Job 2
1 And it happened [again] on a certain day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, that the Accuser also came in the midst of them to present himself before the Lord.
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 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Whence comest thou now? And the Accuser answered the Lord, and said, From roaming over the earth, and from wandering through 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 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job: for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? and he is still holding fast to his integrity, and thou hast incited me against him, to destroy 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 Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Skin for skin: yea, all that a man hath will he give in behalf of 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 stretch only forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and [see] whether he will not renounce thee to thy face.
Etendez votre main; qu'elle touche à ses os et à sa chair; sinon il vous bénira en face.
6 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life.
Et le Seigneur dit au diable: Je te le livre; seulement veille à conserver sa vie.
7 Thereupon went the Accuser forth from the presence of the Lord, and he smote Job with a sore inflammation, from the sole of his foot unto the crown 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 [Job] took himself a potsherd to scrape himself there with, while he was sitting down among the ashes.
Et Job prit un tesson pour racler le pus, et il s'assit sur du fumier hors de la ville.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast to thy integrity? renounce God, and die.
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 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the worthless women would speak. What? should we accept the good alone, from God, and the evil we should not accept? With all this did Job not sin with his lips.
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 When now the three friends of Job had heard of all this evil that was come over him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Bildad the Shuchite, and Zophar the Na'amthite; and they met together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
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 when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and they recognised him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and strewed dust upon their heads toward heaven.
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 They likewise sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but no one spoke a word unto 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.
