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Danilo 5

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1 Car Valtasar učini veliku gozbu hiljadi knezova svojih, i pijaše vino pred hiljadom njih.

2 Napiv se vina Valtasar zapovedi da se donesu sudovi zlatni i srebrni, koje beše odneo Navuhodonosor otac mu iz crkve jerusalimske, da iz njih piju car i knezovi mu i žene njegove i inoče njegove.

3 I donesoše zlatne sudove koje behu odneli iz crkve doma Gospodnjeg u Jerusalimu, i pijahu iz njih car i knezovi njegovi, žene njegove i inoče njegove.

4 Pijahu vino, i hvaljahu bogove zlatne i srebrne i bronzane i drvene i kamene.

5 U taj čas iziđoše prsti ruke čovečije i pisahu prema svećnjaku po okrečenom zidu od carskog dvora, i car vide ruku koja pisaše.

6 Tada se promeni lice caru, i misli ga njegove uznemiriše i pojas se oko njega raspasa i kolena mu udarahu jedno o drugo.

7 Povika car glasno, te dovedoše zvezdare, Haldeje i gatare; i progovori car i reče mudracima vavilonskim: Ko pročita ovo pismo i kaže mi šta znači, onaj će se obući u skerlet, i nosiće zlatnu verižicu o vratu, i biće treći gospodar u carstvu.

8 Tada pristupiše svi mudraci carevi; ali ne mogoše pročitati pisma niti kazati caru šta znači.

9 Tada se car Valtasar vrlo uznemiri, i lice mu se sasvim izmeni; i knezovi se njegovi prepadoše.

10 Dođe carica radi toga što se dogodi caru i knezovima njegovim u kuću gde beše gozba, i progovori carica i reče: Care, da si živ doveka! Da te ne uznemiruju misli tvoje, i da ti se lice ne menja.

11 Ima čovek u tvom carstvu, u kome je duh svetih bogova; i u vreme oca tvog nađe se u njega videlo i razum i mudrost, kakva je u bogova, i car Navuhodonosor, otac tvoj, care, postavi ga glavarem vračarima, zvezdarima, Haldejima i gatarima;

12 Jer velik duh i znanje i razum za kazivanje snova i pogađanje zagonetki i razmršivanje zamršenih stvari nađe se u Danila, kome car nade ime Valtasar; neka sada dozovu Danila, i on će kazati šta znači.

13 Tada Danilo bi doveden pred cara. Car progovori Danilu i reče: Jesi li ti Danilo između roblja Judina, koje dovede iz judejske car otac moj?

14 Čuh za tebe da je duh svetih bogova u tebi, i videlo i razum i mudrost velika da se nađe u tebe.

15 A sada su dovedeni preda me mudraci, zvezdari, da pročitaju pismo i kažu mi šta znači; ali ne mogu da kažu šta to znači.

16 A za tebe ja čuh da možeš protumačiti i zamršene stvari razmrsiti. Ako, dakle, možeš pročitati ovo pismo i kazati mi šta znači, obući ćeš se u skerlet, i zlatnu verižicu nosićeš o vratu, i bićeš treći gospodar u carstvu.

17 Tada odgovori Danilo i reče pred carem: Darovi tvoji neka tebi, i podaj drugom poklone svoje; a pismo ću ja pročitati caru i kazati šta znači.

18 Care, Bog Višnji dade carstvo veličinu i slavu i čast Navuhodonosoru, ocu tvom.

19 I od veličine koju mu dade svi narodi, plemena i jezici drhtahu pred njim i bojahu ga se; ubijaše koga hoćaše, i ostavljaše u životu koga hoćaše, uzvišavaše koga hoćaše, i ponižavaše koga hoćaše.

20 Ali kada mu se podiže srce i duh mu se posili u oholosti, bi smetnut s carskog prestola svog, i uzeše mu slavu.

21 I bi prognan između ljudi i srce mu posta kao u zveri, i stan mu beše s divljim magarcima, hraniše ga travom kao goveda, i rosa nebeska kvasi mu telo, dokle pozna da Bog Višnji vlada carstvom ljudskim, i koga hoće postavlja nad njim.

