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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 sortit une petite corne; et elle devint grande vers le midi, et vers l’orient, et vers la force.
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 s’éleva jusqu’à la force du ciel, et renversa une partie de la force, et 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.
Et elle s’éleva jusqu’au prince de la force, elle lui ravit son sacrifice perpétuel, et renversa le lieu de sa sanctification.
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.
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 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 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, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Et il dit: Jusqu’à un soir et un matin, deux mille trois cents jours, et 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.
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 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 entre l’Ulaï, et il cria et me dit: Gabriel, fais-lui comprendre cette 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, 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 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 tombai incliné vers la terre; et il me toucha, et il me remit sur mes pieds,
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 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 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 des cornes, est le roi 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.
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 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.
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 “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 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 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.
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 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.
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 of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”
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 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, 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.
