Dn 6:1Placuit Dārīō, et cōnstituit super regnum satrapās centum vīgintī ut essent in tōtō regnō suō.It pleased Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in his whole kingdom. Dn 6:2Et super eōs prīncipēs trēs, ex quibus Daniēl ūnus erat: ut satrapae illīs redderent ratiōnem, et rēx nōn sustinēret molestiam.And over them three chiefs, of whom Daniel was one: so that the satraps should render account to them, and the king should not suffer trouble. Dn 6:3Igitur Daniēl superābat omnēs prīncipēs et satrapās, quia spīritus Deī amplior erat in illō.So Daniel was surpassing all the chiefs and satraps, because a greater spirit of God was in him. Dn 6:4Porrō rēx cōgitābat cōnstituere eum super omne regnum: unde prīncipēs, et satrapae quaerēbant occāsiōnem ut invenīrent Daniēlī ex latere rēgis: nūllamque causam, et suspīciōnem reperīre potuērunt, eō quod fidēlis esset, et omnis culpa, et suspīciō nōn invenīrētur in eō.Further, the king was thinking of appointing him over the whole kingdom: whereupon the chiefs and satraps were seeking an occasion to find against Daniel on the side of the king: and they could discover no charge, and no suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, and no suspicion was found in him.
Dn 6:5Dīxērunt ergō virī illī: Nōn inveniēmus Daniēlī huic aliquam occāsiōnem, nisi forte in lēge Deī suī.So those men said: "We will not find against this Daniel any occasion, unless perhaps in the law of his God." Dn 6:6Tunc prīncipēs et satrapae surripuērunt rēgī, et sīc locūtī sunt eī: Dārī rēx, in aeternum vīve!Then the chiefs and satraps stole upon the king, and spoke thus to him: "King Darius, live for ever! Dn 6:7Cōnsilium iniērunt omnēs prīncipēs regnī tuī, magistrātūs, et satrapae, senātōrēs, et jūdicēs, ut dēcrētum imperātōrium exeat, et ēdictum: ut omnis, quī petierit aliquam petītiōnem ā quōcumque deō et homine ūsque ad trīgintā diēs, nisi ā tē, rēx, mittātur in lacum leōnum.All the chiefs of your kingdom, the magistrates, and satraps, senators, and judges, have entered into counsel that an imperial decree should go out, and an edict: that everyone who asks any petition from any god or man for up to thirty days, except from you, king, should be sent into the pit of lions. Dn 6:8Nunc itaque rēx, cōnfirmā sententiam, et scrībe dēcrētum: ut nōn immūtētur quod statūtum est ā Mēdīs et Persīs, nec praevāricārī cuiquam liceat.Now therefore, king, confirm the sentence, and write the decree: so that what has been established by the Medes and Persians may not be changed, nor may it be lawful for anyone to transgress it."
Dn 6:9Porrō rēx Dārīus prōposuit ēdictum, et statuit.Then King Darius put forth the edict, and established it. Dn 6:10Quod cum Daniēl comperisset, id est, cōnstitūtam lēgem, ingressus est domum suam: et fenestrīs apertīs in coenāculō suō contrā Jerūsalem tribus temporibus in diē flectēbat genua sua, et adōrābat, cōnfitēbāturque cōram Deō suō sīcut et ante facere cōnsuēverat.And when Daniel had learnt this, that is, that the law had been established, he went into his house: and, the windows having been opened in his upper room towards Jerusalem, three times in the day he was bending his knees, and worshipping, and giving thanks before his God, just as he had been accustomed to do before as well. Dn 6:11Virī ergō illī cūriōsius inquīrentēs invēnērunt Daniēlem ōrantem, et obsecrantem Deum suum.So those men, inquiring rather curiously, found Daniel praying, and beseeching his God. Dn 6:12Et accēdentēs locūtī sunt rēgī super ēdictō: Rēx, numquid nōn cōnstituistī ut omnis homō quī rogāret quemquam dē diīs et hominibus ūsque ad diēs trīgintā, nisi tē, rēx, mitterētur in lacum leōnum?And approaching, they spoke to the king about the edict: "King, did you not establish that every man who asked any of gods or men for up to thirty days, except you, king, should be sent into the pit of lions?"
Dn 6:12Ad quōs respondēns rēx, ait: Vērus est sermō jūxtā dēcrētum Mēdōrum atque Persārum, quod praevāricārī nōn licet.Answering them, the king said: "The word is true, according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to transgress." Dn 6:13Tunc respondentēs dīxērunt cōram rēge: Daniēl dē fīliīs captīvitātis Jūda, nōn cūrāvit dē lēge tuā, et dē ēdictō quod cōnstituistī: sed tribus temporibus per diem ōrat obsecrātiōne suā.Then, answering, they said before the king: "Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, has not cared for your law, nor for the edict which you established: but three times a day he prays with his supplication." Dn 6:14Quod verbum cum audīsset rēx, satis contrīstātus est: et prō Daniēle posuit cor ut līberāret eum, et ūsque ad occāsum sōlis labōrābat ut ērueret illum.When the king had heard this word, he was greatly saddened: and on Daniel's behalf he set his heart on freeing him, and right up to the setting of the sun he was labouring to rescue him. Dn 6:15Virī autem illī, intelligentēs rēgem, dīxērunt eī: Scītō, rēx, quia lēx Mēdōrum atque Persārum est ut omne dēcrētum, quod cōnstituerit rēx, nōn liceat immūtārī.But those men, understanding the king, said to him: "Know, king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that every decree which the king has established may not be changed."
