但以理书 8
1 伯沙撒王在位第三年，有异象现与我—但以理，是在先前所见的异象之后。
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.
2 我见了异象的时候，我以为在以拦省书珊城中；我见异象又如在乌莱河边。
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.
3 我举目观看，见有双角的公绵羊站在河边，两角都高。这角高过那角，更高的是后长的。
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.
4 我见那公绵羊往西、往北、往南抵触。兽在它面前都站立不住，也没有能救护脱离它手的；但它任意而行，自高自大。
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.
5 我正思想的时候，见有一只公山羊从西而来，遍行全地，脚不沾尘。这山羊两眼当中有一非常的角。
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.
6 它往我所看见、站在河边有双角的公绵羊那里去，大发忿怒，向它直闯。
He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
7 我见公山羊就近公绵羊，向它发烈怒，抵触它，折断它的两角。绵羊在它面前站立不住；它将绵羊触倒在地，用脚践踏，没有能救绵羊脱离它手的。
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.
8 这山羊极其自高自大，正强盛的时候，那大角折断了，又在角根上向天的四方长出四个非常的角来。
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.
9 四角之中有一角长出一个小角，向南、向东、向荣美之地，渐渐成为强大。
From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
10 它渐渐强大，高及天象，将些天象和星宿抛落在地，用脚践踏。
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.
11 并且它自高自大，以为高及天象之君；除掉常献给君的燔祭，毁坏君的圣所。
It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
12 因罪过的缘故，有军旅和常献的燔祭交付它。它将真理抛在地上，任意而行，无不顺利。
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.
13 我听见有一位圣者说话，又有一位圣者问那说话的圣者说：“这除掉常献的燔祭和施行毁坏的罪过，将圣所与军旅践踏的异象，要到几时才应验呢？”
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?”
14 他对我说：“到二千三百日，圣所就必洁净。”
He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
15 我—但以理见了这异象，愿意明白其中的意思。忽有一位形状像人的站在我面前。
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
16 我又听见乌莱河两岸中有人声呼叫说：“加百列啊，要使此人明白这异象。”
And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
17 他便来到我所站的地方。他一来，我就惊慌俯伏在地；他对我说：“人子啊，你要明白，因为这是关乎末后的异象。”
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.”
18 他与我说话的时候，我面伏在地沉睡；他就摸我，扶我站起来，
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,
19 说：“我要指示你恼怒临完必有的事，因为这是关乎末后的定期。
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.
20 你所看见双角的公绵羊，就是米底亚和波斯王。
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 那公山羊就是希腊王；两眼当中的大角就是头一王。
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 至于那折断了的角，在其根上又长出四角，这四角就是四国，必从这国里兴起来，只是权势都不及他。
The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation, but will not have the same power.
23 这四国末时，犯法的人罪恶满盈，必有一王兴起，面貌凶恶，能用双关的诈语。
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.
24 他的权柄必大，却不是因自己的能力；他必行非常的毁灭，事情顺利，任意而行；又必毁灭有能力的和圣民。
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.
25 他用权术成就手中的诡计，心里自高自大，在人坦然无备的时候，毁灭多人；又要站起来攻击万君之君，至终却非因人手而灭亡。
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.
26 所说二千三百日的异象是真的，但你要将这异象封住，因为关乎后来许多的日子。”
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.”
27 于是我—但以理昏迷不醒，病了数日，然后起来办理王的事务。我因这异象惊奇，却无人能明白其中的意思。
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.
