Daniel 11

1 « Quant à moi, la première année de Darius le Mède, je me suis levé pour le confirmer et le renforcer.

“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, my standing [is] for a strengthener, and for a stronghold to him;

2 « Maintenant, je vais te montrer la vérité. Voici que trois autres rois vont se lever en Perse. Le quatrième sera beaucoup plus riche que tous les autres. Quand il sera devenu fort par ses richesses, il soulèvera tout contre le royaume de Grèce.

and now, I declare to you truth: Behold, yet three kings are standing for Persia, and the fourth becomes far richer than all, and according to his strength by his riches he stirs up the whole, with the kingdom of Javan.

3 Un roi puissant se lèvera, qui dominera avec une grande autorité, et fera ce qu'il voudra.

And a mighty king has stood, and he has ruled a great dominion, and has done according to his will;

4 Quand il se lèvera, son royaume sera brisé et partagé aux quatre vents du ciel, mais non pas pour sa postérité, ni selon la domination avec laquelle il a régné; car son royaume sera arraché, même pour d'autres que ceux-là.

and according to his standing is his kingdom broken, and divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion that he ruled, for his kingdom is plucked up—and for others apart from these.

5 « Le roi du midi sera puissant. L'un de ses princes deviendra plus fort que lui et dominera. Sa domination sera une grande domination.

And a king of the south—even of his princes—becomes strong, and prevails against him, and has ruled; a great dominion [is] his dominion.

6 A la fin des années, ils s'uniront; et la fille du roi du midi ira vers le roi du nord pour conclure une alliance, mais elle ne conservera pas la force de son bras. Lui aussi ne tiendra pas, et son bras non plus; mais elle sera livrée, avec ceux qui l'ont amenée, et celui qui l'a engendrée, et celui qui l'a fortifiée en ces temps-là.

And at the end of years they join themselves together, and a daughter of the king of the south comes to the king of the north to do upright things; and she does not retain the power of the arm; and he does not stand, nor his arm; and she is given up, she, and those bringing her in, and her child, and he who is strengthening her in [these] times.

7 « Mais d'un rejeton sorti de ses racines se lèvera un homme à sa place, qui ira à l'armée et entrera dans la forteresse du roi du nord; il traitera avec eux et sera vainqueur.

And [one] has stood up from a branch of her roots, [in] his station, and he comes to the bulwark, indeed, he comes into a stronghold of the king of the north, and has worked against them, and has done mightily;

8 Il emmènera aussi en captivité en Égypte leurs dieux, avec leurs images en fonte, et leurs vases d'argent et d'or. Il s'abstiendra quelques années du roi du nord.

and also their gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels of silver and gold, he brings in captivity [to] Egypt; and he stands more years than the king of the north.

9 Il entrera dans le royaume du roi du midi, mais il retournera dans son pays.

And the king of the south has come into the kingdom, and turned back to his own land;

10 Ses fils feront la guerre et rassembleront une multitude de grandes forces qui arriveront, déborderont et passeront. Ils reviendront et feront la guerre, jusqu'à sa forteresse.

and his sons stir themselves up, and have gathered a multitude of great forces, and he has certainly come in, and overflowed, and passed through, and he turns back, and they stir themselves up to his stronghold.

11 « Le roi du Midi sera irrité et sortira pour le combattre, même le roi du Nord. Il enverra une grande multitude, et la multitude sera livrée entre ses mains.

And the king of the south becomes embittered, and has gone forth and fought with him, with the king of the north, and has caused a great multitude to stand, and the multitude has been given into his hand,

12 La multitude sera emportée, et son cœur s'élèvera. Il renversera des dizaines de milliers, mais il ne vaincra pas.

and he has carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he has caused myriads to fall, and he does not become strong.

13 Le roi du nord reviendra, et il enverra une multitude plus nombreuse que la précédente. Il arrivera à la fin des temps, des années, avec une grande armée et des provisions abondantes.

And the king of the north has turned back, and has caused a multitude to stand, greater than the first, and at the end of the times a second time he certainly comes in with a great force, and with much substance;

14 « En ces temps-là, beaucoup se dresseront contre le roi du Midi. Les enfants des violents parmi ton peuple se lèveront aussi pour établir la vision, mais ils tomberont.

and in those times many stand up against the king of the south, and sons of the destroyers of your people lift themselves up to establish the vision—and they have stumbled.

