Daniel 9
1 [Now I am going to tell you about what happened] when Darius, who was from the Mede people-group and who was the son of Xerxes, ruled as the King of Babylonia.
La première année de Darius, fils d’Assuérus, de la semence des Mèdes, qui fut fait roi sur le royaume des Chaldéens,
2 During the first year that he was the king, I, Daniel, was studying/reading the [holy] books/Scriptures the message that Yahweh had given to the prophet Jeremiah. In that message Jeremiah had written that Jerusalem would [be destroyed and] remain ruined for seventy years.
la première année de son règne, moi, Daniel, je compris par les livres que le nombre des années touchant lequel la parole de l’Éternel vint à Jérémie le prophète, pour l’accomplissement des désolations de Jérusalem, était de 70 années.
3 [After I read that], I pleaded to Yahweh my God [to help us], praying and (fasting/abstaining from eating food). [While doing that, I was wearing] rough cloth and [sitting in] ashes [to show that I was very sad about what was going to happen to us].
Et je tournai ma face vers le Seigneur Dieu, pour [le] rechercher par la prière et la supplication, dans le jeûne, et le sac et la cendre.
4 I confessed [the sins that we had committed], and [this is what I] prayed: Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded [that they should do].
Et je priai l’Éternel, mon Dieu, et je fis ma confession, et je dis: Je te supplie, Seigneur, le Dieu grand et terrible, qui gardes l’alliance et la bonté envers ceux qui t’aiment et qui gardent tes commandements!
5 But we [Israelis] have sinned. We have done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled [against you]. We have turned away from [obeying] your commands [DOU].
Nous avons péché, nous avons commis l’iniquité, nous avons agi méchamment, et nous nous sommes rebellés et nous nous sommes détournés de tes commandements et de tes ordonnances;
6 Your prophets spoke for you [MTY], [giving your messages to] kings, to our other rulers, to our [other] ancestors, and to all the Israeli people, but we have refused to (pay attention to/heed) those prophets.
et nous n’avons pas écouté tes serviteurs les prophètes, qui parlaient en ton nom à nos rois, à nos princes, et à nos pères, et à tout le peuple du pays.
7 Lord, you always do what is righteous/just/fair, but we have caused ourselves to be ashamed [IDM]. This is [still] true about all of the Israelis who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is [also] true about all us Israelis whom you scattered, who [were taken to] other countries, some near [Israel] and some far away, because we were very unfaithful/disloyal to you.
À toi, Seigneur, la justice, et à nous la confusion de face, comme [elle est] aujourd’hui, – aux hommes de Juda et aux habitants de Jérusalem et à tout Israël, à ceux qui sont près et à ceux qui sont loin, dans tous les pays où tu les as chassés, à cause de leurs infidélités par lesquelles ils ont été infidèles envers toi.
8 Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our [other] ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.
Seigneur, à nous la confusion de face, à nos rois, à nos princes, et à nos pères, parce que nous avons péché contre toi.
9 Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully [toward us] and you [are willing/ready] to forgive us.
Au Seigneur notre Dieu sont les compassions et les pardons, car nous nous sommes rebellés contre lui,
10 Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not (listen to/heed) you.
et nous n’avons pas écouté la voix de l’Éternel, notre Dieu, pour marcher selon ses lois qu’il a mises devant nous par ses serviteurs les prophètes.
11 All [of us] Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from [obeying] what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, [you] have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote [would happen to us] if we sinned against you.
Et tout Israël a transgressé ta loi et s’est détourné en n’écoutant pas ta voix. Alors ont été versés sur nous l’exécration et le serment qui sont écrits dans la loi de Moïse, serviteur de Dieu, parce que nous avons péché contre lui;
12 You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.
et il a accompli ses paroles qu’il a prononcées contre nous et contre nos juges qui nous jugeaient, en faisant venir sur nous un mal si grand que rien ne s’est fait sous tous les cieux comme ce qui a été fait à Jérusalem.
13 [You] punished us just like Moses wrote [that you would do]. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.
Selon qu’il est écrit dans la loi de Moïse, tout ce mal est venu sur nous; et nous n’avons pas imploré l’Éternel, notre Dieu, afin de revenir de nos iniquités et de comprendre ta vérité.
14 So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and [then] you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.
Et l’Éternel a veillé sur le mal, et l’a fait venir sur nous; car l’Éternel, notre Dieu, est juste dans toutes les œuvres qu’il a faites; et nous n’avons pas écouté sa voix. –
15 O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power [MTY], and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great [IDM] [even though] we have sinned and done wicked things.
Et maintenant, Seigneur, notre Dieu, toi qui as fait sortir ton peuple du pays d’Égypte à main forte, et qui t’es fait un nom, comme [il paraît] aujourd’hui: nous avons péché, nous avons agi méchamment!
