Job 1
1 Il y avait au pays de Huts un homme appelé Job; et cet homme était intègre et droit, craignant Dieu, et se détournant du mal.
In the land named Uz, there was a man named Job. He was a very godly/righteous [DOU] man, who greatly respected/revered God and always avoided doing evil things.
2 Il eut sept fils et trois filles.
He had seven sons and three daughters.
3 Et son bétail était de sept mille brebis, trois mille chameaux, cinq cents paires de bœufs, et cinq cents ânesses, avec un grand nombre de serviteurs; tellement que cet homme était le plus puissant de tous les Orientaux.
He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was the richest man in all the area east [of the Jordan River].
4 Or ses fils allaient et faisaient des festins les uns chez les autres chacun à son jour, et ils envoyaient convier leurs trois sœurs pour manger et boire avec eux.
Each year, Job’s sons made feasts [in their houses] to celebrate their birthdays. Whenever each one made a feast, he would invite [all his brothers and] his three sisters to come and eat together.
5 Puis quand le tour des jours de leurs festins était achevé, Job envoyait vers eux, et les sanctifiait, et se levant de bon matin, il offrait des holocaustes selon le nombre de ses enfants; car Job disait: Peut-être que mes enfants auront péché, et qu'ils auront blasphémé contre Dieu dans leurs cœurs. Et Job en usait toujours ainsi.
When each celebration ended, Job would summon them. He would get up early in the morning and kill animals and burn them on the altar as sacrifices, one for each of his children. He said to himself, “Perhaps [one of] my sons has sinned and said something evil about God in his heart.”
6 Or il arriva un jour que les enfants de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant l'Eternel, et que Satan aussi entra parmi eux.
One day, the angels came and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
7 L'Eternel dit à Satan: D'où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l'Eternel, en disant: Je viens de courir çà et là par la terre, et de m'y promener.
Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.”
8 Et l'Eternel lui dit: N'as-tu point considéré mon serviteur Job, qui n'a point d'égal sur la terre; homme intègre et droit, craignant Dieu, et se détournant du mal?
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you (noticed/thought about) my [faithful] servant Job? He is very godly/righteous [DOU], he greatly respects/reveres me, and he always avoids doing evil things. There is no one else on the earth like him.”
9 Et Satan répondit à l'Eternel, en disant: Est-ce en vain que Job craint Dieu?
Satan replied to Yahweh, “[What you say is true], but Job greatly respects you [only] because of what [you have done for him] [RHQ].
10 N'as-tu pas mis un rempart tout autour de lui, et de sa maison, et de tout ce qui lui appartient? Tu as béni l'œuvre de ses mains, et son bétail a fort multiplié sur la terre.
You have always [RHQ] protected [MET] him and his family and everything that he owns. You have made him very prosperous/rich. He has livestock all over this land.
11 Mais étends maintenant ta main, et touche tout ce qui lui appartient; [et tu verras] s'il ne te blasphème point en face.
But if you take away [MTY] everything that he has, he will curse you openly. [IDM]”
12 Et l'Eternel dit à Satan: Voilà, tout ce qui lui appartient est en ton pouvoir; seulement ne mets point la main sur lui. Et Satan sortit de devant la face de l'Eternel.
Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), I will permit you to take away everything that he has. But do not harm him.” Then Satan left, [and he prepared to cause many disastrous things to happen to Job].
13 Il arriva donc un jour, comme les fils et les filles [de Job] mangeaient et buvaient dans la maison de leur frère aîné,
One day [after that], Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the home of their oldest brother.
14 Qu'un messager vint à Job, et lui dit: Les bœufs labouraient, et les ânesses paissaient tout auprès;
While they were doing that, a messenger arrived at Job’s home and said to him, “While your oxen were plowing [the fields] and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
15 Et ceux de Séba se sont jetés dessus, et les ont pris, et ont frappé les serviteurs au tranchant de l'épée; et je suis échappé moi seul pour te le rapporter.
a group of men from [the] Sheba [area] came and attacked us. They killed all your servants [who were working in the fields] and took away all the oxen and donkeys! I am the only one who escaped to [come and] tell you what happened.”
16 Comme celui-là parlait encore, un autre arriva, et dit: Le feu de Dieu est tombé des cieux, et a embrasé les brebis, et les serviteurs, et les a consumés; et je suis échappé moi seul pour te le rapporter.
While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived. He said to Job, “Lightning from the sky [MTY] struck and killed all the sheep and all the men who were taking care of the sheep! I am the only one who escaped to [come and] tell you [what happened].”
17 Comme celui-là parlait encore, un autre arriva, et dit: Les Caldéens, rangés en trois bandes, se sont jetés sur les chameaux, et les ont pris, et ont frappé les serviteurs au tranchant de l'épée; et je suis échappé moi seul pour te le rapporter.
While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived. He said to Job, “Three groups [of robbers/bandits] from Chaldea [land] came and attacked us. They stole all the camels and killed all the men who were taking care of them. I am the only one who escaped to [come and] tell you [what happened].”
18 Comme celui-là parlait encore, un autre arriva, et dit: Tes fils et tes filles mangeaient et buvaient dans la maison de leur frère aîné,
While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived and reported this to Job: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in the home of their oldest brother.
19 Et voici, un grand vent s'est levé de delà le désert, et a heurté contre les quatre coins de la maison, qui est tombée sur ces jeunes gens, et ils sont morts; et je suis échappé moi seul pour te le rapporter.
Suddenly a (very strong wind/tornado) came from the desert and struck the house. The house collapsed on your sons and daughters and killed them all! I am the only one who escaped to [come and] tell you [what happened].”
20 Alors Job se leva, et déchira son manteau, et rasa sa tête, et se jetant par terre, se prosterna,
Job stood up, and tore his robe and shaved his head [because he was very sad/grieved]. Then he prostrated himself on the ground [to worship God].
21 Et dit: Je suis sorti nu du ventre de ma mère, et nu je retournerai là. L'Eternel l'avait donné, l'Eternel l'a ôté: le nom de l'Eternel soit béni!
He said, “When I was born, I had no clothes on. When I die, I will not take any clothes with me. Yahweh gave me [everything that I possessed], and [now] he has taken it all away. But (we should/I will) always praise Yahweh [anyway]! [MTY]”
22 En tout cela Job ne pécha point, et il n'attribua rien à Dieu d'indigne de lui.
In spite of all these [things that happened to] Job, [he] did not sin by saying that what God had done was wrong.
