1<\/span><\/a> Belsassar konungur h\u00e9lt fyrirm\u00f6nnum s\u00ednum mikla veislu, \u00fe\u00fasund m\u00f6nnum alls, og drakk v\u00edn sitt me\u00f0 \u00feeim. 2<\/span><\/a> Er v\u00edni\u00f0 t\u00f3k a\u00f0 sv\u00edfa \u00e1 Belsassar skipa\u00f0i hann a\u00f0 s\u00f3tt skyldu gull- og silfurkerin sem Neb\u00fakadnesar, fa\u00f0ir hans, haf\u00f0i haft \u00e1 burt me\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00far musterinu \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem svo a\u00f0 konungurinn, hef\u00f0armenn hans, konur hans og hj\u00e1konur g\u00e6tu drukki\u00f0 \u00far \u00feeim. 3<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 voru gullkerin s\u00f3tt, sem tekin h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 \u00far musterinu, h\u00fasi Gu\u00f0s \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem, og konungurinn, hef\u00f0armenn hans, konur hans og hj\u00e1konur drukku \u00far \u00feeim. 4<\/span><\/a> \u00deau drukku v\u00edn og lofu\u00f0u gu\u00f0i s\u00edna, gu\u00f0i \u00far gulli, silfri, eir, j\u00e1rni, tr\u00e9 og steini. 13<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 var komi\u00f0 me\u00f0 Dan\u00edel inn til konungs. Konungur sag\u00f0i vi\u00f0 hann: \u201eErt \u00fe\u00fa Dan\u00edel, einn af Gy\u00f0ingunum sem konungurinn, fa\u00f0ir minn, herleiddi fr\u00e1 J\u00fada? 14<\/span><\/a> \u00c9g hef heyrt a\u00f0 andi gu\u00f0anna b\u00fai \u00ed \u00fe\u00e9r og a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa s\u00e9rt g\u00e6ddur visku, \u00feekkingu og d\u00e6maf\u00e1rri speki. 15<\/span><\/a> N\u00fa hef \u00e9g l\u00e1ti\u00f0 s\u00e6kja vitringa og s\u00e6ringamenn til \u00feess a\u00f0 lesa \u00feetta letur og r\u00e1\u00f0a \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir mig en \u00feeir geta ekki sagt m\u00e9r hva\u00f0 \u00feessi or\u00f0 merkja. 16<\/span><\/a> En um \u00feig hef \u00e9g fr\u00e9tt a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa kunnir b\u00e6\u00f0i a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a \u00ed t\u00e1kn og grei\u00f0a \u00far vandam\u00e1lum. Getir \u00fe\u00fa lesi\u00f0 \u00feetta letur og sagt m\u00e9r hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 merkir skaltu hlj\u00f3ta a\u00f0 launum purpurakl\u00e6\u00f0i, h\u00e1lsfesti \u00far gulli og teljast hinn \u00feri\u00f0ji a\u00f0 tign \u00ed r\u00edkinu \u00f6llu.\u201c Letri\u00f0 \u00e1 veggnum 1 Belsassar konungur h\u00e9lt fyrirm\u00f6nnum s\u00ednum mikla veislu, \u00fe\u00fasund m\u00f6nnum alls, og drakk v\u00edn sitt me\u00f0 \u00feeim. 2 Er v\u00edni\u00f0 t\u00f3k a\u00f0 sv\u00edfa \u00e1 Belsassar skipa\u00f0i hann a\u00f0 s\u00f3tt skyldu gull- og silfurkerin sem Neb\u00fakadnesar, fa\u00f0ir hans, haf\u00f0i haft \u00e1 burt me\u00f0 s\u00e9r \u00far musterinu \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem svo a\u00f0 konungurinn, hef\u00f0armenn hans, konur hans og hj\u00e1konur g\u00e6tu drukki\u00f0 \u00far \u00feeim. 3 \u00de\u00e1 voru gullkerin s\u00f3tt, sem tekin h\u00f6f\u00f0u veri\u00f0 \u00far musterinu, h\u00fasi Gu\u00f0s \u00ed Jer\u00fasalem, og konungurinn, hef\u00f0armenn hans, konur hans og hj\u00e1konur drukku \u00far \u00feeim. 4 \u00deau drukku v\u00edn og lofu\u00f0u gu\u00f0i s\u00edna, gu\u00f0i \u00far gulli, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"bibliukaflar_NT.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblian.is\/biblian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
