Ayub 2
1 Makhluk-makhluk surgawi kembali menghadap TUHAN, dan Si Penggoda ada pula di antara mereka.
Again it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 Maka TUHAN bertanya kepadanya, "Dari mana engkau?" Si Penggoda menjawab, "Dari perjalanan mengembara ke sana sini dan menjelajahi bumi."
The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
3 TUHAN bertanya, "Apakah sudah kauperhatikan hamba-Ku Ayub? Di seluruh bumi tak ada orang yang begitu setia dan baik hati seperti dia. Ia menyembah Aku dan sama sekali tidak melakukan kejahatan. Dia masih tetap setia kepada-Ku, walaupun engkau telah membujuk Aku mencelakakan dia tanpa alasan."
The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
4 Tetapi Si Penggoda menjawab, "Nyawa dan kesehatan lebih berharga daripada harta. Manusia rela mengurbankan segala miliknya asal ia dapat tetap hidup.
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin. Indeed, all that a man has he will give for his life.
5 Seandainya tubuhnya Kausakiti, pasti ia akan langsung mengutuki Engkau!"
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
6 Maka berkatalah TUHAN kepada Si Penggoda, "Baiklah, lakukanlah apa saja dengan dia, asal jangan kaubunuh dia."
The LORD said to Satan, "Look, he is in your power. Only preserve his life."
7 Maka Si Penggoda pergi dari hadapan TUHAN, dan menimbulkan borok pada seluruh tubuh Ayub dari telapak kaki sampai ujung kepalanya.
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.
8 Lalu Ayub duduk di dekat timbunan sampah, dan mengambil beling untuk menggaruk-garuk badannya.
And he took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with while he sat among the ashes.
9 Istrinya berkata kepadanya, "Mana bisa engkau masih tetap setia kepada Allah? Ayo, kutukilah Dia, lalu matilah!"
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die."
10 Jawab Ayub, "Kaubicara seperti orang dungu! Masakan kita hanya mau menerima apa yang baik dari Allah, sedangkan yang tidak baik kita tolak?" Jadi, meskipun Ayub mengalami segala musibah itu, ia tidak mengucapkan kata-kata yang melawan Allah.
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we indeed accept good at the hand of God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Musibah yang menimpa Ayub telah didengar oleh tiga orang temannya, yaitu Elifas dari kota Teman, Bildad orang Suah dan Zofar orang Naamah. Mereka bersepakat hendak menjenguk dan menghiburnya.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
12 Tetapi ketika dari kejauhan mereka memandangnya, mereka hampir tak dapat mengenalinya lagi. Mereka menangis dengan nyaring dan merobek pakaian mereka serta menaburkan debu ke udara dan di kepala.
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and did not recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and threw dust in the air over their heads.
13 Tujuh hari tujuh malam mereka duduk di tanah, di samping Ayub, tanpa mengucapkan sepatah kata pun, karena mereka melihat betapa berat penderitaannya.
So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
