但以理书 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
但以理为同胞祷告
9 玛代人亚哈随鲁的儿子大流士被立为迦勒底国的王元年, 2 即他统治的第一年,我但以理从经书上耶和华给耶利米先知的话得知,耶路撒冷必荒凉七十年。
3 我便禁食,身披麻衣,头蒙灰尘,向主上帝祷告祈求。 4 我向我的上帝耶和华祷告、认罪,说:“主啊,你是伟大而可畏的上帝,你向那些爱你、遵守你诫命的人信守你的慈爱之约。 5 我们犯罪作恶,行为邪恶叛逆,偏离你的诫命和典章, 6 没有听从你的仆人——众先知奉你的名向我们的君王、首领、先祖及国中百姓所说的话。 7 主啊,你是公义的,我们今日满面羞愧,我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民,以及因对你不忠而被驱散到远近各地的以色列人都满面羞愧。 8 主啊,我们和我们的君王、首领、先祖因得罪了你而满脸羞愧。 9 虽然我们背叛了主——我们的上帝,祂却有怜悯和饶恕之心。 10 我们没有听从我们的上帝耶和华的话,没有遵行祂借祂的仆人——众先知给我们颁布的律法。 11 以色列人都违背你的律法,偏离正道,不听从你的话。你仆人摩西的律法书上所记载的咒诅和审判都落在了我们身上,因为我们得罪了你。 12 你把大灾难降在我们身上,应验了你警告我们和我们官长的话。耶路撒冷遭遇的灾祸普天之下从未有过。 13 这一切灾祸降在了我们身上,正如摩西律法书的记载。然而,我们的上帝耶和华啊,我们却没有离开罪恶,认识你的真理,以便恳求你施恩。 14 所以耶和华决意使灾祸降在我们身上,因为我们的上帝耶和华的一切作为都是公义的,我们却没有听从祂的话。
15 “主——我们的上帝啊,你曾用大能的手把你的子民领出埃及,使自己威名远扬直到今日。我们却犯罪作恶。 16 主啊,你一向公义,求你不要向你的耶路撒冷城——你的圣山发烈怒。由于我们的罪恶和我们祖先的过犯,耶路撒冷和你的子民成了四围邻人嘲讽的对象。 17 我们的上帝啊,求你垂听仆人的祷告祈求,为你自己的缘故,笑颜垂顾你荒凉的圣所。 18 我的上帝啊,求你侧耳垂听,睁眼眷顾我们荒凉的土地和属于你名下的城。我们向你祈求,并非因为我们有什么义行,乃是因为你充满怜悯。 19 主啊,求你垂听!主啊,求你赦免!主啊,求你应允,立刻行动!我的上帝啊,为你自己的缘故,求你不要耽延,因为这城和这民都属于你的名下。”
加百列解释预言
20 我继续祷告,承认我和同胞以色列人的罪,为我上帝耶和华的圣山在祂面前祈求。 21 我正祷告的时候,先前在异象中看见的那位加百列奉命疾飞而来。那是献晚祭的时候。 22 他向我解释说:“但以理啊,我来是要使你有智慧和悟性。 23 你刚开始祈求,就已赐下答复,我是来告诉你的,因为你倍受眷爱。所以你要留意以下的信息,明白异象的意思。
24 “已经为你的同胞和圣城定了七十个七,以终结叛逆,除掉罪恶,赎尽过犯,带来永远的公义,封住异象和预言,膏抹至圣所[a]。 25 你要知道,也要明白,从重建耶路撒冷的命令发出,到受膏的君王来临,其间有七个七加六十二个七。耶路撒冷城及其广场和壕沟必得重建,且是在艰难时期。 26 六十二个七之后,受膏者必被杀害,一无所有。另有一王要兴起,他的臣民要毁灭这城和圣所。结局必如洪水冲来,战争将持续到末了,到处一片荒凉——这已经注定。 27 那王必与许多人缔结一七之久的盟约。一七之半,他必终止祭牲和供物,并且设立带来毁灭的可憎之物,直到所定的结局临到这恶者。”
Footnotes
- 9:24 “至圣所”或译“至圣者”。
但以理書 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
但以理為同胞禱告
9 瑪代人亞哈隨魯的兒子大流士被立為迦勒底國的王元年, 2 即他統治的第一年,我但以理從經書上耶和華給耶利米先知的話得知,耶路撒冷必荒涼七十年。
