Giobbe 2
1 Or avvenne un dì, che i figliuoli di Dio vennero a presentarsi davanti al Signore; e Satana venne anch'egli per mezzo loro a presentarsi davanti al Signore.
On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
2 E il Signore disse a Satana: Onde vieni? E Satana rispose al Signore, e disse: Da aggirar la terra, e da passeggiar per essa.
Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I have been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.”
3 E il Signore disse a Satana: Hai tu posto mente al mio servitore Giobbe? come nella terra non [vi è] uomo intiero e diritto, che tema Iddio, e si ritragga dal male, come esso? ed anche persevera egli nella sua integrità, benchè tu mi abbi incitato contro a lui, per distruggerlo senza cagione.
Yahweh asked Satan, “Have you (noticed/thought about) my [faithful] servant Job? He is very godly/righteous [DOU], he greatly respects/reveres me, and he [always] avoids doing evil things. And he still acts in a very godly/righteous manner, even though you persuaded me to [let you] cause disastrous things to happen to him for no reason.”
4 E Satana rispose al Signore, e disse: Pelle per pelle; ma l'uomo darà tutto ciò ch'egli ha per la sua vita.
Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him [IDM]. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives.
5 Ma ora, stendi pur la mano, e tocca le sue ossa, e la sua carne; [e vedrai] se non ti maledice in faccia.
But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
6 E il Signore disse a Satana: Eccolo in man tua; sol guardati [di toccar] la sua vita.
Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.”
7 E Satana, partitosi dal cospetto del Signore, percosse Giobbe d'un'ulcera maligna, dalla pianta del piè infino alla sommità del capo.
So Satan left, and he caused Job to be afflicted with very painful boils, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
8 Ed egli si prese un testo per grattarsi, ed era assiso per mezzo le ceneri.
Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes [as people did when they were mourning for those who had died].
9 E la sua moglie gli disse: Ancora perseveri tu nella tua integrità? benedici Iddio, e muori.
His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to (be loyal to/faithfully trust in) God? You should curse God, and then you will die.”
10 Ma egli le disse: Tu parli come una d'infra le donne stolte; sì avremmo noi ricevuto da Dio il bene, e non riceveremmo il male? In tutto ciò Giobbe non peccò con le sue labbra.
But Job replied, “You talk like people who do not know God talk. (Should we accept only the good things that God [does for us]?/We should not accept only the good things that God [does for us].) [RHQ] We should also accept bad things.” So in spite of all these [things that happened to] Job, [he] did not say anything against God.
11 OR tre amici di Giobbe: Elifaz Temanita, Bildad Suhita, e Sofar Naamatita, avendo udito tutto questo male che gli era sopraggiunto, se ne vennero, ciascuno dal suo luogo; e si trovarono insieme, per venire a condolersi con lui, ed a consolarlo.
Among Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman [town], Bildad from Shuah [land] and Zophar from Naamah [land]. When they heard about all the terrible things that had happened to Job, they left their home areas and went together to Job to console/comfort him [DOU].
12 E levati gli occhi da lungi, nol riconobbero; e alzarono la voce, e piansero; e ciascun di loro stracciò il suo mantello, e si sparsero della polvere in su la testa, [gittandola] verso il cielo.
When they saw Job from a distance, they almost did not recognize him. They wailed loudly, they tore their robes, and they threw dust over their heads [to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job].
13 E sedettero con lui in terra per sette giorni, e per sette notti; e niuno gli disse alcuna parola; perciocchè vedevano che la doglia era molto grande.
Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days. None of them said anything to Job, because they saw that he was suffering greatly, [and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain].
