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καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκεῖνοι, καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς παρέθηκεν τὰ βρώματα τῷ Βήλ· καὶ ἐπέταξεν Δανιὴλ τοῖς παιδαρίοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤνεγκαν τέφραν, καὶ κατέσησαν ὅλον τὸν ναὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως μόνου· καὶ ἐξελθόντες ἔκλεισαν τὴν θὑραν καὶ ἐσφραγίσαντο ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἀπῆλθον. οἱ δὲ ἱερεῖς ἦλθον τὴν νύκτα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέφαγον πάντα καὶ ἐξέπιον. καὶ ὤρθρίσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρωί, καὶ Δανιὴλ μετʼ αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν Σῷοι αἱ σφραγῖδες, Δανιὴλ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Σῷοι, βασιλεῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο ἄμα τῷ ἀνοῖξαι τὰς θύρας, ἐπιβλέψας ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν ἐβόησεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ Μέγας εἶ, Βήλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν παρὰ σοὶ δόλος οὐδὲ εἰς. καὶ ἐγέλασεν Δανιὴλ, καὶ ἐκράτησεν τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ μὴ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτὸν ἔσω, καὶ εἶπ εν Ἴδε δὴ τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ γνῶθι τίνος τὰ ἴχνη ταῦτα. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Ὁρῶ τὰ ἴχνη ἀνδρῶν καὶ §γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. καὶ ὀργισθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς τότε συνέλαβεν τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔδειξαν αὐτῷ τὰς κρυπτὰς θύρας δι ὅν εἰσεπορεύοντο καὶ ἐδαπάνων τὰ ἐπὶ τῇ τραπέζῃ. καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτοὺς ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἔδωκεν τὸν Βήλ ἔκδοτον τῷ Δανιὴλ· καὶ κατέστρεψεν αὐτὸν καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἦν δράκων μέγας, καὶ ἐσέβοντο αὐτὸν οἱ Βαβυλώνιοι. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Δανιὴλ Οὐ δύνασαι εἰπεῖν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν οὗτος θεὸς ζῶν· καὶ προσκύνησον αὐτῷ. καὶ εἶπεν Δανιὴλ Κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ μου προσκυνήσω, ὅτι· οὗτός ἐστιν θεὸς ζῶν· οὺ δέ, βασιλεῦ, δός μοι ἐξουσίαν, καὶ ἀποκτενῶ τὸν δράκοντα ἄνευ μαχαίρας καὶ ῥάβδου. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς Δίδωμί σοι. καὶ ἔλαβεν Δανιὴλ πίσσαν καὶ στῆρ καὶ τρίχας, καὶ ἥψησεν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐποίησεν μάζας, καὶ ἔδωκεν εἰς τὸ στόμα τοῦ δράκοντος· καὶ φαγὼν διερράγη ὁ δράκων. καὶ εἶπεν Ἵδετε τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν.