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1 El rey Nabucodonosor hizo una estatua de oro, de veintisiete metros de alto y casi tres metros de ancho, y la hizo colocar en el valle de Dura, en la provincia de Babilonia.
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2 Luego envió mensajes a todos los príncipes, gobernadores, capitanes, jueces, tesoreros, consejeros, alguaciles y los oficiales de las provincias, ordenándoles venir para la dedicación de su estatua.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Cuando todos los príncipes, gobernadores, capitanes, jueces, tesoreros, consejeros, alguaciles y oficiales de las provincias habían llegado y estaban reunidos frente a la estatua,
3 Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 un vocero anunció: «Oh gente de todas las naciones y lenguas, esta es la orden del rey:
4 Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
5 “Cuando escuchen la música de las flautas, trompetas, cítaras, liras, arpas, zampoñas y otros instrumentos musicales, deben inclinarse y rendir homenaje a la estatua de oro del rey Nabucodonosor.
5 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
6 Cualquiera que rehúse obedecer será inmediatamente arrojado en un horno de fuego ardiente”».
6 Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”
7 Por lo tanto, al escuchar la música de todos los instrumentos musicales, todos, sin importar cual fuera su pueblo, nación o lengua, cayeron al suelo y rindieron homenaje a la estatua de oro que el rey Nabucodonosor había mandado levantar.
7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8 Pero algunos caldeos fueron al rey y acusaron a los judíos.
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and brought accusation against the Jews.
9 Le dijeron al rey Nabucodonosor: «¡Que viva Su Majestad por siempre!
9 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever!
10 Usted ha establecido una ley ordenando que todos deban postrarse y rendir homenaje a la estatua de oro cuando escuchen la música de las flautas, trompetas, cítaras, liras, arpas, zampoñas y otros instrumentos musicales,
10 You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;
11 y que cualquiera que se niegue a hacerlo sea arrojado a un horno de fuego ardiente.
11 and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
12 Pero hay algunos judíos aquí, Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, a quienes Su Majestad ha puesto a cargo de los asuntos de Babilonia, que han desobedecido sus órdenes. No respetan al dios de Su Majestad, ni rinden homenaje a la estatua de oro que usted mandó levantar».
12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.”
13 Entonces Nabucodonosor, en un arrebato de cólera, ordenó que Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego fueran traídos a su presencia.
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.
14 Cuando los trajeron ante él, les preguntó: ―¿Es verdad Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, que se han negado a honrar a mis dioses y rendir homenaje a la estatua de oro que levanté?
14 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my gods and you don’t worship the golden image which I have set up?
15 Les daré una oportunidad. Cuando oigan la música, si se inclinan y rinden homenaje a la estatua, no tomaré en cuenta su falta; pero si se niegan a hacerlo, serán arrojados inmediatamente en un horno de fuego ardiente. Y entonces, ¿qué dios podrá librarlos de mi castigo?
15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god who will deliver you out of my hands?”
16 Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego respondieron: ―No hace falta que nos defendamos ante Su Majestad.
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
17 Si somos arrojados al horno de fuego ardiente, el Dios a quien servimos puede librarnos del horno y de cualquier otro castigo que Su Majestad nos imponga.
17 If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
18 Y aunque no lo hiciera, Su Majestad debe entender que nunca honraremos a sus dioses ni rendiremos homenaje a su estatua.
18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
19 Entonces Nabucodonosor se puso furioso, y su rostro estaba irreconocible de la cólera contra Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego. Mandó que el horno ardiente fuera calentado siete veces más de lo normal,
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
20 y llamó a algunos de los hombres más fuertes de su ejército para que ataran a Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, y los arrojaran en el fuego.
20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Fueron, pues, bien atados con sogas y arrojados al horno, con todo y su ropa puesta.
21 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Y por estar el horno demasiado caliente, por la orden que había dado el rey en su gran cólera, ¡las llamaradas mataron a los soldados al acercarse al horno para arrojar a los tres jóvenes!
22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 Así Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego cayeron atados en medio de las llamas.
23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Pero de pronto, asombrado Nabucodonosor, se levantó a toda prisa y preguntó a sus consejeros: ―¿No atamos y arrojamos a tres hombres al horno? Ellos le respondieron: ―Así es, Su Majestad.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?” They answered the king, “True, O king.”
25 ―¡Pero miren!, gritó el rey Nabucodonosor, ¡yo estoy viendo cuatro hombres sueltos, paseándose en medio del fuego, y ni siquiera han sufrido daño de las llamas! ¡Y el cuarto se parece a un dios!
25 He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
26 Luego Nabucodonosor se acercó lo más posible a la puerta abierta del horno ardiente y gritó: ―¡Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, servidores del Dios Altísimo, salgan y vengan aquí! Entonces ellos salieron de en medio del fuego.
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire.
27 Los príncipes, gobernadores, capitanes y consejeros se juntaron a su alrededor y comprobaron que el fuego no los había tocado, ni siquiera un pelo de sus cabezas se había chamuscado, su ropa estaba intacta, ¡ni el olor a quemado se les había pegado!
