今日读经

尼布甲尼撒围困耶路撒冷

¹犹大王约雅敬在位第三年，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来到耶路撒冷，将城围困。In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

²主将犹大王约雅敬，并　神殿中器皿的几分交付他手。他就把这器皿带到示拿地，收入他神的庙里，放在他神的库中。And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.

挑选犹大青年进宫受训

³王吩咐太监长亚施毗拿，从以色列人的宗室和贵胄中带进几个人来，Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

⁴就是年少没有残疾、相貌俊美、通达各样学问、知识聪明俱备、足能侍立在王宫里的，要教他们迦勒底的文字言语。young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

⁵王派定将自己所用的膳和所饮的酒，每日赐他们一分，养他们三年。满了三年，好叫他们在王面前侍立。The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.

四个青年被改名

⁶他们中间有犹大族的人：但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅。Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

⁷太监长给他们起名：称但以理为伯提沙撒，称哈拿尼雅为沙得拉，称米沙利为米煞，称亚撒利雅为亚伯尼歌。The chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

但以理立志不玷污自己

⁸但以理却立志不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己，所以求太监长容他不玷污自己。But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.

⁹神使但以理在太监长眼前蒙恩惠，受怜悯。Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

¹⁰太监长对但以理说：“我惧怕我主我王，他已经派定你们的饮食；倘若他见你们的面貌比你们同岁的少年人肌瘦，怎么好呢？这样，你们就使我的头在王那里难保。”but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”

试验十天

¹¹但以理对太监长所派管理但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅的委办说：Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

¹²“求你试试仆人们十天，给我们素菜吃，白水喝，“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.

¹³然后看看我们的面貌和用王膳那少年人的面貌，就照你所看的待仆人吧！”Then compare our appearances with those of the young men who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”

¹⁴委办便允准他们这件事，试看他们十天。So he consented to this and tested them for ten days.

¹⁵过了十天，见他们的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

¹⁶于是委办撤去派他们用的膳，饮的酒，给他们素菜吃。So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

神赐聪明知识

¹⁷这四个少年人，　神在各样文字学问（学问：原文是智慧）上赐给他们聪明知识；但以理又明白各样的异象和梦兆。To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

¹⁸尼布甲尼撒王预定带进少年人来的日期满了，太监长就把他们带到王面前。Now at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁹王与他们谈论，见少年人中无一人能比但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅，所以留他们在王面前侍立。And the king spoke with them, and among all the young men he found no one equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.

²⁰王考问他们一切事，就见他们的智慧聪明比通国的术士和用法术的胜过十倍。In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

到古列王元年

²¹到古列王元年，但以理还在。And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

住在主里面，坦然无惧

²⁸小子们哪，你们要住在主里面。这样，他若显现，我们就可以坦然无惧；当他来的时候，在他面前也不至于惭愧。And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

²⁹你们若知道他是公义的，就知道凡行公义之人都是他所生的。If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

父赐给我们何等的慈爱

¹你看父赐给我们是何等的慈爱，使我们得称为　神的儿女；我们也真是他的儿女。世人所以不认识我们，是因未曾认识他。Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

我们必要像他

²亲爱的弟兄啊，我们现在是　神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们知道，主若显现，我们必要像他，因为必得见他的真体。Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

³凡向他有这指望的，就洁净自己，像他洁净一样。And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

违背律法就是罪

⁴凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法就是罪。Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

⁵你们知道主曾显现，是要除掉人的罪，在他并没有罪。But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

⁶凡住在他里面的，就不犯罪；凡犯罪的，是未曾看见他，也未曾认识他。No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

行义的才是义人

⁷小子们哪，不要被人诱惑。行义的才是义人，正如主是义的一样。Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

⁸犯罪的是属魔鬼，因为魔鬼从起初就犯罪。　神的儿子显现出来，为要除灭魔鬼的作为。The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

从神生的

⁹凡从　神生的，就不犯罪，因　神的道（原文是种）存在他心里；他也不能犯罪，因为他是由　神生的。Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

¹⁰从此就显出谁是　神的儿女，谁是魔鬼的儿女。凡不行义的就不属　神，不爱弟兄的也是如此。By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.