Daniel 8
1 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.
La troisième année du règne de Belshatsar le roi, une vision m’apparut, à moi, Daniel, après celle qui m’était apparue au commencement.
2 I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
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.
3 Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t any who could deliver out of his hand, but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
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.
5 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
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.
6 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
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.
7 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
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.
8 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
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.
9 Out of one of them came out a little horn which grew exceedingly great—toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
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.
10 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground and trampled on them.
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.
11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
(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.
12 The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
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.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
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?
14 He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Et il me dit: Jusqu’à 2 300 soirs [et] matins; alors le lieu saint sera purifié.
15 When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me someone with the appearance of a man.
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;
16 I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
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.
17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”
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.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.
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.
19 He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
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.
20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Le bélier que tu as vu, qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les rois de Médie et de Perse.
21 The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Et le bouc velu, c’est le roi de Javan; et la grande corne qui était entre ses yeux, c’est le premier roi;
22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
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.
23 “In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding riddles, will stand up.
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;
24 His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
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;
25 Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes, but he will be broken without human hands.
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.
26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”
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.
27 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
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.
