Daniel 6
1 Darius decided it would be good to place the kingdom under the control of one hundred and twenty provincial governors.
大流士随心所愿，立一百二十个总督，治理通国。
2 Three chief ministers were placed over them to look after the king's interests. Daniel was one of the three.
又在他们以上立总长三人（但以理在其中），使总督在他们三人面前回复事务，免得王受亏损。
3 Soon Daniel was shown to be a far better administrator than the other chief ministers and provincial governors. Because of his exceptional ability, the king planned to put him in charge of the whole kingdom.
因这但以理有美好的灵性，所以显然超乎其余的总长和总督，王又想立他治理通国。
4 As a result the other chief ministers and provincial governors tried to find a pretext against Daniel as to the way he ran the kingdom. But they couldn't find any cause for complaint or any corruption, for he was trustworthy. They could not discover any evidence that Daniel was negligent or corrupt.
那时，总长和总督寻找但以理误国的把柄，为要参他；只是找不着他的错误过失，因他忠心办事，毫无错误过失。
5 So they said to themselves, “We won't find any pretext to attack Daniel unless we use his observance of his God's laws against him.”
那些人便说：“我们要找参这但以理的把柄，除非在他 神的律法中就寻不着。”
6 So these chief ministers and provincial governors went together to see the king. “May Your Majesty King Darius live forever!” they said.
于是，总长和总督纷纷聚集来见王，说：“愿大流士王万岁！
7 “We have all agreed—chief ministers, prefects, provincial governors, counselors, and local governors—that Your Majesty should issue a decree, legally enforced, that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions' den.
国中的总长、钦差、总督、谋士，和巡抚彼此商议，要立一条坚定的禁令，三十日内，不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求什么，就必扔在狮子坑中。
8 Now, Your Majesty, if you will sign the decree and have it issued so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians that cannot be revoked.”
王啊，现在求你立这禁令，加盖玉玺，使禁令决不更改；照米底亚和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”
9 So Darius signed the decree into law.
于是大流士王立这禁令，加盖玉玺。
10 When Daniel found out that the decree had been signed he went home to his upstairs room where he would pray three times a day, with the windows open facing Jerusalem. There he kneeled down, praying and thanking his God as he always did.
但以理知道这禁令盖了玉玺，就到自己家里（他楼上的窗户开向耶路撒冷），一日三次，双膝跪在他 神面前，祷告感谢，与素常一样。
11 Then the men who had plotted against Daniel went together and found him praying to his God and asking for help.
那些人就纷纷聚集，见但以理在他 神面前祈祷恳求。
12 They went to the king right away and asked him about the decree. “Didn't Your Majesty sign a decree that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions' den?” “I certainly did!” the king replied. “The decree stands. According to the law of the Medes and the Persians it cannot be revoked.”
他们便进到王前，提王的禁令，说：“王啊，三十日内不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求什么，必被扔在狮子坑中。王不是在这禁令上盖了玉玺吗？”王回答说：“实有这事，照米底亚和波斯人的例是不可更改的。”
13 Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of those captives from Judah, pays no attention to Your Majesty or to the decree you signed and prays three times a day.”
他们对王说：“王啊，那被掳之犹大人中的但以理不理你，也不遵你盖了玉玺的禁令，他竟一日三次祈祷。”
14 When the king heard this, he was very upset and tried to think of how to save Daniel. He worked hard until sundown trying to rescue him.
王听见这话，就甚愁烦，一心要救但以理，筹划解救他，直到日落的时候。
15 Then the men returned together and said to the king, “You know, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians no decree or statute can be changed.”
那些人就纷纷聚集来见王，说：“王啊，当知道米底亚人和波斯人有例，凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。”
16 Eventually the king gave the order and Daniel was taken and thrown into the lions' den. The king told him, “May the God you so loyally serve save you!”
王下令，人就把但以理带来，扔在狮子坑中。王对但以理说：“你所常事奉的 神，他必救你。”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the entrance to the den and the king sealed it with his own personal seal and those of his nobles so that no one could interfere with what was happening to Daniel.
有人搬石头放在坑口，王用自己的玺和大臣的印，封闭那坑，使惩办但以理的事毫无更改。
18 Then the king went back to his palace. He ate nothing at all that night and refused any kind of entertainment. He couldn't sleep a wink.
王回宫，终夜禁食，无人拿乐器到他面前，并且睡不着觉。
19 At dawn, as soon as it was light, the king got up and rushed to the lions' den.
次日黎明，王就起来，急忙往狮子坑那里去。
20 As he approached the den, he called out anxiously to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God whom you honor so faithfully, was your God able to save you from the lions?”
临近坑边，哀声呼叫但以理，对但以理说：“永生 神的仆人但以理啊，你所常事奉的 神能救你脱离狮子吗？”
21 Daniel replied, “May Your Majesty the king live forever!
但以理对王说：“愿王万岁！
22 My God sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths. They have not hurt me because I was found innocent in his sight. In addition, I have never done you any wrong, Your Majesty.”
我的 神差遣使者，封住狮子的口，叫狮子不伤我；因我在 神面前无辜，我在王面前也没有行过亏损的事。”
23 The king was extremely pleased and ordered Daniel brought up from the den. Daniel was lifted up from the den and he was found to have no injuries at all because he had trusted in his God.
王就甚喜乐，吩咐人将但以理从坑里系上来。于是但以理从坑里被系上来，身上毫无伤损，因为信靠他的 神。
24 Then the king ordered the men who had accused Daniel to be brought and they were thrown into the lions' den along with their wives and children. Before they even reached the floor of the den the lions attacked them, ripping them to pieces.
王下令，人就把那些控告但以理的人，连他们的妻子儿女都带来，扔在狮子坑中。他们还没有到坑底，狮子就抓住他们，咬碎他们的骨头。
25 Then Darius wrote to all the people of the world, the different nations and languages, saying, “I wish you well!
那时，大流士王传旨，晓谕住在全地各方、各国、各族的人说：“愿你们大享平安！
26 I decree that throughout my entire kingdom everyone should respect and honor the God of Daniel, for he is the living God. He is everlasting and his kingdom will never be destroyed. His reign will never end.
现在我降旨晓谕我所统辖的全国人民，要在但以理的 神面前，战兢恐惧。 因为他是永远长存的活 神， 他的国永不败坏； 他的权柄永存无极！
27 He is the one who rescues and saves; he does miracles and wonders in the heavens and on earth. He saved Daniel from death in the lions' den.”
他护庇人，搭救人， 在天上地下施行神迹奇事， 救了但以理脱离狮子的口。”
28 Daniel experienced good success during the reigns of Darius and Cyrus the Persian.
如此，这但以理，当大流士王在位的时候和波斯王塞鲁士在位的时候，大享亨通。
