Job 42

1 Or Job, reprenant dit au Seigneur:

Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],

2 Je sais que vous pouvez tout et que rien ne vous est impossible.

“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.

3 Qui peut vous cacher ses desseins? Croira-t-on que vous les ignorez, parce que l'on aura épargné les paroles? Qui me révélera ce que je ne savais pas, les grandes merveilles dont je n'avais pas connaissance?

[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.

4 Ecoutez-moi, Seigneur, afin que je parle à mon tour; je vais vous interroger, instruisez-moi.

You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’

5 J'ai entendu premièrement comme entend votre oreille, et maintenant mon œil vous voit.

I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.

6 C'est pourquoi je me prends en mépris, je me consume, et je sens que je ne suis que cendre et poussière.

Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”

7 Or ceci advint; après que le Seigneur eut tenu à Job tout ce discours, le seigneur dit à Eliphaz le Thémanite: Tu as péché, toi et tes deux amis, car vous n'avez rien dit devant moi qui fût véritable, comme l'a fait Job mon serviteur.

After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.

8 Allez donc chercher sept béliers et sept bœufs, et revenez auprès de Job mon serviteur; et il le sacrifiera pour vous, et Job mon serviteur priera pour vous; car je n'écouterai que lui. Si ce n'était en considération de Job, je vous détruirais, parce que vous n'avez rien dit qui fût véritable, comme Job mon serviteur.

So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”

9 Et Eliphaz le Thémanite, et Baldad le Sauchite, et Sophar le Minéen partirent, et ils firent ce que leur avait prescrit le Seigneur, et il leur remit leurs péchés à cause de Job.

So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].

10 Et le Seigneur fortifia Job, et à sa prière, il remit à ses amis leur péché. Et le Seigneur donna à Job le double de ce qu'il possédait auparavant; il doubla toute chose.

After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.

11 Et tous ses frères et sœurs apprirent ce qui lui était arrivé, et ils vinrent auprès de lui, et tous ceux qui le connaissaient précédemment. En mangeant et en buvant chez lui, ils le consolèrent et ils manifestèrent leur admiration au sujet de ce que le Seigneur lui avait envoyé, et chacun d'eux lui donna une brebis et un double sicle d'or non monnayé.

Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.

12 Et le Seigneur bénit Job en la fin de sa carrière plus que dans les commencements, et ses troupeaux furent: quatre mille brebis, six mille chamelles, mille paires de bœufs et mille ânesses au pâturage.

Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

13 Et il lui naquit sept fils et trois filles.

And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.

14 Et il appela la première Héméra, et la seconde Casria, et la troisième Corne d'Almathée.

He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.

15 Et en toute l'étendue que le ciel recouvre, on n'eût point trouvé de femmes plus belles que les filles de Job, et il leur donna des parts d'héritage comme à ses fils.

In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.

16 Et Job après ses jours d'affliction, vécut cent soixante-dix ans; et la durée de toute sa vie fut de deux cent quarante ans. Et Job vit ses fils et les fils de ses fils jusqu'à la quatrième génération,

After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.

17 et Job mourut très avancé en âge et plein de jours.

He was very old [DOU] when he died.