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但以理書第2章

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1 尼布甲尼撒在位第二年,他做了夢,心裡煩亂,不能睡覺

2 王吩咐人將術士、用法術的、行邪術的,和迦勒底人,要他們將王的夢告訴王,他們就站在王前。

3 王對他們:我做了一夢,心裡煩亂,要知道這是甚麼夢。

4 迦勒底人用亞蘭的言語對王:願王萬歲!請將那夢告訴僕人,僕人就可以講解。

5 王回答迦勒底人:夢我已經忘了(或譯:我已定命;八節同),你們若不將夢和夢的講解告訴我,就必被凌遲,你們的房屋必成為糞堆;

6 你們若將夢和夢的講解告訴我,就必從我這裡得贈品和賞賜,並大尊榮。現在你們要將夢和夢的講解告訴我。

7 他們第二次對王:請王將夢告訴僕人,僕人就可以講解。

8 王回答:我准知道你們是故意遲延,因為你們知道那夢我已經忘了。

9 你們若不將夢告訴我,只有一法待你們;因為你們預備了謊言亂語向我,要等候時勢改變。現在你們要將夢告訴我,因我知道你們能將夢的講解告訴我。

10 迦勒底人在王面前回答:世上沒有人能將王所問的事出來;因為沒有君王、大臣、掌權的向術士,或用法術的,或迦勒底人問過這樣的事。

11 王所問的事甚難。除了不與世人同居的神明,沒有人在王面前能說出來。

12 因此,王氣忿忿地大發烈怒,吩咐滅絕巴比倫所有的哲士。

13 於是命令發出,哲士將要見殺,人就尋找但以理和他的同伴,要殺他們。

14 王的護衛長亞略出來,要殺巴比倫的哲士,但以理就用婉言回答他,

15 向王的護衛長亞略:王的命令為何這樣緊急呢?亞略就將情節告訴但以理。

16 但以理遂進去求王寬限,就可以將夢的講解告訴王。

17 但以理回到他的居所,將這事告訴他的同伴哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅,

18 要他們祈求上的神施憐憫,將這奧秘的事指明,免得但以理和他的同伴與巴比倫其餘的哲士一同滅亡。

19 這奧秘的事就在夜間異象中給但以理顯明,但以理便稱頌天上的神。

20 但以理:神的名是應當稱頌的!從亙古直到永遠,因為智慧能力都屬乎他。

21 他改變時候、日期,廢王,立王,將智慧賜與智慧人,將知識賜與聰明人。

22 他顯明深奧隱秘的事,知道暗中所有的,光明也與他同居。

23 我列祖的神啊,我感謝你,讚美你,因你將智慧才能賜給我,允准我們所求的,把王的事給我們指明。

24 於是,但以理進去見亞略,就是王所派滅絕巴比倫哲士的,對他:不要滅絕巴比倫的哲士,求你領我到王面前,我要將夢的講解告訴王。

25 亞略就急忙將但以理領到王面前,對王:我在被擄的猶大人中遇見一人,他能將夢的講解告訴王。

26 王問稱為伯提沙撒的但以理:你能將我所做的夢和夢的講解告訴我麼?

27 但以理在王面前回答:王所問的那奧秘事,哲士、用法術的、術士、觀兆的都不能告訴王;

28 只有一位在天上的神能顯明奧秘的事。他已將日後必有的事指示尼布甲尼撒王。你的夢和你在床上腦中的異象是這樣:

29 王啊,你在床上想到後來的事,那顯明奧祕事的主把將來必有的事指示你。

30 至於那奧祕的事顯明給我,並非因我的智慧勝過一切活人,乃為使王知道夢的講解和心裡的思念。

31 王啊,你夢見一個大像,這像甚,極其光耀,站在你面前,形狀甚是可怕。

32 這像的頭是精金的,胸膛和膀臂是銀的,肚腹和腰是銅的,

33 腿是鐵的,腳是半鐵半泥的。

34 你觀看,見有一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭打在這像半鐵半泥的腳上,把腳砸碎;

