Job 2
1 And the day is, that sons of God come to station themselves by YHWH, and there also comes Satan in their midst to station himself by YHWH.
Or, les fils de Dieu vinrent un jour se présenter devant l’Éternel, et Satan vint aussi au milieu d’eux se présenter devant l’Éternel.
2 And YHWH says to Satan, “From where have you come?” And Satan answers YHWH and says, “From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.”
L’Éternel dit à Satan: D’où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel: De parcourir la terre et de m’y promener.
3 And YHWH says to Satan, “Have you set your heart to My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? And still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and you move Me against him to swallow him up for nothing!”
L’Éternel dit à Satan: As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n’y a personne comme lui sur la terre; c’est un homme intègre et droit, craignant Dieu, et se détournant du mal. Il demeure ferme dans son intégrité, et tu m’excites à le perdre sans motif.
4 And Satan answers YHWH and says, “A skin for a skin, and all that a man has he gives for his life.
Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel: Peau pour peau! Tout ce que possède un homme, il le donne pour sa vie.
5 Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
Mais étends ta main, touche à ses os et à sa chair, et je suis sûr qu’il te maudit en face.
6 And YHWH says to Satan, “Behold, he [is] in your hand; only take care of his life.”
L’Éternel dit à Satan: Voici, je te le livre: seulement, épargne sa vie.
7 And Satan goes forth from the presence of YHWH, and strikes Job with a severe ulcer from the sole of his foot to his crown.
Et Satan se retira de devant la face de l’Éternel. Puis il frappa Job d’un ulcère malin, depuis la plante du pied jusqu’au sommet de la tête.
8 And he takes to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
Et Job prit un tesson pour se gratter et s’assit sur la cendre.
9 And his wife says to him, “You are still keeping hold on your integrity: bless God and die.”
Sa femme lui dit: Tu demeures ferme dans ton intégrité! Maudis Dieu, et meurs!
10 And he says to her, “As one of the foolish women speaks, you speak; indeed, do we receive the good from God, and we do not receive the bad?” In all this Job has not sinned with his lips.
Mais Job lui répondit: Tu parles comme une femme insensée. Quoi! Nous recevons de Dieu le bien, et nous ne recevrions pas aussi le mal! En tout cela Job ne pécha point par ses lèvres.
11 And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that has come on him, and they each come in from his place—Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—and they have met together to come to bemoan him, and to comfort him;
Trois amis de Job, Éliphaz de Théman, Bildad de Schuach, et Tsophar de Naama, apprirent tous les malheurs qui lui étaient arrivés. Ils se concertèrent et partirent de chez eux pour aller le plaindre et le consoler!
12 and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and each tears his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads—heavenward.
Ayant de loin porté les regards sur lui, ils ne le reconnurent pas, et ils élevèrent la voix et pleurèrent. Ils déchirèrent leurs manteaux, et ils jetèrent de la poussière en l’air au-dessus de leur tête.
13 And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking to him a word when they have seen that the pain has been very great.
Et ils se tinrent assis à terre auprès de lui sept jours et sept nuits, sans lui dire une parole, car ils voyaient combien sa douleur était grande.
