Job 23

KING JAMES BIBLE	BIBLES DES PEUPLES
1 Then Job answered and said,	1 Job prit alors la parole:
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.	2 Aujourd’hui encore ma plainte est rebelle: ma main ne peut la bloquer dans ma bouche!
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!	3 Ah, si je savais où le trouver, j’irais jusqu’à sa demeure!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.	4 J’exposerais ma cause devant lui, je lui dirais tous mes arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.	5 Je verrais ce qu’il me répondrait et je pourrais comprendre sa réponse.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.	6 Mettrait-il toute sa force dans le débat? Non! Lui m’écouterait.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.	7 Il verrait l’innocence de celui qui l’attaque, et je serais pour toujours libéré de mon juge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:	8 Mais je peux aller à l’orient, il n’y est pas, à l’occident, je ne l’y verrai pas!
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:	9 J’ai cherché au nord sans le trouver, retournant au midi je ne l’ai pas vu.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.	10 Il me connaît pourtant, que je marche ou m’arrête: s’il m’éprouve au creuset, je passerai avec l’or.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.	11 Car j’ai maintenu mon pied sur son sentier, j’ai suivi sa route, je n’en suis pas sorti.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.	12 Je n’ai pas ignoré ses commandements, j’ai gardé en moi toutes ses paroles.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.	13 Mais s’il veut quelque chose, qui l’en empêchera? Ce qu’il a désiré, il le fera.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.	14 Il fera jusqu’au bout ce qu’il a décrété, ce ne sera qu’une fois de plus.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.	15 Voilà pourquoi il m’effraie; quand j’y pense, j’ai peur de lui.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:	16 Mais si Dieu me fait perdre cœur, si le Puissant me terrifie,
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.	17 je ne me suis pas tu pour autant dans le noir, en dépit des ténèbres qui voilent mon visage.