Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
La troisième année du règne du roi Belshatsar, moi, Daniel, j'eus une vision, outre celle que j'avais eue auparavant.
2 I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
J'eus une vision, et il arriva, comme je regardais, que j'étais à Suse, la capitale, dans la province d'Élam, et dans ma vision, je me trouvais près du fleuve Ulaï.
3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Je levai les yeux, je regardai, et voici, un bélier se tenait devant le fleuve; et il avait deux cornes, et ces deux cornes étaient hautes, mais l'une était plus haute que l'autre, et la plus haute s'éleva la dernière.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t any who could deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
Et je vis le bélier qui frappait de ses cornes vers l'occident, vers le nord et vers le midi; et aucune bête ne pouvait subsister devant lui, et il n'y avait personne qui délivrât de sa puissance; mais il faisait tout ce qu'il voulait, et il devint grand.
5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Et comme je regardais attentivement, voici, un bouc venait de l'occident, parcourant toute la terre sans toucher le sol; ce bouc avait une corne considérable entre les yeux.
6 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
Il vint jusqu'au bélier qui avait les deux cornes, et que j'avais vu se tenant devant le fleuve; et il courut contre lui dans la fureur de sa force.
7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Et je le vis atteindre le bélier; et, s'irritant contre lui, il le heurta et brisa ses deux cornes; et le bélier n'avait pas la force de lui résister; il le jeta à terre et le foula aux pieds, et il n'y eut personne qui délivrât le bélier de sa puissance.
8 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
Et le bouc grandit extrêmement; mais quand il fut puissant, sa grande corne se brisa, et à sa place, il en surgit quatre considérables, vers les quatre vents des cieux.
9 Out of one of them came out a little horn which grew exceedingly great—toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
Et de l'une d'elles surgit une petite corne qui s'agrandit beaucoup vers le midi, et vers l'orient, et vers le pays de gloire.
10 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground and trampled on them.
Et elle grandit jusqu'à l'armée des cieux, et elle fit tomber à terre une partie de l'armée des étoiles, et les foula aux pieds.
11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Elle s'éleva même jusqu'au chef de l'armée, lui enleva le sacrifice continuel et abattit la demeure de son sanctuaire.
12 The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
Et l'armée fut livrée avec le sacrifice continuel, à cause du péché, et la corne jeta la vérité par terre, et elle agit et prospéra.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
Et j'entendis parler un saint, et un autre saint dit à celui qui parlait: Jusqu'à quand durera la vision du sacrifice continuel et du péché qui cause la désolation, qui livre le sanctuaire et l'armée pour être foulés aux pieds?
14 He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Et il me dit: Jusqu'à deux mille trois cents soirs et matins; puis le sanctuaire sera purifié.
15 When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me someone with the appearance of a man.
Pendant que moi, Daniel, je regardais la vision et que je cherchais à la comprendre, voici, quelqu'un qui avait l'apparence d'un homme se tint devant moi.
16 I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
Et j'entendis la voix d'un homme au milieu du fleuve Ulaï; il cria et dit: Gabriel, explique-lui la vision.
17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”
Et il vint près du lieu où je me tenais, et, à sa venue, je fus épouvanté et je tombai sur ma face, et il me dit: Comprends, fils de l'homme, car la vision est pour le temps de la fin.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.
Et comme il me parlait, je m'assoupis la face contre terre; mais il me toucha et me fit tenir debout à la place où j'étais.
19 He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
Et il dit: Voici, je vais t'apprendre ce qui arrivera au dernier temps de la colère, car il y a un temps marqué pour la fin.
20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les rois des Mèdes et des Perses;
21 The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Et le bouc velu, c'est le roi de Javan; et la grande corne entre ses yeux, c'est le premier roi.
22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
Et cette corne s'étant brisée, les quatre cornes qui se sont élevées à sa place sont quatre rois qui s'élèveront de cette nation, mais ils n'auront pas sa force.
23 “In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up.
Et à la fin de leur règne, quand les pécheurs auront comblé la mesure, il s'élèvera un roi au visage audacieux et entendu dans l'artifice.
24 His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
Sa puissance s'accroîtra, mais non pas par sa propre force. Il fera des ravages extraordinaires; il réussira dans ses entreprises, il détruira les puissants et le peuple des saints.
25 Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes, but he will be broken without human hands.
Et par son habileté, il fera réussir la fraude dans sa main. Il s'enorgueillira dans son cœur, et à l'improviste il fera périr beaucoup de gens; il s'élèvera contre le Prince des princes; mais il sera brisé sans le secours d'aucune main.
26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”
La vision des soirs et des matins, qui a été dite, est véritable. Mais toi, scelle la vision, car elle se rapporte à un temps éloigné.
27 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
Et moi, Daniel, je tombai en défaillance et fus malade pendant quelques jours; puis je me levai et fis les affaires du roi. J'étais étonné de la vision, mais personne ne la comprit.
