Job 26

Catholic Public Domain Bible	Bible de Jérusalem
¹ Then Job responded by saying:	¹ Job prit la parole et dit:
² Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?	² Comme tu sais bien soutenir le faible, secourir le bras sans vigueur!
³ To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.	³ Quels bons conseils tu donnes à l'ignorant, comme ton savoir est fertile en ressources!
⁴ Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?	⁴ Mais ces discours, à qui s'adressent-ils, et d'où provient l'esprit qui sort de toi?
⁵ Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.	⁵ Les Ombres tremblent sous terre, les eaux et leurs habitants sont dans l'effroi.
⁶ The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition.	⁶ Devant lui, le Shéol est à nu, la Perdition à découvert.
⁷ He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.	⁷ C'est lui qui a étendu le Septentrion sur le vide, suspendu la terre sans appui.
⁸ He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.	⁸ Il enferme les eaux dans ses nuages. Sans que la nuée crève sous leur poids.
⁹ He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.	⁹ Il couvre la face de la pleine lune et déploie sur elle sa nuée.
¹⁰ He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.	¹⁰ Il a tracé un cercle à la surface des eaux, aux confins de la lumière et des ténèbres.
¹¹ The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.	¹¹ Les colonnes des cieux sont ébranlées, frappées de stupeur quand il menace.
¹² By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.	¹² Par sa force, il a brassé la Mer, par son habileté, écrasé Rahab.
¹³ His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.	¹³ Son souffle a clarifié les Cieux, sa main transpercé le Serpent Fuyard.
¹⁴ Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?	¹⁴ Tout cela, c'est l'extérieur de ses oeuvres, et nous n'en saisissons qu'un faible écho. Mais le tonnerrede sa puissance, qui le comprendra?