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
但以理为同胞祷告
1玛代人亚哈随鲁的儿子大流士被立为迦勒底国王元年， 2就是他统治的第一年，我但以理从经书上得知，按照耶和华给耶利米先知的话，耶路撒冷必荒凉七十年。
3我便禁食，身披麻衣，头蒙灰尘，向主上帝祷告祈求。 4我向我的上帝耶和华祷告、认罪，说：“主啊，你是伟大而可畏的上帝，你向那些爱你、遵守你诫命的人守约，施慈爱。 5我们犯罪作恶，行为邪恶叛逆，偏离你的诫命和典章， 6没有听从你的仆人——众先知奉你的名向我们的君王、首领、先祖及国中百姓所说的话。 7主啊，你是公义的，我们犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，以及因对你不忠而被驱散到远近各地的以色列人都受尽羞辱，正如今日一样。 8耶和华啊，我们和我们的君王、首领、先祖因得罪了你而满脸羞愧。 9虽然我们背叛了主——我们的上帝，祂却有怜悯和饶恕之心。 10我们没有听从我们的上帝耶和华的话，没有遵行祂借着祂的仆人——众先知给我们颁布的律法。 11以色列人都违背你的律法，偏离正道，不听从你的话。你仆人摩西的律法书上所记载的咒诅和审判都落在了我们身上，因为我们得罪了你。 12你把大灾难降在我们身上，应验了你警告我们和我们官长的话。耶路撒冷遭遇的灾祸普天之下从未有过。 13这一切灾祸降在了我们身上，正如摩西律法书的记载。然而，我们的上帝耶和华啊，我们却没有离开罪恶，也没有认识你的真理并恳求你施恩。 14所以耶和华决意使灾祸降在我们身上，因为我们的上帝耶和华的一切作为都是公义的，我们却没有听从祂的话。
15“主——我们的上帝啊，你曾用大能的手把你的子民领出埃及，使自己威名远扬，如同今日。我们却犯罪作恶。 16主啊，你一向公义，求你息怒，别再向你的圣山耶路撒冷城发烈怒。由于我们的罪恶和我们祖先的过犯，耶路撒冷和你的子民成了四围邻人嘲讽的对象。 17我们的上帝啊，求你垂听仆人的祷告祈求，为你自己的缘故，以容光照耀你荒凉的圣所。 18我的上帝啊，求你侧耳垂听，睁眼眷顾我们荒凉的土地和属于你名下的城。我们向你祈求，并非因为我们有什么义行，而是因为你充满怜悯。 19主啊，求你垂听！主啊，求你赦免！主啊，求你垂听并行动！我的上帝啊，为你自己的缘故，求你不要耽延，因为这城和这民都属于你的名下。”
加百列解释预言
20我继续祷告，承认我和同胞以色列人的罪，为我上帝耶和华的圣山在祂面前祈求。 21我正祷告的时候，约在献晚祭时，先前在异象中看见的那位加百列奉命疾飞而来。 22他指教我说：“但以理啊，我现在来是要使你有智慧和悟性。 23你刚开始祈求，就已赐下答复，我是来告诉你的，因为你倍受眷爱。所以你要留意以下的信息，明白异象的意思。
24“已经为你的同胞和圣城定了七十个七，以终结叛逆，除掉罪恶，赎尽过犯，带来永远的公义，封住异象和预言，膏抹至圣所9:24 “至圣所”或译“至圣者”。。 25你要知道，也要明白，从重建耶路撒冷的命令发出，到受膏的君王来临，其间有七个七加六十二个七。耶路撒冷城及其广场和壕沟必得重建，且是在艰难时期。 26六十二个七之后，受膏者必被杀害，一无所有。另有一王要兴起，他的臣民要毁灭这城和圣所。结局必如洪水冲来，战争将持续到末了，到处一片荒凉。这已经命定。 27那王必与许多人缔结一七之久的盟约。一七之半，他必终止祭牲和供物，并且在圣殿里设立带来毁灭的可憎之物，直到所定的结局临到这可憎者。”
