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。
Then it was the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh. Satan also came with them to present himself before Yahweh.
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。」
Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From wandering on the earth, from going back and forth on 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。」
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. He still holds fast to his integrity, although you misled me against him, to destroy him without 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。
Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Skin for skin, indeed; a man will give all he has 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 stretch out your hand now and touch his bones and his flesh, and see if he does not curse you to your face.”
6 耶和華對撒但說：「他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。」
Yahweh said to Satan, “See, he is in your hand; it is only his life that you must spare.”
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 away from the presence of Yahweh. He struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his feet to his head.
8 約伯就坐在爐灰中，拿瓦片刮身體。
Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with, and he sat down in the middle of 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 his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse 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, “You talk as a foolish woman talks. Should we receive the good from God and not receive the bad?” In all this matter, Job did not sin 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 when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, each of them came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They set a time 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。
When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.
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。
Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights. No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
