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beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one: {v36}To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. {v37}For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. {v38}Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of firstfruits before thee, {v39}That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted. {v40}As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee. {v41}And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face. {v42}Put us not to confusion, but deal. with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. {v43}And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: {v44}And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken. {v45}And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world. {v46}Now the king’s servants that had cast them in, ceased not to heat the furnace with brimstone, and tow, and pitch, and dry sticks, {v47}And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and forty cubits: {v48}And it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans as it found near the furnace. {v49}But the angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace, {v50}And made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm. {v51}Then these three as with one mouth praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying: {v52}Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers: and worthy to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever: and blessed is the holy name of thy glory: and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all in all ages. {v53}Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thy glory: and exceedingly to be praised, and exceeding glorious for ever. {v54}Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom, and exceedingly to be praised, and exalted above all for ever. {v55}Blessed art thou, that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted above all for ever. {v56}Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever. {v57}All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v58}O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v59}O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v60}O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v61}O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v62}O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v63}O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v64}O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v65}O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v66}O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v67}O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v68}O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v69}O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v70}O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v71}O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v72}O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v73}O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v74}O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v75}O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v76}O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v77}O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v78}O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v79}O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v80}O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v81}O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v82}O ye sons of men, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v83}O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v84}O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v85}O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v86}O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v87}O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. {v88}O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. For he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us out of the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the burning flame, and saved us out of the midst of the fire. {v89}O give thanks to the Lord, because he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever and ever. {v90}O all ye religious, bless the Lord the God of gods: praise him and give him thanks, because his mercy endureth for ever and ever. {v91}Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king. {v92}He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. {v93}Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire. {v94}And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them. {v95}Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king’s word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God. {v96}By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner. {v97}Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon. {v98}Nabuchodonosor the king, to all peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied unto you. {v99}The most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. 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\w most|strong="H5943"\w* \w High|strong="H5943"\w* ruled \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H5922"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w men|strong="H0606"\w*, \w and|strong="H0606"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w he|strong="H1768"\w* \w will|strong="H6211"\w* \w set|strong="H6966"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w* whomsoever \w it|strong="H5922"\w* shall please \w him|strong="H6966"\w*. {v22}Thou also \w his|strong="H3046"\w* \w son|strong="H1247"\w*, O Baltasar, hast \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w humbled|strong="H8214"\w* thy \w heart|strong="H3825"\w*, whereas thou knewest \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w these|strong="H1836"\w* \w things|strong="H3606"\w*: {v23}\w But|strong="H1768"\w* hast \w lifted|strong="H7313"\w* thyself \w up|strong="H6925"\w* \w against|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w Lord|strong="H4756"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8065"\w*: \w and|strong="H6523"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w 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neither|strong="H3809"\w* \w see|strong="H2370"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w hear|strong="H8086"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* feel: \w but|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w* \w who|strong="H1768"\w* hath thy breath \w in|strong="H0426"\w* \w his|strong="H5922"\w* \w hand|strong="H3028"\w*, \w and|strong="H6523"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* thy \w ways|strong="H0735"\w*, thou hast \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w glorified|strong="H1922"\w*. {v24}Wherefore \w he|strong="H1768"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7972"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w part|strong="H4481"\w* \w of|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w hand|strong="H3028"\w* \w which|strong="H1768"\w* hath \w written|strong="H7560"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* set