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Chapter 23
Louis Segond 1910
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Job 23

Louis Segond 1910
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Job prit la parole et dit:
1Then Job answered and said:
2Maintenant encore ma plainte est une révolte, Mais la souffrance étouffe mes soupirs.
2Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
3Oh! Si je savais où le trouver, Si je pouvais arriver jusqu’à son trône,
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
4Je plaiderais ma cause devant lui, Je remplirais ma bouche d’arguments,
4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5Je connaîtrais ce qu’il peut avoir à répondre, Je verrais ce qu’il peut avoir à me dire.
5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
6Emploierait-il toute sa force à me combattre? Ne daignerait-il pas au moins m’écouter?
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
7Ce serait un homme droit qui plaiderait avec lui, Et je serais pour toujours absous par mon juge.
7There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
8Mais, si je vais à l’orient, il n’y est pas; Si je vais à l’occident, je ne le trouve pas;
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9Est-il occupé au nord, je ne puis le voir; Se cache-t-il au midi, je ne puis le découvrir.
9On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
10Il sait néanmoins quelle voie j’ai suivie; Et, s’il m’éprouvait, je sortirais pur comme l’or.
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11Mon pied s’est attaché à ses pas; J’ai gardé sa voie, et je ne m’en suis point détourné.
11My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
12Je n’ai pas abandonné les commandements de ses lèvres; J’ai fait plier ma volonté aux paroles de sa bouche.
12I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
13Mais sa résolution est arrêtée; qui s’y opposera? Ce que son âme désire, il l’exécute.
13But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
14Il accomplira donc ses desseins à mon égard, Et il en concevra bien d’autres encore.
14For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
15Voilà pourquoi sa présence m’épouvante; Quand j’y pense, j’ai peur de lui.
15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
16Dieu a brisé mon courage, Le Tout-Puissant m’a rempli d’effroi.
16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
17Car ce ne sont pas les ténèbres qui m’anéantissent, Ce n’est pas l’obscurité dont je suis couvert.
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

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