Daniel 11
1 “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing [is] for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;
Et moi, dans la première année de Darius le Mède, je me tenais auprès de lui pour le soutenir et le fortifier.
2 and now, I declare to you truth: Behold, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth becomes far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirs up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.
Maintenant je vais te déclarer la vérité. Voici que trois rois se lèveront encore pour la Perse; le quatrième possédera de plus grandes richesses que tous les autres et, quand il sera puissant par ses richesses, il soulèvera tout contre le royaume de Javan.
3 And a mighty king has stood, and he has ruled a great dominion, and has done according to his will;
Et il s'élèvera un roi vaillant, qui aura une grande puissance et fera ce qui lui plaira.
4 and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up—and for others apart from these.
Dès qu'il se sera élevé, son royaume se brisera et sera divisé aux quatre vents du ciel, sans appartenir à ses descendants et sans avoir la même puissance qu'il avait eue; car son royaume sera déchiré, et il passera à d'autres qu'eux.
5 And a king of the south—even of his princes—becomes strong, and prevails against him, and has ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.
Le roi du Midi deviendra fort, ainsi qu'un de ses généraux, lequel deviendra plus fort que lui et sera puissant; sa puissance sera une grande puissance.
6 And at the end of years they join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south comes to the king of the north to do upright things; and she does not retain the power of the arm; and he does not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in [these] times.
Au bout de quelques années, ils s'allieront, et la fille du roi du Midi viendra vers le roi du Septentrion pour établir un accord. Mais elle ne conservera pas l'appui d'un bras, car il ne tiendra pas, non plus que son propre bras; et elle sera livrée, elle et ceux qui l'avaient amenée, celui qui lui avait donné naissance et celui qui l'avait soutenue pendant quelque temps.
7 And [one] has stood up from a branch of her roots, [in] his station, and he comes to the bulwark, indeed, he comes into a stronghold of the king of the north, and has worked against them, and has done mightily;
Un des rejetons de ses racines s'élèvera à sa place; il viendra à l'armée, il entrera dans la forteresse du roi du Septentrion, il les traitera à son gré et il l'emportera.
8 and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, he brings in captivity [to] Egypt; and he stands more years than the king of the north.
Leurs dieux mêmes, leurs images de fonte et leurs vases précieux d'argent et d'or, il les emmènera captifs en Egypte, et il prévaudra plusieurs années sur le roi du Septentrion.
9 And the king of the south has come into the kingdom, and turned back to his own land;
Celui-ci entrera dans le royaume du Midi, et il s'en retournera dans son pays.
10 and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he has certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turns back, and they stir themselves up to his stronghold.
Mais ses fils s'armeront pour la guerre et rassembleront une grande multitude de troupes; l'un d'eux viendra, il inondera, il envahira, puis il reviendra, et poussera les hostilités contre la forteresse.
11 And the king of the south becomes embittered, and has gone forth and fought with him, with the king of the north, and has caused a great multitude to stand, and the multitude has been given into his hand,
Le roi du Midi s'irritera, il partira et combattra contre lui, contre le roi du Septentrion; il lèvera de grandes troupes, et la troupe du roi du Septentrion lui sera livrée.
12 and he has carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he has caused myriads to fall, and he does not become strong.
Devant la multitude levée contre lui, son courage s'élèvera; il en fera tomber des milliers, mais il n'en sera pas plus fort.
13 And the king of the north has turned back, and has caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he certainly comes in with a great force, and with much substance;
Car le roi du Septentrion rassemblera de nouveau des troupes plus nombreuses que les premières et, au bout d'un certain nombre d'années, il se mettra en marche avec une grande armée et un train considérable.
14 and in those times many stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of your people lift themselves up to establish the vision—and they have stumbled.
En ces temps-là beaucoup de gens s'élèveront contre le roi du Midi, et des hommes violents de ton peuple se lèveront pour accomplir la vision, et ils tomberont.
