Job 2
1 Un día los seres celestiales vinieron a presentarse ante el Señor, y Satanás vino con ellos a presentarse al Señor.
Then it was the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh. Satan also came with them to present himself before Yahweh.
2 El Señor le preguntó a Satanás: “¿Qué has estado haciendo?” “Viajando por la tierra, yendo de aquí para allá”, respondió Satanás.
Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From wandering on the earth, from going back and forth on it.”
3 “¿Te has fijado en mi siervo Job?”, le preguntó el Señor. “No hay nadie como él en la tierra, un hombre íntegro que hace lo correcto, que respeta a Dios y evita el mal. Y él ha mantenido su integridad, aunque tú querías que lo perjudicara sin motivo”.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. He still holds fast to his integrity, although you misled me against him, to destroy him without cause.”
4 “¡Piel por piel!” Satanás replicó. “Un hombre renunciará a todo para salvar su vida.
Satan answered Yahweh and said, “Skin for skin, indeed; a man will give all he has for his life.
5 Pero extiende tu mano y hiere sus huesos y su carne, y verás que definitivamente te maldecirá en tu cara”.
But stretch out your hand now and touch his bones and his flesh, and see if he does not curse you to your face.”
6 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Satanás: “Muy bien, tienes el poder de hacerle lo que quieras, pero no lo mates”.
Yahweh said to Satan, “See, he is in your hand; it is only his life that you must spare.”
7 Entonces Satanás salió de la presencia del Señor y le infligió a Job unas horribles llagas en la piel desde la planta de los pies hasta la parte superior de la cabeza.
Then Satan went away from the presence of Yahweh. He struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his feet to his head.
8 Job tomó un trozo de cerámica rota para rascarse mientras estaba sentado en las cenizas.
Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself with, and he sat down in the middle of ashes.
9 Su mujer le dijo: “¿Aún te aferras a tu integridad? Maldice a Dios y muérete”.
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.”
10 Pero él le dijo: “¡Hablas como lo haría cualquier mujer insensata! ¿Debemos recibir sólo el bien de Dios, y no el mal?” A pesar de todo esto, Job no dijo nada pecaminoso.
But he said to her, “You talk as a foolish woman talks. Should we receive the good from God and not receive the bad?” In all this matter, Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Cuando tres de los amigos de Job se enteraron de todos los problemas que le habían ocurrido, cada uno de ellos salió de su casa: Elifaz el temanita, Bildad el suhita y Zofar el naamatita. Se reunieron y fueron a confortarlo y consolarlo.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, each of them came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They set a time to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 Cuando vieron a Job de lejos, apenas lo reconocieron. Prorrumpieron en fuertes lamentos, se rasgaron las vestiduras y arrojaron polvo al aire sobre sus cabezas.
When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.
13 Se sentaron en el suelo con él durante siete días y siete noches. Ninguno de ellos le dijo nada porque veían lo mucho que sufría.
Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights. No one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
