Job 1
1 Il y avait dans le pays d’Uts un homme dont le nom était Job; et cet homme était parfait et droit, craignant Dieu et se retirant du mal.
A man he was in [the] land of Uz [was] Job name his and he was - the man that blameless and upright and fearing God and turning aside from evil.
2 Et il lui naquit sept fils et trois filles;
And they were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 et il possédait 7 000 brebis, et 3 000 chameaux, et 500 paires de bœufs, et 500 ânesses; et [il avait] un très grand nombre de serviteurs; et cet homme était plus grand que tous les fils de l’orient.
And it was livestock his seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred pair[s] of ox[en] and five hundred female donkeys and service much very and he was the man that great more than all [the] people of [the] east.
4 Et ses fils allaient et faisaient un festin, chacun dans [sa] maison, à son jour; et ils envoyaient appeler leurs trois sœurs pour manger et pour boire avec eux.
And they went sons his and they made a feast [the] house of each one day his and they sent and they invited [the] three (sisters their *Q(k)*) to eat and to drink with them.
5 Et il arrivait que, quand les jours de festin étaient terminés, Job envoyait [vers eux] et les sanctifiait: il se levait de bonne heure le matin et offrait des holocaustes selon leur nombre à tous, car Job disait: Peut-être mes fils ont-ils péché et ont-ils maudit Dieu dans leurs cœurs. Job faisait toujours ainsi.
And it was that they had gone round [the] days of the feast and he sent Job and he sanctified them and he rose early in the morning and he offered up burnt offerings [the] number of all of them for he said Job perhaps they have sinned children my and they have blessed God in heart their thus he did Job all the days.
6 Or, un jour, il arriva que les fils de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant l’Éternel, et Satan aussi vint au milieu d’eux.
And it was the day and they came [the] sons of God to present themselves on Yahweh and he came also the adversary in midst of them.
7 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: D’où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel et dit: De courir çà et là sur la terre et de m’y promener.
And he said Yahweh to the adversary from where? are you coming and he answered the adversary Yahweh and he said from roving about on the earth and from going about on it.
8 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: As-tu considéré mon serviteur Job, qu’il n’y a sur la terre aucun homme comme lui, parfait et droit, craignant Dieu, et se retirant du mal?
And he said Yahweh to the adversary ¿ have you set heart your on servant my Job for there not [is] like him on the earth a man blameless and upright fearing God and [who] turns aside from evil.
9 Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel et dit: Est-ce pour rien que Job craint Dieu?
And he answered the adversary Yahweh and he said ¿ in vain has he feared Job God.
10 Ne l’as-tu pas, toi, entouré de toutes parts d’une haie de protection, lui, et sa maison, et tout ce qui lui appartient? Tu as béni le travail de ses mains, et tu as fait abonder son avoir sur la terre.
¿ Not (you *Q(K)*) have you put a hedge behind him and behind house his and behind all that [belongs] to him from round about [the] work of hands his you have blessed and livestock his it has spread out in the land.
11 Mais étends ta main et touche à tout ce qu’il a: [tu verras] s’il ne te maudit pas en face.
And but stretch out please hand your and touch all that [belongs] to him if not on face your he will bless you.
12 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: Voici, tout ce qu’il a est en ta main, seulement tu n’étendras pas ta main sur lui. Et Satan sortit de la présence de l’Éternel.
And he said Yahweh to the adversary there! all that [belongs] to him [is] in hand your only against him may not you stretch out hand your and he went out the adversary from with [the] presence of Yahweh.
13 Et, un jour, il arriva que ses fils et ses filles mangeaient et buvaient du vin dans la maison de leur frère premier-né;
And it was the day and sons his and daughters his [were] eating and drinking wine in [the] house of brother their the firstborn.
14 et un messager vint à Job et dit: Les bœufs labouraient et les ânesses paissaient auprès d’eux,
And a messenger he came to Job and he said the ox[en] they were plowing and the female donkeys [were] grazing on hands their.
15 et ceux de Sheba sont tombés [sur eux] et les ont pris, et ils ont frappé les jeunes hommes par le tranchant de l’épée; et j’ai échappé, moi seul, pour te l’annoncer.
And it fell Sabean[s] and it took them and the servants they struck to [the] mouth of [the] sword and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
16 Celui-ci parlait encore, qu’un autre vint et dit: Le feu de Dieu est tombé du ciel et a brûlé les brebis et les jeunes hommes, et les a consumés; et j’ai échappé, moi seul, pour te l’annoncer.
Still - this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said [the] fire of God it fell from the heavens and it burned the sheep and the servants and it consumed them and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
17 Celui-ci parlait encore, qu’un autre vint et dit: Les Chaldéens ont formé trois bandes, et se sont jetés sur les chameaux et les ont pris, et ils ont frappé les jeunes hommes par le tranchant de l’épée; et j’ai échappé, moi seul, pour te l’annoncer.
Still - this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said [the] Chaldeans they formed - three companies and they made a raid on the camels and they took them and the servants they struck to [the] mouth of [the] sword and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
18 Celui-ci parlait encore, qu’un autre vint et dit: Tes fils et tes filles mangeaient et buvaient du vin dans la maison de leur frère premier-né,
Until this [one] [was] speaking and this [one] he came and he said sons your and daughters your [were] eating and drinking wine in [the] house of brother their the firstborn.
19 et voici, un grand vent est venu d’au-delà du désert et a donné contre les quatre coins de la maison, et elle est tombée sur les jeunes gens et ils sont morts; et j’ai échappé, moi seul, pour te l’annoncer.
And there! a wind great it came - from [the] other side of the wilderness and it touched [the] four [the] corners of the house and it fell on the youths and they died and I have escaped! only I to alone me to tell to you.
20 Et Job se leva, et déchira sa robe, et rasa sa tête, et se jeta à terre et se prosterna.
And he arose Job and he tore robe his and he shaved head his and he fell [the] earth towards and he bowed down.
21 Et il dit: Nu je suis sorti du sein de ma mère, et nu j’y retournerai; l’Éternel a donné, et l’Éternel a pris; que le nom de l’Éternel soit béni!
And he said naked (I came out *Q(k)*) from [the] womb of mother my and naked I will return there towards Yahweh he gave and Yahweh he has taken may it be [the] name of Yahweh blessed.
22 En tout cela Job ne pécha pas, et n’attribua rien à Dieu qui soit inconvenable.
In all this not he sinned Job and not he ascribe unseemliness to God.
