Daniel 2

1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

1 尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

2 So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

2 王吩咐人将术士、用法术的、行邪术的，和迦勒底人召来，要他们将王的梦告诉王，他们就来站在王前。

3 he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”

3 王对他们说：「我做了一梦，心里烦乱，要知道这是什么梦。」

4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

4 迦勒底人用亚兰的言语对王说：「愿王万岁！请将那梦告诉仆人，仆人就可以讲解。」

5 The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

5 王回答迦勒底人说：「梦我已经忘了 ，你们若不将梦和梦的讲解告诉我，就必被凌迟，你们的房屋必成为粪堆；

6 But if you tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and its interpretation.”

6 你们若将梦和梦的讲解告诉我，就必从我这里得赠品和赏赐，并大尊荣。现在你们要将梦和梦的讲解告诉我。」

7 They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

7 他们第二次对王说：「请王将梦告诉仆人，仆人就可以讲解。」

8 The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time because you see that my word is final.

8 王回答说：「我准知道你们是故意迟延，因为你们知道那梦我已经忘了。

9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”

9 你们若不将梦告诉我，只有一法待你们；因为你们预备了谎言乱语向我说，要等候时势改变。现在你们要将梦告诉我，因我知道你们能将梦的讲解告诉我。」

10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

10 迦勒底人在王面前回答说：「世上没有人能将王所问的事说出来；因为没有君王、大臣、掌权的向术士，或用法术的，或迦勒底人问过这样的事。

11 What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

11 王所问的事甚难。除了不与世人同居的神明，没有人在王面前能说出来。」

12 This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

12 因此，王气忿忿地大发烈怒，吩咐灭绝巴比伦所有的哲士。

13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.

13 于是命令发出，哲士将要见杀，人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀他们。

14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, went out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel responded with discretion and tact.

14 王的护卫长亚略出来，要杀巴比伦的哲士，但以理就用婉言回答他，

15 “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

15 向王的护卫长亚略说：「王的命令为何这样紧急呢？」亚略就将情节告诉但以理。

16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

16 但以理遂进去求王宽限，就可以将梦的讲解告诉王。

17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

17 但以理回到他的居所，将这事告诉他的同伴哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅，

18 urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

18 要他们祈求天上的 神施怜悯，将这奥秘的事指明，免得但以理和他的同伴与巴比伦其余的哲士一同灭亡。

19 During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven

19 这奥秘的事就在夜间异象中给但以理显明，但以理便称颂天上的 神。

20 and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.

20 但以理说：「 神的名是应当称颂的！从亘古直到永远，因为智慧能力都属乎他。

21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

21 他改变时候、日期，废王，立王，将智慧赐与智慧人，将知识赐与聪明人。

22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

22 他显明深奥隐秘的事，知道暗中所有的，光明也与他同居。

23 To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”

23 我列祖的 神啊，我感谢你，赞美你；因你将智慧才能赐给我，允准我们所求的，把王的事给我们指明。」

24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

24 于是，但以理进去见亚略，就是王所派灭绝巴比伦哲士的，对他说：「不要灭绝巴比伦的哲士，求你领我到王面前，我要将梦的讲解告诉王。」

25 Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”

25 亚略就急忙将但以理领到王面前，对王说：「我在被掳的犹大人中遇见一人，他能将梦的讲解告诉王。」

26 The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”

26 王问称为伯提沙撒的但以理说：「你能将我所做的梦和梦的讲解告诉我吗？」

27 Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.

27 但以理在王面前回答说：「王所问的那奥秘事，哲士、用法术的、术士、观兆的都不能告诉王，

28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

28 只有一位在天上的 神能显明奥秘的事。他已将日后必有的事指示尼布甲尼撒王。你的梦和你在床上脑中的异象是这样：

29 As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

29 王啊，你在床上想到后来的事，那显明奥秘事的主把将来必有的事指示你。

30 And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

30 至于那奥秘的事显明给我，并非因我的智慧胜过一切活人，乃为使王知道梦的讲解和心里的思念。

31 As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.

31 「王啊，你梦见一个大像，这像甚高，极其光耀，站在你面前，形状甚是可怕。

32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,

32 这像的头是精金的，胸膛和膀臂是银的，肚腹和腰是铜的，

33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.

33 腿是铁的，脚是半铁半泥的。

34 As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

34 你观看，见有一块非人手凿出来的石头打在这像半铁半泥的脚上，把脚砸碎；

35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

35 于是金、银、铜、铁、泥都一同砸得粉碎，成如夏天禾场上的糠秕，被风吹散，无处可寻。打碎这像的石头变成一座大山，充满天下。

36 This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

36 「这就是那梦；我们在王面前要讲解那梦。

37 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

37 王啊，你是诸王之王。天上的 神已将国度、权柄、能力、尊荣都赐给你。

38 Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

38 凡世人所住之地的走兽，并天空的飞鸟，他都交付你手，使你掌管这一切。你就是那金头。

39 But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.

39 在你以后必另兴一国，不及于你；又有第三国，就是铜的，必掌管天下。

40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.

40 第四国，必坚壮如铁，铁能打碎克制百物，又能压碎一切，那国也必打碎压制列国。

41 And just as you saw that the feet and toes were made partly of fired clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom, yet some of the strength of iron will be in it—just as you saw the iron mixed with clay.

41 你既见像的脚和脚指头，一半是窑匠的泥，一半是铁，那国将来也必分开。你既见铁与泥搀杂，那国也必有铁的力量。

42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

42 那脚指头，既是半铁半泥，那国也必半强半弱。

43 As you saw the iron mixed with clay, so the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together any more than iron mixes with clay.

43 你既见铁与泥搀杂，那国民也必与各种人搀杂，却不能彼此相合，正如铁与泥不能相合一样。

44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

44 当那列王在位的时候，天上的 神必另立一国，永不败坏，也不归别国的人，却要打碎灭绝那一切国，这国必存到永远。

45 And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

45 你既看见非人手凿出来的一块石头从山而出，打碎金、银、铜、铁、泥，那就是至大的 神把后来必有的事给王指明。这梦准是这样，这讲解也是确实的。」

46 At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.

46 当时，尼布甲尼撒王俯伏在地，向但以理下拜，并且吩咐人给他奉上供物和香品。

47 The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

47 王对但以理说：「你既能显明这奥秘的事，你们的 神诚然是万神之神、万王之主，又是显明奥秘事的。」

48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

48 于是王高抬但以理，赏赐他许多上等礼物，派他管理巴比伦全省，又立他为总理，掌管巴比伦的一切哲士。

49 And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

49 但以理求王，王就派沙得拉、米煞、亚伯尼歌管理巴比伦省的事务，只是但以理常在朝中侍立。