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 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 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 the LORD said unto Satan, From whence come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in 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 the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you 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 the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he 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 your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
6 Et l’Éternel dit à Satan: Le voilà entre tes mains, seulement épargne sa vie.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save 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 went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and stroke Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 Et il prit un tesson pour s’en gratter, et il était assis dans la cendre.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself likewise; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Et sa femme lui dit: Restes-tu encore ferme dans ta perfection? Maudis Dieu et meurs.
Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse 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 unto her, You 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 did not Job 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 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 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 far 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 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 unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
