Daniel 5 — Novel English Bible

1 Balashaatzar (Belshazzar) Malakaa (king) YaIbad (made) Lacham (bread) Rab (many) LaRabarabanaw (his lords), Alap (thousand) WaLaQabalaAlapaa (and before thousand) Chamaraa (wine) Shathah (drinks).

2 Balashaatzar (Belshazzar), YaAmar (said) BaTaim (in 𐤈𐤏𐤌) Chamaraa (tasted wine), LaHaAyathayah (commanded to [causing] bring) LaMaanay (vessels) Dahabaa (golden) WaKasapaa (and silver) DayaYaHaNapaq (Plenty / more than enough [causing] taken) Nabawakadanatzar (Nebuchadnezzar) Abaw (his father) Man-Hayakalaa (from temple) Day (Plenty / more than enough) BaYarawashalam (in Jerusalem); WaYaShathahawan (and drink) Bam (within him them) Malakaa (king) WaRabarabanaw (and his lords), Shagalathaw (his 𐤔𐤂𐤋) WaLachanahathaw (and wives his concubines).

3 BaAdayan (In 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) HaAyathahayaw (they [causing] brought) Maanay (vessels) Dahabaa (golden) DayaHaNapaqaw (Plenty / more than enough [causing] taken) Man-Hayakalaa (from temple) Day-Bayath (Plenty / more than enough house) Alahayam (God) Alahaa (God) Day (Plenty / more than enough) BaYarawashalam (at Jerusalem); WaAshathahayaw (and drank) Bam (within him them) Malakaa (king) WaRabarabanaw (and his lords), Shagalathaw (his 𐤔𐤂𐤋) WaLachanahathaw (and wives his concubines).

4 Ashathahayaw (They drank) Chamaraa (wine), WaShabachaw (and praised) Alahayam (God) LaAlahay (God) Dahabaa (gold), WaKasapaa (and silver), Nachashaa (brass), Parazalaa (iron), Aia (wood), WaAbanaa (and stone).

5 Bah (Within him her) Shaihath (hour) HaNapaqaw (who came forth) Atzabain (their fingers) Day (Plenty / more than enough) Yad (hand), Anash (man's) WaKathaban (and wrote them) LaQabalaNabarashaathaa (over against 𐤍𐤁𐤓𐤔𐤀) Il-Gayaraa (over lampstand plaster) Day (Plenty / more than enough) Kathal (wall) Hayakalaa (palace) Day (Plenty / more than enough) Malakaa (king's): WaMalakaa (and king) Chazaah (saw) Pas (𐤐𐤎) Yad (part hand) HaDayaKathabah (The plenty / more than enough wrote).

6 Adayan (𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Malakaa (king's) Zayawaw (his face) Shanaawaw (changed him), WaRaiyawanayanaw (and his thoughts) YaBahalawanaw (troubled him); WaQataray (and joints) Charatzaw (his thighs loosened), MaShatharaayan (𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤀 - plural) WaArakabahathaw (and his knees) Daa (struck one) LaDaa (against another) Naqashan (𐤍𐤒𐤔 them).

7 Qaraa (Called) Malakaa (king) BaChayal (in aloud) LaHaIlalah (to [causing] bring) LaAshapayaa (enchanters), Kashaday (Chaldeans), WaGazarayaa (and soothsayers). Inah (answer / respond) Malakaa (king) WaAmar (and said) LaChakayamay (to wise men) Babal (Babylon), “DayaKal (Plenty / more than enough every) Anash (𐤀𐤍𐤔) Day-YaQaraah (Plenty / more than enough Whoever read) Kathab (write), HaDanah (this) WaPasharaw (and show its interpretation), YaChawaanay (𐤇𐤅𐤀 me them) Aragawanaa (purple), YaLabash (clothed) and chain Day (Plenty / more than enough) Dahabaa (gold) Il-Tzawaaraw (over his neck), WaThalayathay (and third) BaMalakawathaa (in kingdom) YaShalat (ruler).”