Dn 6:16Tunc rēx praecēpit, et addūxērunt Daniēlem, et mīsērunt eum in lacum leōnum.Then the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel, and sent him into the pit of lions. Dn 6:16Dīxitque rēx Daniēlī: Deus tuus, quem colis semper, ipse līberābit tē.And the king said to Daniel: "Your God, whom you always worship, he himself will free you." Dn 6:17Allātusque est lapis ūnus, et positus est super ōs lacī: quem obsignāvit rēx annulō suō, et annulō optimātum suōrum, nē quid fieret contrā Daniēlem.And a stone was brought, and was placed over the mouth of the pit: which the king sealed with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles, so that nothing should be done against Daniel. Dn 6:18Et abiit rēx in domum suam, et dormīvit incoenātus, cibīque nōn sunt allātī cōram eō, īnsuper et somnus recessit ab eō.And the king went away into his house, and slept without supper, and food was not brought before him, and moreover sleep went away from him. Dn 6:19Tunc rēx prīmō dīlūculō cōnsurgēns, festīnus ad lacum leōnum perrēxit: appropinquānsque lacuī, Daniēlem vōce lacrimābilī inclāmāvit, et affātus est eum: Daniēl serve Deī vīventis, Deus tuus, cui tū servīs semper, Putāsne valuit tē līberāre ā leōnibus?Then the king, rising at first dawn, went in haste to the pit of lions: and drawing near the pit, he called out to Daniel with a tearful voice, and addressed him: "Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you always serve, do you think he has been able to free you from the lions?"
Dn 6:21Et Daniēl rēgī respondēns ait: Rēx, in aeternum vīve!And Daniel, answering the king, said: "King, live for ever! Dn 6:22Deus meus mīsit angelum suum, et conclūsit ōra leōnum, et nōn nocuērunt mihi: quia cōram eō jūstitia inventa est in mē: sed et cōram tē, rēx, dēlictum nōn fēcī.My God sent his angel, and shut the mouths of the lions, and they did not harm me: because before him justice was found in me: but before you too, king, I have done no wrong." Dn 6:23Tunc vehementer rēx gāvīsus est super eō, et Daniēlem praecēpit ēdūcī dē lacū: ēductusque est Daniēl dē lacū, et nūlla laesiō inventa est in eō, quia crēdidit Deō suō.Then the king rejoiced greatly over him, and ordered Daniel to be brought out of the pit: and Daniel was brought out of the pit, and no injury was found in him, because he believed in his God. Dn 6:24Jubente autem rēge, adductī sunt virī illī, quī accūsāverant Daniēlem: et in lacum leōnum missī sunt, ipsī, et fīliī, et uxōrēs eōrum: et nōn pervēnērunt ūsque ad pavīmentum lacī, dōnec arriperent eōs leōnēs, et omnia ossa eōrum comminuērunt.And, the king ordering it, those men who had accused Daniel were brought: and into the pit of lions they were sent, they themselves, and their sons, and their wives: and they did not reach the floor of the pit before the lions seized them, and broke all their bones in pieces.
Dn 6:25Tunc Dārīus rēx scrīpsit ūniversīs populīs, tribubus, et linguīs habitantibus in ūniversā terrā: Pāx vōbīs multiplicētur.Then King Darius wrote to all peoples, tribes, and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: "May peace be multiplied for you. Dn 6:26Ā mē cōnstitūtum est dēcrētum, ut in ūniversō imperiō et regnō meō, tremīscant et paveant Deum Daniēlis: ipse est enim Deus vīvēns, et aeternus in saecula, et regnum ejus nōn dissipābitur, et potestās ejus ūsque in aeternum.By me a decree has been established, that in my whole empire and kingdom they should tremble and be in dread before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and eternal for ever, and his kingdom will not be scattered, and his power right up to eternity. Dn 6:27Ipse līberātor atque salvātor, faciēns signa et mīrābilia in caelō et in terrā: quī līberāvit Daniēlem dē lacū leōnum.He is a deliverer and saviour, doing signs and wonders in heaven and on earth: who has freed Daniel from the pit of lions." Dn 6:28Porrō Daniēl persevērāvit ūsque ad regnum Dārīī, regnumque Cyrī Persae.And Daniel continued right up to the reign of Darius, and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.