| 達尼爾 |
Daniel |
| 1瑪待族的薛西斯的兒子達理阿作加色丁國的君王第一年， |
1 It was the first year that Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the race of the Medes, reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans; |
| 2在他為王元年，我達尼爾注意了經書中上主對耶肋米亞先知有關年數所說的話，即關於耶路撒冷的荒蕪應滿七十年的事。 |
2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, tried to understand in the Scriptures the counting of the years of which the LORD spoke to the prophet Jeremiah: that for the ruins of Jerusalem seventy years must be fulfilled. |
| 3我面向吾主天主，以祈禱、懇求、禁食、穿苦衣，頂灰塵，求問他。 |
3I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. |
| 4我哀求上主我的天主而認罪說：「哎！吾主，偉大可敬畏的天主！你對那些愛你和遵守你誡命的人，必守約施恩。 |
4I prayed to the LORD, my God, and confessed, "Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! |
| 5我們犯了罪，行了不義，作惡反叛，離棄了你的誡命和法令。 |
5We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. |
| 6我們沒有聽從你的眾僕人先知，因你的名向我們的君王，我們的首長，我們的祖先，和全國人民所說的話。 |
6We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land. |
| 7吾主，正義歸於你！而滿面羞愧歸於我們，就如今日歸於猶大人民，歸於耶路撒冷的居民，歸於所有不忠於你而被你驅至各地或遠或近的以色列人一樣。 |
7Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you. |
| 8吾主，滿面羞愧歸於我們，歸於我們的君王，歸於我們的首長以及我們的祖先，因為我們犯罪得罪了你； |
8O LORD, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers, for having sinned against you. |
| 9然而慈悲和寬宥應歸於上主我們的天主，因為我們實在都背叛了他， |
9But yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness! Yet we rebelled against you |
| 10沒有聽從上主我們天主的勸告，也沒有遵行他藉自己的僕人眾先知，向我們所宣示的訓令。 |
10and paid no heed to your command, O LORD, our God, to live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets. |
| 11以色列人實在全都違犯離棄了你的法律，沒有聽從你的聲音；因此，在天主的僕人梅瑟的法律上，所記載的咒罵和詛咒，都傾注在我們身上了，因為我們犯罪得罪了他， |
11Because all Israel transgressed your law and went astray, not heeding your voice, the sworn malediction, recorded in the law of Moses, the servant of God, was poured out over us for our sins. |
| 12所以他履行了他對我們和管理我們的官長所說的話：使我們遭受了普天下從未遭受過像耶路撒冷所遭受的這樣大的災難， |
12You carried out the threats you spoke against us and against those who governed us, by bringing upon us in Jerusalem the greatest calamity that has ever occurred under heaven. |
| 13全如梅瑟法律上所記載的。這一切災禍都降在我們身上，而我們仍不想平息上主我們天主的義怒，遠離我們的罪惡，明白你的真理； |
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, this calamity came full upon us. As we did not appease the LORD, our God, by turning back from our wickedness and recognizing his constancy, |
| 14因此上主注視著災禍，好把它降在我們身上，因為上主我們的天主，在所行的一切作為上是正義的，只是我們仍未聽他的聲音。 |
14so the LORD kept watch over the calamity and brought it upon us. You, O LORD, our God, are just in all that you have done, for we did not listen to your voice. |
| 15吾主，我們的天主！你曾以你強有力的手，領你的人民出了埃及地，而彰顯了你的名聲，有如今日；我們現今卻仍然犯罪作惡。 |
15"Now, O Lord, our God, who led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and made a name for yourself even to this day, we have sinned, we are guilty. |
| 16吾主，求你照你所有的仁義，使你的忿怒和憤恨離開你的城耶路撒冷，即你的聖山；因為，由於我們的罪過和我們祖先的罪惡，耶路撒冷和你的人民已成了我們四鄰的笑柄。 |
16O Lord, in keeping with all your just deeds, let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. On account of our sins and the crimes of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become the reproach of all our neighbors. |
| 17所以，現在，我們的天主！願你俯聽你僕人的祈禱和哀求！吾主，為了你自己的緣故，再以你的慈顏光照你現已荒涼的聖所。 |
17Hear, therefore, O God, the prayer and petition of your servant; and for your own sake, O Lord, let your face shine upon your desolate sanctuary. |
| 18我的天主！求你側耳俯聽，睜眼垂視我們的廢墟，和屬你名下的城市！我們將我們哀禱呈於你前，不是因我們的正義，而只是依賴你的大慈大悲。 |
18Give ear, O my God, and listen; open your eyes and see our ruins and the city which bears your name. When we present our petition before you, we rely not on our just deeds, but on your great mercy. |
| 19吾主，求你俯聽！吾主，求你寬宥！吾主，求你垂聽，迅速實行！為了你自己的緣故，我的天主，你不要再遲延，因為你的城和你的人民，是屬你名下的。」 |
19O Lord, hear! O Lord, pardon! O Lord, be attentive and act without delay, for your own sake, O my God, because this city and your people bear your name!" |
| 20我還在陳訴、祈禱和承認我罪及我人民以色列的罪，並為天主的聖山，將我的哀禱陳於上主我的天主面前時， |
20I was still occupied with my prayer, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, presenting my petition to the LORD, my God, on behalf of his holy mountain-- |
| 21即我還在祈禱傾訴之際，約在晚祭時，先前我在異象中所見的那似人的加俾額爾，急速再向我飛來； |
21 I was still occupied with this prayer, when Gabriel, the one whom I had seen before in vision, came to me in rapid flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. |
| 22他一來到，就對我說：「達尼爾！我現在顯現出來，是為叫你完全明白， |
22He instructed me in these words: "Daniel, I have now come to give you understanding. |
| 23當你開始哀求時，便有話傳出，要我前來通知你，因為你是個極可愛的人；所以你應注意這話，理解這異象！」 |
23When you began your petition, an answer was given which I have come to announce, because you are beloved. Therefore, mark the answer and understand the vision. |
| 24「關於你的人民，和你的聖城已注定了七十個星期，為終止過犯，為結束罪惡，為賠補不義，為帶來永遠的正義，為應驗神視和預言，為給至聖者傅油。 |
24 "Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your holy city: Then transgression will stop and sin will end, guilt will be expiated, Everlasting justice will be introduced, vision and prophecy ratified, and a most holy will be anointed. |
| 25你應該知道，也應該明白：自從頒發重建耶路撒冷的命令，直到受傅的君王，共是七個星期；再經六十二個星期，城邑的廣場和溝渠，要重新建起來，且是在困難之時； |
25 Know and understand this: From the utterance of the word that Jerusalem was to be rebuilt Until one who is anointed and a leader, there shall be seven weeks. During sixty-two weeks it shall be rebuilt, With streets and trenches, in time of affliction. |
| 26六十二個星期之後，一位受傅者雖然無罪，卻要被殺害，且那將要來臨的首領的民族要破壞這城和聖所，但他的結局是在洪流中；直到末期要有戰爭，及決定了的毀滅。 |
26 After the sixty-two weeks an anointed shall be cut down when he does not possess the city; And the people of a leader who will come shall destroy the sanctuary. Then the end shall come like a torrent; until the end there shall be war, the desolation that is decreed. |
| 27在一個星期內，他要與許多人訂立盟約；在半個星期內，他要使祭祀和供物停止，在聖所內要設立那招致荒涼的可憎之物，直到決定了的毀滅傾注在破壞者的身上。」 |
27 For one week he shall make a firm compact with the many; Half the week he shall abolish sacrifice and oblation; On the temple wing shall be the horrible abomination until the ruin that is decreed is poured out upon the horror." |
