Job 17
1 Je péris emporté par une tempête; j'aspire à la tombe et je n'y puis arriver.
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 Je péris dans mon affliction; et vous, Seigneur, qu'avez-vous fait?
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 Des étrangers m'ont enlevé mes richesses: Quel est cet homme? qu'il soit enchaîné par ma 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 Vous avez rendu leur cœur inaccessible à la raison; gardez-vous de les glorifier.
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 Cet homme n'a rien à dire à ses amis que des méchancetés; et ses yeux ont fondu en larmes à cause de ses fils.
[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 O mon Dieu, vous avez fait de moi la fable des nations; je suis devenu pour elles un objet de risée.
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 La colère alors a séché mes pleurs, et j'ai été vivement assiégé de toutes parts.
(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 gens sincères à cause de moi sont saisis de surprise, ils s'écrient: Puisse le juste s'élever au-dessus du méchant!
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 Que le fidèle persévère dans sa voie, que l'homme dont les mains sont pures prenne courage.
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 Et vous tous approchez, écoutez-moi, je ne trouve point la vérité en 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 J'ai passé mes jours à murmurer, et toutes les parties de mon cœur ont été déchirées.
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 J'ai confondu la nuit avec le jour; la lumière avec 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 Tout ce que j'ai à attendre, c'est la terre pour demeure; ma couche est déjà étendue dans les ténèbres. (Sheol h7585)
If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? (Sheol h7585)
14 J'ai surnommé la mort mon père; ma mère et ma sœur, c'est la pourriture.
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? quels sont les biens que je verrai?
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 Est-ce que mon espoir et mes biens descendront avec moi sous la terre? Est-ce que nous serons placés ensemble dans le sépulcre? (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)
