但以理书 6

¹大利乌随心所愿，立一百二十个总督，治理通国。Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

²又在他们以上立总长三人（但以理在其中），使总督在他们三人面前回复事务，免得王受亏损。and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

³因这但以理有美好的灵性，所以显然超乎其余的总长和总督，王又想立他治理通国。Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

⁴那时，总长和总督寻找但以理误国的把柄，为要参他；只是找不着他的错误过失，因他忠心办事，毫无错误过失。Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

⁵那些人便说：“我们要找参这但以理的把柄，除非在他　神的律法中就寻不着。”Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”

⁶于是，总长和总督纷纷聚集来见王，说：“愿大利乌王万岁！So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

⁷国中的总长、钦差、总督、谋士，和巡抚彼此商议，要立一条坚定的禁令（或译：求王下旨要立一条……），三十日内，不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求什么，就必扔在狮子坑中。All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.

⁸王啊，现在求你立这禁令，加盖玉玺，使禁令决不更改；照玛代和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

⁹于是大利乌王立这禁令，加盖玉玺。Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.

¹⁰但以理知道这禁令盖了玉玺，就到自己家里（他楼上的窗户开向耶路撒冷），一日三次，双膝跪在他　神面前，祷告感谢，与素常一样。Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

¹¹那些人就纷纷聚集，见但以理在他　神面前祈祷恳求。Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

¹²他们便进到王前，提王的禁令，说：“王啊，三十日内不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求什么，必被扔在狮子坑中。王不是在这禁令上盖了玉玺么？”王回答说：“实有这事，照玛代和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

¹³他们对王说：“王啊，那被掳之犹大人中的但以理不理你，也不遵你盖了玉玺的禁令，他竟一日三次祈祷。”Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”

¹⁴王听见这话，就甚愁烦，一心要救但以理，筹划解救他，直到日落的时候。As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.

¹⁵那些人就纷纷聚集来见王，说：“王啊，当知道玛代人和波斯人有例，凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。”Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”

¹⁶王下令，人就把但以理带来，扔在狮子坑中。王对但以理说：“你所常事奉的　神，他必救你。”So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

¹⁷有人搬石头放在坑口，王用自己的玺和大臣的印，封闭那坑，使惩办但以理的事毫无更改。A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

¹⁸王回宫，终夜禁食，无人拿乐器到他面前，并且睡不着觉。Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

¹⁹次日黎明，王就起来，急忙往狮子坑那里去。At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.

²⁰临近坑边，哀声呼叫但以理，对但以理说：“永生　神的仆人但以理啊，你所常事奉的　神能救你脱离狮子吗？”When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

²¹但以理对王说：“愿王万岁！Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever!

²²我的　神差遣使者，封住狮子的口，叫狮子不伤我；因我在　神面前无辜，我在王面前也没有行过亏损的事。”My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

²³王就甚喜乐，吩咐人将但以理从坑里系上来。于是但以理从坑里被系上来，身上毫无伤损，因为信靠他的　神。The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

²⁴王下令，人就把那些控告但以理的人，连他们的妻子儿女都带来，扔在狮子坑中。他们还没有到坑底，狮子就抓住（原文是胜了）他们，咬碎他们的骨头。At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

²⁵那时，大利乌王传旨，晓谕住在全地各方、各国、各族的人说：“愿你们大享平安！Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

²⁶现在我降旨晓谕我所统辖的全国人民，要在但以理的　神面前，战兢恐惧。因为他是永远长存的活　神，他的国永不败坏；他的权柄永存无极！I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.

²⁷他护庇人，搭救人，在天上地下施行神迹奇事，救了但以理脱离狮子的口。”He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”

²⁸如此，这但以理，当大利乌王在位的时候和波斯王古列在位的时候，大享亨通。So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.