down. {v25}\w And|strong="H3792"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w writing|strong="H3792"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w written|strong="H7560"\w*: MANE, THECEL, PHARES. {v26}\w And|strong="H4437"\w* \w this|strong="H1836"\w* \w is|strong="H6591"\w* \w the|strong="H1836"\w* \w interpretation|strong="H6591"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H1836"\w* \w word|strong="H4406"\w*. MANE: \w God|strong="H0426"\w* hath \w numbered|strong="H4483"\w* thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*, \w and|strong="H4437"\w* hath finished it. {v27}THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, \w and|strong="H3977"\w* art \w found|strong="H7912"\w* wanting. {v28}PHARES: thy \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* \w is|strong="H4437"\w* divided, \w and|strong="H4076"\w* \w is|strong="H4437"\w* \w given|strong="H3052"\w* \w to|strong="H3052"\w* \w the|strong="H3052"\w* \w Medes|strong="H4076"\w* \w and|strong="H4076"\w* \w Persians|strong="H6540"\w*. {v29}\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* by \w the|strong="H0116"\w* king’s \w command|strong="H0560"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3848"\w* \w with|strong="H3848"\w* \w purple|strong="H0711"\w*, \w and|strong="H1722"\w* \w a|strong="H0116"\w* chain \w of|strong="H4437"\w* \w gold|strong="H1722"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* put \w about|strong="H5922"\w* \w his|strong="H5922"\w* \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*: \w and|strong="H1722"\w* \w it|strong="H5922"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H0560"\w* \w of|strong="H4437"\w* him \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w he|strong="H1768"\w* \w had|strong="H1768"\w* power \w as|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w third|strong="H8531"\w* man \w in|strong="H4437"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*. {v30}\w The|strong="H1113"\w* same \w night|strong="H3916"\w* Baltasar \w the|strong="H1113"\w* \w Chaldean|strong="H3779"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w was|strong="H4430"\w* \w slain|strong="H6992"\w*. {v31}And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old. p={c6}{v1}It seemed good \w to|strong="H1868"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1868"\w*, \w and|strong="H4437"\w* he appointed over \w the|strong="H1868"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w* a hundred \w and|strong="H4437"\w* twenty governors \w to|strong="H1868"\w* be over his whole \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*. {v2}\w And|strong="H4437"\w* three princes \w over|strong="H5922"\w* them, \w of|strong="H4437"\w* \w whom|strong="H1768"\w* Daniel \w was|strong="H1934"\w* one: \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* governors might give an \w account|strong="H5922"\w* \w to|strong="H5922"\w* them, \w and|strong="H4437"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* king might \w have|strong="H1934"\w* no trouble. {v3}\w And|strong="H4430"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* excelled all \w the|strong="H1768"\w* princes, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* governors: \w because|strong="H4481"\w* \w a|strong="H2298"\w* greater spirit \w of|strong="H4481"\w* God \w was|strong="H1934"\w* \w in|strong="H4430"\w* \w him|strong="H3052"\w*. {v4}\w And|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* thought \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w set|strong="H6966"\w* \w him|strong="H6966"\w* \w over|strong="H5922"\w* \w all|strong="H3606"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4437"\w*: whereupon \w the|strong="H3606"\w* princes, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* governors sought \w to|strong="H5922"\w* find occasion \w against|strong="H5922"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w with|strong="H5922"\w* regard \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*: \w and|strong="H4430"\w* \w they|strong="H0116"\w* \w could|strong="H1768"\w* find no cause, nor suspicion, \w because|strong="H6903"\w* \w he|strong="H1768"\w* \w was|strong="H1934"\w* faithful, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* no fault, nor suspicion \w was|strong="H1934"\w* found \w in|strong="H4437"\w* \w him|strong="H6966"\w*. {v5}\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* these men said: \w We|strong="H0116"\w* shall \w not|strong="H3809"\w* \w find|strong="H7912"\w* \w any|strong="H3606"\w* occasion \w against|strong="H5922"\w* \w this|strong="H1932"\w* \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w*, unless perhaps \w concerning|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* law \w of|strong="H4437"\w* \w his|strong="H5922"\w* God. {v6}\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* princes, \w and|strong="H1841"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* governors craftily suggested \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* king, \w and|strong="H1841"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0560"\w* \w thus|strong="H1836"\w* unto him: King Darius, live \w for|strong="H1768"\w* ever: {v7}\w All|strong="H5957"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* princes \w of|strong="H4430"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* kingdom, \w the|strong="H0116"\w* magistrates, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* governors, \w the|strong="H0116"\w* senators, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* judges \w have|strong="H4430"\w* consulted together, \w that|strong="H4430"\w* an imperial decree, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* an edict be published: \w That|strong="H4430"\w* whosoever shall ask any petition \w of|strong="H4430"\w* any god, \w or|strong="H4430"\w* man, \w for|strong="H5922"\w* thirty days, \w but|strong="H0116"\w* \w of|strong="H4430"\w* thee, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, shall be cast into \w the|strong="H0116"\w* den \w of|strong="H4430"\w* lions. {v8}\w Now|strong="H4430"\w*, \w therefore|strong="H3861"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4430"\w*, confirm \w the|strong="H3606"\w* sentence, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* sign \w the|strong="H3606"\w* decree: \w that|strong="H1768"\w* \w what|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* decreed \w by|strong="H4481"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* Medes \w and|strong="H4430"\w* Persians may not \w be|strong="H0426"\w* altered, nor \w any|strong="H3606"\w* \w man|strong="H0606"\w* \w be|strong="H0426"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H1156"\w* transgress it. {v9}\w So|strong="H1768"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* Darius \w set|strong="H6966"\w* forth \w the|strong="H1768"\w* \w decree|strong="H1882"\w*, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* established it. {v10}\w Now|strong="H4430"\w* when Daniel knew \w this|strong="H1836"\w*, \w that|strong="H0633"\w* is \w