¹And 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.

¹Ja ühel päeval, kui Jumala lapsed tulid ja seisid Issanda ees, tuli ka saatan nende sekka ja seisis Issanda ees.

²And 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.`

²Ja Issand küsis saatanalt: 'Kust sa tuled?' Ja saatan vastas Issandale: 'Maad mööda hulkumast ja rändamast.'

³And 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!`

³Siis Issand ütles saatanale: 'Kas oled pannud tähele mu sulast Iiobit? Sest tema sarnast maa peal ei ole: ta on vaga ja õiglane mees, kardab Jumalat ja hoidub kurjast. Ikka veel peab ta kinni oma vagadusest, kuigi sa kihutasid mind tema vastu teda ilma põhjuseta hävitama.'

⁴And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

⁴Aga saatan vastas Issandale ning ütles: 'Nahk naha vastu, ja mees annab kõik, mis tal on, oma hinge eest.

⁵Yet, 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!`

⁵Aga siruta ometi oma käsi ning puuduta tema luud ja liha! Kas ta siis õnnistab su palet?'

⁶And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Lo, he [is] in thy hand; only his life take care of.`

⁶Ja Issand ütles saatanale: 'Vaata, ta on su käes! Säästa ainult tema hing!'

⁷And 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.

⁷Siis saatan läks Issanda juurest ära ja lõi Iiobit kurjade paisetega jalatallast pealaeni.

⁸And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

⁸Iiob aga võttis enesele potikillu, et sellega ennast kaapida; ja ta istus tuha sees.

⁹And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.`

⁹Siis ta naine ütles temale: 'Kas sa veelgi oma vagadusest kinni pead? Nea Jumalat ja sure!'

¹⁰And 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.

¹⁰Aga ta vastas temale: 'Sinagi räägid, nagu rumalad naised räägivad. Kas me peaksime Jumalalt vastu võtma ainult head, aga mitte kurja?' Kõige selle juures ei teinud Iiob oma huultega pattu.

¹¹And 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;

¹¹Kui Iiobi kolm sõpra kuulsid kogu sellest õnnetusest, mis teda oli tabanud, siis tulid nad igaüks oma kodupaigast: teemanlane Eliifas, suhiit Bildad ja naamalane Soofar; ja nad tulid kokku, et minna temale kaastunnet avaldama ja teda trööstima.

¹²and 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.

¹²Aga kui nad eemalt oma silmad üles tõstsid, siis nad ei tundnud teda. Ja nad tõstsid häält ning nutsid, ja igamees käristas oma kuue lõhki ning riputas enesele vastu taevast tuhka pea peale.

¹³And 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.

¹³Siis nad istusid maas koos temaga seitse päeva ja seitse ööd, ja ükski ei rääkinud temaga sõnagi, sest nad nägid, et ta valu oli väga suur.