15 Alors le roi du nord viendra, il élèvera un monticule et prendra une ville bien fortifiée. Les forces du sud ne tiendront pas, ni ses troupes choisies, et il n'y aura pas de force pour tenir.

And the king of the north comes in, and pours out a mound, and has captured fortified cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, indeed, there is no power to stand.

16 Mais celui qui viendra contre lui agira selon sa propre volonté, et personne ne tiendra devant lui. Il se tiendra dans le pays de la gloire, et la destruction sera dans sa main.

And he who is coming to him does according to his will, and there is none standing before him; and he stands in the desirable land, and [it is] wholly in his hand.

17 Il se préparera à venir avec la force de tout son royaume, et avec lui des conditions équitables. Il les exécutera. Il lui donnera la fille des femmes, pour détruire le royaume, mais elle ne tiendra pas, et ne sera pas pour lui.

And he sets his face to go in with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; and he has worked, and the daughter of women he gives to him, to corrupt her; and she does not stand, nor is for him.

18 Après cela, il tournera sa face vers les îles, et il en prendra beaucoup, mais un prince fera cesser l'opprobre qui lui est fait. Oui, bien plus, il fera en sorte que l'opprobre se retourne contre lui.

And he turns back his face to the islands, and has captured many; and a prince has caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turns [it] back to him.

19 Puis il tournera sa face vers les forteresses de son pays; mais il trébuchera et tombera, et on ne le retrouvera pas.

And he turns back his face to the strongholds of his land, and has stumbled and fallen, and is not found.

20 « Alors se dressera à sa place celui qui fera passer un collecteur d'impôts dans le royaume pour en maintenir la gloire; mais en peu de jours il sera détruit, non par la colère, ni par la bataille.

And stood up on his station has [one] causing an exactor to pass over the honor of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.

21 « A sa place se lèvera un homme méprisable, à qui on n'avait pas donné l'honneur du royaume; mais il viendra au temps de la sécurité, et il obtiendra le royaume par des flatteries.

And a despicable one has stood up on his station, and they have not given to him the splendor of the kingdom, and he has come in quietly, and has strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.

22 Les forces écrasantes seront submergées devant lui, et seront brisées. Oui, aussi le prince de l'alliance.

And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.

23 Après le traité conclu avec lui, il agira avec ruse; car il s'élèvera et deviendra fort avec peu de gens.

And after they join themselves to him, he works deceit, and has increased, and has been strong by a few of the nation.

24 Au temps de la sécurité, il s'attaquera même aux lieux les plus gras de la province. Il fera ce que ses pères n'ont pas fait, ni les pères de ses pères. Il répandra parmi eux la proie, le pillage et la richesse. Oui, il élaborera ses plans contre les forteresses, mais seulement pour un temps.

Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He comes, and he has done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers’ fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, he scatters to them, and against fortifications he devises his plans, even for a time.

25 « Il excitera sa puissance et son courage contre le roi du Midi avec une grande armée; et le roi du Midi livrera bataille avec une armée extrêmement grande et puissante, mais il ne tiendra pas, car on ourdira des plans contre lui.

And he stirs up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirs himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and does not stand, for they devise plans against him,

26 Oui, ceux qui mangeront de ses mets le détruiront, et son armée sera balayée. Beaucoup tomberont tués.

and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overflows, and many wounded have fallen.

27 Quant à ces deux rois, leur cœur sera porté à faire le mal, et ils diront des mensonges à une table; mais cela ne réussira pas, car la fin sera toujours au temps fixé.

And both of the kings’ hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it does not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.

28 Puis il retournera dans son pays avec de grandes richesses. Son cœur sera contre l'alliance sainte. Il agira, et retournera dans son pays.

And he turns back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he has worked, and turned back to his land.

29 « Il reviendra au temps fixé et entrera dans le Midi; mais ce ne sera pas au dernier temps comme au premier.

At the appointed time he turns back, and has come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.

30 Car des navires de Kittim viendront contre lui. C'est pourquoi il sera affligé, et il reviendra, et il s'indignera contre l'alliance sainte, et il agira. Il reviendra même, et aura égard à ceux qui abandonnent l'alliance sainte.