to|strong="H4430"\w* say, \w that|strong="H0633"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* law \w was|strong="H4430"\w* made, he went into \w his|strong="H3606"\w* house: \w and|strong="H4430"\w* opening \w the|strong="H3606"\w* windows \w in|strong="H4430"\w* \w his|strong="H3606"\w* upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* adored, \w and|strong="H4430"\w* gave thanks \w before|strong="H6903"\w* \w his|strong="H3606"\w* God, \w as|strong="H6903"\w* he \w had|strong="H4430"\w* been accustomed \w to|strong="H4430"\w* do \w before|strong="H6903"\w*. {v11}Wherefore \w those|strong="H1768"\w* men carefully watching \w him|strong="H6925"\w*, found \w Daniel|strong="H1841"\w* \w praying|strong="H6739"\w* \w and|strong="H1005"\w* \w making|strong="H3046"\w* supplication \w to|strong="H5922"\w* \w his|strong="H5922"\w* \w God|strong="H0426"\w*. {v12}\w And|strong="H1841"\w* \w they|strong="H0116"\w* \w came|strong="H7284"\w* \w and|strong="H1841"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H6925"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* king concerning \w the|strong="H0116"\w* edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, \w that|strong="H0116"\w* every \w man|strong="H1400"\w* \w that|strong="H0116"\w* should make \w a|strong="H7912"\w* \w request|strong="H1156"\w* \w to|strong="H6925"\w* any \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w gods|strong="H0426"\w*, \w or|strong="H0426"\w* \w men|strong="H1400"\w*, \w for|strong="H1156"\w* thirty days, \w but|strong="H0116"\w* \w to|strong="H6925"\w* thyself, O king, should \w be|strong="H0426"\w* cast into \w the|strong="H0116"\w* den \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* lions? \w And|strong="H1841"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* king answered \w them|strong="H0479"\w*, saying: \w The|strong="H0116"\w* word \w is|strong="H0426"\w* true according \w to|strong="H6925"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* decree \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* Medes \w and|strong="H1841"\w* Persians, which it \w is|strong="H0426"\w* not lawful \w to|strong="H6925"\w* violate. {v13}\w Then|strong="H0116"\w* \w they|strong="H0116"\w* \w answered|strong="H6032"\w*, \w and|strong="H6032"\w* \w said|strong="H0560"\w* \w before|strong="H6925"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w*: Daniel, \w who|strong="H1768"\w* \w is|strong="H1768"\w* \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* children \w of|strong="H0426"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* captivity \w of|strong="H0426"\w* Juda, hath \w not|strong="H3809"\w* regarded thy \w law|strong="H1882"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3809"\w* \w the|strong="H3606"\w* \w decree|strong="H1882"\w* \w that|strong="H1768"\w* thou hast \w made|strong="H1156"\w*: \w but|strong="H3861"\w* three times \w a|strong="H1156"\w* \w day|strong="H3118"\w* \w he|strong="H1768"\w* maketh \w his|strong="H5922"\w* prayer. {v14}\w Now|strong="H0116"\w* \w when|strong="H1768"\w* \w the|strong="H0116"\w* \w king|strong="H4430"\w* \w had|strong="H4430"\w* heard these words, \w he|strong="H1768"\w* \w was|strong="H1841"\w* very much grieved, \w and|strong="H6032"\w* \w in|strong="H5922"\w* behalf \w 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the Lord said: Iniquity came out from Babylon from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people. {v6}These men frequented the house of Joakim, and all that had any matters of judgment came to them. {v7}And when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went in, and walked in her husband’s orchard. {v8}And the old men saw her going in every day, and walking: and they were inflamed with lust towards her: {v9}And they perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments. {v10}So they were both wounded with the love of her, yet they did not make known their grief one to the other: {v11}For they were ashamed to declare to one another their lust, being desirous to have to do with her. {v12}And they watched carefully every day to see her. And one said to the other: {v13}Let us now go home, for it is dinner time. So going out they departed one from another. {v14}And turning back again, they came both to the same place: and asking one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust; and then they agreed upon a time, when they might find her alone. {v15}And it fell out, as they watched a fit day, she went in on a time, as yesterday and the day before, with two maids only, and was desirous to wash herself in the orchard: for it was hot weather. {v16}And there was nobody there, but the two old men that had hid themselves and were beholding her. {v17}So she said to the maids: Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me. {v18}And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within. {v19}Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders arose, and ran to her, and said: {v20}Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us. {v21}But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee. {v22}Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands. {v23}But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord. {v24}With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her. {v25}And one of them ran to the door of the orchard, and opened it. {v26}So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door to see what was the matter. {v27}But after the old men had spoken, the servants were greatly ashamed: for never had there been any such word said of Susanna. And on the next day, {v28}When the people were come to Joakim her husband, the two elders also came full of wicked device against Susanna, to put her to death. {v29}And they said before the people: Send to Susanna daughter of Helcias the wife of Joakim. And presently they sent. {v30}And she came with her parents, and children, and all her kindred. {v31}Now Susanna was exceeding delicate, and beautiful to behold. {v32}But those wicked men commanded that her face should be uncovered, (for she was covered,) that so at least they might be satisfied with her beauty. {v33}Therefore her friends and all her acquaintance wept. {v34}But the two elders rising up in the midst of the people, laid their hands upon her head. {v35}And she weeping looked up to heaven, for her heart had confidence in the Lord. {v36}And the elders said: As we walked in the orchard alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the doors of the orchard, and sent away the maids from her. {v37}Then a young man that was there hid came to her, and lay with her. {v38}But we that were in a corner of the orchard, seeing this wickedness, ran up to them, and we saw them lie together. {v39}And him indeed we could not take, because he was stronger than us, and opening the doors be leaped out: {v40}But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: of this thing we are witnesses. {v41}The multitude believed them as being the elders and the judges of the people, and they condemned her to death. {v42}Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said: