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4 etous oktōkaidekatou tēs basileias nabouchodonosor eipen eirēneuōn ēmēn en tō oikō mou kai euthēnōn epi tou thronou mou 5 enupnion eidon kai eulabēthēn kai phobos moi epepesen 6  7  8  9 

10 ekatheudon kai idou dendron upsēlon phuomenon epi tēs gēs ē orasis autou megalē kai ouk ēn ango omoion autō

11 kai ē orasis autou megalē ē koruphē autou ēngizen eōs tou ouranou kai to kutos autou eōs tōn nephelōn plēroun ta upokatō tou ouranou o ēlios kai ē selēnē en autō ōkoun kai ephōtizon pasan tēn gēn

12 oi kladoi autou tō mēkei ōs stadiōn triakonta kai upokatō autou eskiazon panta ta thēria tēs gēs kai en autō ta peteina tou ouranou enosseuon o karpos autou polus kai agathos kai echorēgei pasi tois zōois

13 etheōroun en tō upnō mou kai idou angelos apestalē en ischui ek tou ouranou

14 kai ephōnēse kai eipen autō ekkopsate auto kai kataphtheirate auto prostetaktai gar apo tou upsistou ekrizōsai kai achreiōsai auto

15 kai outōs eipe rizan mian aphete autou en tē gē opōs meta tōn thēriōn tēs gēs en tois oresi chorton ōs bous nemētai

16 kai apo tēs drosou tou ouranou to sōma autou angoiōthē kai epta etē boskēthē sun autois

17 eōs an gnō ton kurion tou ouranou exousian echein pantōn tōn en tō ouranō kai tōn epi tēs gēs kai osa an thelē poiei en autois [17a] enōpion mou exekopē en ēmera mia kai ē kataphthora autou en ōra mia tēs ēmeras kai oi kladoi autou edothēsan eis panta anemon kai einkusthē kai erriphē kai ton chorton tēs gēs meta tōn thēriōn tēs gēs ēsthie kai eis phulakēn paredothē kai en pedais kai en cheiropedais chankais edethē up' autōn sphodra ethaumasa epi pasi toutois kai o upnos mou apestē apo tōn ophthalmōn mou

18 kai anastas to prōi ek tēs koitēs mou ekalesa ton daniēl ton archonta tōn sophistōn kai ton ēgoumenon tōn krinontōn ta enupnia kai diēgēsamēn autō to enupnion kai upedeixe moi pasan tēn sunkrisin autou

19 megalōs de ethaumasen o daniēl kai uponoia katespeuden auton kai phobētheis tromou labontos auton kai angoiōtheisēs tēs oraseōs autou kinēsas tēn kephalēn ōran mian apothaumasas apekrithē moi phōnē praeia basileu to enupnion touto tois misousi se kai ē sunkrisis autou tois echthrois sou epelthoi 20 to dendron to en tē gē pephuteumenon ou ē orasis megalē su ei basileu 21 kai panta ta peteina tou ouranou ta nosseuonta en autō ē ischus tēs gēs kai tōn ethnōn kai tōn glōssōn pasōn eōs tōn peratōn tēs gēs kai pasai ai chōrai soi douleuousi 22 to de anupsōthēnai to dendron ekeino kai engisai tō ouranō kai to kutos autou apsasthai tōn nephelōn su basileu upsōthēs uper pantas tous anthrōpous tous ontas epi prosōpou pasēs tēs gēs upsōthē sou ē kardia uperēphania kai ischui ta pros ton agion kai tous angelous autou ta erga sou ōphthē kathoti exerēmōsas ton oikon tou theou tou zōntos epi tais amartiais tou laou tou ēgiasmenou 23 kai ē orasis ēn eides oti angelos en ischui apestalē para tou kuriou kai oti eipen exarai to dendron kai ekkopsai ē krisis tou theou tou megalou ēxei epi se 24 kai o upsistos kai oi angeloi autou epi se katatrechousin 25 eis phulakēn apaxousi se kai eis topon erēmon apostelousi se 26 kai ē riza tou dendrou ē aphetheisa epei ouk exerrizōthē o topos tou thronou sou soi suntērēthēsetai eis kairon kai ōran idou epi se etoimazontai kai mastigōsousi se kai epaxousi ta kekrimena epi se 27 kurios zē en ouranō kai ē exousia autou epi pasē tē gē autou deēthēti peri tōn amartiōn sou kai pasas tas adikias sou en eleēmosunais lutrōsai ina epieikeia dothē soi kai poluēmeros genē epi tou thronou tēs basileias sou kai mē kataphtheirē se toutous tous logous agapēson akribēs gar mou o logos kai plērēs o chronos sou

