Daniel 1
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem and surrounded the city to cut off all supplies to it.
犹大王约雅敬在位第三年，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来到耶路撒冷，将城围困。
2 The Lord gave Nebuchadnezzar victory over Jehoiakim king of Judah, and he gave him some of the sacred objects from the house of God. He brought them into the land of Babylonia, to the house of his god, and he placed the sacred objects in his god's treasury.
主将犹大王约雅敬，并 神殿中器皿的几分交付他手。他就把这器皿带到示拿地，收入他神的庙里，放在他神的库中。
3 The king spoke to Ashpenaz, his chief official, to bring in some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility—
王吩咐太监长亚施毗拿，从以色列人的宗室和贵胄中带进几个人来，
4 young men without blemish, attractive in appearance, skillful in all wisdom, filled with knowledge and understanding, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the Babylonians' literature and language.
就是年少没有残疾、相貌俊美、通达各样学问、知识聪明俱备、足能侍立在王宫里的，要教他们迦勒底的文字言语。
5 The king counted out for them a daily portion of his delicacies and some of the wine that he drank. These young men were to be trained for three years, and after that, they would serve the king.
王派定将自己所用的膳和所饮的酒，每日赐他们一分，养他们三年。满了三年，好叫他们在王面前侍立。
6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, some of the people of Judah.
他们中间有犹大族的人：但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅。
7 The chief official gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.
太监长给他们起名：称但以理为伯提沙撒，称哈拿尼雅为沙得拉，称米沙利为米煞，称亚撒利雅为亚伯尼歌。
8 But Daniel intended in his mind that he would not pollute himself with the king's delicacies or with the wine that he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official that he might not pollute himself.
但以理却立志不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己，所以求太监长容他不玷污自己。
9 Now God gave Daniel favor and compassion through the respect that the chief official had for him.
神使但以理在太监长眼前蒙恩惠，受怜悯。
10 The chief official said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my master the king. He has commanded what food and drink you should have. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men of your own age? The king might have my head because of you.”
太监长对但以理说：“我惧怕我主我王，他已经派定你们的饮食，倘若他见你们的面貌比你们同岁的少年人肌瘦，怎么好呢？这样，你们就使我的头在王那里难保。”
11 Then Daniel spoke to the steward whom the chief official had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
但以理对太监长所派管理但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅的委办说：
12 He said, “Please test us, your servants, for ten days. Give us only some vegetables to eat and water to drink.
“求你试试仆人们十天，给我们素菜吃，白水喝，
13 Then compare our appearance with the appearance of the young men who eat the king's delicacies, and treat us, your servants, based on what you see.”
然后看看我们的面貌和用王膳那少年人的面貌，就照你所看的待仆人吧！”
14 So the steward agreed with him to do this, and he tested them for ten days.
委办便允准他们这件事，试看他们十天。
15 At the end of ten days their appearance was more healthy, and they were better nourished, than all the young men who ate the king's delicacies.
过了十天，见他们的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。
16 So the steward took away their delicacies and their wine and gave them only vegetables.
于是委办撤去派他们用的膳，饮的酒，给他们素菜吃。
17 As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and insight in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel could understand all kinds of visions and dreams.
这四个少年人， 神在各样文字学问上赐给他们聪明知识；但以理又明白各样的异象和梦兆。
18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
尼布甲尼撒王预定带进少年人来的日期满了，太监长就把他们带到王面前。
19 The king spoke with them, and among the whole group there were none to compare with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. They stood before the king, ready to serve him.
王与他们谈论，见少年人中无一人能比但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亚撒利雅，所以留他们在王面前侍立。
20 In every question of wisdom and understanding that the king asked them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and those who claimed to speak with the dead, who were in his entire kingdom.
王考问他们一切事，就见他们的智慧聪明比通国的术士和用法术的胜过十倍。
21 Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus.
到塞鲁士王元年，但以理还在。
