Daniel 1
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
猶大王約雅敬在位第三年，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來到耶路撒冷，將城圍困。
2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim the king of Judah and a portion of the vessels of the house of God. And he carried them away into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure chamber of his god.
主將猶大王約雅敬，並上帝殿中器皿的幾分交付他手。他就把這器皿帶到示拿地，收入他神的廟裏，放在他神的庫中。
3 And the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of the eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the sons of Israel, and some of the offspring of the king and of the sovereigns:
王吩咐太監長亞施毗拿，從以色列人的宗室和貴冑中帶進幾個人來，
4 young men, in whom there was no blemish, noble in appearance, and accomplished in all wisdom, cautious in knowledge, and well-educated, and who could stand in the palace of the king, so that he might teach them the letters and the language of the Chaldeans.
就是年少沒有殘疾、相貌俊美、通達各樣學問、知識聰明俱備、足能侍立在王宮裏的，要教他們迦勒底的文字言語。
5 And the king appointed for them provisions for each day, from his own food and from the wine which he himself drank, so that, after being nourished for three years, they would stand in the sight of the king.
王派定將自己所用的膳和所飲的酒，每日賜他們一分，養他們三年。滿了三年，好叫他們在王面前侍立。
6 Now, among those of the sons of Judah, there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
他們中間有猶大族的人：但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅。
7 And the chief of the eunuchs assigned names to them: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
太監長給他們起名：稱但以理為伯提沙撒，稱哈拿尼雅為沙得拉，稱米沙利為米煞，稱亞撒利雅為亞伯尼歌。
8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not be polluted with the king’s meal, nor with the wine he drank, and he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be contaminated.
但以理卻立志不以王的膳和王所飲的酒玷污自己，所以求太監長容他不玷污自己。
9 And so God gave Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the leader of the eunuchs.
上帝使但以理在太監長眼前蒙恩惠，受憐憫。
10 And the leader of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed food and drink for you, who, if he should see that your faces are leaner than those of the other youths your age, you would condemn my head to the king.”
太監長對但以理說：「我懼怕我主我王，他已經派定你們的飲食，倘若他見你們的面貌比你們同歲的少年人肌瘦，怎麼好呢？這樣，你們就使我的頭在王那裏難保。」
11 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the leader of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
但以理對太監長所派管理但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅的委辦說：
12 “I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,
「求你試試僕人們十天，給我們素菜吃，白水喝，
13 and then observe our faces, and the faces of the children who eat the king’s food, and then deal with your servants according to what you see.”
然後看看我們的面貌和用王膳那少年人的面貌，就照你所看的待僕人吧！」
14 When he had heard these words, he tested them for ten days.
委辦便允准他們這件事，試看他們十天。
15 But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king’s food.
過了十天，見他們的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。
16 Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.
於是委辦撤去派他們用的膳，飲的酒，給他們素菜吃。
17 Yet, to these children, God gave knowledge and instruction in every book, and wisdom, but to Daniel, also the understanding of all visions and dreams.
這四個少年人，上帝在各樣文字學問上賜給他們聰明知識；但以理又明白各樣的異象和夢兆。
18 And when the time was completed, after which the king had said that they would be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before the sight of Nebuchadnezzar.
尼布甲尼撒王預定帶進少年人來的日期滿了，太監長就把他們帶到王面前。
19 And, when the king conversed with them, there had not been found any so great in all the world as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and so they stood in the sight of the king.
王與他們談論，見少年人中無一人能比但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅，所以留他們在王面前侍立。
20 And in every concept of wisdom and understanding, about which the king consulted with them, he found them to be ten times better than all the seers and astrologers put together, who were in his entire kingdom.
王考問他們一切事，就見他們的智慧聰明比通國的術士和用法術的勝過十倍。
21 And so Daniel remained, even until the first year of king Cyrus.
到塞魯士王元年，但以理還在。