5<\/span><\/a> En \u00fe\u00e1 birtust fingur \u00e1 mannshendi og ritu\u00f0u \u00feeir \u00e1 kalki\u00f0 \u00e1 veggnum \u00ed konungsh\u00f6llinni, gegnt lj\u00f3sastikunni, svo a\u00f0 konungurinn s\u00e1 h\u00f6ndina rita. 6<\/span><\/a> Konungur br\u00e1 litum og var\u00f0 svo \u00f3ttasleginn a\u00f0 f\u00e6tur hans kiknu\u00f0u og hn\u00e9n skulfu. 7<\/span><\/a> Konungur kalla\u00f0i h\u00e1um r\u00f3mi a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja skyldi s\u00e6ringamennina, Kaldea og sp\u00e1sagnamennina. Og konungur t\u00f3k til m\u00e1ls og sag\u00f0i vi\u00f0 vitringana \u00ed Bab\u00fdlon: \u201eHver sem les \u00feetta letur og segir m\u00e9r hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 merkir skal hlj\u00f3ta purpurakl\u00e6\u00f0i, h\u00e1lsfesti \u00far gulli og skipa \u00feri\u00f0ja \u00e6\u00f0sta tignarsess \u00ed r\u00edkinu.\u201c 8<\/span><\/a> Allir vitringar konungs komu en \u00feeir g\u00e1tu hvorki lesi\u00f0 letri\u00f0 n\u00e9 r\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 fyrir konung. 9<\/span><\/a> Belsassar konungur var\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 afar skelfdur og f\u00f6lna\u00f0i en uggur greip um sig me\u00f0al hef\u00f0armanna hans.
10<\/span><\/a> \u00deegar drottning heyr\u00f0i or\u00f0askipti konungs og hef\u00f0armanna hans gekk h\u00fan \u00ed veislusalinn og t\u00f3k til m\u00e1ls: \u201eKonungur, megir \u00fe\u00fa lifa a\u00f0 eil\u00edfu. L\u00e1ttu ekki hugsanir \u00fe\u00ednar hr\u00e6\u00f0a \u00feig svo a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fa f\u00f6lnir. 11<\/span><\/a> \u00cd r\u00edki \u00fe\u00ednu er ma\u00f0ur nokkur sem andi hinna heil\u00f6gu gu\u00f0a b\u00fdr \u00ed og \u00e1 d\u00f6gum f\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00edns reyndu menn hann a\u00f0 visku, \u00feekkingu og speki, l\u00edkri speki gu\u00f0anna. Neb\u00fakadnesar konungur, fa\u00f0ir \u00feinn, skipa\u00f0i hann yfirmann sp\u00e1sagnamannanna, s\u00e6ringamannanna, Kaldea og galdramannanna. 12<\/span><\/a> \u00deessi ma\u00f0ur, Dan\u00edel, sem konungurinn kalla\u00f0i Beltsasar, bj\u00f3 yfir fr\u00e1b\u00e6ru inns\u00e6i, \u00feekkingu og kunn\u00e1ttu vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a drauma og g\u00e1tur og grei\u00f0a \u00far vandam\u00e1lum. L\u00e1ttu \u00fev\u00ed kalla \u00e1 Dan\u00edel svo a\u00f0 hann geti sagt hva\u00f0 \u00feetta merkir.\u201c <\/p>\nDan\u00edel r\u00e6\u00f0ur r\u00fanirnar \u00e1 veggnum<\/h3>\n
17<\/span><\/a> Dan\u00edel sag\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0 konung: \u201eHaltu sj\u00e1lfur \u00feeirri umbun og gef\u00f0u einhverjum \u00f6\u00f0rum gjafir \u00fe\u00ednar en letri\u00f0 skal \u00e9g lesa, konungur, og segja \u00fe\u00e9r merkingu \u00feess.
