The Book of Daniel Page #2

with your well-being.

If you are seen

to be wasting away,

I'm afraid of what my lord,

the king, will do.

He will have my head.

And we would

not wish it so.

Therefore,

put your servants to the test.

For 10 days give us nothing

but vegetables to eat...

and water to drink.

Then compare our appearance...

to that of the other young men

who eat the royal food.

- Ten days?

- Ten days.

And if after that your

appearance is found wanting?

Then we will

do as you wish.

Your request was polite.

I'm rather surprised

it was honored.

I have no doubt the Lord

favorably disposed his heart...

to hear our request.

By the end of 10 days,

my companions and I looked

healthier and better-nourished...

than the young men

who ate the royal food,

and so the chief eunuch

allowed us to continue...

refusing the wine

and choice fare,

and we remained un-defiled.

The period of our instruction

went by quickly.

During those many years we

were living in a foreign land,

speaking a foreign language,

and living under

a foreign king.

Despite this,

our hearts belonged only to God,

and at the end of that time

my companions and I...

were presented before

Nebuchadnezzar himself.

were presented before

Nebuchadnezzar himself.

The king's executioner,

Arioch, will be in the chamber.

If you are found unworthy,

you will be

executed on the spot,

and so will I.

Lord, king, I present you

the princes of Judah,

preserved by the

right hand of your mercy...

and tutored by the

left hand of your wisdom.

They are come before you now for

judgment as to their training.

They are Belteshazzar,

Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abednego.

Who am I?

You are Nebuchadnezzar,

son and heir of Nabopolassar,

king of Babylon.

You have destroyed

Nineveh the Mighty,

seat of Assyria,

and taken from her hand

the scepter of nations.

You are the commander of

commanders and king of kings,

from the rising of the sun unto

its setting in the western sea,

and beneath heaven there is

none more powerful than thee.

You, come forth.

Why should I allow you,

sons of my former enemies,

to serve in my court?

Because you have spared

the lives of our people...

who were delivered

into your hand...

and because the word

of the prophet Jeremiah...

has come unto us saying,

"This is what

the Lord God Almighty,

"the God of Israel,

says to all those...

"carried into exile

from Jerusalem to Babylon,

"'Build houses,

and settle down.

'"Plant gardens,

and eat what they produce.

Marry and have

sons and daughters.

'"Also, seek the

prosperity of the city...

'"to which I have

carried you into exile.

Pray to the Lord for it,

for if it prospers,

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