KJV ¹ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

OST 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.

OST ² C'est pour cela que mes pensées me poussent à répondre, et c'est pour cette raison que j'ai hâte de le faire:

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

OST ³ J'ai entendu une leçon outrageante, mais l'esprit tire de mon intelligence une réponse.

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

OST ⁴ Ne sais-tu pas que, de tout temps, depuis que Dieu a mis l'homme sur la terre,

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

OST ⁵ Le triomphe du méchant est de peu de durée, et la joie de l'impie n'a qu'un moment?

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

OST ⁶ Quand son élévation monterait jusqu'aux cieux, et quand sa tête atteindrait les nues,

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

OST ⁷ Il périra pour toujours, comme son ordure; 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.

OST ⁸ Il s'envolera comme un songe, et on ne le trouvera plus; il s'évanouira comme un rêve de la nuit.

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

OST ⁹ L'oeil qui l'a vu ne le verra plus, et son lieu ne l'apercevra plus.

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

OST ¹⁰ Ses enfants feront la cour aux pauvres, et ses propres mains restitueront ses biens.

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

OST ¹¹ Ses os sont pleins de jeunesse, mais elle reposera avec lui dans la poussière.

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

OST ¹² Si le mal est doux à sa bouche, s'il le cache sous sa langue,

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

OST ¹³ S'il le ménage et ne le rejette point, s'il le retient dans son palais,

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

OST ¹⁴ Sa nourriture se changera dans ses entrailles, et deviendra dans son sein du fiel d'aspic.

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

OST ¹⁵ Il a englouti des richesses, et il les vomira; Dieu les arrachera de son ventre.

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

OST ¹⁶ Il sucera 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.

OST ¹⁷ Il ne verra plus les ruisseaux, les fleuves, les torrents 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.

OST ¹⁸ Il rendra le fruit de son travail, et ne l'avalera pas; il restituera à proportion de ce qu'il aura amassé, et ne s'en réjouira pas.

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

OST ¹⁹ Parce qu'il a foulé, abandonné le pauvre, pillé la maison au lieu de la bâtir;

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

OST ²⁰ Parce qu'il n'a pas connu le repos dans son avidité, il ne sauvera rien de ce qu'il a tant désiré;

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

OST ²¹ Rien n'échappait à sa voracité, c'est pourquoi son bonheur 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.

OST ²² Au comble de l'abondance, il sera dans la gêne; les mains de tous les malheureux se jetteront 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.

OST ²³ Il arrivera que pour lui remplir le ventre, Dieu enverra contre lui l'ardeur de sa colère; il la fera pleuvoir sur lui et entrer dans sa chair.

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

OST ²⁴ Il fuira devant les 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.

OST ²⁵ Il arrachera la flèche, et elle sortira de son corps, et le fer étincelant, de son foie; les frayeurs de la mort viendront sur lui.

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.

OST ²⁶ Toutes les calamités sont réservées à ses trésors, un feu qu'on n'aura pas besoin de souffler le dévorera, et ce qui restera dans sa tente sera consumé.

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

OST ²⁷ Les cieux découvriront 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.

OST ²⁸ Le revenu de sa maison sera emporté. Tout s'écoulera au jour de la colère.

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

OST ²⁹ Telle est la part que Dieu réserve à l'homme méchant, tel est l'héritage que Dieu lui assigne.