Daniel 7
1 [Previously, ] during the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, I had a dream and a vision one night as I lay on my bed. [The next morning] I wrote down what I had dreamed. This is what I wrote:
La première année de Belshatsar, roi de Babylone, Daniel vit un songe, et des visions de sa tête, sur son lit. Alors il écrivit le songe, [et] raconta la somme des choses.
2 I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up [the water in] the ocean.
Daniel prit la parole et dit: Je voyais dans ma vision de nuit, et voici, les quatre vents des cieux se déchaînèrent sur la grande mer.
3 Then [I saw] four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different.
Et quatre grandes bêtes montèrent de la mer, différentes l’une de l’autre.
4 The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have.
La première était comme un lion, et elle avait des ailes d’aigle. Je vis jusqu’à ce que ses ailes furent arrachées, et qu’elle fut soulevée de terre, et mise debout sur ses pieds, comme un homme; et un cœur d’homme lui fut donné.
5 The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs [from another animal that it had killed and eaten]. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat [as you want]!”
Et voici une autre, une seconde bête, semblable à un ours, et elle se dressait sur un côté. Et [elle avait] trois côtes dans sa gueule, entre ses dents; et on lui dit ainsi: Lève-toi, mange beaucoup de chair.
6 Then I saw in front of me the third of those beasts. It resembled a leopard, but it had four wings protruding from its back. The wings were like a bird’s wings. It had four heads. It was given the power/authority to rule [people].
Après cela, je vis, et en voici une autre, – comme un léopard; et elle avait quatre ailes d’oiseau sur son dos; et la bête avait quatre têtes; et la domination lui fut donnée.
7 In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled [on the ground]. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns [on its head].
Après cela je vis dans les visions de la nuit, et voici une quatrième bête, effrayante et terrible et extraordinairement puissante, et elle avait de grandes dents de fer: elle dévorait et écrasait; et ce qui restait, elle le foulait avec ses pieds. Et elle était différente de toutes les bêtes qui étaient avant elle; et elle avait dix cornes.
8 While I was looking at those horns, I saw a little horn appear [on the head of that beast]. It tore out three of the other horns. This little horn had eyes like humans have, and it had a mouth [with which it spoke] very boastfully.
Je considérais les cornes, et voici une autre corne, petite, monta au milieu d’elles, et trois des premières cornes furent arrachées devant elle. Et voici, [il y avait] à cette corne des yeux comme des yeux d’homme, et une bouche proférant de grandes choses.
9 [Then] while I watched, thrones were put in the places [where they belonged], and [God], the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was [also] blazing.
Je vis jusqu’à ce que les trônes furent placés, et que l’Ancien des jours s’assit. Son vêtement était blanc comme la neige, et les cheveux de sa tête, comme de la laine pure; son trône était des flammes de feu; les roues du trône, un feu brûlant.
10 A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands [of people] (OR, [angels]) [were there] serving him, and millions [of other people] (OR, [angels]) were standing in front of him. They started (the court session/judging people), and they opened the books [in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done].
Un fleuve de feu coulait et sortait de devant lui. Mille milliers le servaient, et des myriades de myriades se tenaient devant lui. Le jugement s’assit, et les livres furent ouverts.
11 While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I [continued to] watch, the [fourth] beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned.
Je vis alors, à cause de la voix des grandes paroles que la corne proférait, – je vis jusqu’à ce que la bête fut tuée; et son corps fut détruit et elle fut livrée pour être brûlée au feu.
12 The power/authority of the other [three] beasts was taken away from them, but they were allowed to continue to live for a while.
Quant aux autres bêtes, la domination leur fut ôtée; mais une prolongation de vie leur fut donnée, jusqu’à une saison et un temps.
13 While I [continued to] see the vision that night, I saw someone who resembled a human being. He was coming [closer to me], surrounded by clouds. Then he was taken to [God], the one who had been living forever.
Je voyais dans les visions de la nuit, et voici, [quelqu’un] comme un fils d’homme vint avec les nuées des cieux, et il avança jusqu’à l’Ancien des jours, et on le fit approcher de lui.
14 He was honored and given great authority to rule over all the nations in the world, in order that people from every people-group and every nation, people from all language groups, would worship/serve him. He will rule forever; he will never stop ruling. The kingdom that he rules will never be destroyed.
