但以理书生命读经 · 第2篇

神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，

The Victory of the Young Descendants of God’s

1胜过了撒但更进一步的诡计（一）

1Degraded Elect over Satan’s Further Devices (1

胜过属鬼的饮食

Over The Demonic Diet

2读经：但以理书一章。但以理书前六章说到神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，胜过撒但更进一步的诡计。在本篇信息中，我们要来看他们胜过属鬼的饮食。

2Scripture Reading: Dan. 1 The first six chapters of Daniel are concerned with the victory of the young descendants of God's degraded elect over Satan's further devices. In this message we will consider their victory over the demonic diet

壹神选民堕落的结果－

I. THE ISSUE OF THE DEGRADATION

3被掳到巴比伦神选民堕落的结果，就是被掳到巴比伦。（但一1～2。）但以理一章二节告诉我们，『主将』犹大王约雅敬，『并神殿中的一些器皿交付』巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手。这里的『交付』一辞，指明犹大王和那些器皿，乃是神给尼布甲尼撒王的赠品。一被掳回到拜偶像之地以色列人被掳到巴比伦，意思就是他们被掳回到拜偶像之地。（耶五十38。）

3OF GOD'SELECT—THE CAPTIVITY TO BABYLON The issue of the degradation of God'select was the captivity to Babylon (1:1-2). Daniel 1:2 tells us that "the Lord gave" Jehoiakim king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon "with some of the vessels of the house of God." The word gave here indicates that the king of Judah and the vessels were a present given to Nebuchadnezzar by God. A. Captured Back to the Place of the Worship of Idols For the children of Israel to be taken captive to Babylon means that they were captured back to the place of the worship of idols (Jer. 50:38

二回到他们祖宗亚伯拉罕原初拜偶像之地

B. Back to the Original Place of the Worship of Idols by Their Forefather Abraham

4当神的百姓被掳回到拜偶像之地，他们是被带回到巴比伦，就是他们的祖宗亚伯拉罕原初拜偶像之地。（书二四2～3。）巴比伦的起源就是在示拿地－迦勒底－巴比伦－的巴别。（创十一2，9，十10，十一28。）亚伯亚罕蒙神呼召，从迦勒底出来，到迦南敬拜神。（创十一31。）藉此，因著亚当的堕落所失去，那对神独一的敬拜，就得以恢复。从亚当到亚伯拉罕的这段人类历史中，并没有以色列人。以色列人的历史开始于第一个希伯来人亚伯拉罕。在摩西的领导下，亚伯拉罕的后裔出了埃及，四十年以后他们进入了迦南美地。但后来，神的百姓竟被带回到原初拜偶像之地，就是他们祖宗亚伯拉罕蒙召的地方。

4When God'sp eople were captured back to the place of the worship of idols, they were taken back to Babel, to the original place of the worship of idols by their forefather Abraham (Josh. 24:2-3). The origin of Babylon was Babel in the land of Shinar— Chaldea — Babylon (Gen. 1 1:2, 9; 1 0:1 0; 1 1:2 8). Abraham was called by God out of Chaldea to Canaan to worship God (Gen. 11:31). By this, the worship of the unique God, which had been lost through Adam's fall, was resumed. The people of Israel did not exist during the period of human history from Adam to Abraham. The history of Israel began with Abraham, the first Hebrew. Under the leadership of Moses, Abraham's descendants made their exodus from Egypt, and forty years later they entered the land of Canaan. Eventually, God'sp eople were taken back to the original place of the worship of idols, the very place out of which their forefather Abraham had been called.

三神选民敬拜独一之神的见证完全被毁

C. The Utter Destruction of the Testimony of God'sElect in the Worship of the Unique God

5因著被掳到巴比伦，神殿中的一些器皿被带到示拿地，放进偶像的殿中，就使神选民敬拜耶和华独一之神的见证完全被毁。（代下三六6～7。）

5The captivity to Babylon was the utter destruction of the testimony of God'select in the worship of the unique God, Jehovah, by the carrying of some of the vessels of the temple of God into the land of Shinar and their being put into the temple of idols (2 Chron. 36:6-7

6贰神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，在属鬼的饮食上，

6II. THE VICTORY OF THE YOUNG DESCENDANTS

胜过了撒但更进一步的诡计

of God's degraded elect over Satan's

FURTHER DEVICE IN THE DEMONIC DIET

7『王吩咐太监长亚施毘拿，从以色列人，包括王家后裔和贵族人的人，带进数人，就是年少没有残疾，相貌俊美，通晓各样智慧，知识明达，思虑聪敏，足能侍立在王宫里的，要教他们迦勒底的学问和语言。』（但一3～4。）在这些以色列人中，有一些年轻的得胜者，是神用以胜过撒但更进一步之诡计的。撒但可能以为神已经失败了，地上再也没有敬拜神的事了；神的选民已经失败了，神在地上的目的受到亏损了。然而，神却不失望，因为祂还有一些得胜者－但以理和他的同伴。在祂主宰的安排下，这些年轻人被带到巴比伦，在那里作祂的得胜者。神若没有这些在巴比伦的得胜者，祂就要完全失败。但因著他们在巴比伦，神就没有失败，且能向撒但夸口说，甚至在巴比伦，祂也有祂的得胜者。

