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波斯諸王與勇敢的王

²現在我將真事指示你：波斯還有三王興起，第四王必富足遠勝諸王。他因富足成為強盛，就必激動大眾攻擊希臘國。Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

³必有一個勇敢的王興起，執掌大權，隨意而行。Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

⁴他興起的時候，他的國必破裂，向天的四方（方：原文是風）分開，卻不歸他的後裔，治國的權勢也都不及他；因為他的國必被拔出，歸與他後裔之外的人。But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

南方王與北方王

⁵南方的王必強盛，他將帥中必有一個比他更強盛，執掌權柄，他的權柄甚大。The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.

⁶過些年後，他們必互相連合，南方王的女兒必就了北方王來立約；但這女子幫助之力存立不住，王和他所倚靠之力也不能存立。這女子和引導她來的，並生她的，以及當時扶助她的，都必交與死地。After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

⁷但這女子的本家（原文是根）必另生一子（子：原文是枝）繼續王位，他必率領軍隊進入北方王的保障，攻擊他們，而且得勝；But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

⁸並將他們的神像和鑄成的偶像，與金銀的寶器掠到埃及去。數年之內，他不去攻擊北方的王。He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

⁹北方的王（原文是他）必入南方王的國，卻要仍回本地。who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.

¹⁰北方王（原文是他）的二子必動干戈，招聚許多軍兵。這軍兵前去，如洪水氾濫，又必再去爭戰，直到南方王的保障。But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.

¹¹南方王必發烈怒，出來與北方王爭戰，擺列大軍；北方王的軍兵必交付他手。In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

¹²他的眾軍高傲，他的心也必自高；他雖使數萬人仆倒，卻不得常勝。When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.

¹³北方王必回來擺列大軍，比先前的更多。滿了所定的年數，他必率領大軍，帶極多的軍裝來。For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

¹⁴那時，必有許多人起來攻擊南方王，並且你本國的強暴人必興起，要應驗那異象，他們卻要敗亡。In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.

¹⁵北方王必來築壘攻取堅固城；南方的軍兵必站立不住，就是選擇的精兵（原文是民）也無力站住。Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

¹⁶來攻擊他的，必任意而行，無人在北方王（原文是他）面前站立得住。他必站在那榮美之地，用手施行毀滅。The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

¹⁷他必定意用全國之力而來，立公正的約，照約而行，將自己的女兒給南方王為妻，想要敗壞他（或譯：埃及），這計卻不得成就，與自己毫無益處。He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.

¹⁸其後他必轉回奪取了許多海島。但有一大帥，除掉他令人受的羞辱，並且使這羞辱歸他本身。Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

¹⁹他就必轉向本地的保障，卻要絆跌仆倒，歸於無有。After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.

²⁰那時，必有一人興起接續他為王，使橫征暴斂的人通行國中的榮美地。這王不多日就必滅亡，卻不因忿怒，也不因爭戰。In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

卑鄙的人興起

²¹必有一個卑鄙的人興起接續為王，人未曾將國的尊榮給他，他卻趁人坦然無備的時候，用諂媚的話得國。In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

²²必有無數的軍兵勢如洪水，在他面前沖沒敗壞；同盟的君也必如此。Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

²³與那君結盟之後，他必行詭詐，因為他必上來以微小的軍（原文是民）成為強盛。After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

²⁴趁人坦然無備的時候，他必來到國中極肥美之地，行他列祖和他列祖之祖所未曾行的，將擄物、掠物，和財寶散給眾人，又要設計攻打保障，然而這都是暫時的。In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

²⁵他必奮勇向前，率領大軍攻擊南方王；南方王也必以極大極強的軍兵與他爭戰，卻站立不住，因為有人設計謀害南方王。And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

²⁶吃王膳的，必敗壞他；他的軍隊必被沖沒，而且被殺的甚多。Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

²⁷至於這二王，他們心懷惡計，同席說謊，計謀卻不成就；因為到了定期，事就了結。And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

²⁸北方王（原文是他）必帶許多財寶回往本國，他的心反對聖約，任意而行，回到本地。The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.

