Daniel 2
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Daniel 2
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| In the second year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him. | La seconde année du règne de Nebucadnetsar, Nebucadnetsar eut des songes. Il avait l`esprit agité, et ne pouvait dormir. |
| Then the king gave orders that the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and those who made use of evil powers, and the Chaldaeans, were to be sent for to make clear to the king his dreams. So they came and took their places before the king. | Le roi fit appeler les magiciens, les astrologues, les enchanteurs et les Chaldéens, pour qu`ils lui disent ses songes. Ils vinrent, et se présentèrent devant le roi. |
| And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled by the desire to have the dream made clear to me. | Le roi leur dit: J`ai eu un songe; mon esprit est agité, et je voudrais connaître ce songe. |
| Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it. | Les Chaldéens répondirent au roi en langue araméenne: O roi, vis éternellement! dis le songe à tes serviteurs, et nous en donnerons l`explication. |
| The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste. | Le roi reprit la parole et dit aux Chaldéens: La chose m`a échappé; si vous ne me faites connaître le songe et son explication, vous serez mis en pièces, et vos maisons seront réduites en un tas d`immondices. |
| But if you make clear the dream and the sense of it, you will have from me offerings and rewards and great honour: so make clear to me the dream and the sense of it. | Mais si vous me dites le songe et son explication, vous recevrez de moi des dons et des présents, et de grands honneurs. C`est pourquoi dites-moi le songe et son explication. |
| A second time they said in answer, Let the king give his servants an account of his dream, and we will make clear the sense. | Ils répondirent pour la seconde fois: Que le roi dise le songe à ses serviteurs, et nous en donnerons l`explication. |
| The king made answer and said, I am certain that you are attempting to get more time, because you see that my decision is fixed; | Le roi reprit la parole et dit: Je m`aperçois, en vérité, que vous voulez gagner du temps, parce que vous voyez que la chose m`a échappé. |
| That if you do not make my dream clear to me there is only one fate for you: for you have made ready false and evil words to say before me till the times are changed: so give me an account of the dream, and I will be certain that you are able to make the sense of it clear. | Si donc vous ne me faites pas connaître le songe, la même sentence vous enveloppera tous; vous voulez vous préparez à me dire des mensonges et des faussetés, en attendant que les temps soient changés. C`est pourquoi dites-moi le songe, et je saurai si vous êtes capables de m`en donner l`explication. |
| Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean. | Les Chaldéens répondirent au roi: Il n`est personne sur la terre qui puisse dire ce que demande le roi; aussi jamais roi, quelque grand et puissant qu`il ait été, n`a exigé une pareille chose d`aucun magicien, astrologue ou Chaldéen. |
| The king's request is a very hard one, and there is no other who is able to make it clear to the king, but the gods, whose living-place is not with flesh. | Ce que le roi demande est difficile; il n`y a personne qui puisse le dire au roi, excepté les dieux, dont la demeure n`est pas parmi les hommes. |
| Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon. | Là-dessus le roi se mit en colère, et s`irrita violemment. Il ordonna qu`on fasse périr tous les sages de Babylone. |
| So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death. | La sentence fut publiée, les sages étaient mis à mort, et l`on cherchait Daniel et ses compagnons pour les faire périr. |
| Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon; | Alors Daniel s`adressa d`une manière prudente et sensée à Arjoc, chef des gardes du roi, qui était sorti pour mettre à mort les sages de Babylone. |
| He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business. | Il prit la parole et dit à Arjoc, commandant du roi: Pourquoi la sentence du roi est-elle si sévère? Arjoc exposa la chose à Daniel. |
| And Daniel went in and made a request to the king to give him time and he would make clear the sense of his dream to the king. | Et Daniel se rendit vers le roi, et le pria de lui accorder du temps pour donner au roi l`explication. |
