Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, I, Daniel, had a vision appear to me (after the one that appeared to me at first).
En la troisième année du règne du roi Baltassar, une vision m’apparut. Moi, Daniel, après ce que j’avais vu au commencement,
2 I saw in the vision, as I was looking, that I was in the fortress of Susa in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
Je vis en ma vision, quand j’étais au château de Suse, qui est dans la région d’Elam, je vis en ma vision que j’étais sur la porte d’Ulaï.
3 I looked up and saw before me a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal. One horn was longer than the other, but the longer one grew more slowly than the shorter and was passed up in length by it.
Et je levai les yeux, et je vis: et voici un bélier qui se tenait devant le marais, ayant des cornes hautes, et l’une plus haute que l’autre et qui croissait. Ensuite
4 I saw the ram charging west, then north, and then south; no other animal could stand before him. None of them was able to rescue anyone out of his hand. He did whatever he wanted, and he became great.
Je vis que le bélier frappait de ses cornes contre l’occident, et contre l’aquilon, et contre le midi; et aucune bête ne pouvait ni lui résister, ni se délivrer de sa puissance; et il fit selon sa volonté, et il devint très puissant.
5 As I was thinking about this, I saw a male goat come from the west, who went across the surface of the whole earth, running fast, not seeming to touch the ground. The goat had a large horn between his eyes.
Et je considérais attentivement; mais voici qu’un bouc de chèvres venait de l’occident sur la face de toute la terre, et il ne touchait pas la terre; or le bouc avait une corne remarquable entre les yeux.
6 He came to the ram who had two horns—I had seen the ram standing on the bank of the canal—and the goat ran toward the ram in a powerful rage.
Et il vint jusqu’à ce bélier qui avait des cornes, et que j’avais vu se tenant devant la porte, et il courut à lui dans l’impétuosité de sa force.
7 I saw the goat come close to the ram. He was very angry at the ram, and he hit the ram and broke off its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand before him. The goat knocked him down to the ground and trampled on him. There was no one who could rescue the ram from his power.
Et lorsqu’il fut près du bélier, il se jeta avec furie sur lui, et le frappa, et brisa ses deux cornes; et le bélier ne pouvait lui résister; et lorsqu’il l’eut jeté à terre, il le foula aux pieds, et personne ne pouvait délivrer le bélier de sa puissance.
8 Then the goat became very large. But when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in its place four other large horns grew up that pointed toward the four winds of the heavens.
Alors le bouc des chèvres devint extrêmement grand; et lorsqu’il eut crû, sa grande corne se rompit, et quatre cornes s’élevèrent sous celle-là vers les quatre vents du ciel.
9 Out of one of them grew another horn, little at first, but which became very large in the south, in the east, and in the land of beauty.
Et de l’une d’elles sortit une petite corne; et elle devint grande vers le midi, et vers l’orient, et vers la force.
10 It became so large as to engage in war with the army of heaven. Some of that army and some of the stars were thrown down to the earth, and it trampled on them.
Et elle s’éleva jusqu’à la force du ciel, et renversa une partie de la force, et des étoiles, et les foula aux pieds.
11 It made itself to be as great as the commander of the army. It took away from him the regular burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was polluted.
Et elle s’éleva jusqu’au prince de la force, elle lui ravit son sacrifice perpétuel, et renversa le lieu de sa sanctification.
12 Because of rebellion, the army will be given over to the goat's horn, and the burnt offering will be stopped. The horn will throw truth down to the ground, and it will succeed in what it does.
Or la force lui fut donnée contre le sacrifice perpétuel, à cause des péchés; et la vérité sera abattue sur la terre, et il agira, et il prospérera.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking and another holy one answering him, “How long will these things last, this vision about the burnt offering, the sin that brings destruction, the handing over of the sanctuary, and heaven's army being trampled on?”
Et j’entendis un des saints parlant; et un saint dit à l’autre, je ne sais lequel, qui parlait: Jusques à quand la vision, et le sacrifice perpétuel, et le péché qui a causé la désolation; jusques à quand le sanctuaire, et la force sera foulée aux pieds?
14 He said to me, “It will last for 2,300 evenings and mornings. After that the sanctuary will be put right.”
Et il dit: Jusqu’à un soir et un matin, deux mille trois cents jours, et le sanctuaire sera purifié.
15 When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then there stood before me one who looked like a man.
Or, il arriva que, lorsque je voyais, moi Daniel, la vision, et que j’en cherchais l’intelligence, voilà que s’arrêta en ma présence comme la ressemblance d’un homme.
16 I heard a man's voice calling between the banks of the Ulai Canal. He said, “Gabriel, help this man understand the vision.”
Et j’entendis la voix d’un homme entre l’Ulaï, et il cria et me dit: Gabriel, fais-lui comprendre cette vision.
17 So he came near where I stood. When he came, I was frightened and prostrated myself on the ground. He said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.”
Et il vint, et il s’arrêta près du lieu où moi j’étais; et lorsqu’il fut venu, effrayé je tombai sur ma face, et il me dit: Comprends, fils d’un homme, parce qu’au temps de la fin s’accomplira la vision.
18 When he spoke to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and made me stand up.
Et comme il me parlait, je tombai incliné vers la terre; et il me toucha, et il me remit sur mes pieds,
19 He said, “See, I will show you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time for the end.
Et il me dit: C’est moi qui te montrerai les choses qui doivent arriver au dernier moment de la malédiction, parce que le temps a sa fin.
20 As for the ram you saw, the one that had two horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait des cornes, est le roi des Mèdes et des Perses.
21 The male goat is the king of Greece. The large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Mais le bouc des chèvres est le roi de« Grecs, et la grande corne qui était entre ses yeux, c’est le premier roi.
22 As for the horn that was broken, in the place of which four others arose—four kingdoms will arise from his nation, but not with his great power.
Or celle-ci ayant été rompue, quatre se sont élevées à sa place; quatre rois de sa nation s’élèveront, mais non avec sa force.
23 At the latter time of those kingdoms, when the transgressors shall have reached their limit, a grim-faced king, one who is very intelligent, will arise.
Et après leur règne, lorsque les iniquités se seront accrues, un roi à la face impudente viendra et comprendra les choses cachées;
24 His power will be great—but not by his own power. He will be amazing in what he destroys; he will act and succeed. He will destroy powerful people, people among the holy ones.
Et sa puissance s’affermira, mais non par ses propres forces; et il dévastera toutes choses au-delà de ce que l’on peut croire, et il prospérera, et il agira. Et il tuera des forts, et un peuple de saints
25 By his craftiness he will make deceit prosper under his hand. He will become great in his own mind. He will unexpectedly destroy many people. He will even rise up against the King of kings, and he will be broken, but not by any human hand.
Selon sa volonté, et la fraude sera dirigée par sa main; et il élèvera son cœur, et dans son abondance de toutes choses il fera périr un très grand nombre de victimes, et contre le prince des princes il s’élèvera, et sans la main d’aucun homme il sera brisé.
26 The vision about the evenings and mornings that has been told is true. But seal up the vision, for it refers to many days in the future.”
Et la vision du soir et du matin, qui a été mentionnée, est véritable; toi donc, scelle la vision, parce que c’est après bien des jours qu’elle sera accomplie.
27 Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay weak for several days. Then I got up, and went about the king's business. But I was appalled by the vision, and there was no one who understood it.
Et moi Daniel, j’ai langui et j’ai été malade pendant des jours; et, lorsque je me fus levé, je travaillais aux affaires du roi, et j’étais dans la stupeur au sujet de la vision, et il n’y avait personne qui l’interprétât.
