Livre de Daniel 8

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1 En la troisième année du règne de Balthazar, moi Daniel, j’ai reçu une nouvelle vision à la suite des précédentes.	1 In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning,
2 Durant cette vision j’ai vu la citadelle de Suze, dans la province d’Élam; dans cette vision je me trouvais près de la rivière d’Oulaï, et de là je regardais.	2 Saw in my vision when I was in the castle of Susa, which is in the province of Elam: and I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai.
3 Comme je levais les yeux, je vis un bélier avec deux cornes qui se tenait devant le torrent. Les deux cornes étaient grandes, mais l’une dépassait l’autre, et la plus grande fut celle qui se dressa la dernière.	3 And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold a ram stood before the water, having two high horns, and one higher than the other, and growing up. Afterward
4 Je vis le bélier donner des coups de corne vers l’ouest, vers le nord et vers le sud; aucune bête ne pouvait lui résister, rien ne pouvait lui échapper. Il faisait ce qui lui plaisait et devint puissant.	4 I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great.
5 Comme je cherchais à comprendre, j’aperçus un bouc qui venait de l’occident après avoir parcouru toute la terre, mais sans toucher le sol; ce bouc avait une corne énorme entre les yeux.	5 And I understood: and behold a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and he touched not the ground, and the he goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 Il s’approcha du bélier à deux cornes que j’avais vu sur le rivage et s’élança vers lui de toutes ses forces.	6 And he went up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.
7 Je le vis se jeter sur le bélier: il le frappa furieusement et lui brisa les deux cornes sans que le bélier puisse lui résister. Il le jeta par terre, le piétina et nul ne put délivrer le bélier de sa main.	7 And when he was come near the ram, he was enraged against him, and struck the ram: and broke his two horns, and the ram could not withstand him: and when he had cast him down on the ground, he stamped upon him, and none could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Le bouc devint très puissant mais, au comble de sa puissance, la grande corne se brisa et quatre cornes poussèrent à sa place, tournées vers les quatre vents du ciel.	8 And the he goat became exceeding great: and when he was grown, the great horn was broken, and there came up four horns under it towards the four winds of heaven.
9 De l’une d’elles sortit une corne plus petite, mais qui s’étendit beaucoup en direction du sud, de l’est, et vers la terre de Beauté.	9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.
10 Elle grandit au point d’atteindre l’armée des cieux, elle en fit tomber à terre une partie ainsi que des étoiles qu’elle piétina.	10 And it was magnified even unto the strength of heaven: and it threw down of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them.
11 Elle se dressa même contre le chef de cette armée: elle lui enleva le sacrifice perpétuel et renversa les fondations de son sanctuaire	11 And it was magnified even to the prince of the strength: and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.
12 en même temps que son armée. Au lieu même où l’on présentait le sacrifice, elle dressa l’Abomination, piétina la vérité et réussit dans toutes ses entreprises.	12 And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be cast down on the ground, and he shall do and shall prosper.
13 J’entendis alors un saint qui parlait et un autre saint lui posa cette question: “Jusqu’à quand ce qu’annonce cette vision: le sacrifice perpétuel enlevé, l’Abomination dressée et le lieu saint et l’armée piétinés?”	13 And I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another, I know not to whom that was speaking: How long shall be the vision, concerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation that is made: and the sanctuary, and the strength be trodden under foot?
14 Il lui répondit: “Jusqu’à 2 300 soirs et matins; alors le lieu saint sera rétabli selon le droit.”	14 And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
15 Or pendant que moi, Daniel, je regardais la vision et cherchais à comprendre, je crus voir un homme devant moi	15 And it came to pass when I Daniel saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.
16 et j’entendis une voix sur les bords de l’Oulaï qui lui criait: “Gabriel, fais-lui comprendre la vision.”	16 And I heard the voice of a man between Ulai: and he called, and said: Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17 Il se dirigea donc vers l’endroit où je me tenais, mais à son approche je fus effrayé et je tombai la face contre terre. Il me dit: “Fils d’homme, comprends que cette vision concerne le temps de la fin.”	17 And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.
18 Pendant que j’étais prosterné à terre et qu’il me parlait, je perdis connaissance; il me toucha et me releva.	18 And when he spoke to me I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright,
19 Puis il me dit: “Maintenant je vais te faire connaître ce qui arrivera à la fin du temps de la colère, car la fin est décidée.	19 And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.
20 Le bélier que tu as vu avec ses deux cornes, ce sont les rois des Mèdes et des Perses.	20 The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21 Le bouc velu est le roi de Yavan, la grande corne entre ses yeux est leur premier roi.	21 And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
22 La corne brisée et les quatre cornes qui ont poussé à sa place, ce sont quatre royaumes sortis de cette nation, mais qui n’atteindront pas sa puissance.	22 But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it: four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength.
23 Au terme de leur règne, lorsque les péchés seront arrivés à leur comble, on verra se lever un roi au visage fier qui aimera les difficultés.	23 And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.
24 Sa puissance ne cessera de grandir; il entreprendra des choses incroyables et il réussira dans ses entreprises. Il détruira les puissants et le peuple des saints.	24 And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints,
25 Grâce à son astuce ses stratagèmes réussiront; il se gonflera d’orgueil et détruira bien des gens par surprise. Il se dressera contre le Roi des rois, mais sans qu’intervienne la main de l’homme, il sera brisé.	25 According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.
26 La vision des soirs et des matins, celle que tu viens d’avoir, est absolument sûre, mais garde-la pour toi car elle concerne un avenir lointain.”	26 And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou therefore seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.
27 Moi, Daniel, je m’évanouis; je fus malade plusieurs jours, puis je me levai pour m’occuper des affaires du roi. Mais je restais bouleversé par cette vision que je ne comprenais pas.	27 And I Daniel languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.