Job 26
1 Then Job answered,
Et Job répondit et dit:
2 "How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.
Comme tu as aidé celui qui n’avait pas de puissance! Comme tu as délivré le bras qui était sans force!
3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge.
Quel conseil tu as donné à celui qui n’avait pas de sagesse! et quelle abondance d’intelligence tu as montrée!
4 To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?
Pour qui as-tu prononcé des paroles, et de qui est le souffle qui est sorti de toi?
5 "Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Les trépassés tremblent au-dessous des eaux et de ceux qui les habitent.
Le shéol est à nu devant lui, et l’abîme n’a pas de voile. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth on nothing.
Il étend le nord sur le vide, il suspend la terre sur le néant.
8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.
Il serre les eaux dans ses nuages, et la nuée ne se fend pas sous elles;
9 He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
Il couvre la face de son trône et étend ses nuées par-dessus.
10 He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
Il a tracé un cercle fixe sur la face des eaux, jusqu’à la limite extrême où la lumière confine aux ténèbres.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Les colonnes des cieux branlent et s’étonnent à sa menace.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
Il soulève la mer par sa puissance, et, par son intelligence, il brise Rahab.
13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
Par son Esprit le ciel est beau; sa main a formé le serpent fuyard.
14 Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him. But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
Voici, ces choses sont les bords de ses voies, et combien faible est le murmure que nous en avons entendu! Et le tonnerre de sa force, qui peut le comprendre?
