1 Car Navuhodonosor svim narodima, plemenima i jezicima što su po svoj zemlji, mir da vam se umnoži. 2 Svide mi se da objavim znake i čudesa što mi učini Bog Višnji. 3 Znaci Njegovi kako su veliki! I čudesa Njegova kako su silna! Carstvo je Njegovo carstvo večno, i vlast Njegova od kolena do kolena. 4 Ja Navuhodonosor bejah miran u kući svojoj i cvetah u dvoru svom. 5 Usnih san, koji me uplaši, i misli na postelji mojoj i utvare glave moje uznemiriše me. 6 I zapovedih da se dovedu preda me svi mudraci vavilonski da mi kažu šta znači san. 7 Tada dođoše vračari, zvezdari, Haldeji i gatari, i pripovedih im san, ali mi ne mogoše kazati šta znači. 8 Najposle dođe preda me Danilo, koji se zove Valtasar po imenu boga mog, i u kome je duh svetih bogova, i pripovedih mu san. 9 Valtasare, poglavare vračima, znam da je duh svetih bogova u tebi i nikakva tajna nije ti teška; kaži san moj što sam snio i šta znači. 10 A utvara glave moje na postelji mojoj beše: Videh, gle, drvo usred zemlje, i visina mu velika. 11 Drvo beše veliko i jako, i visina mu dosezaše do neba, i viđaše se do kraja sve zemlje. 12 Lišće mu beše lepo i rod obilat, i na njemu beše hrane svemu, zverje poljsko odmaraše se u hladu njegovom, i na granama njegovim stanovahu ptice nebeske, i od njega se hranjaše svako telo. 13 Videh u utvarama glave svoje na postelji svojoj, i gle, Stražar i Svetac siđe s neba. 14 Povika jako i reče ovako: Posecite drvo, i okrešite mu grane, pokidajte mu lišće i razmetnite mu rod; neka pobegnu zveri ispod njega i ptice s grana njegovih. 15 Ali panj sa žilama ostavite mu u zemlji, u okovima gvozdenim i bronzanim u travi poljskoj, neka ga kvasi rosa nebeska i deo da mu je sa zverjem od trave zemaljske. 16 Srce čovečje neka mu se promeni, i srce životinjsko neka mu se da, i sedam vremena neka prođe preko njega. 17 To su odredili stražari i izrekli sveti da bi poznali živi da Višnji vlada carstvom ljudskim, i daje ga kome hoće, i postavlja nad njim najnižeg između ljudi. 18 Taj san snih ja, car Navuhodonosor; a ti, Valtasare, kaži šta znači, jer nijedan mudrac u carstvu mom ne može da mi kaže šta znači; a ti možeš, jer je u tebi duh svetih bogova. 19 Tada Danilo, koji se zvaše Valtasar, osta u čudu za jedan sat, i misli ga uznemiravahu. A car progovori i reče: Valtasare, san i značenje mu da te ne uznemiruje. A Valtasar odgovori i reče: Gospodaru moj, san da bude tvojim nenavidnicima, i značenje njegovo neprijateljima tvojim. 20 Drvo što si video, veliko i jako, kome visina dosezaše do neba i koje se viđaše po svoj zemlji, 21 kome lišće beše lepo i rod obilan, i na kome beše hrane svemu, pod kojim stanovaše zverje poljsko i na granama mu seđahu ptice nebeske, 22 to si ti, care, koji si velik i silan, i veličina je tvoja visoka i doseže do neba i vlast tvoja do krajeva zemaljskih. 23 A što car vide Stražara i Sveca gde silažaše s neba i govoraše: Posecite drvo i potrite ga, ali mu panj sa žilama ostavite u zemlji u okovima gvozdenim i bronzanim u travi poljskoj, da ga kvasi rosa nebeska, i sa zverjem poljskim neka mu je deo dokle sedam vremena prođe preko njega, 24 ovo znači, care, i ovo je naredba Višnjeg koja će se izvršiti na mom gospodaru caru: 25 Bićeš prognan između ljudi, i sa zverima ćeš poljskim živeti, i hraniće te travom kao goveda, i rosa će te nebeska kvasiti, i sedam će vremena proći preko tebe dokle poznaš da Višnji vlada carstvom ljudskim i daje ga kome hoće. 26 A što se reče da se ostavi panj sa žilama od drveta, carstvo će ti ostati, kad poznaš da nebesa vladaju. 27 Zato, care, da ti je ugodan moj savet, oprosti se greha svojih pravdom, i bezakonja svojih milošću prema nevoljnima, e da bi ti se produžio mir. 28 Sve ovo dođe na cara Navuhodonosora. 29 Posle dvanaest meseci hodaše po carskom dvoru u Vavilonu. 30 I progovori car i reče: Nije li to Vavilon veliki što ga ja sazidah jakom silom svojom da je stolica carska, i slava veličanstvu mom? 31 Te reči još behu u ustima caru, a glas dođe s neba: Tebi se govori, care Navuhodonosore: Carstvo se uze od tebe. 32 I bićeš prognan između ljudi, i živećeš sa zverjem poljskim, hraniće te travom kao goveda, i sedam će vremena proći preko tebe dokle poznaš da Višnji vlada carstvom ljudskim i daje ga kome hoće. 33 U taj čas ispuni se ta reč na Navuhodonosoru; i bi prognan između ljudi i jede travu kao goveda, i rosa nebeska kvasi mu telo da mu narastoše dlake kao pera u orla i nokti kao u ptica. 34 Ali posle tog vremena ja Navuhodonosor podigoh oči svoje k nebu, i um moj vrati mi se, i blagoslovih Višnjeg, i hvalih i slavih Onog koji živi doveka, čija je vlast vlast večna i čije je carstvo od kolena do kolena. 35 I svi stanovnici zemaljski ništa nisu prema Njemu, i radi šta hoće s vojskom nebeskom i sa stanovnicima zemaljskim, i nema nikoga da bi Mu ruku zaustavio i rekao Mu: Šta radiš? 36 U to vreme um moj vrati mi se, i na slavi carstva mog vrati mi se veličanstvo moje i svetlost moja; i dvorani moji i knezovi moji potražiše me, i utvrdih se u carstvu svom, i doda mi se više veličanstva. 37 Sada ja Navuhodonosor hvalim, uzvišujem i slavim cara nebeskog, čija su sva dela istina i čiji su putevi pravedni i koji može oboriti one koji hode ponosito.
