And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，有神的使者在梯子上，上去下来。

他做梦，看哪，一个梯子立在地上，梯子的顶端直伸到天；看哪，上帝的使者在梯子上，上去下来。

他做梦，看哪，一个梯子立在地上，梯子的顶端直伸到天；看哪，神的使者在梯子上，上去下来。

梦中看见有个梯子立在地上，直通到天上，梯子上有上帝的天使上上下下。

他作了一个梦，梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯顶直通到天，神的众使者在梯子上下往来。

他做了一个梦：看哪，有一个梯子矗立在地，它的顶端直通到天！看哪，梯子上，神的使者们上下往来！

夢見一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頭頂着天，有神的使者在梯子上，上去下來。

他做夢，看哪，一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頂端直伸到天；看哪，上帝的使者在梯子上，上去下來。

他做夢，看哪，一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頂端直伸到天；看哪，神的使者在梯子上，上去下來。

夢中看見有個梯子立在地上，直通到天上，梯子上有上帝的天使上上下下。

他作了一個夢，夢見一個梯子立在地上，梯頂直通到天，神的眾使者在梯子上下往來。

他做了一個夢，見有一道臺階立在地上、其上頭頂着天；竟有上帝的使者在臺階上上上下下呢。

他做了一個夢：看哪，有一個梯子矗立在地，它的頂端直通到天！看哪，梯子上，神的使者們上下往來！

夢有梯立於地、頂及於天、上帝之使、陟降其上、

夢有梯、自地參天、上帝之使者、陟降於上。

夢有梯置於地、梯首及天、天主之使者陟降於上、

He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

In a dream he saw a stairway standing on the earth. Its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were going up and coming down on it.

And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.

And he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Then he said,“ Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,he uncovers their ears and terrifies them with warnings,

he said:“ Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the LORD, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.

Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.When he saw them, Jacob said,“ This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.

As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.He said to them,“ Listen to this dream I had:There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly my sheaf stood up, and your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.”“ Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him.“ Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers.“ Look,” he said,“ I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him.“ What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said.“ Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and here is the summary of his account.

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

A word was brought to me in secret; my ears caught a whisper of it.Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep comes over men,fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shake.I felt a draft on my face, and the hair on my body stood up.A figure stood there, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes. I heard a whispering voice:“ Can a mortal be righteous before God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”If God puts no trust in his servants and he charges his angels with foolishness,how much more those who dwell in clay houses, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth!They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; they perish forever while no one notices.Are their tent cords not pulled up? They die without wisdom.

Then God said to him in the dream,“ Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience. I have also kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I have not let you touch her.Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,he said to them,“ I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”The Chaldeans spoke to the king( Aramaic begins here):“ May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”The king replied to the Chaldeans,“ My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a garbage dump.But if you make the dream and its interpretation known to me, you’ll receive gifts, a reward, and great honor from me. So make the dream and its interpretation known to me.”They answered a second time,“ May the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will make known the interpretation.”The king replied,“ I know for certain you are trying to gain some time, because you see that my word is final.If you don’t tell me the dream, there is one decree for you. You have conspired to tell me something false or fraudulent until the situation changes. So tell me the dream and I will know you can give me its interpretation.”The Chaldeans answered the king,“ No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, medium, or Chaldean.What the king is asking is so difficult that no one can make it known to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”Because of this, the king became violently angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.Then Daniel responded with tact and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.He asked Arioch, the king’s officer,“ Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.So Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give the king the interpretation.Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter,urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavensand declared: May the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.He reveals the deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.I offer thanks and praise to you, God of my ancestors, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have let me know what we asked of you, for you have let us know the king’s mystery.Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had assigned to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He came and said to him,“ Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king and said to him,“ I have found a man among the Judean exiles who can let the king know the interpretation.”The king said in reply to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,“ Are you able to tell me the dream I had and its interpretation?”Daniel answered the king,“ No wise man, medium, magician, or diviner is able to make known to the king the mystery he asked about.But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has let King Nebuchadnezzar know what will happen in the last days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay in bed were these:Your Majesty, while you were in your bed, thoughts came to your mind about what will happen in the future. The revealer of mysteries has let you know what will happen.As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.“ Your Majesty, as you were watching, suddenly a colossal statue appeared. That statue, tall and dazzling, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was terrifying.The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay.As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.“ This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.Your Majesty, you are king of kings. The God of the heavens has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.Wherever people live— or wild animals, or birds of the sky— he has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.“ After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.A fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron; for iron crushes and shatters everything, and like iron that smashes, it will crush and smash all the others.You saw the feet and toes, partly of a potter’s fired clay and partly of iron— it will be a divided kingdom, though some of the strength of iron will be in it. You saw the iron mixed with clay,and that the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly fired clay— part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle.You saw the iron mixed with clay— the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay.“ In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.You saw a stone break off from the mountain without a hand touching it, and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation reliable.”Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell facedown, worshiped Daniel, and gave orders to present an offering and incense to him.The king said to Daniel,“ Your God is indeed God of gods, Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.

King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live on the whole earth: May your prosperity increase.I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.How great are his miracles, and how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god— and a spirit of the holy gods is in him— came before me. I told him the dream:“ Belteshazzar, head of the magicians, because I know that you have the spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the earth, and it was very tall.The tree grew large and strong; its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.“ As I was lying in my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.He called out loudly: Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.But leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share the plants of the earth with the animals.Let his mind be changed from that of a human, and let him be given the mind of an animal for seven periods of time.This word is by decree of the watchers, and the decision is by command from the holy ones. This is so that the living will know that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms. He gives them to anyone he wants and sets the lowliest of people over them.This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can make the interpretation known to me. But you can, because you have a spirit of the holy gods.”Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said,“ Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered,“ My lord, may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to the whole earth,and whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant— and on it was food for all, under it the wild animals lived, and in its branches the birds of the sky lived—that tree is you, Your Majesty. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.“ The king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying,‘ Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share food with the wild animals for seven periods of time.’This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the decree of the Most High that has been issued against my lord the king:You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.As for the command to leave the tree’s stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.At the end of twelve months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,the king exclaimed,“ Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory?”While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven:“ King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.”At that moment the message against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified him who lives forever: For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him,“ What have you done?”At that time my sanity returned to me, and my majesty and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and my nobles sought me out, I was reestablished over my kingdom, and even more greatness came to me.Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of the heavens, because all his works are true and his ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him,“ You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,“ Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

After this, the king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guards in the prison where Joseph was confined.The captain of the guards assigned Joseph to them as their personal attendant, and they were in custody for some time.The king of Egypt’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house,“ Why do you look so sad today?”“ We had dreams,” they said to him,“ but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them,“ Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“ In my dream there was a vine in front of me.On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”“ This is its interpretation,” Joseph said to him.“ The three branches are three days.In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.But when all goes well for you, remember that I was with you. Please show kindness to me by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this prison.For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph,“ I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head.In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”“ This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied.“ The three baskets are three days.In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head— from off you— and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He elevated the chief cupbearer and the chief baker among his servants.Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position as cupbearer, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to show himself strong for those who are wholeheartedly devoted to him. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”

And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.After they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying,“ Get up! Take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to kill him.”