Job 2
1 Jednoga dana dođu opet sinovi Božji da stanu pred Jahvu, a među njima pristupi i Satan.
Again, on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 Jahve tad upita Satana: “Odakle dolaziš?” - “Evo prođoh zemljom i obiđoh je”, odgovori on.
The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
3 Nato će Jahve: “Nisi li zapazio slugu moga Joba? Njemu na zemlji nema ravna. Čovjek je to neporočan i pravedan: boji se Boga i kloni zla! On je još postojan u neporočnosti, pa si me uzalud izazvao da ga upropastim.”
The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
4 A Satan odvrati: “Koža za kožu! Sve što čovjek ima dat će za život.
Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5 Ali pruži ruku, dotakni se kosti njegove i mesa: u lice će te prokleti!”
But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
6 “Neka ti bude! - reče Jahve Satanu. - U tvojoj je ruci; život mu samo sačuvaj!”
The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
7 I Satan ode ispred lica Jahvina. On udari Joba zlim prištem od tabana do tjemena.
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
8 Job uze crijep da se struže njime i sjede u pepeo.
He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.
9 Tada mu njegova žena reče: “Zar si još postojan u neporočnosti? Prokuni Boga i umri!”
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”
10 Job joj odgovori: “Brbljaš kao luđakinja! Kad od Boga primamo dobro, zar da onda i zlo ne primimo?” U svemu tome Job nije sagriješio svojim usnama.
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
11 U to čuše tri Jobova prijatelja za sve nevolje koje ga zadesiše; svaki se zaputi iz svoga kraja - Elifaz iz Temana, Bildad iz Šuaha, Sofar iz Naama - i odlučiše da odu zajedno ožaliti ga i utješiti.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
12 A kad su izdaleka upravili oči na njega, nisu ga prepoznali. Tad udariše u plač; svaki razdrije svoju haljinu i prosu prah po glavi.
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
13 Potom sjedoše kraj njega na zemlju i ostadoše tako sedam dana i sedam noći. Nijedan mu ne progovori ni riječi, jer vidješe da je velika njegova bol.
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
