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 de Belshatsar le roi, une vision m’apparut, à moi, Daniel, après celle qui m’était apparue au commencement.
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, quand je vis, que j’étais à Suse, le palais, qui est dans la province d’Élam. Et je vis dans la vision, et j’étais près du fleuve Ulaï.
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.
Et je levai les yeux, et je vis; et voici, un bélier se tenait devant le fleuve, et il avait deux cornes; et les deux cornes étaient hautes, et l’une était plus haute que l’autre, et la plus haute s’éleva 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 vers l’occident, et vers le nord, et vers le midi; et aucune bête ne pouvait tenir devant lui, et il n’y avait personne qui puisse délivrer de sa main; et il fit selon son gré, et devint grand.
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 je considérais, et voici, un bouc venant du couchant sur la face de toute la terre, et qui ne touchait pas la terre; et le bouc avait une corne de grande apparence entre ses yeux.
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.
Et il vint jusqu’au bélier qui avait les deux cornes, que j’avais vu se tenir devant le fleuve, et courut sur lui dans la fureur 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.
Et je le vis arriver tout près du bélier, et il s’exaspéra contre lui et frappa le bélier, et brisa ses deux cornes, et le bélier fut sans force pour tenir devant lui: il le jeta par terre et le foula aux pieds, et il n’y eut personne qui puisse délivrer 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.
Et le bouc devint très grand; et lorsqu’il fut devenu fort, la grande corne fut brisée, et quatre cornes de grande apparence s’élevèrent à sa place, vers les quatre vents des cieux.
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.
Et de l’une d’elles sortit une petite corne, et elle grandit extrêmement vers le midi, et vers le levant, et vers le [pays] de beauté.
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.
Et elle grandit jusqu’à l’armée des cieux, et fit tomber à terre une partie de l’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.
(Et il s’éleva jusqu’au chef de l’armée; et le [sacrifice] continuel fut ôté à celui-ci, 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 un temps de détresse fut assigné au [sacrifice] continuel, pour cause de transgression.) Et elle jeta la vérité par terre, et agit, et prospéra.
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 au personnage qui parlait: Jusqu’où [va] la vision du [sacrifice] continuel et de la transgression qui désole, pour livrer le lieu saint et l’armée pour être foulés aux pieds?
14 And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Et il me dit: Jusqu’à 2 300 soirs [et] matins; alors le lieu saint 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.
Et il arriva que, lorsque moi, Daniel, j’eus vu la vision, j’en cherchai l’intelligence; et voici, comme l’apparence d’un homme se tint vis-à-vis de moi;
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 la voix d’un homme au milieu de l’Ulaï; et il cria et dit: Gabriel, fais comprendre à celui-ci 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.”
Et il vint près du lieu où j’étais, et quand il vint, je fus effrayé et je tombai sur ma face; et il me dit: Comprends, fils d’homme, car 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.
Or, comme il parlait avec moi, j’étais dans une profonde stupeur, ma face contre terre; et il me toucha et me fit tenir debout à la place où j’étais.
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, je te fais connaître ce qui aura lieu à la fin de l’indignation; car à un temps déterminé sera la fin.
20 The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, 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.
Et le bouc velu, c’est le roi de Javan; et la grande corne qui était 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.
et qu’elle ait été brisée et que quatre [autres cornes] se soient élevées à sa place, c’est que quatre royaumes s’élèveront de la nation, mais non avec sa puissance.
23 And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.
Et au dernier temps de leur royaume, quand les transgresseurs auront comblé la mesure, il s’élèvera un roi au visage audacieux, et entendant les énigmes;
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,
et sa puissance sera forte, mais non par sa propre puissance; et il détruira merveilleusement, et il prospérera et agira; et il détruira les [hommes] forts 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.
et, par son intelligence, il fera prospérer la fraude dans sa main; et il s’élèvera dans son cœur; et, par la prospérité il corrompra beaucoup de gens; et il se lèvera contre le prince des princes, mais il sera brisé sans main.
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.”
Et la vision du soir et du matin, qui a été dite, est vérité. Et toi, serre la vision, car [elle est] pour beaucoup de jours.
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 défaillis, et je fus malade quelques jours; puis je me levai, et je m’occupai des affaires du roi. Et je fus stupéfié de la vision, mais personne ne la comprit.