7The king told Ashpenaz, the chief of his eunuchs, to bring some of the sons of Israel, including some from the royal seed and from the nobility, children in whom was no defect, who were good in appearance, who showed insight in all wisdom, understanding in knowledge, and apprehension in thought, and in whom was the ability to stand in the king'sp a lace" (Dan. 1:3-4). Among such sons of Israel were some young overcomers whom God used to gain the victory over Satan's devices. Satan might have thought that God had been defeated and that on earth there no longer was the worship of God. The elect of God had been defeated, and God's purpose on earth had suffered loss. However, God was not disappointed, for He still had some overcomers—Daniel and his companions. In His sovereignty He had arranged for these young people to be taken to Babylon, where they were His overcomers. If God had not had these overcomers in Babylon, He would have been totally defeated. But because of their presence in Babylon, He was not defeated and could boast to Satan that even in Babylon He had His overcomers

一尼布甲尼撒属鬼魔的试诱

A. Nebuchadnezzar's Devilish Temptation

8但以理一章三至七节描述尼布甲尼撒那属鬼魔的试诱。

8Daniel 1:3-7 describes Nebuchadnezzar's devilish temptation

１引诱但以理和他的同伴，要使他们有分于王不洁的食物，就是献给偶像的食物，而受玷污

1. Seducing Daniel and His Companions to Be Defiled in Partaking of His Unclean Food, Food Offered to His Idols

9头一个临到人的试诱与吃有关。（创三1～5。）原则上，一切临到我们的试诱，都与吃有关。尼布甲尼撒那属鬼魔的试诱，首先引诱但以理和他的三个同伴，就是神失败的选民中四个聪颖的年轻后裔，要使他们有分于他不洁的食物，就是献给他偶像的食物，而受玷污。尼布甲尼撒将上好的膳食供给但以理和他的三个同伴。对但以理来说，那上好的膳食实际上就是善恶知识树。这树联于撒但，甚至与撒但是一；但生命树联于神，且与神是一。吃善恶知识树，就联于撒但；吃生命树，就联于神。当但以理和他的同伴拒绝吃尼布甲尼撒那不洁净的食物，而拣选吃蔬菜时，他们实际上是在拒绝善恶知识树，而拣选生命树。因此，甚至在尼布甲尼撒的宫里，也有这两棵树。

9The first temptation that came to mankind concerned eating (Gen. 3:1-5). In principle, all the temptations that come to us are related to eating. Nebuchadnezzar's devilish temptation was first to seduce Daniel and his three companions, the four brilliant young descendants of God's defeated elect, to be defiled in partaking of his unclean food, food offered to idols. Nebuchadnezzar provided Daniel and his three companions with the choice food to eat. To Daniel, that choice food was actually the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That tree is something attached to Satan and even one with Satan, but the tree of life is something attached to God and one with God. To eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is to become attached to Satan; to eat of the tree of life is to become attached to God. When Daniel and his companions refused to eat Nebuchadnezzar ' sun clean food and chose instead to eat vegetables, they were actually rejecting the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and taking the tree of life. Thus, even in Nebuchadnezzar'sp a lace there were the two trees.

10那上好的膳食是受玷污的、不洁净的，因牠已献给尼布甲尼撒的神。但以理和他的同伴若吃那些食物，就要受到玷污，也就是接受偶像，结果会与撒但成为一。他们若这样作，神就完了，在这地上就没有甚么能为著神自己和神的权益了。这样撒但就能夸口说，『神阿，你已经完全失败了。在这地上，你已经没有甚么可以代表你，也没有甚么可以与你成为一了。』神在祂选民身上已经失败了。现今如果他们被掳的后裔，年轻的一代，也跟随他们先祖的脚踪，神就要完全失败了。然而但以理和他的同伴是为著神的；他们紧紧联于神，忠心持守神，因著接受神而与神是一。吃尼布甲尼撒那上好的膳食，就是接受撒但作我们的供应而与撒但成为一。我担心你们会去吃今日的尼布甲尼撒所供应给你们，那上好的膳食。我们在饮食、购物、所到之处、所行的事上必须谨慎，否则很可能接受与偶像有关、属鬼的事物。我们吃甚么，就是甚么。我们若吃属神的食物－就是说，我们若吃『神食物』，神作我们的食物－我们就与神是一了。

10The choice food was defiling, not clean, for it had been offered to Nebuchadnezzar's gods. For Daniel and his companions to eat that food would have been to take in the defilement, to take in the idols, and thus to become one with Satan. If they had done this, God would have been finished and would have had nothing on earth for Himself and His interest. Then Satan could have boasted and said, "God, You have been completely defeated. You have nothing on earth to represent You and to be one with You." God had been defeated in His elect. Now if their descendants in the captivity, the younger generation, had followed in the steps of their fathers, God would have been fully defeated. But Daniel and his companions were for God. They were attached to God, they cleaved to God, and they were one with God because they took God in. To eat Nebuchadnezzar's choice food is to take Satan as our supply and to become one with Satan. I am concerned that you may be eating the choice food provided for you by today's Nebuchadnezzar. If we are careless in our eating, in our shopping, in where we go, and in what we do, we may take in something related to idols, something demonic. We are what we eat. If we eat godly food—that is, if we eat God-food, God as our food—we will be one with God