3 我便禁食,身披麻衣,頭蒙灰塵,向主上帝禱告祈求。 4 我向我的上帝耶和華禱告、認罪,說:「主啊,你是偉大而可畏的上帝,你向那些愛你、遵守你誡命的人信守你的慈愛之約。 5 我們犯罪作惡,行為邪惡叛逆,偏離你的誡命和典章, 6 沒有聽從你的僕人——眾先知奉你的名向我們的君王、首領、先祖及國中百姓所說的話。 7 主啊,你是公義的,我們今日滿面羞愧,我們猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民,以及因對你不忠而被驅散到遠近各地的以色列人都滿面羞愧。 8 主啊,我們和我們的君王、首領、先祖因得罪了你而滿臉羞愧。 9 雖然我們背叛了主——我們的上帝,祂卻有憐憫和饒恕之心。 10 我們沒有聽從我們的上帝耶和華的話,沒有遵行祂藉祂的僕人——眾先知給我們頒佈的律法。 11 以色列人都違背你的律法,偏離正道,不聽從你的話。你僕人摩西的律法書上所記載的咒詛和審判都落在了我們身上,因為我們得罪了你。 12 你把大災難降在我們身上,應驗了你警告我們和我們官長的話。耶路撒冷遭遇的災禍普天之下從未有過。 13 這一切災禍降在了我們身上,正如摩西律法書的記載。然而,我們的上帝耶和華啊,我們卻沒有離開罪惡,認識你的真理,以便懇求你施恩。 14 所以耶和華決意使災禍降在我們身上,因為我們的上帝耶和華的一切作為都是公義的,我們卻沒有聽從祂的話。
15 「主——我們的上帝啊,你曾用大能的手把你的子民領出埃及,使自己威名遠揚直到今日。我們卻犯罪作惡。 16 主啊,你一向公義,求你不要向你的耶路撒冷城——你的聖山發烈怒。由於我們的罪惡和我們祖先的過犯,耶路撒冷和你的子民成了四圍鄰人嘲諷的對象。 17 我們的上帝啊,求你垂聽僕人的禱告祈求,為你自己的緣故,笑顏垂顧你荒涼的聖所。 18 我的上帝啊,求你側耳垂聽,睜眼眷顧我們荒涼的土地和屬於你名下的城。我們向你祈求,並非因為我們有什麼義行,乃是因為你充滿憐憫。 19 主啊,求你垂聽!主啊,求你赦免!主啊,求你應允,立刻行動!我的上帝啊,為你自己的緣故,求你不要耽延,因為這城和這民都屬於你的名下。」
加百列解釋預言
20 我繼續禱告,承認我和同胞以色列人的罪,為我上帝耶和華的聖山在祂面前祈求。 21 我正禱告的時候,先前在異象中看見的那位加百列奉命疾飛而來。那是獻晚祭的時候。 22 他向我解釋說:「但以理啊,我來是要使你有智慧和悟性。 23 你剛開始祈求,就已賜下答覆,我是來告訴你的,因為你倍受眷愛。所以你要留意以下的信息,明白異象的意思。
24 「已經為你的同胞和聖城定了七十個七,以終結叛逆,除掉罪惡,贖盡過犯,帶來永遠的公義,封住異象和預言,膏抹至聖所[a]。 25 你要知道,也要明白,從重建耶路撒冷的命令發出,到受膏的君王來臨,其間有七個七加六十二個七。耶路撒冷城及其廣場和壕溝必得重建,且是在艱難時期。 26 六十二個七之後,受膏者必被殺害,一無所有。另有一王要興起,他的臣民要毀滅這城和聖所。結局必如洪水沖來,戰爭將持續到末了,到處一片荒涼——這已經註定。 27 那王必與許多人締結一七之久的盟約。一七之半,他必終止祭牲和供物,並且設立帶來毀滅的可憎之物,直到所定的結局臨到這惡者。」
Footnotes
- 9·24 「至聖所」或譯「至聖者」。
Daniel 9
Easy-to-Read Version
Daniel’s Prayer
9 These things happened during the first year that Darius son of Ahasuerus[a] was king. Darius was a Mede by birth, but he was appointed to be the king of Babylon. 2 During his first year as king, I was studying the Scriptures[b] and noticed in the Lord’s message to Jeremiah that 70 years would pass before Jerusalem would be rebuilt.
3 Then I turned to the Lord God. I prayed to him and asked him for help. I did not eat any food. I put ashes on my head and put on the clothes that showed I was sad. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and told him about all my sins. I said,
“Lord, you are a great and awesome God. You keep your agreement of love and kindness with people who love you. You keep your agreement with the people who obey your commands.
