Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were well-acquainted with spiritual opposition, and in today’s passage they are targets of envious Chaldeans who want to see them put to death. The accusations brought against them were not entirely true because they had not disregarded the king. On the contrary, they were model citizens and exemplary leaders. They had attended the king’s ceremony and fulfilled all their other civil duties insofar as those duties did not violate their responsibility to God.

沙得拉，米煞，亚伯尼歌非常清楚属灵上的敌对，在今天的经文中他们是嫉妒他们的迦勒底人攻击的对象，迦勒底人想把他们置于死地。控告他们的理由并不是全对，因为他们并没有不尊重国王。相反，他们是模范市民和领导榜样。他们参加了国王仪式，并尽了所有的市民义务前提是这些义务并不违犯他们对上帝的责任。

Their accusers weren’t motivated by loyalty to the king or by their personal allegiance to his religious views. They were jealous and resentful because they hated having Jewish captives ruling over them (see Dan. 2:49).

控告他们的人并没有被他们对国王的忠诚或是他们对他国王信仰观点的重视所打动。那些人嫉妒和想要报复因为他们痛恨犹太人统领他们（但以理书2：49）。

Sometimes Christians today will do their work excellently and be promoted over their peers, only to incur the displeasure of jealous workmates who criticize or bring false and discrediting accusations against them. If ever you are in that situation, you need to be especially diligent to do your work as unto the Lord (Col. 3:23), to guard your own attitude, and to let the Lord be your defender.

有时候今日的基督徒会将工作做到极致，并比同事提升更高，而这招致的却是同事批评嫉妒的不悦或是抹黑职责他们。如果你处于这样的境况中，你需要特别的勤奋，像是为主做工（歌罗西书3：23），这样来保持自己的态度，并让上帝成为你的捍卫者。