Job 17
1 Mes esprits se dissipent, mes jours vont être éteints, le sépulcre [m'attend].
“My (life/time to live) is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me.
2 Certes il n'y a que des moqueurs auprès de moi, et mon œil veille toute la nuit dans les chagrins qu'ils me font.
Those who are around me are making fun of me; I [SYN] watch them while they (taunt/make fun of) me.”
3 Donne-moi, je te prie, [donne-moi] une caution auprès de toi; [mais] qui est-ce qui me touchera dans la 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 Car tu as caché à leur cœur l'intelligence, c'est pourquoi tu ne les élèveras point.
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 Et les yeux même des enfants de celui qui parle avec flatterie à ses intimes amis, seront consumés.
[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 Il m'a mis pour être la fable des peuples, et je suis [comme] un tambour devant eux.
“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face [to insult me].
7 Mon œil est terni de dépit, et tous les membres de mon corps sont comme une ombre.
(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 hommes droits seront étonnés de ceci, et l'innocence se réveillera contre l'hypocrite.
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 Toutefois le juste se tiendra ferme dans sa voie, et celui qui a les mains nettes, se renforcera.
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 Retournez donc vous tous, et revenez, je vous prie; car je ne trouve point de sage entre 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 Mes jours sont passés, mes desseins sont rompus, [et] les pensées de mon cœur [sont dissipées].
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 On me change la nuit en jour, et on fait que la lumière se trouve proche des ténèbres.
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 Certes je n'ai plus à attendre que le sépulcre, qui va être ma maison; j'ai dressé mon lit 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 crié à la fosse: tu es mon père; et aux vers: vous êtes ma mère et ma sœur.
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 Et où seront les choses que j'ai attendues, et qui est-ce qui verra ces choses qui ont été le sujet de mon attente?
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 Elles descendront au fond du sépulcre; certes elles reposeront ensemble [avec moi] dans la poussière. (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)
