1 La troisième année du Roi Belsatsar, une vision m'apparut, à moi Daniel, après celle qui m'était apparue au commencement.
2 Je vis donc une vision, et ce fut à Susan, capitale de la Province d'Hélam que je la vis; je vis, dis-je, une vision, et j'étais sur le fleuve d'Ulaï.
3 Et j'élevai mes yeux, et regardai; et voici, un bélier se tenait près du fleuve, et il avait deux cornes; et les deux cornes étaient hautes; mais l'une était plus haute que l'autre, et la plus haute s'élevait sur le derrière.
4 Je vis ce bélier heurtant des cornes contre l'Occident, et contre l'Aquilon, et contre le Midi, et pas une bête ne pouvait subsister devant lui, et il n'y avait personne qui lui pût rien ôter, mais il agissait selon sa volonté, et devenait grand.
5 Et comme je regardais cela, voici, un bouc d'entre les chèvres venait de l'Occident sur le dessus de toute la terre, et ne touchait point à terre; et ce bouc avait entre ses yeux une corne, qui paraissait beaucoup.
6 Et il vint jusqu'au bélier qui avait deux cornes, lequel j'avais vu se tenant près du fleuve, et il courut contre lui dans la fureur de sa force.
7 Et je le vis approcher du bélier et s'irritant contre lui, il heurta le bélier, et brisa ses deux cornes; et il n'y avait aucune force au bélier pour tenir ferme contre lui, et quand il l'eut jeté par terre, il le foula, et nul ne pouvait délivrer le bélier de sa puissance.
8 Alors le bouc d'entre les chèvres devint fort grand, et sitôt qu'il fut devenu puissant, la grande corne fut rompue, et en sa place il en crût quatre, fort apparentes, vers les quatre vents des cieux.
9 Et de l'une d'elles sortit une autre corne petite, qui s'agrandit vers le Midi, et vers l'Orient, et vers [le pays] de noblesse.
10 Elle s'agrandit même jusqu'à l'armée des cieux, et renversa une partie de l'armée, et des étoiles, et les foula.
11 Même elle s'agrandit jusqu'au Chef de l'armée; et le sacrifice continuel fut ôté par cette [corne], et le domicile assuré de son sanctuaire fut jeté par terre.
12 Et un certain temps [lui] fut donné à cause de l'infidélité contre le sacrifice continuel, et elle jeta la vérité par terre, et fit [de grands exploits], et prospéra.
13 Alors j'ouïs un Saint qui parlait, et un Saint disait à quelqu'un qui parlait : Jusqu'à quand [durera] cette vision [touchant] le sacrifice continuel, et [touchant] le crime qui cause la désolation, pour livrer le Sanctuaire et l'armée à être foulés?
14 Et il me dit : Jusqu'à deux mille trois cents soirs et matins; après quoi le Sanctuaire sera purifié.
15 Or quand moi Daniel j'eus vu la vision, et que j'en eus demandé l'interprétation, voici, comme la ressemblance d'un homme se tint devant moi.
16 Et j'entendis la voix d'un homme au milieu [du fleuve] Ulaï, qui cria, et dit : Gabriel, fais entendre la vision à cet homme-là.
17 Puis [Gabriel] s'en vint près du lieu où je me tenais, et quand il fut venu, je fus épouvanté, et je tombai sur ma face; et il me dit : Fils d'homme, entends, car [il y a un] temps marqué pour cette vision.
18 Et comme il parlait avec moi, je m'assoupis ayant le visage contre terre; puis il me toucha, et me fit tenir debout dans le lieu où je me tenais.
19 Et il dit : Voici, je te ferai savoir ce qui arrivera à la fin de l'indignation; car il y a une assignation déterminée.
20 Le bélier que tu as vu qui avait deux cornes, ce sont les Rois des Mèdes et des Perses;
21 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 Et ce qu'elle s'est rompue, et que quatre [cornes] sont venues en sa place, ce sont quatre Royaumes, qui s'établiront de cette nation; mais non pas selon la force de cette [corne.]
23 Et vers la fin de leur règne, quand [le nombre] des perfides sera accompli, il se lèvera un Roi, fourbe et d'un esprit pénétrant.
24 Et sa puissance s'accroîtra, mais non point par sa force; et il fera de merveilleux dégâts, et prospérera, et fera [de grands exploits], et il détruira les puissants, et le peuple des Saints.
25 Et par [la subtilité] de son esprit il fera prospérer la fraude en sa main, et il s'élèvera en son cœur, et en perdra plusieurs par la prospérité ; il résistera contre le Seigneur des Seigneurs, mais il sera brisé sans main.
26 Or la vision du soir et du matin, qui a été dite, est très-véritable; et toi, cachette la vision, car elle n'arrivera point de longtemps.
27 Et moi Daniel, je fus tout défait et malade pendant quelques jours; puis je me levai, et je fis les affaires du Roi; et j'étais tout étonné de la vision, mais il n'y eut personne qui l'entendit.
1 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 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 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 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 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 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
7 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 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 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 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 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 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
13 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 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
15 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 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 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 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 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 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
22 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 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 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 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 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 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.