褻瀆聖地

²⁹到了定期，他必返回，來到南方。後一次卻不如前一次，At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

³⁰因為基提戰船必來攻擊他，他就喪膽而回，又要惱恨聖約，任意而行；他必回來聯絡背棄聖約的人。Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.

³¹他必興兵，這兵必褻瀆聖地，就是保障，除掉常獻的燔祭，設立那行毀壞可憎的。His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

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認識神的子民必剛強行事

³²作惡違背聖約的人，他必用巧言勾引；惟獨認識　神的子民必剛強行事。With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

³³民間的智慧人必訓誨多人；然而他們多日必倒在刀下，或被火燒，或被擄掠搶奪。Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

³⁴他們仆倒的時候，稍得扶助，卻有許多人用諂媚的話親近他們。Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.

³⁵智慧人中有些仆倒的，為要熬煉其餘的人，使他們清淨潔白，直到末了；因為到了定期，事就了結。Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

自高自大的王

³⁶王必任意而行，自高自大，超過所有的神，又用奇異的話攻擊萬神之神。他必行事亨通，直到主的忿怒完畢，因為所定的事必然成就。Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

³⁷他必不顧他列祖的神，也不顧婦女所羨慕的神，無論何神他都不顧；因為他必自大，高過一切。He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

³⁸他倒要敬拜保障的神，用金、銀、寶石和可愛之物敬奉他列祖所不認識的神。And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

³⁹他必靠外邦神的幫助，攻破最堅固的保障。凡承認他的，他必將榮耀加給他們，使他們管轄許多人，又為賄賂分地與他們。He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

到末了

⁴⁰到末了，南方王要與他交戰。北方王必用戰車、馬兵，和許多戰船，勢如暴風來攻擊他，也必進入列國，如洪水氾濫。At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

⁴¹又必進入那榮美之地，有許多國就被傾覆，但以東人、摩押人，和一大半亞捫人必脫離他的手。He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.

⁴²他必伸手攻擊列國；埃及地也不得脫離。He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

⁴³他必把持埃及的金銀財寶和各樣的寶物。利比亞人和古實人都必跟從他。He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.

⁴⁴但從東方和北方必有消息擾亂他，他就大發烈怒出去，要將多人殺滅淨盡。But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.

⁴⁵他必在海和榮美的聖山中間設立他如宮殿的帳幕；然而到了他的結局，必無人能幫助他。He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

米迦勒必站起來

¹那時，保佑你本國之民的天使長（原文是大君）米迦勒必站起來，並且有大艱難，從有國以來直到此時，沒有這樣的。你本國的民中，凡名錄在冊上的，必得拯救。“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

多人必復醒

²睡在塵埃中的，必有多人復醒。其中有得永生的，有受羞辱永遠被憎惡的。And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

³智慧人必發光，如同天上的光；那使多人歸義的，必發光如星，直到永永遠遠。Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

封閉這書直到末時

⁴但以理啊，你要隱藏這話，封閉這書，直到末時。必有多人來往奔跑（或譯：切心研究），知識就必增長。」But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

要到幾時才應驗

⁵我─但以理觀看，見另有兩個人站立：一個在河這邊，一個在河那邊。Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

⁶有一個問那站在河水以上、穿細麻衣的說：「這奇異的事到幾時才應驗呢？」One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

⁷我聽見那站在河水以上、穿細麻衣的，向天舉起左右手，指著活到永遠的主起誓說：「要到一載、二載、半載，打破聖民權力的時候，這一切事就都應驗了。」And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

⁸我聽見這話，卻不明白，就說：「我主啊，這些事的結局是怎樣呢？」I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

⁹他說：「但以理啊，你只管去；因為這話已經隱藏封閉，直到末時。“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

¹⁰必有許多人使自己清淨潔白，且被熬煉；但惡人仍必行惡，一切惡人都不明白，惟獨智慧人能明白。Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

¹¹從除掉常獻的燔祭，並設立那行毀壞可憎之物的時候，必有一千二百九十日。And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

