Job 2
1 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.
And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
2 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. »
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 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. »
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 Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel et dit: « Peau pour peau! Mais tout ce que l'homme possède, 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 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. »
But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
6 Et l'Éternel dit à Satan: « Le voilà entre tes mains! seulement conserve-lui la vie. »
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
7 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.
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 Et il prit un têt pour se gratter, tandis qu'il était assis sur la cendre.
And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
9 Et sa femme lui dit: « Tu es encore ferme dans ta piété! » renie 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