２改名

2. Changing Their Names

11尼布甲尼撒对但以理和他同伴那属鬼魔的试诱，也包括更改他们的名字，将他们原来指明他们是属于神的名，改作使他们与偶像成为一的名。但以理的名，意思是『神是审判者，』或『神是我的审判者，』改作伯提沙撒－『彼勒（赛四六1）的太子』，或，『彼勒所宠爱的。』哈拿尼雅的名，意思是『耶和华是有恩慈的，』或『耶和华所宠爱的，』改作沙得拉－『日神所光照的。』米沙利的名，意思是『谁能像神？』但他的名被改作米煞－『谁能像女神沙克？』亚撒利雅的名，意思是『耶和华是我的帮助，』改作亚伯尼歌－『火神尼歌的忠仆。』

11In his devilish temptation of Daniel and his companions, Nebuchadnezzar also changed their names, which indicated that they belonged to God, to names that made them one with the idols. The name of Daniel, which means "God is the Judge," or "God is my Judge," was changed to Belteshazzar—"the prince of Bel," or "the favorite of Bel" (Isa. 46:1). The name of Hananiah, which means "Jehovah is kind," or "the favorite of Jehovah, " was changed to Shadrach — "enlightened by the sun god." The name of Mishael means " Who can be like God? " but his name was changed to Meshach—"Who can be like the goddess Shach?" The name of Azariah, which means "Jehovah is my help," was changed to Abednego—"the faithful servant of the fire god Nego."

二但以理藉著大胆的拒绝，反抗鬼魔的试诱而争战

B. Daniel Fighting the Battle by Countering the Devil's Temptation with Bold Rejection

12但以理藉著大胆的拒绝，反抗鬼魔的试诱而争战。（但一8～13。）但以理没有玩弄政治，乃是率直而勇敢的。

12Daniel fought the battle by countering the devil's temptation with bold rejection (Dan. 1:8-13). Daniel did not play politics but was frank and bold

三神尊重但以理的争战

C. God Honoring Daniel's Fighting

13神尊重但以理的争战，但以理和他的同伴成了神失败选民之遗民中的得胜者。选民失败了，年轻的得胜者却得胜了。他们的得胜就是神的得胜。因著这个得胜，神可以夸口并对撒但说，在撒但的领域巴比伦境内，神仍有一些得胜者，就是这四个年轻人，胜过撒但的诡计。

13God honored Daniel's fighting, and Daniel and his companions became the overcomers among the remnant of God's defeated elect. The elect were defeated, but the young overcomers were victorious. Their victory was God's victory. Because of this victory God could boast and tell Satan that in the midst of Babylon, Satan's territory, God still had some overcomers, four young ones who were victorious over Satan's devices

四表面上神在地上的权益受了挫败，实际上祂却保守了祂的敬拜和见证

D. God Apparently Being Defeated but Actually Preserving His Worship and Testimony

14因著被掳到巴比伦，表面上，神在地上的权益受了挫败，但实际上，神藉著祂失败选民中年轻的得胜者，保守了祂的敬拜和见证。今天在天主教和更正教里，神也有一些得胜者。

14Because of the captivity in Babylon, apparently God was defeated in His interests on earth. Actually He preserved His worship and testimony through the young overcomers among His defeated elect. In Catholicism and Protestantism today God has some overcomers

五神以知识和见识祝福但以理和他的同伴

E. God Blessing Daniel and His Companions with Knowledge and Insight

15神祝福但以理和他的三个同伴，在各样学问、智慧上，赐给他们知识和见识；祂特别祝福但以理，使他明白各样的异象和梦兆。（17～20。）这祝福是神用以指明祂同意这四位得胜者的方式。

15God blessed Daniel and his three companions with knowledge and insight in all learning and wisdom, and He blessed Daniel especially with understanding in all visions and dreams (vv. 17-20). This blessing was God'sway of indicating that He agreed with these four overcomers

六神祝福但以理，使他长寿

F. God Blessing Daniel with Longevity

16神祝福但以理，使他长寿，历经被掳的七十年，并看见巴比伦灭亡后，从波斯王古列元年起，被掳的得释放并归回。（21，六28，五30～31，拉一1～5。）但以理从神那里领受了智慧、见识、悟性和长寿。在但以理和他的同伴身上，我们看见神藉著年轻的得胜者，继续祂在地上得胜的故事。我盼望今天照样也有一班一班的得胜者，可以让神向撒但夸胜。

16God blessed Daniel with longevity, so that he lived through the captivity of seventy years and saw the release and return of the captives from the first year of Cyrus, the king of Persia, after the fall of Babylon (v. 21; 6:28; 5:30-31; Ezra 1:1-5). From God Daniel received wisdom, insight, understanding, and longevity. With him and his companions we see the story of God's victory continuing on earth through the young overcomers. I hope that today as well there will be groups of overcomers who will be God's boast to Satan.