Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me. After that which I had seen in the beginning, I, Daniel,
La troisième année du règne du roi Baltasar, une vision m'apparut, à moi Daniel, après celle qui m'était apparue auparavant.
2 saw in my vision, that I was in the capital city of Susa, which is in the region of Elam, yet I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.
Et je vis dans la vision; et il arriva, comme je regardais, que je me trouvais à Suse, la forteresse qui est dans la province d'Elam, et je vis dans la vision, et j'étais près du fleuve Oulaï.
3 And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a single ram stood before the marsh, having two high horns, and one was higher than the other and growing higher still.
Je levai les yeux et je vis: et voici qu'un bélier se tenait devant le fleuve; il avait deux cornes; les deux cornes étaient hautes, mais l'une était plus haute que l'autre, et la plus haute s'élevait la dernière.
4 After this, I saw the ram brandishing his horns against the West, and against the North, and against the Meridian, and all the beasts could not withstand him, nor be freed from his hand, and he did according to his own will, and he became great.
Je vis le bélier heurtant de ses cornes vers l'occident, vers le septentrion et vers le midi; aucune bête ne tenait devant lui, et personne ne délivrait de sa main; il faisait ce qu'il voulait et grandissait.
5 And I understood, and behold, a he-goat among she-goats came from the West above the face of the entire earth, and he did not touch the ground. Furthermore, the he-goat had a preeminent horn between his eyes.
Et moi, je considérais avec attention, et voici qu'un jeune bouc venait de l'occident sur la face de toute la terre, sans toucher la terre, et le bouc avait entre les yeux une corne très apparente.
6 And he went all the way to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.
Il arriva jusqu'au bélier aux deux cornes, que j'avais vu se tenant devant le fleuve, et il courut contre lui dans l'ardeur de sa force.
7 And when he approached near to the ram, he was enraged against him, and he struck the ram, and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him, and when he had cast him down on the ground, he trampled him, and no one was able to free the ram from his hand.
Je le vis s'approcher du bélier; s'irritant contre lui, il frappa le bélier et lui brisa les deux cornes, sans que le bélier eut la force de se tenir devant lui; il le jeta par terre et le foula aux pieds, et personne ne délivrait le bélier de sa main.
8 But the he-goat among she-goats became exceedingly great, and when he had prospered, the great horn was shattered, and four horns were rising up beneath it by means of the four winds of heaven.
Le jeune bouc grandit extrêmement et, quand il fut devenu fort, la grande corne se brisa, et je vis quatre cornes s'élever à sa place vers les quatre vents du ciel.
9 But from one of them came forth one little horn, and it became great against the Meridian, and against the East, and against the strength.
De l'une d'elles sortit une corne, petite, qui grandit beaucoup vers le midi, vers l'orient et vers le glorieux pays.
10 And it was magnified even towards the strength of heaven, and it threw down those of the strength and of the stars, and it trampled them.
Elle grandit jusqu'à l'armée des cieux; elle fit tomber à terre une partie de cette armée et des étoiles, et les foula aux pieds.
11 And it was magnified, even to the leader of the strength, and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.
Elle grandit jusqu'au chef de l'armée et lui enleva le culte perpétuel, et le lieu de son sanctuaire fut renversé.
12 And the advantage was given to him against the continual sacrifice, because of the sins, and truth will be struck down to the ground, and he will act, and he will prosper.
Et une armée a été livrée par infidélité, avec le culte perpétuel, et la corne a jeté la vérité par terre; elle l'a fait et elle a réussi.
13 And I heard one of the holy ones speaking, and one saint said to another, (I know not to whom he was speaking, ) “What is the extent of the vision, and the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation, which has happened, and of the sanctuary and the strength, which will be trampled?”
Et j'entendis un saint qui parlait: et un autre saint dit à celui qui parlait: " Jusqu'à quand durera ce qu'annonce la vision touchant le culte perpétuel, le péché de désolation. ainsi que l'abandon du sanctuaire et de l'armée pour être foulés? "
14 And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Il me dit: " Jusqu'à deux mille trois cents soirs et matins; puis le sanctuaire sera purifié. "
15 But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man.
Tandis que moi, Daniel, je voyais la vision et que j'en cherchais l'intelligence, voici que se tenait devant moi comme une figure d'homme.
16 And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, make this one understand the vision.”
Et j'entendis une voix d'homme du milieu de l'Oulaï; elle cria et dit: " Gabriel, fais-lui comprendre la vision. "
17 And he came and stood next to where I was standing, and when he approached, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled.”
Il vint alors près du lieu où je me tenais, et à son approche je fus effrayé, et je tombai sur ma face. Il me dit: " Comprends, fils de l'homme, que la vision est pour le temps de la fin. "
18 And when he spoke to me, I fell forward onto the ground, and so he touched me and stood me upright.
Comme il me parlait, je tombai par terre sur ma face, frappé d'assoupissement; mais il me toucha et me fit tenir debout, au lieu où je me tenais.
19 And he said to me, “I will reveal to you what the future things are in the earlier tribulation, for the time has its end.
Et il dit: " Voici que je vais t'apprendre ce qui arrivera au dernier temps de la colère; car c'est pour le temps de la fin.
20 The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
Le bélier à deux cornes que tu as vu, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse;
21 Furthermore, the he-goat among she-goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn, which was between his eyes, is the same one, the first king.
le bouc velu, c'est le roi de Javan, et la grande corne entre ses yeux, c'est le premier roi.
22 And since, having been shattered, there grew four in its place, four kings will rise up from his people, but not in his strength.
Si cette corne s'est brisée, et si quatre cornes se sont dressées à sa place; c'est que quatre royautés s'élèveront de cette nation, mais sans avoir la même force.
23 And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.
A la fin de leur domination, quand le nombre des infidèles sera complet, il s'élèvera un roi au dur visage et pénétrant les choses cachées.
24 And his advantage will be strengthened, but not by his kind of force, and other than what he will be able to trust, everything will be eradicated, and he will prosper, and he will act. And he will execute the successful and the people of the saints,
Sa force s'accroîtra, mais non par sa propre force; il fera de prodigieux ravages; il réussira dans ses entreprises; il ravagera les puissants et le peuple des saints.
25 according to his will, and treachery will be guided by his hand. And his heart will be inflated, and by the abundance of everything he will kill many, and he will rise up against the Lord of lords, and he will be knocked down without a hand.
A cause de son habileté, il fera prospérer la ruse dans sa main; il s'enorgueillira dans son cœur, et en pleine paix il fera périr beaucoup de gens; il s'élèvera contre le prince des princes, et il sera brisé sans la main d'un homme.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true. Therefore, you must seal the vision, because, after many days, it will occur.”
La vision touchant le soir et le matin, qui a été exposée c'est la vérité. Mais toi, serre la vision, car elle se rapporte à un temps éloigné. "
27 And I, Daniel, languished and was sick for some days, and when I had lifted myself up, I performed the king’s works, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none who could interpret it.
Et moi, Daniel, je tombai en défaillance et fus malade pendant plusieurs jours; puis je me levai et m'occupai des affaires du roi. J'étais stupéfait de ce que j'avais vu, et personne ne le comprenait.
