Daniel 12

1 "At that time shall Michael arise, the great prince who watches over the children of your people. And there shall be a time of distress unparalleled since the beginning of the nation until that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

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 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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 who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

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 But you, Daniel, close up these words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall roam here and there, and knowledge shall increase."

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 Then I, Daniel, looked, and look, two others stood, one on this bank of the river, and one on the other bank of the river.

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 one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long shall it be till these wonders take place?"

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 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be 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 heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "My lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?"

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 said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed 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 Many shall be purified, cleansed and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall 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 From the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred 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 Blessed is he who waits, 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 But go your way until the end. For you shall rest, and shall rise to receive your reward 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。」