約伯記 2
1 又有一天，上帝的眾子來侍立在耶和華面前，撒但也來在其中。
And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.
2 耶和華問撒但說：「你從哪裏來？」撒但回答說：「我從地上走來走去，往返而來。」
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'
3 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏上帝，遠離惡事。你雖激動我攻擊他，無故地毀滅他，他仍然持守他的純正。」
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
4 撒但回答耶和華說：「人以皮代皮，情願捨去一切所有的，保全性命。
And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.
5 你且伸手傷他的骨頭和他的肉，他必當面棄掉你。」
Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'
6 耶和華對撒但說：「他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。」
And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.'
7 於是撒但從耶和華面前退去，擊打約伯，使他從腳掌到頭頂長毒瘡。
And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 約伯就坐在爐灰中，拿瓦片刮身體。
And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.
9 他的妻子對他說：「你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉上帝，死了吧！」
And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'
10 約伯卻對她說：「你說話像愚頑的婦人一樣。噯！難道我們從上帝手裏得福，不也受禍嗎？」在這一切的事上約伯並不以口犯罪。
And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
11 約伯的三個朋友－提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法－聽說有這一切的災禍臨到他身上，各人就從本處約會同來，為他悲傷，安慰他。
And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place — Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite — and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;
12 他們遠遠地舉目觀看，認不出他來，就放聲大哭。各人撕裂外袍，把塵土向天揚起來，落在自己的頭上。
and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads — heavenward.
13 他們就同他七天七夜坐在地上，一個人也不向他說句話，因為他極其痛苦。
And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.
