¹巴比伦王忘记自己的梦

¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, dreamed hath Nebuchadnezzar dreams, and his spirit doth move itself, and his sleep hath been against him;

²于是王吩咐人把术士、用法术的、行邪术的和迦勒底人都召来，要他们把王的梦告诉王。他们来了，站在王面前。

²and the king saith to call for scribes, and for enchanters, and for sorcerers, and for Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they come in and stand before the king;

³王对他们说：“我作了一个梦，心里烦乱，我要知道这是什么梦。”

³and the king saith to them, `A dream I have dreamed, and moved is my spirit to know the dream.`

⁴迦勒底人用亚兰话对王说：“愿王万岁！请把那梦告诉仆人，我们好解释梦的意思。”

⁴And the Chaldeans speak to the king [in] Aramaean, `O king, to the ages live, tell the dream to thy servants, and the interpretation we do shew.`

⁵王回答迦勒底人说：“我已经定旨：如果你们不把那梦和梦的意思向我说明，就必被碎尸万段，你们的家必成为废墟。

⁵The king hath answered and said to the Chaldeans, `The thing from me is gone; if ye do not cause me to know the dream and its interpretation, pieces ye are made, and your houses are made dunghills;

⁶如果你们能把那梦和梦的意思向我解释，就必从我这里得礼物、奖赏和大尊荣，所以你们要把梦和梦的意思向我解释。”

⁶and if the dream and its interpretation ye do shew, gifts, and fee, and great glory ye receive from before me, therefore the dream and its interpretation shew ye me.`

⁷他们第二次回答王说：“请王把梦告诉仆人，我们好解释梦的意思。”

⁷They have answered a second time, and are saying, `Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and the interpretation we do shew.

⁸王回答说：“我清楚知道你们企图拖延时间，因为你们看出我已经定旨。

⁸The king hath answered and said, `Of a truth I know that time ye are gaining, because that ye have seen that the thing is gone from me,

⁹如果你们不把那梦向我说明，只有一个办法对付你们。你们串通在我面前胡言乱语，希望时势有所改变。你们现在要把梦告诉我，好使我知道你们真能把梦的意思向我解释。”

⁹[so] that, if the dream ye do not cause me to know — one is your sentence, seeing a word lying and corrupt ye have prepared to speak before me, till that the time is changed, therefore the dream tell ye to me, then do I know that its interpretation ye do shew me.`

¹⁰迦勒底人无法说出王的梦迦勒底人在王面前回答说：“世上没有人能把王所问的事说出来，因为从来没有一个伟大和有权势的君王向术士、用法术的和迦勒底人询问过这样的事。

¹⁰The Chaldeans have answered before the king, and are saying, `There is not a man on the earth who is able to shew the king`s matter; therefore, no king, chief, and ruler, hath asked such a thing as this of any scribe, and enchanter, and Chaldean;

¹¹王所问的事很难答，除了那不和世人同住的神明以外，没有人能在王面前把这事说出来。”

¹¹and the thing that the king is asking [is] precious, and others are there not that do shew it before the king, save the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.`

¹²因此，王大发烈怒，下令杀绝巴比伦所有的智慧人。

¹²Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

¹³于是王的御旨发出，要把智慧人都杀死；人就寻找但以理和他的同伴，要杀死他们。

¹³And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

¹⁴但以理求王宽限那时，王的护卫长亚略出来，要杀死巴比伦的智慧人，但以理就婉转机敏地向他询问；

¹⁴Then Daniel hath replied [with] counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁵但以理对王的护卫长亚略说：“王的命令为什么这样严厉呢？”亚略就把这事告诉但以理。

¹⁵He hath answered and said to Arioch the king`s captain, `Wherefore [is] the sentence so urgent from before the king?` Then Arioch hath made the thing known to Daniel,

¹⁶但以理就进去，求王宽限，使他可以把那梦的意思为王解释。

¹⁶and Daniel hath gone up, and sought of the king that he would give him time to shew the interpretation to the king.

¹⁷　神把梦的意义指示但以理但以理回到自己的家里，把这事告诉他的同伴哈拿尼雅、米沙利和亚撒利雅，

¹⁷Then Daniel to his house hath gone, and to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, he hath made the thing known,

¹⁸要他们为这隐秘的事祈求天上的　神怜悯，免得但以理和他的同伴与巴比伦其余的智慧人一同灭亡。

¹⁸and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they destroy not Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁹于是这隐秘的事在夜间的异象中给但以理显明了。但以理就称颂天上的　神。

¹⁹Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.

