Job 2
1 On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too.
Or accadde un giorno, che i figliuoli di Dio vennero a presentarsi davanti all’Eterno, e Satana venne anch’egli in mezzo a loro a presentarsi davanti all’Eterno.
2 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.”
E l’Eterno disse a Satana: “Donde vieni?” E Satana rispose all’Eterno: “Dal percorrere la terra e dal passeggiare per essa”. E l’Eterno disse a Satana:
3 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.”
“Hai tu notato il mio servo Giobbe? Non ce n’è un altro sulla terra che come lui sia integro, retto, tema Iddio e fugga il male. Egli si mantiene saldo nella sua integrità benché tu m’abbia incitato contro di lui per rovinarlo senza alcun motivo”.
4 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.
E Satana rispose all’Eterno: “Pelle per pelle! L’uomo dà tutto quel che possiede per la sua vita;
5 But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
ma stendi un po’ la tua mano, toccagli le ossa e la carne, e vedrai se non ti rinnega in faccia”.
6 Yahweh replied to Satan, “(All right/Okay), you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.”
E l’Eterno disse a Satana: “Ebbene esso è in tuo potere; soltanto, rispetta la sua vita”.
7 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.
E Satana si ritirò dalla presenza dell’Eterno e colpì Giobbe d’un’ulcera maligna dalla pianta de’ piedi al sommo del capo; e Giobbe prese un coccio per grattarsi, e stava seduto nella cenere.
8 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].
E sua moglie gli disse: “Ancora stai saldo nella tua integrità?
9 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.”
Ma lascia stare Iddio, e muori!”
10 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.
E Giobbe a lei: “Tu parli da donna insensata! Abbiamo accettato il bene dalla mano di Dio, e rifiuteremmo d’accettare il male?” In tutto questo Giobbe non peccò con le sue labbra.
11 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].
Or tre amici di Giobbe, Elifaz di Teman, Bildad di Suach e Tsofar di Naama, avendo udito tutti questi mali che gli eran piombati addosso, partirono, ciascuno dal suo paese e si misero d’accordo per venire a condolersi con lui e a consolarlo.
12 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].
E, levati gli occhi da lontano, essi non lo riconobbero, e alzarono la voce e piansero; si stracciarono i mantelli e si cosparsero il capo di polvere gittandola verso il cielo.
13 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].
E rimasero seduti per terra, presso a lui, sette giorni e sette notti; e nessuno di loro gli disse verbo, perché vedevano che il suo dolore era molto grande.
