< Job 26 >

1 Job prit la parole et dit:
Job replied,
2 Comme tu sais bien venir en aide à la faiblesse! Comme tu prêtes secours au bras sans force!
“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
3 Quels bons conseils tu donnes à celui qui manque d’intelligence! Quelle abondance de sagesse tu fais paraître!
What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
4 A qui s’adressent tes paroles? Et qui est-ce qui t’inspire?
Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
5 Devant Dieu les ombres tremblent Au-dessous des eaux et de leurs habitants;
The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
6 Devant lui le séjour des morts est nu, L’abîme n’a point de voile. (Sheol h7585)
Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered. (Sheol h7585)
7 Il étend le septentrion sur le vide, Il suspend la terre sur le néant.
He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
8 Il renferme les eaux dans ses nuages, Et les nuages n’éclatent pas sous leur poids.
He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
9 Il couvre la face de son trône, Il répand sur lui sa nuée.
He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
10 Il a tracé un cercle à la surface des eaux, Comme limite entre la lumière et les ténèbres.
On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
11 Les colonnes du ciel s’ébranlent, Et s’étonnent à sa menace.
The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
12 Par sa force il soulève la mer, Par son intelligence il en brise l’orgueil.
He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
13 Son souffle donne au ciel la sérénité, Sa main transperce le serpent fuyard.
The breath of his voice made the heavens beautiful; with his hand he pierced the gliding serpent.
14 Ce sont là les bords de ses voies, C’est le bruit léger qui nous en parvient; Mais qui entendra le tonnerre de sa puissance?
This is just a little of all he does—what we hear of him is hardly a whisper, so who can understand his thunderous power?”

< Job 26 >