Then will you say,‘ I am a god’? Will you say that to those who kill you? You will be only a human being to those who kill you. You will not be a god to them.

在杀你的人面前你还能说‘我是神’吗？其实你在杀害你的人手中，不过是人，并不是神。

在杀你的人面前，你还能说‘我是神明’吗？在杀害你的人手中，你不过是人，并不是神明。

在杀你的人面前，你还能说‘我是神明’吗？在杀害你的人手中，你不过是人，并不是神明。

在杀戮你的人面前，你还能自称为神吗？在杀你的人手中，你不过是人，不是神。

在杀戮你的人面前，你还能说“我是神”吗？在那些杀害你的人手里，你不过是人，并不是神。

在殺你的人面前你還能說「我是神」嗎？其實你在殺害你的人手中，不過是人，並不是神。

在殺你的人面前，你還能說『我是神明』嗎？在殺害你的人手中，你不過是人，並不是神明。

在殺你的人面前，你還能說『我是神明』嗎？在殺害你的人手中，你不過是人，並不是神明。

在殺戮你的人面前，你還能自稱為神嗎？在殺你的人手中，你不過是人，不是神。

在殺戮你的人面前，你還能說“我是神”嗎？在那些殺害你的人手裡，你不過是人，並不是神。

在殺你者面前你還能說：「我是神」麼？在刺殺你者手中你不過是人，並不是神呀。

爾豈得謂殺爾者曰、我為上帝乎、爾在戕爾者之手、則為人、非上帝矣、

爾被殺之時、豈得自謂可匹上帝、爾既見殺、則屬凡民、非為上帝明矣。

爾於殺爾之人前、尚可言我為神乎、爾於戮爾者手中、顯為人、並非神、

Will you then say,“ I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.

Will you still say,‘ I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you?

Will you then boast,‘ I am a god!’ to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man!

Will you still say,“ I am a god,” in the presence of those who slay you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.

Will you still say,“ I am a god,” In the presence of one who kills you, Though you are a mortal and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

“ Will you still say before him who slays you,‘ I am a god’? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.

Will you still say,‘ I am a god,’ in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I[ am] God? but thou[ shalt be] a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

Will you still say,“ I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Will you yet say before him who kills you,‘ I am God’? But you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.

“ Son of man, speak to Ethbaal. He is the ruler of Tyre. Tell him,‘ The Lord and King says,“‘ “In your proud heart you say,‘ I am a god. I sit on the throne of a god in the Mediterranean Sea.’ But you are only a human being. You are not a god. In spite of that, you think you are as wise as a god.

The men of Egypt are only human beings. They aren’t God. Their horses are only flesh and blood. They aren’t spirits. The Lord will reach out his powerful hand to punish everyone. The Egyptians provide help. But they will be tripped up. The people of Judah receive the help. But they will fall down. All of them will be destroyed.

But you will die, like mere human beings. You will die like every other leader.”

He was still speaking when he heard a voice from heaven. It said,“ King Nebuchadnezzar, here is what has been ordered concerning you. Your royal authority has been taken from you.You will be driven away from people. You will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass just as an ox does. Seven periods of time will pass by for you. Then you will recognize that the Most High God rules over all kingdoms on earth. He gives them to anyone he wants.”

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.So he sent the hand that wrote on the wall.“ Here is what was written. mene, mene, tekel, parsin“ And here is what these words mean.“ The word Mene means that God has limited the time of your rule. He has brought it to an end.“ The word Tekel means that you have been weighed on scales. And you haven’t measured up to God’s standard.“ The word Peres means that your authority over your kingdom will be taken away from you. It will be given to the Medes and Persians.”Then Belshazzar commanded his servants to dress Daniel in purple clothes. So they did. They put a gold chain around his neck. And he was made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.

Then they shouted,“ This is the voice of a god. It’s not the voice of a man.”Right away an angel of the Lord struck Herod down. Herod had not given praise to God. So he was eaten by worms and died.