Daniel 2
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep broke from him.
1尼布甲尼撒 在位第二年，他做了夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。
2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
2王吩咐人將術士、用法術的、行邪術的，和 迦勒底 人召來，要他們將王的夢告訴王，他們就來站在王前。
3And the king said unto them: 'I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.'
3王對他們說：「我做了一夢，心裏煩亂，要知道這是甚麼夢。」
4Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic: 'O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'
4迦勒底 人用 亞蘭 的言語對王說：「願王萬歲！請將那夢告訴僕人，僕人就可以講解。」
5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
5王回答 迦勒底 人說：「夢我已經忘了，你們若不將夢和夢的講解告訴我，就必被凌遲，你們的房屋必成為糞堆；
6But if ye declare the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; only declare unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof.'
6你們若將夢和夢的講解告訴我，就必從我這裏得贈品和賞賜，並大尊榮。現在你們要將夢和夢的講解告訴我。」
7They answered the second time and said: 'Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will declare the interpretation.'
7他們第二次對王說：「請王將夢告訴僕人，僕人就可以講解。」
8The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,
8王回答說：「我准知道你們是故意遲延，因為你們知道那夢我已經忘了。
9that, if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; and ye have agreed together to speak before me lying and corrupt words, till the time be changed; only tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can declare unto me the interpretation thereof.'
9你們若不將夢告訴我，只有一法待你們；因為你們預備了謊言亂語向我說，要等候時勢改變。現在你們要將夢告訴我，因我知道你們能將夢的講解告訴我。」
10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said: 'There is not a man upon the earth that can declare the king's matter; forasmuch as no great and powerful king hath asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
10迦勒底 人在王面前回答說：「世上沒有人能將王所問的事說出來；因為沒有君王、大臣、掌權的向術士，或用法術的，或 迦勒底 人問過這樣的事。
11And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'
11王所問的事甚難。除了不與世人同居的神明，沒有人在王面前能說出來。」
12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
12因此，王氣忿忿地大發烈怒，吩咐滅絕 巴比倫 所有的哲士。
13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
13於是命令發出，哲士將要見殺，人就尋找 但以理 和他的同伴，要殺他們。
14Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and discretion to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;
14王的護衛長 亞略 出來，要殺 巴比倫 的哲士， 但以理 就用婉言回答他，
15he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain: 'Wherefore is the decree so peremptory from the king?' Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
15向王的護衛長 亞略 說：「王的命令為何這樣緊急呢？」 亞略 就將情節告訴 但以理 。
16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, that he might declare unto the king the interpretation.
16但以理 遂進去求王寬限，就可以將 夢的 講解告訴王。
17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;
17但以理 回到他的居所，將這事告訴他的同伴 哈拿尼雅 、 米沙利 、 亞撒利雅 ，
18that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
18要他們祈求天上的上帝施憐憫，將這奧祕的事指明，免得 但以理 和他的同伴與 巴比倫 其餘的哲士一同滅亡。
19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
19這奧祕的事就在夜間異象中給 但以理 顯明， 但以理 便稱頌天上的上帝。
20Daniel spoke and said: Blessed be the name of God from everlasting even unto everlasting; for wisdom and might are His;
20但以理 說：「上帝的名是應當稱頌的！從亙古直到永遠，因為智慧能力都屬乎他。
21And He changeth the times and the seasons; He removeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding;
21他改變時候、日期，廢王，立王，將智慧賜與智慧人，將知識賜與聰明人。
22He revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.
22他顯明深奧隱秘的事，知道暗中所有的，光明也與他同居。
23I thank Thee, and praise Thee, O Thou God of my fathers, who hath given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of Thee; for Thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.
23我列祖的上帝啊，我感謝你，讚美你；因你將智慧才能賜給我，允准我們所求的，把王的事給我們指明。」
24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: 'Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.'
