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, il arriva un jour que les fils de Dieu étant venus se présenter devant l'Éternel, Satan vint aussi au milieu d'eux, se présenter devant l'Éternel,
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 l'Éternel dit à Satan: D'où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel, et dit: De courir çà et là sur la terre et de m'y promener.
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 l'Éternel dit à Satan: As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n'y en a pas comme lui sur la terre, intègre, droit, craignant Dieu, et se détournant du mal. Il tient encore ferme dans son intégrité, et tu m'as excité à le ruiner sans motif.
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 Satan répondit à l'Éternel et dit: Peau pour peau! Tout ce que l'homme possède, il le donne pour sa vie.
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.
Mais étends ta main, et touche à ses os et à sa chair; et tu verras s'il ne te renie pas en face!
6 Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Behold, he is in thy hand: only take care of his life.
Et l'Éternel dit à Satan: Voici, il est en ta main; seulement respecte 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 Satan sortit de devant la face de l'Éternel; et il frappa Job d'un ulcère malin, depuis la plante des pieds jusqu'au sommet de la tête.
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 se gratter, et il était assis dans la cendre.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast to thy integrity? renounce God, and die.
Et sa femme lui dit: Tu tiens ferme encore dans ton intégrité! Renie Dieu, 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.
Et il lui dit: Tu parles comme une femme insensée! Nous recevons le bien de la part de Dieu, et nous ne recevrions pas le mal! En tout cela, Job ne pécha point par ses lèvres.
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 trois amis de Job, Éliphaz, de Théman, Bildad, de Shuach, Tsophar, de Naama, ayant appris tous les maux qui lui étaient arrivés, partirent chacun de leur pays, et convinrent ensemble d'un jour pour venir lui faire leurs condoléances 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, ayant de loin levé les yeux, ils ne le reconnurent pas; alors ils élevèrent la voix et ils pleurèrent; et ils déchirèrent leur manteau, et ils jetèrent de la poussière vers le ciel, au-dessus de leur tête.
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.
Puis ils restèrent assis à terre avec lui, sept jours et sept nuits, et aucun d'eux ne lui dit une parole, car ils voyaient que sa douleur était fort grande.