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 6:25; 1 Peter 1:2; Daniel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Ephesians 1:2
- 2 Daniel 3:26; Psalm 66:16; Acts 22:3–16; Psalm 51:14; Joshua 7:19
- 3 Psalm 145:13; Isaiah 25:1; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14; Revelation 11:15
- 4 Isaiah 47:7–8; Ezekiel 29:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Psalm 30:6–7; Isaiah 56:12
- 5 Daniel 2:1; Daniel 7:28; Job 7:13–14; Daniel 5:5–6; Daniel 2:28–29
- 6 Daniel 2:2; Genesis 41:7–8; Isaiah 47:12–14; Isaiah 8:19
- 7 Isaiah 44:25; Daniel 2:7; Daniel 2:27; Genesis 41:8; 2 Timothy 3:8–9
- 8 Daniel 1:7; Daniel 5:14; Daniel 4:18; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 4:9
- 9 Daniel 5:11; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 4:8; Genesis 41:38; Ezekiel 28:3
- 10 Daniel 4:5; Jeremiah 12:2; Isaiah 10:33–34; Psalm 37:35–36; Ezekiel 31:3–18
- 11 Daniel 4:21–22; Matthew 11:23; Deuteronomy 9:1; Genesis 11:4
- 12 Luke 13:19; Lamentations 4:20; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6–7; Mark 13:32
- 13 Deuteronomy 33:2; Daniel 7:1; Daniel 8:13; Zechariah 14:5; Daniel 4:23
- 14 Matthew 3:10; Ezekiel 31:12–13; Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:12; Luke 3:9
- 15 Job 14:7–9; Daniel 4:25–27; Ezekiel 29:14–15
- 16 Daniel 4:23; Revelation 12:14; Isaiah 6:10; Daniel 4:25; Hebrews 1:11
- 17 Daniel 2:21; Daniel 4:25; 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 75:6–7; Jeremiah 27:5–7
- 18 Genesis 41:8; Daniel 5:15; Genesis 41:15; Daniel 5:8; Daniel 4:7–9
- 19 Daniel 8:27; Daniel 7:28; 1 Samuel 3:17; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 10:16–17
- 20 Ezekiel 31:3; Daniel 4:10–12; Ezekiel 31:16
- 22 2 Samuel 12:7; Daniel 2:37–38; Jeremiah 27:6–8; Daniel 5:18–23; Psalm 108:4
- 23 Daniel 5:21; Daniel 4:13–16
- 24 Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 46:10–11; Job 40:11–12; Job 1:12–19; Psalm 2:7
- 25 Daniel 4:17; Jeremiah 27:5; Psalm 83:18; Daniel 2:21; Psalm 106:20
- 26 Daniel 4:15; Matthew 21:20; Daniel 2:37; Matthew 5:34; Luke 15:21
- 27 Isaiah 55:6–7; Jonah 3:9; Acts 8:22; Ezekiel 18:27–32; James 4:8–10
- 28 Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6; Proverbs 10:24; Matthew 24:35
- 29 Revelation 2:21; Genesis 6:3; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:15; Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 30 Proverbs 16:18; Revelation 17:5; Ezekiel 29:3; Isaiah 10:8–15; Revelation 18:10
- 31 Acts 9:3–5; Revelation 16:7; Luke 12:20; Daniel 4:24; Daniel 5:28
- 32 Daniel 5:21; Jeremiah 27:5; Proverbs 8:15–16; Job 12:18–21; Exodus 9:29
- 33 Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 5:21; Isaiah 30:14; Job 20:5
- 34 Revelation 4:10; Daniel 12:7; Psalm 145:13; Daniel 2:44; Jeremiah 10:10
- 35 Job 42:2; Psalm 135:6; Psalm 115:3; Romans 11:33–36; Isaiah 40:15–17
- 36 Proverbs 22:4; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 4:15–16; Matthew 6:33
- 37 James 4:6–7; Psalm 33:4–5; 1 Peter 5:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:3; Deuteronomy 32:4
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… quencheth fire, so alms quencheth sin." Again it is written, "Shut up alms in the heart of a poor man, and it shall make supplication for thee before the Lord." Again it is written, "Hear, O king, my counsel, and redeem thy sins by alms." And many other testimonies of the Divine oracles are there, whereby it is shown that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
After this, saith he, I, Nabuchodonosor, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and I blessed the Most High, and to Him that liveth for ever I gave praise and glory.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… think also that I have the Spirit of God," and again, "that good thing which was committed to thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." And of Daniel it is fitting to say that "the Holy Spirit of God is in him," and similarly of men who are like these in virtue.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
And what [of this], that he called him "Belteshazzar, the name of" his own "god"? Thus [it seems] they accounted their gods to be nothing wonderful, when he called even the captive thus; he who commands all men to worship the image, manifold and of various colors, and who adores the dragon.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
They are kings of men, who reign upon earth, but not without the power from above: and this Nebuchadnezzar once learned by experience, when he said; For His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His power from generation to generation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)