22 A ti, Valtasare, sine njegov, nisi ponizio srca svog premda si znao sve ovo.

23 Nego si se podigao na Gospoda nebeskog, i sudove doma Njegovog donesoše preda te, i piste iz njih vino ti i knezovi tvoji, žene tvoje i inoče tvoje, i ti hvali bogove srebrne i zlatne, bronzane, gvozdene, drvene i kamene, koji ne vide niti čuju, niti razumeju, a ne slavi Boga, u čijoj je ruci duša tvoja i svi putevi tvoji.

24 Zato od Njega bi poslana ruka i ovo pismo bi napisano.

25 A ovo je pismo napisano: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UFARSIN.

26 A ovo znače te reči: MENE, brojao je Bog tvoje carstvo i do kraja izbrojao.

27 TEKEL, izmeren si na merila, i našao si se lak.

28 FERES, razdeljeno je carstvo tvoje, i dano Midijanima i Persijanima.

29 Tada zapovedi Valtasar, te obukoše Danila u skerlet, i metnuše mu zlatnu verižicu oko vrata, i proglasiše za nj da je treći gospodar u carstvu.

30 Istu noćbi ubijen Valtasar, car haldejski.

31 A Darije Midijanin preuze carstvo, i beše mu oko šezdeset i dve godine.

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #37

  
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37. 9. From the Old Testament

God hath revealed what shall come to pass in the latter days (Daniel 2:28).

(The consummation of the church from its first foundation to its end is described by the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar, in like manner as the four ages by the ancients; the first, which was before the flood, by gold; the second, after the flood, by silver; the third, which was the Israelitish up to that time, by brass; and the fourth, which was the Christian, by iron mixed with clay (Daniel 2:32-33).

By "gold" is signified celestial good; by "silver" spiritual truth; by "brass" natural good; by "iron" natural truth; and by "iron mixed with clay" truth falsified, because it does not cleave together; by the seed of man the truth of the Word, which is also said of the feet of iron (Daniel 2:34-43).)

(A stone which was not [made] by hands, which smote and ground up the image, and which became a great rock, signifies the Lord, who in the Word is meant by "a stone" and by "the rock" which filled all the earth, whose kingdom shall stand for ages of ages (Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45).)

The fourth, seen in the furnace of fire, is said to be like the Son of man. It is not said man, because the Son of man signifies the Lord as to the Word; and this is also called an angel, whom God sent (Daniel 3:25, 28).

The "Son of man" when said of another, and a "prophet," signify Him as the truth of the church from the Word.

The consummation is also described by the tree growing to the end of the earth seen by Nebuchadnezzar, in a dream; and the coming of the Lord, by the Watcher and the Holy One who descended and commanded to hew down the tree utterly; and that they left the stump of the roots in the earth in a band of iron and of brass, signifies the Word by which the church revived; this also happened in the time of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:10-13, 17-31). The consummation of the whole, or the destruction of all things of the church, is described by the feast of Belshazzar, in which with magnates and concubines he drank the wine out of vessels of gold and silver from the temple of Jerusalem, and praised the gods of gold, of silver, etc., by which is signified the profanation of the holy things of the church, wherefore it was written on the wall that his kingdom was finished, and he was slain on that night (Daniel 5:1 to end).

(The consummation of the church is described by the four beasts out of the sea; also what the first was, what the second, third, and fourth, which was terrible because it broke in pieces all things of good and truth. What they signify may be seen in Apocalypse Revealed574. The complete consummation is meant by the slaying of the beast and the destruction of the body. That then the Lord will come and will reign unto ages of ages is evident from verses 13-14, 22, 27. His church is meant by the holy people, because they are in Divine truths from the Lord (Daniel 7:1 to end).

  
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