Daniel 11
1 Et moi, dans la première année de Darius, le Mède, je me tins là pour l’aider et le fortifier.
And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.
2 Et maintenant, je te déclarerai la vérité: Voici, il s’élèvera encore trois rois en Perse; et le quatrième deviendra riche de grandes richesses plus que tous, et quand il sera devenu fort par ses richesses, il excitera tout contre le royaume de Javan.
And now I will make clear to you what is true. There are still three kings to come in Persia, and the fourth will have much greater wealth than all of them: and when he has become strong through his wealth, he will put his forces in motion against all the kingdoms of Greece.
3 Et un roi vaillant se lèvera et exercera une grande domination, et il agira selon son bon plaisir.
And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.
4 Et quand il se sera levé, son royaume sera brisé et sera divisé vers les quatre vents des cieux, et [ne passera] pas à sa postérité, et ne sera pas selon la domination qu’il exerçait; car son royaume sera arraché, et sera à d’autres, outre ceux-là.
And when he has become strong, his kingdom will be broken and parted to the four winds of heaven; but not to his offspring, for it will be uprooted; and his kingdom will be for the others and not for these: but not with the same authority as his.
5 Et le roi du midi sera fort, et un de ses chefs; mais [un autre] sera plus fort que lui, et dominera; sa domination sera une grande domination.
And the king of the south will be strong, but one of his captains will be stronger than he and will be ruler; and his rule will be a great rule.
6 Et au bout de [plusieurs] années, ils s’uniront ensemble; et la fille du roi du midi viendra vers le roi du nord pour faire un arrangement droit; mais elle ne conservera pas la force de son bras; et il ne subsistera pas, ni son bras; et elle sera livrée, elle, et ceux qui l’ont amenée, et celui qui l’a engendrée, et celui qui l’aidait dans ces temps-là.
And at the end of years they will be joined together; and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she will not keep the strength of her arm; and his offspring will not keep their place; but she will be uprooted, with those who were the cause of her coming, and her son, and he who took her in those times.
7 Mais d’un rejeton de ses racines se lèvera à sa place [un homme], et il viendra à l’armée, et il entrera dans la forteresse du roi du nord; et il agira contre eux et se montrera puissant;
But out of a branch from her roots one will come up to take his place, who will come against the army, forcing his way into the strong place of the king of the north, and he will take them in hand and overcome them:
8 et même il emmènera captifs, en Égypte, leurs dieux et leurs princes, avec leurs objets précieux, l’argent et l’or; et il subsistera plus d’années que le roi du nord.
And their gods and their metal images and their fair vessels of silver and gold he will take away into the south; and for some years he will keep away from the king of the north.
9 Et celui-ci viendra dans le royaume du roi du midi et il retournera dans son pays.
And he will come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he will go back to his land.
10 Mais ses fils s’irriteront et rassembleront une multitude de forces nombreuses; et [l’un d’eux] viendra et inondera et passera outre; et il reviendra et poussera le combat jusqu’à sa forteresse.
And his son will make war, and will get together an army of great forces, and he will make an attack on him, overflowing and going past: and he will again take the war even to his strong place.
11 Et le roi du midi s’exaspérera, et sortira, et fera la guerre contre lui, contre le roi du nord; et celui-ci mettra sur pied une grande multitude, mais la multitude sera livrée en sa main.
And the king of the south will be moved with wrath, and will come out and make war on him, on this same king of the north: and he will get together a great army, but the army will be given into his hand.
12 Et quand la multitude sera ôtée, son cœur s’exaltera, et il fera tomber des myriades; mais il ne prévaudra pas.
And the army will be taken away, and his heart will be uplifted: he will be the cause of the downfall of tens of thousands, but he will not be strong.
13 Et le roi du nord reviendra et mettra sur pied une multitude plus grande que la première; et au bout d’une période d’années, il s’avancera avec une armée nombreuse et de grandes richesses.
And again the king of the north will get together an army greater than the first; and he will make an attack on him at the end of years, with a great army and much wealth.
14 Et, dans ces temps-là, plusieurs se lèveront contre le roi du midi, et les violents de ton peuple s’élèveront pour accomplir la vision; mais ils tomberont.
In those times, a number will take up arms against the king of the south: and the children of the violent among your people will be lifting themselves up to make the vision come true; but it will be their downfall.