Et on lui donna la domination, et l’honneur, et la royauté, pour que tous les peuples, les peuplades et les langues, le servent. Sa domination est une domination éternelle, qui ne passera pas, et son royaume, [un royaume] qui ne sera pas détruit.
15 As for me, Daniel, I was very terrified by what I had seen in that vision, and I did not know what to think about it.
Moi, Daniel, je fus troublé dans mon esprit au-dedans de mon corps, et les visions de ma tête m’effrayèrent.
16 I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. So he told me the meaning of it.
Je m’approchai de l’un de ceux qui se tenaient là, et je lui demandai la vérité touchant tout cela. Et il me [la] dit, et me fit savoir l’interprétation des choses:
17 [He said], “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth.
Ces grandes bêtes, qui sont quatre, sont quatre rois qui surgiront de la terre;
18 But the Supreme God will give power/authority to his people [to rule], and they shall rule forever.”
et les saints des [lieux] très hauts recevront le royaume, et posséderont le royaume à jamais, et aux siècles des siècles.
19 Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified—[the beast] that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed [those that it attacked] with its bronze claws, and [then] ate [their flesh] with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies [that it did not eat].
Alors je désirai de savoir la vérité touchant la quatrième bête, qui était différente d’elles toutes, extraordinairement terrible: ses dents étaient de fer, et ses ongles, d’airain; elle dévorait, écrasait, et foulait avec ses pieds ce qui restait; …
20 [I also wanted to know about] the ten horns on its head, and about the horn that appeared later, which got rid of three of the other horns. [I wanted to know what it meant that] it had eyes and a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. [The beast that was represented by] that horn was more terrifying than the other beasts.
et touchant les dix cornes qui étaient sur sa tête, et touchant l’autre qui montait, et devant laquelle trois étaient tombées, cette corne qui avait des yeux, et une bouche proférant de grandes choses, et dont l’aspect était plus grand que celui des autres.
21 While I was having the vision, I saw that this horn attacked God’s people and was defeating them.
Je regardais; et cette corne fit la guerre contre les saints, et prévalut contre eux,
22 But then the Supreme God, the one who had been living forever, came and judged in favor of the people who belonged to him. And [I knew that] it was time for God’s people to receive authority [to rule].
jusqu’à ce que l’Ancien des jours vint, et que le jugement fut donné aux saints des [lieux] très hauts, et que le temps arriva où les saints possédèrent le royaume.
23 [Then] the man who was standing there said [to me], “The fourth beast represents an empire that will exist on the earth; that [empire] will be different from all [other] empires. [The army of] that empire will crush/kill [people all over] the world and trample [on their bodies].
Il dit ainsi: La quatrième bête sera un quatrième royaume sur la terre, qui sera différent de tous les royaumes, et dévorera toute la terre, et la foulera aux pieds et l’écrasera.
24 As for its ten horns, they represent ten kings who will rule that empire, [one after the other]. Then another [king] will appear. He will be different from the previous kings. He will defeat the three kings [that were represented by the three horns that were pulled out].
Et les dix cornes, … ce sont dix rois qui surgiront du royaume. Et un autre surgira après eux; et il sera différent des premiers; et il abattra trois rois.
25 He will revile the Supreme God, and he will oppress God’s people. He will try to change the [sacred] festivals and their [religious] laws/regulations. He will control them for three and a half years.
Et il proférera des paroles contre le Très-haut, et il consumera les saints des [lieux] très hauts, et il pensera changer [les] saisons et [la] loi, et elles seront livrées en sa main jusqu’à un temps et [des] temps et une moitié de temps.
26 But there will be a session/meeting of the court/judges in heaven, and that king’s authority/power will be taken away, and he will be completely destroyed.
Et le jugement s’assiéra; et on lui ôtera la domination, pour la détruire et la faire périr jusqu’à la fin.
27 Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).”
Et le royaume, et la domination, et la grandeur des royaumes sous tous les cieux, seront donnés au peuple des saints des [lieux] très hauts. Son royaume est un royaume éternel, et toutes les dominations le serviront et lui obéiront.
28 That is [what I saw in] my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision [that I had seen].
Jusqu’ici, la fin de la chose. Quant à moi, Daniel, mes pensées me troublèrent beaucoup, et ma couleur fut changée en moi. Mais je gardai la chose dans mon cœur.
