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 tins là pour l’aider 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.
Et maintenant, je te déclarerai la vérité: Voici, il s’élèvera encore trois rois en Perse; et le quatrième deviendra riche de grandes richesses plus que tous, et quand il sera devenu fort par ses richesses, il excitera 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 un roi vaillant se lèvera et exercera une grande domination, et il agira selon son bon plaisir.
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.
Et quand il se sera levé, son royaume sera brisé et sera divisé vers les quatre vents des cieux, et [ne passera] pas à sa postérité, et ne sera pas selon la domination qu’il exerçait; car son royaume sera arraché, et sera à d’autres, outre ceux-là.
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.
Et le roi du midi sera fort, et un de ses chefs; mais [un autre] sera plus fort que lui, et dominera; sa domination sera une grande domination.
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.
Et au bout de [plusieurs] années, ils s’uniront ensemble; et la fille du roi du midi viendra vers le roi du nord pour faire un arrangement droit; mais elle ne conservera pas la force de son bras; et il ne subsistera pas, ni son bras; et elle sera livrée, elle, et ceux qui l’ont amenée, et celui qui l’a engendrée, et celui qui l’aidait dans ces temps-là.
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;
Mais d’un rejeton de ses racines se lèvera à sa place [un homme], et il viendra à l’armée, et il entrera dans la forteresse du roi du nord; et il agira contre eux et se montrera puissant;
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.
et même il emmènera captifs, en Égypte, leurs dieux et leurs princes, avec leurs objets précieux, l’argent et l’or; et il subsistera plus d’années que le roi du nord.
9 And the king of the south has come into the kingdom, and turned back to his own land;
Et celui-ci viendra dans le royaume du roi du midi et il 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’irriteront et rassembleront une multitude de forces nombreuses; et [l’un d’eux] viendra et inondera et passera outre; et il reviendra et poussera le combat jusqu’à sa 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,
Et le roi du midi s’exaspérera, et sortira, et fera la guerre contre lui, contre le roi du nord; et celui-ci mettra sur pied une grande multitude, mais la multitude sera livrée en sa main.
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.
Et quand la multitude sera ôtée, son cœur s’exaltera, et il fera tomber des myriades; mais il ne prévaudra pas.
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;
Et le roi du nord reviendra et mettra sur pied une multitude plus grande que la première; et au bout d’une période d’années, il s’avancera avec une armée nombreuse et de grandes richesses.
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.
Et, dans ces temps-là, plusieurs se lèveront contre le roi du midi, et les violents de ton peuple s’élèveront pour accomplir la vision; mais 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.
Et le roi du nord viendra, et il élèvera une terrasse, et s’emparera de la ville forte; et les forces du midi ne tiendront pas, ni l’élite de son peuple; et il n’y aura pas de force [en lui] pour se maintenir.
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.
Mais celui qui vient contre lui agira selon son gré, et il n’y aura personne qui lui résiste; et il se tiendra dans le pays de beauté, ayant la destruction 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.
et il dirigera sa face pour venir avec les forces de tout son royaume, et des hommes droits avec lui, et il agira; et il lui donnera la fille des femmes pour la pervertir; mais elle ne tiendra pas, et elle ne sera pas pour 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.
Et il tournera sa face vers les îles, et il en prendra beaucoup. Mais un chef mettra fin, pour lui, à son opprobre, [et] le fera retomber sur lui-même, sans opprobre pour lui;
19 And he turns back his face to the strongholds of his land, and has stumbled and fallen, and is not found.
et il tournera sa face vers les forteresses de son propre pays; et il bronchera et tombera, et ne sera pas trouvé.
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.
Puis il s’en élèvera un à sa place qui fera passer l’exacteur par la gloire du royaume; mais en quelques jours il sera brisé, non par colère, ni par 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.
Et un [homme] méprisé s’élèvera à sa place, auquel on ne donnera pas l’honneur du royaume; mais il entrera paisiblement, et prendra possession du royaume par des flatteries;
22 And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.
et les forces qui débordent seront débordées devant lui et seront brisées, et même le prince 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.
