Job 24
1 “(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
Pourquoi le Tout-puissant n'a-t-Il pas des époques en réserve, et ses adorateurs ne voient-ils pas ses jours [de vengeance]?
2 [Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
On déplace les bornes, on ravit les troupeaux, et on les fait paître comme siens;
3 [Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
on enlève l'âne de l'orphelin, on prend pour gage le bœuf de la veuve;
4 [Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
on pousse le pauvre hors du chemin, et les malheureux du pays se cachent tous;
5 The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
voici, comme des onagres, ils vont dans le désert à leur labeur, cherchant une proie;
6 The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
la steppe leur donne du pain pour leurs enfants; ils ramassent dans les champs leur fourrage, et grapillent dans la vigne de l'impie;
7 During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
nus ils passent la nuit, faute de manteau, ils sont sans abri durant la froidure;
8 When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
trempés par les pluies des montagnes, et manquant d'asile, ils embrassent les rochers.
9 [Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
On arrache l'orphelin à la mamelle, et l'on prend pour gage la couverture du pauvre,
10 But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
qui s'en va nu, privé de manteau, et qui reste affamé en portant les gerbes;
11 Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
dans leurs enclos il pressure l'olive, il foule au pressoir, et reste altéré.
12 In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
Du sein des villes sortent les soupirs des mourants, et l'âme des blessés crie au secours… Mais pour Dieu n'importe le contre-sens!
13 Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
D'autres sont ennemis de la lumière, n'en connaissent pas les voies, et n'en pratiquent point les sentiers.
14 Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
Au jour, le meurtrier se lève, tue le misérable et le pauvre, et la nuit, il est comme le voleur.
15 Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
L'œil de l'adultère épie le crépuscule, disant: Aucun œil ne me verra! et d'un voile il se couvre la tête…
16 It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
De nuit, ils percent les murs des maisons, de jour, ils se tiennent renfermés, ne connaissant pas la lumière.
17 All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
Car le matin est pour eux l'ombre de la mort, et les terreurs nocturnes leur sont familières.
18 “[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
Vite [l'impie] passe comme glissant sur les eaux! dans le pays son héritage est maudit! il ne se tourne plus du côté de ses vignes!
19 Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
Comme le sec et le chaud enlèvent l'eau de neige, ainsi l'Enfer absorbe ceux qui ont péché! (Sheol h7585)
20 Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
le sein maternel les oublie! ils font le régal des vers! on ne pense plus à eux! comme le bois l'impie est brisé,
21 They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
lui qui dépouilla la femme stérile, celle qui n'enfantait pas, et qui ne fit aucun bien à la veuve!…
22 But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
Non! Dieu par sa force conserve les violents; l'impie se relève, alors qu'il ne compte plus sur sa vie.
23 God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
Il lui donne de quoi se rassurer, afin qu'il soit soutenu, et Il a les yeux sur ses voies;
24 They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
ils se sont élevés: il ne faut qu'un instant, et ils ne sont plus: les voilà gisants, ils meurent comme tous les hommes, ils sont moissonnés comme les cimes des épis.
25 If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
S'il n'en était pas ainsi, qui me démentirait, et mettrait mon discours à néant?
