Daniel 6
1 It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom 120 provincial governors who would rule over all the kingdom.
大流士隨心所願，立一百二十個總督，治理通國。
2 Over them there were three chief administrators, and Daniel was one of them. These chief administrators were appointed so that they might supervise the provincial governors, so that the king should suffer no loss.
又在他們以上立總長三人（但以理在其中），使總督在他們三人面前回覆事務，免得王受虧損。
3 Daniel was distinguished above the other chief administrators and the provincial governors because he had an extraordinary spirit. The king was planning to put him over the whole kingdom.
因這但以理有美好的靈性，所以顯然超乎其餘的總長和總督，王又想立他治理通國。
4 Then the other chief administrators and the provincial governors looked for mistakes in the work Daniel did for the kingdom, but they could find no corruption or failure in his duty because he was faithful. No mistakes or negligence was found in him.
那時，總長和總督尋找但以理誤國的把柄，為要參他；只是找不着他的錯誤過失，因他忠心辦事，毫無錯誤過失。
5 Then these men said, “We cannot find any reason to complain against this Daniel unless we find something against him regarding the law of his God.”
那些人便說：「我們要找參這但以理的把柄，除非在他上帝的律法中就尋不着。」
6 Then these administrators and governors brought a plan before the king. They said to him, “King Darius, may you live forever!
於是，總長和總督紛紛聚集來見王，說：「願大流士王萬歲！
7 All the chief administrators of the kingdom, the regional governors, and the provincial governors, the advisors, and the governors have consulted together and decided that you, the king, should issue a decree and should enforce it, so that whoever makes a petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, king, that person must be thrown into the den of lions.
國中的總長、欽差、總督、謀士，和巡撫彼此商議，要立一條堅定的禁令，三十日內，不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求甚麼，就必扔在獅子坑中。
8 Now, King, issue a decree and sign the document so that it may not be changed, as directed by the laws of the Medes and Persians, so it cannot be repealed.”
王啊，現在求你立這禁令，加蓋玉璽，使禁令決不更改；照米底亞和波斯人的例是不可更改的。」
9 So king Darius signed the document making the decree into a law.
於是大流士王立這禁令，加蓋玉璽。
10 When Daniel learned that the document had been signed into law, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his upper room toward Jerusalem), and he got down on his knees, as he did three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done before.
但以理知道這禁令蓋了玉璽，就到自己家裏（他樓上的窗戶開向耶路撒冷），一日三次，雙膝跪在他上帝面前，禱告感謝，與素常一樣。
11 Then these men who had formed the plot together saw Daniel make requests and seek help from God.
那些人就紛紛聚集，見但以理在他上帝面前祈禱懇求。
12 Then they approached the king and spoke with him about his decree: “Did you not make a decree that everyone who makes a petition to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, king, must be throw into the den of lions?” The king answered, “The matter is settled, as directed by the law of the Medes and Persians; it cannot be repealed.”
他們便進到王前，提王的禁令，說：「王啊，三十日內不拘何人，若在王以外，或向神或向人求甚麼，必被扔在獅子坑中。王不是在這禁令上蓋了玉璽嗎？」王回答說：「實有這事，照米底亞和波斯人的例是不可更改的。」
13 Then they replied to the king, “That person Daniel, who is one of the people of the exile from Judah, pays no attention to you, king, or to the decree that you have signed. He prays to his God three times a day.”
他們對王說：「王啊，那被擄之猶大人中的但以理不理你，也不遵你蓋了玉璽的禁令，他竟一日三次祈禱。」
14 When the king heard this, he was terribly distressed, and he applied his mind to rescue Daniel from this ruling. He labored until sunset to try to save Daniel.
王聽見這話，就甚愁煩，一心要救但以理，籌劃解救他，直到日落的時候。
15 Then these men who had formed the plot gathered together with the king and said to him, “Know, king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree or statute that the king issues can be changed.”
那些人就紛紛聚集來見王，說：「王啊，當知道米底亞人和波斯人有例，凡王所立的禁令和律例都不可更改。」
16 Then the king gave an order, and they brought in Daniel, and they threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you.”
王下令，人就把但以理帶來，扔在獅子坑中。王對但以理說：「你所常事奉的上帝，他必救你。」
17 A stone was brought over the entrance to the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
有人搬石頭放在坑口，王用自己的璽和大臣的印，封閉那坑，使懲辦但以理的事毫無更改。
18 Then the king went to his palace and he went through the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
王回宮，終夜禁食，無人拿樂器到他面前，並且睡不着覺。
19 Then at daybreak the king got up and he quickly went to the lions' den.
次日黎明，王就起來，急忙往獅子坑那裏去。
20 As he came near to the den, he called out to Daniel in a sad voice, saying to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to save you from the lions?”
臨近坑邊，哀聲呼叫但以理，對但以理說：「永生上帝的僕人但以理啊，你所常事奉的上帝能救你脫離獅子嗎？」
21 Then said Daniel to the king, “King, live forever!
但以理對王說：「願王萬歲！
22 My God has sent his messenger and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me. For I was found blameless before him and also before you, king, and I have done you no harm.”
我的上帝差遣使者，封住獅子的口，叫獅子不傷我；因我在上帝面前無辜，我在王面前也沒有行過虧損的事。」
23 Then the king was very happy. He gave an order that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted up out of the den. No harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
王就甚喜樂，吩咐人將但以理從坑裏繫上來。於是但以理從坑裏被繫上來，身上毫無傷損，因為信靠他的上帝。
24 The king gave an order, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel and threw them into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the floor, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones to pieces.
王下令，人就把那些控告但以理的人，連他們的妻子兒女都帶來，扔在獅子坑中。他們還沒有到坑底，獅子就抓住他們，咬碎他們的骨頭。
25 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: “May peace increase for you.
那時，大流士王傳旨，曉諭住在全地各方、各國、各族的人說：「願你們大享平安！
26 I hereby make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God and lives forever, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed; his dominion shall be to the end.
現在我降旨曉諭我所統轄的全國人民，要在但以理的上帝面前，戰兢恐懼。 因為他是永遠長存的活上帝， 他的國永不敗壞； 他的權柄永存無極！
27 He makes us safe and rescues us, and he does signs and wonders in heaven and in earth; he has kept Daniel safe from the strength of the lions.”
他護庇人，搭救人， 在天上地下施行神蹟奇事， 救了但以理脫離獅子的口。」
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and during the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
如此，這但以理，當大流士王在位的時候和波斯王塞魯士在位的時候，大享亨通。
