Livre de Job 1

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il y avait jadis, au pays de Uç, un homme appelé Job: un homme intègre et droit qui craignait Dieu et segardait du mal.	1 There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.
2 Sept fils et trois filles lui étaient nés.	2 And there had been born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 Il possédait aussi 7.000 brebis, 3.000 chameaux, 500 paires de boeufs et 500 ânesses, avec de trèsnombreux serviteurs. Cet homme était le plus fortuné de tous les fils de l'Orient.	3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, along with five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred she-donkeys, and also a very large family. And this man was great among all the people of the east.
4 Ses fils avaient coutume d'aller festoyer chez l'un d'entre eux, à tour de rôle, et d'envoyer chercher leurstrois soeurs pour manger et boire avec eux.	4 And his sons went and made a feast by houses, each one on his day. And sending, they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 Or, une fois terminé le cycle de ces festins, Job les faisait venir pour les purifier et, le lendemain, àl'aube, il offrait un holocauste pour chacun d'eux. Car il se disait: "Peut-être mes fils ont-ils péché et maudit Dieudans leur coeur!" Ainsi faisait Job, chaque fois.	5 And when the days of their feasting had been completed, Job sent to them and sanctified them, and, getting up at dawn, he offered holocausts for each one. For he said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and have not praised God in their hearts.” So Job did all the days.
6 Le jour où les Fils de Dieu venaient se présenter devant Yahvé, le Satan aussi s'avançait parmi eux.	6 But on a certain day, when the sons of God came to attend in the presence of the Lord, Satan also arrived among them.
7 Yahvé dit alors au Satan: "D'où viens-tu" -- "De rôder sur la terre, répondit-il, et d'y flâner."	7 The Lord said to him, “Where do you come from?” Answering, he said, “I have circled the land, and walked around in it.”
8 Et Yahvé reprit: "As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n'a point son pareil sur la terre: un hommeintègre et droit, qui craint Dieu et se garde du mal!"	8 And the Lord said to him, “Have you not considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the land, a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.”
9 Et le Satan de répliquer: "Est-ce pour rien que Job craint Dieu?	9 Answering him, Satan said, “Does Job fear God to no purpose?
10 Ne l'as-tu pas entouré d'une haie, ainsi que sa maison et son domaine alentour? Tu as béni toutes sesentreprises, ses troupeaux pullulent dans le pays.	10 Have you not fortified him, as well as his house and every one of his belongings around him, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession has increased in the land?
11 Mais étends la main et touche à ses biens; je te jure qu'il te maudira en face" --	11 But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face.”
12 "Soit! dit Yahvé au Satan, tous ses biens sont en ton pouvoir. Evite seulement de porter la main surlui." Et le Satan sortit de l'audience de Yahvé.	12 Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, everything that he has is in your hand, only do not extend your hand against him.” And Satan departed from the face of the Lord.
13 Le jour où les fils et les filles de Job étaient en train de manger et de boire chez leur frère aîné,	13 So, on a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their first-born brother,
14 un messager vint dire à Job: "Tes boeufs labouraient et les ânesses paissaient à leurs côtés	14 a messenger came to Job, who said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
15 quand les Sabéens ont fondu sur eux et les ont enlevés, après avoir passé les serviteurs au fil de l'épée.Moi, le seul rescapé, je me suis sauvé pour te l'annoncer."	15 and the Sabeans rushed in and carried away everything, and they struck the servants with the sword; and I alone evaded them to tell you.”
16 Il parlait encore quand un autre survint et dit: "Le feu de Dieu est tombé du ciel; il a brûlé les brebis etles pâtres jusqu'à les consumer. Moi, le seul rescapé, je me suis sauvé pour te l'annoncer."	16 And while he was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The fire of God fell from heaven, and, having struck the sheep and the servants, it consumed them; and I alone escaped to tell you.”
17 Il parlait encore quand un autre survint et dit: "Les Chaldéens, divisés en trois bandes, ont fait un raidcontre les chameaux et ils les ont enlevés, après avoir passé les serviteurs au fil de l'épée. Moi, le seul rescapé, jeme suis sauvé pour te l'annoncer."	17 And while he also was still speaking, another arrived, and he said, “The Chaldeans organized three attacks, and advanced on the camels and took them; and not only that, but they have struck the servants with the sword; and I alone fled to tell you.”
18 Il parlait encore quand un autre survint et dit: "Tes fils et tes filles étaient en train de manger et de boiredu vin dans la maison de leur frère aîné.	18 He was still speaking, and behold, another entered, and he said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,
19 Et voilà qu'un vent violent a soufflé du désert. Il a heurté les quatre coins de la maison et celle-ci esttombée sur les jeunes gens, qui ont péri. Moi, le seul rescapé, je me suis sauvé pour te l'annoncer."	19 when suddenly a severe wind rushed forth from a region of the desert and shook the four corners of the house, which collapsed and crushed your children, and they are dead; and I alone escaped to tell you.”
20 Alors Job se leva, déchira son vêtement, se rasa la tête. Puis, tombant sur le sol, il se prosterna	20 Then Job got up and tore his garments, and, having shaved his head, he collapsed on the ground, and worshipped,
21 et dit: "Nu, je suis sorti du sein maternel, nu, j'y retournerai. Yahvé avait donné, Yahvé a repris: que lenom de Yahvé soit béni!"	21 and he said, “Naked I departed from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Just as it pleased the Lord, so has it been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
22 En toute cette infortune, Job ne pécha point et il n'adressa pas à Dieu de sots reproches.	22 In all this, Job did not sin by his lips, nor did he speak any foolish thing against God.