Daniel 11

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

“As for me, during the first year that Darius was king, I helped and encouraged Michael.”

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.

[The angel also said], “And what I am going to reveal to you now will truly [happen]. There will be three more kings to rule Persia, [one after the other]. Then there will be a fourth king, who will be much richer than the others. As a result of [his giving] a lot of money [to people, they will enable him to] become very powerful. Then he will incite/persuade many nations [HYP] [to fight] against the kingdom of Greece.

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

Then a very powerful king will appear [in Greece]. He will rule over a very large empire, and he will do whatever he wants to do.

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.

But when he has become very powerful, [he will die]. Then his kingdom will be divided into four parts. Kings who are not his descendants will rule, but they will not be as powerful as he was.

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.

Then the King of Egypt [MTY] will become very powerful. But one of his army generals will become more powerful than he is, and he will rule a bigger area.

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.

Several years later, the King of Egypt and the King of Syria will make an (alliance/agreement to help each other) [MTY]. The King of Syria will give his daughter to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But she will not be able to influence him [MTY] very long, and that woman, her husband, her child, and her servants will all be killed/assassinated.

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.

Soon after that, one of her relatives [MET] will become King [of Egypt]. His army will attack the army of Syria. They will enter the fortress of the soldiers of Syria and defeat them.

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.

They will return to Egypt, taking the statues of the gods [of the people of Syria] and many items made of silver and gold that had been dedicated to those gods. Then for several years his army will not attack [the army of] the King of Syria.

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

Then the army of the King of Syria will invade Egypt, but they will soon return to Syria.

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.

However, the sons of the King of Syria will prepare to start a war, and they will gather a large army. That army will march [south] and spread all over [Israel] like a huge flood. They will attack a strong fortress [in the south of Israel].

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.

Then the King of Egypt, having become very angry, will march [with his army north] from Egypt and fight against the army of Syria. The King [of Syria] will gather together a very large army, but [the army of the King of Egypt] will defeat them.

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

The King of Egypt will become very proud because of [his army] having killed a very large number of soldiers [from Syria], but his army will not continue to win battles.

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.

The King of Syria will again gather together an army that will be bigger than the one that he had before. After a few years, he will again march [south on their way to Egypt] with a large army and a lot of equipment [for fighting battles].

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.

At that time, many people in Egypt will rebel against their king. In order to fulfill a vision that [one of their leaders had seen], some violent/lawless people from your country [of Israel] will also rebel [in order to not be controlled by Egypt any more], but they will be defeated.

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.

Then the King of Syria will come [south with his army] and pile up dirt against the walls of a city that is well protected, and they will [break through those walls and] they will capture the city. The soldiers from Egypt [who have come to defend that city], even the best troops, will not be strong enough to continue to fight.

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.

So the King of Syria will do whatever he wants to, and no one will be able to oppose him. [His army] will occupy the glorious land [of Israel] and completely control/subdue it.

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.

Then he will decide to march [south] with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King [of Egypt] and in order that his own daughter will [help him to] destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail.

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.

After that, the [army of] the King of Syria will attack the regions that are close to the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his [army] will conquer many of them. But [the army of] a leader from another country will defeat the army of Syria and will stop their king from continuing to be proud. He will do to the King of Syria what he deserved for being very insolent.

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

Then the King of Syria will return to the fortresses in his own land. But he will be defeated, and he will (die/be assassinated) [EUP] there.

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.

Then another man will (succeed him/become king). That king will send one of his officers to oppress the people [in Jerusalem] by forcing them to pay big taxes, in order to get more money for his kingdom. But after a few years [HYP] that king will die, but he will not die as a result of people being angry with him or in a 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.

The next King of Syria will be an evil man who, [because he will not be the son of the previous king, ] will not have the right to become king. But he will come when people do not expect it, and he will become king by tricking the people.

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

When his army advances, they will attack any armies that oppose him and destroy those armies. They will also kill God’s Supreme Priest.

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

By making treaties/alliances with [the rulers of] other nations, he will deceive them, and he will become very powerful, even though he rules a nation that does not have a lot of people.

