Leipzig 2015 – Daniel and the lions

Daniel 6:17-29

17 Doe beval de Koninck, ende sy brachten Daniel voort, ende wierpen [hem] in den cuyl der leeuwen: [ende] de Koninck antwoordde ende seyde tot Daniel, Uw’ Godt, dien ghy geduerichlick eert, die verlosse u.
18 Ende daer wiert een steen gebracht, ende op den mont des kuyls geleyt: ende de Koninck versegelde den selven met sijnen rinck, ende met den rinck sijner Geweldigen, op dat de wille, aengaende Daniel, niet en soude verandert worden.
19 Doe ginck de Koninck nae sijn paleys, ende overnachte nuchteren, ende en liet geen vreuchden-spel voor sich brengen: ende sijn slaep weeck verre van hem.
20 Doe stont de Koninck in den vroegen morgenstont met het licht op, ende hy ginck met haeste henen tot den kuyl der leeuwen.
21 Als hy nu tot den kuyl genaedert was, riep hy tot Daniel met een droeve stemme: De Koninck antwoordde, ende seyde tot Daniel: O Daniel, ghy knecht des levendigen Godts, heeft oock uwe Godt, dien ghy geduerichlick eert, u van de leeuwen kunnen verlossen?
22 Doe sprack Daniel tot den Koninck, ô Koninck leeft in eeuwicheyt
23 Mijn Godt heeft sijnen Engel gesonden, ende hy heeft den muyl der leeuwen toegesloten, dat sy my niet beschadicht en hebben, om dat voor hem onschult in my gevonden is: oock en hebbe ick, ô Koninck, tegen u geen misdaet gedaen.
24 Doe wert de Koninck by hem selven seer vrolick, ende seyde, datmen Daniel uyt den kuyl trecken soude: Doe Daniel uyt den kuyl opgetrocken was, so en wertter geen schade aen hem gevonden, dewijle hy in sijnen Godt gelooft hadde.
25 Doe beval de Koninck, ende sy brachten die mannen voort, die den Daniel over luyt beschuldicht hadden, ende sy wierpen in den cuyl der leeuwen, haer, hare kinderen, ende hare vrouwen: ende sy en quamen niet op den gront des cuyls, of de leeuwen heerschten over haer, sy vermorselden oock alle hare beenderen.
26 Doe schreef de Koninck Darius aen alle volckeren, natien, ende tongen, die op de gantsche aerde woonden, Uwe vrede worde vermenichvuldicht.
27 Van my is een bevel gegeven, datmen in de gantsche heerschappye mijnes Coninckrijcks beve ende zittere voor het aengesichte vanden Godt Daniels: want hy is de levendige Godt, ende bestendich in eeuwicheden, ende sijn Koninckrijcke en is niet verderffelick, ende sijne heerschappye is tot den eynde toe.
28 Hy verlost ende reddet, ende hy doet teeckenen ende wonderen in den hemel, ende op der aerde: Die heeft Daniel uyt het gewelt der leeuwen verlost.
29 Dese Daniel nu hadde voorspoet in het Koninckrijcke van Darius, ende in het Koninckrijcke van Cores den Persiaen

Daniel 6:16-28

16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.