| And Daniel went to his house and gave his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah the news: | Ensuite Daniel alla dans sa maison, et il instruisit de cette affaire Hanania, Mischaël et Azaria, ses compagnons, |
| So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. | les engageant à implorer la miséricorde du Dieu des cieux, afin qu`on ne fît pas périr Daniel et ses compagnons avec le reste des sages de Babylone. |
| Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven. | Alors le secret fut révélé à Daniel dans une vision pendant la nuit. Et Daniel bénit le Dieu des cieux. |
| And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his: | Daniel prit la parole et dit: Béni soit le nom de Dieu, d`éternité en éternité! A lui appartiennent la sagesse et la force. |
| By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake: | C`est lui qui change les temps et les circonstances, qui renverse et qui établit les rois, qui donne la sagesse aux sages et la science à ceux qui ont de l`intelligence. |
| He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him. | Il révèle ce qui est profond et caché, il connaît ce qui est dans les ténèbres, et la lumière demeure avec lui. |
| I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business. | Dieu de mes pères, je te glorifie et je te loue de ce que tu m`as donné la sagesse et la force, et de ce que tu m`as fait connaître ce que nous t`avons demandé, de ce que tu nous as révélé le secret du roi. |
| For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of the dream. | Après cela, Daniel se rendit auprès d`Arjoc, à qui le roi avait ordonné de faire périr les sages de Babylone; il alla, et lui parla ainsi: Ne fais pas périr les sages de Babylone! Conduis-moi devant le roi, et je donnerai au roi l`explication. |
| Then Arioch quickly took Daniel in before the king, and said to him, Here is a man from among the prisoners of Judah, who will make clear to the king the sense of the dream. | Arjoc conduisit promptement Daniel devant le roi, et lui parla ainsi: J`ai trouvé parmi les captifs de Juda un homme qui donnera l`explication au roi. |
| The king made answer and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make clear to me the dream which I saw and its sense? | Le roi prit la parole et dit à Daniel, qu`on nommait Beltschatsar: Es-tu capable de me faire connaître le songe que j`ai eu et son explication? |
| Then Daniel said in answer to the king, No wise men, or users of secret arts, or wonder-workers, or readers of signs, are able to make clear to the king the secret he is searching for; | Daniel répondit en présence du roi et dit: Ce que le roi demande est un secret que les sages, les astrologues, les magiciens et les devins, ne sont pas capables de découvrir au roi. |
| But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these: | Mais il y a dans les cieux un Dieu qui révèle les secrets, et qui a fait connaître au roi Nebucadnetsar ce qui arrivera dans la suite des temps. Voici ton songe et les visions que tu as eues sur ta couche. |
| As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your bed were of what will come about after this: and the unveiler of secrets has made clear to you what is to come. | Sur ta couche, ô roi, il t`est monté des pensées touchant ce qui sera après ce temps-ci; et celui qui révèle les secrets t`a fait connaître ce qui arrivera. |
| As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart. | Si ce secret m`a été révélé, ce n`est point qu`il y ait en moi une sagesse supérieure à celle de tous les vivants; mais c`est afin que l`explication soit donnée au roi, et que tu connaisses les pensées de ton coeur. |
| You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart. | O roi, tu regardais, et tu voyais une grande statue; cette statue était immense, et d`une splendeur extraordinaire; elle était debout devant toi, et son aspect était terrible. |
| As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass, | La tête de cette statue était d`or pur; sa poitrine et ses bras étaient d`argent; son ventre et ses cuisses étaient d`airain; |
| Its legs of iron, its feet were in part of iron and in part of potter's earth. | ses jambes, de fer; ses pieds, en partie de fer et en partie d`argile. |
| While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits. | Tu regardais, lorsqu`une pierre se détacha sans le secours d`aucune main, frappa les pieds de fer et d`argile de la statue, et les mit en pièces. |