24於是， 但以理 進去見 亞略 ，就是王所派滅絕 巴比倫 哲士的，對他說：「不要滅絕 巴比倫 的哲士，求你領我到王面前，我要將 夢的 講解告訴王。」
25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him: 'I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.'
25亞略 就急忙將 但以理 領到王面前，對王說：「我在被擄的 猶大 人中遇見一人，他能將 夢的 講解告訴王。」
26The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'
26王問稱為 伯提沙撒 的 但以理 說：「你能將我所做的夢和夢的講解告訴我嗎？」
27Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;
27但以理 在王面前回答說：「王所問的那奧祕事，哲士、用法術的、術士、觀兆的都不能告訴王，
28but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and He hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:
28只有一位在天上的上帝能顯明奧祕的事。他已將日後必有的事指示 尼布甲尼撒 王。你的夢和你在床上腦中的異象是這樣：
29as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and He that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.
29王啊，你在床上想到後來的事，那顯明奧祕事的主把將來必有的事指示你。
30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.
30至於那奧祕的事顯明給我，並非因我的智慧勝過一切活人，乃為使王知道 夢的 講解和心裏的思念。
31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible.
31「王啊，你夢見一個大像，這像甚高，極其光耀，站在你面前，形狀甚是可怕。
32As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
32這像的頭是精金的，胸膛和膀臂是銀的，肚腹和腰是銅的，
33its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
33腿是鐵的，腳是半鐵半泥的。
34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
34你觀看，見有一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭打在這像半鐵半泥的腳上，把腳砸碎；
35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
35於是金、銀、銅、鐵、泥都一同砸得粉碎，成如夏天禾場上的糠詷，被風吹散，無處可尋。打碎這像的石頭變成一座大山，充滿天下。
36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
36「這就是那夢；我們在王面前要講解那夢。
37Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
37王啊，你是諸王之王。天上的上帝已將國度、權柄、能力、尊榮都賜給你。
38and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven dwell, hath He given them into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all; thou art the head of gold.
38凡世人所住之地的走獸，並天空的飛鳥，他都交付你手，使你掌管這一切。你就是那金頭。
39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
39在你以後必另興一國，不及於你；又有第三國，就是銅的，必掌管天下。
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and beateth down all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
40第四國，必堅壯如鐵，鐵能打碎剋制百物，又能壓碎一切，那國也必打碎壓制 列國 。
41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
41你既見像的腳和腳指頭，一半是窯匠的泥，一半是鐵，那國將來也必分開。你既見鐵與泥攙雜，那國也必有鐵的力量。
42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.
42那腳指頭，既是半鐵半泥，那國也必半強半弱。
43And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay.
43你既見鐵與泥攙雜，那國民也必與各種人攙雜，卻不能彼此相合，正如鐵與泥不能相合一樣。
44And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; nor shall the kingdom be left to another people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but it shall stand for ever.
44當那列王在位的時候，天上的上帝必另立一國，永不敗壞，也不歸別國的人，卻要打碎滅絕那一切國，這國必存到永遠。
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter; and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.'
45你既看見非人手鑿出來的一塊石頭從山而出，打碎金、銀、銅、鐵、泥，那就是至大的上帝把後來必有的事給王指明。這夢準是這樣，這講解也是確實的。」
46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odours unto him.
46當時， 尼布甲尼撒 王俯伏在地，向 但以理 下拜，並且吩咐人給他奉上供物和香品。
47The king spoke unto Daniel, and said: 'Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.'
47王對 但以理 說：「你既能顯明這奧祕的事，你們的上帝誠然是萬神之神、萬王之主，又是顯明奧祕事的。」
48Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
48於是王高抬 但以理 ，賞賜他許多上等禮物，派他管理 巴比倫 全省，又立他為總理，掌管 巴比倫 的一切哲士。
49And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
49但以理 求王，王就派 沙得拉 、 米煞 、 亞伯尼歌 管理 巴比倫 省的事務，只是 但以理 常在朝中侍立。
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