Job 2
1 On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
Et il arriva, un jour où les Fils de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant l'Éternel, que Satan vint aussi parmi eux se présenter devant l'Éternel.
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.”
Et l'Éternel dit à Satan: « D'où viens-tu? » « Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel et dit: « De parcourir la terre, et de m'y promener. »
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.”
Et l'Éternel dit à Satan: « As-tu pris garde à mon serviteur Job? Car nul n'est comme lui, sur la terre, homme intègre et droit et craignant Dieu et fuyant le mal; il est encore ferme dans sa piété, et tu m'excites à le perdre gratuitement. »
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.
Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel et dit: « Peau pour peau! Mais tout ce que l'homme possède, il le donnera pour sa vie.
5 But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
Or étends donc ta main, et touche à ses os et à sa chair, et tu verras s'il ne te renie 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.”
Et l'Éternel dit à Satan: « Le voilà entre tes mains! seulement conserve-lui la 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.
Alors Satan sortit de la présence de l'Éternel, et il frappa Job d'un ulcère malin 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].
Et il prit un têt pour se gratter, tandis qu'il était assis sur 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.”
Et sa femme lui dit: « Tu es encore ferme 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.
Et Job lui dit: « Ainsi que parle une insensée, ainsi parles-tu. Quoi! nous recevons les biens de la main de Dieu, et nous n'en recevrions pas les maux! » Malgré tout cela, Job ne pécha point par ses discours.
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].
Et trois amis de Job ouïrent parler de tous ces maux qui lui étaient survenus, et ils vinrent chacun de leur lieu, Eliphaz de Théman, Bildad de Such, et Tsophar de Naama, et ils se concertèrent ensemble pour venir plaindre Job et le consoler.
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].
Et, lorsqu'ils levèrent les yeux de loin, ils ne le reconnurent pas, et élevant la voix, ils pleurèrent, et ils déchirèrent chacun leur manteau, et jetèrent de la poussière au-dessus de leur tête en l'air.
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].
Et ils furent assis avec lui sur la terre, sept jours et sept nuits, et aucun d'eux ne lui disait une parole, car ils voyaient que sa douleur était très grande.
