Daniel 3

¹ Kong Nebukadnezar lod lave en billedstøtte af guld, tresindstyve tyve Alen høj og seks Alen bred, og han opstillede den på Dalsletten Dura i Landsdelen Babel.

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

³ Da samledes Satraperne, Landshøvdingerne, Statholderne, Overdommerne, Skatmestrene, de lovkyndige, Dommerne og alle andre Embedsmænd i Landsdelen til indvielsen af Billedstøtten, som Kong Nebukadnezar havde ladet opstille, og de stillede sig foran den.

³ Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

⁵ Når I hører Horn, Fløjter, Citre, Harper, Hakkebrætter, Sækkepiber og alle Hånde andre Instrumenter klinge, skal I falde ned og tilbede Guldbilledstøtten, som Kong Nebukadnezar har ladet opstille.

⁵ that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

⁷ Så snart alt Folket nu hørte Horn, Fløjter, Citre, Harper, Hakkebræfter og alle Hånde andre Instrumenter klinge, faldt de derfor ned alle Folk, Stammer og Tungemål og tilbad Guldbilledstøtten, som Kong Nebukadnezar havde ladet opstille.

⁷ Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

⁹ De tog til Orde og sagde til Kong Nebukadnezar: "Kongen leve evindelig!

⁹ They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: “O king, live forever!

¹¹ og at den, som ikke gør det, skal kastes i den gloende Ovn.

¹¹ But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

¹³ Da lod Nebukadnezar i Vrede og Harme Sjadrak, Mesjak og Abed Nego hente; og da Mændene var ført frem for Kongen,

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; then these men were brought before the king.

¹⁵ Nu vel, hvis I er rede til, når I hører Horn, Fløjter, Citre, Harper, Hakkebrætter, Sækkepiber og alle Hånde andre instrumenter klinge, at falde ned og tilbede Billedstøtten, som jeg har ladet lave, så er alt godt; men gør I det ikke, skal I på Stedet kastes i den gloende Ovn. Og hvilken Gud er der, som da kan fri eder af mine Hænder?"

¹⁵ Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

¹⁷ Sker det, så kan vor Gud, som vi dyrker, fri os af den gloende Ovn, og han vil fri os af din Hånd, o Konge;

¹⁷ If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

¹⁹ Da opfyldtes Nebukadnezar af Harme, og hans Ansigtsudtryk ændredes over for Sjadrak, Mesjak og Abed-Nego; han tog til Orde og sagde, at Ovnen skulde gøres syv Gange hedere end ellers,

¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

²¹ Så blev Mændene bundet i de deres Kapper, Underklæder, Huer og andre Klædningsstykker og kastet i den gloende Ovn.

²¹ Then these men were tied up in their trousers, their coats, their caps and their other clothes, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.

²³ medens de tre Mænd, Sjadrak, Mesjak og Abed-Nego, bundne faldt ned i den gloende Ovn.

²³ But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.

²⁵ Han sagde da videre: "Men jeg ser fire Mænd gå frit om i Ilden, og de har ingen Skade taget; og den fjerde ser ud som en Gudesøn."

²⁵ He said, “Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!”

²⁷ Og Satraperne, Landshøvdingerne, Statholderne og Kongens Rådsherrer samlede sig og så, af Ilden ikke havde haft nogen Magt over hine Mænds Legemer, at deres Hovedhår ikke var svedet, at deres Kapper var uskadte, og at der ikke var Brandlugt ved dem.

²⁷ The satraps, the prefects, the governors and the king’s high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.

²⁹ Hermed påbyder jeg, at den, der i noget Folk, nogen Stamme og noget Tungemål siger noget ondt om Sjadraks, Mesjaks og Abed Negos Gud, skal hugges sønder og sammen, og hans Hus skal gøres til en Skarndynge; thi der gives ingen anden Gud, som således kan frelse."

²⁹ Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”