但以理書 6
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
但以理在獅子坑
6 大流士決定設立一百二十個總督治理全國。 2 總督之上，設三個總長，以維護王的統治，但以理是其中之一。 3 因為但以理有非凡的心智，遠超過其他總長和總督，王便考慮讓他治理全國。 4 於是，其他總長和總督想在但以理的政務中找把柄控告他，卻找不到任何把柄或過失，因為他誠實可靠，毫無過失。 5 最後他們說：「除非我們從但以理上帝的律法下手，否則找不到指控他的把柄。」
6 於是，這些總長和總督齊來見王，說：「願大流士王萬歲！ 7 所有總長、行政官、總督、謀士和省長都認為王應該下一道禁令，三十天內，任何人不得向王以外的神明或人禱告，違者必被扔進獅子坑。 8 王啊，求你頒佈、簽署這道禁令，使之不可更改，正如瑪代人和波斯人的律令是不可更改的。」 9 於是大流士王簽署了這道禁令。
10 但以理知道王簽署禁令後，就回到家裡。他樓上的窗戶朝向耶路撒冷，他像往常一樣每日三次跪下向上帝禱告、感恩。 11 那些官員一同來了，發現但以理向他的上帝禱告、祈求， 12 便去見王，提及王的禁令，說：「王啊，你不是簽署禁令，三十天內，任何人不得向王以外的神明或人禱告，違者必被扔進獅子坑嗎？」王說：「確有此事，按照瑪代人和波斯人的律，這禁令不可更改。」 13 他們對王說：「王啊，被擄來的猶大人但以理不理會你和你的禁令，仍一日三次向他的上帝祈禱。」 14 王聽了這些話，十分愁煩，一心想救但以理，直到日落都在籌畫解救之道。 15 那些人齊來見王，說：「王啊，按照瑪代人和波斯人的律，王頒佈的禁令和律例是不可更改的。」
16 王便下令把但以理帶來扔進獅子坑。他對但以理說：「願你忠心事奉的上帝拯救你！」 17 坑口用大石封住，並加上王和大臣的封印，使懲辦但以理的事不可更改。 18 王回宮後，整夜禁食，拒絕娛樂，無法入睡。
19 次日黎明，王起來匆忙趕往獅子坑， 20 到了坑邊，淒聲呼喊但以理：「永活上帝的僕人但以理啊，你忠心事奉的上帝有沒有救你脫離獅子的口？」 21 但以理對王說：「願王萬歲！ 22 我的上帝差遣天使封住了獅子的口，不讓牠們傷害我，因為我在上帝面前是清白的。王啊，我在你面前也沒有過錯。」 23 王非常高興，便命人把但以理從坑中拉上來。於是，但以理從坑中被拉了上來，他因為信靠他的上帝，身上毫無損傷。 24 王下令把那些惡意控告但以理的人及其兒女妻子都帶來，扔進獅子坑。他們還沒到坑底，獅子便撲上去，咬碎了他們的骨頭。
25 後來，大流士王傳諭境內的各族、各邦、各語種的人，說：「願你們大享平安！ 26 我下令，我統治的國民都要敬畏但以理的上帝，
「因為祂是永活長存的上帝，
祂的國度永不滅亡，
祂的統治直到永遠。
27 祂庇護、拯救，
在天上地下行神蹟奇事，
救但以理脫離獅子的口。」
28 因此，在大流士和波斯人塞魯士執政期間，但以理凡事亨通。
Daniel 6
New Living Translation
Daniel in the Lions’ Den
6 [a]Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. 2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests. 3 Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
4 Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy. 5 So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”
6 So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius! 7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions. 8 And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.” 9 So King Darius signed the law.
10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. 11 Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help. 12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?”
“Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
13 Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.”
14 Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
15 In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.”
16 So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel. 18 Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.
19 Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den. 20 When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”
21 Daniel answered, “Long live the king! 22 My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
23 The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
24 Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.
25 Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world:
“Peace and prosperity to you!
26 “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel.
For he is the living God,
and he will endure forever.
His kingdom will never be destroyed,
and his rule will never end.
27 He rescues and saves his people;
he performs miraculous signs and wonders
in the heavens and on earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.[b]
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