18<\/span><\/a> Konungur, hinn \u00e6\u00f0sti Gu\u00f0 veitti Neb\u00fakadnesari f\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00ednum konungd\u00e6mi, vald, vegsemd og tign. 19<\/span><\/a> En vegna valdsins, sem hann haf\u00f0i veitt honum, hr\u00e6ddust hann menn af \u00f6llum \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0um og tungum og st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00feeim beygur af honum. Hann t\u00f3k \u00fe\u00e1 af l\u00edfi eftir ge\u00f0\u00fe\u00f3tta og l\u00e9t \u00fe\u00e1 l\u00edfi halda eftir ge\u00f0\u00fe\u00f3tta. Hann h\u00f3f \u00fe\u00e1 til metor\u00f0a eftir ge\u00f0\u00fe\u00f3tta og ni\u00f0url\u00e6g\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 eftir ge\u00f0\u00fe\u00f3tta. 20<\/span><\/a> En hjarta hans ofmetna\u00f0ist og hrokinn n\u00e1\u00f0i t\u00f6kum \u00e1 huga hans. Og \u00fe\u00e1 var hann sviptur h\u00e1s\u00e6ti s\u00ednu og tign. 21<\/span><\/a> Hann var hrakinn burt \u00far samf\u00e9lagi manna og hjarta hans var\u00f0 sem d\u00fdrshjarta. Hann deildi kj\u00f6rum me\u00f0 villi\u00f6snum, honum var gefi\u00f0 gras a\u00f0 eta eins og nautpeningi og l\u00edkami hans v\u00f6kna\u00f0i af d\u00f6gg himinsins uns honum var\u00f0 lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 Gu\u00f0 hinn \u00e6\u00f0sti r\u00e6\u00f0ur yfir konungd\u00f3mi manna og veitir hann \u00feeim sem hann k\u00fds.
22<\/span><\/a> En \u00fe\u00fa, Belsassar, sonur hans, hefur ekki au\u00f0m\u00fdkt hjarta \u00feitt \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00fe\u00fa vissir \u00feetta allt, 23<\/span><\/a> heldur hefur\u00f0u storka\u00f0 Drottni himnanna, l\u00e1ti\u00f0 f\u00e6ra \u00fe\u00e9r kerin \u00far h\u00fasi hans og \u00fe\u00fa og hef\u00f0armenn \u00fe\u00ednir, konur \u00fe\u00ednar og hj\u00e1konur hafa drukki\u00f0 v\u00edn \u00far \u00feeim. \u00de\u00fa hefur vegsama\u00f0 gu\u00f0i \u00far silfri, gulli, eir, j\u00e1rni, tr\u00e9 og steini sem ekkert sj\u00e1, ekkert heyra og ekkert vita. En \u00feann Gu\u00f0 sem r\u00e6\u00f0ur l\u00edfsanda \u00fe\u00ednum og \u00f6llum vegum \u00fe\u00ednum, hann hefur \u00fe\u00fa ekki vegsama\u00f0. 24<\/span><\/a> \u00deess vegna l\u00e9t hann h\u00f6ndina birtast og letra \u00feetta. 25<\/span><\/a> \u00deetta er \u00fea\u00f0 sem rita\u00f0 var: mene, mene, tekel ufarsin. 26<\/span><\/a> Merking or\u00f0anna er \u00feessi: mene, Gu\u00f0 hefur tali\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnar\u00e1r \u00fe\u00edn til enda; 27<\/span><\/a> tekel, \u00fe\u00fa ert veginn \u00e1 vogarsk\u00e1lum og l\u00e9ttv\u00e6gur fundinn; 28<\/span><\/a> peres,[<\/span> r\u00edki \u00feitt er klofi\u00f0 og afhent Medum og Persum.\u201c
29<\/span><\/a> \u00de\u00e1 skipa\u00f0i Belsassar a\u00f0 Dan\u00edel skyldi kl\u00e6ddur \u00ed purpura og gullfesti sett um h\u00e1ls honum. Jafnframt var \u00fev\u00ed l\u00fdst yfir a\u00f0 hann skyldi teljast hinn \u00feri\u00f0ji a\u00f0 tign \u00ed r\u00edkinu \u00f6llu.
30<\/span><\/a> Um n\u00f3ttina var Belsassar Kaldeakonungur veginn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"