< Daniel 9 >
1 In the first yeere of Darius the sonne of Ahashuerosh, of the seede of the Medes, which was made King ouer the realme of the Caldeans,
瑪待族的薛西斯的兒子達理阿作加塞色丁國的君王第一年,
2 Euen in the first yeere of his reigne, I Daniel vnderstood by bookes the nomber of the yeeres, whereof the Lord had spoken vnto Ieremiah the Prophet, that he would accomplish seuentie yeeres in the desolation of Ierusalem.
在他為王元年,我達尼爾注意了經書中上主對耶肋米亞先知有關年數所說的話,即關於耶路撒冷的荒蕪應滿七十年的事。
3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
我面向吾主天主,以祈禱、懇求、禁食、穿苦衣,頂灰塵,求問他。
4 And I prayed vnto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, which art great and fearefull, and keepest couenant and mercy toward them which loue thee, and toward them that keepe thy commandements,
我哀求上主我的天主而認罪說:「哎! 吾主,偉大可敬畏的天主! 你對那些愛你和遵守你誡命的人,必守約施恩。
5 We haue sinned, and haue committed iniquitie and haue done wickedly, yea, we haue rebelled, and haue departed from thy precepts, and from thy iudgements.
我們犯了罪,行了不義,作惡反叛,離棄了你的誡命和法令。
6 For we would not obey thy seruants the Prophets, which spake in thy Name to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
我們沒有聽從你的眾僕人先知,因你的名向我們的君王,我們的首長,我們的祖先,和全國人民所說的話。
7 O Lord, righteousnes belongeth vnto thee, and vnto vs open shame, as appeareth this day vnto euery man of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem: yea, vnto all Israel, both neere and farre off, through all the countreys, whither thou hast driuen them, because of their offences, that they haue committed against thee.
吾主,正義歸於你! 而滿面羞愧歸於我們,就如今日歸於猶大人民,歸於耶路撒冷的居民,歸於所有不忠於你而被你驅至各地或遠或近的以色列人一樣。
8 O Lord, vnto vs apperteineth open shame, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we haue sinned against thee.
吾主,滿面羞愧歸於我們,歸於我們的君王,歸於我們的首長以及我們的祖先,因為我們犯罪得罪了你,
9 Yet compassion and forgiuenesse is in the Lord our God, albeit we haue rebelled against him.
然而慈悲和寬宥應歸於上主我們的天主,因為我們實在都背叛了他,
10 For we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God, to walke in his lawes, which he had laide before vs by the ministerie of his seruants the Prophets.
沒有聽從上主我們天主的勸告,也沒有遵行他藉自己的僕人眾先知,向我們所宣示的訓令。
11 Yea, all Israel haue transgressed thy Lawe, and are turned backe, and haue not heard thy voyce: therefore the curse is powred vpon vs, and the othe that is written in the Lawe of Moses the seruant of God, because we haue sinned against him.
以色列人實在全都違犯離棄了你的法律,沒有聽從你的聲音;因此,在天主的僕人梅瑟的法律上,所記載的咒罵和詛咒,都傾注在我們身上了,因為我們犯罪得罪了他,
12 And he hath confirmed his wordes, which he spake against vs, and against our iudges that iudged vs, by bringing vpon vs a great plague: for vnder the whole heauen hath not bene the like, as hath bene brought vpon Ierusalem.
所以他履行了他對我們和管理我們的官長所說的話:使我們遭受了普天下從未遭受過像耶路撒冷所遭受的這樣大的災難,
13 All this plague is come vpon vs, as it is written in the Lawe of Moses: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turne from our iniquities and vnderstand thy trueth.
全如梅瑟法律上所記載的。這一切災禍都降在我們身上,而我們仍不想平息上主我們天主的義怒,遠離我們的罪惡,明白你的真理;
14 Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not heare his voyce.
因此上主注視著災禍,好把它降在我們身上,因為上主我們的天主,在所行的一切作為上是正義的,只是我們仍未聽他的聲音。
15 And nowe, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mightie hand, and hast gotten thee renoume, as appeareth this day, we haue sinned, we haue done wickedly.
