< Daniel 11 >
1 Et moi, dans la première année de Darius le Mède, je me tenais auprès de lui pour le soutenir et le fortifier.
And I in year one of Darius the Mede standing my [was] to a strengthener and to a protection for him.
2 Maintenant je vais te déclarer la vérité. Voici que trois rois se lèveront encore pour la Perse; le quatrième possédera de plus grandes richesses que tous les autres et, quand il sera puissant par ses richesses, il soulèvera tout contre le royaume de Javan.
And now truth I will tell to you there! yet three kings [are] about to arise for Persia and the fourth [king] he will gain wealth wealth great more than everyone and according to strength his by wealth his he will stir up everyone [the] kingdom of Greece.
3 Et il s’élèvera un roi vaillant, qui aura une grande puissance et fera ce qui lui plaira.
And he will arise a king mighty and he will have dominion dominion great and he will do according to pleasure his.
4 Dès qu’il se sera élevé, son royaume se brisera et sera divisé aux quatre vents du ciel, sans appartenir à ses descendants et sans avoir la même puissance qu’il avait eue; car son royaume sera déchiré, et il passera à d’autres qu’eux.
And just as arises he it will be broken up kingdom his and it will be divided to [the] four [the] winds of the heavens and not to posterity his and not like dominion his which he had dominion for it will be plucked up kingdom his and to others besides these.
5 Le roi du Midi deviendra fort, ainsi qu’un de ses généraux, lequel deviendra plus fort que lui et sera puissant; sa puissance sera une grande puissance.
So he may become strong [the] king of the south and one of commanders his so he may become strong on him and he will exercise dominion [will be] a dominion great dominion his.
6 Au bout de quelques années, ils s’allieront, et la fille du roi du Midi viendra vers le roi du Septentrion pour établir un accord. Mais elle ne conservera pas l’appui d’un bras, car il ne tiendra pas, non plus que son propre bras; et elle sera livrée, elle et ceux qui l’avaient amenée, celui qui lui avait donné naissance et celui qui l’avait soutenue pendant quelque temps.
And to [the] end of years they will make an alliance and [the] daughter of [the] king of the south she will come to [the] king of the north to do uprightness and not she will retain [the] power of the arm and not he will stand arm his so she may be given up she and [those who] brought her and the [one who] fathered her and [the one who] strengthened her in the times.
7 Un des rejetons de ses racines s’élèvera à sa place; il viendra à l’armée, il entrera dans la forteresse du roi du Septentrion, il les traitera à son gré et il l’emportera.
And he will arise one of [the] shoot[s] of roots her place his so he may come against the army so he may go in [the] stronghold of [the] king of the north and he will do with them and he will prevail.
8 Leurs dieux mêmes, leurs images de fonte et leurs vases précieux d’argent et d’or, il les emmènera captifs en Égypte, et il prévaudra plusieurs années sur le roi du Septentrion.
And also gods their with molten images their with [the] vessels of desire their silver and gold in captivity he will take Egypt and he years he will stand away from [the] king of the north.
9 Celui-ci entrera dans le royaume du Midi, et il s’en retournera dans son pays.
And he will go in [the] kingdom of [the] king of the south and he will return to own land his.
10 Mais ses fils s’armeront pour la guerre et rassembleront une grande multitude de troupes; l’un d’eux viendra, il inondera, il envahira, puis il reviendra, et poussera les hostilités contre la forteresse.
(And sons his *Q(K)*) they will wage war and they will gather a multitude of armies great and it will go certainly and it will overflow and it will pass over and it will return (so it may wage war *Q(K)*) to (stronghold his. *Q(K)*)
11 Le roi du Midi s’irritera, il partira et combattra contre lui, contre le roi du Septentrion; il lèvera de grandes troupes, et la troupe du roi du Septentrion lui sera livrée.
So he may be enraged [the] king of the south and he will go out and he will engage in battle with him with [the] king of the north and he will raise up a multitude great and it will be given the multitude in hand his.
12 Devant la multitude levée contre lui, son courage s’élèvera; il en fera tomber des milliers, mais il n’en sera pas plus fort.
And it will be carried off the multitude (and it will be lifted up *Q(K)*) heart his and he will make fall tens of thousands and not he will prevail.
13 Car le roi du Septentrion rassemblera de nouveau des troupes plus nombreuses que les premières et, au bout d’un certain nombre d’années, il se mettra en marche avec une grande armée et un train considérable.
And he will return [the] king of the north and he will raise up a multitude great more than the first and to [the] end of the times years he will come certainly with an army large and with equipment much.
14 En ces temps-là beaucoup de gens s’élèveront contre le roi du Midi, et des hommes violents de ton peuple se lèveront pour accomplir la vision, et ils tomberont.
And in the times those many [people] they will arise on [the] king of the south and [the] sons of - [the] violent ones of people your they will exalt themselves to fulfill [the] vision and they will stumble.