15 Et le roi du nord viendra, et il élèvera une terrasse, et s’emparera de la ville forte; et les forces du midi ne tiendront pas, ni l’élite de son peuple; et il n’y aura pas de force [en lui] pour se maintenir.
So the king of the north will come, and put up earthworks and take a well-armed town: and the forces of the king of the south will make an attempt to keep their position, even the best of his army, but they will not have strength to do so.
16 Mais celui qui vient contre lui agira selon son gré, et il n’y aura personne qui lui résiste; et il se tiendra dans le pays de beauté, ayant la destruction dans sa main;
And he who comes against him will do his pleasure, and no one will be able to keep his place before him: he will take up his position in the beautiful land and in his hand there will be destruction.
17 et il dirigera sa face pour venir avec les forces de tout son royaume, et des hommes droits avec lui, et il agira; et il lui donnera la fille des femmes pour la pervertir; mais elle ne tiendra pas, et elle ne sera pas pour lui.
And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about.
18 Et il tournera sa face vers les îles, et il en prendra beaucoup. Mais un chef mettra fin, pour lui, à son opprobre, [et] le fera retomber sur lui-même, sans opprobre pour lui;
After this, his face will be turned to the islands, and he will take a number of them: but a chief, by his destruction, will put an end to the shame offered by him; and more than this, he will make his shame come back on him.
19 et il tournera sa face vers les forteresses de son propre pays; et il bronchera et tombera, et ne sera pas trouvé.
Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he will not be seen again.
20 Puis il s’en élèvera un à sa place qui fera passer l’exacteur par la gloire du royaume; mais en quelques jours il sera brisé, non par colère, ni par guerre.
Then his place will be taken by one who will send out a man with the glory of a king to get wealth together; but after a short time destruction will overtake him, but not in wrath or in the fight.
21 Et un [homme] méprisé s’élèvera à sa place, auquel on ne donnera pas l’honneur du royaume; mais il entrera paisiblement, et prendra possession du royaume par des flatteries;
And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.
22 et les forces qui débordent seront débordées devant lui et seront brisées, et même le prince de l’alliance.
And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.
23 Et dès qu’il se sera associé à lui, il agira avec fraude, et il montera, et sera fort avec peu de gens.
And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with a small force,
24 En pleine paix il entrera dans les lieux les plus riches de la province, et il fera ce que ses pères et les pères de ses pères n’ont pas fait; il leur distribuera du butin, et des dépouilles, et des richesses, et il tramera ses desseins contre les places fortes, et [cela] pour un temps.
Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.
25 Et il réveillera sa puissance et son cœur contre le roi du midi, avec une grande armée. Et le roi du midi s’engagera dans la guerre avec une grande et très puissante armée. Mais il ne tiendra pas, car ils trameront leurs desseins contre lui;
And he will put in motion his power and his strength against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will go to war with a very great and strong army: but he will be forced to give way, because of their designs against him;
26 et ceux qui mangeaient ses mets délicats le briseront; et son armée se dissoudra, et beaucoup de gens tomberont tués.
And his fears will overcome him and be the cause of his downfall, and his army will come to complete destruction, and a great number will be put to the sword.
27 Et ces deux rois auront à cœur de faire du mal, et diront des mensonges à une même table; mais cela ne réussira pas, car la fin sera encore pour le temps déterminé.
And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
28 Et il retournera dans son pays avec de grandes richesses, et son cœur sera contre la sainte alliance, et il agira, et retournera dans son pays.
And he will go back to his land with great wealth; and his heart will be against the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure and go back to his land.
29 Au temps déterminé il retournera et viendra dans le midi; mais il n’en sera pas la dernière fois comme la première;
At the time fixed he will come back and come into the south; but in the later time it will not be as it was before.
30 car les navires de Kittim viendront contre lui; et il sera découragé, et retournera et sera courroucé contre la sainte alliance, et il agira; et il retournera et portera son attention sur ceux qui abandonnent la sainte alliance.
For those who go out from the west will come against him, and he will be in fear and will go back, full of wrath against the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure: and he will go back and be united with those who have given up the holy agreement.
