Daniel 3
1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
拿步高王製造了一尊高六十肘，寬六肘的金像，立在巴比倫省的杜辣平原上。
2 Then king Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather together the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and commanders, and all the leaders of the regions, to come together for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised.
拿步高王就派人召集總督、省長、知縣、參謀、司庫、法官、警官和各省官長，前來參與拿步高立像的開光典禮。
3 Then the governors, magistrates and judges, generals and sovereigns and nobles, who were appointed to power, and all the leaders of the regions were brought together so as to convene for the dedication of the statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had raised. And so they stood before the statue that king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
於是總督、省長、知縣、參謀、司庫、法官、警官和各省官長都聚集前來，參與拿步高王立像的開光典禮，都站在拿步高立的像前。
4 And a herald proclaimed loudly, “To you it is said, to you peoples, tribes, and languages,
傳令官高聲呼喊說：「各民族、各邦國、各異語人民! 這是給你們下的令：
5 that in the hour when you will hear the sound of the trumpet and the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, you must fall down and adore the gold statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
你們幾時聽到角、笙、琴、瑟、箏、簫及各種樂器齊奏，就當俯伏朝拜拿步高王立的金像。
6 But if anyone will not bow down and adore, in the same hour he will be cast into a furnace of burning fire.”
凡不俯伏朝拜的，應當立刻投在烈火窯中。」
7 After this, therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, all the peoples, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the gold statue, which king Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
因此，當在場的人聽見角、笙、琴、瑟、箏、簫及各種樂器齊奏時，各民族、各邦國、各異語人民都俯伏朝拜了拿步高王所立的金像。
8 And soon, about the same time, some influential Chaldeans came and accused the Jews,
當時，有幾個加色丁人前來控告猶太人，
9 and they said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever.
對拿步高王啟奏說：「大王萬歲!
10 You, O king, have established a decree, so that every man who might hear the sound of the trumpet, the pipe and the lute, the harp and the psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, will prostrate himself and adore the gold statue.
大王! 你發出了諭令，要所有聽見角、笙、琴、瑟、箏、簫及各種樂器齊奏的人，都應立刻俯伏朝拜金像，
11 But if any man will not fall down and adore, he would be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
誰不俯伏朝拜，就應立即把他投入烈火窯中。
12 Yet there are influential Jews, whom you have appointed over the works of the region of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have scorned your decree. They do not worship your gods, and they do not adore the gold statue which you have raised up.”
然而有幾個你所委任管理巴比倫省政務的猶太人，即沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥，大王! 他們不尊重你的諭令，不恭敬你的神，也不朝拜你所立的金像。」
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in fury and in wrath, commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego should be brought, and so, without delay, they were brought before the king.
拿步高勃然大怒，遂下令傳沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥來；這幾個人就被帶到君王前，
14 And king Nebuchadnezzar addressed them and said, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the gold statue, which I have set up?
拿步高便對他們說：「沙得辣客、默沙客、阿貝得乃哥! 你們是真存心不恭敬我的神，不朝拜我立的金像嗎﹖
15 Therefore, if you are prepared now, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, pipe, lute, harp and psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, prostrate yourselves and adore the statue which I have made. But if you will not adore, in the same hour you will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. And who is the God that will rescue you from my hand?”
現在你們準備好，一聽見角、笙、琴、瑟、箏、簫及各種樂器齊奏，就俯伏朝拜我製造的像；若是你們不朝拜，你們就立刻被投入烈火窯中，看有什麼神能由我手中將你們救出﹖」
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “It is not right for us to obey you in this matter.
沙得辣客 、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥回答拿步高王說：「關於這事，我們無須回答；
17 For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to rescue us from the oven of burning fire and to free us from your hands, O king.
如果我們所恭敬的天主肯救我們，大王! 他必會救我們脫離火窯和脫離你的手；
18 But even if he will not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not worship your gods, nor adore the gold statue, which you have raised up.”
如果他不肯，大王! 你應當知道，我們仍然不願意恭敬你的神，也不朝拜你所立的金像。」
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury and the appearance of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated to seven times its usual fire.
拿步高一聽這話，怒火填胸，立刻對沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥變了臉，下令要人將火窯燒得比往常更熱七倍，
20 And he ordered the strongest men of his army to bind the feet of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.
又命軍中的幾個壯士將沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥捆起來，投入烈火窯中。
21 And immediately these men were bound, and along with their coats, and their hats, and their shoes, and their garments, were cast into the middle of the furnace of burning fire.
這三個人穿著外氅、長袍、頭巾和其他的衣服，被捆起來，投入烈火窯中。
22 But the king’s order was so urgent that the furnace was heated excessively. As a result, those men who had cast in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were killed by the flame of the fire.
由於君王的命令急迫，火窯又燒得猛烈，火燄反將投擲沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥的那些人燒死了。
23 But these three men, that is, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, having been bound, fell down in the middle of the oven of burning fire.
至於沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥三個人，被捆著落入烈火窯中。
24 Then king Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and he quickly got up and said to his nobles: “Did we not cast three men shackled into the midst of the fire?” Answering the king, they said, “True, O king.”
那時拿步高王十分驚慌，急忙站起，問他的臣僕說：「我們不是把他們三個人全捆起來拋入烈火窯中了嗎﹖」僕人回答君王說：「大王，實在是! 」
25 He answered and said, “Behold, I see four men unbound and walking in the midst of the fire, and no harm is in them, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.”
君王又問說：「怎麼我看見有四個人無拘無束地在火中行走，絲毫沒有受傷，而且那第四個人的外貌，彷彿是神的兒子。」
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the entrance of the furnace of burning fire, and he said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the supreme God, come out and approach.” And immediately Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego went out from the midst of the fire.
於是拿步高走近烈火窯口，說道：「至高天主的僕人沙得辣客、默沙客、和阿貝得乃哥，你們出來罷! 」沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥即從火中出來。
27 And when the governors, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the powerful of the king had gathered together, they considered these men because the fire had no power against their bodies, and not a hair of their head had been scorched, and their pants had not been affected, and the smell of the fire had not passed onto them.
省長、太守、總督和君王的臣僕一齊前來，查看這幾個人，見烈火在他們身上一點不發生作用，連他們頭上的一根頭髮都沒有燒掉，他們的外氅也沒有變色，他們身上也沒有一點火的氣味。
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar, bursting out, said, “Blessed is their God, the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants who believed in him. And they altered the verdict of the king, and they delivered up their bodies, so that they would not serve or adore any god except their God.
於是拿步高說道：「沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥的天主，是可讚美的! 他打發了自己的天使來，救護那些信賴自己的僕人，他們敢違背王命，寧願捐軀，除自己的天主以外，不願事奉叩拜其他任何神祇。
29 Therefore, this decree is established by me: that every people, tribe, and language, whenever they have spoken blasphemy against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, will perish and their homes will be destroyed. For there is no other God who is able to save in this way.”
為此我今頒發詔書，無論那一個民族，那一邦國，那一個異語人民，凡對沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥的天主敢出言不恭的，必被萬剮凌遲，他們的住宅必成為廢墟，因為沒有其他的神能像他這樣施行拯救。」
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
然後君王在巴比倫省擢陞了沙得辣客、默沙客和阿貝得乃哥。