15 Le roi du Septentrion viendra, il élèvera des terrasses et prendra une ville fortifiée; les bras du Midi ne tiendront pas, non plus que sa troupe d’élite; il n’y aura pas de force pour résister.
And he may come [the] king of the north so he may pour out a mound and he will capture a city of fortifications and [the] forces of the south not they will stand and [the] people of choicest ones his and there not [will be] strength to stand.
16 Celui qui aura marché contre lui fera ce qui lui plaira, et personne ne tiendra devant lui; il s’arrêtera dans le glorieux pays, et la destruction sera dans sa main.
And he will do the [one who] comes against him according to pleasure his and there not [will be one who] stands before him so he may stand in [the] land of beauty and complete destruction [will be] in hand his.
17 Il se décidera à venir avec la force de tout son royaume et il fera un arrangement avec lui; et il lui donnera une jeune fille pour amener sa ruine; mais cela ne réussira pas, et ce royaume ne sera pas à lui.
And he will set - face his to come with [the] power of all kingdom his and upright [things] with him and he will do and [the] daughter of the women he will give to him to destroy it and not it will stand and not to him it will happen.
18 Puis il se tournera vers les îles et en prendra beaucoup; mais un capitaine lui fera cesser son injure et, sans avoir reçu son injure, il la lui rendra.
(And he will set *Q(K)*) face his to [the] coastlands and he will capture many [people] and he will put an end to a commander scorn his for him not scorn his he will turn back to him.
19 Il se tournera vers les forteresses de son pays; mais il trébuchera, il tombera, et on ne le trouvera plus.
And he will turn face his to [the] strongholds of own land his and he will stumble and he will fall and not he will be found.
20 Un autre se tiendra à sa place, qui fera passer un exacteur dans le lieu qui est la gloire du royaume, et en quelques jours il sera brisé, et ce ne sera ni par la colère ni par la guerre.
And he will arise on place his [one who] will send through an oppressor [the] splendor of a kingdom and in days one he will be broken and not in anger and not in battle.
21 A sa place se tiendra un homme méprisé, à qui on n’aura pas donné la dignité royale; il viendra sans bruit et s’emparera de la royauté par des intrigues.
And he will arise on place his a despicable [person] and not people had given to him [the] honor of royalty and he will come in quietness and he will take hold of royalty by intrigues.
22 Les forces de l’inondation seront submergées devant lui et seront brisées, et aussi le chef de l’alliance.
And [the] forces of the flood they will be swept away from to before him so they may be broken and also a prince of a covenant.
23 Sans tenir compte de l’alliance conclue avec lui, il agira de ruse, il se mettra en marche et aura le dessus avec peu de gens.
And from when made an alliance with him he will act deceit and he will rise and he will become mighty with fewness of a nation.
24 Il viendra sans bruit dans les plus riches provinces du pays; il fera ce que n’avaient pas fait ses pères, ni les pères de ses pères, il leur distribuera butin, dépouilles et richesses, et il formera des projets contre les forteresses, et cela jusqu’à un certain temps.
In quietness and in [the] fertile places of [the] province he will come and he will do [that] which not they did ancestors his and [the] ancestors of ancestors his plunder and booty and property to them he will scatter and on strongholds he will plan plans his and until a time.
25 Il excitera sa force et son courage contre le roi du Midi, à la tête d’une grande armée. Et le roi du Midi s’engagera dans la guerre avec une armée nombreuse et très forte; mais il ne tiendra pas, parce qu’on formera des complots contre lui.
And he will stir up strength his and heart his on [the] king of the south with an army large and [the] king of the south he will get ready for the battle with an army large and mighty up to muchness and not he will stand for people will plan on him plans.
26 Ceux qui mangent les mets de sa table le briseront, son armée se dissipera, et beaucoup d’hommes tomberont frappés de mort.
And [those who] eat deli-cacies his they will break him and army his it will overflow and they will fall slain [ones] many.
27 Les deux rois chercheront dans leur cœur à se nuire, et, à une même table, ils se diront des mensonges; mais cela ne réussira pas, car la fin ne viendra qu’au temps marqué.
And [the] two of them the kings heart their [will be] to evil and at a table one falsehood they will speak and not it will succeed for yet [the] end [is] to the appointed time.
28 Il retournera dans son pays avec de grandes richesses; son cœur médite le mal contre l’alliance sainte, et il le fait, et il rentre dans son pays.
And he will return own land his with property great and heart his [will be] on [the] covenant of holiness and he will act and he will return to own land his.
29 Au temps marqué, il arrivera de nouveau dans le Midi; mais cette dernière campagne ne sera pas comme la première.
To the appointed time he will return and he will come in the south and not it will be as the former [time] and as the latter [time].
30 Des navires de Céthim viendront contre lui et il perdra courage; il s’en retournera et il s’irritera contre l’alliance sainte; et il agira, et il s’entendra encore une fois avec ceux qui auront abandonné l’alliance.
