Job 2
1 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.
AGAIN there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
2 Et Yahweh dit à Satan: « D’où viens-tu? » Satan répondit à Yahweh et dit: « De parcourir le monde et de m’y promener. »
And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 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. »
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 Satan répondit à Yahweh et dit: « Peau pour peau! L’homme donne ce qu’il possède pour conserver sa vie.
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 Mais étends ta main, touche ses os et sa chair, et on verra s’il ne te maudit pas en face. »
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 Yahweh dit à Satan: « Voici que je le livre entre tes mains; seulement épargne sa vie! »
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
7 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.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 Et Job prit un tesson pour gratter ses plaies et il s’assit sur la cendre.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Et sa femme lui dit: « Tu persévère encore dans ton intégrité! Maudis Dieu et meurs! »
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10 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 pas par ses lèvres.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
11 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.
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 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.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 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.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