²⁰但以理说：“愿　神的名得称颂，从永远直到永远，因为智慧和能力都是属他的。

²⁰Daniel hath answered and said, `Let the name of God be blessed from age even unto age, for wisdom and might — for they are His.

²¹他改变时间、季节；他废王、立王；他赐智慧给智慧人，赐知识给聪明人。

²¹And He is changing times and seasons, He is causing kings to pass away, and He is raising up kings; He is giving wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those possessing understanding.

²²他显明深奥和隐密的事，他洞悉暗中的一切，因为光明与他同住。

²²He is revealing deep and hidden things; He hath known what [is] in darkness, and light with Him hath dwelt.

²³我列祖的　神啊！我感谢你，赞美你！你把智慧和能力赐了给我；我们向你所求的，现在你已向我显明，把王的事告诉了我们。”

²³Thee, O God of my fathers, I am thanking and praising, for wisdom and might Thou hast given to me; and now, Thou hast caused me to know that which we have sought from Thee, for the king`s matter Thou hast caused us to know.`

²⁴但以理入宫见王于是但以理进去见亚略，就是王委派去杀绝巴比伦的智慧人的，对他这样说：“不要杀绝巴比伦的智慧人；请把我带到王面前，我要把梦的意思向王解释。”

²⁴Therefore Daniel hath gone up unto Arioch, whom the king hath appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he hath gone, and thus hath said to him, `The wise men of Babylon thou dost not destroy, bring me up before the king, and the interpretation to the king I do shew.`

²⁵亚略就急忙把但以理带到王面前，对王这样说：“我在被掳的犹大人中找到一个能把梦的意思向王说明的人。”

²⁵Then Arioch in haste hath brought up Daniel before the king, and thus hath said to him — `I have found a man of the sons of the Removed of Judah, who the interpretation to the king doth make known.`

²⁶王问称为伯提沙撒的但以理说：“你能向我说明我所见的梦和梦的意思吗？”

²⁶The king hath answered and said to Daniel, whose name [is] Belteshazzar, `Art thou able to cause me to know the dream that I have seen, and its interpretation?`

²⁷但以理在王面前回答说：“王所问的那隐秘的事，没有智慧人、用法术的、术士和占星家能向王解释；

²⁷Daniel hath answered before the king and said, `The secret that the king is asking, the wise men, the enchanters, the scribes, the soothsayers, are not able to shew to the king;

²⁸只有一位在天上的　神能把一切隐秘的事显明；他已经把日后将要发生的事告诉你尼布甲尼撒王了。你的梦和你躺在床上时脑海中出现的异象就是这样：

²⁸but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He hath made known to king Nebuchadnezzar that which [is] to be in the latter end of the days. `Thy dream and the visions of thy head on thy bed are these:

²⁹王啊！你躺在床上时，想到日后将要发生的事，那显明隐秘事的　神就把将要发生的事向你说明了。

²⁹Thou, O king, thy thoughts on thy bed have come up [concerning] that which [is] to be after this, and the Revealer of secrets hath caused thee to know that which [is] to be.

³⁰现在这隐秘的事向我显明，并不是因为我的智慧胜过所有的人，而是要使王知道梦的意思和你心想明白的事。

³⁰As to me — not for [any] wisdom that is in me above any living hath this secret been revealed to me; but for the intent that the interpretation to the king they make known, and the thoughts of thy heart thou dost know.

³¹复述梦境“王啊！你正在观看，看见有一座大像，那像甚高，非常光耀，竖立在你面前，样貌十分可怕。

³¹`Thou, O king, wast looking, and lo, a certain great image. This image [is] mighty, and its brightness excellent; it is standing over-against thee, and its appearance [is] terrible.

³²这像的头是纯金的，胸膛和手臂是银的，腹和腰是铜的，

³²This image! its head [is] of good gold, its breasts and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass;

³³腿是铁的，脚是铁和泥混杂的。

³³its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay.

