¹伯沙撒王大宴群臣

¹Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine;

²伯沙撒喝酒欢畅的时候，下令把他先祖尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷圣殿里掠取的金银器皿拿来，好让他和他的大臣、妻妾、妃嫔用这些器皿来喝酒。

²Belshazzar hath said — while tasting the wine — to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that [is] in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

³于是人把从耶路撒冷圣殿里，就是　神的殿里，掠来的金银器皿拿来；王和他的大臣、妻妾、妃嫔就用这些器皿来喝酒。

³Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines;

⁴他们喝酒，赞美那些用金、银、铜、铁、木、石所做的神。

⁴they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

⁵指头在墙上写字当时，忽然有人手的指头出现，在王宫里灯台对面的粉墙上写字；王看见了那只正在写字的手掌，

⁵In that hour come forth have fingers of a man`s hand, and they are writing over-against the candlestick, on the plaster of the wall of the king`s palace: and the king is seeing the extremity of the hand that is writing;

⁶就脸色大变，心意惊惶，两脚无力，双膝彼此相碰。

⁶then the king`s countenance hath changed, and his thoughts do trouble him, and the joints of his loins are loosed, and his knees are smiting one against another.

⁷王大声呼叫，吩咐人把那些用法术的和迦勒底人，以及占星家都领进来；王对巴比伦的智慧人说：“谁能读这文字，又能向我解释它的意思，他必身穿紫袍，颈戴金链，在国中掌权，位列第三。”

⁷Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.`

⁸于是王所有的智慧人都进来，却不能读那文字，也不能把意思向王说明。

⁸Then coming up are all the wise men of the king, and they are not able to read the writing, and the interpretation to make known to the king;

⁹伯沙撒王就非常惊惶，脸色大变；他的大臣也都不知所措。

⁹then the king Belshazzar is greatly troubled, and his countenance is changing in him, and his great men are perplexed.

¹⁰太后举荐但以理太后因王和他的大臣所说的话，就进入宴会的大厅，对王说：“愿王万岁！你的心意不要惊惶，也不要脸色大变。

¹⁰The queen, on account of the words of the king and his great men, to the banquet-house hath come up. Answered hath the queen, and said, `O king, to the ages live; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor thy countenance be changed:

¹¹在你国中有一个人，他里面有圣神的灵；你先祖在世的日子，发现这人有灼见，有聪明，有智慧，好像神的智慧一样。你先祖尼布甲尼撒王，就是王的先祖，曾立他为术士、用法术的，以及迦勒底人和占星家的领袖。

¹¹there is a man in thy kingdom in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and, in the days of thy father, light, and understanding, and wisdom — as the wisdom of the gods — was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, chief of the scribes, enchanters, Chaldeans, soothsayers, established him — thy father, O king —

¹²这都因为在这但以理里面有美好的灵性，有知识，有聪明，能解梦，释谜语，能解答难题；这人尼布甲尼撒王曾给他起名叫伯提沙撒。现在可以把但以理召来，他必能解释墙上文字的意思。”

¹²because that an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of enigmas, and loosing of knots was found in him, in Daniel, whose name the king made Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and the interpretation he doth show.`

¹³于是但以理被带到王面前，王问但以理说：“你就是我先王从犹大掳来的犹大人但以理吗？

¹³Then Daniel hath been caused to come up before the king; answered hath the king, and said to Daniel, `Thou art that Daniel who [art] of the sons of the Removed of Judah, whom the king my father brought in out of Judah?

¹⁴我听说你里面有神的灵，有灼见，有聪明，有高超的智慧。

¹⁴And I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and light, and understanding, and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.

¹⁵现在智慧人和用法术的都被带到我面前了，我要他们读这文字，把文字的意思向我说明，可是他们都不能解释这文字的意思。

¹⁵`And now, caused to come up before me have been the wise men, the enchanters, that this writing they may read, and its interpretation to cause me to know: and they are not able to shew the interpretation of the thing:

¹⁶我听说你能解释异梦，也能解答难题。现在你若能读这文字，把它的意思向我说明，就必身穿紫袍，颈戴金链，在国中掌权，位列第三。”

¹⁶and I — I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo — thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know — purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold [is] on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.`

¹⁷但以理直言责王但以理在王面前回答说：“你的礼物可以归你自己，你的赏赐可以归给别人；我却要为王读这文字，也要把意思向王说明。

¹⁷Then hath Daniel answered and said before the king, `Thy gifts be to thyself, and thy fee to another give; nevertheless, the writing I do read to the king, and the interpretation I cause him to know;

¹⁸王啊！至高的　神曾把国位、权势、光荣和威严赐给你先祖尼布甲尼撒。

¹⁸thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

¹⁹因　神所赐给他的权势，各国、各族和说各种语言的人，都在他面前战兢恐惧；他要杀谁，就杀谁；要谁活着，谁就可以活着；要提升谁，就提升谁；要贬低谁，就贬低谁。

¹⁹and because of the greatness that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were trembling and fearing before him: whom he willed he was slaying, and whom he willed he was keeping alive, and whom he willed he was raising up, and whom he willed he was making low;

²⁰但他心高气傲、妄自尊大的时候，就从国位上被赶下来，他的尊荣也被夺去。

²⁰and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

²¹他被赶逐，离开人群，他的心变如兽心，他和野驴同住，像牛一样吃草，身体被天露滴湿；等到他承认至高的　神在世人的国中掌权，他喜欢谁，就立谁执掌国权。

²¹and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses [is] his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.

²²伯沙撒啊！你是他的子孙，你虽然知道这一切，你的心仍不谦卑，

²²`And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

²³竟高抬自己，敌对天上的主，使人把他殿中的器皿拿到你面前来，你和你的大臣、妻妾、妃嫔用这些器皿喝酒；你又赞美那些不能看见、不能听见、什么都不能知道，用金、银、铜、铁、木、石所做的神，却没有把荣耀归给那手中有你的气息，和那掌管你一切命途的　神。

²³and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand [is] thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

²⁴因此，有手从　神那里伸出来，写了这文字。

²⁴`Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

²⁵解释墙上文字的意义“所写的文字是：‘弥尼，弥尼，提客勒，乌法珥新。’

²⁵and this [is] the writing that is noted down: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.

²⁶这文字的意思是这样：‘弥尼’就是　神已数算了你国度的年日，使国终止；

²⁶This [is] the interpretation of the thing: Numbered — God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

²⁷‘提客勒’就是你被称在天平上，显出你的缺欠；

²⁷Weighed — Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.

²⁸‘毗勒斯’（“毗勒斯”即“乌法珥新”的单数式）就是你的国要分裂，归给玛代人和波斯人。”

²⁸Divided — Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.`

²⁹于是伯沙撒下令，人就把紫袍给但以理穿上，把金链戴在他的颈上，又宣告他在国中掌权，位列第三。

²⁹Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold [is] on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰伯沙撒王被杀而亡国当夜，迦勒底人的王伯沙撒被杀。

³⁰In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,

³¹玛代人大利乌夺取了迦勒底国；那时他六十二岁。（本节在《马索拉抄本》为6:1）

³¹and Darius the Mede hath received the kingdom, when a son of sixty and two years.