但以理書 7
1 巴比倫王伯沙撒元年，但以理在床上做夢，見了腦中的異象，就記錄這夢，述說其中的大意。
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
2 但以理說： 我夜裏見異象，看見天的四風陡起，颳在大海之上。
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.
3 有四個大獸從海中上來，形狀各有不同：
Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
4 頭一個像獅子，有鷹的翅膀；我正觀看的時候，獸的翅膀被拔去，獸從地上得立起來，用兩腳站立，像人一樣，又得了人心。
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
5 又有一獸如熊，就是第二獸，旁跨而坐，口齒內啣着三根肋骨。有吩咐這獸的說：「起來吞吃多肉。」
“Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
6 此後我觀看，又有一獸如豹，背上有鳥的四個翅膀；這獸有四個頭，又得了權柄。
“After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 其後我在夜間的異象中觀看，見第四獸甚是可怕，極其強壯，大有力量，有大鐵牙，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用腳踐踏。這獸與前三獸大不相同，頭有十角。
“After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome, powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.
8 我正觀看這些角，見其中又長起一個小角；先前的角中有三角在這角前，連根被牠拔出來。這角有眼，像人的眼，有口說誇大的話。
“I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogantly.
9 我觀看， 見有寶座設立， 上頭坐着亙古常在者。 他的衣服潔白如雪， 頭髮如純淨的羊毛。 寶座乃火焰， 其輪乃烈火。
“I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was Ancient of Days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
10 從他面前有火，像河發出； 事奉他的有千千， 在他面前侍立的有萬萬； 他坐着要行審判， 案卷都展開了。
A fiery stream issued and came out from before him. Thousands of thousands ministered to him. Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set. The books were opened.
11 那時我觀看，見那獸因小角說誇大話的聲音被殺，身體損壞，扔在火中焚燒。
“I watched at that time because of the voice of the arrogant words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
12 其餘的獸，權柄都被奪去，生命卻仍存留，直到所定的時候和日期。
As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 我在夜間的異象中觀看， 見有一位像人子的， 駕着天雲而來， 被領到亙古常在者面前，
“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him.
14 得了權柄、榮耀、國度， 使各方、各國、各族的人都事奉他。 他的權柄是永遠的，不能廢去； 他的國必不敗壞。
Dominion was given him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will not be destroyed.
15 至於我－但以理，我的靈在我裏面愁煩，我腦中的異象使我驚惶。
“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 我就近一位侍立者，問他這一切的真情。他就告訴我，將那事的講解給我說明：
I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. “So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 這四個大獸就是四王將要在世上興起。
‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
18 然而，至高者的聖民，必要得國享受，直到永永遠遠。
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
19 那時我願知道第四獸的真情，牠為何與那三獸的真情大不相同，甚是可怕，有鐵牙銅爪，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用腳踐踏；
“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
20 頭有十角和那另長的一角，在這角前有三角被牠打落。這角有眼，有說誇大話的口，形狀強橫，過於牠的同類。
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
21 我觀看，見這角與聖民爭戰，勝了他們。
I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,
22 直到亙古常在者來給至高者的聖民伸冤，聖民得國的時候就到了。
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 那侍立者這樣說： 第四獸就是世上必有的第四國， 與一切國大不相同， 必吞吃全地， 並且踐踏嚼碎。
“So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down and break it in pieces.
24 至於那十角，就是從這國中必興起的十王， 後來又興起一王， 與先前的不同； 他必制伏三王。
As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings.
25 他必向至高者說誇大的話， 必折磨至高者的聖民， 必想改變節期和律法。 聖民必交付他手一載、二載、半載。
He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
26 然而，審判者必坐着行審判； 他的權柄必被奪去， 毀壞，滅絕，一直到底。
“‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
27 國度、權柄，和天下諸國的大權 必賜給至高者的聖民。 他的國是永遠的； 一切掌權的都必事奉他，順從他。
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
28 那事至此完畢。至於我－但以理，心中甚是驚惶，臉色也改變了，卻將那事存記在心。
“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.”
