1但以理被立為監察司大利烏按自己的心意，立了一百二十個總督，治理全國；（本節在《馬索拉抄本》為6:2）
1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
2他又在這些總督之上，設立三位監察司（但以理是其中之一），監管總督的工作，免得王受虧損。
2and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.
3因為但以理裡面有美好的靈性，所以各方面都比其他的監察司和總督優勝；王有意立他治理全國。
3Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4引起同僚的嫉妒與謀害於是這些監察司和總督在但以理治國的事上，尋找把柄控告他，只是不能找到任何的把柄和過失，因為他忠心可靠，他們找不到他的任何錯誤和過失。
4Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
5那些人就說：“如果我們要控告這但以理，就只有在他 神的律法中去找把柄。”
5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
6這些監察司和總督就相約前來見王，對他說：“願大利烏王萬歲！
6Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
7國中所有的監察司、總監、總督、謀臣和省長，一同商議，請王立一條法例，實施一道禁令：無論何人，在三十天內，王啊！除了向你以外，若向任何神或任何人求甚麼，就必扔在獅子坑中。
7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
8王啊！現在求你立這禁令，簽署這份文告，使禁令不能更改。按照瑪代和波斯的律法，這樣的禁令是不能廢除的。”
8Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
9於是大利烏王簽署了這禁令文告。
9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
10但以理照常禱告但以理知道這文告簽署了以後，就上到自己家裡樓頂上的房間，這房間的窗戶朝向耶路撒冷開著；他一日三次雙膝跪下，在他的 神面前禱告稱謝，像往日一樣。
10And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
11那些人相約前來，看見但以理在他的 神面前祈禱懇求。
11Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
12他們就來到王面前，提起王的禁令，說：“你豈不是簽署了禁令，無論何人，在三十天內，王啊！除了向你以外，若向任何神或任何人求甚麼，就必扔在獅子坑中？”王回答說：“確有此事。按照瑪代和波斯的律法，這樣的禁令是不能廢除的。”
12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
13於是他們對王說：“王啊，在被擄的猶大人中的但以理不理會你的命令，也不理會你簽署的禁令，竟仍一日三次向他的 神祈求。”
13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
14王聽見了這話，就非常愁煩；他定意要搭救但以理，直到日落的時候，他還在設法營救但以理。
14Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.
15那些人就相約前來見王，對他說：“王啊，你該知道，根據瑪代和波斯的律法，王所立的禁令和法例，都是不能更改的。”
15Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16但以理被扔在獅子坑中於是王下令，人就把但以理帶來，扔在獅子坑中。王對但以理說：“你常常事奉的 神，他必搭救你！”
16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17有人搬了一塊石頭，放在坑口，王又蓋上自己的印鑒和眾大臣的印鑒，使懲辦但以理的事不得更改。
17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
18王回到宮裡，整夜沒有吃東西，也不要任何娛樂解悶，並且睡不著覺。
18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
19次日黎明，天一亮，王就起來，急忙到獅子坑那裡去。
19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20他走近坑邊的時候，就用哀痛的聲音呼叫但以理，對但以理說：“永活 神的僕人但以理啊！你常常事奉的 神能搭救你脫離獅子嗎？”
20And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
21但以理毫無損傷但以理對王說：“願王萬歲！
21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22我的 神差遣了他的使者，封住獅子的口，使牠們沒有傷害我，因為我在 神面前是清白的；王啊！在你面前我也沒有作過任何錯事。”
22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23王就非常高興，吩咐人把但以理從坑裡拉上來。於是但以理從坑裡被拉上來，他身上一點損傷也沒有，因為他信靠他的 神。
23Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
24陷害但以理的人自食其果王下令，人就把那些誣衊控告但以理的人，連同他們的妻子和兒女都一起帶來，扔在獅子坑中；他們還沒有下到坑底，獅子就抓住他們，把他們所有的骨頭都咬碎了。
24And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
25王通令全國敬畏 神後來大利烏王寫信給住在全地的各國、各族和說各種語言的人，說：“願你們大享平安！
25Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.
26現在我下令，我所統治的全國人民都要在但以理的 神面前戰兢恐懼。“他是永活的 神，他永遠長存；他的國度永不滅亡，他的統治直到永遠。
26I 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 stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
27他搭救人，拯救人；他在天上地下施行神蹟奇事；他搭救了但以理脫離獅子的爪。”
27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
28於是這但以理在大利烏作王的時候，和在波斯人古列作王的時候（本句或譯：“於是這但以理在大利烏﹝即波斯人古列﹞作王的時候”），事事亨通。
28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.