1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

1 Nabuchodonosor rex fecit statuam auream, altitudine cubitorum sexaginta, latitudine cubitorum sex, et statuit eam in campo Dura, provinciæ Babylonis.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

2 Itaque Nabuchodonosor rex misit ad congregandos satrapas, magistratus, et judices, duces, et tyrannos, et præfectos, omnesque principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

3 Tunc congregati sunt satrapæ, magistratus, et judices, duces, et tyranni, et optimates, qui erant in potestatibus constituti, et universi principes regionum, ut convenirent ad dedicationem statuæ, quam erexerat Nabuchodonosor rex. Stabant autem in conspectu statuæ, quam posuerat Nabuchodonosor rex:

4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

4 et præco clamabat valenter: Vobis dicitur populis, tribubus, et linguis:

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

5 in hora qua audieritis sonitum tubæ, et fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, cadentes adorate statuam auream, quam constituit Nabuchodonosor rex.

6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

6 Si quis autem non prostratus adoraverit, eadem hora mittetur in fornacem ignis ardentis.

7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

7 Post hæc igitur, statim ut audierunt omnes populi sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et omnis generis musicorum, cadentes omnes populi, tribus, et linguæ adoraverunt statuam auream, quam constituerat Nabuchodonosor rex.

8 ¶ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

8 ¶ Statimque in ipso tempore accedentes viri Chaldæi accusaverunt Judæos:

9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

9 dixeruntque Nabuchodonosor regi: Rex, in æternum vive!

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

10 tu, rex, posuisti decretum, ut omnis homo, qui audierit sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, et citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, et universi generis musicorum, prosternat se, et adoret statuam auream:

11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

11 si quis autem non procidens adoraverit, mittatur in fornacem ignis ardentis.

12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

12 Sunt ergo viri Judæi, quos constituisti super opera regionis Babylonis, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: viri isti contempserunt, rex, decretum tuum: deos tuos non colunt, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adorant.

13 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

13 Tunc Nabuchodonosor, in furore et in ira, præcepit ut adducerentur Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: qui confestim adducti sunt in conspectu regis.

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

14 Pronuntiansque Nabuchodonosor rex, ait eis: Verene Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, deos meos non colitis, et statuam auream, quam constitui, non adoratis?

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

15 nunc ergo si estis parati, quacumque hora audieritis sonitum tubæ, fistulæ, citharæ, sambucæ, et psalterii, et symphoniæ, omnisque generis musicorum, prosternite vos, et adorate statuam, quam feci: quod si non adoraveritis, eadem hora mittemini in fornacem ignis ardentis: et quis est Deus, qui eripiet vos de manu mea?

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

16 Respondentes Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dixerunt regi Nabuchodonosor: Non oportet nos de hac re respondere tibi.

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.

17 Ecce enim Deus noster, quem colimus, potest eripere nos de camino ignis ardentis, et de manibus tuis, o rex, liberare.

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

18 Quod si noluerit, notum sit tibi, rex, quia deos tuos non colimus, et statuam auream, quam erexisti, non adoramus.

19 ¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

19 Tunc Nabuchodonosor repletus est furore, et aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago: et præcepit ut succenderetur fornax septuplum quam succendi consueverat.

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

20 Et viris fortissimis de exercitu suo jussit ut ligatis pedibus Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, mitterent eos in fornacem ignis ardentis.

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

21 Et confestim viri illi vincti, cum braccis suis, et tiaris, et calceamentis, et vestibus, missi sunt in medium fornacis ignis ardentis:

22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

22 nam jussio regis urgebat. Fornax autem succensa erat nimis: porro viros illos, qui miserant Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, interfecit flamma ignis.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

23 Viri autem hi tres, id est, Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, ceciderunt in medio camino ignis ardentis, colligati.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

24 ¶ Et ambulabant in medio flammæ, laudantes Deum, et benedicentes Domino.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

25 Stans autem Azarias oravit sic, aperiensque os suum in medio ignis, ait:

26 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

26 ¶ Benedictus es, Domine Deus patrum nostrorum,
et laudabile, et gloriosum nomen tuum in sæcula:

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

27 quia justus es in omnibus, quæ fecisti nobis,
et universa opera tua vera, et viæ tuæ rectæ,
et omnia judicia tua vera.

