約伯記 2
1 又有一天，上帝的眾子來侍立在耶和華面前，撒但也來在其中。
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
2 耶和華問撒但說：「你從哪裏來？」撒但回答說：「我從地上走來走去，往返而來。」
And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From wandering over the earth, and walking up and down in it.
3 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏上帝，遠離惡事。你雖激動我攻擊他，無故地毀滅他，他仍然持守他的純正。」
Then said Jehovah to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him upon the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst excite me against him to destroy him without a cause.
4 撒但回答耶和華說：「人以皮代皮，情願捨去一切所有的，保全性命。
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 你且伸手傷他的骨頭和他的肉，他必當面棄掉你。」
But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.
6 耶和華對撒但說：「他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。」
And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but spare his life.
7 於是撒但從耶和華面前退去，擊打約伯，使他從腳掌到頭頂長毒瘡。
Then Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
8 約伯就坐在爐灰中，拿瓦片刮身體。
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and sat down among the ashes.
9 他的妻子對他說：「你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉上帝，死了吧！」
Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.
10 約伯卻對她說：「你說話像愚頑的婦人一樣。噯！難道我們從上帝手裏得福，不也受禍嗎？」在這一切的事上約伯並不以口犯罪。
But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
11 約伯的三個朋友－提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法－聽說有這一切的災禍臨到他身上，各人就從本處約會同來，為他悲傷，安慰他。
Now three friends of Job heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and came each one from his home; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had agreed to come to mourn with him, and to comfort him.
12 他們遠遠地舉目觀看，認不出他來，就放聲大哭。各人撕裂外袍，把塵土向天揚起來，落在自己的頭上。
And they lifted up their eyes at a distance, and knew him not; then they raised their voices and wept, and rent each one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 他們就同他七天七夜坐在地上，一個人也不向他說句話，因為他極其痛苦。
And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word to him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
