Job 2
1 Sucedió que un día se presentaron los hijos de Dios delante de Yahvé, y en medio de ellos vino también Satanás a ponerse en su presencia.
On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
2 Dijo Yahvé a Satanás: “¿De dónde vienes?” Satanás respondió a Yahvé y dijo: “Acabo de dar una vuelta por la tierra y pasearme por ella.”
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 Preguntó Yahvé a Satanás: “¿Has reparado en mi siervo Job?, pues no hay ninguno como él en la tierra, varón perfecto y recto, temeroso de Dios y apartado del mal, que persevera en su integridad, aunque tú me has incitado contra él, para perderle sin causa.”
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 Respondió Satanás a Yahvé y dijo: “Piel por piel; porque todo cuanto tiene el hombre lo da por su vida.
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 Pero anda, extiende tu mano y toca su hueso y carne, y verás cómo te maldice en la cara.”
But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
6 Dijo, pues, Yahvé a Satanás: “He aquí que en tu mano está, pero consérvale la vida.”
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 Salió Satanás de la presencia de Yahvé, e hirió a Job con una úlcera maligna desde la planta de los pies hasta la coronilla de la cabeza.
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 Entonces este sentado sobre ceniza, tomó un casco de teja para rasparse con él (la podredumbre).
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 Su mujer le dijo: “¿Todavía perseveras en tu rectitud? ¡Maldice a Dios, y muérete!”
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 Mas él le dijo: “Hablas como una mujer necia. Si hemos aceptado el bien de parte de Dios, ¿no hemos de aceptar también el mal?” En todo esto no pecó Job con sus labios.
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 Cuando los tres amigos de Job, Elifaz lemanita, Bildad suhita y Sofar naamatita, supieron toda esta calamidad que le había sobrevenido, vinieron cada uno de su lugar, porque habían concertado ir a darle el pésame y 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 Mas cuando desde lejos alzaron los ojos no lo reconocieron; por lo cual levantaron su voz y lloraron; y rasgando cada uno su manto, esparcieron polvo por el aire sobre sus cabezas;
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 y quedaron con él sentados en tierra siete días y siete noches, sin hablarle palabra, pues veían que su dolor era muy 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].