³⁴你正观看的时候，有一块非人手凿成的石头，击在那座大像铁和泥混杂的脚上，把脚砸碎了。

³⁴Thou wast looking till that a stone hath been cut out without hands, and it hath smitten the image on its feet, that [are] of iron and of clay, and it hath broken them small;

³⁵于是铁、泥、铜、银、金都一同砸得粉碎，好像夏天禾场上的糠秕，被风吹散，无处可寻；那打碎这像的石头却变成一座大山，充满全地。

³⁵then broken small together have been the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, and they have been as chaff from the summer threshing-floor, and carried them away hath the wind, and no place hath been found for them: and the stone that smote the image hath become a great mountain, and hath filled all the land.

³⁶详解梦义“这就是那梦，现在我们要在王面前讲解那梦的意思。

³⁶This [is] the dream, and its interpretation we do tell before the king.

³⁷王啊！你是万王之王，天上的　神已经把国度、权柄、能力和尊荣都赐给你；

³⁷`Thou, O king, art a king of kings, for the God of the heavens a kingdom, strength, and might, and glory, hath given to thee;

³⁸也把散居在各处的世人、田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟，都交在你手里，使你管理这一切。你就是那金头。

³⁸and whithersoever sons of men are dwelling, the beast of the field, and the fowl of the heavens, He hath given into thy hand, and hath caused thee to rule over them all; thou [art] this head of gold.

³⁹在你以后，另一国将兴起，不及于你。后有第三国，就是那铜的，要统治全地。

³⁹And after thee doth rise up another kingdom lower than those, and another third kingdom of brass, that doth rule overall the earth.

⁴⁰还有第四国，坚强如铁，因为铁能砸碎击破万物；铁怎样压碎一切，那国也要照样砸碎一切。

⁴⁰And the fourth kingdom is strong as iron, because that iron is breaking small, and making feeble, all [things], even as iron that is breaking all these, it beateth small and breaketh.

⁴¹正如你看见那像的脚和脚趾是窑匠的泥和铁混杂的，那国也必分裂；正如你看见铁和陶泥混合在一起，那国也必有铁的坚硬。

⁴¹As to that which thou hast seen: the feet and toes, part of them potter`s clay, and part of them iron, the kingdom is divided: and some of the standing of the iron [is] to be in it, because that thou hast seen the iron mixed with miry clay.

⁴²那些脚趾是铁和泥混杂的，那国也必是部分坚强，部分脆弱。

⁴²As to the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is strong, and some part of it is brittle.

⁴³你怎样看见铁和陶泥混合在一起，那国的人也必和列国的人通婚混杂，却不能彼此联合，正如铁和泥不能混杂一样。

⁴³Because thou hast seen iron mixed with miry clay, they are mixing themselves with the seed of men: and they are not adhering one with another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

⁴⁴那些王在位的时候，天上的　神必兴起另一个永不灭亡的国，国权必不归给别族的人。这国必砸碎毁灭其他各国；并且这国必存到永远。

⁴⁴`And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed — to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.

⁴⁵正如你看见那块从山而出，非人手凿成的石头，把铁、铜、泥、银和金都砸碎了，伟大的　神已把日后必有的结局都告诉王了。这梦是确实的，梦的意思也是准确的。”

⁴⁵Because that thou hast seen that out of the mountain cut hath been a stone without hands, and it hath beaten small the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king that which [is] to be after this; and the dream [is] true, and its interpretation stedfast.

⁴⁶王高抬并重赏但以理尼布甲尼撒王俯伏在地，向但以理下拜，又下令向但以理献上供物和香品。

⁴⁶Then hath king Nebuchadnezzar fallen on his face, and to Daniel he hath done obeisance, and present, and sweet things, he hath said to pour out to him.

⁴⁷王对但以理说：“你们的　神真是万神之神，万王之王，又是显明隐秘事的，因为你能把这隐秘的事显明出来。”

⁴⁷The king hath answered Daniel and said, `Of a truth [it is] that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since thou hast been able to reveal this secret.`

⁴⁸于是王提升但以理，赐他许多贵重的礼物，使他管理巴比伦全省，又立他为总长，管理巴比伦所有的智慧人。

⁴⁸Then the king hath made Daniel great, and many great gifts he hath given to him, and hath caused him to rule over all the province of Babylon, and chief of the perfects over all the wise men of Babylon.

⁴⁹但以理求王，王就委派沙得拉、米煞、亚伯尼歌管理巴比伦省的政务；但以理却在朝中侍立。

⁴⁹And Daniel hath sought from the king, and he hath appointed over the work of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and Daniel [is] in the gate of the king.