27 The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed. The smell of fire wasn’t even on them.
28 Entonces Nabucodonosor dijo: «Digno de todo elogio sea el Dios de Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, pues envió su ángel para librar a sus servidores que confiaron en él y desobedecieron la orden del rey, y estaban dispuestos a morir antes que servir o rendir homenaje a cualquier dios que no fuera el de ellos.
28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God.
29 Por lo tanto doy esta orden: Que cualquier persona de la nación, lengua o pueblo que sea, que hable contra el Dios de Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego, sea descuartizado y su casa quemada. Pues ningún otro dios es capaz de salvar de esta manera».
29 Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation, and language which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.”
30 Luego el rey les dio a Sadrac, Mesac y Abednego una mejor posición que la que tenían antes en la provincia de Babilonia.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 16:20; Habakkuk 2:19; Isaiah 46:6; Hosea 8:4; Acts 19:26
- 2 Daniel 3:27; Proverbs 29:12; Daniel 6:1–4; Exodus 32:4–6; Daniel 6:6–7
- 3 Revelation 17:17; Revelation 17:13; Revelation 13:13–16; Romans 1:21–28; Romans 3:11
- 4 Daniel 6:25; Daniel 4:1; Micah 6:16; Daniel 4:14; Hosea 5:11
- 5 Daniel 3:15; Daniel 3:10; Daniel 3:7
- 6 Matthew 13:50; Matthew 13:42; Jeremiah 29:22; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 3:11
- 7 1 John 5:19; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 13:3; Revelation 17:8
- 8 Ezra 4:12–16; Daniel 6:12–13; Esther 3:8–9; Daniel 2:10; Acts 16:20–22
- 9 Daniel 5:10; Daniel 6:6; Daniel 6:21; Daniel 2:4; Daniel 3:4–5
- 10 Daniel 3:4–7; Esther 3:12–14; Daniel 6:12; Psalm 94:20; Exodus 1:22
- 12 Daniel 6:13; Daniel 2:49; Acts 17:7; Proverbs 27:4; 1 Samuel 18:7–11
- 13 Daniel 3:19; Daniel 2:12; Esther 3:5–6; 1 Samuel 20:30–33; Proverbs 17:12
- 14 Jeremiah 50:2; Daniel 3:1; Isaiah 46:1; Daniel 4:8; Exodus 21:13–14
- 15 Acts 5:29; 2 Chronicles 32:15–17; Daniel 3:17; Exodus 5:2; 2 Kings 18:35
- 16 Daniel 1:7; Daniel 3:12
- 17 Romans 8:31; Luke 1:37; Hebrews 7:25; Psalm 27:1–2; Isaiah 26:3–4
- 18 Acts 5:29–32; Matthew 10:39; Revelation 2:10–11; Matthew 10:32–33; Luke 12:3–9
- 19 Daniel 3:13; Leviticus 26:24; Leviticus 26:28; Proverbs 21:24; Acts 5:33
- 20 Acts 16:25; Daniel 3:15; Acts 16:23; Acts 12:4–5
- 22 Proverbs 11:8; Proverbs 21:18; Acts 12:19; Matthew 27:5; Daniel 6:24
- 23 Jeremiah 38:6; Daniel 6:16–17; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 124:1–5; Psalm 66:11–12
- 24 Daniel 6:22; Daniel 6:7; Acts 26:13; Daniel 3:17; Daniel 3:9–10
- 25 Isaiah 43:2; Acts 28:5; Mark 16:18; Psalm 91:3–9; Job 1:6
- 26 Daniel 3:17; Daniel 4:2; Revelation 19:5; Isaiah 52:12; Genesis 14:18
- 27 Isaiah 43:2; Hebrews 11:34; Isaiah 26:11; Psalm 83:18; Matthew 10:30
- 28 Romans 14:7–8; Psalm 34:7–8; Psalm 84:11–12; Exodus 20:5; Revelation 12:11
- 29 Daniel 2:5; Daniel 6:26–27; Psalm 76:10; Deuteronomy 32:31; Ezra 6:11
- 30 1 Samuel 2:30; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12; Psalm 91:14; John 12:26
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… seen with those who were around Ananias, Azarias, Mishael, as present with them in the furnace of fire, in the burning, and preserving them from [the effects of] fire: "And the appearance of the fourth," it is said, "was like to the Son of God." At another time [He is represented as] "a stone cut out of the mountain without …
Let us fear that death which the three men feared when they said to the king, "God is able to deliver us even from that flame; and if not," etc. There was there the fear of that death which the Lord now threatens, when they said, But also if He be not willing openly to deliver us, He can crown …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… willing even to permit them to be burnt; lest, if this should come to pass, they might seem to be speaking falsehoods; they add this also and say, "If this happen not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we serve not thy gods." For had they said, "Sins are the cause of His not delivering us, should He …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
and, lo, I do see four walking in the midst of the fire, and the fourth is like the Son of God." Neither the nature of any created thing, therefore, nor the weakness of the flesh, can prevail against the will of God.
And who else save the three men Ananias, Azariah, and Mishael, ever walked about unharmed in flames that blazed and did not burn?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)