Job 20
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Louis Segond 1910
1Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said:
1Tsophar de Naama prit la parole et dit:
2Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things.
2Mes pensées me forcent à répondre, Et mon agitation ne peut se contenir.
3The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me.
3J’ai entendu des reproches qui m’outragent; Le souffle de mon intelligence donnera la réplique.
4This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth,
4Ne sais-tu pas que, de tout temps, Depuis que l’homme a été placé sur la terre,
5That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
5Le triomphe des méchants a été court, Et la joie de l’impie momentanée?
6If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds:
6Quand il s’élèverait jusqu’aux cieux, Et que sa tête toucherait aux nues,
7In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?
7Il périra pour toujours comme son ordure, Et ceux qui le voyaient diront: Où est-il?
8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
8Il s’envolera comme un songe, et on ne le trouvera plus; Il disparaîtra comme une vision nocturne;
9The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
9L’œil qui le regardait ne le regardera plus, Le lieu qu’il habitait ne l’apercevra plus.
10His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
10Ses fils seront assaillis par les pauvres, Et ses mains restitueront ce qu’il a pris par violence.
11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
11La vigueur de la jeunesse, qui remplissait ses membres, Aura sa couche avec lui dans la poussière.
12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
12Le mal était doux à sa bouche, Il le cachait sous sa langue,
13He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat.
13Il le savourait sans l’abandonner, Il le retenait au milieu de son palais;
14His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him.
14Mais sa nourriture se transformera dans ses entrailles, Elle deviendra dans son corps un venin d’aspic.
15The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.
15Il a englouti des richesses, il les vomira; Dieu les chassera de son ventre.
16He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper’s tongue shall kill him.
16Il a sucé du venin d’aspic, La langue de la vipère le tuera.
17(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)
17Il ne reposera plus ses regards sur les ruisseaux, Sur les torrents, sur les fleuves de miel et de lait.
18He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.
18Il rendra ce qu’il a gagné, et n’en profitera plus; Il restituera tout ce qu’il a pris, et n’en jouira plus.
19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
19Car il a opprimé, délaissé les pauvres, Il a ruiné des maisons et ne les a pas rétablies.
20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
20Son avidité n’a point connu de bornes; Mais il ne sauvera pas ce qu’il avait de plus cher.
21There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:
21Rien n’échappait à sa voracité; Mais son bien-être ne durera pas.
22When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
22Au milieu de l’abondance il sera dans la détresse; La main de tous les misérables se lèvera sur lui.
23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
23Et voici, pour lui remplir le ventre, Dieu enverra sur lui le feu de sa colère, Et le rassasiera par une pluie de traits.
24He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.
24S’il échappe aux armes de fer, L’arc d’airain le transpercera.
25The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.
25Il arrache de son corps le trait, Qui étincelle au sortir de ses entrailles, Et il est en proie aux terreurs de la mort.
26All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.
26Toutes les calamités sont réservées à ses trésors; Il sera consumé par un feu que n’allumera point l’homme, Et ce qui restera dans sa tente en deviendra la pâture.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
27Les cieux dévoileront son iniquité, Et la terre s’élèvera contre lui.
28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
28Les revenus de sa maison seront emportés, Ils disparaîtront au jour de la colère de Dieu.
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
29Telle est la part que Dieu réserve au méchant, Tel est l’héritage que Dieu lui destine.
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