Job 26
1 Then Job made answer and said,
Alors Job prit la parole et dit:
2 How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!
Comme tu sais venir en aide à la faiblesse, prêter secours au bras sans force!
3 How have you given teaching to him who has no wisdom, and fully made clear true knowledge!
Comme tu conseilles bien l’ignorant! Quelle abondance de sagesse tu fais paraître!
4 To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?
A qui adresses-tu des paroles? Et de qui est l’esprit qui sort de ta bouche?
5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
Devant Dieu, les ombres tremblent sous les eaux et leurs habitants.
Le schéol est à nu devant lui, et l’abîme n’a pas de voile. (Sheol h7585)
7 By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Il étend le septentrion sur le vide, il suspend la terre sur le néant.
8 By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.
Il renferme les eaux dans ses nuages, et les nues ne se déchirent pas sous leur poids.
9 By him the face of his high seat is veiled, and his cloud stretched out over it.
Il voile la face de son trône, il étend sur lui ses nuées.
10 By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.
Il a tracé un cercle à la surface des eaux, au point de division de la lumière et des ténèbres.
11 The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.
Les colonnes du ciel s’ébranlent, et s’épouvantent à sa menace.
12 By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.
Par sa puissance il soulève la mer, par sa sagesse il brise l’orgueil.
13 By his wind the heavens become bright: by his hand the quickly moving snake was cut through.
Par son souffle le ciel devient serein, sa main a formé le serpent fuyard.
14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
Tels sont les bords de ses voies, le léger murmure que nous en percevons; mais le tonnerre de sa puissance, qui pourra l’entendre?
