Job 2
1 Or, un jour, il arriva que les fils de Dieu vinrent se présenter devant l’Éternel, et Satan aussi vint au milieu d’eux se présenter devant l’Éternel.
Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.
2 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: D’où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel et dit: De courir çà et là sur la terre et de m’y promener.
And Jehovah said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
3 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: As-tu considéré mon serviteur Job, qu’il n’y a sur la terre aucun homme comme lui, parfait et droit, craignant Dieu, et se retirant du mal? Et encore il reste ferme dans sa perfection, alors que tu m’as incité contre lui pour l’engloutir sans cause.
And Jehovah said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 Et Satan répondit à l’Éternel et dit: Peau pour peau, et tout ce qu’un homme a, il le donnera pour sa vie;
And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5 mais étends ta main et touche à ses os et à sa chair: [tu verras] s’il ne te maudit pas en face.
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
6 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: Le voilà entre tes mains, seulement épargne sa vie.
And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.
7 Et Satan sortit de la présence de l’Éternel; et il frappa Job d’un ulcère malin, depuis la plante de ses pieds jusqu’au sommet de sa tête.
So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
8 Et il prit un tesson pour s’en gratter, et il était assis dans la cendre.
And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.
9 Et sa femme lui dit: Restes-tu encore ferme dans ta perfection? Maudis Dieu et meurs.
Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.
10 Et il lui dit: Tu parles comme parlerait l’une des insensées; nous avons reçu le bien aussi de la part de Dieu, et nous ne recevrions pas le mal? En tout cela Job ne pécha point de ses lèvres.
But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Et trois amis de Job apprirent tout ce mal qui lui était arrivé et vinrent chacun de son lieu, Éliphaz, le Thémanite, et Bildad, le Shukhite, et Tsophar, le Naamathite; et ils s’entendirent ensemble pour venir le plaindre et le consoler.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place-Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite-and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
12 Et ils levèrent les yeux de loin, et ils ne le reconnurent pas; et ils élevèrent leur voix et pleurèrent, et ils déchirèrent chacun sa robe et répandirent de la poussière sur leurs têtes [en la jetant] vers les cieux.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
13 Et ils s’assirent avec lui à terre sept jours et sept nuits, et nul ne lui dit une parole, car ils voyaient que sa douleur était très grande.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
