Daniel 11

1 Je suis celui qui, en la première année du règne de Cyrus, se tint près de lui pour le fortifier et l'affermir.

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

2 Et maintenant je te ferai connaître la vérité: trois rois règneront encore sur la Perse; le quatrième prospèrera et les surpassera tous en richesses; et lorsqu'il sera en possession de ses richesses, il fera la guerre à tous les royaumes des Hellènes.

[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 Et un roi puissant s'élèvera, et il sera maître d'un grand empire, et il 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 Et, au moment où son empire sera affermi, il sera brisé et partagé aux quatre vents du ciel; et il ne passera point à ses descendants, et il ne gardera point sa puissance selon ses désirs; car sa royauté lui sera arrachée; puis elle passera à d'autres après lui.

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 Et le roi du midi se fortifiera; mais l'un de ces princes prévaudra contre lui, et il dominera sur un grand royaume.

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 Et quelques années après ils s'uniront; et la fille du roi du midi ira trouver le roi de l'aquilon pour faire alliance avec lui; mais elle ne retirera pas de là un bras puissant; et la race du vainqueur ne se maintiendra pas; et elle-même sera livrée avec ceux qui la conduisaient, et la jeune fille, et celui qui la fortifiait en ces temps.

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 un rejeton de la fleur de sa racine s'élèvera bientôt après; et il s'avancera à la tête d'une armée, et il entrera dans les forteresses du roi de l'aquilon; il combattra contre elles, et il s'en rendra maître.

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 Et il transportera en Égypte, avec les captifs, leurs dieux et leurs statues de fonte et leurs objets précieux d'argent et d'or; et lui-même subsistera plus longtemps que le roi de l'aquilon.

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 Celui-ci à son tour entrera dans le royaume du roi du midi, puis il retournera en sa propre terre.

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

10 Et ses fils parmi maintes nations rassembleront une grande multitude; et l'un d'eux se mettra en campagne; et en sa marche il s'avancera comme un torrent débordé; il passera, il campera et rassemblera, ses forces pour le combat.

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 Et le roi du midi s'effarouchera, et il s'avancera pour combattre le roi de l'aquilon; et il lèvera une grande armée, et une grande multitude d'ennemis lui sera livrée.

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 Et il prendra captive cette multitude, et son cœur s'enorgueillira, et il massacrera des myriades d'ennemis; mais il n'en sera pas plus puissant.

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 Car le roi de l'aquilon reviendra, et il conduira des troupes en plus grand nombre que la première fois; et à la fin des temps et des années une armée envahissante arrivera avec une grande force et de grands approvisionnements.

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 Et en ce temps-là plusieurs se soulèveront contre le roi du midi, et des fils de ton peuple s'élèveront comme un fléau pour accomplir une vision; mais ils manqueront de force.

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 Car le roi de l'aquilon s'avancera; il élèvera des terrasses; il prendra des villes fortes; et les bras du roi du midi soutiendront le choc, et ses troupes d'élite se lèveront; mais ils ne seront pas de force à résister.

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 Et le roi de l'aquilon, après l'avoir ainsi envahi, fera tout ce qu'il voudra, et nul ne tiendra devant lui. Et il s'arrêtera en la terre de Sabé; et il la détruira de 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 Et il tournera son visage pour entrer en forces dans le royaume du midi, et toutes choses prospèreront devant lui; il donnera au roi ennemi une fille des femmes pour le perdre; mais il n'y réussira point, et elle ne sera pas à 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 Alors il tournera son visage contre les îles, et il en prendra plusieurs; et il arrêtera d'abord les princes de son opprobre; mais son opprobre retombera sur 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 Et il retournera son visage vers la force de sa terre; mais il sera affaibli, et il tombera, et on ne le retrouvera plus.

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 Et de sa racine s'élèvera un rejeton qui sera comme un plant sur le trône qu'il occupait avec gloire. Et en ces jours-là il sera encore brisé, mais non en face, non dans un combat.

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 Un autre prendra sa place, qui sera méprisé; on ne lui aura point accordé les honneurs de la royauté; mais il viendra avec ruse, et à force d'artifices il se rendra maître du royaume,

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 Et les bras de son adversaire seront énervés devant sa face; ils seront brisés, ainsi que le chef 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 Et après leur traité, il trompera encore celui-ci; il s'avancera, et prévaudra sur lui avec un petit nombre de troupes.

