Giobbe 42
1 Allora Giobbe rispose all’Eterno e disse:
Then Job replied to Yahweh. [He said],
2 “Io riconosco che tu puoi tutto, e che nulla può impedirti d’eseguire un tuo disegno.
“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 intendimento offusca il tuo disegno?… Sì, ne ho parlato; ma non lo capivo; son cose per me troppo maravigliose ed io non le conosco.
[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 Deh, ascoltami, io parlerò; io ti farò delle domande e tu insegnami!
You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’
5 Il mio orecchio avea sentito parlar di te ma ora l’occhio mio t’ha veduto.
I had heard about you previously, but now [it is as though] I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 Perciò mi ritratto, mi pento sulla polvere e sulla 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 ebbe rivolto questi discorsi a Giobbe, l’Eterno disse a Elifaz di Teman: “L’ira mia è accesa contro te e contro i tuoi due amici, perché non avete parlato di me secondo la verità, come ha fatto 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 Ora dunque prendetevi sette tori e sette montoni, venite a trovare il mio servo Giobbe e offriteli in olocausto per voi stessi. Il mio servo Giobbe pregherà per voi; ed io avrò riguardo a lui per non punir la vostra follia; poiché non avete parlato di me secondo la verità, come ha fatto 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 di Teman e Bildad di Suach e Tsofar di Naama se ne andarono e fecero come l’Eterno aveva loro ordinato; e l’Eterno ebbe riguardo a 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 E quando Giobbe ebbe pregato per i suoi amici, l’Eterno lo ristabilì nella condizione di prima e gli rese il doppio di tutto quello che già gli era appartenuto.
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, tutte le sue sorelle e tutte le sue conoscenze di prima vennero a trovarlo, mangiarono con lui in casa sua, gli fecero le loro condoglianze e lo consolarono di tutti i mali che l’Eterno gli avea fatto cadere addosso; e ognuno d’essi gli dette un pezzo d’argento 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 E l’Eterno benedì gli ultimi anni di Giobbe più de’ primi; ed ei s’ebbe quattordicimila pecore, seimila cammelli, mille paia di bovi 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 E s’ebbe pure sette figliuoli e tre figliuole;
And he also had seven [more] sons and three [more] daughters.
14 e chiamò la prima, Colomba; la seconda, Cassia; la terza, Cornustibia.
He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch.
15 E in tutto il paese non c’eran donne così belle come le figliuole di Giobbe; e il padre assegnò loro una eredità tra 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 Giobbe, dopo questo, visse centoquarant’anni, e vide i suoi figliuoli e i figliuoli dei suoi figliuoli, fino alla quarta generazione.
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.
