Daniel 8
1 La troisième année du règne du roi Baltasar, une vision m’apparut, à moi Daniel, après celle qui m’était apparue auparavant.
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me previously.
2 Et je vis dans la vision; et il arriva, comme je regardais, que je me trouvais à Suse, la forteresse qui est dans la province d’Elam, et je vis dans la vision, et j’étais près du fleuve Oulaï.
And I saw in the vision, and when I looked, I was in the citadel of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
3 Je levai les yeux et je vis: et voici qu’un bélier se tenait devant le fleuve; il avait deux cornes; les deux cornes étaient hautes, mais l’une était plus haute que l’autre, et la plus haute s’élevait la dernière.
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and look, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns. And the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.
4 Je vis le bélier heurtant de ses cornes vers l’occident, vers le septentrion et vers le midi; aucune bête ne tenait devant lui, et personne ne délivrait de sa main; il faisait ce qu’il voulait et grandissait.
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand. But he did according to his will, and became great.
5 Et moi, je considérais avec attention, et voici qu’un jeune bouc venait de l’occident sur la face de toute la terre, sans toucher la terre, et le bouc avait entre les yeux une corne très apparente.
As I was considering, look, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and did not touch the ground. And the goat had a prominent horn between his eyes.
6 Il arriva jusqu’au bélier aux deux cornes, que j’avais vu se tenant devant le fleuve, et il courut contre lui dans l’ardeur de sa force.
He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and rushed at him in the fury of his power.
7 Je le vis s’approcher du bélier; s’irritant contre lui, il frappa le bélier et lui brisa les deux cornes, sans que le bélier eut la force de se tenir devant lui; il le jeta par terre et le foula aux pieds, et personne ne délivrait le bélier de sa main.
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. And there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he threw him down to the ground and trampled on him, and there was no one who could deliver the ram from his power.
8 Le jeune bouc grandit extrêmement et, quand il fut devenu fort, la grande corne se brisa, et je vis quatre cornes s’élever à sa place vers les quatre vents du ciel.
The male goat became very strong. But when he was strong, the large horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four prominent horns toward the four winds of heaven.
9 De l’une d’elles sortit une corne, petite, qui grandit beaucoup vers le midi, vers l’orient et vers le glorieux pays.
Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.
10 Elle grandit jusqu’à l’armée des cieux; elle fit tomber à terre une partie de cette armée et des étoiles, et les foula aux pieds.
It grew so great that it reached to the host of heaven, and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
11 Elle grandit jusqu’au chef de l’armée et lui enleva le culte perpétuel, et le lieu de son sanctuaire fut renversé.
And it magnified itself, even against the Prince of the host; and it took away from him the daily sacrifice, and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.
12 Et une armée a été livrée par infidélité, avec le culte perpétuel, et la corne a jeté la vérité par terre; elle l’a fait et elle a réussi.
The host was given over to it together with the daily sacrifice because of transgression. And it cast down truth to the ground, and kept prospering.
13 Et j’entendis un saint qui parlait: et un autre saint dit à celui qui parlait: « Jusqu’à quand durera ce qu’annonce la vision touchant le culte perpétuel, le péché de désolation. ainsi que l’abandon du sanctuaire et de l’armée pour être foulés? »
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?"
14 Il me dit: « Jusqu’à deux mille trois cents soirs et matins; puis le sanctuaire sera purifié. »
He said to me, "To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be restored to its rightful state."
15 Tandis que moi, Daniel, je voyais la vision et que j’en cherchais l’intelligence, voici que se tenait devant moi comme une figure d’homme.
It came about when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it. And look, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.
16 Et j’entendis une voix d’homme du milieu de l’Oulaï; elle cria et dit: « Gabriel, fais-lui comprendre la vision. »
I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and called out and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
17 Il vint alors près du lieu où je me tenais, et à son approche je fus effrayé, et je tombai sur ma face. Il me dit: « Comprends, fils de l’homme, que la vision est pour le temps de la fin. »
So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was frightened, and fell prostrate. But he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision belongs to the time of the end."
18 Comme il me parlait, je tombai par terre sur ma face, frappé d’assoupissement; mais il me toucha et me fit tenir debout, au lieu où je me tenais.
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.
19 Et il dit: « Voici que je vais t’apprendre ce qui arrivera au dernier temps de la colère; car c’est pour le temps de la fin.
He said, "Look, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of wrath, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
20 Le bélier à deux cornes que tu as vu, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse;
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 le bouc velu, c’est le roi de Javan, et la grande corne entre ses yeux, c’est le premier roi.
The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Si cette corne s’est brisée, et si quatre cornes se sont dressées à sa place; c’est que quatre royautés s’élèveront de cette nation, mais sans avoir la même force.
As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall arise out of his nation, but not with his power.
23 A la fin de leur domination, quand le nombre des infidèles sera complet, il s’élèvera un roi au dur visage et pénétrant les choses cachées.
In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressions have reached their full measure, a rash and deceitful king shall arise.
24 Sa force s’accroîtra, mais non par sa propre force; il fera de prodigieux ravages; il réussira dans ses entreprises; il ravagera les puissants et le peuple des saints.
His power shall be great, but not by his own strength; and he shall cause terrible destruction, and shall succeed in whatever he does. And he shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 A cause de son habileté, il fera prospérer la ruse dans sa main; il s’enorgueillira dans son cœur, et en pleine paix il fera périr beaucoup de gens; il s’élèvera contre le prince des princes, et il sera brisé sans la main d’un homme.
Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper by his influence, and he shall be great in his own mind, and without warning he shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be shattered, but not by human hands.
26 La vision touchant le soir et le matin, qui a été exposée c’est la vérité. Mais toi, serre la vision, car elle se rapporte à un temps éloigné. »
The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision because it refers to many days from now."
27 Et moi, Daniel, je tombai en défaillance et fus malade pendant plusieurs jours; puis je me levai et m’occupai des affaires du roi. J’étais stupéfait de ce que j’avais vu, et personne ne le comprenait.
I, Daniel, was overcome, and was ill for days. Then I rose up, and carried out the king's business. And I was astonished by the vision, but there was no one to explain it.
