Job 2
1 Factum est autem cum quadam die venissent filii Dei, et starent coram Domino, venisset quoque Satan inter eos, et staret in conspectu eius,
But it happened that, on a certain day, when the sons of God had arrived and they stood before the Lord, Satan likewise arrived among them, and he stood in his sight.
2 ut diceret Dominus ad Satan: Unde venis? Qui respondens ait: Circuivi terram, et perambulavi eam.
So the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Answering, he said, “I have circled the land, and walked around in it.”
3 Et dixit Dominus ad Satan: Numquid considerasti servum meum Iob, quod non sit ei similis in terra, vir simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum, et recedens a malo, et adhuc retinens innocentiam? Tu autem commovisti me adversus eum, ut affligerem eum frustra.
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you not considered my servant, Job, that there is no one like him in the land, a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil, and still retaining his innocence? Yet you have stirred me against him, so that I would afflict him to no purpose.”
4 Cui respondens Satan, ait: Pellem pro pelle, et cuncta quae habet homo, dabit pro anima sua:
Answering him, Satan said, “Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
5 alioquin mitte manum tuam, et tange os eius et carnem, et tunc videbis quod in faciem benedicat tibi.
Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses you to your face.”
6 Dixit ergo Dominus ad Satan: Ecce in manu tua est, verumtamen animam illius serva.
Therefore, the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but even so, spare his life.”
7 Egressus igitur Satan a facie Domini, percussit Iob ulcere pessimo, a planta pedis usque ad verticem eius:
And so, Satan departed from the face of the Lord and he struck Job with a very serious ulcer from the sole of the foot all the way to the crown of his head.
8 qui testa saniem radebat, sedens in sterquilinio.
So he took a shard of earthenware and scraped the discharge, while sitting on a heap of refuse.
9 Dixit autem illi uxor sua: Adhuc tu permanes in simplicitate tua? benedic Deo et morere.
But his wife said to him, “Do you still continue in your simplicity? Bless God and die.”
10 Qui ait ad illam: Quasi una de stultis mulieribus locuta es. si bona suscepimus de manu Dei, mala quare non suscipiamus? in omnibus his non peccavit Iob labiis suis.
He said to her, “You have spoken like one of the foolish wives. If we accepted good things from the hand of God, why should we not accept bad things?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Igitur audientes tres amici Iob omne malum, quod accidisset ei, venerunt singuli de loco suo, Eliphaz Themanites, et Baldad Suhites, et Sophar Naamathites. Condixerant enim, ut pariter venientes visitarent eum, et consolarentur.
And so, three friends of Job, hearing about all the evil that had befallen him, arrived, each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had agreed to come together to visit and console him.
12 Cumque elevassent procul oculos suos, non cognoverunt eum, et exclamantes ploraverunt, scissisque vestibus sparserunt pulverem super caput suum in caelum.
And when they had raised up their eyes from a distance, they did not recognize him, and, crying out, they wept, and, tearing their garments, they scattered dust over their heads into the sky.
13 Et sederunt cum eo in terra septem diebus et septem noctibus, et nemo loquebatur ei verbum: videbant enim dolorem esse vehementem.
And they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his sorrow was very great.
