¹Again 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.

¹A zase sa stalo jedného dňa, keď prišli synovia Boží, aby sa postavili pred Hospodinom, že prišiel medzi nimi aj Satan, aby sa postavil pred Hospodinom.

²And 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.

²A Hospodin riekol Satanovi: Odkiaľ ideš? A Satan odpovedal Hospodinovi a riekol: Chodil som sem a ta po zemi a prechádzal som sa po nej.

³And 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.

³A zase riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Či si si všimnul môjho služobníka Joba, že nie je jemu rovného na zemi, takého bezúhonného muža, priameho a spravedlivého, ktorý sa bojí Boha a chráni sa zlého, ktorý sa ešte vždy drží svojej bezúhonnosti, hoci si ma popudil proti nemu, aby som ho pohltil bez príčiny.

⁴And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

⁴Na to odpovedal Satan Hospodinovi a riekol: Kožu za kožu a všetko, čo má človek, dá za svoj život.

⁵But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

⁵Ale nože vystri svoju ruku a dotkni sa jeho kosti a jeho tela, či ti nebude zlorečiť do tvári!

⁶And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

⁶Vtedy riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Hľa, je v tvojej ruke, len zachovaj jeho život!

⁷So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁷A keď vyšiel Satan zpred tvári Hospodinovej, ranil Joba zlým vredom od spodku jeho nohy až po jeho temeno,

⁸And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

⁸takže si vzal črep, aby sa ním škriabal, sediac prostred popola.

⁹Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

⁹A jeho žena mu riekla: Či sa ešte držíš svojej bezúhony? Zloreč Bohu a zomri!

¹⁰But 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.

¹⁰Na to jej povedal: Hovoríš, ako hovorieva niektorá z bláznivých. Či azda len dobré budeme brať od Boha a zlého nebudeme brať? V tom vo všetkom nezhrešil Job svojimi rtami.

¹¹Now 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.

¹¹Keď potom počuli traja priatelia Jobovi o všetkom tom zlom, ktoré prišlo na neho, prišli každý zo svojho miesta: Elifaz Témanský, Bildad Šuchský a Cófar Naamatský a uradili sa spoločne, že prijdú poľutovať ho a potešiť.

¹²And 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.

¹²A keď pozdvihli svoje oči zďaleka, nepoznali ho. Potom pozdvihli svoj hlas a plakali a roztrhnúc každý svoj plášť sypali prach na svoje hlavy vrhajúc ho k nebu.

¹³So 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.

¹³A sedeli s ním na zemi sedem dní a sedem nocí, a nikto neprehovoril k nemu ani slova, lebo videli, že jeho bolesť je veľmi veliká.