16 Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and [your temple was built there] on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby [countries/nations] despise Jerusalem and [us] your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But [now], because you do what is righteous/just, [we ask you to] not be angry with Jerusalem any longer.
Seigneur, selon toutes tes justices, que ta colère et ta fureur se détournent, je te prie, de ta ville de Jérusalem, ta sainte montagne. Car à cause de nos péchés, et à cause des iniquités de nos pères, Jérusalem et ton peuple sont en opprobre à tous ceux qui nous entourent.
17 O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading [for you to do]. (For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great), act kindly [IDM] concerning your temple, which was destroyed [by the armies of Babylonia].
Et maintenant, écoute, ô notre Dieu, la prière de ton serviteur et ses supplications, et, pour l’amour du Seigneur, fais luire ta face sur ton sanctuaire désolé.
18 My God, listen [to my prayer]. Look [at us] and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you [MTY] has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good.
Incline ton oreille, ô mon Dieu, et écoute; ouvre tes yeux, et vois nos désolations, et la ville qui est appelée de ton nom. Car ce n’est pas à cause de nos justices que nous présentons devant toi nos supplications, mais à cause de tes grandes compassions.
19 Lord, listen [to us]! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so [we plead with you to] heed what we are saying and act [to help us] right now, (for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great)!
Seigneur, écoute; Seigneur, pardonne; Seigneur, sois attentif et agis; ne tarde pas, à cause de toi-même, mon Dieu; car ta ville et ton peuple sont appelés de ton nom.
20 I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore [the temple on] the sacred hill [in Jerusalem].
Et je parlais encore, et je priais et confessais mon péché et le péché de mon peuple Israël, et je présentais ma supplication devant l’Éternel, mon Dieu, pour la sainte montagne de mon Dieu, –
21 While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when [the priests] offered sacrifices.
je parlais encore en priant, et l’homme Gabriel que j’avais vu dans la vision au commencement, volant avec rapidité, me toucha vers le temps de l’offrande de gâteau du soir.
22 He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand [DOU] clearly [the message that God gave to Jeremiah].
Et il me fit comprendre, et me parla, et dit: Daniel, je suis maintenant sorti pour éclairer ton intelligence.
23 When you began to plead [with God], he gave me a message [to pass on to you]. He loves you very much, so [he has sent me] to tell you what he said to me. So [now] (pay attention/listen carefully) in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed [to Jeremiah].
Au commencement de tes supplications la parole est sortie, et je suis venu pour [te la] déclarer, car tu es un bien-aimé. Comprends donc la parole, et sois intelligent dans la vision:
24 [God] has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from [the guilt of] their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then [God] will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And [what you saw in] the vision and what [Jeremiah] prophesied will (come true/be fulfilled), and the sacred temple will be dedicated [to God again].
70 semaines ont été déterminées sur ton peuple et sur ta sainte ville, pour clore la transgression, et pour en finir avec les péchés, et pour faire propitiation pour l’iniquité, et pour introduire la justice des siècles, et pour sceller la vision et le prophète, et pour oindre le saint des saints.
25 You need to know and understand this: There will be 49 years from the time that [the king] commands that Jerusalem should be rebuilt until the leader/king that God has chosen will come. Then 434 years later, Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and it will have streets and will have a (moat/deep ditch filled with water) around it [to protect the city]. But that will be a time when [God’s people] will have [a lot of] troubles/difficulties/suffering.
Et sache, et comprends: Depuis la sortie de la parole pour rétablir et rebâtir Jérusalem, jusqu’au Messie, [le] prince, il y a 7 semaines et 62 semaines; la place et le fossé seront rebâtis, et [cela] en des temps de trouble.
26 After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed [when it seems that] he will have accomplished nothing (unjustly/without having done anything wrong). After that, the temple will be destroyed by [the army of] a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood [MET] [destroys everything]. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that [God] has decreed [will happen].
Et après les 62 semaines, [le] Messie sera retranché et n’aura rien; et le peuple du prince qui viendra, détruira la ville et le lieu saint, et la fin en sera avec débordement; et jusqu’à la fin [il y aura] guerre, un décret de désolations.
27 That ruler will make a strong agreement with many people. He will promise to do for seven years what he has said in that agreement. But when that time is half finished, he will prevent [priests from] giving any more offerings and sacrifices [to God]. A disgusting idol will be put on the highest part of the temple, and it will stay there until [God] gets rid of the one who put it there, which is what he said that he would do.”
Et il confirmera une alliance avec la multitude [pour] une semaine; et au milieu de la semaine il fera cesser le sacrifice et l’offrande; et à cause de la protection des abominations [il y aura] un désolateur, et jusqu’à ce que la consomption et [ce qui est] décrété soient versés sur la désolée.
