Job 2
1 But it happened that, on a certain day, when the sons of God had arrived and they stood before the Lord, Satan likewise arrived among them, and he stood in his sight.
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 So the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Answering, he said, “I have circled the land, and walked around in 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 Satan, “Have you not considered my servant, Job, that there is no one like him in the land, a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil, and still retaining his innocence? Yet you have stirred me against him, so that I would afflict him to no purpose.”
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 Answering him, Satan said, “Skin for skin; and everything that 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 Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses 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 Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life.”
上主向撒殫說：「看，任你處置他，但要保留他的性命。」
7 And so, Satan departed from the face of the Lord and he struck Job with a very serious ulcer from the sole of the foot all the way to the crown 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 So he took a shard of earthenware and scraped the discharge, while sitting on a heap of refuse.
約伯坐在灰土堆中，用瓦片刮身。
9 But his wife said to him, “Do you still continue in your simplicity? Bless God and die.”
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 He said to her, “You have spoken like one of the foolish wives. If we accepted good things from the hand of God, why should we not accept bad things?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
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 so, three friends of Job, hearing about all the evil that had befallen him, arrived, each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had agreed to come together to visit and console him.
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 when they had raised up their eyes from a distance, they did not recognize him, and, crying out, they wept, and, tearing their garments, they scattered dust over their heads into the sky.
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 sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his sorrow 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。
