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1 Darío dividió el reino en ciento veinte provincias, cada una de ellas bajo un gobernador regional.
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
2 El rey escogió a Daniel y a otros dos como sus superintendentes, para vigilar a los gobernadores y así cuidar lo que era del rey.
2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
3 Pronto Daniel se destacó entre los otros superintendentes y gobernadores debido a sus grandes cualidades, y el rey pensó en colocarlo a él al frente de todos los asuntos del gobierno.
3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Entoces los otros superintendentes y gobernadores comenzaron a buscar alguna falla en la forma en que Daniel manejaba los asuntos del gobierno para así denunciarlo al rey. Pero no podían encontrar nada digno de crítica en él. Era fiel y honesto, y muy responsable.
4 Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
5 Llegaron, pues, a la siguiente conclusión: «Nuestra única posibilidad para reprocharle algo tendrá que ver con su religión».
5 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 Decidieron ir al rey y decirle: ―¡Vive por siempre, oh rey Darío!
6 Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
7 Nosotros, los superintendentes, gobernadores, consejeros y oficiales hemos decidido que Su Majestad envíe una ley, estableciendo que todo aquel que en el término de treinta días hiciera petición alguna a quienquiera que sea, dios u hombre, fuera de usted, oh rey, sea arrojado a los leones.
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 Le solicitamos que ponga su firma a esta ley de modo que no pueda ser cancelada o cambiada; será conocida como “ley de los medos y los persas”, que no puede ser modificada.
8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
9 Firmó, pues, el rey Darío esta ley.
9 Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
10 Pero aunque Daniel lo supo, se fue a su hogar y se arrodilló como de costumbre en su dormitorio en la planta alta, con sus ventanas abiertas hacia Jerusalén, y oró tres veces al día, tal como siempre lo había hecho, dando gracias a su Dios.
10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
11 Entonces todos estos hombres vinieron a la casa de Daniel y lo encontraron orando e invocando a su Dios.
11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
12 Volvieron en seguida ante el rey y le recordaron su prohibición. ―¿No ha firmado una ley, le dijeron, que no permite ninguna petición a ningún dios u hombre, que no sea usted, durante un plazo de treinta días? ¿Y que todo aquel que lo desobedeciera fuera arrojado a los leones? ―Sí, respondió el rey, es una “ley de los medos y los persas”, que no puede ser alterada ni cambiada.
12 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
13 Entonces le contaron al rey: ―Pues Daniel, uno de los cautivos judíos, no está prestando ninguna atención ni a usted ni a esta ley. Por el contrario, él está solicitando favores a su Dios tres veces al día.
13 Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
14 Al oír esto, el rey se enojó consigo mismo por haber firmado semejante ley, y se propuso salvar a Daniel. Pasó el resto del día tratando de encontrar alguna manera de sacar a Daniel de este aprieto.
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
15 Al atardecer, los hombres volvieron ante el rey y le dijeron: ―Su Majestad sabe bien que, según la “ley de los medos y los persas”, ninguna ley que el rey firme se puede cambiar ni anular.
15 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
16 Al fin, el rey se vio obligado a dar la orden para arrestar a Daniel, y este fue llevado al foso de los leones. El rey le dijo entonces: ―Que tu Dios, a quien siempre le eres fiel, te salve.
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
17 Y trajeron una piedra que colocaron sobre la boca del foso y el rey selló la piedra con su anillo y con el anillo de los principales de su gobierno, para que nadie pudiera rescatar a Daniel de los leones.
17 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
18 Luego el rey volvió a su palacio y se acostó sin cenar. Rechazó su diversión habitual y no pudo pegar los ojos en toda la noche.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
19 Muy temprano, a la mañana siguiente, se dirigió a toda prisa al foso de los leones,
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
20 y llamó con voz angustiada: ―¡Oh Daniel, servidor del Dios viviente!, ¿pudo tu Dios, a quien eres fiel siempre, librarte de los leones?
20 When he came near to Daniel in the den, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
21 Entonces oyó una voz: ―¡Oh rey, viva para siempre!
21 Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
22 Mi Dios ha enviado su ángel para cerrar las fauces de los leones para que no pudieran tocarme; pues soy inocente ante Dios, y no he hecho mal a nadie.
22 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
23 El rey se puso muy contento y ordenó que Daniel fuera sacado del foso. Y no se encontró siquiera un rasguño en él, porque había confiado en su Dios, quien lo protegió.
23 Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
24 Luego el rey mandó traer a los hombres que habían acusado a Daniel, y ordenó arrojarlos en el foso junto con sus hijos y esposas; y los leones se lanzaron sobre ellos y los despedazaron antes que cayeran al fondo del foso.