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.

Suddenly his [army] will invade a province that is very wealthy, and they will do things that none of his ancestors did: they will capture in battles all kinds of possessions from the people whom they defeat. Then the king will divide those possessions among his friends. He will also plan [for his army] to attack fortresses [in Egypt], but only for a short 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.

He will courageously/boldly conscript/gather a large and powerful army to attack [the army of] the king of Egypt. But the King of Egypt will prepare to fight against them with a huge and powerful army. However, someone will deceive him, with the result that his plan will not be successful.

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

Even his most trusted advisors will plan to get rid of him. His army will be defeated and many of his soldiers will be killed.

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.

Then the two [kings who both want to rule that area] will sit down at the same table and eat together, but they will both lie to each other. Neither of them will get what he wants, because it will not be the time [that God] has determined/set [for them to rule Egypt].

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.

[The army of] the King [of Syria] will return to Syria, taking with them all the valuable things [that they had captured]. The king will be determined to get rid of the Supreme Priest of the Jewish people. He will do what he wants to [in Israel], and then return to his own country.

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

When it is the time that God has decided, the King of Syria [and his army] will invade Egypt again. But this time he will not be successful like he was before.

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.

The army of Rome will come in ships and oppose his army and cause him to be afraid. So he will be very angry, and [with his army] he will return [to Israel] and try to get rid of the Supreme Priest. The King of Syria will do what those who have abandoned the Jewish religion advise/want him to do for them.

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

Some of his soldiers will do things to (defile the temple/cause the temple to become unholy for them). They will prevent the priests from offering sacrifices each day, and they will put [in the temple] something that is disgusting/abominable.

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

By deceiving those who have abandoned the Jewish religion, he will persuade them to (become his supporters/help him to do what he wants to do). But those who are devoted to their God will firmly oppose them.

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 wise [Israeli] leaders will teach others also. But for a while, some of those wise leaders will be killed in battles, and some will be burned to death, and some will be robbed, and some will be put in prison.

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

While God’s people are being persecuted, some people will help them a little bit, although some of those who help them will not do it sincerely.

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.

Some of those wise leaders will be killed [EUP], but as a result the others will be purified [DOU]. This suffering will continue until it is the time [that God] has appointed [for it to] end.

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.

The King [of Syria] will do what he wants to. He will boast and say that he is greater than any god. He will even revile the Supreme God. He will be able to do what he wants until the time that [God] punishes [MTY] him. [God] will accomplish what he has planned.

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.

The [King of Syria] will ignore the god that his ancestors worshiped and the god that many women love. He will ignore every god, because he will think that he is greater than all of them.

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.

But he will honor the god who [people think] protects fortresses. That is a god whom his ancestors did not honor. And he will give gold, silver, (jewels/very valuable stones) and other expensive gifts to that god.

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.

He will ask that god (OR, people who worship a god) from another country to help him to defend his fortresses. He will greatly honor those who allow him [to be their ruler]. He will appoint [some of] them to important positions in the government; and to reward them, he will give them some land.

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.

But when his time [to rule] is almost ended, [the army of] the King of Egypt will attack his [army]. The [army of the] King of Syria will fight against them furiously [SIM]. [His soldiers will be driving] chariots and [riding on] horses and [traveling in] many ships. His army will invade many countries and [spread all over those countries] like a flood [MET].

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.

They will invade the glorious land [of Israel] and kill [EUP] tens of thousands of people. But the people of the Edom people-group and the people of the Moab people-group and the people of the Ammon people-group who are still alive will escape.

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

When the army of Syria invades other countries, even the people of Egypt will be defeated.

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.

The army of Syria will take away from Egypt gold, silver, and other valuable items. The people of Libya and Ethiopia will allow [the King of Syria] to rule over them.

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.

But he will become very frightened/alarmed when he hears reports about what is happening in the east and in the north. So he will become very angry, and send his army to fight furiously and kill many [of their enemies].

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.

The [King of Syria] will set up his royal tents in the area between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the hill [in Jerusalem] on which the temple (exists/was built). But he will be killed there, because there will be no one to help him.”