Књига о Јову 2
1 Опет један дан дођоше синови Божји да стану пред Господом, а дође и Сотона међу њих да стане пред Господом.
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.
2 И Господ рече Сотони: Од куда идеш? А Сотона одговори Господу и рече: Проходих земљу и обилазих.
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.
3 И рече Господ Сотони: Јеси ли видео слугу мог Јова? Нема онаквог човека на земљи, доброг и праведног, који се боји Бога и уклања се ода зла, и још се држи доброте своје, премда си ме наговорио, те га упропастих низашта.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 А Сотона одговори Господу и рече: Кожа за кожу, и све што човек има даће за душу своју.
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 Него пружи руку своју и дотакни се костију његових и меса његовог, псоваће те у очи.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
6 А Господ рече Сотони: Ево ти га у руке; али му душу чувај.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; only spare his life.
7 И сотона отиде од Господа, и удари Јова злим приштем од пете до темена,
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 Те он узе цреп па се стругаше, и сеђаше у пепелу.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat among the ashes.
9 И рече му жена: Хоћеш ли се још држати доброте своје? Благослови Бога, па умри.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
10 А он јој рече: Говориш као луда жена; добро смо примали од Бога, а зла зар нећемо примати? Уза све то не сагреши Јов уснама својим.
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 А три пријатеља Јовова чуше за све зло које га задеси, и дођоше сваки из свог места, Елифас Теманац и Вилдад Сушанин и Софар Намаћанин, договорише се да дођу да га пожале и потеше.
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: and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
12 И подигавши очи своје издалека не познаше га; тада подигоше глас свој и стадоше плакати и раздреше сваки свој плашт и посуше се прахом по глави бацајући га у небо.
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 И сеђаху код њега на земљи седам дана и седам ноћи, и ниједан му не проговори речи, јер виђаху да је бол врло велик.
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.
