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但以理阅书得知耶路撒冷必荒芜七十年

玛代亚哈随鲁的儿子大流士立为迦勒底国的王元年, 就是他在位第一年,我但以理从书上得知耶和华的话临到先知耶利米,论耶路撒冷荒凉的年数,七十年为满。

禁食祈祷

我便禁食,披麻蒙灰,定意向主神祈祷恳求。 我向耶和华我的神祈祷、认罪,说:“主啊,大而可畏的神,向爱主守主诫命的人守约施慈爱。 我们犯罪作孽,行恶叛逆,偏离你的诫命、典章, 没有听从你仆人众先知奉你名向我们君王、首领、列祖和国中一切百姓所说的话。 主啊,你是公义的,我们是脸上蒙羞的,因我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民,并以色列众人——或在近处或在远处被你赶到各国的人,都得罪了你,正如今日一样。 主啊,我们和我们的君王、首领、列祖因得罪了你,就都脸上蒙羞。 主我们的神是怜悯饶恕人的,我们却违背了他, 10 也没有听从耶和华我们神的话,没有遵行他借仆人众先知向我们所陈明的律法。 11 以色列众人都犯了你的律法,偏行,不听从你的话,因此在你仆人摩西律法上所写的咒诅和誓言都倾在我们身上,因我们得罪了神。 12 他使大灾祸临到我们,成就了警戒我们和审判我们官长的话。原来在普天之下,未曾行过像在耶路撒冷所行的。 13 这一切灾祸临到我们身上,是照摩西律法上所写的,我们却没有求耶和华我们神的恩典,使我们回头离开罪孽,明白你的真理。 14 所以耶和华留意使这灾祸临到我们身上,因为耶和华我们的神在他所行的事上都是公义,我们并没有听从他的话。 15 主我们的神啊,你曾用大能的手领你的子民出埃及地,使自己得了名,正如今日一样。我们犯了罪,作了恶。

求主恢复耶路撒冷

16 “主啊,求你按你的大仁大义,使你的怒气和愤怒转离你的城耶路撒冷,就是你的圣山。耶路撒冷和你的子民,因我们的罪恶和我们列祖的罪孽被四围的人羞辱。 17 我们的神啊,现在求你垂听仆人的祈祷恳求,为自己使脸光照你荒凉的圣所。 18 我的神啊,求你侧耳而听,睁眼而看,眷顾我们荒凉之地和称为你名下的城。我们在你面前恳求,原不是因自己的义,乃因你的大怜悯。 19 求主垂听,求主赦免,求主应允而行,为你自己不要迟延,我的神啊,因这城和这民都是称为你名下的。”

20 我说话,祷告,承认我的罪和本国之民以色列的罪,为我神的圣山在耶和华我神面前恳求。 21 我正祷告的时候,先前在异象中所见的那位加百列奉命迅速飞来,约在献晚祭的时候,按手在我身上。 22 他指教我说:“但以理啊,现在我出来要使你有智慧,有聪明。 23 你初恳求的时候,就发出命令,我来告诉你,因你大蒙眷爱。所以你要思想明白这以下的事和异象。

加百列示以七十乘七之预言

24 “为你本国之民和你圣城,已经定了七十个七,要止住罪过,除净罪恶,赎尽罪孽,引进[a]永义,封住异象和预言,并膏至圣者[b] 25 你当知道,当明白,从出令重新建造耶路撒冷,直到有受膏君的时候,必有七个七和六十二个七。正在艰难的时候,耶路撒冷城连街带濠都必重新建造。 26 过了六十二个七,那[c]受膏者必被剪除,一无所有。必有一王的民来毁灭这城和圣所。至终必如洪水冲没,必有争战,一直到底,荒凉的事已经定了。 27 一七之内,他必与许多人坚定盟约;一七之半,他必使祭祀与供献止息。那行毁坏可憎的[d]如飞而来,并且有愤怒倾在那行毁坏的身上[e],直到所定的结局。”

Footnotes

  1. 但以理书 9:24 或作:彰显。
  2. 但以理书 9:24 “者”或作“所”。
  3. 但以理书 9:26 “那”或作“有”。
  4. 但以理书 9:27 或作:使地荒凉的。
  5. 但以理书 9:27 或作:倾在那荒凉之地。

但以理為同胞禱告

瑪代人亞哈隨魯的兒子大流士被立為迦勒底國的王元年, 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。

我便禁食,身披麻衣,頭蒙灰塵,向主上帝禱告祈求。 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。 我們犯罪作惡,行為邪惡叛逆,偏離你的誡命和典章, 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。 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。 主啊,我們和我們的君王、首領、先祖因得罪了你而滿臉羞愧。 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

  1. 9·24 至聖所」或譯「至聖者」。

Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy(C) years. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(D) and in sackcloth and ashes.(E)

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:(F)

“Lord, the great and awesome God,(G) who keeps his covenant of love(H) with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned(I) and done wrong.(J) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(K) from your commands and laws.(L) We have not listened(M) to your servants the prophets,(N) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,(O) and to all the people of the land.

“Lord, you are righteous,(P) but this day we are covered with shame(Q)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(R) us because of our unfaithfulness(S) to you.(T) We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(U) The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,(V) even though we have rebelled against him;(W) 10 we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.(X) 11 All Israel has transgressed(Y) your law(Z) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(AA) and sworn judgments(AB) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(AC) against you. 12 You have fulfilled(AD) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(AE) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(AF) what has been done to Jerusalem.(AG) 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(AH) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(AI) 14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster(AJ) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;(AK) yet we have not obeyed him.(AL)

15 “Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand(AM) and who made for yourself a name(AN) that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(AO) turn away(AP) your anger and your wrath(AQ) from Jerusalem,(AR) your city, your holy hill.(AS) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(AT) to all those around us.

17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor(AU) on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear,(AV) our God, and hear;(AW) open your eyes and see(AX) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(AY) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(AZ) 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(BA) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(BB) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”

The Seventy “Sevens”

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing(BC) my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill(BD) 21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,(BE) the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.(BF) 22 He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.(BG) 23 As soon as you began to pray,(BH) a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.(BI) Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:(BJ)

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[c] are decreed for your people and your holy city(BK) to finish[d] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(BL) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(BM) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[e]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(BN) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[f](BO) the ruler,(BP) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(BQ) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(BR) and will have nothing.[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(BS) War will continue until the end, and desolations(BT) have been decreed.(BU) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(BV) is poured out on him.[k][l]

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
  4. Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
  5. Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One
  6. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26
  7. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  8. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  9. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  10. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  11. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  12. Daniel 9:27 Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city