Job 2
1 Or il arriva, lorsqu’un certain jour les fils de Dieu étaient venus et se tenaient devant le Seigneur, et que Satan aussi était venu parmi eux, et se tenait en sa présence,
And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came among them, and stood in his sight,
2 Le Seigneur demanda à Satan: D’où viens-tu? Satan, répondant, dit: J’ai fait le tour de la terre, et je l’ai traversée.
That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
3 Le Seigneur demanda encore à Satan: Est-ce que tu n’as point considéré mon serviteur Job? Il n’y en a pas de semblable à lui sur la terre; homme simple, droit, craignant Dieu, s’éloignant du mal, et conservant son innocence. Cependant toi, tu m’as excité contre lui pour l’affliger en vain.
And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple, and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.
4 Satan lui répondant, dit: L’homme donnera peau pour peau et tout ce qu’il a pour sa vie;
And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life:
5 Mais envoyez votre main; touchez à ses os et à sa chair, et alors vous verrez qu’il vous maudira en face.
But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt gee that he will bless thee to thy face.
6 Le Seigneur dit donc à Satan: Voilà qu’il est en ta main; cependant conserve sa vie.
And the Lord said to Satan: Behold be is in thy hand, but yet save his life.
7 Satan donc sortit de la présence du Seigneur et frappa Job d’une plaie horrible, depuis la plante du pied jusqu’à la tête.
So Satan went forth from the presence Of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:
8 Et Job avec un tesson raclait la sanie, assis sur le fumier.
And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.
9 Sa femme alors lui dit: Tu demeures encore dans ta simplicité! Bénis Dieu, et meurs.
And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.
10 Job lui répondit: Tu as parlé comme une des femmes insensées. Si nous avons reçu les biens de la main de Dieu, pourquoi n’en recevrions-nous pas les maux? En toutes ces choses, Job ne pécha point par ses lèvres.
And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Cependant trois amis de Job, apprenant tout le mal qui lui était arrivé, vinrent chacun de leur pays: Eliphaz, le Thémanite, Baldad, le Subite, et Sophar, le Naamathite. Car ils étaient convenus de venir ensemble le visiter et le consoler.
Now when Job’s three friends heard all the evil that had befallen him, they came every one from his own place, Alphas the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Sophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment to come together and visit him, and comfort him.
12 Mais lorsqu’ils eurent élevé de loin leurs yeux, ils ne le reconnurent pas; et, jetant un grand cri, ils pleurèrent; puis, leurs vêtements déchirés, ils répandirent de la poussière en l’air sur leur tête.
And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out they wept, and rending their garments they sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven.
13 Ils s’assirent avec lui sur la terre durant sept jours et sept nuits: et personne ne lui disait une parole; car ils voyaient que sa douleur était violente.
And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no man spoke to him a word: for they saw that his grief was very great.
