Job 42
1 Alors Job répondit à l'Éternel, et dit:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 Je sais que tu peux tout, et qu'on ne saurait t'empêcher d'accomplir un dessein.
“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.
3 “Qui obscurcit mes plans sans science? “J'ai parlé et je ne comprenais pas; ce sont des choses trop merveilleuses pour moi, et je ne les connais point.
[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 “Écoute donc et je parlerai; je t'interrogerai et tu m'instruiras. “
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Mes oreilles avaient entendu parler de toi; mais, maintenant, mon œil t'a vu.
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 condamne et je me repens, sur la poussière et sur la cendre.
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, après que l'Éternel eut ainsi parlé à Job, il dit à Éliphaz, de Théman: Ma colère est enflammée contre toi et contre tes deux amis, parce que vous n'avez pas parlé avec droiture devant moi, comme 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 Maintenant, prenez sept taureaux et sept béliers, et allez vers mon serviteur Job, offrez un holocauste pour vous, et Job, mon serviteur, priera pour vous; et par égard pour lui, je ne vous traiterai pas selon votre folie, car vous n'avez pas parlé avec droiture devant moi, comme mon serviteur Job.
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 Éliphaz, de Théman, Bildad, de Shuach, et Tsophar, de Naama, allèrent et firent comme leur avait dit l'Éternel, et l'Éternel eut égard à 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 l'Éternel rétablit Job dans ses biens, quand il eut prié pour ses amis; et il lui rendit au double tout ce qu'il avait eu.
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 Tous ses frères, et toutes ses sœurs, tous ceux qui l'avaient connu auparavant vinrent vers lui, et mangèrent avec lui dans sa maison. Ils lui firent leurs condoléances, et le consolèrent au sujet de tout le mal que l'Éternel avait fait venir sur lui, et chacun lui donna une késita et un anneau d'or.
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 Ainsi l'Éternel bénit le dernier état de Job plus que le premier; il eut quatorze mille brebis, six mille chameaux, et mille couples de bœufs, et mille ânesses.
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 Il eut sept fils et trois filles.
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 Il donna à la première le nom de Jémima (colombe), à la seconde celui de Ketsia (parfum), à la troisième celui de Kéren-Happuc (flacon de fard).
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 Et il ne se trouvait pas de femmes aussi belles que les filles de Job dans tout le pays; et leur père leur donna un héritage avec leurs frères.
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 Job vécut, après ces choses, cent quarante ans, et 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 il mourut âgé et rassasié de jours.
He was very old [DOU] when he died.