8 Adayan (𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Ilalayan (came - plural) Kal (every) Chakayamay (wise) Malakaa (king's) WaLaa (and men); Kahalayan (but they - plural) Kathabaa (writing), LaMaQaraa (read) WaPasharaa (and interpretation) LaHaYawadaih ([causing] known) LaMalakaa (to king).

9 Adayan (𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Malakaa (king) Balashaatzar (Belshazzar) Shagayaa (greatly) MaThaBahal ([reflexive] troubled), WaZayawaw (and his face) Shanaayan (changed - plural), Ilaw (over him) WaRabarabanaw (and his lords) MaShathabashayan (perplexed - plural).

10 Malakaathaa (Now queen) LaQabalaMalahay (by reason words) Malakaa (king) WaRabarabanaw (and his lords) LaBayath (house) Mashathahayaa (banquet) Ilalath (came): Inahath (spoke) Malakaathaa (queen) WaAmarath (and said), “Malakaa (king), LaIlamayan (forever - plural) Chayaay (live); Al (not) YaBahalawak (trouble you), Raiyawanak (don't let your thoughts) WaZayawayak (and let your face) Al (not) YaShathanaaw (changed).

11 Ayathay (𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤉) Gabar (man) BaMalakawathak (in your kingdom), DayaRawach (Plenty / more than enough spirit / wind) Alahayam (God) Qadayashayan (holy - plural); Baw (within him) WaBaYawamay (and in days) Abak (your father) Nahayaraw (his light) WaShakalathanaw (and understanding) WaChakamah (and wisdom), KaChakamahath (like wisdom) Alahayam (God), HaShathakachath ([causing] found); Baw (within him) WaMalakaa (and king) Nabawakadanatzar (Nebuchadnezzar) Abak (your father), Rab (many) Charatamayan (magicians), Ashapayan (enchanters), Kashaday (Chaldeans), Gazarayan (soothsayers) HaQawayamaw ([causing] made him) Abak (your father), Malakaa (king say);

12 KaLaQabalaDayaRawach (And because Plenty / more than enough spirit / wind), Yathayarah (excellent) WaManadai (and knowledge), WaShakalathanaw (and understanding), MaPashar (interpreting) Chalamayan (dreams), WaAchawahayath (and showing) Achayadahan (their dark sentences), WaMaSharaa (and dissolving) Qatarayan (doubts), HaShathakachath ([causing] found same) Baw (within him) Danay-Al (Daniel) Day-Malakaa (Plenty / more than enough king) YaShawam (named) Shamaw (his name) Balatashaatzar (Belteshazzar) Kain (Now) Danay-Al (Daniel). YaThaqaraay (let called), WaPashar (and show interpretation) HaYaHaChawaah (who 𐤇𐤅𐤀).”

13 BaAdayan (In 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Danay-Al (Daniel) YaHaIlal ([causing] brought) QadamaMalakaa (east king). Inah (answer / respond) Malakaa (king) WaAmar (and said) “Danay-Al (Daniel), Anathah (𐤀𐤍𐤕𐤄) Hawaa (which/who/that is) Danay-Al (Daniel), Day-Man-Banay (Plenty / more than enough from son) Galawathaa (captivity) Day (Plenty / more than enough) Yahawad (Judah), DayaYaHaAyathahay (Plenty / more than enough [causing] brought) Malakaa (king) Abay (my father) Man (from) Yahawad (Judah)?

14 WaShamaith (And heard), Ilayak (my _ over yours) DayaRawach (Plenty / more than enough spirit / wind) Alahayam (God), Bak (within him you) WaNahayaraw (and his light) WaShakalathanaw (and understanding) WaChakamah (and wisdom) Yathayarah (excellent) HaShathakachath ([causing] found) Bak (within him you).