28 kai epi sunteleia tōn logōn nabouchodonosor ōs ēkouse tēn krisin tou oramatos tous logous en tē kardia sunetērēse 29 kai meta mēnas dōdeka o basileus epi tōn teichōn tēs poleōs meta pasēs tēs doxēs autou periepatei kai epi tōn purgōn autēs dieporeueto 30 kai apokritheis eipen autē esti babulōn ē megalē ēn egō ōkodomēsa kai oikos basileias mou en ischui kratous mou klēthēsetai eis timēn tēs doxēs mou 31 kai epi sunteleias tou logou autou phōnēn ek tou ouranou ēkouse soi legetai nabouchodonosor basileu ē basileia babulōnos aphērētai sou kai eterō didotai exouthenēmenō anthrōpō en tō oikō sou idou egō kathistēmi auton epi tēs basileias sou kai tēn exousian sou kai tēn doxan sou kai tēn truphēn sou paralēpsetai opōs epignōs oti exousian echei o theos tou ouranou en tē basileia tōn anthrōpōn kai ō ean boulētai dōsei autēn eōs de ēliou anatolēs basileus eteros euphranthēsetai en tō oikō sou kai kratēsei tēs doxēs sou kai tēs ischuos sou kai tēs exousias sou 32 kai oi angeloi diōxontai se epi etē epta kai ou mē ophthēs oud' ou mē lalēsēs meta pantos anthrōpou chorton ōs boun se psōmisousi kai apo tēs chloēs tēs gēs estai ē nomē sou idou anti tēs doxēs sou dēsousi se kai ton oikon tēs truphēs sou kai tēn basileian sou eteros exei 33 eōs de prōi panta telesthēsetai epi se nabouchodonosor basileu babulōnos kai ouch usterēsei apo pantōn toutōn outhen [33a] egō nabouchodonosor basileus babulōnos epta etē epedēthēn chorton ōs boun epsōmisan me kai apo tēs chloēs tēs gēs ēsthion kai meta etē epta edōka tēn psuchēn mou eis deēsin kai ēxiōsa peri tōn amartiōn mou kata prosōpon kuriou tou theou tou ouranou kai peri tōn agnoiōn mou tou theou tōn theōn tou megalou edeēthēn [33b] kai ai triches mou egenonto ōs pteruges aetou oi onuches mou ōsei leontos ēngoiōthē ē sarx mou kai ē kardia mou gumnos periepatoun meta tōn thēriōn tēs gēs enupnion eidon kai uponoiai me eilēphasi kai dia chronou upnos me elabe polus kai nustagmos epepese moi

34 kai epi sunteleia tōn epta etōn o chronos mou tēs apolutrōseōs ēlthe kai ai amartiai mou kai ai agnoiai mou eplērōthēsan enantion tou theou tou ouranou kai edeēthēn peri tōn agnoiōn mou tou theou tōn theōn tou megalou kai idou angelos eis ekalese me ek tou ouranou legōn nabouchodonosor douleuson tō theō tou ouranou tō agiō kai dos doxan tō upsistō to basileion tou ethnous sou soi apodidotai

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36 en ekeinō tō kairō apokatestathē ē basileia mou emoi kai ē doxa mou apedothē moi 37 tō upsistō anthomologoumai kai ainō tō ktisanti ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tas thalassas kai tous potamous kai panta ta en autois exomologoumai kai ainō oti autos esti theos tōn theōn kai kurios tōn kuriōn kai basileus tōn basileōn oti autos poiei sēmeia kai terata kai alloioi kairous kai chronous aphairōn basileian basileōn kai kathistōn eterous ant' autōn [37a] apo tou nun autō latreusō kai apo tou phobou autou tromos eilēphe me kai pantas tous agious autou ainō oi gar theoi tōn ethnōn ouk echousin en eautois ischun apostrepsai basileian basileōs eis eteron basilea kai apokteinai kai zēn poiēsai kai poiēsai sēmeia kai thaumasia megala kai phobera kai alloiōsai upermegethē pragmata kathōs epoiēsen en emoi o theos tou ouranou kai ēlloiōsen ep' emoi megala pragmata egō pasas tas ēmeras tēs basileias mou peri tēs psuchēs mou tō upsistō thusias prosoisō eis osmēn euōdias tō kuriō kai to areston enōpion autou poiēsō egō kai o laos mou to ethnos mou kai ai chōrai mou ai en tē exousia mou kai osoi elalēsan eis ton theon tou ouranou kai osoi an katalēphthōsi lalountes ti toutous katakrinō thanatō [37b] egrapse de o basileus nabouchodonosor epistolēn enkuklion pasi tois kata topon ethnesi kai chōrais kai glōssais pasais tais oikousais en pasais tais chōrais en geneais kai geneais kuriō tō theō tou ouranou aineite kai thusian kai prosphoran prospherete autō endoxōs egō basileus basileōn anthomologoumai autō endoxōs oti outōs epoiēse met' emou en autē tē ēmera ekathise me epi tou thronou mou kai tēs exousias mou kai tēs basileias mou en tō laō mou ekratēsa kai ē megalōsunē mou apokatestathē moi [37ch] nabouchodonosor basileus pasi tois ethnesi kai pasais tais chōrais kai pasi tois oikousin en autais eirēnē umin plēthuntheiē en panti kairō kai nun upodeixō umin tas praxeis as epoiēse met' emou o theos o megas edoxe de moi apodeixai umin kai tois sophistais umōn oti esti theos kai ta thaumasia autou megala to basileion autou basileion eis ton aiōna ē exousia autou apo geneōn eis geneas kai apesteilen epistolas peri pantōn tōn genēthentōn autō en tē basileia autou pasi tois ethnesi tois ousin upo tēn basileian autou