Job 2
1 On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
Or, le jour arriva où les fils de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant l’Eternel. Le Satan lui aussi vint au milieu d’eux pour se présenter à l’Eternel.
2 Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I have been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.”
L’Eternel dit au Satan: "D’Où viens-tu?" Le Satan répondit: "J’Ai visité la terre et l’ai parcourue en tous sens."
3 Yahweh asked Satan, “Have you (noticed/thought about) my [faithful] servant Job? He is very godly/righteous [DOU], he greatly respects/reveres me, and he [always] avoids doing evil things. And he still acts in a very godly/righteous manner, even though you persuaded me to [let you] cause disastrous things to happen to him for no reason.”
L’Eternel demanda au Satan: "As-tu porté ton attention sur mon serviteur Job? Certes, il n’a point son pareil sur la terre, tellement il est un homme intègre et droit, craignant Dieu et évitant le mal. II persiste encore dans sa piété, bien que tu m’aies incité à le ruiner sans motif."
4 Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him [IDM]. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives.
Le Satan répliqua à l’Eternel en disant: "Peau pour peau! Tout ce que possède l’homme, il le donne pour sauver sa vie.
5 But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
Or çà, étends donc ta main et atteins-le dans ses os et dans sa chair: tu verras s’il ne te reniera pas en face."
6 Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.”
L’Eternel répondit au Satan: "Eh bien! Il est en ton pouvoir; seulement respecte sa vie."
7 So Satan left, and he caused Job to be afflicted with very painful boils, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
Le Satan se retira d’auprès de l’Eternel, et il frappa Job d’une lèpre maligne depuis la plante des pieds jusqu’au sommet de la tête.
8 Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes [as people did when they were mourning for those who had died].
Job prit un tesson pour se gratter, tandis qu’il était assis dans la cendre.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to (be loyal to/faithfully trust in) God? You should curse God, and then you will die.”
Sa femme lui dit: "Persévères-tu encore dans ta piété? Renie Dieu et meurs."
10 But Job replied, “You talk like people who do not know God talk. (Should we accept only the good things that God [does for us]?/We should not accept only the good things that God [does for us].) [RHQ] We should also accept bad things.” So in spite of all these [things that happened to] Job, [he] did not say anything against God.
Il lui répondit: "Tu parles comme ferait une femme aux sentiments bas. Quoi! Le bien nous l’acceptons de la main de Dieu, et le mal, nous ne l’accepterions pas!" En dépit de tout, Job ne pécha pas avec ses lèvres.
11 Among Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman [town], Bildad from Shuah [land] and Zophar from Naamah [land]. When they heard about all the terrible things that had happened to Job, they left their home areas and went together to Job to console/comfort him [DOU].
Les trois amis de Job, ayant appris tous ces revers qui avaient fondu sur lui, vinrent chacun du lieu de sa résidence, Eliphaz de Têmân, Bildad de Chouha et Çophar de Naama; ils se concertèrent ensemble pour aller lui apporter leurs condoléances et leurs consolations.
12 When they saw Job from a distance, they almost did not recognize him. They wailed loudly, they tore their robes, and they threw dust over their heads [to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job].
De loin, ils levèrent les yeux et eurent peine à le reconnaître. Aussitôt ils élevèrent la voix et se mirent à pleurer; ils déchirèrent tous trois leur tunique et lancèrent en l’air de la poussière qui retomba sur leur tête.
13 Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days. None of them said anything to Job, because they saw that he was suffering greatly, [and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain].
Durant sept jours et sept nuits, ils restèrent avec lui, assis à terre personne n’osait lui adresser la parole, car ils voyaient combien la douleur était accablante:
