1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah the prophet for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years. 3 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said,
"Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. 6 We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 "Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. 8 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. 10 We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice.
"Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, for we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth. 14 Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
15 "Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly. 16 Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
17 "Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. 18 My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake. 19 Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."
20 While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God— 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer—the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering. 22 He instructed me and talked with me, and said, "Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
24 "Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
25 "Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and build Jerusalem to the Anointed One, the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off, and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined. 27 He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate; and even to the decreed full end, wrath will be poured out on the desolate."
1 玛代人亚哈随鲁的儿子大利乌被立为王， 统治迦勒底国的第一年，
2 就是他作王的第一年， 我但以理从经书上留意到耶和华临到耶利米先知的话， 指出耶路撒冷荒废的年数必满七十年。
3 于是我转向主 神， 禁食， 披麻蒙灰， 借祈祷和恳求寻求他。
4 我向耶和华我的 神祷告、认罪， 说： "主啊！ 伟大可畏的 神， 你向那些爱你， 遵守你诫命的人守约施慈爱。
5 我们犯了罪， 行了不义， 作了恶， 背叛了你， 偏离了你的诫命典章；
6 没有听从你的仆人众先知， 他们奉你的名向我们的君王、领袖、列祖和国中所有的人民说话。
7 主啊！ 你是公义的； 我们满面羞愧， 正如今日的光景； 我们犹大人、耶路撒冷的居民， 和被你赶逐到远近各地的以色列众人， 都因对你不忠而满面羞愧。
8 耶和华啊！ 我们和我们的君王、领袖、列祖， 都满面羞愧， 因为我们得罪了你。
9 虽然我们背叛了主我们的 神， 他仍是满有怜悯和饶恕。
10 我们没有听从耶和华我们 神的话， 没有遵行他借着他的仆人众先知向我们颁布的律法。
11 以色列众人都违背了你的律法， 偏离了你， 不听从你的话， 因此， 神的仆人摩西的律法书上所记载的咒诅和审判， 都倾倒在我们身上； 我们实在得罪了 神。
12 他实现了他的预言， 按着他向我们和那些治理我们的官长所说过的话， 使大灾祸临到我们身上； 耶路撒冷所遇的灾祸是在普天之下从未发生过的。
13 这一切灾祸是按着摩西的律法书上所记载的， 临到了我们身上， 但我们仍没有恳求耶和华我们的 神施恩， 使我们离开罪孽， 明白你的真理。
14 所以耶和华留意使这灾祸临到我们身上， 因为耶和华我们的 神在他所行的一切事上都是公义的， 我们却没有听从他的话。
15 主我们的 神啊！ 你曾用强而有力的手把你的子民从埃及地领出来， 使你自己得了名， 好像今天一样。现在， 我们犯了罪， 作了恶。
16 主啊！ 求你按着你的一切公义， 使你的怒气和忿怒转离你的城耶路撒冷， 就是你的圣山； 因我们的罪和我们列祖的罪孽的缘故， 耶路撒冷和你的子民成了在我们四围的人羞辱的对象。
17 现在， 我们的 神啊！ 求你垂听你仆人的祷告和恳求； 主啊！ 为了你自己的缘故， 使你的脸光照你这荒凉了的圣所。
18 我的 神啊！ 求你侧耳而听， 睁眼垂顾我们的荒凉， 和那称为你名下的城； 因为我们向你恳求， 并不是因着自己的义， 而是因着你的大怜悯。
19 主啊！ 求你垂听。主啊！ 求你赦免。主啊！ 求你应允而行。我的 神啊！ 为了你自己的缘故， 求你不要耽延。因为你的城和你的子民都是称为你名下的。"
20 我还在说话、祷告、承认我的罪和我同胞以色列人的罪， 为我 神的圣山， 向耶和华我的 神恳求的时候；
21 我还在祷告说话的时候， 我先前在异象中所见的那位样貌像人的加百列， 约在献晚祭的时候， 快速地飞（"快速地飞"原文意思难确定， 或译： "在精疲力竭时"）到我面前来。
22 他向我解释， 说： "但以理啊！ 现在我来， 要使你有智慧， 有聪明。
23 你开始恳求的时候， 就有命令发出。因为你是大蒙眷爱的， 所以我来告诉你； 你要留意这信息， 明白这异象。
24 "为你的同胞和你的圣城， 已经定了七十个七， 要结束过犯， 终止罪恶， 遮盖罪孽， 引进永义， 封住异象和预言， 并且膏抹至圣所（"至圣所"或译： "至圣者"）。
25 你要知道， 也要明白， 从发出命令恢复和重建耶路撒冷， 直到受膏君的时候， 必有七个七； 又有六十二个七（"必有七个七； 又有六十二个七"或译： "必有七个七和六十二个七"）， 耶路撒冷连广场和濠沟， 都必重新建造起来； 那是一段困苦的时期。
26 六十二个七以后， 受膏者必被剪除， 一无所有（"一无所有"或译： "不再存在"）； 那将要来的领袖的人民必毁灭这城和圣所。结局必像洪水而来； 必有争战直到末了； 荒凉的事已经定了。
27 一七之内， 他必和许多人坚立盟约； 一七之半， 他必使献祭和供物终止； 他必在殿里（"殿里"原文作"翼上"）； 设立那使地荒凉的可憎的像（"可憎的像"原文是复数）， 直到指定的结局倾倒在那造成荒凉的人身上。"