Job 17
1 « Mon esprit est consumé. Mes jours sont éteints et la tombe est prête pour moi.
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 Il y a certainement des moqueurs avec moi. Mon regard s'attarde sur leur provocation.
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 « Maintenant, donnez un gage. Sers-toi de toi-même comme garantie pour moi. Qui est là pour me donner la main?
“God, [it is as though I am in prison; ] please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me.
4 Car tu as caché leur cœur à l'intelligence, c'est pourquoi vous ne les exalterez pas.
You have prevented my friends from understanding [what is true about me]; do not allow them to triumph over me, [saying that I have done things that are wrong].
5 Celui qui dénonce ses amis pour le pillage, même les yeux de ses enfants seront défaillants.
[Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that] when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property, it is that person’s children who will be punished for it;’ [so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me].
6 « Mais il a fait de moi la risée du peuple. Ils me crachent au visage.
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 Mon œil aussi est obscurci par la tristesse. Tous mes membres sont comme une ombre.
(My sight has become dim/I cannot see well) because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are [very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast] [MET] a shadow.
8 Les hommes droits s'étonneront de cela. L'innocent se soulèvera contre l'impie.
Those who [say that they] are good/righteous are shocked [when they see what has happened to me], and people who [say that they] (are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong) say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished.
9 Mais le juste s'en tiendra à sa voie. Celui qui a les mains propres deviendra de plus en plus fort.
Those who [claim that they] are righteous will continue to do what [they think] is right, and those [who say] they have not sinned will continue to become stronger.
10 Mais quant à vous tous, revenez. Je ne trouverai pas d'homme sage parmi vous.
“But even if all of those people came [and stood in front of me], I would not find anyone among them who is wise.
11 Mes jours sont passés. Mes plans sont rompus, comme les pensées de mon cœur.
My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; [I have not been able to accomplish] anything that I [SYN] desired.
12 Ils changent la nuit en jour, dire « La lumière est proche » en présence de l'obscurité.
My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day; when it is night, they claim that it is daylight; when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light.
13 Si je considère le séjour des morts comme ma maison, si j'ai étendu ma couche dans l'obscurité, (Sheol h7585)
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol h7585)
14 si j'ai dit à la corruption: « Tu es mon père ». et au ver: « Ma mère » et « Ma sœur ».
I may say to the grave, ‘You will be [like] a father to me,’ and say to the maggots [that will eat my body], ‘You will be [like] a mother or younger sisters to me [because you will be where I will always be].’
15 Où est donc mon espoir? Quant à mon espoir, qui le verra?
But if I say those things, (will there be anything good that I can confidently expect to happen to me?/there will be nothing good that I can confidently expect to happen to me.) [RHQ] (Is there anyone who knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave?/No one knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave.) [RHQ]
16 Il descendra avec moi jusqu'aux portes du séjour des morts, ou descendre ensemble dans la poussière? » (Sheol h7585)
After I descend to the place where the dead are, (will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.) [RHQ] [It will be as though] [RHQ] I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust [where the dead are].” (Sheol h7585)
