ido.
9 but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.
9 Si no me mostráis el sueño, una sola sentencia será de vosotros. Ciertamente preparáis respuesta mentirosa y perversa que decir delante de mí, entre tanto que se muda el tiempo: por tanto, decidme el sueño, para que yo entienda que me podéis mostrar su declaración.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.
10 Los Caldeos respondieron delante del rey, y dijeron: No hay hombre sobre la tierra que pueda declarar el negocio del rey: demás de esto, ningún rey, príncipe, ni señor, preguntó cosa semejante á ningún mago, ni astrólogo, ni Caldeo.
11 For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
11 Finalmente, el negocio que el rey demanda, es singular, ni hay quien lo pueda declarar delante del rey, salvo los dioses cuya morada no es con la carne.
12 For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
12 Por esto el rey con ira y con grande enojo, mandó que matasen á todos los sabios de Babilonia.
13 And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.
13 Y publicóse el mandamiento, y los sabios eran llevados á la muerte; y buscaron á Daniel y á sus compañeros para matarlos.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
14 Entonces Daniel habló avisada y prudentemente á Arioch, capitán de los de la guarda del rey, que había salido para matar los sabios de Babilonia.
15 he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
15 Habló y dijo á Arioch capitán del rey: ¿Qué es la causa que este mandamiento se publica de parte del rey tan apresuradamente? Entonces Arioch declaró el negocio á Daniel.
16 And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the king the interpretation.
16 Y Daniel entró, y pidió al rey que le diese tiempo, y que él mostraría al rey la declaración.
17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;
17 Fuése luego Daniel á su casa, y declaró el negocio á Ananías, Misael, y Azarías, sus compañeros,
18 that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
18 Para demandar misericordias del Dios del cielo sobre este misterio, y que Daniel y sus compañeros no pereciesen con los otros sabios de Babilonia.
19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.
19 Entonces el arcano fué revelado á Daniel en visión de noche; por lo cual bendijo Daniel al Dios del cielo.
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; For wisdom and might are his.
20 Y Daniel habló, y dijo: Sea bendito el nombre de Dios de siglo hasta siglo: porque suya es la sabiduría y la fortaleza:
21 And it is he that changeth times and seasons; He deposeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom to the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding.
21 Y él es el que muda los tiempos y las oportunidades: quita reyes, y pone reyes: da la sabiduría á los sabios, y la ciencia á los entendidos:
22 It is he that revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
22 El revela lo profundo y lo escondido: conoce lo que está en tinieblas, y la luz mora con él.
23 I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.
23 A ti, oh Dios de mis padres, confieso y te alabo, que me diste sabiduría y fortaleza, y ahora me enseñaste lo que te pedimos; pues nos has enseñado el negocio del rey.
24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
24 Después de esto Daniel entró á Arioch, al cual el rey había puesto para matar á los sabios de Babilonia; fué, y díjole así: No mates á los sabios de Babilonia: llévame delante del rey, que yo mostraré al rey la declaración.
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: I have found a man of the sons of the captivity of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
25 Entonces Arioch llevó prestamente á Daniel delante del rey, y díjole así: Un varón de los trasportados de Judá he hallado, el cual declarará al rey la interpretación.
26 The king answered and said unto Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream that I have seen, and its interpretation?
26 Respondió el rey, y dijo á Daniel, al cual llamaban Beltsasar: ¿Podrás tú hacerme entender el sueño que vi, y su declaración?
27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, The secret that the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the magicians, the scribes, the astrologers, shew unto the king;
27 Daniel respondió delante del rey, y dijo: El misterio que el rey demanda, ni sabios, ni astrólogos, ni magos, ni adivinos lo pueden enseñar al rey.
28 but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:
28 Mas hay un Dios en los cielos, el cual revela los misterios, y él ha hecho saber al rey Nabucodonosor lo que ha de acontecer á cabo de días. Tu sueño, y las visiones de tu cabeza sobre tu cama, es esto:
29 — as for thee, O king, thy thoughts arose upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.
29 Tú, oh rey, en tu cama subieron tus pensamientos por saber lo que había de ser en lo por venir; y el que revela los misterios te mostró lo que ha de ser.