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

28 Judicia enim vera fecisti
juxta omnia, quæ induxisti super nos,
et super civitatem sanctam patrum nostrorum Jerusalem:
quia in veritate et in judicio induxisti omnia hæc
propter peccata nostra.

29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

29 Peccavimus enim, et inique egimus recedentes a te,
et deliquimus in omnibus:

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

30 et præcepta tua non audivimus,
nec observavimus,
nec fecimus sicut præceperas nobis
ut bene nobis esset.

31 Omnia ergo, quæ induxisti super nos,
et universa quæ fecisti nobis,
in vero judicio fecisti;

32 et tradidisti nos in manibus inimicorum nostrorum iniquorum,
et pessimorum, prævaricatorumque,
et regi injusto, et pessimo ultra omnem terram.

33 Et nunc non possumus aperire os:
confusio, et opprobrium facti sumus servis tuis,
et his qui colunt te.

34 Ne, quæsumus, tradas nos in perpetuum propter nomen tuum,
et ne dissipes testamentum tuum:

35 neque auferas misericordiam tuam a nobis,
propter Abraham, dilectum tuum,
et Isaac, servum tuum,
et Israël, sanctum tuum,

36 quibus locutus es pollicens quod multiplicares semen eorum
sicut stellas cæli,
et sicut arenam quæ est in littore maris;

37 quia, Domine, imminuti sumus plus quam omnes gentes,
sumusque humiles in universa terra hodie
propter peccata nostra.

38 Et non est in tempore hoc princeps, et dux, et propheta,
neque holocaustum, neque sacrificium,
neque oblatio, neque incensum,
neque locus primitiarum coram te,

39 ut possimus invenire misericordiam tuam,
sed in animo contrito, et spiritu humilitatis suscipiamur.

40 Sicut in holocausto arietum, et taurorum,
et sicut in millibus agnorum pinguium,
sic fiat sacrificium nostrum in conspectu tuo hodie, ut placeat tibi,
quoniam non est confusio confidentibus in te.

41 Et nunc sequimur te in toto corde;
et timemus te, et quærimus faciem tuam.

42 Nec confundas nos,
sed fac nobiscum juxta mansuetudinem tuam,
et secundum multitudinem misericordiæ tuæ.

43 Et erue nos in mirabilibus tuis,
et da gloriam nomini tuo, Domine;

44 et confundantur omnes qui ostendunt servis tuis mala:
confundantur in omni potentia tua,
et robur eorum conteratur:

45 et sciant quia tu es Dominus Deus solus,
et gloriosus super orbem terrarum.

46 ¶ Et non cessabant qui miserant eos ministri regis succendere fornacem, naphtha, et stuppa, et pice, et malleolis,

47 et effundebatur flamma super fornacem cubitis quadraginta novem:

48 et erupit, et incendit quos reperit juxta fornacem de Chaldæis.

49 Angelus autem Domini descendit cum Azaria, et sociis ejus in fornacem: et excussit flammam ignis de fornace,

50 et fecit medium fornacis quasi ventum roris flantem, et non tetigit eos omnino ignis, neque contristavit, nec quidquam molestiæ intulit.

51 Tunc hi tres quasi ex uno ore laudabant, et glorificabant, et benedicebant Deum in fornace, dicentes:

52 ¶ Benedictus es, Domine Deus patrum nostrorum:
et laudabilis, et gloriosus, et superexaltatus in sæcula.
Et benedictum nomen gloriæ tuæ sanctum:
et laudabile, et superexaltatum in omnibus sæculis.

