Job 21
1 Then Job replied,
Or Job reprenant dit:
2 “Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
Ecoutez, écoutez mes raisonnements, afin que de telles consolations me soient épargnées.
3 Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
Dussiez-vous me maudire je parlerai, ensuite vous ne rirez plus de moi.
4 “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Qu'y a-t-il? Mes reproches s'adressent-il à un homme? Et pourquoi donc contiendrais-je ma colère?
5 Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
Lorsque vous m'aurez examiné à fond vous serez saisis de surprise, et de vous mains vous vous frapperez les joues.
6 When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
Car si je recueille mes souvenirs, je n'ai eu que zèle pur, et les douleurs affligent mes chairs.
7 “[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
Pourquoi les impies vivent-ils, et vieillissent-ils au sein de la richesse?
8 They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
Leur famille est selon leur âme, ils ont leurs enfants sous les yeux.
9 Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
Leurs maisons prospèrent, on n'y ressent aucune crainte, car le fouet du Seigneur n'est point dirigé contre eux.
10 Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
Pas d'avortement parmi leurs génisses, leurs bêtes pleines portent sans mal; et, à terme, elles mettent bas leurs fruits.
11 Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
Leurs menus troupeaux ne diminuent jamais, et leurs enfants dansent
12 Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Au son de la harpe et de la cithare, et ils se complaisent au chant des cantiques.
13 Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
Leur vie s'est écoulée au milieu des biens, et ils se sont endormis dans le repos du sépulcre. (Sheol h7585)
14 While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
Cependant ils ont dit au Seigneur: Détournez-vous de nous; nous n'avons que faire de connaître vos voies.
15 Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
Qu'est-ce donc que le Tout-Puissant pour que nous le servions? Qu'est-il besoin que nous allions au devant de lui?
16 Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
Leurs mains sont pleines de richesses, et le Seigneur ne surveille pas les œuvres des impies.
17 (“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
Il est vrai qu'il advient aussi que leur lampe s'éteigne; ils essuient des catastrophes; des douleurs leur sont envoyées par la colère de Dieu.
18 [He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Ils seront alors comme de la paille que le vent emporte, ou comme le tourbillon de poussière qu'une tempête fait voler.
19 You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
Que les richesses du méchant échappent à ses fils; le Seigneur le rétribuera et il saura pourquoi.
20 I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
Que ses yeux voient sa propre immolation; qu'il ne soit pas épargné par le Seigneur.
21 After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
Car la volonté de Dieu est avec lui dans sa maison, et son nombre de mois lui a été compté.
22 “Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
Le Seigneur n'et-il pas le seul qui distribue l'intelligence et le savoir? Seul il juge les scélérats.
23 Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
Tel mourra dans la plénitude de son innocence, complètement heureux et bien portant;
24 Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
Les entrailles pleines de graisse et regorgeant de mœlle.
25 Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
Un autre finit en l'amertume de son âme, sans avoir jamais rien mangé de bon.
26 But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
Ils dorment ensemble sous la terre; la pourriture les enveloppe.
27 “Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
Je sais votre hardiesse à m'accuser.
28 You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
Ainsi vous demanderez: Où donc est la maison du chef? qu'est devenue la tente qui abritait des criminels?
29 But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
Interrogez les voyageurs et ne faussez pas leurs témoignages.
30 that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
Ils vous diront que le fardeau du méchant est allégé le jour de sa perte; on l'en déchargera tout à fait le jour de la colère du Seigneur.
31 There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
Qui donc lui montrera en face ses voies et ce qu'il a fait? Qui se chargera de le punir?
32 The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
On le portera au lieu des sépultures, et il a veillé lui-même à la construction de sa tombe.
33 A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
Sa présence réjouit jusqu'aux cailloux du torrent; chacun se fait un devoir de le suivre, et il est précédé d'une foule innombrable.
34 “So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
Comment donc me consolez-vous en vain? Car vous n'avez nullement adouci mes maux.