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¹²等到一千三百三十五日的，那人便為有福。Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

你且去等候結局

¹³「你且去等候結局，因為你必安歇。到了末期，你必起來，享受你的福分。」But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

問安

¹耶穌基督的僕人，雅各的弟兄猶大，寫信給那被召、在父　神裡蒙愛、為耶穌基督保守的人。Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

²願憐恤、平安、慈愛多多地加給你們。Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

為真道竭力爭辯

³親愛的弟兄啊，我想盡心寫信給你們，論我們同得救恩的時候，就不得不寫信勸你們，要為從前一次交付聖徒的真道竭力地爭辯。Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

⁴因為有些人偷著進來，就是自古被定受刑罰的，是不虔誠的，將我們　神的恩變作放縱情慾的機會，並且不認獨一的主宰─我們（或譯：和我們）主耶穌基督。For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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神審判的前例

⁵從前主救了他的百姓出埃及地，後來就把那些不信的滅絕了。這一切的事，你們雖然都知道，我卻仍要提醒你們。Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

⁶又有不守本位、離開自己住處的天使，主用鎖鍊把他們永遠拘留在黑暗裡，等候大日的審判。And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

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⁷又如所多瑪、蛾摩拉和周圍城邑的人，也照他們一味地行淫，隨從逆性的情慾，就受永火的刑罰，作為鑑戒。In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

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這些做夢的人

⁸這些做夢的人也像他們污穢身體，輕慢主治的，毀謗在尊位的。Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

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⁹天使長米迦勒為摩西的屍首與魔鬼爭辯的時候，尚且不敢用毀謗的話罪責他，只說：「主責備你吧！」But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

¹⁰但這些人毀謗他們所不知道的。他們本性所知道的事與那沒有靈性的畜類一樣，在這事上竟敗壞了自己。These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

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該隱、巴蘭、可拉的道路

¹¹他們有禍了！因為走了該隱的道路，又為利往巴蘭的錯謬裡直奔，並在可拉的背叛中滅亡了。Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

無雨的雲、無果的樹

¹²這樣的人在你們的愛席上與你們同吃的時候，正是礁石（或譯：玷污）。他們作牧人，只知餵養自己，無所懼怕；是沒有雨的雲彩，被風飄蕩；是秋天沒有果子的樹，死而又死，連根被拔出來；These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

¹³是海裡的狂浪，湧出自己可恥的沫子來；是流蕩的星，有墨黑的幽暗為他們永遠存留。They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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以諾的預言

¹⁴亞當的七世孫以諾，曾預言這些人說：「看哪，主帶著他的千萬聖者降臨，Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

¹⁵要在眾人身上行審判，證實那一切不敬虔的人所妄行一切不敬虔的事，又證實不敬虔之罪人所說頂撞他的剛愎話。」to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

¹⁶這些人是私下議論，常發怨言的，隨從自己的情慾而行，口中說誇大的話，為得便宜諂媚人。These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

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記念使徒的話

¹⁷親愛的弟兄啊，你們要記念我們主耶穌基督之使徒從前所說的話。But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

¹⁸他們曾對你們說過，末世必有好譏誚的人隨從自己不敬虔的私慾而行。when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

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¹⁹這就是那些引人結黨、屬乎血氣、沒有聖靈的人。These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.

在至聖的真道上造就自己

²⁰親愛的弟兄啊，你們卻要在至聖的真道上造就自己，在聖靈裡禱告，But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

²¹保守自己常在　神的愛中，仰望我們主耶穌基督的憐憫，直到永生。keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

²²有些人存疑心，你們要憐憫他們；And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

²³有些人你們要從火中搶出來，搭救他們；有些人你們要存懼怕的心憐憫他們，連那被情慾沾染的衣服也當厭惡。save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

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²⁴那能保守你們不失腳、叫你們無瑕無疵、歡歡喜喜站在他榮耀之前的我們的救主─獨一的　神，Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

²⁵願榮耀、威嚴、能力、權柄，因我們的主耶穌基督歸與他，從萬古以前並現今，直到永永遠遠。阿們！to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

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