Daniel’s Prayer
1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian9:1 Or Chaldean kingdom— 2in 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 years. 3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
4I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:
“Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. 6We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.
7“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. 8We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you. 9The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; 10we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. 11All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.
“Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. 12You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. 13Just 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 our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. 14The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.
15“Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 16Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
17“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. 18Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. 19Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”
The Seventy “Sevens”
20While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill— 21while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. 23As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:
24“Seventy ‘sevens’9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26 are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish9:24 Or restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.9:24 Or the most holy One
25“Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26 the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’9:27 Or ‘week’ In the middle of the ‘seven’9:27 Or ‘week’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.9:27 Or it”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
但以理為同胞禱告
1瑪代人亞哈隨魯的兒子大流士被立為迦勒底國王元年， 2就是他統治的第一年，我但以理從經書上得知，按照耶和華給耶利米先知的話，耶路撒冷必荒涼七十年。
3我便禁食，身披麻衣，頭蒙灰塵，向主上帝禱告祈求。 4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、遵守你誡命的人守約，施慈愛。 5我們犯罪作惡，行為邪惡叛逆，偏離你的誡命和典章， 6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。 7主啊，你是公義的，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受盡羞辱，正如今日一樣。 8耶和華啊，我們和我們的君王、首領、先祖因得罪了你而滿臉羞愧。 9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，沒有遵行祂藉著祂的僕人——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，也沒有認識你的真理並懇求你施恩。 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，如同今日。我們卻犯罪作惡。 16主啊，你一向公義，求你息怒，別再向你的聖山耶路撒冷城發烈怒。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，以容光照耀你荒涼的聖所。 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，而是因為你充滿憐憫。 19主啊，求你垂聽！主啊，求你赦免！主啊，求你垂聽並行動！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，約在獻晚祭時，先前在異象中看見的那位加百列奉命疾飛而來。 22他指教我說：「但以理啊，我現在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9·24 「至聖所」或譯「至聖者」。。 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。這已經命定。 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，並且在聖殿里設立帶來毀滅的可憎之物，直到所定的結局臨到這可憎者。」