15 WaKain (And now) HaIlalaw ([causing] brought) Qadamay (in before me), Chakayamayaa (wise men enchanters), Ashapayaa (𐤀𐤔𐤐) Day-Kathab (Plenty / more than enough write), HaDanah (this) YaQaraawan (read) WaPasharaw (and its interpretation) LaHaYawadaithay ([causing] known me); WaLaa (And not) Kahalayan (but they - plural) Pashar (show interpretation) Malahathaa (thing) LaHaChawaayah (𐤇𐤅𐤀).

16 WaAnaah (And 𐤀𐤍𐤀) Shamaith (heard), Ilayak (about you) Day-ThaYawakal (Plenty / more than enough you that) Pasharayan (give interpretations), LaMaPashar (𐤐𐤔𐤓) WaQatarayan (and doubts) LaMaSharaa (dissolve); Kain (now) HanaThaYawakal (behold you) Kathabaa (writing), LaMaQaraa (read) WaPasharaw (and its interpretation), LaHaYawadaithay ([causing] known me) Aragawanaa (purple), ThaLabash (you clothed) and chain Day-Dahabaa (Plenty / more than enough gold) Il-Tzawaarak (over your neck), WaThalathaa (and the third) BaMalakawathaa (in kingdom) ThaShalat (you ruler).”

17 BaAdayan (In 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Inah (answer / respond) Danay-Al (Daniel) WaAmar (and said) QadamaMalakaa (east king), “Mathanaathak (let your gifts) Lak (yourself), Lahawaayan (which/who/that is - plural) WaNabazabahayathak (and your rewards) LaAcharan (to another) Yahab (give); Baram (nevertheless) Kathabaa (writing) AQaraa (I read) LaMalakaa (to king), WaPasharaa (and interpretation) AHaYawadainaw (I [causing] known him).

18 “,Anathah (𐤀𐤍𐤕𐤄) Malakaa (king), Alahaa (God) Ilayaa (Ilayawan) Alahayam (God) Malakawathaa (kingdom), WaRabawathaa (and greatness), WaYaqaraa (and glory), WaHadar (and majesty) HaYaYahab (who gave) Nabawakadanatzar (Nebuchadnezzar) Abak (your father):

19 WaMan-Rabawathaa (And because greatness) DayaYaYahab (Plenty / more than enough he gave), Law (for him) Kal (every) Imamayaa (peoples), Amahayaa (nations), WaLashanayaa (and languages) Hawaaw (trembled) Zawaaiyan (𐤆𐤅𐤀𐤏 - plural) WaDachalayan (and feared - plural) Man (from): Qadamaw (east him) Day-YaHawaah (Plenty / more than enough he whom) Tzabaa (killed), YaHawaa (he and whom) Qatal (𐤒𐤈𐤋) WaDay-YaHawaah (And plenty / more than enough he kept alive); Tzabaa (troop) YaHawaah (he and whom) MaChayaa (raised), WaDay-YaHawaah (And plenty / more than enough he and whom) Tzabaa (troop) YaHawaah (he put down) MaRawayam (will lift up) WaDay-YaHawaah (And plenty / more than enough which/who/that is) Tzabaa (troop) YaHawaah (which/who/that is) MaShapayal (𐤔𐤐𐤉𐤋).

20 WaKaDayaYaRawam (And plenty / more than enough lifted up), Lababaw (his heart) WaRawachaw (and his spirit) ThaThaqapath (hardened) LaHaZawadah ([causing] dealt proudly), YaHaNachath (he [causing] deposed) Man-Karasaa (from throne), Malakawathaw (his kingly) WaYaqar (and 𐤉𐤒𐤓) HaHaIdaayaw (they who [causing] took) Manaw (glory him):

21 YaTarayad (and he was driven) from Banay (my son) Anashaa (of men), WaLababaw (and his heart) Shawahay (was made) Im (nation / people) the animals’, Madawaraw (and his dwelling) Iradayaa (was with the wild donkeys); YaTaimawanaw (he was fed him) with grass like oxen, Gashamaw (and his body) YaTzatabai (was wet) WaMaTal (and from with the dew) of the sky; Id (as far as) YaYadai (he knew) Ilayaa (that the Ilayawan) Alahayam (God) Shalayat (Potentate / Ruler) BaMalakawath (in the kingdom) Anashaa (of men), YaHaQawayam (and that he sets) Ilay (went up) it whomever YaTzabaah (he will).

