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このことがあったあと、御使いたちが再び主の前に出た時、サタンも同席していました。 主はサタンに聞きました。「おまえはどこから来たのか。」「地上を歩き回って、いろいろと見てきたところです。」 「そうか。おまえは、わたしのしもべヨブの態度を見たか。ヨブは世界で一番の人格者だ。神を敬い、いっさいの悪から遠ざかっている。おまえは、わたしをそそのかして、理由もないのに彼に危害を加えた。ところが、あの信仰深さはどうだろう。」 4-5 「いのちが助かるためなら、人はどんなことでもするものです。今度は病気にしてみればいい。ヨブはきっと、面と向かってあなたをのろうでしょう。」 「気のすむようにするがいい。ただし、ヨブのいのちだけは取ってはならない。」

こうして主の前から引き下がったサタンは、ヨブを頭のてっぺんから足の裏まで悪性の腫れ物だらけにして攻め立てました。 ヨブは土器のかけらで体中をかきむしり、灰の上に座り込みました。 それを見て、妻がそそのかしました。「こんなひどい仕打ちをされても、まだ神を大切にするのですか。いっそ、神をのろって死んでしまったほうがいいのではないかしら。」 10 「まるで、神を知らない外国の女のような口をきくのだな。神から祝福ばかり頂いて、災いはお断わりなどという都合のいい話があるだろうか。」ヨブは、このようになってもなお、神を冒瀆するようなことは、いっさい口にしませんでした。

11 さて、ヨブの身に災難が降りかかったことを知った友人たちが三人、互いに打ち合わせをして、彼を慰め励まそうと、はるばる訪ねて来ました。この三人は、テマン人エリファズ、シュアハ人ビルダデ、ナアマ人ツォファルです。 12 彼らはヨブを見て、ただ、びっくりするばかりでした。顔形はすっかり変わり、見分けもつかないほどです。彼らはあまりの痛ましさに声を上げて泣き、めいめい上着を裂き、ちりを空中にまき散らし、頭に土をかぶって悲しみました。 13 それから、ヨブとともに七日七夜、地に座っていましたが、だれも黙ったままでした。ヨブの苦しみようがあまりひどいので、話しかけることもできなかったのです。

On another day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them(B) to present himself before him. And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(C)

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(D) And he still maintains his integrity,(E) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(F)

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(G) for his own life. But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(H) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(I)

The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(J) but you must spare his life.”(K)

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(L) Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(M)

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(N) Curse God and die!”(O)

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[b] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(P)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(Q)

11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(R) Bildad the Shuhite(S) and Zophar the Naamathite,(T) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(U) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(V) they began to weep aloud,(W) and they tore their robes(X) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(Y) 13 Then they sat on the ground(Z) with him for seven days and seven nights.(AA) No one said a word to him,(AB) because they saw how great his suffering was.

Footnotes

  1. Job 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.

And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Or, les fils de Dieu vinrent un jour se présenter devant l'Éternel, et Satan vint aussi au milieu d'eux se présenter devant l'Éternel.

L'Éternel dit à Satan: D'où viens-tu? Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel: De parcourir la terre et de m'y promener.

L'Éternel dit à Satan: As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n'y a personne comme lui sur la terre; c'est un homme intègre et droit, craignant Dieu, et se détournant du mal. Il demeure ferme dans son intégrité, et tu m'excites à le perdre sans motif.

Et Satan répondit à l'Éternel: Peau pour peau! tout ce que possède un homme, il le donne pour sa vie.

Mais étends ta main, touche à ses os et à sa chair, et je suis sûr qu'il te maudit en face.

L'Éternel dit à Satan: Voici, je te le livre: seulement, épargne sa vie.

Et Satan se retira de devant la face de l'Éternel. Puis il frappa Job d'un ulcère malin, depuis la plante du pied jusqu'au sommet de la tête.

Et Job prit un tesson pour se gratter et s'assit sur la cendre.

Sa femme lui dit: Tu demeures ferme dans ton intégrité! Maudis Dieu, et meurs!

10 Mais Job lui répondit: Tu parles comme une femme insensée. Quoi! nous recevons de Dieu le bien, et nous ne recevrions pas aussi le mal! En tout cela Job ne pécha point par ses lèvres.

11 Trois amis de Job, Éliphaz de Théman, Bildad de Schuach, et Tsophar de Naama, apprirent tous les malheurs qui lui étaient arrivés. Ils se concertèrent et partirent de chez eux pour aller le plaindre et le consoler!

12 Ayant de loin porté les regards sur lui, ils ne le reconnurent pas, et ils élevèrent la voix et pleurèrent. Ils déchirèrent leurs manteaux, et ils jetèrent de la poussière en l'air au-dessus de leur tête.

13 Et ils se tinrent assis à terre auprès de lui sept jours et sept nuits, sans lui dire une parole, car ils voyaient combien sa douleur était grande.