Livre de Job 37

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1 À ce spectacle mon cœur sursaute et ne peut pas rester en place.	1 At this, my heart became frightened, and it has been moved from its place.
2 Écoutez donc le fracas de sa voix, le grondement qui sort de sa bouche!	2 Pay close attention to the alarm of his voice and to the sound that proceeds from his mouth.
3 D’un bout du ciel à l’autre il a lancé l’éclair: il atteindra les extrémités de la terre.	3 He beholds everything under the heavens, and his light reaches beyond the ends of the earth.
4 Puis on entend un rugissement: c’est sa voix souveraine qui tonne et les éclairs ne cesseront pas tandis qu’elle se fera entendre.	4 After this, a noise will sound; he will thunder with the voice of his greatness, and it will not be tracked down, yet his voice will be obeyed.
5 Oui, Dieu par sa voix opère des merveilles, il fait des prodiges qui nous dépassent.	5 God will thunder with his voice miraculously, for he performs great and unsearchable things.
6 Il dit à la neige: “Descends sur la terre!” et aux pluies d’averse: “Allez-y fort!”	6 He commands the snow to descend on earth, and the winter rains, and the shower of his strength.
7 C’est alors qu’il enferme chacun en son abri, pour que tous reconnaissent sa puissance.	7 He signs the hand of all men, so that each one may know his works.
8 Même les bêtes vont à leurs tanières et se couchent dans leurs refuges.	8 The beast will enter his hiding-place, and he will remain in his cave.
9 Du sud arrive la tempête, du nord vient le froid.	9 From the interior, a storm will come forth, and a cold winter from the north.
10 Sous le souffle de Dieu la glace se forme, la surface des eaux se durcit.	10 As God breathes out, frost forms, and the waters are poured forth very widely again.
11 Il charge d’éclairs les nuages, et les nuées déchargent les éclairs.	11 Crops desire clouds, and the clouds scatter their light.
12 Lui les envoie à la ronde, les fait partir tour à tour: sur toute l’étendue de la terre ils feront le travail qu’il ordonne.	12 It shines all around, wherever the will of him that governs them will lead, to anywhere he will command, over the whole face of the earth,
13 Si c’est pour punir, il feront ce qui lui plaît, si c’est pour une grâce, on la recevra.	13 whether in one tribe, or in his own region, or in whatever place of his mercy that he will order them to be found.
14 Écoute encore ceci, Job, prends le temps d’observer les merveilles de Dieu.	14 Listen to these things, Job. Stand up and consider the wonders of God.
15 Sais-tu de quelle façon il les opère? comment il fait briller l’éclair dans la nuée?	15 Do you know when God ordered the rains, so as to show the light of his clouds?
16 Sais-tu comment flottent les nuages? Quel miracle de science achevée!	16 Do you know the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect sciences?
17 Toi qui ne supportes pas sous tes vêtements, quand la terre s’assoupit sous le vent du midi,	17 Are not your garments hot, when the south wind blows across the land?
18 l’aurais-tu aidé à forger le firmament, et le laisser ferme comme un miroir de bronze?	18 Perhaps you have made the heavens with him, which are very solid, as if they had been cast from brass.
19 Dis-moi: comment devons-nous lui parler? ne discutons plus: nous sommes dans les ténèbres.	19 Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.
20 Quand je parle, est-ce qu’on le lui répète? Est-il informé de ce que disent les hommes?	20 Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.
21 Mais quoi? on ne voit plus la lumière… les nuages ont tout obscurci… voici que le vent souffle et les balaye…	21 Although they do not see the light, the air will be thickened suddenly into clouds, and the wind, passing by, will drive them away.
22 Une lumière dorée nous arrive du nord: c’est l’éclat redoutable dont Dieu s’enveloppe!	22 Riches arrive from the north, and fearful praise reaches out to God.
23 C’est le Puissant que nous ne pouvions atteindre, grand par sa force, grand par sa justice, si grand en sa justice qu’il n’accable personne!	23 We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.
24 C’est pourquoi les humains doivent le craindre: tous les sages ensemble ne sont rien à ses yeux.”	24 Therefore, men will fear him, and all those who seem to themselves to be wise, will not dare to contemplate him.