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.
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
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.
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
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.
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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.
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
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.
And as I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his 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.
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power.
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.
And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
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.
Therefore the male goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and in its stead came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
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.
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
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.
And it grew great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon 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.
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
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.
And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it continued, and prospered.
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 one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint who spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
14 Et il me dit: Jusqu’à 2 300 soirs [et] matins; alors le lieu saint sera purifié.
And he said to me, Until two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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;
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
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’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
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 he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said to me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
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.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
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.
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse.
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings 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;
And the rough goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the 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.
Now that being broken, though four stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
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;
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
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;
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and continue, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy 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.
And through his policy also he shall cause deceit to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
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.
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: therefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
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.
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
