但以理书 1
1 犹大王约雅敬在位第三年，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来到耶路撒冷，将城围困。
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
2 主将犹大王约雅敬，并 神殿中器皿的几分交付他手。他就把这器皿带到示拿地，收入他神的庙里，放在他神的库中。
And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim the king of Judah and a portion of the vessels of the house of God. And he carried them away into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure chamber of his god.
3 王吩咐太监长亚施毗拿，从以色列人的宗室和贵胄中带进几个人来，
And the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of the eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the sons of Israel, and some of the offspring of the king and of the sovereigns:
4 就是年少没有残疾、相貌俊美、通达各样学问、知识聪明俱备、足能侍立在王宫里的，要教他们迦勒底的文字言语。
young men, in whom there was no blemish, noble in appearance, and accomplished in all wisdom, cautious in knowledge, and well-educated, and who could stand in the palace of the king, so that he might teach them the letters and the language of the Chaldeans.
5 王派定将自己所用的膳和所饮的酒，每日赐他们一分，养他们三年。满了三年，好叫他们在王面前侍立。
And the king appointed for them provisions for each day, from his own food and from the wine which he himself drank, so that, after being nourished for three years, they would stand in the sight of the king.
6 他们中间有犹大族的人：但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅。
Now, among those of the sons of Judah, there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
7 太监长给他们起名：称但以理为伯提沙撒，称哈拿尼雅为沙得拉，称米沙利为米煞，称亚撒利雅为亚伯尼歌。
And the chief of the eunuchs assigned names to them: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
8 但以理却立志不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己，所以求太监长容他不玷污自己。
But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not be polluted with the king’s meal, nor with the wine he drank, and he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be contaminated.
9 神使但以理在太监长眼前蒙恩惠，受怜悯。
And so God gave Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the leader of the eunuchs.
10 太监长对但以理说：“我惧怕我主我王，他已经派定你们的饮食，倘若他见你们的面貌比你们同岁的少年人肌瘦，怎么好呢？这样，你们就使我的头在王那里难保。”
And the leader of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed food and drink for you, who, if he should see that your faces are leaner than those of the other youths your age, you would condemn my head to the king.”
11 但以理对太监长所派管理但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅的委办说：
And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the leader of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
12 “求你试试仆人们十天，给我们素菜吃，白水喝，
“I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,
13 然后看看我们的面貌和用王膳那少年人的面貌，就照你所看的待仆人吧！”
and then observe our faces, and the faces of the children who eat the king’s food, and then deal with your servants according to what you see.”
14 委办便允准他们这件事，试看他们十天。
When he had heard these words, he tested them for ten days.
15 过了十天，见他们的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。
But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king’s food.
16 于是委办撤去派他们用的膳，饮的酒，给他们素菜吃。
Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.
17 这四个少年人， 神在各样文字学问上赐给他们聪明知识；但以理又明白各样的异象和梦兆。
Yet, to these children, God gave knowledge and instruction in every book, and wisdom, but to Daniel, also the understanding of all visions and dreams.
18 尼布甲尼撒王预定带进少年人来的日期满了，太监长就把他们带到王面前。
And when the time was completed, after which the king had said that they would be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before the sight of Nebuchadnezzar.
19 王与他们谈论，见少年人中无一人能比但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅，所以留他们在王面前侍立。
And, when the king conversed with them, there had not been found any so great in all the world as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and so they stood in the sight of the king.
20 王考问他们一切事，就见他们的智慧聪明比通国的术士和用法术的胜过十倍。
And in every concept of wisdom and understanding, about which the king consulted with them, he found them to be ten times better than all the seers and astrologers put together, who were in his entire kingdom.
21 到塞鲁士王元年，但以理还在。
And so Daniel remained, even until the first year of king Cyrus.
