Daniel 8

1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.

1 在看见先前的异象之后，我但以理在伯沙撒王执政第三年又看见一个异象。

2 And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

2 我在异象中看见自己在以拦省的书珊城，又看见自己站在乌莱河畔。

3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.

3 我举目观看，见河边站着一只公绵羊，长着两个长角，一角比另一角长，较长的角是后长出来的。

4 I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

4 我看见这公绵羊向西方、北方和南方顶撞，没有兽能抵挡它，或逃脱它的威力。它随心所欲，狂妄自大。

5 As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

5 我正沉思的时候，忽然从西面出现一只公山羊，穿越大地，脚不沾地奔来。它双眼之间有一个醒目的角。

6 He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.

6 这公山羊来到我之前看见站在河边的双角公绵羊那里，愤怒地向它顶去。

7 I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.

7 我看见公山羊愤怒地顶向公绵羊，攻击它，折断了它的双角。公绵羊无力抵挡公山羊，被撞倒在地，践踏在脚下，无人能救它脱离公山羊的威力。

8 Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

8 公山羊极其狂妄自大。但正值鼎盛之时，它的大角突然折断，在原处又长出四个醒目的角，朝着天的四方。

9 From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.

9 其中一个角又长出一个小角，向南方、东方和佳美之地 扩张势力。

10 It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.

10 它长得高及天军，将一些天军和星宿抛到地上，用脚践踏。

11 It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.

11 它狂妄自大，与天军的统帅比高，它废除日常献给祂的祭，毁坏祂的圣所。

12 And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.

12 因为反叛的缘故，天军和日常所献的祭都交给了它。它将真理抛在地上，它所行的无不顺利。

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”

13 接着，我听见一位圣者在说话，另一位圣者问他：“异象中出现的有关日常所献的祭，毁灭性的反叛和践踏圣所及天军的事要持续多久呢？”

14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”

14 他对我说：“两千三百个昼夜。之后，圣所才会洁净。”

15 While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

15 我但以理看见这异象，正想明白它的意思，忽然有一个外貌像人的站在我面前。

16 And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”

16 我听见有人声从乌莱河两岸之间呼喊：“加百列啊，要让此人明白这异象。”

17 As he came near to where I stood, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”

17 于是，他朝我站的地方走来，当他走来的时候，我吓得俯伏在地。他对我说：“人子啊，你要明白，这异象是关于末后的时期。”

18 While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,

18 他和我说话的时候，我伏在地上昏睡过去，他便轻拍我，扶我起来，

19 and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.

19 对我说：“我要告诉你将来上帝发烈怒的末了所发生的事，因为这异象是关于那定好的末后时期。

20 The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

20 你看见的那只有两角的公绵羊指玛代和波斯的诸王。

21 The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

21 公山羊指希腊王，在它双眼之间的大角指第一个王。

22 The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation but will not have the same power.

22 大角折断后，从原处长出四个角表示四个国必从这国兴起，但都不及这国强大。

23 In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

23 在四国的末期，人们恶贯满盈的时候，必有一个面貌凶恶、诡计多端的王兴起。

24 His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.

24 他势力强大，却不是靠自己的力量。他必带来可怕的毁灭，而且凡事亨通，他必毁灭强者和圣民。

25 Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.

25 他靠阴谋诡计得逞，心高气傲，乘人不备突然毁灭许多人，甚至要攻击万君之君，然而他终必被击垮，但并非被人的手击垮。

26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

26 有关两千三百个昼夜的异象是真的。但你要保密，因为这指的是遥远的将来。”

27 I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

27 我但以理精疲力尽，病了几天。后来我起来照常办理王的事务，但我对这异象感到惊奇不已，不明白它的意思。