吾主,我們的天主! 你曾以你強有力的手,領你的人民出了埃及地,而彰顯了你的名聲,有如今日;我們現今卻仍然犯罪作惡。
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousnes, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie Ierusalem thine holy Mountaine: for because of our sinnes, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Ierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all that are about vs.
吾主,求你照你所有的仁義,使你的忿怒和憤恨離開你的城耶路撒冷,即你的聖山;因為,由於我們的罪過和我們祖先的罪惡,耶路撒冷和你的人民已成了我們四鄰的笑柄。
17 Nowe therefore, O our God, heare the prayer of thy serunant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine vpon thy Sanctuarie, that lyeth waste for the Lords sake.
所以,現在,我們的天主! 願你俯聽你僕人的祈禱和哀求! 吾主,為了你自己的緣故,再以你的慈顏光照你現已荒涼的聖所。
18 O my God, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde our desolations, and the citie whereupon thy Name is called: for we doe not present our supplications before thee for our owne righteousnes, but for thy great tender mercies.
我的天主! 求你側耳俯聽,睜眼垂視我們的廢墟,和屬你名下的城市! 我們將我們的哀禱呈於你前,不是因我們的正義,而只是依賴你的大慈大悲。
19 O Lord, heare, O Lord forgiue, O Lord consider, and doe it: deferre not, for thine owne sake, O my God: for thy Name is called vpon thy citie, and vpon thy people.
吾主,求你俯聽! 吾主,求你寬宥! 吾主,求你垂聽,迅速實行! 為了你自己的緣故,我的天主,你不要再遲延,因為你的城和你的人民,是屬你名下的。」
20 And whiles I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sinne, and the sinne of my people Israel, and did present my supplication before the Lord my God, for the holy Mountaine of my God,
我還在陳訴、祈禱和承認我罪及我人民以色列的罪,並為天主的聖山,將我的哀禱陳於上主我的天主面前時,
21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, euen the man Gabriel, whome I had seene before in the vision, came flying, and touched mee about the time of the euening oblation.
即我還在祈禱傾訴之際,約在晚祭時,先前我在異象中所見的那似人的加俾額爾,急速再向我飛來;
22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and sayd, O Daniel, I am now come forth to giue thee knowledge and vnderstanding.
他一來到,就對我說:「達尼爾! 我現在顯現出來,是為叫你完全明白,
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.
當你開始哀求時,便有話傳出,要我前來通知你,因為你是個極可愛的人;所以你應該注意這話,理解這異象! 」「
24 Seuentie weekes are determined vpon thy people and vpon thine holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp the sinnes, and to reconcile the inquitie, and to bring in euerlasting righteousnesse, and to seale vp the vision and prophecie, and to anoynt the most Holy.
關於你的人民,和你的聖城已注定了七十個星期,為終止過犯,為結束罪惡,為賠補不義,為帶來永遠的正義,為應驗神視和預言,為給至聖者傅油。
25 Knowe therefore and vnderstande, that from the going foorth of the commandement to bring againe the people, and to builde Ierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes, and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall euen in a troublous time.
你應該知道,也應該明白:自從頒發重建耶路撒冷的命令,直到受傅的君王,共是七個星期;再經六十二個星期,城邑的廣場和溝渠,要重新建起來,且是在困難之時;
26 And after threescore and two weekes, shall Messiah be slaine, and shall haue nothing, and the people of the prince that shall come, shall destroy the citie and the Sanctuarie, and the end thereof shalbe with a flood: and vnto the end of the battell it shalbe destroyed by desolations.
六十二個星期之後,一位受傅者雖然無罪,卻要被殺害,且那將要來臨的首領的民族要破壞這城和聖所,但他的結局是在洪流中;直到末期要有戰爭,及決定了的毀滅。
27 And he shall confirme the couenant with many for one weeke: and in the middes of the weeke he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the ouerspreading of the abominations, he shall make it desolate, euen vntill the consummation determined shalbe powred vpon the desolate.
在一個星期內,他要使祭祀和供物停止,在聖所內要設立所招致荒涼的可憎之物,直到決定了的毀滅傾注在破壞者的身上。」