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1 Job prit de nouveau la parole sous forme sentencieuse et dit:
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1 Job continued his discourse:
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2 Oh! que ne puis-je ?tre comme aux mois du pass?, Comme aux jours o? Dieu me gardait,
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2 "How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
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3 Quand sa lampe brillait sur ma t?te, Et que sa lumi?re me guidait dans les t?n?bres!
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3 when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
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4 Que ne suis-je comme aux jours de ma vigueur, O? Dieu veillait en ami sur ma tente,
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4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
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5 Quand le Tout-Puissant ?tait encore avec moi, Et que mes enfants m'entouraient;
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5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
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6 Quand mes pieds se baignaient dans la cr?me Et que le rocher r?pandait pr?s de moi des ruisseaux d'huile!
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6 when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
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7 Si je sortais pour aller ? la porte de la ville, Et si je me faisais pr?parer un si?ge dans la place,
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7 "When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
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8 Les jeunes gens se retiraient ? mon approche, Les vieillards se levaient et se tenaient debout.
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8 the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
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9 Les princes arr?taient leurs discours, Et mettaient la main sur leur bouche;
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9 the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
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10 La voix des chefs se taisait, Et leur langue s'attachait ? leur palais.
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10 the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
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11 L'oreille qui m'entendait me disait heureux, L'oeil qui me voyait me rendait t?moignage;
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11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
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12 Car je sauvais le pauvre qui implorait du secours, Et l'orphelin qui manquait d'appui.
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12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
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13 La b?n?diction du malheureux venait sur moi; Je remplissais de joie le coeur de la veuve.
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13 The man who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.
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14 Je me rev?tais de la justice et je lui servais de v?tement, J'avais ma droiture pour manteau et pour turban.
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14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
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15 J'?tais l'oeil de l'aveugle Et le pied du boiteux.
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15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
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16 J'?tais le p?re des mis?rables, J'examinais la cause de l'inconnu;
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16 I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
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17 Je brisais la m?choire de l'injuste, Et j'arrachais de ses dents la proie.
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17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
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18 Alors je disais: Je mourrai dans mon nid, Mes jours seront abondants comme le sable;
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18 "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
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19 L'eau p?n?trera dans mes racines, La ros?e passera la nuit sur mes branches;
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19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
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20 Ma gloire reverdira sans cesse, Et mon arc rajeunira dans ma main.
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20 My glory will remain fresh in me, the bow ever new in my hand.'
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21 On m'?coutait et l'on restait dans l'attente, On gardait le silence devant mes conseils.
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21 "Men listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
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22 Apr?s mes discours, nul ne r?pliquait, Et ma parole ?tait pour tous une bienfaisante ros?e;
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22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
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23 Ils comptaient sur moi comme sur la pluie, Ils ouvraient la bouche comme pour une pluie du printemps.
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23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
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24 Je leur souriais quand ils perdaient courage, Et l'on ne pouvait chasser la s?r?nit? de mon front.
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24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
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25 J'aimais ? aller vers eux, et je m'asseyais ? leur t?te; J'?tais comme un roi au milieu d'une troupe, Comme un consolateur aupr?s des afflig?s.
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25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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