Job 26
1 Et Job répondit et dit:
Job replied,
2 Comme tu as aidé la faiblesse, soutenu le bras débile!
“How helpful you have been to this feeble man that I am. How supportive you have been to the weak.
3 Comme tu as conseillé l'ignorance, et montré beaucoup de lumières!
What good advice you have given to this ignorant man, demonstrating you have so much wisdom.
4 A qui s'adressaient tes propos? et qui t'inspirait ce que tu as énoncé?
Who helped you speak these words? Who inspired you to say such things?
5 Devant Lui les Ombres tremblent, au-dessous des eaux et de leurs habitants.
The dead tremble, those beneath the waters.
Sheol lies naked before God, Abaddon is uncovered. (Sheol h7585)
7 Il étendit l'Aquilon au-dessus du vide; la terre est suspendue sur le néant.
He stretches the northern sky over empty space; he hangs the world on nothing.
8 Il serra les eaux dans ses nues, et sous leur poids le nuage n'éclate pas;
He gathers the rain in his storm clouds which do not break under the weight.
9 Il cache l'aspect de son trône, et Il l'enveloppe de sa nuée.
He veils his throne; covering it with his clouds.
10 Il traça sur les eaux une limite circulaire, au point où la lumière confine aux ténèbres.
On the surface of the waters he set a boundary; he set a limit dividing light from darkness.
11 Les colonnes des Cieux s'ébranlent, et s'étonnent à sa voix menaçante.
The pillars of heaven tremble; they shake with fear at his rebuke.
12 Par sa force, Il soulève la mer, et par sa sagesse, Il en abat l'orgueil.
He calmed the sea with his power; because he knew what to do he crushed Rahab.
13 Son souffle rassérène le ciel, et sa main transperce le dragon qui fuit.
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. Qu'il est faible le bruit qu'en saisit notre oreille! et le tonnerre de sa puissance, qui est-ce qui l'entend?
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?”