22 “,WaAnathah (And 𐤀𐤍𐤕𐤄) Baraw (his son), Balashaatzar (Belshazzar), Laa (NOT) HaShapalath (you [causing] humbled) Lababak (your heart), KaLaQabalaDayaKal (and though Plenty / more than enough every) Danah (this), Yadaith (you knew)

23 WaIl (And yourself against) Adawan () Maraa (𐤌𐤓𐤀) Shamayanayaa (heaven) HathaRawamamath (you [reflexive] lifted up); WaLaMaanayaa (and vessels) Day-Bayathaw (Plenty / more than enough his house) HaAyathahayaw (they [causing] brought) Qadamayak (before you), WaAnathah (and 𐤀𐤍𐤕𐤄) WaRabarabanayak (and your lords), Shagalathak (your 𐤔𐤂𐤋) WaLachanahathak (and wives your concubines), Chamaraa (wine) Shathahayan (drunk - plural); Bam (within him them) WaLaAlahay (and God) Kasapaa (silver) WaDahabaa (and gold), Nachashaa (brass), Parazalaa (iron), Aia (wood), WaAbanaa (and stone), DayaLaa (Plenty / more than enough NOT) Chazaayan (don't see - plural), WaLaa (And not) Shamaiyan (hear - plural), WaLaa (And not) Yadaiyan (know - plural) Alahayam (God) Shabachath (you praised) Alahayam (God); WaLaAlahaa (and God) Day-Nashamaathak (Plenty / more than enough your breath), BaYadaw (in his hand) WaKal (and whose all) Arachathak (your ways), Law (for him) Laa (NOT) Hadarath (you glorified).

24 BaAdayan (In 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) Man-Qadamaw (from before him), YaShalayach (sent) Pasaa (𐤐𐤎) Day-Yadaa (Plenty / more than enough part hand) WaKathabaa (and writing) Danah (and this) YaRashayam (inscribed).

25 “WaDanah (And this) Kathabaa (writing) DayaYaRashayam (was more than sufficient with the Inscription): ‘Manaa (numbered / weighed), Manaa (numbered / weighed), Thaqal (Found wanting / light), WaParasayan (and it is broken / exposed - plural).’

26 “Danah (This) Pashar (interpretation) Malahathaa (thing): Manaa (Numbered / weighed); Alahayam (God) YaManaah (numbered) Alahaa (God) Malakawathak (your kingdom), WaHaShalamah (and [causing] brought end her);

27 Thaqal (Found wanting / light); ThaThaqayalathah (you weighed) BaMaazanayaa (in balances), WaHaShathakachath (and you [causing] found) Chasayar (wanting).

28 Paras (Break / Uncover / Expose), Paras (Persians) Malakawathak (PERES your kingdom) WaYahayabath (and given) LaMaday (to the Medes) WaParas (And break / Uncover / Expose).”

29 BaAdayan (In 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤍) YaAmar (said) Balashaatzar (Belshazzar), WaHaLabayashaw (and commanded they [causing] clothed) Danay-Al (Daniel) Aragawanaa (purple), and put chain Day-Dahabaa (Plenty / more than enough gold) Il-Tzawaaraw (over his neck), WaHaKarazaw (and [causing] made proclamation) Ilaw (concerning him), Day-LaHawaa (Plenty / more than enough which/who/that is) Shalayat (Potentate / Ruler) Thalathaa (the third) BaMalakawathaa (in kingdom).

30 Baw (Within him) BaLayalayaaa (in night) YaQatayal (slain) Balashaatzar (Belshazzar) Malakaa (king) Kashadayaa (chaldean).

31 It pleased Darayawash (Darius) to set over the malakaw (kingdom) one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole malakaw (kingdom);