Job 2
1 Le jour où les fils de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant Yahvé, Satan vint aussi parmi eux pour se présenter devant Yahvé.
And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
2 Yahvé dit à Satan: « D'où viens-tu? » Satan répondit à Yahvé: « D'aller et de venir sur la terre, et d'y marcher de haut en bas. »
And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
3 Yahvé dit à Satan: « As-tu considéré mon serviteur Job? Car il n'y a personne comme lui sur la terre, un homme irréprochable et droit, qui craint Dieu et se détourne du mal. Il a gardé son intégrité, bien que tu m'aies incité contre lui, pour le ruiner sans raison. »
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
4 Satan répondit à Yahvé et dit: « Peau pour peau. Oui, tout ce que possède un homme, il le donnera pour sa vie.
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
5 Mais étends maintenant ta main, touche ses os et sa chair, et il te reniera en face. »
But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
6 Yahvé dit à Satan: « Voici, il est entre tes mains. Seulement, épargne sa vie. »
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
7 Satan sortit de la présence de Yahvé et frappa Job de plaies douloureuses, depuis la plante du pied jusqu'à la tête.
And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
8 Il se prit un tesson pour se gratter et s'assit au milieu des cendres.
And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
9 Alors sa femme lui dit: « Gardes-tu encore ton intégrité? Renonce à Dieu, et meurs. »
And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
10 Mais il lui dit: « Tu parles comme parlerait une femme insensée. Quoi? Recevrons-nous du bien de la main de Dieu, et ne recevrons-nous pas du mal? » Dans tout cela, Job n'a pas péché des lèvres.
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
11 Et lorsque les trois amis de Job apprirent tout ce malheur qui l'atteignait, ils vinrent chacun de leur côté: Éliphaz, le Témanite, Bildad, le Shuhite, et Zophar, le Naamathite; et ils se donnèrent rendez-vous pour venir compatir avec lui et le consoler.
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
12 Lorsqu'ils levèrent les yeux de loin et ne le reconnurent pas, ils élevèrent la voix et pleurèrent; ils déchirèrent chacun leur robe et répandirent de la poussière sur leur tête vers le ciel.
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
13 Ils s'assirent avec lui à terre, sept jours et sept nuits, et personne ne lui adressa la parole, car ils voyaient que son chagrin était très grand.
And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
