Job 23

Louis Segond 1910

Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)

1Job prit la parole et dit:

1Then Job answered, and said:

2Maintenant encore ma plainte est une révolte, Mais la souffrance étouffe mes soupirs.

2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

3Oh! Si je savais où le trouver, Si je pouvais arriver jusqu’à son trône,

3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

4Je plaiderais ma cause devant lui, Je remplirais ma bouche d’arguments,

4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

5Je connaîtrais ce qu’il peut avoir à répondre, Je verrais ce qu’il peut avoir à me dire.

5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

6Emploierait-il toute sa force à me combattre? Ne daignerait-il pas au moins m’écouter?

6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

7Ce serait un homme droit qui plaiderait avec lui, Et je serais pour toujours absous par mon juge.

7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

8Mais, si je vais à l’orient, il n’y est pas; Si je vais à l’occident, je ne le trouve pas;

8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

9Est-il occupé au nord, je ne puis le voir; Se cache-t-il au midi, je ne puis le découvrir.

9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

10Il sait néanmoins quelle voie j’ai suivie; Et, s’il m’éprouvait, je sortirais pur comme l’or.

10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

11Mon pied s’est attaché à ses pas; J’ai gardé sa voie, et je ne m’en suis point détourné.

11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

12Je n’ai pas abandonné les commandements de ses lèvres; J’ai fait plier ma volonté aux paroles de sa bouche.

12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

13Mais sa résolution est arrêtée; qui s’y opposera? Ce que son âme désire, il l’exécute.

13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

14Il accomplira donc ses desseins à mon égard, Et il en concevra bien d’autres encore.

14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.

15Voilà pourquoi sa présence m’épouvante; Quand j’y pense, j’ai peur de lui.

15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.

16Dieu a brisé mon courage, Le Tout-Puissant m’a rempli d’effroi.

16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

17Car ce ne sont pas les ténèbres qui m’anéantissent, Ce n’est pas l’obscurité dont je suis couvert.

17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.

Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.