但以理书 6
1 大流士随心所愿，立一百二十个总督，治理通国。
It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps — a hundred and twenty — that they may be throughout the whole 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 higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel [is] first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no 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。
Then this Daniel hath been overseer over the presidents and satraps, because that an excellent spirit [is] in him, and the king hath thought to establish 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。
Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he [is] faithful, and any error and corruption have not been 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。”
Then these men are saying, 'We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found [it] against him in the law of his God.'
6 于是，总长和总督纷纷聚集来见王，说：“愿大流士王万岁！
Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: 'O king Darius, to the ages live!
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，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。
Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a 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；照米底亚和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”
Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
9 于是大流士王立这禁令，加盖玉玺。
Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.
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。
And Daniel, when he hath known that the writing is signed, hath gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, over-against Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.
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 have assembled, and found Daniel praying and entreating grace before 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吗？”王回答说：“实有这事，照米底亚和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”
then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing [is] certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'
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 have answered, yea, they are saying before the king, that, 'Daniel, who [is] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, hath not placed on thee, O king, [any] regard, nor on the interdict that thou hast signed, and three times in a day he is seeking his petition.'
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。
Then the king, when he hath heard the matter, is greatly displeased at himself, and on Daniel he hath set the heart to deliver him, and till the going up of the sun he was arranging to deliver him.
15 那些人就纷纷聚集来见王，说：“王啊，当知道米底亚人和波斯人有例，凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。”
Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, 'know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia [is]: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to 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。”
Then the king hath said, and they have brought Daniel, and have cast [him] into a den of lions. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, 'Thy God, whom thou art serving continually, Himself doth deliver thee.'
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。
And a stone hath been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king hath sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose be not changed concerning Daniel.
18 王回宫，终夜禁食，无人拿乐器到他面前，并且睡不着觉。
Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled [from] off him.
19 次日黎明，王就起来，急忙往狮子坑那里去。
Then doth the king rise in the early morning, at the light, and in haste to the den of lions he hath gone;
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？”
and at his coming near to the den, to Daniel, with a grieved voice, he crieth. The king hath answered and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, thy God, whom thou art serving continually, is He able to deliver thee from the lions?'
21 但以理对王说：“愿王万岁！
Then Daniel hath spoken with the king: 'O king, to the ages live:
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 hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.'
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。
Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed 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，狮子就抓住他们，咬碎他们的骨头。
And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
25 那时，大流士王传旨，晓谕住在全地各方、各国、各族的人说：“愿你们大享平安！
Then Darius the king hath written to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who are dwelling in all the land: 'Your peace be great!
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！
From before me is made a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom they are trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for He [is] the living God, and abiding to the ages, and His kingdom that which [is] not destroyed, and His dominion [is] unto the 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。”
A deliverer, and rescuer, and doer of signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth [is] He who hath delivered Daniel from the paw of the lions.'
28 如此，这但以理，当大流士王在位的时候和波斯王塞鲁士在位的时候，大享亨通。
And this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