30 And as for me, this secret is revealed to me, not by [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation should be made known to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
30 Y á mí ha sido revelado este misterio, no por sabiduría que en mí haya más que en todos los vivientes, sino para que yo notifique al rey la declaración, y que entendieses los pensamientos de tu corazón.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible.
31 Tú, oh rey, veías, y he aquí una grande imagen. Esta imagen, que era muy grande, y cuya gloria era muy sublime, estaba en pie delante de ti, y su aspecto era terrible.
32 This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
32 La cabeza de esta imagen era de fino oro; sus pechos y sus brazos, de plata; su vientre y sus muslos, de metal;
33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
33 Sus piernas de hierro; sus pies, en parte de hierro, y en parte de barro cocido.
34 Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
34 Estabas mirando, hasta que una piedra fué cortada, no con mano, la cual hirió á la imagen en sus pies de hierro y de barro cocido, y los desmenuzó.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
35 Entonces fué también desmenuzado el hierro, el barro cocido, el metal, la plata y el oro, y se tornaron como tamo de las eras del verano: y levantólos el viento, y nunca más se les halló lugar. Mas la piedra que hirió á la imagen, fué hecha un gran monte, que hinchió toda la tierra.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
36 Este es el sueño: la declaración de él diremos también en presencia del rey.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
37 Tú, oh rey, eres rey de reyes; porque el Dios del cielo te ha dado reino, potencia, y fortaleza, y majestad.
38 and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowl of the heavens dwell, he hath given them into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all: thou art this head of gold.
38 Y todo lo que habitan hijos de hombres, bestias del campo, y aves del cielo, él ha entregado en tu mano, y te ha hecho enseñorear sobre todo ello: tú eres aquella cabeza de oro.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
39 Y después de ti se levantará otro reino menor que tú; y otro tercer reino de metal, el cual se enseñoreará de toda la tierra.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth everything, and as iron that breaketh all these, so shall it break in pieces and bruise.
40 Y el reino cuarto será fuerte como hierro; y como el hierro desmenuza y doma todas las cosas, y como el hierro que quebranta todas estas cosas, desmenuzará y quebrantará.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
41 Y lo que viste de los pies y los dedos, en parte de barro cocido de alfarero, y en parte de hierro, el reino será dividido; mas habrá en él [algo] de fortaleza de hierro, según que viste el hierro mezclado con el tiesto de barro.
42 And [as] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.
42 Y [por ser] los dedos de los pies en parte de hierro, y en parte de barro cocido, en parte será el reino fuerte, y en parte será frágil.
43 And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.
43 Cuanto á aquello que viste, el hierro mezclado con tiesto de barro, mezclaránse con simiente humana, mas no se pegarán el uno con el otro, como el hierro no se mistura con el tiesto.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.
44 Y en los días de estos reyes, levantará el Dios del cielo un reino que nunca jamás se corromperá: y no será dejado á otro pueblo este reino; [el cual] desmenuzará y consumirá todos estos reinos, y él permanecerá para siempre.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, — the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure.
45 De la manera que viste que del monte fué cortada una piedra, no con manos, la cual desmenuzó al hierro, al metal, al tiesto, á la plata, y al oro; el gran Dios ha mostrado al rey lo que ha de acontecer en lo por venir: y el sueño es verdadero, y fiel su declaración.
46 Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
46 Entonces el rey Nabucodonosor cayó sobre su rostro, y humillóse á Daniel, y mandó que le sacrificasen presentes y perfumes.
47 The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret.
47 El rey habló á Daniel, y dijo: Ciertamente que el Dios vuestro es Dios de dioses, y el Señor de los reyes, y el descubridor de los misterios, pues pudiste revelar este arcano.
48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
48 Entonces el rey engrandeció á Daniel, y le dió muchos y grandes dones, y púsolo por gobernador de toda la provincia de Babilonia, y por príncipe de los gobernadores sobre todos los sabios de Babilonia.
49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon. And Daniel was in the gate of the king.
49 Y Daniel solicitó del rey, y él puso sobre los negocios de la provincia de Babilonia á Sadrach, Mesach, y Abed-nego: y Daniel estaba á la puerta del rey.
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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)
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- 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)