Job 2
1 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
又有一天，天主的眾子都前來侍立在上主面前，撒殫也夾在他們當中，侍立在上主面前。
2 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
上主向撒殫說：「你從那裏來﹖」撒殫回答上主說：「我走遍了世界，周遊了各地回來。」
3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
上主對撒殫說：「你曾留心注意到我的僕人約伯嗎﹖世上沒有一個像他那樣十全十美，生性正直，敬畏天主，遠避邪惡的人。你雖然激動我加害他，無端叫他傾家蕩產，但他依然保持自己的完善。」
4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
撒殫回答上主說：「那只不過是以皮換皮罷了! 人都肯捨棄所有，去保全自己的性命。
5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
但是，你若伸手打擊他的骨和肉，他必定當面詛咒你。」
6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
上主向撒殫說：「看，任你處置他，但要保留他的性命。」
7 And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
撒殫從上主那裏出來，就使約伯從足踵到頭頂都長了毒瘡。
8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
約伯坐在灰土堆中，用瓦片刮身。
9 And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
他的妻子向他說：「你還保持你的完善嗎﹖你倒不如詛咒天主，死了算了! 」
10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
約伯向她說：「你說話，真像一個糊塗女人! 難道我們只由天主那裏接受恩惠，而不接受災禍嗎﹖」就這一切事而論，約伯沒有犯失言的過錯。
11 And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
約伯的三位朋友，特曼人厄里法次、叔亞人彼耳達得、納阿瑪人左法爾，聽說他遭遇了災禍，就各從本地起程，來到一起，去慰問他、勸勉他，
12 And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
他們從遠處舉目一望，已認不得他，就放聲大哭，撕破了自己的外衣，把灰揚起，落在自己頭上。
13 And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
他們於是同他在灰土中，坐了七天七夜，因見他受苦太大，沒有人敢向他說一句話。