53 Benedictus es in templo sancto gloriæ tuæ:
et superlaudabilis, et supergloriosus in sæcula.

54 Benedictus es in throno regni tui:
et superlaudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.

55 Benedictus es, qui intueris abyssos, et sedes super cherubim:
et laudabilis, et superexaltatus in sæcula.

56 Benedictus es in firmamento cæli:
et laudabilis et gloriosus in sæcula.

57 Benedicite, omnia opera Domini, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

58 Benedicite, angeli Domini, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

59 Benedicite, cæli, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

60 Benedicite, aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

61 Benedicite, omnes virtutes Domini, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

62 Benedicite, sol et luna, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

63 Benedicite, stellæ cæli, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

64 Benedicite, omnis imber et ros, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

65 Benedicite, omnes spiritus Dei, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

66 Benedicite, ignis et æstus, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

67 Benedicite, frigus et æstus, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

68 Benedicite, rores et pruina, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

69 Benedicite, gelu et frigus, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

70 Benedicite, glacies et nives, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

71 Benedicite, noctes et dies, Domino
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

72 Benedicite, lux et tenebræ, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

73 Benedicite, fulgura et nubes, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

74 Benedicat terra Dominum:
laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.

75 Benedicite, montes et colles, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

76 Benedicite, universa germinantia in terra, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

77 Benedicite, fontes, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

78 Benedicite, maria et flumina, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

79 Benedicite, cete, et omnia quæ moventur in aquis, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

80 Benedicite, omnes volucres cæli, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

81 Benedicite, omnes bestiæ et pecora, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

82 Benedicite, filii hominum, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

83 Benedicat Israël Dominum:
laudet et superexaltet eum in sæcula.

84 Benedicite, sacerdotes Domini, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

85 Benedicite, servi Domini, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

86 Benedicite, spiritus et animæ justorum, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

87 Benedicite, sancti et humiles corde, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula.

88 Benedicite, Anania, Azaria, Misaël, Domino:
laudate et superexaltate eum in sæcula:
quia eruit nos de inferno,
et salvos fecit de manu mortis:
et liberavit nos de medio ardentis flammæ,
et de medio ignis eruit nos.

89 Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus:
quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.

90 Benedicite, omnes religiosi, Domino Deo deorum:
laudate et confitemini ei, quia in omnia sæcula misericordia ejus.

91 ¶ Tunc Nabuchodonosor rex obstupuit, et surrexit propere, et ait optimatibus suis: Nonne tres viros misimus in medium ignis compeditos? Qui respondentes regi, dixerunt: Vere, rex.

92 Respondit, et ait: Ecce ego video quatuor viros solutos, et ambulantes in medio ignis, et nihil corruptionis in eis est, et species quarti similis filio Dei.

93 Tunc accessit Nabuchodonosor ad ostium fornacis ignis ardentis, et ait: Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, servi Dei excelsi, egredimini, et venite. Statimque egressi sunt Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago de medio ignis.

94 Et congregati satrapæ, et magistratus, et judices, et potentes regis contemplabantur viros illos, quoniam nihil potestatis habuisset ignis in corporibus eorum, et capillus capitis eorum non esset adustus, et sarabala eorum non fuissent immutata, et odor ignis non transisset per eos.

95 Et erumpens Nabuchodonosor, ait: Benedictus Deus eorum, Sidrach videlicet, Misach, et Abdenago: qui misit angelum suum, et eruit servos suos, qui crediderunt in eum: et verbum regis immutaverunt, et tradiderunt corpora sua ne servirent, et ne adorarent omnem deum, excepto Deo suo.

96 A me ergo positum est hoc decretum: ut omnis populus, tribus, et lingua, quæcumque locuta fuerit blasphemiam contra Deum Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago, dispereat, et domus ejus vastetur: neque enim est alius deus, qui possit ita salvare.

97 Tunc rex promovit Sidrach, Misach, et Abdenago in provincia Babylonis.

98 ¶ Nabuchodonosor rex, omnibus populis, gentibus, et linguis, qui habitant in universa terra, pax vobis multiplicetur.

99 Signa, et mirabilia fecit apud me Deus excelsus. Placuit ergo mihi prædicare

100 signa ejus, quia magna sunt: et mirabilia ejus, quia fortia: et regnum ejus regnum sempiternum, et potestas ejus in generationem et generationem.