Giobbe 42
1 Allora Giobbe rispose al Signore e disse:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 Comprendo che puoi tutto e che nessuna cosa è impossibile per te.
“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do.
3 Chi è colui che, senza aver scienza, può oscurare il tuo consiglio? Ho esposto dunque senza discernimento cose troppo superiori a me, che io non comprendo.
[You asked me], ‘(Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.)’ [RHQ] It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them.
4 «Ascoltami e io parlerò, io t'interrogherò e tu istruiscimi».
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Io ti conoscevo per sentito dire, ma ora i miei occhi ti vedono.
I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 Perciò mi ricredo e ne provo pentimento sopra polvere e cenere.
Therefore I (am ashamed of/withdraw) what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry [for what I said].”
7 Dopo che il Signore aveva rivolto queste parole a Giobbe, disse a Elifaz il Temanita: «La mia ira si è accesa contro di te e contro i tuoi due amici, perché non avete detto di me cose rette come il mio servo Giobbe.
After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, [Bildad and Zophar], because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true.
8 Prendete dunque sette vitelli e sette montoni e andate dal mio servo Giobbe e offriteli in olocausto per voi; il mio servo Giobbe pregherà per voi, affinchè io, per riguardo a lui, non punisca la vostra stoltezza, perché non avete detto di me cose rette come il mio servo Giobbe».
So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and [kill them and] burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, [and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me]. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.”
9 Elifaz il Temanita, Bildad il Suchita e Zofar il Naamatita andarono e fecero come loro aveva detto il Signore e il Signore ebbe riguardo di Giobbe.
So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do [for the three of them].
10 Dio ristabilì Giobbe nello stato di prima, avendo egli pregato per i suoi amici; accrebbe anzi del doppio quanto Giobbe aveva posseduto.
After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh [healed him and] caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before.
11 Tutti i suoi fratelli, le sue sorelle e i suoi conoscenti di prima vennero a trovarlo e mangiarono pane in casa sua e lo commiserarono e lo consolarono di tutto il male che il Signore aveva mandato su di lui e gli regalarono ognuno una piastra e un anello d'oro.
Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted [DOU] him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience.
12 Il Signore benedisse la nuova condizione di Giobbe più della prima ed egli possedette quattordicimila pecore e seimila cammelli, mille paia di buoi e mille asine.
Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
13 Ebbe anche sette figli e tre figlie.
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 A una mise nome Colomba, alla seconda Cassia e alla terza Fiala di stibio.
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 In tutta la terra non si trovarono donne così belle come le figlie di Giobbe e il loro padre le mise a parte dell'eredità insieme con i loro fratelli.
In all of [Uz] land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some.
16 Dopo tutto questo, Giobbe visse ancora centoquarant'anni e vide figli e nipoti di quattro generazioni.
After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he (saw/enjoyed being with) his great-great-grandchildren.
17 Poi Giobbe morì, vecchio e sazio di giorni.
He was very old [DOU] when he died.
