Daniel 9

1 In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

1 玛代人亚哈随鲁的儿子大流士被立为迦勒底国王元年，

2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

2 就是他统治的第一年，我但以理从经书上得知，按照耶和华给耶利米先知的话，耶路撒冷必荒凉七十年。

3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

3 我便禁食，身披麻衣，头蒙灰尘，向主上帝祷告祈求。

4 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

4 我向我的上帝耶和华祷告、认罪，说：“主啊，你是伟大而可畏的上帝，你向那些爱你、遵守你诫命的人守约，施慈爱。

5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

5 我们犯罪作恶，行为邪恶叛逆，偏离你的诫命和典章，

6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

6 没有听从你的仆人——众先知奉你的名向我们的君王、首领、先祖及国中百姓所说的话。

7 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

7 主啊，你是公义的，我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，以及因对你不忠而被驱散到远近各地的以色列人都受尽羞辱，正如今日一样。

8 O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

8 耶和华啊，我们和我们的君王、首领、先祖因得罪了你而满脸羞愧。

9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

9 虽然我们背叛了主——我们的上帝，祂却有怜悯和饶恕之心。

10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

10 我们没有听从我们的上帝耶和华的话，没有遵行祂借着祂的仆人——众先知给我们颁布的律法。

11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

11 以色列人都违背你的律法，偏离正道，不听从你的话。你仆人摩西的律法书上所记载的咒诅和审判都落在了我们身上，因为我们得罪了你。

12 You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

12 你把大灾难降在我们身上，应验了你警告我们和我们官长的话。耶路撒冷遭遇的灾祸普天之下从未有过。

13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

13 这一切灾祸降在了我们身上，正如摩西律法书的记载。然而，我们的上帝耶和华啊，我们却没有离开罪恶，也没有认识你的真理并恳求你施恩。

14 Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

14 所以耶和华决意使灾祸降在我们身上，因为我们的上帝耶和华的一切作为都是公义的，我们却没有听从祂的话。

15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

15 “主——我们的上帝啊，你曾用大能的手把你的子民领出埃及，使自己威名远扬，如同今日。我们却犯罪作恶。

16 O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

16 主啊，你一向公义，求你息怒，别再向你的圣山耶路撒冷城发烈怒。由于我们的罪恶和我们祖先的过犯，耶路撒冷和你的子民成了四围邻人嘲讽的对象。

17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

17 我们的上帝啊，求你垂听仆人的祷告祈求，为你自己的缘故，以容光照耀你荒凉的圣所。

18 Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

18 我的上帝啊，求你侧耳垂听，睁眼眷顾我们荒凉的土地和属于你名下的城。我们向你祈求，并非因为我们有什么义行，而是因为你充满怜悯。

19 O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

19 主啊，求你垂听！主啊，求你赦免！主啊，求你垂听并行动！我的上帝啊，为你自己的缘故，求你不要耽延，因为这城和这民都属于你的名下。”

20 While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

20 我继续祷告，承认我和同胞以色列人的罪，为我上帝耶和华的圣山在祂面前祈求。

21 while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

21 我正祷告的时候，约在献晚祭时，先前在异象中看见的那位加百列奉命疾飞而来。

22 He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

22 他指教我说：“但以理啊，我现在来是要使你有智慧和悟性。

23 At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

23 你刚开始祈求，就已赐下答复，我是来告诉你的，因为你倍受眷爱。所以你要留意以下的信息，明白异象的意思。

24 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

24 “已经为你的同胞和圣城定了七十个七，以终结叛逆，除掉罪恶，赎尽过犯，带来永远的公义，封住异象和预言，膏抹至圣所 。

25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

25 你要知道，也要明白，从重建耶路撒冷的命令发出，到受膏的君王来临，其间有七个七加六十二个七。耶路撒冷城及其广场和壕沟必得重建，且是在艰难时期。

26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

26 六十二个七之后，受膏者必被杀害，一无所有。另有一王要兴起，他的臣民要毁灭这城和圣所。结局必如洪水冲来，战争将持续到末了，到处一片荒凉。这已经命定。

27 And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

27 那王必与许多人缔结一七之久的盟约。一七之半，他必终止祭牲和供物，并且在圣殿里设立带来毁灭的可憎之物，直到所定的结局临到这可憎者。”