Job 7
1 “People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do; all during the time that we are alive, we work hard [RHQ], like laborers/servants do.
La vie de l’homme sur la terre est un temps de service, et ses jours sont comme ceux du mercenaire.
2 We are like [SIM] slaves who keep wanting to be in the cool shade, and we are like [SIM] workers who are waiting to be paid.
Comme l’esclave soupire après l’ombre, comme l’ouvrier attend son salaire,
3 God has given me many months [in which I think that it is] useless [to remain alive]; he has allotted/given to me many nights during which I feel miserable.
ainsi j’ai eu en partage des mois de douleur, pour mon lot, des nuits de souffrance.
4 When I lie down [at night] I say, ‘How long will it be until morning?’ But nights are long, and I (toss/turn over and over) [on my bed] until dawn.
Si je me couche, je dis: « Quand me lèverai-je? Quand finira la nuit? » et je suis rassasié d’angoisses jusqu’au jour.
5 My body is covered with maggots and scabs; pus oozes out of my open sores.
Ma chair se couvre de vers et d’une croûte terreuse, ma peau se gerce et coule.
6 My days pass as quickly as a weaver’s (shuttle/stick that takes the thread back and forth), and they end without my confidently expecting [that things will be better the next day].
Mes jours passent plus rapides que la navette, ils s’évanouissent: plus d’espérance!
7 God, do not forget that my life is [as short as] a breath [MET]; I [think that] I [SYN] will never again be happy.
O Dieu, souviens-toi que ma vie n’est qu’un souffle! Mes yeux ne reverront pas le bonheur.
8 God, you [SYN] see me now, but [some day] you will not see me any more. You will search for me, but I will be gone [because I will be dead].
L’œil qui me regarde ne m’apercevra plus; ton œil me cherchera, et je ne serai plus.
9 Like [SIM] clouds (disperse/break up) and then disappear, people [die and] descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return; (Sheol h7585)
Le nuage se dissipe et passe; ainsi celui qui descend au schéol ne remontera plus; (Sheol h7585)
10 they never return to their houses, and people among whom they lived do not remember them any more.
il ne retournera plus dans sa maison; le lieu qu’il habitait ne le reconnaîtra plus.
11 So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain [to God about what has happened to me] because I [SYN] am very angry.
C’est pourquoi je ne retiendrai pas ma langue, je parlerai dans l’angoisse de mon esprit, j’exhalerai mes plaintes dans l’amertume de mon âme.
12 [God, ] why do you watch closely what I am doing? [Do you think that] I am a [dangerous] sea monster?
Suis-je la mer ou un monstre marin, pour que tu poses une barrière autour de moi?
13 When [I lie down at night, ] I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed; my pain will be less while I am sleeping.’
Quand je dis: « Mon lit me soulagera, ma couche calmera mes soupirs, »
14 But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid; you give me visions that terrify me,
alors tu m’effraies par des songes, tu m’épouvantes par des visions.
15 with the result that I would prefer to be strangled to death than to continue to [be alive] being only a bunch of bones.
Ah! Mon âme préfère la mort violente, mes os appellent le trépas.
16 I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years [HYP]. Allow me to be alone, [because I will be alive] for only a very short remaining time [HYP].
Je suis en proie à la dissolution, la vie m’échappe pour jamais; laisse-moi, car mes jours ne sont qu’un souffle.
17 “We human beings are not [very important]; so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us [DOU]?
Qu’est-ce que l’homme, pour que tu en fasses tant d’estime, que tu daignes t’occuper de lui,
18 You look at us every morning [to see what we are doing], and examine us every moment [to see if we are doing what is right].
que tu le visites chaque matin, et qu’à chaque instant tu l’éprouves?
19 (When will you stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit?/Please stop looking at me and leave me alone [for a little time], long enough to swallow my spit.) [RHQ]
Quand cesseras-ru d’avoir le regard sur moi? Quand me laisseras-tu le temps d’avaler ma salive?
20 [Why do] you watch me constantly? If I sin, that certainly does not harm you! Why have you set me up like a target to shoot at? Do you consider me to be a heavy load that you are forced to carry?
Si j’ai péché, que puis-je te faire, ô Gardien des hommes? Pourquoi me mettre en butte à tes traits, et me rendre à charge à moi-même?
21 [If I have sinned, ] are you not able to forgive me for my sins— the things that I have done that are wrong? Soon I will lie in my grave; you will search for me, but [you will not find me because] I will be [dead and] gone.”
Que ne pardonnes-tu mon offense? Que n’oublies-tu mon iniquité? Car bientôt je dormirai dans la poussière; tu me chercheras, et je ne serai plus.
