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,
Then it was the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh. Satan also came with them to present himself before Yahweh.
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.
Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From wandering on the earth, from going back and forth on 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.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. He still holds fast to his integrity, although you misled me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
4 Satan lui répondant, dit: L’homme donnera peau pour peau et tout ce qu’il a pour sa vie;
Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Skin for skin, indeed; a man will give all he has 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 stretch out your hand now and touch his bones and his flesh, and see if he does not curse you to your face.”
6 Le Seigneur dit donc à Satan: Voilà qu’il est en ta main; cependant conserve sa vie.
Yahweh said to Satan, “See, he is in your hand; it is only his life that you must spare.”
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.
Then Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh. He struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his feet to his head.
8 Et Job avec un tesson raclait la sanie, assis sur le fumier.
Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with, and he sat down in the middle of ashes.
9 Sa femme alors lui dit: Tu demeures encore dans ta simplicité! Bénis Dieu, et meurs.
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse 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.
But he said to her, “You talk as a foolish woman talks. Should we receive the good from God and not receive the bad?” In all this matter, 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 of all this evil that had come on him, each of them came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They set a time to come to mourn with him and to 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.
When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.
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.
Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights. No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
