KJV ¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

LSG ¹ Tsophar de Naama prit la parole et dit:

KJV ² Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

LSG ² Mes pensées me forcent à répondre, Et mon agitation ne peut se contenir.

KJV ³ I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

LSG ³ J'ai entendu des reproches qui m'outragent ; Le souffle de mon intelligence donnera la réplique.

KJV ⁴ Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

LSG ⁴ Ne sais-tu pas que, de tout temps, Depuis que l'homme a été placé sur la terre,

KJV ⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

LSG ⁵ Le triomphe des méchants a été court, Et la joie de l'impie momentanée ?

KJV ⁶ Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

LSG ⁶ Quand il s'élèverait jusqu'aux cieux, Et que sa tête toucherait aux nues,

KJV ⁷ Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

LSG ⁷ Il périra pour toujours comme son ordure, Et ceux qui le voyaient diront: Où est-il ?

KJV ⁸ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

LSG ⁸ Il s'envolera comme un songe, et on ne le trouvera plus ; Il disparaîtra comme une vision nocturne ;

KJV ⁹ The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

LSG ⁹ L'oeil qui le regardait ne le regardera plus, Le lieu qu'il habitait ne l'apercevra plus.

KJV ¹⁰ His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

LSG ¹⁰ Ses fils seront assaillis par les pauvres, Et ses mains restitueront ce qu'il a pris par violence.

KJV ¹¹ His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

LSG ¹¹ La vigueur de la jeunesse, qui remplissait ses membres, Aura sa couche avec lui dans la poussière.

KJV ¹² Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

LSG ¹² Le mal était doux à sa bouche, Il le cachait sous sa langue,

KJV ¹³ Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

LSG ¹³ Il le savourait sans l'abandonner, Il le retenait au milieu de son palais ;

KJV ¹⁴ Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

LSG ¹⁴ Mais sa nourriture se transformera dans ses entrailles, Elle deviendra dans son corps un venin d'aspic.

KJV ¹⁵ He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

LSG ¹⁵ Il a englouti des richesses, il les vomira ; Dieu les chassera de son ventre.

KJV ¹⁶ He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

LSG ¹⁶ Il a sucé du venin d'aspic, La langue de la vipère le tuera.

KJV ¹⁷ He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

LSG ¹⁷ Il ne reposera plus ses regards sur les ruisseaux, Sur les torrents, sur les fleuves de miel et de lait.

KJV ¹⁸ That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

LSG ¹⁸ Il rendra ce qu'il a gagné, et n'en profitera plus ; Il restituera tout ce qu'il a pris, et n'en jouira plus.

KJV ¹⁹ Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

LSG ¹⁹ Car il a opprimé, délaissé les pauvres, Il a ruiné des maisons et ne les a pas rétablies.

KJV ²⁰ Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

LSG ²⁰ Son avidité n'a point connu de bornes ; Mais il ne sauvera pas ce qu'il avait de plus cher.

KJV ²¹ There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

LSG ²¹ Rien n'échappait à sa voracité ; Mais son bien-être ne durera pas.

KJV ²² In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

LSG ²² Au milieu de l'abondance il sera dans la détresse ; La main de tous les misérables se lèvera sur lui.

KJV ²³ When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

LSG ²³ Et voici, pour lui remplir le ventre, Dieu enverra sur lui le feu de sa colère, Et le rassasiera par une pluie de traits.

KJV ²⁴ He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

LSG ²⁴ S'il échappe aux armes de fer, L'arc d'airain le transpercera.

KJV ²⁵ It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

LSG ²⁵ Il arrache de son corps le trait, Qui étincelle au sortir de ses entrailles, Et il est en proie aux terreurs de la mort.

KJV ²⁶ All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

LSG ²⁶ Toutes les calamités sont réservées à ses trésors ; Il sera consumé par un feu que n'allumera point l'homme, Et ce qui restera dans sa tente en deviendra la pâture.

KJV ²⁷ The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

LSG ²⁷ Les cieux dévoileront son iniquité, Et la terre s'élèvera contre lui.

KJV ²⁸ The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

LSG ²⁸ Les revenus de sa maison seront emportés, Ils disparaîtront au jour de la colère de Dieu.

KJV ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

LSG ²⁹ Telle est la part que Dieu réserve au méchant, Tel est l'héritage que Dieu lui destine.