但以理为同胞祷告
玛代族亚哈随鲁的儿子大流士被立为王，统治迦勒底国元年，
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
2就是他在位第一年，我－但以理从书上得知，耶和华的话临到耶利米先知，论耶路撒冷荒凉期满的年数为七十年。In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3我面向主神，禁食，披麻蒙灰，恳切祷告祈求。And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4我向耶和华－我的神祈祷、认罪，说：“主啊，你是大而可畏的神，向爱主、守主诫命的人守约施慈爱。And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
5我们犯罪作恶，行恶叛逆，偏离你的诫命典章，We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
6没有听从你仆人众先知奉你的名向我们君王、官长、祖先和这地所有百姓所说的话。Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7主啊，你是公义的，但我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，并你所赶到各国的以色列众人，不论远近，因为背叛了你，脸上蒙羞，正如今日一样。O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8耶和华啊，我们和我们的君王、官长、祖先因得罪了你，脸上就都蒙羞。O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9主－我们的神是怜悯饶恕人的，我们却违背了他，To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
10没有听从耶和华－我们神的话，没有遵行他藉仆人众先知向我们颁布的律法。Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11以色列众人都犯了你的律法，偏离、不听从你的话；因此，你仆人摩西律法上所写的诅咒和誓言倾倒在我们身上，因我们得罪了神。Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
12神使大灾祸临到我们，实现了警戒我们和审判我们官长的话；原来耶路撒冷所遭遇的灾祸是普天之下未曾有过的。And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13这一切灾祸临到我们，是照摩西律法上所写的，我们却没有求耶和华－我们神的恩惠，使我们回转离开罪孽，明白你的真理。As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14所以耶和华特意使这灾祸临到我们，耶和华－我们的神在他所行的事上都是公义的；我们并没有听从他的话。Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15主－我们的神啊，你曾用大能的手领你的子民出埃及地，使自己得了名声，正如今日一样，现在，我们犯了罪，作了恶。And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16主啊，求你按你丰盛的公义，使你的怒气和愤怒转离你的城耶路撒冷，就是你的圣山。因我们的罪恶和我们祖先的罪孽，耶路撒冷和你的子民被四围的人羞辱。O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
17我们的神啊，现在求你垂听你仆人的祈祷恳求，为你自己的缘故使你的脸向荒凉的圣所发光。Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18我的神啊，求你侧耳而听，睁眼而看，眷顾我们那荒凉之地和称为你名下的城。我们在你面前恳求，不是因自己的义，而是因你丰富的怜悯。O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19主啊，求你垂听！主啊，求你赦免！主啊，求你侧耳，求你实行！为你自己的缘故不要迟延。我的神啊，因这城和这民都是称为你名下的。”加百列解释预言
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20我正说话、祷告，承认我的罪和我百姓以色列的罪，为我神的圣山，在耶和华－我的神面前恳求；And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
21我正在祷告中说话，先前在异象中所见的那位加百列，约在献晚祭的时候迅速飞到我这里来。Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
22他指教我说☛“他指教我说”：七十士译本和其他古译本是“他来对我说”。：“但以理啊，现在我来要使你有智慧，有聪明。And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
23你刚开始恳求的时候，就有命令发出。现在我来告诉你，因你是蒙爱的；所以你要思想这事，明白这异象。At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
24“为你百姓和你圣城，已经定了七十个七，要止住罪过，除净罪恶，赎尽罪孽，引进永恒的公义，封住异象和预言，并膏至圣所☛“至圣所”或译“至圣者”。。Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25你当知道，当明白，从发出命令恢复并重建耶路撒冷，直到受膏的君出现，必有七个七和六十二个七。耶路撒冷城连街带濠都必在艰难中恢复并重建。Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26过了六十二个七，那受膏者☛“那受膏者”或译“有受膏者”。被剪除，一无所有；必有一王的百姓来毁灭这城和圣所，它的结局☛“它的结局”或译“他的结局”。必如洪水冲没。必有战争，一直到末了，荒凉的事已经定了。And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27在一七之期，他必与许多人坚立盟约；一七之半，他必使献祭与供献止息。那施行毁灭的可憎之物必立在圣殿里☛“圣殿里”是根据七十士译本；原文是“翅膀上”。，直到所定的结局倾倒在那行毁灭者的身上。”And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.