35 於是金、銀、銅、鐵、泥都一同砸得粉碎,成如夏天禾場上的糠秕,被風吹散,無處可尋。打碎這像的石頭變成一座大山,充滿天下。

36 這就是那夢。我們在王面前要講解那夢。

37 王啊,你是諸王之王。天上的神已將國度、權柄、能力、尊榮都賜給你。

38 凡世人所住之地的走獸,並天空的飛鳥,他都交付你手,使你掌管這一切。你就是那金頭。

39 在你以後必另興一國,不及於你;又有第國,就是銅的,必掌管天下。

40 第四國,必堅壯如鐵,鐵能打碎剋制百物,又能壓碎一切,那國也必打碎壓制列國。

41 你既見像的腳和腳指頭,一半是窯匠的泥,一半是鐵,那國將來也必分開。你既見鐵與泥攙雜,那國也必有鐵的力量。

42 那腳指頭,既是半鐵半泥,那國也必半強半弱。

43 你既見鐵與泥攙雜,那國民也必與各種人攙雜,卻不能彼此相合,正如鐵與泥不能相合一樣。

44 當那列王在位的時候,天上的神必另立一國,永不敗壞,也不歸別國的人,卻要打碎滅絕那一切國,這國必存到永遠

45 你既看見非人手鑿出來的一塊石頭從山而出,打碎金、銀、銅、鐵、泥,那就是至大的神把後來必有的事給王指明。這夢準是這樣,這講解也是確實的。

46 當時,尼布甲尼撒王俯伏在地,向但以理下拜,並且吩咐人給他奉上供物和香品。

47 王對但以理:你既能顯明這奧祕的事,你們的神誠然是萬神之神、萬王之主,又是顯明奧祕事的。

48 於是王抬但以理,賞賜他許多上等禮物,派他管理巴比倫全省,又立他為總理,掌管巴比倫的一切哲士。

49 但以理求王,王就派沙得拉、米煞、亞伯尼歌管理巴比倫省的事務,只是但以理常在朝中侍立。

   

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48. 2. Since our life varies depending on our state, “spirit” means the variable attitude we take toward life. For example:

a. Living wisely.

Bezalel was filled with the spirit of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. (Exodus 31:3)

You shall speak to all who are wise at heart, everyone whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. (Exodus 28:3)

Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom. (Deuteronomy 34:9)

Nebuchadnezzar said of Daniel that [the spirit of the holy gods was in him]. (Daniel 4:8)

[Belshazzar’s queen said of Daniel that] there was an excellent spirit of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom in him. (Daniel 5:12)

Those who go astray in spirit will know intelligence. (Isaiah 29:24)

[2] b. Living [under the influence of some particular] inspiration.

Jehovah has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. (Jeremiah 51:11)

Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. (Haggai 1:14)

I am putting the spirit into the king of Assyria [to cause him] to hear a rumor and return to his own land. (Isaiah 37:7)

Jehovah hardened the spirit of King Sihon. (Deuteronomy 2:30)

What is rising up in your spirit will never happen. (Ezekiel 20:32)

[3] c. Living in a state of freedom.

The four beasts seen by the prophet, which were angel guardians, went wherever the spirit wanted to go. (Ezekiel 1:12, 20)

[4] d. Living in fear, sorrow, or anger.

... so that every heart will melt, all hands will slacken, and every spirit will recoil. (Ezekiel 21:7)

My spirit has fainted within me; my heart is stupefied inside me. (Psalms 142:3; Psalms 143:4)

My spirit is wasting away. (Psalms 143:7)

I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit. (Daniel 7:15)

The spirit of Pharaoh was disturbed. (Genesis 41:8)

Nebuchadnezzar said, “My spirit is troubled.” (Daniel 2:3)

I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit. (Ezekiel 3:14)

[5] e. Living in subjection to various evil mental states.

... who has no guile in his spirit. (Psalms 32:2)

Jehovah has mixed together in their midst a spirit of perversities. (Isaiah 19:14)

[The Lord Jehovih] says, “[Woe] to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit.” (Ezekiel 13:3)

The prophet is foolish; the man of the spirit is insane. (Hosea 9:7)

Keep watch over your spirit, and do not act treacherously. (Malachi 2:16)

A spirit of whoredom has led them astray. (Hosea 4:12)

There is a spirit of whoredom in their midst. (Hosea 5:4)

When a spirit of jealousy has come over him... (Numbers 5:14)

A man who is a wanderer in spirit and speaks lies... (Micah 2:11)

... a generation whose spirit was not constant with God... (Psalms 78:8)

He has poured a spirit of sleepiness over them. (Isaiah 29:10)

Conceive chaff and give birth to stubble. As for your spirit, fire will devour you. (Isaiah 33:11)

[6] f. Living in subjection to hell.

I will make the unclean spirit depart from the land. (Zechariah 13:2)

When an unclean spirit goes out of someone, it wanders through dry places, and then recruits seven spirits worse than itself, and they come in and live there. (Matthew 12:43-45)

Babylon has become a refuge for every unclean spirit. (Revelation 18:2)

[7] g. Then there are the hellish spirits by whom we are tormented: Matthew 8:16; 10:1; 12:43-45; Mark 1:23-28; 9:17-29; Luke 4:33, 36; 6:17-18; 7:21; 8:2, 29; 9:39, 42, 55; 11:24-26; 13:11; Revelation 13:15; 16:13-14.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.