¹وكان ذات يوم انه جاء بنو الله ليمثلوا امام الرب وجاء الشيطان ايضا في وسطهم ليمثل امام الرب.

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.

²فقال الرب للشيطان من اين جئت. فاجاب الشيطان الرب وقال من الجولان في الارض ومن التمشي فيها.

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.`

³فقال الرب للشيطان هل جعلت قلبك على عبدي ايوب. لانه ليس مثله في الارض. رجل كامل ومستقيم يتقي الله ويحيد عن الشر. والى الآن هو متمسك بكماله وقد هيّجتني عليه لابتلعه بلا سبب.

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!`

⁴فاجاب الشيطان الرب وقال. جلد بجلد وكل ما للانسان يعطيه لاجل نفسه.

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

⁵ولكن ابسط الآن يدك ومس عظمه ولحمه فانه في وجهك يجدّف عليك.

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!`

⁶فقال الرب للشيطان ها هو في يدك ولكن احفظ نفسه

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

⁷فخرج الشيطان من حضرة الرب وضرب ايوب بقرح رديء من باطن قدمه الى هامته.

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.

⁸فاخذ لنفسه شقفة ليحتك بها وهو جالس في وسط الرماد.

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

⁹فقالت له امرأته انت متمسك بعد بكمالك. بارك الله ومت.

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

¹⁰فقال لها تتكلمين كلاما كاحدى الجاهلات. أالخير نقبل من عند الله والشر لا نقبل . ‎ في كل هذا لم يخطئ ايوب بشفتيه

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.

¹¹فلما سمع اصحاب ايوب الثلاثة بكل الشر الذي أتى عليه جاءوا كل واحد من مكانه. اليفاز التيماني وبلدد الشوحي وصوفر النعماتي وتواعدوا ان يأتوا ليرثوا له ويعّزوه.

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;

¹²ورفعوا اعينهم من بعيد ولم يعرفوه فرفعوا اصواتهم وبكوا ومزّق كل واحد جبّته وذروا ترابا فوق رؤوسهم نحو السماء.

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.

¹³وقعدوا معه على الارض سبعة ايام وسبع ليال ولم يكلمه احد بكلمة لانهم رأوا ان كآبته كانت عظيمة جدا

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.