ایوب 2
| فرشتگان دوباره به حضور خداوند آمدند و شیطان هم با ایشان بود. | 1 |
And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
| خداوند از شیطان پرسید: «کجا بودی؟» شیطان جواب داد: «دور زمین می‌گشتم و در آن سیر می‌کردم.» | 2 |
And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
| خداوند پرسید: «آیا بندهٔ من ایوب را دیدی؟ بر زمین کسی مانند او پیدا نمی‌شود. او مردی بی‌عیب، صالح و خداترس است و از بدی و شرارت دوری می‌ورزد. با وجود اینکه مرا بر آن داشتی تا بی‌سبب به او ضرر رسانم، ولی او وفاداری خود را نسبت به من از دست نداده است.» | 3 |
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
| شیطان در جواب گفت: «پوست به عوض پوست! انسان برای نجات جان خود حاضر است هر چه دارد بدهد. | 4 |
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.
| اکنون به بدن او آسیب برسان، آنگاه خواهی دید که آشکارا تو را لعن کفر خواهد کرد!» | 5 |
But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
| خداوند پاسخ داد: «هر چه می‌خواهی با او بکن، ولی او را نکش.» | 6 |
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.
| پس شیطان از حضور خداوند بیرون رفت و ایوب را از سر تا پا به دملهای دردناک مبتلا ساخت. | 7 |
And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
| ایوب در خاکستر نشست و تکه سفالی برداشت تا با آن خود را بخاراند. | 8 |
And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
| زنش به او گفت: «آیا با وجود تمام این بلاها که خدا به سرت آورده، هنوز هم به او وفاداری؟ خدا را لعن کن و بمیر!» | 9 |
And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.
| ولی ایوب جواب داد: «تو مانند زنی ابله حرف می‌زنی! آیا باید فقط چیزهای خوب را از طرف خدا بپذیریم و نه چیزهای بد را؟» پس ایوب با وجود تمام این بلاها سخنی بر ضد خدا نگفت. | 10 |
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
| سه نفر از دوستان ایوب به نامهای الیفاز تیمانی، بلدد شوحی و صوفر نعماتی وقتی از بلاهایی که به سر او آمده بود آگاه شدند، تصمیم گرفتند با هم نزد ایوب بروند و با او همدردی نموده، او را تسلی دهند. | 11 |
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
| وقتی ایوب را از دور دیدند به سختی توانستند او را بشناسند. آنها از شدت تأثر با صدای بلند گریستند و لباس خود را دریدند و بر سر خود خاک ریختند. | 12 |
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
| آنها بدون آنکه کلمه‌ای بر زبان آورند هفت شبانه روز در کنار او بر زمین نشستند، زیرا می‌دیدند که درد وی شدیدتر از آن است که بتوان با کلمات آن را تسکین داد. | 13 |
And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
