Daniel 7
1 La première année de Belschatsar, roi de Babylone, Daniel eut un songe et des visions de son esprit, pendant qu’il était sur sa couche. Ensuite il écrivit le songe, et raconta les principales choses.
In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream, and visions came into his head on his bed: then he put the dream in writing.
2 Daniel commença et dit: Je regardais pendant ma vision nocturne, et voici, les quatre vents des cieux firent irruption sur la grande mer.
I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.
3 Et quatre grands animaux sortirent de la mer, différents l’un de l’autre.
And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.
4 Le premier était semblable à un lion, et avait des ailes d’aigles; je regardai, jusqu’au moment où ses ailes furent arrachées; il fut enlevé de terre et mis debout sur ses pieds comme un homme, et un cœur d’homme lui fut donné.
The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 Et voici, un second animal était semblable à un ours, et se tenait sur un côté; il avait trois côtes dans la gueule entre les dents, et on lui disait: Lève-toi, mange beaucoup de chair.
And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.
6 Après cela je regardai, et voici, un autre était semblable à un léopard, et avait sur le dos quatre ailes comme un oiseau; cet animal avait quatre têtes, et la domination lui fut donnée.
After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.
7 Après cela, je regardai pendant mes visions nocturnes, et voici, il y avait un quatrième animal, terrible, épouvantable et extraordinairement fort; il avait de grandes dents de fer, il mangeait, brisait, et il foulait aux pieds ce qui restait; il était différent de tous les animaux précédents, et il avait dix cornes.
After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.
8 Je considérai les cornes, et voici, une autre petite corne sortit du milieu d’elles, et trois des premières cornes furent arrachées devant cette corne; et voici, elle avait des yeux comme des yeux d’homme, et une bouche, qui parlait avec arrogance.
I was watching the horns with care, and I saw another coming up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were pulled up by the roots: and there were eyes like a man's eyes in this horn, and a mouth saying great things.
9 Je regardai, pendant que l’on plaçait des trônes. Et l’ancien des jours s’assit. Son vêtement était blanc comme la neige, et les cheveux de sa tête étaient comme de la laine pure; son trône était comme des flammes de feu, et les roues comme un feu ardent.
I went on looking till the seats of kings were placed, and one like a very old man took his seat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like clean wool; his seat was flames of fire and its wheels burning fire.
10 Un fleuve de feu coulait et sortait de devant lui. Mille milliers le servaient, et dix mille millions se tenaient en sa présence. Les juges s’assirent, et les livres furent ouverts.
A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
11 Je regardai alors, à cause des paroles arrogantes que prononçait la corne; et tandis que je regardais, l’animal fut tué, et son corps fut anéanti, livré au feu pour être brûlé.
Then I saw — because of the voice of the great words which the horn said — I saw till the beast was put to death, and its body was given to destruction, and the beast was given to the burning of fire.
12 Les autres animaux furent dépouillés de leur puissance, mais une prolongation de vie leur fut accordée jusqu’à un certain temps.
As for the rest of the beasts, their authority was taken away: but they let them go on living for a measure of time.
13 Je regardai pendant mes visions nocturnes, et voici, sur les nuées des cieux arriva quelqu’un de semblable à un fils de l’homme; il s’avança vers l’ancien des jours, et on le fit approcher de lui.
I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him.
14 On lui donna la domination, la gloire et le règne; et tous les peuples, les nations, et les hommes de toutes langues le servirent. Sa domination est une domination éternelle qui ne passera point, et son règne ne sera jamais détruit.
And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.
15 Moi, Daniel, j’eus l’esprit troublé au-dedans de moi, et les visions de ma tête m’effrayèrent.
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was pained because of this, and the visions of my head were troubling me.
16 Je m’approchai de l’un de ceux qui étaient là, et je lui demandai ce qu’il y avait de vrai dans toutes ces choses. Il me le dit, et m’en donna l’explication:
I came near to one of those who were waiting there, questioning him about what all this was. And he said to me that he would make clear to me the sense of these things.
17 Ces quatre grands animaux, ce sont quatre rois qui s’élèveront de la terre;
These great beasts are four kings who will be cut off from the earth.
18 mais les saints du Très-Haut recevront le royaume, et ils posséderont le royaume éternellement, d’éternité en éternité.
But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Ensuite je désirai savoir la vérité sur le quatrième animal, qui était différent de tous les autres, extrêmement terrible, qui avait des dents de fer et des ongles d’airain, qui mangeait, brisait, et foulait aux pieds ce qui restait;
Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet;
20 et sur les dix cornes qu’il avait à la tête, et sur l’autre qui était sortie et devant laquelle trois étaient tombées, sur cette corne qui avait des yeux, une bouche parlant avec arrogance, et une plus grande apparence que les autres.
And about the ten horns on his head and the other which came up, causing the fall of three; that horn which had eyes, and a mouth saying great things, which seemed to be greater than the other horns.
21 Je vis cette corne faire la guerre aux saints, et l’emporter sur eux,
And I saw how that horn made war on the saints and overcame them,
22 jusqu’au moment où l’ancien des jours vint donner droit aux saints du Très-Haut, et le temps arriva où les saints furent en possession du royaume.
Till he came, who was very old, and the decision was made and the authority was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came when the saints took the kingdom.
23 Il me parla ainsi: Le quatrième animal, c’est un quatrième royaume qui existera sur la terre, différent de tous les royaumes, et qui dévorera toute la terre, la foulera et la brisera.
This is what he said: The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which will come on earth, different from all the kingdoms, and it will overcome all the earth, crushing it down and smashing it.
24 Les dix cornes, ce sont dix rois qui s’élèveront de ce royaume. Un autre s’élèvera après eux, il sera différent des premiers, et il abaissera trois rois.
And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will come to power; and after them another will come up: he will be different from the first ones and will put down three kings.
25 Il prononcera des paroles contre le Très-Haut, il opprimera les saints du Très Haut, et il espérera changer les temps et la loi; et les saints seront livrés entre ses mains pendant un temps, des temps, et la moitié d’un temps.
And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.
26 Puis viendra le jugement, et on lui ôtera sa domination, qui sera détruite et anéantie pour jamais.
But the judge will be seated, and they will put an end to his authority, to overcome it and send complete destruction on it.
27 Le règne, la domination, et la grandeur de tous les royaumes qui sont sous les cieux, seront donnés au peuple des saints du Très-Haut. Son règne est un règne éternel, et tous les dominateurs le serviront et lui obéiront.
And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.
28 Ici finirent les paroles. Moi, Daniel, je fus extrêmement troublé par mes pensées, je changeai de couleur, et je conservai ces paroles dans mon cœur.
Here is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, I was greatly troubled by my thoughts, and the colour went from my face: but I kept the thing in my heart.
