11:1 又说,当玛代王大流士元年,我曾起来扶助米迦勒,使他坚强。
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
11:2 现在我将真事指示你,波斯还有三王兴起,第四王必富足远胜诸王。他因富足成为强盛,就必激动大众攻击希腊国。
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
11:3 必有一个勇敢的王兴起,执掌大权,随意而行。
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
11:4 他兴起的时候,他的国必破裂,向天的四方(方原文作风)分开,却不归他的后裔,治国的权势也都不及他。因为他的国必被拔出,归与他后裔之外的人。
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
11:5 南方的王必强盛,他将帅中必有一个比他更强盛,执掌权柄,他的权柄甚大。
And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
11:6 过些年后,他们必互相连合,南方王的女儿必就了北方王来立约。但这女子帮助之力存立不住,王和他所倚靠之力也不能存立。这女子和引导她来的,并生她的,以及当时扶助她的,都必交于死地。
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
11:7 但这女子的本家(原文作根)必另生一子(子原文作枝)继续王位,他必率领军队进入北方王的保障,攻击他们,而且得胜。
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
11:8 并将他们的神像和铸成的偶像,与金银的宝器掠到埃及去。数年之内,他不去攻击北方的王。
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
11:9 北方的王(原?文作他)必入南方王的国,却要仍回本地。
So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
11:10 北方王(原文作他)的二子必动干戈,招聚许多军兵。这军兵前去,如洪水泛滥,又必再去争战,直到南方王的保障。
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11:11 南方王必发烈怒,出来与北方王争战,摆列大军。北方王的军兵必交付他手。
And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
11:12 他的众军高傲,他的心也必自高。他虽使数万人仆倒,却不得常胜。
And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
11:13 北方王必回来摆列大军,比先前的更多。满了所定的年数,他必率领大军,带极多的军装来。
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
11:14 那时,必有许多人起来攻击南方王,并且你本国的强暴人必兴起,要应验那异象,他们却要败亡。
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
11:15 北方王必来筑垒攻取坚固城。南方的军兵必站立不住,就是选择的精兵(精兵原文作民)也无力站住。
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
11:16 来攻击他的,必任意而行,无人在北方王(原文作他)面前删立得住。他必站在那荣美之地,用手施行毁灭。
But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
11:17 他必定意用全国之力而来,立公正的约,照约而行,将自己的女儿给南方王为妻,想要败坏他(或作埃及),这计却不得成就,与自己毫无益处。
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
11:18 其后他必转回夺取了许多海岛。但有一大帅,除掉他令人受的羞辱,并且使这羞辱归他本身。
After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
11:19 他就必转向本地的保障,却要绊跌仆倒,归于无有。
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
11:20 那时,必有一人兴起接续他为王,使横征暴敛的人通行国中的荣美地。这王不多日就必灭亡,却不因忿怒,也不因争战。
Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
11:21 必有一个卑鄙的人兴起接续为王,人未曾将国的尊荣给他,他却趁人坦然无备的时候,用谄媚的话得国。
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
11:22 必有无数的军兵势如洪水,在他面前冲没败坏。同盟的君也必如此。
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
11:23 与那君结盟之后,他必行诡诈,因为他必上来以微小的军(原文作民)成为强盛。
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
11:24 趁人坦然无备的时候,他必来到国中极肥美之地,行他列祖和他列祖之祖所未曾行的,将掳物,掠物,和财宝散给众人,又要设计攻打保障,然而这都是暂时的。
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
11:25 他必奋勇向前,率领大军攻击南方王。南方王也必以极大极强的军兵与他争战,却站立不住,因为有人设计谋害南方王。
And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.