Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. BELSHAZZAR. Rawlinson, d'après les inscriptions assyriennes, a expliqué le décalage apparent entre Daniel et les historiens païens de Babylone, Berosus et Abydenus, qui disent le dernier roi (Na... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. BELSHAZZAR, PENDANT QU'IL GOÛTAIT LE VIN... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. PUIS ILS ONT APPORTÉ LES VASES D'OR QUI ONT ÉTÉ PRIS HORS DU TEMPLE DE LA MAISON DE DIEU QUI ÉTAIT À JÉR... [ Continuer la lecture ]
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. ILS ONT BU DU VIN ET ONT LOUÉ LES DIEUX DE L'OR - ils ont chanté et crié des louanges aux "dieux" qui, étant d'or, "sont leurs propres témoins" ( Ésaïe 44:9), réfutant la folie de ceux qui s'i... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. DANS LA MÊME HEURE - afin que la cause de la visitation de Dieu soit palpable - à savoir, la profanati... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. ENSUITE, LE VISAGE DU ROI A ÉTÉ CHANGÉ - "visage" - littéralement, la luminosité, i: e., son regard brillant. POUR QUE LES ARTICULATIONS... [ Continuer la lecture ]
The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. PUIS VINRENT TOUS LES SAGES DU ROI: MAIS ILS NE SAVAIENT PAS LIRE L'ÉCRITURE. Les mots étaient dans un caractère tel qu'ils étaient illisibles aux Chaldéens, Dieu se... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN WAS KING BELSHAZZAR GREATLY TROUBLED, AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS CHANGED IN HIM, AND HIS LORDS WERE ASTONIED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: MAINTENANT, LA REINE, EN RAISON DES PAROLES DU ROI ... ENTRA DANS LA SALLE DE B... [ Continuer la lecture ]
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Ch... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FORASMUCH AS AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETING OF DREAMS, AND SHEWING OF HARD SENTENCES, AND DISSOLVING OF DOUBTS, WERE FOUND IN THE SAME DANIEL, WHOM THE KING NAMED BELTESHAZZAR: NOW LET DANIEL BE CALLED, AND HE WILL SHEW THE INTERPRETATION._ No JFB commentary on... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? ES-TU CE DANIEL, QUI ES DES ENFANTS DE LA CAPTIVITÉ DE JUDA - les Juifs captifs résidant à... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_I HAVE EVEN HEARD OF THEE, THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GODS IS IN THEE, AND THAT LIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EXCELLENT WISDOM IS FOUND IN THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. PUIS DANIEL A RÉPONDU ... QUE TES DONS SOIENT À TOI-MÊME, ET DONNE TES RÉCOMPENSES À UN AUTRE. Non inc... [ Continuer la lecture ]
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: LE DIEU LE PLUS ÉLEVÉ A DONNÉ UN ROYAUME À NEBUCADNETSAR, TON PÈRE. Ce ne sont pas sa propre naissance ou ses talents qui lui ont donné le vaste empire, comme il le pensait. Le faire désa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. ET POUR LA MAJESTÉ QU'IL LUI A DONNÉE, TOUS LES PEUPLES, NATIONS ET LANGUE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_BUT WHEN HIS HEART WAS LIFTED UP, AND HIS MIND HARDENED IN PRIDE, HE WAS DEPOSED FROM HIS KINGLY THRONE, AND THEY TOOK HIS GLORY FROM HIM:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it w... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; ET TOI, SON FILS, Ô BELSHATSAR, TU N'AS PAS HUMILIÉ TON CŒUR, BIEN QUE TU SOIS AU COURANT DE TOUT CELA - tu t'es trompé, pas par l'ignorance, mais par mépris délibéré de Dieu, même si tu avais sous tes yeux... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. ENSUITE, - quand tu t'élèves contre le Seigneur. LA PARTIE DE LA MAIN - la partie antérieure, les doigts. A ÉTÉ ... ENVOYÉ DE LUI - i: e., de Dieu.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN - littéralement, numérotés, pesés et diviseurs.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. MENE; DIEU A COMPTÉ TON ROYAUME. Dieu a fixé le nombre d'années de ton empire, et ce nombre est maintenant complet.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. TEKEL; TU ES PESÉ DANS LA BALANCE. Les Egyptiens pensaient qu'Osiris pesait les actions des morts dans une balance littérale. Les Babyloniens peuvent avoir eu la même notion, ce qui donnerait une pertinence particulière à l'image ut... [ Continuer la lecture ]
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. PERES - l'explication des 'diviseurs' (Daniel 5:25), le participe pluriel actif, "Upharsin, «là étant utilisé pour le participe passif singulier,« diviseurs »pour« divisé ». Le mot «Peres» fait allusion au mot similaire Persia.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. ENSUITE, BELSHATSAR A COMMANDÉ, ET ILS ONT REVÊTU DANIEL D'ÉCARLATE. Venir de la présence d'un prince... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. CETTE NUIT-LÀ, BELSHATSAR ... A ÉTÉ TUÉ. Hérodote et Xénophon confirment à Daniel la soudaineté de l'événement. Cyrus détourna l'Euphrate dans un nouveau canal, et, guidé par deux déserteurs, Gobryas et Gadatas, marcha par le lit sec d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. DARIUS LE MÉDIAN A PRIS LE ROYAUME - i: e., Cyaxares II, le fils et successeur d'Astyages, en Colombie-Britannique. 569-536. Bien que Koresh, ou Cyrus, ait été le chef de l'assaut, tout a été fait au nom de Darius;... [ Continuer la lecture ]