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1 Una noche, durante el segundo año de su reinado, el rey Nabucodonosor tuvo un sueño, y lo inquietó tanto que ya no pudo seguir durmiendo.
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 Inmediatamente llamó a todos sus magos, encantadores, hechiceros y astrólogos, y les demandó le dijeran el significado de su sueño.
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 ―Yo he tenido un sueño que me preocupa —les dijo mientras estaban reunidos delante de él—, díganme qué significa.
3 The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
4 Entonces los astrólogos (hablando en arameo) dijeron al rey: ―Que viva por siempre el rey. Cuéntenos el sueño y entonces podremos decirle lo que significa.
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 Pero el rey respondió: ―Mi decisión está tomada. Si no me dicen lo que soñé y lo que significa, ordenaré que los corten en pedazos y que a sus casas las quemen hasta que queden convertidas en cenizas.
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 les daré muchos maravillosos regalos y honores si me dicen cuál fue el sueño y lo que significa. Así que, ¡empiecen!
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 dijeron de nuevo: ―Si Su Majestad nos cuenta el sueño, nosotros le diremos lo que significa.
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 contrariado: ―Mi decisión está tomada; ustedes lo saben y por eso quieren ganar tiempo.
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 ¡Pero si no me cuentan el sueño, ya saben lo que les pasará! Ustedes se han puesto de acuerdo para decirme mentiras, deseando que algo pase y cambie mi decisión. Pero díganme lo que soñé y sabré que también me pueden decir 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 astrólogos respondieron al rey: ―¡No hay nadie en la tierra que pueda decirle a Su Majestad lo que soñó! ¡Y no hay rey, por grande y poderoso que sea, que pediría semejante cosa a ningún mago, hechicero o astrólogo!
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 imposible. Nadie, salvo los dioses, puede decirle su sueño, y ellos no están aquí para ayudar.
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 puso furioso, y ordenó ejecutar 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 Debido a estas órdenes, Daniel y sus compañeros fueron buscados para ser ejecutados junto con los demás sabios.
13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14 Cuando Arioc, el comandante de la guardia real, vino para matarlos, Daniel manejó la situación con mucho tacto y cuidado al preguntar:
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 ―¿Por qué ha dado el rey semejante orden? Entonces Arioc le contó lo que había 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 Así que Daniel pidió audiencia para hablar con el rey. Le dijo: ―Deme un poco de tiempo y yo le diré el sueño que tuvo y lo que significa.
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 Luego se fue a su casa y les contó todo a Ananías, Misael y Azarías, sus compañeros.
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 Luego les pidió que suplicaran al Dios del Cielo que les mostrara su bondad diciéndoles el secreto, para que no murieran junto con los sabios babilonios.
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 Y esa noche, en una visión, Dios le reveló a Daniel lo que el rey había soñado. Entonces Daniel alabó 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 diciendo: ―Digno de elogio sea el nombre de Dios en todos los tiempos, pues sólo él tiene toda la sabiduría y todo el poder.
20 Daniel answered, “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
21 Lo que pasa en el mundo está bajo su control. Él quita reyes y coloca a otros sobre sus tronos. Él da a los sabios sabiduría, y a los entendidos su inteligencia.
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 misterios profundos y sabe lo que se oculta en las sombras, aunque él mismo está rodeado de luz.
22 He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
23 ¡Te doy gracias y declaro tu gran bondad, oh Dios de mis antepasados, pues me has dado sabiduría y poder! Me has concedido lo que te pedimos, nos has mostrado el sueño 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 Entonces Daniel entró a ver a Arioc, a quien se le había ordenado ejecutar a los sabios de Babilonia, y le dijo: ―No los mates. Llévame al rey y yo le diré 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 a Daniel apresuradamente ante el rey y le dijo: ―¡He encontrado a uno de los judíos cautivos que puede darle a Su Majestad la interpretación 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 le dijo a Daniel, a quien también le llamaban Beltsasar: ―¿Es esto cierto? ¿Puedes tú hacerme conocer el sueño que tuve y lo que significa?
