Daniel 12

1 “And at that time Michael stands up, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of your people, and there has been a time of distress, such as has not been since there has been a nation until that time, and at that time your people escape, everyone who is found written in the scroll.

那時保佑你國家子民的偉大護守天使彌額爾必要起來；那將是一個災難的時期，是自開國以來，直到那時從未有過的；那時，你的人民，凡是名錄在那書上的，都必得救。

2 And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground awake, some to continuous life, and some to reproaches—to continuous abhorrence.

許多長眠於塵土中的人，要醒起來：有的要入於永生，有的要永遠蒙羞受辱。

3 And those teaching shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars for all time and forever.”

賢明之士要發光有如穹蒼的光輝；那些引導多人歸於正義的人，要永遠發光如同星辰。

4 “And you, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the scroll until the time of the end, many go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.”

至於你，達尼爾! 你要隱藏這些話，密封這部書，直到末期；將有許多人要探討，因而智識必要增長。

5 “And I have looked—I, Daniel—and behold, two others are standing, one here at the edge of the flood and one there at the edge of the flood,

那時我達尼爾觀望：看見另有兩位天使，一位站在河岸這邊，一位站在河岸那邊。

6 and he says to the one clothed in linen, who [is] on the waters of the flood, Until when [is] the end of these wonders?

我就問那身穿細麻衣，站在河水上的人說：「幾時這些奇事纔會實現呢﹖」

7 And I hear the one clothed in linen, who [is] on the waters of the flood, and he lifts up his right hand and his left to the heavens, and swears by Him who is living for all time, that, After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, all these are finished.

我聽見那身穿細麻衣，站在河水上的人向天舉起左手及右手，指著永生者起誓說：「的確，這事必須經過一段時期，另兩段時期和半段時期：直到摧殘聖民的勢力終止時，這一切事纔要實現。」

8 And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, O my lord, what [is] the latter end of these?

我聽了以後，仍不明白，便問說：「我主! 這些事的結局究竟怎樣﹖」

9 And he says, Go, Daniel; for hidden and sealed [are] the things until the time of the end.

他回答說：「達尼爾，你去罷! 因為這些事隱藏密封，直到末期。

10 Purify themselves, indeed, make themselves white, indeed, many are refined: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely understand;

將有許多人要使自己純潔清白，並受鍛鍊，而惡人卻要更加作惡；凡作惡的人不能明白，惟有賢明之士纔能明白。

11 and from the time of the turning aside of the continuous [sacrifice], and to the giving out of the desolating abomination, [are] one thousand, two hundred, and ninety days.

自從廢棄日常祭，設立那招致荒涼的可憎之物的時候起，必要經歷一千二百九十天。

12 O the blessedness of him who is waiting earnestly, and comes to the one thousand, three hundred, thirty-five days.

凡能守候直到一千三百三十五天的，是有福的。

13 And you, go on to the end, then you rest, and stand in your lot at the end of the days.”

你應去等候末期，好好安息罷! 到末日，你要起來接受你的福分。」