O eternal God, who knowest hidden things, who knowest all things before they come to pass, {v43}Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me: and behold I must die, whereas I have done none of these things, which these men have maliciously forged against me. {v44}And the Lord heard her voice. {v45}And when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young boy, whose name was Daniel. {v46}And he cried out with a loud voice I am clear from the blood of this woman. {v47}Then all the people turning themselves towards him, said: What meaneth this word that thou hast spoken? {v48}But he standing in the midst of them, said: Are ye so foolish, ye children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth, you have condemned a daughter of Israel? {v49}Return to judgment, for they have borne false witness against her. {v50}So all the people turned again in haste, and the old men said to him: Come, and sit thou down among us, and shew it as: seeing God hath given thee the honour of old age. {v51}And Daniel said to the people: Separate these two far from one another, and I will examine them. {v52}So when they were put asunder one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: O thou that art grown old in evil days, now are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before: {v53}In judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and letting the guilty to go free, whereas the Lord saith: I The innocent and the just thou shalt not kill. {v54}Now then, if thou sawest her, tell me under what tree thou sawest them conversing together. He said: Under a mastic tree. {v55}And Daniel said: Well hast thou lied against thy own head: for behold the angel of God having received the sentence of him, shall cut thee in two. {v56}And having put him aside, he commanded that the other should come, and he said to him: O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thy heart: {v57}Thus did you do to the daughters of Israel, and they for fear conversed with you: but a daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness. {v58}Now therefore tell me, under what tree didst thou take them conversing together. And he answered: Under a holm tree. {v59}And Daniel said to him: Well hast thou also lied against thy own head: for the angel of the Lord waiteth with a sword to cut thee in two, and to destroy you. {v60}With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and they blessed God, who saveth them that trust in him. {v61}And they rose up against the two elders, (for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth,) and they did to them as they had maliciously dealt against their neighbour, {v62}To fulfill the law of Moses: and they put them to death, and innocent blood was saved in that day. {v63}But Helcias and his wife praised God, for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all her kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her. {v64}And Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day, and thenceforward. {v65}And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom. p={c14}{v1}And Daniel was the king’s guest, and was honoured above all his friends. {v2}Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel: and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and sixty vessels of wine. {v3}The king also worshipped him, and went every day to adore him: but Daniel adored his God. And the king said to him: Why dost thou not adore Bel? {v4}And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh. {v5}And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day? {v6}Then Daniel smiled and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time. {v7}And the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you tell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die. {v8}But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word. {v9}Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives, and little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel. {v10}And the priests of Bel said: Behold we go out: and do thou, O king, set on the meats, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal it with thy own ring: {v11}And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel that hath lied against us. {v12}And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things. {v13}So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king’s ring, they departed. {v14}But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives and their children: and they ate and drank up all. {v15}And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him. {v16}And the king said: Are the seals whole, Daniel? And he answered: They are whole, O king. {v17}And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee. {v18}And Daniel laughed: and he held the king that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are. {v19}And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry. {v20}Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table. {v21}The king therefore put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him, and his temple. {v22}And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians worshipped him. {v23}And the king said to Daniel: Behold thou canst not say now, that this is not a living god: adore him therefore. {v24}And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god. {v25}But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said: I give thee leave. {v26}Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon’s mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worshipped. {v27}And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death. {v28}And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house. {v29}And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them. {v30}And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days. {v31}And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel. {v32}Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers. {v33}And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lions’ den. {v34}And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do I know the den. {v35}And the angel of the Lord took him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon over the den in the force of his spirit. {v36}And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take the dinner that God hath sent thee. {v37}And Daniel said: Thou hast remembered me, O God, and thou hast not forsaken them that love thee. {v38}And Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place. {v39}And upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and he came to the den, and looked in, and behold Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions. {v40}And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying: Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lions’ den. {v41}But those that bad been the cause of his destruction, he cast into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him. {v42}Then the king said: Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Saviour, working signs, and wonders in the earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions’ den.