15 And the king of the north comes in, and pours out a mound, and has captured fortified cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, indeed, there is no power to stand.
Le roi du Septentrion viendra, il élèvera des terrasses et prendra une ville fortifiée; les bras du Midi ne tiendront pas, non plus que sa troupe d'élite; il n'y aura pas de force pour résister.
16 And he who is coming to him does according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he stands in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.
Celui qui aura marché contre lui fera ce qui lui plaira, et personne ne tiendra devant lui; il s'arrêtera dans le glorieux pays, et la destruction sera dans sa main.
17 And he sets his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he has worked, and the daughter of women he gives to him, to corrupt her; and she does not stand, nor is for him.
Il se décidera à venir avec la force de tout son royaume et il fera un arrangement avec lui; et il lui donnera une jeune fille pour amener sa ruine; mais cela ne réussira pas, et ce royaume ne sera point à lui.
18 And he turns back his face to the islands, and has captured many; and a prince has caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turns [it] back to him.
Puis il se tournera vers les îles et en prendra beaucoup; mais un capitaine lui fera cesser son injure et, sans avoir reçu son injure, il la lui rendra.
19 And he turns back his face to the strongholds of his land, and has stumbled and fallen, and is not found.
Il se tournera vers les forteresses de son pays; mais il trébuchera, il tombera, et on ne le trouvera plus.
20 And stood up on his station has [one] causing an exactor to pass over the honor of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.
Un autre se tiendra à sa place, qui fera passer un exacteur dans le lieu qui est la gloire du royaume, et en quelques jours il sera brisé, et ce ne sera ni par la colère ni par la guerre.
21 And a despicable one has stood up on his station, and they have not given to him the splendor of the kingdom, and he has come in quietly, and has strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.
A sa place se tiendra un homme méprisé, à qui on n'aura pas donné la dignité royale; il viendra sans bruit et s'emparera de la royauté par des intrigues.
22 And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.
Les forces de l'inondation seront submergées devant lui et seront brisées, et aussi le chef de l'alliance.
23 And after they join themselves to him, he works deceit, and has increased, and has been strong by a few of the nation.
Sans tenir compte de l'alliance conclue avec lui, il agira de ruse, il se mettra en marche et aura le dessus avec peu de gens.
24 Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He comes, and he has done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers’ fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, he scatters to them, and against fortifications he devises his plans, even for a time.
Il viendra sans bruit dans les plus riches provinces du pays; il fera ce que n'avaient pas fait ses pères, ni les pères de ses pères, il leur distribuera butin, dépouilles et richesses, et il formera des projets contre les forteresses, et cela jusqu'à un certain temps.
25 And he stirs up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirs himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and does not stand, for they devise plans against him,
Il excitera sa force et son courage contre le roi du Midi, à la tête d'une grande armée. Et le roi du Midi s'engagera dans la guerre avec une armée nombreuse et très forte; mais il ne tiendra pas, parce qu'on formera des complots contre lui.
26 and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overflows, and many wounded have fallen.
Ceux qui mangent les mets de sa table le briseront, son armée se dissipera, et beaucoup d'hommes tomberont frappés de mort.
27 And both of the kings’ hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it does not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.
Les deux rois chercheront dans leur cœur à se nuire, et, à une même table, ils se diront des mensonges; mais cela ne réussira pas, car la fin ne viendra qu'au temps marqué.
28 And he turns back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he has worked, and turned back to his land.
Il retournera dans son pays avec de grandes richesses; son cœur médite le mal contre l'alliance sainte, et il le fait, et il rentre dans son pays.
29 At the appointed time he turns back, and has come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.
Au temps marqué, il arrivera de nouveau dans le Midi; mais cette dernière campagne ne sera pas comme la première.
30 And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he has been pained, and has turned back, and has been insolent toward the holy covenant, and has worked, and turned back, and he understands concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.