| Then the iron and the earth, the brass and the silver and the gold, were smashed together, and became like the dust on the floors where grain is crushed in summer; and the wind took them away so that no sign of them was to be seen: and the stone which gave the image a blow became a great mountain, covering all the earth. | Alors le fer, l`argile, l`airain, l`argent et l`or, furent brisés ensemble, et devinrent comme la balle qui s`échappe d`une aire en été; le vent les emporta, et nulle trace n`en fut retrouvée. Mais la pierre qui avait frappé la statue devint une grande montagne, et remplit toute la terre. |
| This is the dream; and we will make clear to the king the sense of it. | Voilà le songe. Nous en donnerons l`explication devant le roi. |
| You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory, | O roi, tu es le roi des rois, car le Dieu des cieux t`a donné l`empire, la puissance, la force et la gloire; |
| Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold. | il a remis entre tes mains, en quelque lieu qu`ils habitent, les enfants des hommes, les bêtes des champs et les oiseaux du ciel, et il t`a fait dominer sur eux tous: c`est toi qui es la tête d`or. |
| And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth. | Après toi, il s`élèvera un autre royaume, moindre que le tien; puis un troisième royaume, qui sera d`airain, et qui dominera sur toute la terre. |
| And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth. | Il y aura un quatrième royaume, fort comme du fer; de même que le fer brise et rompt tout, il brisera et rompra tout, comme le fer qui met tout en pièces. |
| And as you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's work and part of iron, there will be a division in the kingdom; but there will be some of the strength of iron in it, because you saw the iron mixed with the potter's earth. | Et comme tu as vu les pieds et les orteils en partie d`argile de potier et en partie de fer, ce royaume sera divisé; mais il y aura en lui quelque chose de la force du fer, parce que tu as vu le fer mêlé avec l`argile. |
| And as the toes of the feet were in part of iron and in part of earth, so part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will readily be broken. | Et comme les doigts des pieds étaient en partie de fer et en partie d`argile, ce royaume sera en partie fort et en partie fragile. |
| And as you saw the iron mixed with earth, they will give their daughters to one another as wives: but they will not be united one with another, even as iron is not mixed with earth. | Tu as vu le fer mêlé avec l`argile, parce qu`ils se mêleront par des alliances humaines; mais ils ne seront point unis l`un à l`autre, de même que le fer ne s`allie point avec l`argile. |
| And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever. | Dans le temps de ces rois, le Dieu des cieux suscitera un royaume qui ne sera jamais détruit, et qui ne passera point sous la domination d`un autre peuple; il brisera et anéantira tous ces royaumes-là, et lui-même subsistera éternellement. |
| Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that by it the iron and the brass and the earth and the silver and the gold were broken to bits, a great God has given the king knowledge of what is to take place in the future: the dream is fixed, and its sense is certain. | C`est ce qu`indique la pierre que tu as vue se détacher de la montagne sans le secours d`aucune main, et qui a brisé le fer, l`airain, l`argile, l`argent et l`or. Le grand Dieu a fait connaître au roi ce qui doit arriver après cela. Le songe est véritable, et son explication est certaine. |
| Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an offering and spices to be given to him; | Alors le roi Nebucadnetsar tomba sur sa face et se prosterna devant Daniel, et il ordonna qu`on lui offrît des sacrifices et des parfums. |
| And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear. | Le roi adressa la parole à Daniel et dit: En vérité, votre Dieu est le Dieu des dieux et le Seigneur des rois, et il révèle les secrets, puisque tu as pu découvrir ce secret. |
| Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him offerings in great number, and made him ruler over all the land of Babylon, and chief over all the wise men of Babylon. | Ensuite le roi éleva Daniel, et lui fit de nombreux et riches présents; il lui donna le commandement de toute la province de Babylone, et l`établit chef suprême de tous les sages de Babylone. |
| And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person. | Daniel pria le roi de remettre l`intendance de la province de Babylone à Schadrac, Méschac et Abed Nego. Et Daniel était à la cour du roi. |
