Daniel 8
1 La troisième, année du règne du roi Belschazar, une vision m'apparut, à moi Daniel, après celle qui m'était précédemment apparue.
In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.
2 J'étais absorbé dans la contemplation, et il arriva, comme je contemplais, que je me trouvai dans la résidence de Suse située dans la province d'Élam, et j'étais absorbé dans la vision, et je me trouvais près du fleuve Eulée.
And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
3 Et je levai les yeux, et je regardai, et voici, un bélier se tenait en face du 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 fut la dernière à s'élever.
And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
4 Je voyais le bélier frappant à l'occident, et au nord, et au midi, et aucun animal ne lui tenait tête, et personne ne délivrait de sa main, et il agissait à son gré, et il montrait de la fierté.
I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
5 Et j'observai, et voici, un bouc s'avançait du couchant parcourant toute la terre, sans toucher le sol, et le bouc avait une corne saillante entre ses deux yeux.
And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.
6 Et il vint jusqu'au bélier armé des deux cornes que je voyais se tenant en face du fleuve, et il fondit sur lui dans sa puissante colère.
And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
7 Et je le vis comme il atteignait le bélier; et il était exaspéré contre lui, et il heurta le bélier et lui brisa les deux cornes, et le bélier fut sans force pour lui résister; et il le terrassa et le foula, et personne ne sauva le bélier de sa main.
And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.
8 Et le bouc montrait un grand excès d'orgueil; mais quand il était dans sa force, la grande corne se cassa, et il crût à sa place quatre cornes saillantes dans la direction des quatre vents du ciel.
And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.
9 Et de l'une d'elles surgit une petite corne qui s'agrandit considérablement du côté du midi et du levant et de l'ornement [de la terre].
And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.
10 Et elle prit une grandeur qui atteignit jusqu'à l'armée des Cieux, et elle fit tomber à terre des portions de cette armée et des étoiles, et les foula;
And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.
11 et elle s'éleva même jusqu'au chef de l'armée, et lui enleva le sacrifice perpétuel, et la résidence de son sanctuaire fut abattue;
It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.
12 et l'armée est livrée en même temps que le sacrifice perpétuel à cause du péché, et elle jette la vérité par terre, et elle le fait, et elle réussit.
... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
13 Et j'entendis parler l'un des Saints; et un autre Saint parla à celui qui parlait: Quel est le temps fixé par la vision qui a trait au sacrifice perpétuel et au péché dévastateur, et annonce que le sanctuaire et l'armée seront livrés pour être foulés?
Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?
14 Et il me dit: Deux mille et trois cents fois soir et matin, et le sanctuaire sera purifié.
And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
15 Et pendant que moi, Daniel, je regardais la vision, je cherchais à comprendre, et voici, comme une figure d'homme se trouva debout devant moi.
And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.
16 Et j'entendis une voix d'homme en dedans de l'Eulée, et il s'écria et dit: Gabriel, explique-lui la vision!
And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
17 Et il vint près du lieu où je me tenais, et à son approche je fus saisi d'effroi, et je tombai sur ma face; et il me dit: Attention! fils d'homme, car c'est au temps final que la vision a trait.
So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
18 Et comme il me parlait, je tombai tout étourdi la face contre terre; mais il me toucha et me remit debout à ma place.
Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
19 Et il me dit: Voici, je vais te montrer ce qui arrivera dans la dernière époque de la colère, car [la vision a trait] au temps final.
And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
20 Le bélier que tu as vu, armé de deux cornes, ce sont les rois des Mèdes et des Perses.
The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 Et le bouc est un roi de la Grèce, et la grande corne qui est entre ses deux yeux, c'est le premier roi.
And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 Et la corne brisée et remplacée par quatre cornes, marque que quatre royaumes naîtront de ce peuple dont ils n'auront cependant pas la puissance.
And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.
23 Et à la fin de leur empire, quand les pécheurs auront comblé la mesure, il s'élèvera un roi au front dur, et expert dans l'artifice,
And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
24 et sa force recevra de la vigueur mais non pas de sa propre force, et il exercera des ravages extraordinaires, et il réussira, et il exécutera, et il causera la ruine de plusieurs et du peuple des saints.
And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
25 Et vu son habileté l'artifice réussira entre ses mains, et en son cœur il s'enorgueillira, et à l'improviste il en ruinera plusieurs, et il s'insurgera contre le prince des princes, et sans l'aide d'une main [humaine] il sera brisé.
And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
26 Et la vision des soirs et des matins, de laquelle il s'agit, est une vérité; cependant toi, scelle la vision, car elle porte à une époque très lointaine.
And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
27 Et moi Daniel, je tombai en défaillance, et fus malade pendant un certain temps; puis je me levai, et je m'occupai des affaires du roi, et j'étais éperdu à cause de la vision qui n'était intelligible pour personne.
And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