Des navires de Céthim viendront contre lui et il perdra courage; il s'en retournera et il s'irritera contre l'alliance sainte; et il agira, et il s'entendra encore une fois avec ceux qui auront abandonné l'alliance.
31 And strong ones stand up out of him, and have defiled the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.
Des troupes envoyées par lui se tiendront là; elles profaneront le sanctuaire, la forteresse; elles feront cesser le sacrifice perpétuel et dresseront l'abomination du dévastateur.
32 And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defiles by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have worked.
Par des flatteries, il gagnera à l'idolâtrie les violateurs de l'alliance; mais le peuple de ceux qui connaissent leur Dieu tiendra ferme et agira.
33 And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil—days.
Ceux qui sont intelligents parmi le peuple instruiront la multitude; mais ils tomberont par l'épée et la flamme, par la captivité et le pillage, un certain temps.
34 And in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
Pendant qu'ils tomberont ainsi, ils seront secourus d'un léger secours, et plusieurs se joindront à eux, mais avec hypocrisie.
35 And some of the teachers stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white—until the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.
Et parmi ces intelligents, il y en a qui tomberont, afin qu'ils soient éprouvés, purifiés et blanchis, jusqu'au temps de la fin, car on ne sera pas encore au terme fixé.
36 And the king has done according to his will, and exalts himself, and magnifies himself against every god, and he speaks wonderful things against the God of gods, and has prospered until the indignation has been completed, for that which is determined has been done.
Le roi fera ce qui lui plaira, il s'élèvera et se grandira au-dessus de tout dieu, et contre le Dieu des dieux il dira des choses prodigieuses; et il prospérera, jusqu'à ce que la colère soit consommée; car ce qui est décrété doit s'accomplir.
37 And to the God of his fathers he does not attend, nor to the desire of women, indeed, he does not attend to any god, for he magnifies himself against all.
Il n'aura égard ni aux dieux de ses pères, ni à la divinité chère aux femmes; il n'aura égard à aucun dieu; car il se grandira au-dessus de tout.
38 And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he gives honor; indeed, to a god whom his fathers did not know he gives honor, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.
Mais il honorera le dieu des forteresses en son lieu; le dieu que n'ont pas connu ses pères, il l'honorera avec de l'or, de l'argent, des pierres précieuses et des joyaux.
39 And he has dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he has acknowledged; he multiplies honor, and has caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportions at a price.
Il attaquera les remparts des forteresses avec le dieu étranger; ceux qui le reconnaîtront, il les comblera d'honneurs, il les fera dominer sur la multitude et leur distribuera des terres en récompense.
40 And at the time of the end, a king of the south pushes himself forward with him, and a king of the north storms against him, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he has come into the lands, and has overflowed, and passed over,
Au temps de la fin, le roi du Midi se heurtera avec lui. Le roi du Septentrion fondra sur lui, avec des chars et des cavaliers et de nombreux vaisseaux; il s'avancera dans les terres et passera en débordant.
41 and has come into the desirable land, and many stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.
Il entrera dans le glorieux pays, et beaucoup tomberont sous ses coups, mais ceux-ci échapperont à sa main: Edom et Moab et la fleur des enfants d'Ammon.
42 And he sends forth his hand on the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
Il étendra la main sur les pays, et le pays d'Egypte n'échappera point.
43 and he has ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim [are] at his steps.
Il se rendra maître de tous les trésors d'or et d'argent et de toutes les choses précieuses de l'Egypte; les Libyens et les Ethiopiens marcheront à sa suite.
44 And reports trouble him out of the east and out of the north, and he has gone forth in great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction;
Mais des nouvelles de l'orient et du septentrion viendront le troubler, et il partira avec une grande fureur pour détruire et exterminer une foule de gens.
45 and he plants the tents of his palace between the seas and the holy desirable mountain, and has come to his end, and there is no helper to him.”
Il dressera les tentes de son palais entre les mers, vers la montagne sainte et glorieuse. Puis il arrivera à sa fin, et personne ne le secourra.
