Livre de Daniel 8

JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 En l'an trois du règne du roi Balthazar, une vision m'apparut, à moi Daniel, après celle qui m'étaitapparue en premier.	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 Je contemplais la vision, et tandis que je contemplais, je me trouvais à Suse, la place forte qui estdans la province d'Elam; et, contemplant la vision, je me trouvais à la porte de l'Ulaï.	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 Je levai les yeux pour voir. Voici: un bélier se tenait devant la porte. Il avait deux cornes; les deuxcornes étaient hautes, mais l'une plus que l'autre, et la plus haute qui se dressa fut la seconde.	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 de la corne vers l'ouest, vers le nord et vers le sud. Nulle bête ne pouvait luirésister, 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 Voici ce que je discernai: un bouc vint de l'occident, ayant parcouru la terre entière mais sans toucherle sol, et le bouc avait une corne "magnifique" 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 aux deux cornes que j'avais vu se tenir devant la porte, et courut vers lui dansl'ardeur de sa force.	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 atteindre et affronter le bélier: il était en rage contre lui et frappa le bélier, lui brisant lesdeux cornes, sans que le bélier eût la force de lui résister; il le jeta à terre et le foula aux pieds; personne n'était làpour délivrer le bélier.	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, en pleine force, la grande corne se brisa et à sa place se dressèrentquatre "magnifiques" à l'encontre des 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, de la petite, sortit une corne, mais qui grandit beaucoup dans la direction du sud etde l'orient et du Pays de Splendeur.	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 jusqu'aux armées du ciel, précipita à terre des armées et des étoiles et les foula auxpieds.	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 s'exalta même contre le Prince de l'armée, abolit le sacrifice perpétuel et renversa le fondementde 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 et l'armée; sur le sacrifice elle posa l'iniquité et renversa à terre la vérité; elle agit et réussit.	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 un saint qui parlait, et un autre saint dit à celui qui parlait: "Jusques à quand la vision: lesacrifice perpétuel, désolation de l'iniquité, sanctuaire et légion foulés aux pieds?"	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 dit: "Encore 2.300 soirs et matins, alors le sanctuaire sera revendiqué."	14 And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
15 Moi, Daniel, contemplant cette vision, j'en cherchai l'intelligence. Voici, se tenant devant moi,quelqu'un qui avait l'aspect d'un homme.	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 J'entendis une voix d'homme, sur l'Ulaï, criant: "Gabriel, donne-lui l'intelligence de cette 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 s'avança vers le lieu où je me tenais, et, comme il approchait, je fus saisi de terreur et tombai facecontre terre. Il me dit: "Fils d'homme, comprends: c'est le temps de la Fin que révèle la vision."	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 Il parlait encore que je m'évanouis, la face contre terre. 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 Il dit: "Voici, je vais te faire connaître ce qui viendra à la fin de la Colère, pour la Fin assignée.	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, 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 Yavân, la grande corne qui est entre ses yeux, c'est le 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, sont quatre royaumes issus de sanation mais qui n'auront pas sa force.	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 "Et au terme de leur règne, au temps de la plénitude de leurs péché, se lèvera un roi au visage fier,sachant pénétrer les énigmes.	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 croîtra en force, - mais non par sa propre puissance - il tramera des choses inouïes ilprospérera dans ses entreprises, il détruira des 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 Et, par son intelligence, la trahison réussira entre ses mains. Il s'exaltera dans son coeur et détruiraun grand nombre par surprise. Il s'opposera au Prince des Princes, mais - sans acte de main - 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 Elle est vraie, la vision des soirs et des matins qui a été dite, mais, toi, garde silence sur la vision,car il doit s'écouler bien des jours."	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 Alors, moi Daniel, je défaillis et je fus malade plusieurs jours. Puis je me levai, pour accomplir monoffice auprès du roi, gardant silence sur la vision, et demeurant sans la comprendre.	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.