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The King’s Troubling Dream
2 Now[fn] in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. 2 So the king said to call the magicians[fn] and the conjurers[fn] and the sorcerers and theastrologers[fn] to tell to the king his dreams. And they came in and they stoodbefore[fn] the king. 3 And the king said to them, “I have had a dream[fn] and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.”
4 And the astrologers[fn] said to the kingin Aramaic,[fn] “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants and we will reveal the explanation.” 5 The king answered and said to the astrologers,[fn] “The command from me is firm: if youdo not make known to me the dream and its explanation,[fn]then you will be broken into pieces and your houses will be laid in ruins. 6 But if you tell me the dream and its explanation, you will receive gifts and rewards[fn] and great honor from me. Therefore, tell me the dream and its explanation.”[fn] 7 They answered once more and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants and we will make the explanation known.” 8 The king answered and said, “Certainly[fn] I know thatyou are trying to gain time[fn]because[fn] you have seenthat this matter is firmly decreed by me,[fn] 9 for if you do not make the dream known to me, your verdict is fixed,[fn] and you have conspired to saya lying and deceitful word to me until the circumstances[fn] will change. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me its explanation.” 10 The astrologers[fn] answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth that is able to reveal the word of the king;in fact,[fn] no great and powerful king hasever asked a thing like this of any magician[fn] or conjurer[fn] orastrologer.[fn] 11 And the thing that the king is asking is too difficult and there is no one who[fn] can reveal it to the king exceptthe gods whose dwelling is not with mortals.”[fn]
12 Because of this the king became angry, and he became very much enraged, and he said that all the wise men of Babylon are to be destroyed. 13 And the decree was issued, and the wise men were on the verge of being executed,[fn] and they searched for Daniel and his companions to be executed. 14 Then Daniel responded prudently and discretely to Arioch, the commander of the imperial guard of the king, who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon. 15 He asked[fn] and said to Arioch, the royal official of the king, “Why[fn] is the decree from the kingso severe?” Then Arioch explained the matter[fn] to Daniel. 16 And Daniel went in and requested from the king that he would give him time, and he would tell the king[fn] the explanation.[fn]
17 Then Daniel went to his home, and he made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, his companions, 18 and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven[fn] concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions, along with the remainder of the wise men of Babylon, would not be killed.
19 Then in a vision of the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel; then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
?:? Hebrew “And”
?:? Or “soothsayer-priests”
?:? Or “enchanters”
?:? Literally “Chaldeans”
?:? Literally “to the face of”
?:? Literally “A dream I have dreamed”
?:? Literally “Chaldeans”
?:? The text of Daniel is in Aramaic from this point on through Daniel chapter 7. Then the text resumes in Hebrew to the end of the book
?:? Literally “Chaldeans”
?:? Or “interpretation”
?:? Aramaic “reward”
?:? Or “interpretation”
?:? Literally “From a certainty”
?:? Literally “the time you are gaining”
?:? Literally “all because of that”
?:? Literally “that firm from me is the decree”
?:? Literally “one is your verdict”
?:? Literally “time”
?:? Literally “Chaldeans”
?:? Literally “all because that”
?:? Or “soothsayer-priest”
?:? Or “enchanter”
?:? Literally “Chaldean”
?:? Literally “there is not another”
?:? Literally “concerning their dwelling is not with flesh”
?:? Literally “were in the process of being killed”
?:? Literally “he answered”
?:? Literally “Over what”
?:? Or “situation”
?:? Literally “to tell/reveal to the king”
?:? Or “interpretation”
?:? Literally “from before the God of the heaven”
?:? Literally “answered and he said”
?:? Aramaic “the God”
?:? Literally “from the age unto the age”
?:? Literally “of to him it is”
?:? Aramaic “the wisdom”
?:? Or “fathers”