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.
Or, peu de jours après, les anges s'en vinrent comparaître devant le Seigneur, et le diable au milieu d'eux, comparut devant le Seigneur.
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.
Et le Seigneur dit au diable: D'où viens-tu? Et le diable répondit: J'arrive après avoir traversé tout ce qui est sous le ciel et parcouru toute la terre.
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.
Et le Seigneur reprit: As-tu remarqué Job mon serviteur? as-tu reconnu qu'il n'a point son pareil sur la terre? C'est un homme exempt de méchanceté, sincère, irréprochable, pieux: il s'abstient de tout mal et il a conservé son innocence, et toi tu t'étais proposé vainement de détruire ce qu'il possédait.
4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
Et le diable répliqua: La peau seule vaut la peau, pour sa vie l'homme donnera tout ce qui lui appartient.
5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
Etendez votre main; qu'elle touche à ses os et à sa chair; sinon il vous bénira en face.
6 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
Et le Seigneur dit au diable: Je te le livre; seulement veille à conserver sa vie.
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.
Et le diable sortit de devant le Seigneur, et il frappa Job des pieds à la tête d'un mauvais ulcère.
8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
Et Job prit un tesson pour racler le pus, et il s'assit sur du fumier hors de la ville.
9 And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
Et bien des jours s'étaient écoulés, et sa femme lui dit: Jusqu'à quand te résigneras-tu disant: J'attendrai encore et je vivrai dans l'espérance de mon salut? Dis donc à Dieu quelque parole et meurs.
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.
Or, l'ayant regardé fixement, il lui dit: Tu parles comme une femme insensée; si nous avons accepté des bienfaits de la main du Seigneur, ne supporterons-nous pas le mal? Malgré ce qui lui était arrivé, Job ne pécha nullement des lèvres devant Dieu.
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.
Et ses trois amis: Eliphaz, roi de Théman, Baldad, tyran de Sauchée, et Sophar, roi des Minéens, ayant appris ses malheurs, vinrent auprès de lui chacun de sa contrée. Et ils arrivèrent en même temps pour le visiter et le consoler.
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.
Et l'ayant aperçu de loin, ils ne le reconnurent pas; et ils jetèrent les hauts cris et ils se prirent à pleurer, et chacun d'eux déchira sa robe et se couvrit de poussière.
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.
Il demeurèrent là sept jours et sept nuits; et nul d'eux ne parla, car ils voyaient sa plaie qui était très grande et horrible.
