Daniel 8
1 La troisième année du règne de Belshatsar le roi, une vision m’apparut, à moi, Daniel, après celle qui m’était apparue au commencement.
During the third year that Belshazzar was the King [of Babylonia], I had another vision.
2 Et je vis dans la vision; et il arriva, quand je vis, que j’étais à Suse, le palais, qui est dans la province d’Élam. Et je vis dans la vision, et j’étais près du fleuve Ulaï.
In that vision I was in Susa, the capital city of Elam Province. I was [standing] alongside the Ulai Canal.
3 Et je levai les yeux, et je vis; et voici, un bélier se tenait devant le fleuve, et il avait deux cornes; et les deux cornes étaient hautes, et l’une était plus haute que l’autre, et la plus haute s’éleva la dernière.
I looked up and saw a ram that was standing alongside the canal. It had two [long] horns, but the newest one was longer than the other one.
4 Je vis le bélier heurtant vers l’occident, et vers le nord, et vers le midi; et aucune bête ne pouvait tenir devant lui, et il n’y avait personne qui puisse délivrer de sa main; et il fit selon son gré, et devint grand.
The ram butted/knocked away [with its horns] everything that was west and everything that was north and everything that was south of it. There were no [other] animals that were able to oppose it, and none that could rescue/save [other animals] from its power. The ram did whatever it wanted to do and became very powerful.
5 Et je considérais, et voici, un bouc venant du couchant sur la face de toute la terre, et qui ne touchait pas la terre; et le bouc avait une corne de grande apparence entre ses yeux.
While I was thinking [about what I had seen, in the vision] I saw a goat come from the west. It ran across the land so quickly, that [it seemed like] its feet did not touch the ground. This goat had one very large horn between its eyes.
6 Et il vint jusqu’au bélier qui avait les deux cornes, que j’avais vu se tenir devant le fleuve, et courut sur lui dans la fureur de sa force.
It was very angry, and it ran [straight] toward the ram that I had seen [previously, the ram] that was standing alongside the canal.
7 Et je le vis arriver tout près du bélier, et il s’exaspéra contre lui et frappa le bélier, et brisa ses deux cornes, et le bélier fut sans force pour tenir devant lui: il le jeta par terre et le foula aux pieds, et il n’y eut personne qui puisse délivrer le bélier de sa main.
The goat struck the ram furiously and broke off its two horns, with the result that the ram was unable [to defend itself]. [So] the goat knocked the ram down and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power.
8 Et le bouc devint très grand; et lorsqu’il fut devenu fort, la grande corne fut brisée, et quatre cornes de grande apparence s’élevèrent à sa place, vers les quatre vents des cieux.
The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its horn was broken off. But four [other] large horns took its place. They each pointed in a different direction.
9 Et de l’une d’elles sortit une petite corne, et elle grandit extrêmement vers le midi, et vers le levant, et vers le [pays] de beauté.
[Then] from one of those [large horns] appeared a little horn, which became very big, [and pointed] toward the south and [then] toward the east and [then] toward the beautiful land [of Israel].
10 Et elle grandit jusqu’à l’armée des cieux, et fit tomber à terre une partie de l’armée et des étoiles, et les foula aux pieds.
[The man who was represented by] that horn became very strong, with the result that he attacked some of the [soldiers of the] army of heaven, and (OR, meaning) the stars in the sky [which represented God’s people]. He threw some of them to the ground and trampled on them.
11 (Et il s’éleva jusqu’au chef de l’armée; et le [sacrifice] continuel fut ôté à celui-ci, et le lieu de son sanctuaire fut renversé.
He (defied/considered himself to be greater than) the leader of the army [of heaven], and prevented [priests from] offering sacrifices to him. He also (defiled the temple/caused the temple to become unholy).
12 Et un temps de détresse fut assigné au [sacrifice] continuel, pour cause de transgression.) Et elle jeta la vérité par terre, et agit, et prospéra.
Then God’s people allowed the [man who was represented by] that horn to control/rule them, with the result that they sinned by offering sacrifices to him. And he threw to the ground the [laws that contained the] true religion. Everything that he did was successful.
13 Et j’entendis un saint qui parlait; et un autre saint dit au personnage qui parlait: Jusqu’où [va] la vision du [sacrifice] continuel et de la transgression qui désole, pour livrer le lieu saint et l’armée pour être foulés aux pieds?
Then I heard two angels who were talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the things/events that were in this vision continue? How long will the man who rebels against God and causes [the temple] to be defiled be able to prevent [priests from] offering sacrifices? How long will he trample on the temple and on the armies of heaven?”
