Job 2
1 Again it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
Il arriva un jour que, les fils de Dieu étant venus se présenter devant Yahweh, Satan vint aussi au milieu d'eux se présenter devant Yahweh.
2 The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
Et Yahweh dit à Satan: « D'où viens-tu? » Satan répondit à Yahweh et dit: « De parcourir le monde et de m'y promener. »
3 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
Yahweh dit à Satan: « As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n'y a pas d'homme comme lui sur la terre, intègre, droit, craignant Dieu et éloigné du mal. Il persévère toujours dans son intégrité, quoique tu m'aies provoqué à le perdre sans raison. »
4 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin. Indeed, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Satan répondit à Yahweh et dit: « Peau pour peau! L'homme donne ce qu'il possède pour conserver sa vie.
5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
Mais étends ta main, touche ses os et sa chair, et on verra s'il ne te maudit pas en face. »
6 The LORD said to Satan, "Look, he is in your power. Only preserve his life."
Yahweh dit à Satan: « Voici que je le livre entre tes mains; seulement épargne sa vie! »
7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
Et Satan se retira de devant la face de Yahweh. Et il frappa Job d'une lèpre maligne depuis la plante des pieds jusqu'au sommet de la tête.
8 And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with while he sat among the ashes.
Et Job prit un tesson pour gratter ses plaies et il s'assit sur la cendre.
9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die."
Et sa femme lui dit: « Tu persévère encore dans ton intégrité! Maudis Dieu et meurs! »
10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we indeed accept good at the hand of God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Il lui dit: « Tu parles comme une femme insensée. Nous recevons de Dieu le bien, et nous n'en recevrions pas aussi le mal? » En tout cela, Job ne pécha point par ses lèvres.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
Trois amis de Job, Eliphaz de Théman, Baldad de Suhé, et Sophar de Naama, apprirent tous les malheurs qui étaient venus sur lui; ils partirent chacun de leur pays et se concertèrent pour venir le plaindre et le consoler.
12 When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and threw dust in the air over their heads.
Ayant de loin levé les yeux, ils ne le reconnurent pas, et ils élevèrent la voix et pleurèrent; ils déchirèrent chacun leur manteau, et jetèrent de la poussière vers le ciel au-dessus de leurs têtes.
13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Et ils se tinrent assis à terre auprès de lui sept jours et sept nuits, sans qu'aucun d'eux lui dit une parole, parce qu'ils voyaient combien sa douleur était excessive.
