Job 2
1 Otra vez hubo un día cuando los hijos de ʼElohim se presentaron ante Yavé, y Satán llegó con ellos a presentarse delante de Yavé.
On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
2 Yavé preguntó a Satán: ¿De dónde vienes? Y Satán respondió a Yavé: De rodear la tierra y andar 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 Yavé preguntó a Satán: ¿No has considerado a mi esclavo Job, que no hay otro como él en la tierra, varón intachable, recto, temeroso de ʼElohim y apartado del mal, quien aún se aferra a su integridad a pesar de que me incitaste contra él para arruinarlo 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 Satán respondió a Yavé: ¡Piel por piel! Todo lo que el hombre tiene lo dará 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 extiende ahora tu mano y toca sus huesos y su carne, y verás cómo te maldice en tu propia Presencia.
But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
6 Yavé respondió a Satán: Ahí está en tu mano. Pero no toques su 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 Satán salió de la Presencia de Yavé e hirió a Job con una úlcera maligna desde la planta del pie hasta la coronilla.
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 Estaba sentado en ceniza. Tomó un pedazo de vasija de barro y se rascaba con él.
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 Entonces su esposa le dijo: ¿Aún te aferras a tu integridad? ¡Maldice a ʼElohim 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 Pero él le respondió: Tú hablaste como suelen hablar las mujeres insensatas. Si recibimos el bien de ʼElohim, ¿no debemos aceptar también el mal? En todo esto Job no pecó 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 Entonces tres amigos de Job, Elifaz temanita, Bildad suhita y Sofar naamatita, cuando oyeron acerca de todo este mal que le llegó, convinieron en ir juntos a él, cada uno de su lugar, para condolerse de él 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 Pero cuando levantaron los ojos desde lejos y no pudieron reconocerlo, lloraron a gritos. Cada uno de ellos rasgó su ropa, y lanzaron polvo hacia el cielo 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 Estuvieron sentados con él en el suelo durante siete días y siete noches, sin hablarle una palabra, porque 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].