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 Il viendra en des régions paisibles et opulentes; et il fera ce que n'ont fait ni ses pères ni les pères de ses pères; il emportera leur butin, leurs dépouilles, leurs richesses, et il concevra de mauvais desseins contre l'Égypte; mais cela n'aura qu'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 Et sa force et son cœur s'élèveront avec une grande force contre le roi du midi; et le roi du midi soutiendra aussi la guerre avec une force très grande et très redoutable; mais ses armées ne tiendront pas, parce que de mauvais desseins auront été formés 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 On mangera avec lui; puis on le brisera, et son ennemi engloutira ses armées, et les morts tomberont en foule.

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 Et les deux rois, le cœur plein de perversité, assis à la même table, se diront des mensonges; mais cela ne réussira pas, parce que leur fin arrivera au temps marqué.

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 Et le roi de l'aquilon retournera en sa terre avec de grandes richesses; et son cœur sera opposé à l'alliance sainte, et il fera de grandes choses, et il rentrera dans son royaume.

[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 marqué, et marchera contre le midi; mais cette dernière invasion ne sera pas comme la première.

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 Les Citians, sortis de leurs pays, marcheront contre lui; et par eux il sera abaissé, et il battra en retraite; il s'irritera contre l'alliance sainte, et agira contre elle; puis il se remettra en campagne, et s'entendra avec ceux qui auront abandonné 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 Et des rejetons de lui s'élèveront, et ils profaneront le sanctuaire de la Toute-Puissance, et ils feront cesser le sacrifice perpétuel, et ils le remplaceront par l'abomination de la désolation.

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 Et les impies feront alliance entre eux pour faire le mal; mais un peuple connaissant son Dieu prévaudra et agira vaillamment.

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 Et les sages du peuple comprendront beaucoup de choses; toutefois ils seront affaiblis par le glaive, par le feu, par la captivité, et par un pillage qui durera bien des 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 Et dans leur détresse ils recevront un faible secours; mais plusieurs se joindront à eux avec des vues perfides,

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 Et parmi les sages quelques-uns auront beaucoup à souffrir pour être purifiés, élus et manifestés aux derniers jours; car ces choses doivent s'accomplir au temps marqué.

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 Et le roi fera selon sa volonté; il s'élèvera, et il se glorifiera contre toute divinité, et il parlera un langage superbe, et il prospèrera jusqu'à ce que la colère de Dieu s'accomplisse; car cela doit finir ainsi.

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 Et il ne reconnaîtra aucun des dieux de ses pères; il sera épris des femmes, et ne reconnaîtra aucun dieu; car il se croira plus grand qu'eux 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 Et il honorera le dieu Maozim en son temple, et il le glorifiera en lui offrant de l'or, de l'argent, des pierres précieuses et des choses de prix, ce dieu que ses pères ne connaissaient pas.

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 Et il donnera place dans les forteresses de refuge à un dieu étranger; il multipliera ses honneurs; il lui assujettira beaucoup d'hommes, et il partagera la terre pour en faire des présents.

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 Et au temps marqué il sera aux prises avec le roi du midi; et le roi de l'aquilon conduira contre lui une multitude de chars, de cavaliers, de vaisseaux, et il envahira sa terre, et il la traversera, et il la foulera aux pieds.

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 Et il entrera dans la terre de Sébaïm, et beaucoup succomberont. Et voici ceux qui échapperont à sa main: Édom, Moab et la principauté des fils 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 Et il étendra son bras sur la terre de Palestine, et l'Égypte ne sera pas sauvée.

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

43 Et il se rendra maître des lieux où sont cachés l'or et l'argent et tout ce qu'il y a de précieux en Égypte, en Libye et en Éthiopie, et dans leurs forteresses.

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 Puis des rumeurs, des nouvelles pressantes, de l'orient et du nord, le troubleront; et il viendra plein de colère pour exterminer beaucoup d'ennemis.

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 Et il dressera les tentes de son palais entre les mers, sur la montagne sainte de Sébaïn, et il y viendra jusqu'à sa fin, et nul ne pourra le sauver.

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.”