24 The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
25 Después el rey Darío escribió este mensaje dirigido a todos los pueblos, naciones y lenguas de la tierra: Deseo a ustedes paz y prosperidad.
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.
26 Ordeno que en todo mi reino todos teman y tiemblen ante el Dios de Daniel. Pues su Dios es el Dios vivo, que no cambia, cuyo reino jamás será destruido y cuyo poder jamás se acabará.
26 “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
27 Él libra y salva a los suyos; él hace grandes obras en el cielo y la tierra; es él quien ha librado a Daniel del poder de los leones.
27 He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
28 Así Daniel prosperó durante el reinado de Darío y el reinado de Ciro el persa.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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Darius the Mede
Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus (Xerxes in the BSB), who received the kingdom at Belshazzar's death and cast Daniel into the lions' den.
Cited in the guide: Daniel 5:31; Daniel 6:1; Daniel 9:1
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 18:21–22; Daniel 5:31; Esther 1:1; 1 Peter 2:14
- 2 Ezra 4:22; Daniel 5:29; Daniel 2:48–49; Esther 7:4; Daniel 5:16
- 3 Daniel 5:14; Genesis 41:38–41; Proverbs 22:29; Daniel 5:12; Esther 10:3
- 4 1 Peter 3:16; Philippians 2:15; 1 Peter 2:12; Luke 20:20; Titus 2:8
- 5 Acts 24:13–16; Esther 3:8; Acts 24:20–21; 1 Samuel 24:17; John 19:6–7
- 6 Daniel 2:4; Daniel 6:21; Nehemiah 2:3; Daniel 5:10; Psalm 62:3
- 7 Psalm 59:3; Psalm 83:1–3; Daniel 3:6; Daniel 3:2; Psalm 62:4
- 8 Daniel 6:15; Esther 1:19; Isaiah 10:1; Daniel 6:12; Esther 3:12
- 9 Psalm 118:9; Psalm 146:3; Isaiah 2:22; Psalm 62:9–10; Proverbs 6:2
- 10 Acts 5:29; Psalm 55:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18; Psalm 95:6; Psalm 34:1
- 11 Psalm 37:32–33; Psalm 10:9; Daniel 6:6
- 12 Daniel 6:8; Daniel 3:8–12; Esther 1:19; Acts 16:19; Acts 16:24
- 13 Daniel 3:12; Acts 5:29; Daniel 2:25; Esther 3:8; Daniel 5:13
- 14 Mark 6:26; Luke 23:13–21; John 19:7–12; 2 Samuel 3:28–29; Daniel 3:13
- 15 Daniel 6:12; Esther 8:8; Psalm 94:20–21; Daniel 6:8
- 16 Psalm 37:39–40; Job 5:19; Psalm 91:14–16; Isaiah 43:2; Daniel 3:28
- 17 Lamentations 3:53; Acts 12:4; Acts 16:23–24; Matthew 27:60–66
- 18 Esther 6:1; Daniel 2:1; 2 Samuel 12:16–17; Psalm 77:4; Jonah 3:3–9
- 19 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Mark 16:2; 2 Corinthians 2:13; Matthew 28:1
- 20 Daniel 6:27; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Hebrews 7:25; Daniel 6:16; 2 Timothy 4:16–18
- 21 Daniel 2:4; Daniel 6:6; Nehemiah 2:3
- 22 2 Timothy 4:17; Hebrews 11:33; Psalm 91:11–13; Acts 12:11; Acts 24:16
- 23 1 Chronicles 5:20; Daniel 3:27–28; Daniel 3:25; Mark 9:23; Daniel 6:18
- 24 Isaiah 38:13; Esther 7:10; 2 Kings 14:6; Esther 9:25; Deuteronomy 24:16
- 25 Daniel 4:1; Ezra 1:1–2; Esther 3:12; Ezra 4:17; 1 Peter 1:2
- 26 Daniel 4:34; Luke 1:33; Daniel 7:14; Daniel 4:3; Psalm 2:11
- 27 Daniel 4:2–3; Psalm 18:50; Psalm 97:10; Acts 4:30; 2 Timothy 4:17–18
- 28 Daniel 1:21; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Isaiah 44:28–45:1; Daniel 10:1
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For what shall we say, brethren? Was Daniel cast into the den of lions by such as feared God?
Faith stoppeth the mouths of lions, as in Daniel's case: for the Scripture saith concerning him, that Daniel was brought up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)