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: ―Ningún sabio, astrólogo, mago o adivino puede descubrir al rey tales cosas,
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 capaz de revelar los secretos, y él le ha mostrado a usted, rey Nabucodonosor, lo que va a pasar en el futuro. Este fue su sueño y las visiones que tuvo mientras estaba en su cama:
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 Mientras Su Majestad dormía, soñó los acontecimientos que están por venir. Entonces Dios le mostró en sueños lo que va a suceder.
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 Pero recuerde que no es porque yo sea más sabio que los demás seres humanos que conozco el secreto de su sueño, sino porque Dios quiere que entienda lo que usted cavilaba en su cama.
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 »En su sueño, Su Majestad vio una enorme y poderosa estatua de un hombre, de un brillo extraordinario y aspecto terrible.
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 estaba hecha del oro más puro; su pecho y sus brazos de plata; su vientre y sus muslos 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 sus piernas de hierro; sus pies estaban hechos en parte de hierro y en parte de arcilla.
33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Pero mientras Su Majestad miraba la estatua, una piedra que ninguna persona había tocado se desprendió y vino y golpeó los pies de la estatua.
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 toda la estatua se desplomó en una pila de hierro, arcilla, bronce, plata y oro; sus pedazos se hicieron polvo, y el viento se los llevó. Pero la piedra que había derribado la estatua llegó a ser una gran montaña, tan grande 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 fue el sueño. Ahora le diré a Su Majestad lo que significa.
36 “This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
37 Su Majestad tiene dominio sobre muchos reyes, pues el Dios del cielo le ha dado su reino, poder, fuerza y 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 Él ha hecho que Su Majestad gobierne sobre las provincias más distantes y aun los animales y las aves están bajo su control. Usted es 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 Pero después que su reino haya llegado a su fin, otro reino de menor importancia surgirá para tomar su lugar. Y después que ese reino haya caído, otro reino, el tercero, representado por el vientre y muslos de bronce, se levantará para reinar sobre el mundo.
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 »Después de este reino vendrá un gran reino, el cuarto, fuerte como el hierro. Y así como el hierro rompe y destroza todo lo que golpea, así este reino romperá y destrozará los reinos anteriores.
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 Los pies y los dedos que usted vio, parte de hierro y parte de arcilla, muestran que más adelante este reino será dividido.
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 Algunas partes de este reino serán tan fuertes como el hierro, mientras que otras serán débiles como la arcilla.
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 Esta mezcla de hierro con arcilla también muestra que estos reinos tratarán de fortalecerse formando alianzas entre ellos a través del casamiento mutuo entre miembros de las familias de la realeza; pero esta estrategia no tendrá éxito, pues el hierro y la arcilla no se mezclan.
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 »Durante el gobierno de estos reyes, el Dios del cielo establecerá un reino que jamás será destruido, al que nadie jamás podrá conquistar. Este reino de Dios destruirá a todos estos reinos, pero él mismo permanecerá estable 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 Este es el significado de la piedra que se desprendió de la montaña sin que ninguna persona la hubiera tocado; la piedra que convirtió en polvo todo el hierro, el bronce, la arcilla, la plata y el oro. Así el gran Dios ha mostrado a Su Majestad lo que sucederá en el futuro. El sueño es verdadero y su significado es cierto.
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 Nabucodonosor se postró ante Daniel y le rindió honores, y mandó a su pueblo a ofrecer y rendirle homenaje y esparcir perfumes delicados ante él.
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 le dijo a Daniel: «Tu Dios es el Dios de los dioses, el Rey de los reyes, el Revelador de misterios, porque él te ha descubierto 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 Entonces el rey le dio a Daniel un alto rango y muchos regalos costosos y lo nombró gobernador de toda la provincia de Babilonia, además de jefe sobre todos sus sabios del reino.
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 Luego, a solicitud de Daniel, el rey nombró a Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego como ayudantes de Daniel para estar a cargo de todos los asuntos de la provincia de Babilonia. Daniel, mientras tanto, servía en la corte del 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)
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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)