Daniel 1
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
猶大王約雅金在位第三年，巴比倫王拿步高前來圍攻耶路撒冷，
2 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.
上主將猶大王約雅金和天主殿內的一部分器皿，交在拿步高手中，他便將這些器皿帶到史納爾地方，存放在他神殿的庫房內。
3 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:
君王吩咐他的宦官長阿市培納次，要他由以色列子民中，選一些王室或貴族的青年，
4 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.
他們應沒有缺陷，容貌俊美，足智多才，富有知識，明察事理，適合在王宮內充當侍從，應教給他們加色丁文字和語言。
5 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.
君王且給他們指定了，每天要吃君王所吃的食品和所飲的美酒，如此教養他們三年；期滿以後，他們便可侍立在君王左右。
6 Now, among those of the sons of Judah, there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
他們中為猶大後裔的，有達尼爾、阿納尼雅、米沙耳和阿匝黎雅。
7 And the chief of the eunuchs assigned names to them: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
宦官長另給他們起了名字：給達尼爾起名叫貝特沙匝，阿納尼雅叫沙得辣客，米沙耳叫默沙客，阿匝黎雅叫阿貝得乃哥。
8 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.
但是阿尼爾心中早已拿定主意，決不讓自己為君王的食品和君王飲的美酒所玷污，所以他請求宦官長使自己免受玷污。
9 And so God gave Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the leader of the eunuchs.
天主賞達尼爾在宦官長眼中獲得寵遇和同情。
10 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.”
宦官長對達尼爾說：「我害怕我的主上君王，他原給你們指定了飲食，若見你們的面容比你們同年的青年消瘦，這樣你們豈不是將我的頭斷送給君王! 」
11 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the leader of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
達尼爾對宦官長派來照管達尼爾、阿納尼雅、米沙耳和阿匝黎雅的人說：「
12 “I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,
請你一連十天試一試你的僕人們，只給我們蔬菜吃，清水喝；
13 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.”
然後，你親自觀察我們的容貌，和那些吃君王食品的青年的容貌，就照你所觀察的，對待你的僕人們罷! 」
14 When he had heard these words, he tested them for ten days.
他答應了他們的要求，試驗了他們十天。
15 But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king’s food.
十天以後，他們的容貌比那些吃君王食品的青年顯得更為美麗，肌肉更為豐滿。
16 Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.
負責照管的人，遂將他們的食品和應喝的美酒撤去，祇給他們蔬菜。
17 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.
至於這四個青年，天主賜給了他們精通各種文字和學問的才智與聰明，而且達尼爾還通曉各種神視和夢兆。
18 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.
君王規定帶他們進宮的期限一滿，宦官長就領他們進見拿步高。
19 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.
君王和他們交談，發現其中沒有一個能及得上達尼爾、阿納尼雅、米沙耳和阿匝黎雅的，於是他們隨侍在君王前，
20 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.
君王無論詢問他們什麼智識和學問，發現他們都十倍於自己全國所有的巫師和術士。
21 And so Daniel remained, even until the first year of king Cyrus.
達尼爾就這樣一直到居魯士王元年。