31 Et des forces se tiendront là de sa part, et elles profaneront le sanctuaire de la forteresse, et ôteront le [sacrifice] continuel, et elles placeront l’abomination qui cause la désolation.
And armies sent by him will take up their position and they will make unclean the holy place, even the strong place, and take away the regular burned offering and put in its place an unclean thing causing fear.
32 Et, par de douces paroles, il entraînera à l’impiété ceux qui agissent méchamment à l’égard de l’alliance; mais le peuple qui connaît son Dieu sera fort et agira.
And those who do evil against the agreement will be turned to sin by his fair words: but the people who have knowledge of their God will be strong and do well.
33 Et les sages du peuple enseigneront la multitude; et ils tomberont par l’épée et par la flamme, par la captivité et par le pillage, plusieurs jours.
And those who are wise among the people will be the teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners and undergoing loss for a long time.
34 Et quand ils tomberont, ils seront secourus avec un peu de secours, et plusieurs se joindront à eux par des flatteries.
Now at the time of their downfall they will have a little help, but numbers will be joined to them in the town, and in their separate heritages.
35 Et d’entre les sages il en tombera pour les éprouver ainsi, et pour les purifier, et pour les blanchir, jusqu’au temps de la fin; car ce sera encore pour le temps déterminé.
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
36 Et le roi agira selon son bon plaisir, et s’exaltera, et s’élèvera contre tout dieu, et proférera des choses impies contre le Dieu des dieux; et il prospérera jusqu’à ce que l’indignation soit accomplie; car ce qui est déterminé sera fait.
And the king will do his pleasure; he will put himself on high, lifting himself over every god, and saying things to be wondered at against the God of gods; and all will be well for him till the wrath is complete; for what has been purposed will be done.
37 Et il n’aura point égard au Dieu de ses pères, et il n’aura point égard à l’objet du désir des femmes, ni à aucun dieu; car il s’agrandira au-dessus de tout;
He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.
38 et, à sa place, il honorera le dieu des forteresses: avec de l’or, et avec de l’argent, et avec des pierres précieuses, et avec des choses désirables, il honorera un dieu que n’ont pas connu ses pères;
But in place of this he will give honour to the god of armed places, and to a god of whom his fathers had no knowledge he will give honour with gold and silver and jewels and things to be desired.
39 et il agira dans les lieux forts des forteresses, avec un dieu étranger: à qui le reconnaîtra il multipliera la gloire; et il les fera dominer sur la multitude et [leur] partagera le pays en récompense.
And he will make use of the people of a strange god to keep his strongest places; to those whom he takes note of he will give high honour: and he will make them rulers over the mass of the people, and will make division of the land for a price.
40 Et, au temps de la fin, le roi du midi heurtera contre lui, et le roi du nord fondra sur lui comme une tempête, avec des chars et des cavaliers, et avec beaucoup de navires, et entrera dans les pays et inondera et passera outre;
And at the time of the end, the king of the south will make an attack on him: and the king of the north will come against him like a storm-wind, with war-carriages and horsemen and numbers of ships; and he will go through many lands like overflowing waters.
41 et il viendra dans le pays de beauté, et plusieurs [pays] tomberont; mais ceux-ci échapperont de sa main: Édom, et Moab, et les principaux des fils d’Ammon.
And he will come into the beautiful land, and tens of thousands will be overcome: but these will be kept from falling into his hands: Edom and Moab and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 Et il étendra sa main sur les pays, et le pays d’Égypte n’échappera pas.
And his hand will be stretched out on the countries: and the land of the south will not be safe from him.
43 Et il aura sous sa puissance les trésors d’or et d’argent, et toutes les choses désirables de l’Égypte; et les Libyens et les Éthiopiens suivront ses pas.
But he will have power over the stores of gold and silver, and over all the valued things of the south: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians will be at his steps.
44 Mais des nouvelles de l’orient et du nord l’effraieront, et il sortira en grande fureur pour exterminer et détruire entièrement beaucoup de gens.
But he will be troubled by news from the east and from the north; and he will go out in great wrath, to send destruction on, and put an end to, great numbers.
45 Et il plantera les tentes de son palais entre la mer et la montagne de sainte beauté; et il viendra à sa fin, et il n’y aura personne pour le secourir.
He will put the tents of his great house between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain: but he will come to his end with no helper.
