Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.
En la troisième année du règne de Baltasar, une vision m'apparut à moi, Daniel, après celle qui m'était d'abord apparue.
2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
J'étais dans le palais à Suse, qui est au pays d'Élam, et j'étais sur la rive du fleuve Ubal.
3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
Et je levai les yeux, et je regardai; et voilà qu'un bélier se tenait devant l'Ubal. Et il avait de grandes cornes, et l'une était plus grande que l'autre, et allait toujours croissant.
4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
Et je vis le bélier frappant de ses cornes du côté de la mer, de l'aquilon et du midi; et devant lui nulle bête ne pouvait tenir, et nul ne pouvait échapper à ses coups, et il fit ce qu'il voulut, et il devint grand.
5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.
Et j'étais là, le regardant; et voilà qu'un jeune bouc vint du sud-ouest, sur la face de toute la terre, et il ne touchait pas à terre; et ce bouc avait une corne entre les yeux.
6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
Et il arriva jusqu'au bélier qui avait des cornes, celui que j'avais vu en face de l'Ubal; et il s'élança contre lui dans toute la force de sa fureur.
7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.
Et je le vis atteindre le bélier, et il se rua sur lui, et il le frappa, et lui brisa les deux cornes: et le bélier fut sans force pour lui résister en face. Puis il le jeta contre terre, et il le foula aux pieds, et nul n'était là pour délivrer le bélier de ses coups.
8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.
Or le bouc grandit à l'excès; et pendant qu'il croissait en force, sa grande corne se brisa, et quatre autres cornes lui poussèrent au-dessous de celle-ci, des quatre côtés du ciel, d'où viennent les vents.
9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.
Et de l'une de ces cornes sortit une autre corne puissante, qui s'éleva prodigieusement contre le midi et contre un peuple fort;
10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.
Et même elle s'éleva jusqu'à l'armée du ciel; et elle fit tomber du ciel une partie de l'armée et une partie des étoiles, et elles furent foulées aux pieds.
11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.
Et il en fut ainsi, jusqu'à ce que le chef de l'armée eût délivré ses captifs; et à cause de ce bouc les sacrifices furent interrompus, et il prospèrera, et le sanctuaire sera désolé.
12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
Et au lieu de victimes les offrandes furent le péché, et la justice fut renversée à terre. Pour lui, il fera son œuvre, et il prospèrera.
13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?
Et j'entendis l'un des saints qui parlait, et l'un des saints dit à un autre qui m'était inconnu: Jusques à quand durera cette vision des sacrifices abolis, du péché, cause de cette désolation, du sanctuaire et de l'armée céleste foulés aux pieds.
14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
Et le premier répondit: Du soir au matin, durant deux mille quatre cents jours, puis le sanctuaire sera purifié.
15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.
Et ceci advint: tandis que moi, Daniel, j'avais cette vision et que je cherchais à la comprendre, voilà que la vision d'un homme se dressa devant moi.
16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
Et j'entendis une voix d'homme, entre l'Ubal et moi, et elle appela et dit: Gabriel, explique à celui-ci sa vision.
17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
Et Gabriel s'approcha, et il se tint auprès de moi, et pendant qu'il venait j'étais frappé de crainte; et je tombai la face contre terre, et il me dit: Comprends, fils de l'homme; car cette vision s'accomplira au temps marqué.
18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
Et pendant qu'il me dit ces paroles, je retombai encore la face contre terre, et il me toucha, et il me remit debout sur mes pieds.
19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
Et il me dit: Je vais te faire savoir ce qui adviendra aux derniers jours de la colère; car c'est aussi le temps marqué pour l'accomplissement de ta vision.
20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Le bélier que tu as vu ayant des cornes est le roi des Mèdes et des Perses.
21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
Le bouc est le roi des Hellènes; et la grande corne qu'il avait entre les deux yeux est leur premier roi.
22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.
Et quand elle a été brisée, les quatre cornes qui se sont élevées au- dessous sont quatre rois qui s'élèveront parmi les nations, mais non par leur propre force.
23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
Et à la fin de leurs règnes, quand la mesure de leurs péchés sera remplie, un roi s'élèvera, au front impudent, comprenant les énigmes.
24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
Et sa force sera grande, et il détruira des choses admirables, et il prospèrera, et il entreprendra, et il détruira les forts et le peuple saint.
25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
Et le joug de sa chaîne sera bien dirigé; la fraude à la main, il se glorifiera en son cœur; il fera périr par ses ruses une multitude d'hommes, et il s'affermira par la ruine de plusieurs; et il les écrasera comme un œuf dans la main.
26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
Cette vision que tu as eue du soir au matin est véritable; mets-y le sceau, parce qu'elle ne s'accomplira qu'après bien des jours.
27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
Après cela, moi, Daniel, je fus alité et je tombai dans la langueur; puis je me levai, et je m'appliquai aux affaires du roi, et je fus émerveillé de ma vision; mais il n'y eut personne pour la comprendre.