5 “But we have sinned. We have done wrong. We have done evil things. We turned against you. We turned away from your commands and good decisions. 6 The prophets were your servants. They spoke for you to our kings, to our leaders, to our fathers, and to the common people in our country. But we did not listen to them.
7 “Lord, you are innocent, and the shame belongs to us, even now. Shame belongs to the people from Judah and Jerusalem, and to all the people of Israel, to those who are near and to those you scattered among many nations. They should be ashamed of all the evil things they did against you.
8 “Lord, we should all be ashamed. All our kings and leaders should be ashamed. Our ancestors should be ashamed, because we sinned against you.
9 “But, Lord our God, you are kind and forgiving, even though we rebelled against you. 10 We have not obeyed the Lord our God. He used his servants, the prophets, and gave us laws, but we have not obeyed his laws. 11 All the people of Israel disobeyed your teachings and turned away from you. They did not listen to you. We sinned, so you did what you promised to do. All the curses and promises[c] in the Law of Moses, your servant, happened to us.
12 “God said those things would happen to us and our leaders, and he made them happen. He made terrible things happen to us. No other city suffered the way Jerusalem suffered. 13 All those terrible things happened to us. This happened just as it is written in the Law of Moses, but we still have not asked the Lord our God for help. We still have not stopped sinning. We still do not pay attention to your truth, Lord. 14 The Lord kept the terrible things ready for us—he made them happen to us. The Lord our God did this because he is fair in everything he does. But we still have not listened to him.
15 “Lord our God, you used your power and brought us out of Egypt. We are your people. You are famous because of that, even today. We have sinned and done terrible things. 16 Lord, we and our ancestors sinned against you, so your people and your city became a disgrace to everyone around us. You do so many good things, so stop being angry at Jerusalem, your city, your holy mountain.
17 “Now, our God, hear your servant’s prayer. Listen to my prayer for mercy. For your own sake, do good things for your holy place.[d] 18 My God, listen to me! Open your eyes and see all the terrible things that have happened to us. See what has happened to the city that is called by your name. I am not saying we are good people. That is not why I am asking these things. I am asking these things because I know you are kind. 19 Lord, listen to me! Forgive us! Lord, pay attention, and then do something! Don’t wait! Do something now! Do it for your own good! My God, do something now, for your city and your people who are called by your name.”
The Vision About the 70 Weeks
20 I was praying to the Lord my God about his holy mountain and telling about my sins and the sins of the people of Israel. 21 That was the time of the evening sacrifices. While I was still praying, Gabriel, the one I saw in the first vision, flew quickly to me and touched me. He came at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 Gabriel helped me understand the things I wanted to know. He said, “Daniel, I have come to give you wisdom and to help you understand. 23 When you first started praying, the command was given to come speak to you. God loves you very much! You will understand this command, and you will understand the vision.
24 “God has allowed 70 weeks[e] for your people and your holy city, Daniel. The 70 weeks are ordered for these reasons: to stop doing bad things, to stop sinning, to make people pure, to bring the goodness that continues forever, to put a seal on visions and prophets, and to dedicate a very holy place.
25 “Learn and understand these things, Daniel. From the time that the message went out to go back and rebuild Jerusalem until the time for the chosen king[f] to come will be seven weeks. Then Jerusalem will be rebuilt. There will again be places for people to meet together in Jerusalem, and there will be a ditch around the city to protect it. Jerusalem will be built for 62 weeks, but there will be many troubles during that time. 26 After the 62 weeks, the chosen one will be killed.[g] He will be gone.[h] Then the people of the future leader will destroy the city and the holy place. That end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.
27 “Then the future ruler will make an agreement with many people. That agreement will continue for one week. The offerings and sacrifices will stop for a half of a week. And a destroyer will come. He will do terrible, destructive things,[i] but God has ordered that destroyer to be completely destroyed.”
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:1 Ahasuerus Or “Xerxes.”
- Daniel 9:2 Scriptures Literally, “scrolls.”
- Daniel 9:11 curses and promises Part of the agreement that God made with the people of Israel. See, for example, Deut. 27-30.
- Daniel 9:17 do … holy place Literally, “let your face shine on your holy place.”
- Daniel 9:24 week Or “unit of seven.” The Hebrew word could mean “week” or “a period of seven years.” Also in verses 25, 27.
- Daniel 9:25 chosen king Literally, “anointed one.”
- Daniel 9:26 killed Literally, “cut off.”
- Daniel 9:26 He will be gone Or “He will have nothing.”
- Daniel 9:27 He will do … things Or “He will come on the wings of terrible destruction.”
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