Et dès qu’il se sera associé à lui, il agira avec fraude, et il montera, et sera fort 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.
En pleine paix il entrera dans les lieux les plus riches de la province, et il fera ce que ses pères et les pères de ses pères n’ont pas fait; il leur distribuera du butin, et des dépouilles, et des richesses, et il tramera ses desseins contre les places fortes, et [cela] pour un 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,
Et il réveillera sa puissance et son cœur contre le roi du midi, avec une grande armée. Et le roi du midi s’engagera dans la guerre avec une grande et très puissante armée. Mais il ne tiendra pas, car ils trameront leurs desseins contre lui;
26 and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overflows, and many wounded have fallen.
et ceux qui mangeaient ses mets délicats le briseront; et son armée se dissoudra, et beaucoup de gens tomberont tués.
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.
Et ces deux rois auront à cœur de faire du mal, et diront des mensonges à une même table; mais cela ne réussira pas, car la fin sera encore pour le temps déterminé.
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.
Et il retournera dans son pays avec de grandes richesses, et son cœur sera contre la sainte alliance, et il agira, et retournera 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 déterminé il retournera et viendra dans le midi; mais il n’en sera pas la dernière fois 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.
car les navires de Kittim viendront contre lui; et il sera découragé, et retournera et sera courroucé contre la sainte alliance, et il agira; et il retournera et portera son attention sur ceux qui abandonnent la sainte 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.
Et des forces se tiendront là de sa part, et elles profaneront le sanctuaire de la forteresse, et ôteront le [sacrifice] continuel, et elles placeront l’abomination qui cause la désolation.
32 And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defiles by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have worked.
Et, par de douces paroles, il entraînera à l’impiété ceux qui agissent méchamment à l’égard de l’alliance; mais le peuple qui connaît son Dieu sera fort 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.
Et les sages du peuple enseigneront la multitude; et ils tomberont par l’épée et par la flamme, par la captivité et par le pillage, plusieurs jours.
34 And in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
Et quand ils tomberont, ils seront secourus avec un peu de secours, et plusieurs se joindront à eux par des flatteries.
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 d’entre les sages il en tombera pour les éprouver ainsi, et pour les purifier, et pour les blanchir, jusqu’au temps de la fin; car ce sera encore pour le temps déterminé.
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.
Et le roi agira selon son bon plaisir, et s’exaltera, et s’élèvera contre tout dieu, et proférera des choses impies contre le Dieu des dieux; et il prospérera jusqu’à ce que l’indignation soit accomplie; car ce qui est déterminé sera fait.
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.
Et il n’aura point égard au Dieu de ses pères, et il n’aura point égard à l’objet du désir des femmes, ni à aucun dieu; car il s’agrandira 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.
et, à sa place, il honorera le dieu des forteresses: avec de l’or, et avec de l’argent, et avec des pierres précieuses, et avec des choses désirables, il honorera un dieu que n’ont pas connu ses pères;
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.
et il agira dans les lieux forts des forteresses, avec un dieu étranger: à qui le reconnaîtra il multipliera la gloire; et il les fera dominer sur la multitude et [leur] partagera le pays 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,
Et, au temps de la fin, le roi du midi heurtera contre lui, et le roi du nord fondra sur lui comme une tempête, avec des chars et des cavaliers, et avec beaucoup de navires, et entrera dans les pays et inondera et passera outre;
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.
et il viendra dans le pays de beauté, et plusieurs [pays] tomberont; mais ceux-ci échapperont de sa main: Édom, et Moab, et les principaux des fils d’Ammon.
42 And he sends forth his hand on the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;
Et il étendra sa main sur les pays, et le pays d’Égypte n’ échappera pas.
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.
Et il aura sous sa puissance les trésors d’or et d’argent, et toutes les choses désirables de l’Égypte; et les Libyens et les Éthiopiens suivront ses pas.
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 nord l’effraieront, et il sortira en grande fureur pour exterminer et détruire entièrement beaucoup 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.”
Et il plantera les tentes de son palais entre la mer et la montagne de sainte beauté; et il viendra à sa fin, et il n’y aura personne pour le secourir.