And they will come on him ships of Kittim and he will be disheartened and he will turn back and he will direct indignation towards [the] covenant of holiness and he will act and he will turn back and he will pay attention on [those who] forsake [the] covenant of holiness.
31 Des troupes envoyées par lui se tiendront là; elles profaneront le sanctuaire, la forteresse; elles feront cesser le sacrifice perpétuel et dresseront l’abomination du dévastateur.
And forces from him they will arise and they will profane the sanctuary the stronghold and they will abolish the perpetual [offering] and they will set up the abomination desolating.
32 Par des flatteries, il gagnera à l’idolâtrie les violateurs de l’alliance; mais le peuple de ceux qui connaissent leur Dieu tiendra ferme et agira.
And [those who] act wickedly of [the] covenant he will pollute with flattering [words] and a people [which] knows God its they will display strength and they will act.
33 Ceux qui sont intelligents parmi le peuple instruiront la multitude; mais ils tomberont par l’épée et la flamme, par la captivité et le pillage, un certain temps.
And [those who] have insight of [the] people they will give understanding to the many [people] and they will stumble by sword and by flame by captivity and by plunder days.
34 Pendant qu’ils tomberont ainsi, ils seront secourus d’un léger secours, et plusieurs se joindront à eux, mais avec hypocrisie.
And when stumble they they will be helped help a little and they will join themselves to them many [people] by intrigues.
35 Et parmi ces intelligents, il y en a qui tomberont, afin qu’ils soient éprouvés, purifiés et blanchis, jusqu’au temps de la fin, car on ne sera pas encore au terme fixé.
And some of those [who] have insight they will stumble to refine them and to purge [them] and to purify [them] until [the] time of [the] end for [it is] still to the appointed time.
36 Le roi fera ce qui lui plaira, il s’élèvera et se grandira au-dessus de tout dieu, et contre le Dieu des dieux il dira des choses prodigieuses; et il prospérera, jusqu’à ce que la colère soit consommée; car ce qui est décrété doit s’accomplir.
And he will do according to pleasure his the king so he may exalt himself and he may magnify himself above every god and on [the] God of gods he will speak extraordinary [things] and he will succeed until it has been completed indignation for [what has been] decreed it will be done.
37 Il n’aura égard ni aux dieux de ses pères, ni à la divinité chère aux femmes; il n’aura égard à aucun dieu; car il se grandira au-dessus de tout.
And on [the] gods of ancestors his not he will pay attention and on [the] desire of women and on any god not he will pay attention for above all he will magnify himself.
38 Mais il honorera le dieu des forteresses en son lieu; le dieu que n’ont pas connu ses pères, il l’honorera avec de l’or, de l’argent, des pierres précieuses et des joyaux.
And a god of strongholds on place its he will honor and a god which not they knew it ancestors his he will honor with gold and with silver and with stone costly and with precious things.
39 Il attaquera les remparts des forteresses avec le dieu étranger; ceux qui le reconnaîtront, il les comblera d’honneurs, il les fera dominer sur la multitude et leur distribuera des terres en récompense.
And he will act to [the] fortresses of strongholds with a god of foreignness [one] who (he acknowledges *Q(K)*) he will increase honor and he will make rule them over the many [people] and land he will divide up for a price.
40 Au temps de la fin, le roi du Midi se heurtera avec lui. Le roi du Septentrion fondra sur lui, avec des chars et des cavaliers et de nombreux vaisseaux; il s’avancera dans les terres et passera en débordant.
And at [the] time of [the] end he will wage war with him [the] king of the south so he may storm on him [the] king of the north with chariotry and with horsemen and with ships many and he will go in lands and he will overflow and he will pass through.
41 Il entrera dans le glorieux pays, et beaucoup tomberont sous ses coups, mais ceux-ci échapperont à sa main: Edom et Moab et la fleur des enfants d’Ammon.
And he will come in [the] land of beauty and many [people] they will stumble and these they will escape from hand his Edom and Moab and [the] first of [the] people of Ammon.
42 Il étendra la main sur les pays, et le pays d’Égypte n’échappera point.
So he may stretch out hand his on lands and [the] land of Egypt not it will become an escaped remnant.
43 Il se rendra maître de tous les trésors d’or et d’argent et de toutes les choses précieuses de l’Égypte; les Libyens et les Ethiopiens marcheront à sa suite.
And he will rule over [the] treasures of gold and silver and over all [the] precious things of Egypt and Libyans and Cushites [will be] in footsteps his.
44 Mais des nouvelles de l’orient et du septentrion viendront le troubler, et il partira avec une grande fureur pour détruire et exterminer une foule de gens.
And reports they will dismay him from [the] east and from [the] north and he will go out in rage great to destroy and to totally destroy many [people].
45 Il dressera les tentes de son palais entre les mers, vers la montagne sainte et glorieuse. Puis il arrivera à sa fin, et personne ne le secourra.
So he may pitch [the] tents of palace his between [the] seas and [the] mountain of [the] beauty of holiness and he will come to end his and not a helper [will belong] to him.