14 Et il me dit: Jusqu’à 2 300 soirs [et] matins; alors le lieu saint sera purifié.
The other angel replied, “[It will continue] for 1,150 days. During all of that time, [people will not be permitted to offer sacrifices] in the morning or in the evening. After that, the temple will be purified.”
15 Et il arriva que, lorsque moi, Daniel, j’eus vu la vision, j’en cherchai l’intelligence; et voici, comme l’apparence d’un homme se tint vis-à-vis de moi;
While I, Daniel, was trying to understand what the vision meant, suddenly [an angel] who resembled a man stood/appeared in front of me.
16 et j’entendis la voix d’un homme au milieu de l’Ulaï; et il cria et dit: Gabriel, fais comprendre à celui-ci la vision.
And I heard a man call out from [the other side of] the Ulai Canal, saying, “Gabriel, explain to him the meaning of the vision [that he saw]!”
17 Et il vint près du lieu où j’étais, et quand il vint, je fus effrayé et je tombai sur ma face; et il me dit: Comprends, fils d’homme, car la vision est pour le temps de la fin.
So Gabriel came and stood beside me. I was very terrified, with the result that I fell onto the ground. But he said to me, “You human, it is necessary for you to understand that [the events that you saw in] the vision will occur [near] the time that [the world] will end.”
18 Or, comme il parlait avec moi, j’étais dans une profonde stupeur, ma face contre terre; et il me toucha et me fit tenir debout à la place où j’étais.
While he was speaking, I fainted. I lay there, unconscious, with my face still on the ground. But Gabriel put his hand on me and lifted me up in order that I could stand again.
19 Et il dit: Voici, je te fais connaître ce qui aura lieu à la fin de l’indignation; car à un temps déterminé sera la fin.
Then he said, “I [have come here to] tell you what will happen because of [God] being angry. These things will happen near the time when [the world] will end.
20 Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse.
As for the ram with two horns that you saw, those horns [represent] the kingdoms of Media and Persia.
21 Et le bouc velu, c’est le roi de Javan; et la grande corne qui était entre ses yeux, c’est le premier roi;
The goat [that you saw represents] the kingdom of Greece, and the horn that appeared between its eyes [represents] its first king.
22 et qu’elle ait été brisée et que quatre [autres cornes] se soient élevées à sa place, c’est que quatre royaumes s’élèveront de la nation, mais non avec sa puissance.
As for the four horns that grew after the first horn was broken off, they [represent] four kingdoms into which that first kingdom will be divided [after the first king dies]. Those four kingdoms will not be as strong/powerful as the first kingdom was.
23 Et au dernier temps de leur royaume, quand les transgresseurs auront comblé la mesure, il s’élèvera un roi au visage audacieux, et entendant les énigmes;
The people [in those kingdoms] will become very wicked, with the result that it will be necessary for them to be punished. But near the time when those kingdoms will end, one of those kingdoms will have a king who will be very proud/defiant [IDM]. He will [also] be very fierce and very deceitful.
24 et sa puissance sera forte, mais non par sa propre puissance; et il détruira merveilleusement, et il prospérera et agira; et il détruira les [hommes] forts et le peuple des saints;
He will become very powerful, but it will not be because of what he himself does. He will terribly destroy things in many places, and he will succeed in doing everything that he wants to. He will get rid of [many] powerful men, and [also] some of God’s people.
25 et, par son intelligence, il fera prospérer la fraude dans sa main; et il s’élèvera dans son cœur; et, par la prospérité il corrompra beaucoup de gens; et il se lèvera contre le prince des princes, mais il sera brisé sans main.
Because he is very cunning/clever, he will succeed by doing things that deceive many people. He will be proud of himself. He will destroy many people when they think that they are safe. He will also rebel against [God] [EUP], who is the greatest king. But [God] will destroy him, without the help [MTY] of any human being.
26 Et la vision du soir et du matin, qui a été dite, est vérité. Et toi, serre la vision, car [elle est] pour beaucoup de jours.
What you saw in the vision about [priests being prevented from making] sacrifices in the morning and in the evening, which [I] explained [to you], will surely happen. But [for the present time], do not reveal the vision [to others], because it will be many years before those things happen.”
27 Et moi, Daniel, je défaillis, et je fus malade quelques jours; puis je me levai, et je m’occupai des affaires du roi. Et je fus stupéfié de la vision, mais personne ne la comprit.
Then I, Daniel, became weak, and I was sick for several days. Then I arose and [returned to] doing the work that the king [had given to me], but I was perplexed/confused about the vision, and I could not understand it.