And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he has been pained, and has turned back, and has been insolent toward the holy covenant, and has worked, and turned back, and he understands concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.

31 « Des forces de sa part profaneront le sanctuaire, la forteresse, et feront disparaître l'holocauste perpétuel. Puis ils dresseront l'abomination qui désole.

And strong ones stand up out of him, and have defiled the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.

32 Il corrompra par des flatteries les méchants de l'alliance, mais le peuple qui connaît son Dieu sera fort et agira.

And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defiles by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have worked.

33 « Les sages parmi le peuple en instruiront beaucoup; mais ils tomberont par l'épée et par la flamme, par la captivité et par le pillage, pendant plusieurs jours.

And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil—days.

34 Lorsqu'ils tomberont, on leur portera un petit secours; mais beaucoup se joindront à eux par des flatteries.

And in their stumbling, they are helped—a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.

35 Quelques-uns des sages tomberont pour les affiner, pour les purifier, pour les blanchir, jusqu'au temps de la fin, car c'est encore pour le temps fixé.

And some of the teachers stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white—until the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.

36 « Le roi fera ce qu'il voudra. Il s'élèvera et se glorifiera au-dessus de tout dieu, et il dira des choses merveilleuses contre le Dieu des dieux. Il prospérera jusqu'à l'accomplissement de l'indignation, car ce qui est déterminé s'accomplira.

And the king has done according to his will, and exalts himself, and magnifies himself against every god, and he speaks wonderful things against the God of gods, and has prospered until the indignation has been completed, for that which is determined has been done.

37 Il ne tiendra pas compte des dieux de ses pères, ni du désir des femmes, ni d'aucun dieu, car il s'élèvera au-dessus de tous.

And to the God of his fathers he does not attend, nor to the desire of women, indeed, he does not attend to any god, for he magnifies himself against all.

38 Mais à leur place, il honorera le dieu des forteresses. Il honorera un dieu que ses pères n'ont pas connu, avec de l'or, de l'argent, des pierres précieuses et des choses agréables.

And to the god of strongholds, on his station, he gives honor; indeed, to a god whom his fathers did not know he gives honor, with gold, and with silver, and with precious stone, and with desirable things.

39 Il vaincra les forteresses les plus puissantes avec l'aide d'un dieu étranger. Il accroîtra la gloire de ceux qui le reconnaîtront. Il les fera dominer sur beaucoup de gens, et il partagera le pays à prix d'argent.

And he has dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he has acknowledged; he multiplies honor, and has caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportions at a price.

40 « Au temps de la fin, le roi du midi lui fera la guerre, et le roi du nord viendra contre lui comme un tourbillon, avec des chars, des cavaliers et de nombreux navires. Il entrera dans les pays, il les débordera et les traversera.

And at the time of the end, a king of the south pushes himself forward with him, and a king of the north storms against him, with chariot, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he has come into the lands, and has overflowed, and passed over,

41 Il entrera aussi dans le pays de la gloire, et beaucoup de pays seront renversés; mais ceux-ci seront délivrés de sa main: Édom, Moab, et le chef des enfants d'Ammon.

and has come into the desirable land, and many stumble, and these escape from his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

42 Il étendra aussi sa main sur les pays. Le pays d'Égypte n'échappera pas.

And he sends forth his hand on the lands, and the land of Egypt is not for an escape;

43 Mais il aura le pouvoir sur les trésors d'or et d'argent, et sur tous les objets précieux de l'Égypte. Les Libyens et les Éthiopiens suivront ses traces.

and he has ruled over treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the desirable things of Egypt, and Lubim and Cushim [are] at his steps.

44 Mais des nouvelles de l'Orient et du Nord le troubleront, et il sortira avec une grande fureur pour détruire et exterminer beaucoup de gens.

And reports trouble him out of the east and out of the north, and he has gone forth in great fury to destroy, and to devote many to destruction;

45 Il plantera les tentes de son palais entre la mer et la glorieuse montagne sainte; mais il arrivera à sa perte, et personne ne lui viendra en aide.

and he plants the tents of his palace between the seas and the holy desirable mountain, and has come to his end, and there is no helper to him.”