¹ 巴比倫王伯沙撒元年，但以理在床上做夢，見了腦中的異象，就記錄這夢，述說其中的大意。

² 但以理說：我夜裡見異象，看見天的四風陡起，颳在大海之上。

³ 有四個大獸從海中上來，形狀各有不同：

⁴ 頭一個像獅子，有鷹的翅膀；我正觀看的時候，獸的翅膀被拔去，獸從地上得立起來，用兩腳站立，像人一樣，又得了人心。

⁵ 又有一獸如熊，就是第二獸，旁跨而坐，口齒內啣著三根肋骨。有吩咐這獸的說：起來吞吃多肉。

⁶ 此後我觀看，又有一獸如豹，背上有鳥的四個翅膀；這獸有四個頭，又得了權柄。

⁷ 其後我在夜間的異象中觀看，見第四獸甚是可怕，極其強壯，大有力量，有大鐵牙，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用腳踐踏。這獸與前三獸大不相同，頭有十角。

⁸ 我正觀看這些角，見其中又長起一個小角；先前的角中有三角在這角前，連根被他拔出來。這角有眼，像人的眼，有口說誇大的話。

⁹ 我觀看，見有寶座設立，上頭坐著亙古常在者。他的衣服潔白如雪，頭髮如純淨的羊毛。寶座乃火燄，其輪乃烈火。

¹⁰ 從他面前有火，像河發出；事奉他的有千千，在他面前侍立的有萬萬；他坐著要行審判，案卷都展開了。

¹¹ 那時我觀看，見那獸因小角說誇大話的聲音被殺，身體損壞，扔在火中焚燒。

¹² 其餘的獸，權柄都被奪去，生命卻仍存留，直到所定的時候和日期。

¹³ 我在夜間的異象中觀看，見有一位像人子的，駕著天雲而來，被領到亙古常在者面前，

¹⁴ 得了權柄、榮耀、國度，使各方、各國、各族的人都事奉他。他的權柄是永遠的，不能廢去；他的國必不敗壞。

¹⁵ 至於我─但以理，我的靈在我裡面愁煩，我腦中的異象使我驚惶。

¹⁶ 我就近一位侍立者，問他這一切的真情。他就告訴我，將那事的講解給我說明。

¹⁷ 這四個大獸就是四王將要在世上興起。

¹⁸ 然而，至高者的聖民，必要得國享受，直到永永遠遠。

¹⁹ 那時我願知道第四獸的真情，他為何與那三獸的真情大不相同，甚是可怕，有鐵牙銅爪，吞吃嚼碎，所剩下的用腳踐踏；

²⁰ 頭有十角和那另長的一角，在這角前有三角被他打落。這角有眼，有說誇大話的口，形狀強橫，過於他的同類。

²¹ 我觀看，見這角與聖民爭戰，勝了他們。

²² 直到亙古常在者來給至高者的聖民伸冤，聖民得國的時候就到了。

²³ 那侍立者這樣說：第四獸就是世上必有的第四國，與一切國大不相同，必吞吃全地，並且踐踏嚼碎。

²⁴ 至於那十角，就是從這國中必興起的十王，後來又興起一王，與先前的不同；他必制伏三王。

²⁵ 他必向至高者說誇大的話，必折磨至高者的聖民，必想改變節期和律法。聖民必交付他手一載、二載、半載。

²⁶ 然而，審判者必坐著行審判；他的權柄必被奪去，毀壞，滅絕，一直到底。

²⁷ 國度、權柄，和天下諸國的大權必賜給至高者的聖民。他的國是永遠的；一切掌權的都必事奉他，順從他。

²⁸ 那事至此完畢。至於我─但以理，心中甚是驚惶，臉色也改變了，卻將那事存記在心。

¹ The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

² Thus speaks Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.

³ For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

⁴ These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

⁵ For thus says Yahweh: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

⁶ Ask now, and see whether a man does travail with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

⁷ Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

⁸ It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;

⁹ but they shall serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰ Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

¹¹ For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.

¹² For thus says Yahweh, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.

¹³ There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.

¹⁴ All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.

¹⁵ Why do you cry for your hurt? Your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

¹⁶ Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.

¹⁷ For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, [saying], It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.

¹⁸ Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited in its own way.

¹⁹ Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

²⁰ Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.

²¹ Their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is he who has had boldness to approach to me? says Yahweh.

²² You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

²³ Behold, the storm of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger of Yahweh will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intentions of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it.